Poignant Old Photo of Nude Studio Model in Curious Pose north shore ma decoy it's certainly it's own special

it's certainly it's own special folk art thing

even with the most straight forward of forms

with super saturated color

based on a few images that made me think it might be quite a thing

1st half 20th century

Poignant Old Photo of Nude Studio Model in Curious Pose north shore ma decoy it's certainly it's own specialI love everything about this photo, 1910s 20s I believe from the movable studio wall in the background to the dirty floor to the Thonet chair in the corner to the framing of it all, all of which this nude seems completely of a piece with, as if she existed only in this context, of the ether but with grit under her fingernails. Which may have been exactly how the artist who I'd guess took the photo, perhaps in advance of a painting, saw her. And such a