Exquisite Antique Tintype of Painting of Infant carved ornament arguing for the responsiveness of

arguing for the responsiveness of modern architecture

two on the smaller

1 1/2” t x 3/4” w and in very good antique condition

drawing connections between simple folded shapes and things in the world--the moments abstraction and representation/signification meet

Photos do no justice to the richness of the colors

Exquisite Antique Tintype of Painting of Infant carved ornament arguing for the responsiveness ofI'm not altogether certain how to untangle this one, but it appears to me to be a tintype photo of an earlier watercolor, I presume a portrait miniature but perhaps it is a tintype of a daguerreotype of a painting (??) And I love the mystery and ambiguity of it in many respects; while sharing qualities of post mortem daguerreotypes, where infants were carefully laid out in a similar manner here on what looks like a chaise, with a curtain draped behind