Double Portrait: Man with Short Tie and Larger than Life Painted Woman, 1933 Snapshot vase with bird even while a screen like

even while a screen like this seems to have been all about vanity

3 3/4 diameter

this one dating I believe to the late 19th/early 20th century

as this does

And this one is so lovely that it rather transcends its valentine-ness too

Double Portrait: Man with Short Tie and Larger than Life Painted Woman, 1933 Snapshot vase with bird even while a screen likeThis photo is among a handful of things listed today that I bought mostly for myself and have held on to for a while, but I'm doing some clearing (and rarely getting to framing), so here it is. And what a stunner, with this giant painted woman looking poised to reach around pick him up (or squash him) in her giant hand! The incorporation of the edge of wall (or door) in the painting of her, separating the two of them, really makes it for me, lending a