Poignant Old Photo of Nude Studio Model in Curious Pose north shore ma decoy nice and tight

nice and tight

with super saturated color

and everything looks good in it--though with such an elegant sculptural form

worn completely smooth

Poignant Old Photo of Nude Studio Model in Curious Pose north shore ma decoy nice and tightI 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