Relief Carved Folk Art Nude in Profile Signed Hemwind triplane making it seem especially poised

making it seem especially poised to grab an evil-doer and carry them away

) masks at the estate sale of a gallerist and incredible collector

And then also the manner in which it sits there

5 3/4" long x 1 1/16" wide x 5/16" thick

With "Louis Kirk

Relief Carved Folk Art Nude in Profile Signed Hemwind triplane making it seem especially poisedA gently, tenderly done folk art relief carved panel, which I love especially for this young woman's voluptuous, sculptural hair do! A lovely face and long neck, too, rendered in profile, conveying a sense of focus, and poise, and determination. With a nicely carved raised frame around her, too, as if she herself were an image, hung like a portrait atop the panel. With some carving to the surface around her head, lending texture, and signed (carved)