Portrait of a James Joyce-ian Looking Young Man in Hat and Glasses mittens Uzbekistan

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as Atty Gen Littlefield [this would be Charles Littlefield

(It also of course reminds me of antique kindergarten cut paper weavings

Watercolor

the dog itself is color litho printed on cardboard then adhered to both sides of a piece of wood

Portrait of a James Joyce-ian Looking Young Man in Hat and Glasses mittens UzbekistanThis poetic portrait makes me think of James Joyce, not just for the spectacles and mustache and sensitive looking face of the subject, but also for the moody manner of the painting, with subdued palette and that shadow on the wall evoking a sense of a haunted interior life. And yet the pink rising high on his cheeks surely signals great passion, and great things yet to come! I believe the portrait is German, with a note on the back that I believe