Portrait of a Young Intellectual: Mauro Calamandrei, University of Chicago Student Photo ID, 1952 copper verdigris 10 7/8 x 8 13/16

10 7/8 x 8 13/16 in

I'd hang it exactly as it is

I especially love the one with the very crooked beak

and good for holding cards received or yet to be written

A nice little thing to hold in the hand--I think one might consider it an early fidget toy--or carry around in a pocket

Portrait of a Young Intellectual: Mauro Calamandrei, University of Chicago Student Photo ID, 1952 copper verdigris 10 7/8 x 8 13/16I purchased this 1952 photo ID card because I liked the looks of him, and the fact that he was from Florence and had come to the University of Chicago to study I imagined a young architect wanting to immerse in Mies van der Rohe. (I love photo ID cards for this reason, providing just the right combination of information to imagine whole lives.) But as I was uploading photos here I decided to search for him, and turns out his real life was even more