Nude Staring Back, Loaded Antique Photograph of Model on Table with Wrinkled Fabric and Painted Backdrop old tramp art frames Mannequins are not my expertise

Mannequins are not my expertise and you may be a better judge that I am (so much variation among them

lending it this wonderfully snaking and twisting body

not older than mid-20th c I am pretty sure

22" x 28" x 3/4"

with a heavy hand wrought brass wheel

Nude Staring Back, Loaded Antique Photograph of Model on Table with Wrinkled Fabric and Painted Backdrop old tramp art frames Mannequins are not my expertiseI've held on to this one for a while, and will hold it in my mind long after it is gone, though I'd also be glad to keep it forever; as I write this I realize I am indeed completely obsessed with this photograph! My first thought upon finding it was of art historian Linda Nochlin, and of every art history course I ever took, especially those focused on postmodern critique; this photograph feels very much to me as though it should live on the cover of