Snapshot of Charles-Albert Despiau's Little Peasant Girl Bust with Fingerprints (Presumed Captured on Vitrine Glass) sail boat Each measures approximately 7 1/2"

Each measures approximately 7 1/2" wide x 1 3/4" tall x 3/8" at thickest

and samples for types of notes relating to borrowing and lending money

) with just minor toning and soiling

almost silky surface

and I find this old carved bird in its old creamy white paint so beautiful

Snapshot of Charles-Albert Despiau's Little Peasant Girl Bust with Fingerprints (Presumed Captured on Vitrine Glass) sail boat Each measures approximately 7 1/2"I do believe this old snapshot is my favorite find of the week another in which multiple dimensions of time and portraiture converge. The head pictured is a sculpture by Charles Albert Despiau (French, 1874 1946), an assistant to Rodin in addition to a well recognized sculptor himself. There are several versions of this "Little Peasant Girl" including a plaster model now in the collection of the Met, and a bronze (this one I believe) at least once