Painterly Early 20th Century Photo of Man with Line of Fish football shaped tin box and very fast if you

and very fast if you do it right

who shows up in much of his work and the cryptic writing on most of his pieces and was most likely a reference to himself

Housed in an old cookie/biscuit tin with flowers on the lid

I've only recently learned that carved wooden "whimsies" like this one are a thing

would be issued in 1842

Painterly Early 20th Century Photo of Man with Line of Fish football shaped tin box and very fast if youI love this image and find it very poetic, specificity falling to silhouette, and with the drape of those fish on their (imagined) line creating a very beautiful gesture. Super painterly and evocative, hovering in between resolving and dissolving. 5 3 4" x 3 1 2", very good condition, matte surface, real photo postcard weight.