Poignant Old Photo of Nude Studio Model in Curious Pose mosaic on wood with long "s" 's everywhere

with long "s" 's everywhere

but the paint is long gone if so

super solid and sturdy and with a truly gorgeous patina

and decidedly modern

Poignant Old Photo of Nude Studio Model in Curious Pose mosaic on wood with long "s" 's everywhereI love everything about this photo, 1910s 20s I believe from the movable studio wall in the background to the dirty floor to the Thonet chair in the corner to the framing of it all, all of which this nude seems completely of a piece with, as if she existed only in this context, of the ether but with grit under her fingernails. Which may have been exactly how the artist who I'd guess took the photo, perhaps in advance of a painting, saw her. And such a