Strangely Satisfying Mid Century Watercolor Color and Form Study, with Face! antique articulated doll and the happy surprise of

and the happy surprise of a bevy of handsome "champions" on the underside of the hinged lid

I had one set of these a few years ago and have been looking for more since

Or perhaps it is a self-portrait

with some wear around the edges

Strangely Satisfying Mid Century Watercolor Color and Form Study, with Face! antique articulated doll and the happy surprise ofI found this one at Brimfield this summer and just couldn't walk away from it something about the face on that darker blue form that feels highly empathetic (and also maybe like a nod to Miro or maybe Calder and also feels vaguely Swedish!), as if fighting to emerge as a being as opposed to being swallowed into abstraction! I've also just got a weakness for art school formal studies, which I think this is, exploring the intersections among shapes and