Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate with Abstracted Nude in Landscape vintage orange planter I think the self-referential pen

I think the self-referential pen and ink drawing on this antique French postcard is pretty fabulous

15 3/8" tall x 9 3/4" wide x 1/4" deep

I'd guess the Mich at the bottom may refer to Michigan but am not sure

with a wonderful form and fantastic patina from age and use

Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate with Abstracted Nude in Landscape vintage orange planter I think the self-referential penI LOVE the figure on the face of this plate, strangely and evocatively elongated like a late day shadow, and with these two wonderfully trailing inky black lines lending just a bit of definition and also tension. It makes me think of everything from the paintings of Albert Pinkham Ryder to those of de Chirico to the work of Ana Mendieta to the early 20th century photographs of Anne Brigman (look her up!), and Arts & Crafts era craft, too, and I've