Relief Carved Folk Art Nude in Profile Signed Hemwind mid-century brass cheese wedge I love how hushed this

I love how hushed this scene feels

established in 1870

resulting in a definite softening of any fierceness

I really really love the how the face on this carving is not at all what one might expect based on the rest of her

Relief Carved Folk Art Nude in Profile Signed Hemwind mid-century brass cheese wedge I love how hushed thisA gently, tenderly done folk art relief carved panel, which I love especially for this young woman's voluptuous, sculptural hair do! A lovely face and long neck, too, rendered in profile, conveying a sense of focus, and poise, and determination. With a nicely carved raised frame around her, too, as if she herself were an image, hung like a portrait atop the panel. With some carving to the surface around her head, lending texture, and signed (carved)