Absence/Presence: Scratched Out Negative Cabinet Card Obfuscating Figure mid-century candleholders the art of practicing letters

the art of practicing letters was alive and well in 1929

5 3/5" x 4 1/8" x 1 9/16" d with box closed

to hover over a succulent

vibrant color

and a few bumps in the glaze original to its making

Absence/Presence: Scratched Out Negative Cabinet Card Obfuscating Figure mid-century candleholders the art of practicing lettersI've seen a number of old photos at this point with subjects cut out or scratched out or otherwise omitted, which are always interesting and invite the invention of a story but this cabinet card is just about my favorite I've ever seen, with the very committed scratching out of one of the six figures done on the negative before printing the positive. I love the intensive markmaking itself, and the way it first reads as if the very long hair of a woman