Boy Commanding Dog, Onlookers, Platform, Amazing and Intense 1918 Snapshot Photo McCoy pottery there is no foxing anywhere

there is no foxing anywhere

like so much of the best Inuit art

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Clearly they were done by an accomplished artist

Boy Commanding Dog, Onlookers, Platform, Amazing and Intense 1918 Snapshot Photo McCoy pottery there is no foxing anywhereI find this snapshot quite extraordinary. In the foreground, this child with arm raised in a gesture that feels quite loaded at the moment commanding the attention of his dog, who stands at keen attention. And with that gesture perfectly echoed by the diagonal of the stairs and rails of the platform in the background, also by the diagonal of the of the bodies of two black men at left who have turned to watch. It feels as though the whole scene was