Man at Edge of Roof, Old Snapshot with Black Paper Backing antique handmade doll chaise designed by Peters and Rice

designed by Peters and Rice Architects

transcending its toy-hood to enter the realm of pure sculpture

late 19th/very early 20th century I believe

the Metropolitan Museum

Man at Edge of Roof, Old Snapshot with Black Paper Backing antique handmade doll chaise designed by Peters and RiceI lile the composition, and the implied drama here, with this man in his dark suit standing precariously at the edge of the roof, looking straight at the camera. Plus reflections in the window below of what looks like a house or barn and almost like the head of a person, too and it seems the photographer must have been standing on the roof of another structure him or herself, the roof of which rakes across the bottom of the photo. 4 5 8" x 2 3 4"