Surreal Feeling Antique Santos in Pink Paint 1930s svengali trick cards with her seated body itself

with her seated body itself feeling rather like a bowl for the bowl resting in her lap

I really love this girl or young woman

nailed to a long wooden post

making this feel like nothing less than an existential drama

Surreal Feeling Antique Santos in Pink Paint 1930s svengali trick cards with her seated body itselfA bit of a strange one, with a sort of sweet eerie vibe, feeling a bit like a child possessed! The effect of the paint loss on the head is to make the figure appear as if blonde, which together with the pink cheeks and lips and pink painted body, makes this child feel almost albino. I love the strangeness, down to just the one stub of an arm remaining, which does still move, and will hold raised to the side. With quite a finely carved head, including