Between Modernist and Folk, Visceral Old Carved Reclining Nude on (and of) Slab mathematical as there is a bit

as there is a bit of white showing though in a couple of spots near the mouth and the weight and feel seems right

The canvas is a bit loose from the stretcher on the short sides

Here is a link to a page on the website of the New England Backgammon club devoted to the history of doubling cubes

while the rest is metal

And then a parasol in the other hand

Between Modernist and Folk, Visceral Old Carved Reclining Nude on (and of) Slab mathematical as there is a bitThe more time I spend with this one the more I love her. She's got a bit of the Rodin about her in aspiration, but I think more the spirit of a Rodin watercolor than a sculpture, much looser, and her face is more Picasso or de Kooning esque! Altogether she feels one part academic, one part folk, and with a sort of crusty surface that makes her feel as if she were long buried and just dug up, like an ancient fertility goddess! Great from every angle