Absence/Presence: Scratched Out Negative Cabinet Card Obfuscating Figure mid-century candleholders Only recently did I learn--through

Only recently did I learn--through my mother's sleuthing of pottery marks--that it was made by Michael Cohen

both dating to the mid-19th c I believe

Box measures 5 1/8" x 2 1/8" x 1 13/16" t

vibrant color

lovingly made and one feels once an important object in the life of a home and family

Absence/Presence: Scratched Out Negative Cabinet Card Obfuscating Figure mid-century candleholders Only recently did I learn--throughI'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