Whittled Little Pink Cheeked Boy evening fan and deep rose paint over

and deep rose paint over the cheeks and mouth

It is ink and watercolor on laid paper

hand-sculpted of terra cotta and fabulous all the way around

wonderful from every angle and down to every detail

Paint vials: 2 7/16” t x 1” d

Whittled Little Pink Cheeked Boy evening fan and deep rose paint overThis little waif looks to me as if a whole opera, or Dickensian saga, might unfold around him, with him as the innocent at the center of it all. Such a great face, with deep pink cheeks and dark red mouth and large ears that look as if paying keen attention. He's lost the toes on one foot which seems somehow apt but is still standing firm. 4 3 8 x 1: w x 13 16d. Aside from the loss of some toes in very good condition.