Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate with Abstracted Nude in Landscape Renwick gallery I recently found several of

I recently found several of these first edition WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children) puzzles

There is one very very tiny chip around the lip of the platter

with patina to copper and minor cracking of wood (visible in face) consistent with age and adding character

at lower right

though just playing as a solitaire endeavor is pretty consuming too

Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate with Abstracted Nude in Landscape Renwick gallery I recently found several ofI LOVE the figure on the face of this plate, strangely and evocatively elongated like a late day shadow, and with these two wonderfully trailing inky black lines lending just a bit of definition and also tension. It makes me think of everything from the paintings of Albert Pinkham Ryder to those of de Chirico to the work of Ana Mendieta to the early 20th century photographs of Anne Brigman (look her up!), and Arts & Crafts era craft, too, and I've