Tall, Thin, One-armed Woman in White marble dust painting these became an American folk

these became an American  folk art genre around 1870

based on some research

AH on one side and ASH on the other

This lovely

looking quite the character

Tall, Thin, One-armed Woman in White marble dust painting these became an American folkI found this lady yesterday in New Hampshire and grow more enamored of her every minute! On one hand she looks in her long white gown with what one might read as a split up the front as if about to go to the Oscars (and looks a bit like an Oscar herself!) but perhaps in fact she's lost her clothes and we're seeing her bare. (She also feels to me a bit like a nurse!) Whatever the case, wonderful face, wonderful form. great old white paint and a lost