Wonderful Old Red Painted Cigar Box Wood Jointed Man intricately carved as documented

as documented

The pistol (top) shows some detail on one side drawn in black crayon

then more details of each

it would turn out to be Marcel Duchamp

Wonderful Old Red Painted Cigar Box Wood Jointed Man intricately carved as documentedThis guy was surely once attached to a string, performing acrobatic acts, but I love him just as his is now, ready to perch somewhere. Hard to beat the carved profile of his face, but the shapes of his arms, legs and especially those feet are pretty great too, and I love the clunky screws and bolts attaching them to his torso and red paint too. I also always love seeing the old cigar box print on the flip sides. Really a charmer! 5 5 8" t x 1 7 8" w x