Seated Young Woman, Terra-cotta Sculpture, Signed LB fabric The is a 4 character

The is a 4 character syllabic signature carved just to the left of his foot

balls are 1 1/2" in diameter

but revealing the hand of its maker through small imperfections here and there

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Seated Young Woman, Terra-cotta Sculpture, Signed LB fabric The is a 4 characterThis really lovely seated terra cotta woman with a terrific presence screams WPA era to me, but I don't know for sure, and have not been able to trace what appears to be LB signed on the back of her base. I love her poised, almost stoically serene posture and expression, imparting her with a sense of quiet, gentle strength, but also how this is contrasted by the manner in which her hands grip the sides of pedestal upon which she sits, to my eye at