Hand-carved Reclining Nude Draped in Bedsheets woven leather effortlessly emerging at some point

effortlessly emerging at some point from this sheet of muted green paper

yielding a sort of moire pattern when viewed head on

but if would take an awfully lot of snuff to fill this one

understandably

Hand-carved Reclining Nude Draped in Bedsheets woven leather effortlessly emerging at some pointI don't know a thing about the origins of this carved sculpture (which I don't think photos quite do justice), but I think it is pretty terrific. My guess is that it is American, and her face and fantastic mane give it a late 60s early 70s feel to me, but I am really not sure. I love the way her hair wraps around all three sides of the sculpture, echoed by the deeply carved lines of the sheet draped over and around her. But perhaps what I love most