Portrait of a James Joyce-ian Looking Young Man in Hat and Glasses hand-embroidered needle book for the circus furniture

for the circus furniture

14" wide x 10" deep x 9 1/2" tall

highly influential teacher--at the Venice Art Center

though absent a woman's name

Portrait of a James Joyce-ian Looking Young Man in Hat and Glasses hand-embroidered needle book for the circus furnitureThis poetic portrait makes me think of James Joyce, not just for the spectacles and mustache and sensitive looking face of the subject, but also for the moody manner of the painting, with subdued palette and that shadow on the wall evoking a sense of a haunted interior life. And yet the pink rising high on his cheeks surely signals great passion, and great things yet to come! I believe the portrait is German, with a note on the back that I believe