EXPOSED Glass Plate Negative Holder (Poignant Readymade) jets rendered in the brilliant saturated

rendered in the brilliant saturated colors of Pennsylvania fraktur watercolors

plus the stucco like texture of the surface and the little steeple where one would expect a chimney

and what a marvelous photograph whatever the case

I purchased a larger lot of these and have divided them into groups

9 7/8" x 7 7/8""

EXPOSED Glass Plate Negative Holder (Poignant Readymade) jets rendered in the brilliant saturatedI love this as a found object, complete unto itself (and which feels like it pretty much sums up everything) though one could also alter it by placing two glass plate slides inside, which would change its nature. (I had one of these previously that still had glass plates in it which made it feel very much like the encapsulation of a peep show; black shades veiling glass windows which one could then sliding open to expose them.) Here, it is just