Parachuter Falling to Earth, Poignant Pair of Old Photos antique santos See details for full documentation

See details for full documentation of condition--there is one obvious area of loss and one tiny split along the lip on the opposite side

without lid the basket measures 5 1/2" across

though mostly with the help of turning the handle

plus nice irregularities indigenous to both plate and glazing

and here I think the wintery trees and traces of her skates on the ice are all the better felt in the negative

Parachuter Falling to Earth, Poignant Pair of Old Photos antique santos See details for full documentationI find these photographs so beautiful individually and together. Pretty much nothing so existential as falling from the sky! And then so simply beautiful as a parachute opening to slow one's fall. Here the first photo captured just after the parachute has opened, and the second just after the parachuter has touched down, with a man running fast toward him from the bottom right corner. Pure and perfect. Each 4 7 8" x 3 7 8". Sold as a pair. Some visual