Striking Modernist Photograph Signed Homer (Presumed Sculptor Homer Gunn) chunky whimsy or holding anyone's favorite bedtime

or holding anyone's favorite bedtime reading material

I forever have an eye out for antique schoolgirl woven paper pieces

The vase's squarish form is softened via rounded corners

10 1/4" l x 9" t x 7 1/2" d

and how poised and ready for business these six look

Striking Modernist Photograph Signed Homer (Presumed Sculptor Homer Gunn) chunky whimsy or holding anyone's favorite bedtimeI found this last week in New Hampshire, and the more time I spend with it the more I love it, including for the sense of mystery induced by that out of focus rectangle in the background, which looks a bit like an illuminated Lite Brite board The seller knew that the piece was by a fairly well known sculptor installation artist, and, signed Homer on the back of the board, I believe it was likely a piece by Homer Gunn (1919 2001), born in Woonsocket,