Absence/Presence: Scratched Out Negative Cabinet Card Obfuscating Figure tramp art frames mounting in it lots of

mounting in it lots of photos of the protagonist in action

3 3/4" x 3 1/4" x 3/8"

The longest chain measures 26" long

an artist who I believe worked and taught in North Carolina

Absence/Presence: Scratched Out Negative Cabinet Card Obfuscating Figure tramp art frames mounting in it lots ofI've seen a number of old photos at this point with subjects cut out or scratched out or otherwise omitted, which are always interesting and invite the invention of a story but this cabinet card is just about my favorite I've ever seen, with the very committed scratching out of one of the six figures done on the negative before printing the positive. I love the intensive markmaking itself, and the way it first reads as if the very long hair of a woman