Moderate wear and tear throughout consistent with age
with a more distinct image of her arm and hand coming around the subjects neck and shoulder from the right side of the photo
Powder leaking from interior intermittently
The surrealist composition features a young girl in a red dress standing beside a reclining dog
These early cityscapes document the capital at a moment of rapid transformation
Lot 017 - Antique Polish Postmortem Photograph Assemblage "Zawczaś Drogi Mężu, Droga Mama" (“Too Soon, Dear Husband, Dear Mother”) Memorial, Dated December 1941, 17-3/4" x 14-5/8" 1816-favs Moderate wear and tear throughoutAntique Polish postmortem photograph assemblage memorializing a husband and mother, dated December 1941. The composition features a black and white postmortem photograph of two individuals laid side by side, surrounded by hand applied gilt and silver paper lettering reading Zawcza Drogi Mu, Droga Mama (Too Soon, Dear Husband, Dear Mother) and decorated with embossed metallic floral appliqus. Red numbers below the inscription indicate their dates of
