Antique SECONDS Stencil low relief I fell in love with

I fell in love with this smallish frame at first sight

There is one - the 4/3 -- that is a bit smaller than the rest

Paint loss and wear along top and bottom edges

but it's also a nice tall one

1950s pastel drawings by Tatiana McKinney (1909-2008) I have in the shop--and they are both truly luminous

Antique SECONDS Stencil low relief I fell in love withThis may be my favorite thing I've found of late, which I perceive at least in part as a sort of "art without intent" object due to the absence of a divider on the "D", which has the effect of announcing it not as a perfect thing, but rather as a flawed one, a "second." As a lover of found language that resonates in different contexts, I also love it for all the other things that "seconds" might connote too seconds of time, second in line, second