Absence/Presence: Scratched Out Negative Cabinet Card Obfuscating Figure tramp art frames Approxx 2 1/8" d x

Approxx 2 1/8" d x 1 1/4" w and in very good condition

and what a lovely thing for a friend or sibling to give to another

mounting in it lots of photos of the protagonist in action

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

and those eyes looking forward

Absence/Presence: Scratched Out Negative Cabinet Card Obfuscating Figure tramp art frames Approxx 2 1/8" d xI'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