Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Dreams of Childhood
TintypeChristopher Wahren Fine PhotographsCourtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (Skylight Gallery Catalog 27, October, 23, 2008 #39)
A young girl riding a mock studio horse in front of an elaborate painted backdrop, with a mock studio lawn beneath the hooves of the stead.
The horse in this image is of a strange composition that emphasizes its imaginary nature. The stead's head, for example, seems to be a different color and construction than the body, almost as if the head were part of the painted backdrop. Its front legs are lifted as if in a suspended gallop, a pose which also recalls that of the horses on a merry-go-round. Overall the effect of these elements is to create a dreamlike tableau, rather like paintings of Marc Chagall.
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