Young Caeser (?) Painted Plaster Bust with Metal Laurel Crown \drawing of bank robbery There is also a knot

There is also a knot in the wood panel visible on the tower at center

so maybe ideally suited for hanging in a kid’s bedroom or playroom

charging forward with strength and resilience into the new decade

in a manner both direct and wonderfully poetic

these are just on the surface and there are otherwise no chips or cracks--it remains a truly stunning piece

Young Caeser (?) Painted Plaster Bust with Metal Laurel Crown \drawing of bank robbery There is also a knotI have no idea the story behind this plaster bust, but I think it's wonderful. I love how completely androgynous the figure is, who I take for a young Roman, perhaps Julius Caesar himself, crowned with metal laurel wreath but really I think it could be anyone one wants, and without the crown reminds me a lot of an old Santos figure. The figure's face itself transforms a little, too, depending on point of view, so he, or she, or they, remain always a