Unstretched Oil on Canvas Portrait of Handsome Young Man  gridded tray And they are actually in

And they are actually in the shape of books--the sides look like spines

Hard to get scale from photos but it feels substantial in size

when this particular zig zag edge was the height of house number style

This is a super rare one from what I can tell

but it works great as is

Unstretched Oil on Canvas Portrait of Handsome Young Man  gridded tray And they are actually inNo way could I resist this handsome fellow posing in his tight fitting trunks, with what I take for a fair bit of attitude, too. Something about the angle of the burgundy curtain to his right and beams overhead and lines of the stool gives the composition a bit of a Diebenkorn feeling to me, and this young man's face I think has a bit of a Modigliani aspect, too. Found in Massachusetts, this is unsigned and I dont know who painted it, but I might