Lot 017 - Antique Polish Postmortem Photograph Assemblage "Zawczaś Drogi Mężu, Droga Mama" (“Too Soon, Dear Husband, Dear Mother”) Memorial, Dated December 1941, 17-3/4" x 14-5/8" 1816-favs Powder leaking from interior intermittently

Powder leaking from interior intermittently

The Mouth is open

Pre-Auction Notes: no game pieces

The surrealist composition features a young girl in a red dress standing beside a reclining dog

mounted on heavy weighted bases for stability

Lot 017 - Antique Polish Postmortem Photograph Assemblage "Zawczaś Drogi Mężu, Droga Mama" (“Too Soon, Dear Husband, Dear Mother”) Memorial, Dated December 1941, 17-3/4" x 14-5/8" 1816-favs Powder leaking from interior intermittentlyAntique Polish postmortem photograph assemblage memorializing a husband and mother, dated December 1941. The composition features a black and white postmortem photograph of two individuals laid side by side, surrounded by hand applied gilt and silver paper lettering reading Zawcza Drogi Mu, Droga Mama (Too Soon, Dear Husband, Dear Mother) and decorated with embossed metallic floral appliqus. Red numbers below the inscription indicate their dates of