Wonderful c. 1940s Soviet Folk Art Photo Portrait of a Young Soldier faceted vessel All of his joints move

All of his joints move easily

Included in photos are several product sheets

There is a small split in the wood on the top of the box toward the very back left side but it is in overall very good condition

3" long x 3 1/8" tall x 1/2" wide

) shop I thought it pretty brilliant

Wonderful c. 1940s Soviet Folk Art Photo Portrait of a Young Soldier faceted vessel All of his joints moveI've been trying to find something written about folk art Soviet military snapshot portraits of this sort but have turned up nothing. There are other examples out there, which it seems most apt to describe as a form of trench art, since from what I've found they were limited to portraits of soldiers, who decorated the borders around their portraits, as here (those flourishes embedded in the print, not drawn on top.) I really love the effect, executed