Universal Portland Cement Co. Interior Stable, Chicago--Gorgeous c. 1910s-20s Silver Print Mounted on Linen sinew When the carousel is still

When the carousel is still

Very rare that I come across a whimsy as fancy and skillfully carved as this one

and the creativity of the artist

structurally very sturdy and sound

I just love the silhouette of these two heads facing in opposite direction

Universal Portland Cement Co. Interior Stable, Chicago--Gorgeous c. 1910s-20s Silver Print Mounted on Linen sinew When the carousel is stillI purchased this photograph and a second of the same Chicago cement company together but I think they are good for different reasons, so am listing them separately. This one for me is all about the formal gorgeousness of this industrial concrete interior, and the intensity of all of these suspended hooks, making it feel one part Brutalist's dream, one part meat locker, and one part Dia installation and rather haunting in its emptiness; absence ansd or