Butterfly with Key and Tassel Black & White In this piece the owl

In this piece the owl has become a sort of tribal costume but with a life of its own: Remaining standing long after its owner has departed

the artist staring back rather hauntingly

I imagined that it was a very stylised portrait but found an old black and white image of the young socialite at a ball in 1945 and it’s a pretty good likeness

This particular work is somewhere between a “salt” and a candle stick in design with a hint of vintage circus act

I absolutely adore them but they are rare and I expect one day soon a cleverer and richer dealer will root out a stash on the continent and make them very expensive overnight

Butterfly with Key and Tassel Black & White In this piece the owl