Young Boxers in Ring with Trainers, Cinematic Feeling c. 1950s Glossy Snapshot odd fellows object who is identified in a

who is identified in a handwritten note on the back of the frame as Catherine Leida Hibbard of Richmond

but I have some notion it may be the work of Henry Evaluardjuk  (1923-2007)

including lots and lots of teeth

ink on wove

They feel of a piece with those antique house and church shaped tole painted still banks I like so much--in the same palette too

Young Boxers in Ring with Trainers, Cinematic Feeling c. 1950s Glossy Snapshot odd fellows object who is identified in aThis photo snuck up on me (like a good boxer I guess!) I first grabbed it because I love a boxing photo, but the more time I spend with it the more compelling I find it, and moodily cinematic feeling, too, with a sense of real significance to the quiet moment captured, as if some sort of turning point in all of their lives. I do love to project! But really, what a beautiful play of bodies and gestures and details, down to the pair of boxing gloves