Solid Geometry 1938, H. Hagens-Knoop Annotated Matte Paper Photo hand-painted brick 5 1/2" l including handle

5 1/2" l including handle x 2" t x 7/16" d

but with pencil-drawn details

his head almost resting there

It appears to have been hand-tinted

with minor degrading along left edge

Solid Geometry 1938, H. Hagens-Knoop Annotated Matte Paper Photo hand-painted brick 5 1/2" l including handleThe combination of "Solid Geometry 1938" carefully hand written and upper right and the resting of this student's foot against the edge of a desk across the aisle knee and ankle forming two near perfect right angles completely does it for me, the gesture itself an embodiment of the phrase, and the image itself just perfectly composed. It is stamped on the back "H. Hagens Knoop," a photographer I've found just a couple of records for: several photos in