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A hand-illustrated children's book plate rendered in warm sienna ink and gouache wash on cream paper: a small anonymous woman in a blue coat stands at a mark...

Snapshot Grows One Glove

The photograph leans against the salt shaker on the kitchen counter. A woman in a blue coat stands at the market stall, her right hand empty at her side. Each evening the hand fills with a bright red glove that was never in the original print. The stall's striped awning stays motionless above her. The glove's fingers remain slightly curled as if still reaching for change.