Artist Made Cast Bronze Breasts! carving on base A few months ago I

A few months ago I found a wonderful Japanese cat hand-puppet (which immediately sold) that was clearly made by the same maker as this terrific clown

I've seen a few of these online but had never come across a pair out in the world until finding these the other day

I'd spread them out on the coffee table and never put them away

Quite a character

Artist Made Cast Bronze Breasts! carving on base A few months ago II found this (these!) in the Hudson River Valley, and know from the dealer's note that they came from the estate of an area artist, but I don't know that artist's name. With the bar connecting them across the top (which makes for easy hanging), the first thing I thought when I saw them was of old optometrist signs in the form of spectacles, which has the great effect of conflating the nipples here with the pupils of the eye and imparts the sense that