Seated Young Woman, Terra-cotta Sculpture, Signed LB real scarab Signed on reverse

Signed on reverse

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There is some wear to the wood in one spot on the interior lip of the bottom

I haven't found anything about the G

Seated Young Woman, Terra-cotta Sculpture, Signed LB real scarab Signed on reverseThis really lovely seated terra cotta woman with a terrific presence screams WPA era to me, but I don't know for sure, and have not been able to trace what appears to be LB signed on the back of her base. I love her poised, almost stoically serene posture and expression, imparting her with a sense of quiet, gentle strength, but also how this is contrasted by the manner in which her hands grip the sides of pedestal upon which she sits, to my eye at