My girlfriend's mother recently purchased a piece by Artist Fred Danziger. The piece is a wooden cutout of a man in a trench coat, drawn with black paint, from the 20s or 30s smoking a cigarette. I love how it interacts with the home but I have to say, the reason or meaning of the piece has left me (no pun intended) stumped because I can't find information anywhere about this wooden man. It's rumored that Mr. Danziger may have created this series at a young age before he had found his hand and now, as a highly skilled painter, the artist would rather not look back at the "Wooden 100."

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