Ken Goldstrom 1975 Man and Telephone Ceramic Bas Relief Tile plaster faces and also stiff enough to

and also stiff enough to just prop somewhere And the colors—I believe acrylic paint—are even brighter and lusher than photos capture

Hollywood Regency

(So when open it measures  approx 18 3/4" x 21 1/2 x 2 1/4"

with just a bit of wear/loss of white paint--plus some white paint spatters on his wooden legs

The wood is in terrific shape

Ken Goldstrom 1975 Man and Telephone Ceramic Bas Relief Tile plaster faces and also stiff enough toThis is one of three hand painted vintage 1970s ceramic tiles by Ken Goldstrom that I just found in Maine, and which I think are just right and just terrific. Based in Beverly, MA, Goldstrom has been creating small scale ceramic sculpture and tiles in a similar manner for many decades (unbeknownst to me until now), which he describes as "typically playful, sometimes whimsical, sometimes dark." In this one, his portrayal of the dynamic between a man