Robert, others on here are probably more qualified but I'm with you. Definitely atypical. I've never seen his auto not connect the "d" to the "W" except with his early signatures where the W is completely different. However, if you look at items he signed as Theodore, the W looks very similar. I'd love to say that this is just an atypical example but I've never seen a connection from the "m" to "s" look like that. He always struck me as someone who was very meticulous with his signature and I can't see him adding an extra hump in a "m" like that. However again, it's hard for me to tell by the picture what exactly the cut is signed on. It doesn't look like a simple, smooth, index card. If the surface is rough then I could easily see some oddities with a signature and perhaps that's the case here. You can imagine starting to sign your signature and then stopping when it gets difficult and moving on to the next part. Hoping that's what happened here because it's a cool piece.
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