Sweet c. 1930s Kindergarten Cut Paper Animal (with Barn on Reverse) special dolls a threshold just waiting to

a threshold just waiting to be crossed

5" l x 4 1/4" t x 2 1/8" w

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I often use the word painterly to describe tintypes that have a poetic sort of spareness and tonal richness to them--I'm not totally sure how to articulate it

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Sweet c. 1930s Kindergarten Cut Paper Animal (with Barn on Reverse) special dolls a threshold just waiting toThis is a single, double sided page from a string bound kindergarten album of sorts, c. 1930s. (It is always interesting to me to see how Froebel's rigorous kindergarten program evolved and morphed (a lot!) over time.) Anyway, I find this cut paper animal pretty excellent, and like the subtle toning rectangle running vertical across the center of its body too. And on the back, rather crookedly mounted, a sweet cut paper barn with opening doors,