Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies hand-sewn humpty Dumpty I view them as readymade

I view them as readymade painterly sculptures

There is one round hole in the lid and two in the bottom (only one that goes all the way through the wood and smaller than a peppercorn

a near complete pad of score sheets

and glazed a deep

I had a partial set of Tsakli cards a year or so ago and have kept an eye out since

Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies hand-sewn humpty Dumpty I view them as readymadeThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawingone of four watercolors I purchased from a German seller, which appear all done by the same person, likely c. 1800. Photos do no justice to the real thing. I would guess they were the original drawings after which engravings were then made for a volume on animal life. I find it, and all of them, just extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing