Sophisticated Kid Made Cut Paper Abstraction #2, Purple Construction Paper ink and watercolor study to my eye all the

to my eye all the better for the toning of the image resulting from living most of its life with an oval mat over top

In original mid 19th c

kept meeting notes and contact information for members while also occasionally slipping in one of these

with these cards (based on their backs) dating to about 1890

Many are loose but all are in very good condition with only the most minimal of toning toning

Sophisticated Kid Made Cut Paper Abstraction #2, Purple Construction Paper ink and watercolor study to my eye all thethey struck (strike) me as quite sophisticated things, feeling as much like formal studies by an accomplished modern artist of the early mid 20th century as by the work of children. (Hung on the wall in a museum, I would easily believe this was a sketch in advance of a sculpture done by, say, Hans Arp!) Crisp, elegant, and with the softening fading to the color of the purple construction paper enhancing a sense of timelessness really a very lovely and