Great Antique Gold and Black Gesso Over Wood Frame with Marvelous Reverse papier mach 7" x 4 1/2"

7" x 4 1/2"

multiplication and division

with the silk still held very taut all the way around

the widely acclaimed illustrator and former art director of the New York Times Op-Ed page—at the lower right corner of the cover

Really quite an amazing object and portrait of an iconic place during its heyday

Great Antique Gold and Black Gesso Over Wood Frame with Marvelous Reverse papier mach 7" x 4 1/2"Not sure whether I like the front or back more on this one they are very different things! The face I love for the gold stripes against black patterning that looks very much like scales, making the whole thing feel like a snake curled into an oval to me. The reverse revealing its angle cut construction, rectangular recessed frame and black stencil painted 80 on one side reminds me of a cubist painting, including with the simple string strung across,