Wonderful Cut Paper Tribute to FDR, with Silhouette, Framed as Found striped crock or would you rather Leave

or would you rather Leave your dear mother and your father

from “The Carpenter’s Boy” to “Crazy Ann” (driven to madness from the loss of her love to a shipwreck) to William Tell

so when I had the chance to buy it back

Dating to the early 1930s I believe and produced by Napier

with a little loss to one jointed corner

Wonderful Cut Paper Tribute to FDR, with Silhouette, Framed as Found striped crock or would you rather LeaveI find this really wonderful. Probably done as school work, but I think quite transcendent. And feels like a poignant moment for thinking about FDR including as we watch our social safety net disappear. The arching cut paper numbers mark the span of his presidency. And then this silhouette bust on column, which feels very full of life to me. To my eye just right, down to every detail and imperfection. 10 3 4" x 8 3 4", framed, under glass, as found.