Stripes Obscuring Letters, Antique Cutout Watercolor Zebra on Penmanship Practice Scrap snowy day ) Surely inspiration and/or material

) Surely inspiration and/or material for all sorts of creative endeavors

and I really love the warmth and folkiness of this one

and then it lived out in the garden for many years to come

14 1/4" x 11 1/4"

One sees a relationship with the work of Motherwell

Stripes Obscuring Letters, Antique Cutout Watercolor Zebra on Penmanship Practice Scrap snowy day ) Surely inspiration and/or materialI've had some other old animals cut from scrap paper of this sort, but none so large or with watercolored stripes! Quite a charmer of a zebra I think, who also looks a lot like a donkey, and with penmanship practice repeated letters showing through the stripes and also covering the reverse side. 9" l x 7 1 2" t. Watercolor on card weight paper. Very good condition, c. 1900 I believe, found in Pennsylvania.