Surreal Looking Hand-painted and Faded 1900 Stereoview, "The Courtesy" Lapid Pottery I'm a sucker for paper

I'm a sucker for paper cutouts of all sorts

pencil and crayon/colored pencil on faintly lined paper

Hand-written atop the deeply carved base is "Rio de Janeiro

I'm a big fan of the work of Inuit artist Alice Nanogak (1925-2001)

that makes this box for me--beautiful

Surreal Looking Hand-painted and Faded 1900 Stereoview, "The Courtesy" Lapid Pottery I'm a sucker for paperThe caption here tells us its a Colonial era parlor scene, and it seems clear that the woman at the center of the image (with an insane looking bright red smile) is giving a curtsy (a courtesy), but the way in which the photographic image has faded while the painting over top has remained turns the whole thing quite surreal. (Which one might say this sort social ceremony was is to begin with!) There is also a woman in white in the background who keeps