Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies hand-sewn humpty Dumpty which feel almost as if

which feel almost as if they were dug out of the ground fully formed

a near complete pad of score sheets

There is one round hole in the lid and two in the bottom (only one that goes all the way through the wood and smaller than a peppercorn

but them M seems slightly different than his

I view them as readymade painterly sculptures

Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies hand-sewn humpty Dumpty which feel almost as ifThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawingone of four watercolors I purchased from a German seller, which appear all done by the same person, likely c. 1800. Photos do no justice to the real thing. I would guess they were the original drawings after which engravings were then made for a volume on animal life. I find it, and all of them, just extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing