German Hand-painted Wooden Cutout Couple in Traditional Costumes folk art horse pull toy Paper size: 6" x 9"

Paper size: 6" x 9"

I am not entirely certain of the wood

with the gilding around the edges of the dish mostly worn away

arguing for the responsiveness of modern architecture

who travelled to the Canadian Arctic with Icelandic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962)

German Hand-painted Wooden Cutout Couple in Traditional Costumes folk art horse pull toy Paper size: 6" x 9"I must say I find this unusual old pair of German cutout wooden figures quite compelling, and also problematic, which is I think in large part what makes them compelling. His very particular posture seems a pure embodiment of lustfulness, amplified (and made rather ridiculous to a modern eye) by his traditional lederhosen, while her serious expression complicates the gesture of her raising the skirt corner of her dirndl (in the other direction) making