George and Abe, Transcendent Pair of 1930s Carved Silhouettes handmade birthday card stiff (card weight) paper with

stiff (card weight) paper with text in black and red ink on reverse as well

I've rarely met an old art school color theory exercise I didn't like

3 3/4" l x 1 1/8" w x 2" t and in very good condition

I have not tried to polish it (and personally would not

Presumed mid-century

George and Abe, Transcendent Pair of 1930s Carved Silhouettes handmade birthday card stiff (card weight) paper withFor me, these two quite transcend their origins as carvings made "by pupils" 1937 38, which is what is noted in graphite on their reverse sides, along with the name of the teacher, which is a bit hard to read. I'll give that teacher great credit for leading their students in the exercise of relief carving silhouettes and painting staining them black and white in direct conversation with the hollow cut silhouette of a hundred years prior, and of course