Transcendent (and Ultra Painterly) Froebel Kindergarten Folded Paper Composition wall vase or a graphite mark could

or a graphite mark could have been used

and rather beyond time and place entirely

7" long x 2 3/8" in diameter

at the end of his book

It is unsigned and the artist not known

Transcendent (and Ultra Painterly) Froebel Kindergarten Folded Paper Composition wall vase or a graphite mark couldYou know I love my antique Froebel kindergarten folded and woven paper exercises, usually the finer the better, but for me this one transcends those origins to read, and satisfy, like a sophisticated abstract painting. In part due to the chance unfolding of a few of those purple corners long ago, and also due to the slightly off kilter arrangement of those square (and torn edges of the backing paper too) it makes me think of the work of Hlio Oiticica