The paper is a bit brittle and there are a few small tears along the edges: one very tiny torn bit toward the bottom on the left edge and two clean tears that I didn't even notice at first as they pretty disappear when flat--one along bottom edge left
It is fairly beaten up all over
They are made of a mix of construction paper
but it does not seem to snap closed tightly (not sure if it ever did
Signed Forest Landscape on Wooden Painter's Palette, 1904, Scandanavian British art The paper is a bitQuite a marvelous thing, with quite an aura! I have long wanted to find a painting on an old painter's palette, and all the better it be a Scandanavian forest landscape, I believe specifically Danish, signed and dated 1904 on the reverse by brother (Fra) Anlobsopladser (I believe) of Munkebjarg, which, from what I can find, was a favored retreat for painters and artists in the late 19th early 20th century near Veijle Fjord. A rare and special thing,