No Passage, Looking Out, Head and Lone Tree Merging, 1930s-40s Velox Snapshot don't ask foolish questions where it might be used

where it might be used to determine the outcome of all sorts of things

a type of traditional Japanese marquetry which originated during the Edo period in Hakone

They're also nicely loosely painted and imperfect

Just a delightful carved whimsy of sorts

with a canary swallowing aspect

No Passage, Looking Out, Head and Lone Tree Merging, 1930s-40s Velox Snapshot don't ask foolish questions where it might be usedI love the tension between forward motion and its thwarting here, with this woman and her curvaceous car poised to sail through the landscape, but the closed gate blocking the road cutting right through the middle. With the alignment of her head hair and the lone tree out there in the distance, and what I take for a printing error along the bottom of the snapshot, just seeming to add to the push pull dynamic. 3 3 8" 2 7 16" and in good condition with