Early 1950s's Strange Deception (aka The Forbidden Christ) Vintage 3D Glasses antique lidded boxes The carving of the wood

The carving of the wood chopper is pretty rustically done

which helped in the dating of this one

Visible image: 10 3/8" x 7 1/2"

in a combination of pen

And someone certainly put some love into it

Early 1950s's Strange Deception (aka The Forbidden Christ) Vintage 3D Glasses antique lidded boxes The carving of the woodIt seems exactly right that a vintage pair of 3D glasses should advertise a film titled "Strange Deception" which makes me consider these very much readymade works of art and very timely ones at that. A little research turns up series of different years associated with the release of "Strange Deception," from 1949 to 1953, and the original title for the film, written and directed by Italo German novelist Curzio Malaparte (born Kurt Erich Suckert) was