Color and Pattern Study on Lightweight Cardboard - No. 21 reinforced corners The surface shows some age

The surface shows some age

I think perhaps it was just ahead of its time

along the handle and

handmade in Russia (in Moscow I believe) in the early 1960s

9 1/4" long x 10" tall x 4" wide

Color and Pattern Study on Lightweight Cardboard - No. 21 reinforced corners The surface shows some ageI just picked up six of these brilliantly colorful pattern paintings on lightweight board and think they are just gorgeous. They are hand numbered in pencil at top center (this one is 21; the highest number of them is 43, so there were once a whole lot of these). My guess is that they were a (well done) art design school exercise, but at some point, also in pencil, prices ranging from 60 (. 60) to 1. 75 were added at top right, reiterated with hand