To Paul from Grand-ma, 1925 Cut Paper Lattice With Brilliantly Toned Pink Backing original print block with wire edging that shows

with wire edging that shows a little rust

too--one of a set of "Conchiglie" dinner plates Fornasetti produced in the late 1960s/early 1970s (there's a set of six on 1st dibs for $1650

I find him tremendously beautiful and evocative

and yet also looking perhaps just a bit defiant

and they're super useful in the kitchen for scooping small measures of spices

To Paul from Grand-ma, 1925 Cut Paper Lattice With Brilliantly Toned Pink Backing original print block with wire edging that showsI love a miracle of toning, and don't think it gets much better than this. And the cut paper work a 1925 gift from Grand ma! (certainly exercising paper cutting skills acquired in her youth.) I'd be inclined to frame these side by side as shown in first photo, with the lattice like cutting and the toned paper (its original bright red pink on reverse) both full of dynamism and embodiments of the passage time. (But the paper cut in front of the