SUMMARY: Delicate German Scherenschnitte picture depicting Hansel & Gretel, the children of a poor woodcutter, about to come out of the forest and upon the Gingerbread House, made c. 1920s.
The scene contains everything, with a strong rotational (a)symmetry, in an egg shaped form: the seasonally bountiful yet dangerous forest, alert pointy-eared foraging squirrel, a comfortable looking open doored house with over-incorporated carved hearts & stars in its construction, three pretzel knots on a bony stick, a hanged gingerbread man, and smoke wafting upwards from the chimney. The sinister presence is implied without personification at the confluence.
DIMENSIONS: 7 ⅞” High x 5 ⅞” Wide (Paper Oval); 12 1/2” high x 10 1/2” wide
MARKINGS: unsigned; the newspaper used in framing is from 1928.
CONDITION: Vintage, Excellent – no damage, no repair. For Accuracy Only: the frame may show light signs of age
