Grasshopper on Melon, Exquisite 1917 Ink and Watercolor French Hand-painted Postcard his first attempt about as suggestive (to my

about as suggestive (to my eye at least) as a landscape painting might get

with a little burning to the tips of the feathers on his headdress as well

really-- where he grips the seal he is carrying on his back in a manner that makes it hard to know where one ends and the other begins

Douglas and Nancy Webster

and I'd call it Brutalist--unapologetically bold and rough and all about its materiality--but also rather playful about it function as a vase

Grasshopper on Melon, Exquisite 1917 Ink and Watercolor French Hand-painted Postcard his first attempt about as suggestive (to myI purchased this beauty of a handmade postcard from a seller in Holland, a bit skeptical that it was completely hand done, but indeed it is, ink and watercolor and very fine! What an gorgeous grasshopper, and what a luminous and evocative melon upon which it is munching! Emblematic of the late 19th early 20th c. obsession with all things Asian ("Japonisme" in France), the imagery here seems all about good luck and prosperity. The postcard, mailed by