Black and White Cat in Profile Doorstop with Alligatored Face valentine rppc 7 3/4” x 5 3/4”

7 3/4” x 5 3/4” paper

Of course I can't look at this old pin the tail on the donkey without thinking about the Democratic Party

it feels quite tender and poignant as well as wonderfully strange

once held in a school notebook

Black and White Cat in Profile Doorstop with Alligatored Face valentine rppc 7 3/4” x 5 3/4”A bit of an unusual one in my experience for this cat being oriented in profile, and what an excellent face, I think, subtly smiling (the smile carved rather than painted) and looking very much as if holding a secret or having just swallowed a canary! Great character, well constructed, and with excellent alligatoring to the creamy white paint of the face on both sides. It also seems like a pretty early on to me, maybe 1920s 30s? 7 5 8" t x 8 1 16"