Chance Animal Silhouettes on Card in Old Green Painted Frame mexican folk art burro In part it is the

In part it is the completely painterly paint job that makes it great--looking quite like an abstract expressionist painting but at the same time very cow like

and a second cutout diamond where the inlay appears to have been lost

green and yellow hats

and just a bit of wear to the corners generally

but it finally showed up on a 90 degree day

Chance Animal Silhouettes on Card in Old Green Painted Frame mexican folk art burro In part it is theA chance delight! I discovered this while opening up an antique gold gessoed frame in order to reuse it, and here was this, used as backing paper for a photo, sandwiched between a few other layers. Surely a product of toning, perhaps it once backed a pair of paper cutout animals, which left their silhouettes behind. Looks like a cat and horse to me, though perhaps a dog and an especially graceful cow! Whatever the case, the happiest of accidents