Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog filene's basement Marbled one is slightly larger:

Marbled one is slightly larger: 3 1/8" tall

The solid black forms were printed first

Dated 1988

and the stuffing is fairly light weight

And with one tiny graphite drawing dot for an eye and arc for a brow bringing that bird to life

Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog filene's basement Marbled one is slightly larger:A radiant Champion Quince, glowing like sunshine. I've handled a few examples (of apples and peaches and pears) of this type before this would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a large folio case). This is not a lithograph rather, the quince here was rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut stencils and meticulously applied layers of