Trout on Table: Striking c. 1880s Stereoview, Charles E. Smith Vermont collages which read The Village School

which read The Village School on one side and Union College on the other

some abstract

that’s how I see it

I have to think as means to play out all sorts of conflicts and dramas

but due to the way she is constructed

Trout on Table: Striking c. 1880s Stereoview, Charles E. Smith Vermont collages which read The Village SchoolThis is the last of a handful of striking (I think) stereoviews I purchased together that came from one collection, and this may be my favorite of all them. Feels to me one part Dutch still life, one part French Surrealist, and one part magic trick waiting to happen. And just a stunning photograph formally, times two, made even better by the orange perimeter of the card. 7" x 3 7 8". Charles E. Smith, Bristol, VT. c. 1880s I believe. Scattered stains