Wonderful Old Jointed Clown Whirligig Fragment joseph albers There are a few stray

There are a few stray bits of fuzz and dust on the wool

the sender

who lived for a time in Hawaii (hence the backs of the cards

but really a fantastic object for display

presumably straight off the streets of Amsterdam

Wonderful Old Jointed Clown Whirligig Fragment joseph albers There are a few strayIm pretty sure this was once part of a whirligig, but think it's pretty perfect just as it is now, with this clown (who, though I doubt intentional, looks like a woman to me, and also a bit witchy) attached by a couple of screws to the plank behind her, which terminates in a baby blue ball, giving a pom pom to the tip of her darker blue hat! Her arms move, as do her legs, though they have no feet, and I must say with one arm lifted over her head she