1901 Froebel Kindergarten Thread Drawings: Set One, 4 Drawings round brush A fabulous little pair of

A fabulous little pair of modernist chairs for the shelf

painted on both sides with some paint loss as obvious

blank reverse

in part for the simplicity of the two figures

16” x 12”

1901 Froebel Kindergarten Thread Drawings: Set One, 4 Drawings round brush A fabulous little pair ofAs I've learned more about kindergarten inventor Friedrich Froebel and the series of "Gifts" he created to give form and structure to discovery based learning, I now know that these yarn drawings were product of Gift #12, some made on pre punched cards, as here, others make by punching points through a gridded template. Looking at these, it should not seem too surprising that Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian were both products of early kindergarten. I