Box with oil paintings

Title

Box with oil paintings.

Format

Realia

Published

[19--]

Description

Box : tin with handpainted oil scenes ; 4 1/8" h. x 2 3/4" w. x 1" d.

Notes

Title supplied by cataloger.
ISR 1365.
Inner scene of couple in coitus with cat is missing (6/10).

Summary

A tin cigar box with a hinged lid. A handpainted oil scene of a woman sitting in a chair decorates the lid of the box. When the box is opened, another scene, also hinged to the box, drops down. This scene, also handpainted in oils, depicts a woman reclining on a bed while a man stands between her legs. Coitus is interrupted by a cat, which scratches the man from behind.

Kinsey subjects

Art--Europe--20th century.
Coitus.
Minor arts.