Kuckuck und Esel · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Kuckuck und Esel
Description: 1930? "Der Kuckuck und der Esel." Scheerenschnitt. Message on the image side and in the image section of the verso. Dated 10.8.31. €5 from Akpool.de, July, '20.

I am aware of a fable in which an ass praises a nightingale for her sweet song but says that the cuckoo does it better. Mahler in fact seems to have incorporated a Wunderhorn song, "Lob des hohen Verstands" (that uses this fable?) into the finale of his Fifth Symphony. Whatever the source, this is a fine Scherenschnitt, unfortunately written over. Similarly, the production information on the verso is written over by the eager writer in old German script.
Date: 1930?
Source: €5 from Akpool.de, July, '20.
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