Paper easel

A paper easel for supporting one or more sheets of paper on a work surface, said easel comprising:

• a corrugated cardboard sheet having only three panels, a center panel separating a right wing panel from a left wing panel, wherein said center panel is divided from said right wing panel by a right crease line such that said right wing panel is pivotable to an operating position with respect to said center panel along said right crease line, and wherein said center panel is divided from said left wing panel by a left crease line such that said left wing panel is pivotable to an operating position with respect to said center panel along said left crease line, and
• wherein said left wing panel includes a bottom edge for resting on the work surface and, in said operating position, a left foot panel extending forwardly from a lower front portion of said left wing panel, and said right wing panel includes a bottom edge for resting on the work surface and, in said operating position, a right foot panel extending forwardly from a lower front portion of said right wing panel, and
• wherein said center panel includes opposing left and right ear portions extending laterally outwardly from left and right side edges of said center panel, in the same plan thereof to form an enlarged center section, said center section having a sufficient size to accommodate at least a 3½×5 inch photograph mounted thereon, and
• further wherein an angle between a bottom edge of each of said left and right wing panels and each of said left and right crease lines, respectively, is less than 90°.