Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper \to hang and a hole at the

and a hole at the center of the back

I keep finding them--but I think it is rather that they are a magnet for me

Very nicely carved and super sculptural

and a couple of small stains and one clean tear on the King of spades

or filled with a bloom

Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper \to hang and a hole at theThere are so many sorts of things I've fallen more and more in love with over time, theorem paintings very much one of them. I really love the super folky early theorems on velvet, but a crisp watercolor theorem on paper like this one satisfies in a whole different way; what a jewel like thing this ripening pear on its stem is, with a few rich green leaves setting it off just perfectly. So contemporary feeling, too; a perfectly resolved, very lovely