Dappled Apple, Antique Theorem Watercolor on Watermarked Paper houses on river though it's also great piled

though it's also great piled up on itself to form a sort of a heap

3 7/8" t x 4" in diameter

The crucifix hangs from a large nail inside this wonderful diamond shaped shadow box with original glass

ready to be loaded up and taken on a plain air painting outing

Dappled Apple, Antique Theorem Watercolor on Watermarked Paper houses on river though it's also great piledOne of three lush, strongly graphic old theorem watercolor paintings of fruit today, purchased together in Pennsylvania and making me think about the kinship between theorems (made using stencils, and with glass straws used for blowing the base level of watercolor paint) and airbrushed designs. Surely all done by one person, and a faint penciled number at the corner of each suggests they were likely part of a larger series (one sees similar numbering