Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper invalid carriage The hand and sensibility of

The hand and sensibility of its maker is all over every inch of this

which might explain the face painted on it

meant to hold matches

Nielson in 1919 for biology and hygiene class

but it could easily be removed and reframed

Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper invalid carriage The hand and sensibility ofThere 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