SOLD 1884 Oil on Tin Blue Waterfall in Perfect Period Silver Leafed Frame, Signed D. Jaures fraktur bird 14 pages (folio) filled front

14 pages (folio) filled front and back

curious little objects I could never pass one by

that there are a good number of Japanese cast iron owls out there

Made by the Whitehead and Hoag Co

and the surface of the back is pretty gorgeous too

SOLD 1884 Oil on Tin Blue Waterfall in Perfect Period Silver Leafed Frame, Signed D. Jaures fraktur bird 14 pages (folio) filled frontSeveral years ago I had a waterfall painting that seemed to me very erotic, and this one, oil on tin, feels a bit that way too I think particularly because of the tight framing of the rushing blue fall, which somehow me think of Duchamp's tant donns, viewed through a peephole. But, whatever, it's a lovely and satisfying waterfall. In an excellent period silver gessoed frame. And feels quite contemporary too, straight forward but on the edge of pure