Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper invalid carriage Lovechild was a pseudonym--too perfect

Lovechild was a pseudonym--too perfect for the writer of this beautiful little book for children

or rather a rebel

and the number 55631 is written in pencil in the upper right corner

which might explain the face painted on it

but it could easily be removed and reframed

Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper invalid carriage Lovechild was a pseudonym--too perfectThere 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