Daffodils, Watercolor on Cut Paper, c. 1940 post mortem photo and will always grab them

and will always grab them when I find them as who knows when knowing morse code and semaphore might come in handy

and it’s really quite beautiful sitting on the desk or table

was the illusionistic turned corner at the top left corner and pin at lower left a later addition

I love how formally akin these feels to antique reliquaries

Daffodils, Watercolor on Cut Paper, c. 1940 post mortem photo and will always grab themI'll never resist a lovely floral watercolor and here is another with the almost circular gray cut paper ground elevating those white petaled daffodils to a higher level of elegance and resolve. Really lovely, and would be especially beautiful I think in a black stained, fairly wide edged frame. 9" x 7 1 8". Looks to have been extracted from a scrapbook, with the date of 1940 on the reverse. Good condition, watercolor, with light smudges a few small