Five Seashells, 19th Century Watercolor on Wove, Signed (Right Corner Loss) abstract sculpture all original with a nice

all original with a nice dry wood patina

So much life and immediacy in the pair of them

as if scratching messages in the dirt

tucked into a sketchbook they clearly were pulled from

Five Seashells, 19th Century Watercolor on Wove, Signed (Right Corner Loss) abstract sculpture all original with a niceThere is a loss to the page here at upper right, but nothing of the charming watercolor itself was lost in the process; setting it atop a nearly matching piece of paper it pretty much falls away, and I'll send this close match along with it. It is an old one, signed in ink at lower right, c. mid 3rd quarter 19th century I believe. Very strong color and bold black, and feels very much as if veering toward abstraction. I love the attention to the