Moody 1939 French Watercolor of Chateau in Countryside Native American ornament which was carefully hand-cut and

which was carefully hand-cut and slides in beautifully executed tight grooves on either side

the fraktur style lettering of the first half (through to the M

with a rough upper edge from where it was sewn and some scattered spotting

and to my eye just exquisite

Moody 1939 French Watercolor of Chateau in Countryside Native American ornament which was carefully hand-cut andThere are handwritten notes in French on the reverse side of this watercolor, dated May 1939, which identify the subject as the facade of Chteau d'Annecy (a castle in the old French town of Annecy) and suggest it was painted on the spot, in stormy weather, contributing to what the writer describes as a bit of a sinister quality. And indeed, I like this watercolor for its moodiness, making the structure feeling like a character in a gothic novel, and