1931 Ink and Watercolor Seascape with Ships Signed C. Friburgh fabric covered book This book has be through

This book has be through A LOT

I view them as readymade painterly sculptures

I find it all immensely satisfying and have not tired of playing with it yet (and have spent a fair amount time turning that crank

"Silver Leaf" and "203" (found under the moon and stars at top left

so that it wants to be set near the edge of the table or shelf or pedestal such that the end of the tail almost grips the ledge like a hook

1931 Ink and Watercolor Seascape with Ships Signed C. Friburgh fabric covered book This book has be throughI have not been able to identify the C. Friburgh who signed this watercolor, which surprises me some, as it is very finely done. Photos don't give a great sense of the richness of the sea itself, which was painted with hundreds of fine brushstrokes in a range of blues and greens, which make it feel as if we're out in very deep waters witnessing the scene. And then these wispy white clouds popping against the tan board, which it feels as if the sails