Perfectly Resolved c. 1930s Modernist Abstract Watercolor on Card Signed Castel decorative bowls and what a lovely thing

and what a lovely thing to give to a beloved

Boston--the latter which seems to have gone out of business before the end of the 19th century

something about the curves and points and surfaces of the steel forms totally does it for me

Beautifully crafted with hand-painted features

a mend to the front of one leg (quite an old repair)

Perfectly Resolved c. 1930s Modernist Abstract Watercolor on Card Signed Castel decorative bowls and what a lovely thingI have not definitively placed the Castel who signed this modernist watercolor, but they sure knew what they were doing and it seems very possible the artist in question is Moshe Castel (1909 1991, Israeli), who studied in Paris from the late 1920s through 1940, including at l'Ecole du Louvre. (There is a fair bit out there about him, and a museum in Jerusalem dedicated to his work.) I just think this is a small gem of a painting, certainly seeming to