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 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

I view them as readymade painterly sculptures

and I've looked at a fair number and sold a number of them

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