Perfectly Resolved c. 1930s Modernist Abstract Watercolor on Card Signed Castel schomberg Ontario public school certainly two better than one

certainly two better than one

I mended a few tears with transparent archival tape on the reverse

with just the arc of the huge open-mouthed fish interrupting the linearity

10 1/2” t x 9 1/8” w x 5 7/8” d and in very good condition

with some fading to the green on the paper and light toning

Perfectly Resolved c. 1930s Modernist Abstract Watercolor on Card Signed Castel schomberg Ontario public school certainly two better than oneI 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