William Palmer 1920s Art Deco Textile Design pottery fish which I imagine was custom

which I imagine was custom made for the purpose

to reveal the white body beneath

is visible

there is a third list on the back of one that was not so lucky

William Palmer 1920s Art Deco Textile Design pottery fish which I imagine was customThis is a gorgeous hand painted watercolor textile design, mounted to black rag paper, by William Palmer, c. late 1920s, likely done when he was in school. Very Art Deco, with a strong Cubist influence as well; I'd like to think the repeating fragment of a guitar is an homage to Picasso! Palmer (1906 1987) was born in Des Moines, studied at the Art Students League in NYC under Thomas Hart Benton among others, and studied fresco painting at the Ecole