Burning Building, Super Atmospheric Old Snapshot Photo vintage Odd Fellows mask watercolor and gouache on cardboard

watercolor and gouache on cardboard

which I find aesthetically satisfying but don't have much knowledge about

animated with what look to me like traces of old white paint

which doesn't happen very often

but otherwise all in very good condition

Burning Building, Super Atmospheric Old Snapshot Photo vintage Odd Fellows mask watercolor and gouache on cardboardHow stunningly beautiful a burning building can be, and also very apocalyptic feeling. This photo is more beautiful and nuanced in hand, with a glossy surface and some silveriness to the blacks that makes it seem all the moodier and the structure all the more skeletal against the aura of white light. And very gothic feeling, I keep thinking of Poe and The Fall of the House of Usher. 4 1 2" x 3 1 2" Glossy photo, earlyish 20th century. Clipped bottom