Ok, after some digging, I finally found the artist for this piece. At the bottom of this piece has a Copyright Ivanov 1993. While searching through artist with that last name, I found an image of an oil painting from Sergiy that has the same looking mouth and chin figure in his known piece. When I read his biography, I was shocked that he graduated from Ukraine Academy of Printmaking, majoring in Graphic Arts. I feel very confident that this is the artists for my piece. The last picture is from a known Sergiy painting, bearing the same technique and chin that is on mine. The graphic is 26x36, excluding framing. It's Sergiy Ivanov from Ukraine. CORRICULUM VITAE SERGIY IVANOV - Artist Born on September 10th, 1957 in Kamyanets-Podilskyj, Ukraine. Graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Printmaking, majored in “Graphic Arts.” Current Practice: Printmaking, Painting, Sculpture, Artist Books. Associate professor of Composition and Graphic Arts at the Ukrainian Academy of Printmaking. Participated in 60 international graphic art exhibitions. Artwork was also presented at 15 solo exhibitions in Ukraine, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Bulgaria, Macedonia. Holds international awards that were received at exhibitions in Belgium, USA, Italy and Poland. The works are in the museum, gallery and private collections of Ukraine, USA, Japan, France, The NETHERLANDS, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain. Lives and works in L’viv, Ukraine. PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: 1991 - International Miniutstallining “MINIPRINT-91”Susekullem Olofstrom. SWEDEN. - II Iternational Print Biennale ”IMPREZA-91” Ivano-Frankivsk, UKRAINE. 1992 - XIV International Biennale Ex Librisy. Malbork, POLAND. - International Competitive Exnibition of Exlibris. Bratislava, SLOVAKIA. - 17 th International Independente Exhibition of prints in KANAGAWA”92, Kanagawa, JAPAN. 1993 - International Grafiek Biennale-Maastricht 93. The NETHERLANDS. - 5 th Biennale Exhibition of Small forms and Exlibris.Ostrow-Wielkopolski “93, POLAND. - Small Graphic Form, POLAND-LODZ” 93. - Internatiional MINIBIENNAL-93Susekullem-Olofstrom, SWEDEN. - II International Print Biennale, Kaliningrad, RUSSIA. - 3 Annual International Mini Print Exhibition, Napa, CALIFORNIA, USA. 1994 - XV International Biennale of Contemporary Exlibris,Malbork”94, POLAND. - INTERGRAFIA”94.Word Award Winners Gallery. Katowice, POLAND. - International Triennial of Graphic ART. Bitola, MACEDONIA. - International Biennale of Graphic ART”CUPRUM, Lubin, POLAND. - Triennale m Petit Format. Shamalieres, FRANCE. 1995 - International MINI-PRINT. Triennial “ 95. Tokyo, JAPAN. - The 18 th International Indepedante Exhibition of Prints in KANAGAWA” 95, Kanagawa, JAPAN. - VI International Biennale of Small Graphic Forms and Ex Libris. Ostrow Wielkopolski, POLAND. 1996 - XVI International Biennal of Modern Ex Libris, Malbork, POLAND. - Concours International D” Ex Libris “ LE XXIe SIECLE”, Nancy, FRANCE. - Concours International D” Ex Libris “ Paul VERLAINE Metz, FRANCE. - IV Biennal Internacional DE GRABADO. Orense, ESPANA. 1997 - International Print Exhibition. PORTLAND ART MUSEUM. Oregon, USA. - Concours International D”Ex Libris Pour MICHEL BUTOR, Bauyeux, Musee Baron Gerard, FRANCE. - VII International Biennale Of Small Graphic Form and Ex Libris.Ostrow Wielkopolski, POLAND. - International Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola, REPUBLIC of MACEDONIA. - International Biennale of Graphic “CUPRUM”, Lubin, POLAND. - The 19 International Indepedante Exhibition of Prints in Kanagawa-97. Kanagawa. JAPAN. - International Biennial portraite. Tuzla. REPUBLIKA BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA. - The First International Mini -Print Biennial. Cluj-97. ROMANIA. - 4 International Mini Biennial. Susekullem-Olofstrom. SWEDEN. - Biennal Internacional DE GRAVAT «JOSEP DE RIVERA». ESPANA. 1998 - XVII International Biennal of Modern Ex Libris, Malbork, POLAND. - International MINI-PRINT. Triennial ’96. Tokyo. JAPAN. - World Print Festival. Ljubljana. SLOVENIA. - V Bienal Internacional DE GRABADO. Orense, ESPANA. 1999 - VIII-th International Biennale of Small Graphic Forms and Ex Libris. Ostrow Wielkopolski, POLAND. - 19 Bienale Van Den Kleingrafiek. Sint-Niklaas, BELGIUM. - Norwegian International print Triennale. Fredrikstad-NORWAY. - International Graphic competition for Ex Libris. Gliwice-99, POLAND. 2000 - XVIII International Biennal of Modern Ex Libris, Malbork, POLAND. - The 1st Cheju International Prints Art Festival. Seoul, KOREA. - Ia Biennale Internazionale di Grafica. Francavilla al Mare (Chieti), ITALIA. 2001 - III-Ex Libris Triennal. BRATISLAVA. - International Mini -Print Exhibition. Norwalk. USA. 2002 - XIX International Biennal Exhibition of Modern Ex Libris, Malbork, POLAND. 2003 - International Mini -Print Exhibition. Norwalk. USA. - The 1st International Ex Libris competition Exhibition. TURKEY - International Triennial of Graphic ART.Bitola, MACEDONIA. 2004 - 3a Biennale Internazionale di Grafica. Francavilla al Mare (Chieti), ITALIA - The second independet international Biennial of Graphic. St. Petersburg. RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2005 - 6TH British International Miniature Print Exshibition. Dumfries. SCOTLAND 2006 - 5- th Egyptian International Print Triennale . Egypt - II International Print Exshibition. Istanbul.TURKEY - “Premio REMO PALMIRANI 2006 per l’artista”.Ortona. ITALIA - “2006’Mei Yuan Cup’ Shanghai International Exlibris Invitation Exhibition” Shanghai. CHINA 2007 - 2nd International Ex-libris Competition Ankara-2007.TURKEY - International Of Small Graphic Form Exhibition. Budapest. 2006. XII. 21-2007. I.14 HUNGARIAN - XXI International Biennal Exhibition of Modern Ex Libris, Malbork, POLAND. - 4th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro . PORTUGAL. 2008 - International Competition Ekslibris, Santa Croce Sul Arno. ITALIA 2009 - Modern Ukrainian graphics in Split. CROATIA ONE-MAN EXHIBITION: 1993 - GALERIE des HALLES de SENS. FRANCE. 1994 - GALERIE des HALLES de SENS. FRANCE. 1997 - FONDATION TAYLOR. PARIS, FRANCE. - Klaine Galerie in der Stadtbucherei. St. POLTEN, AUSTRIA. - GALERIE “ OERAL”, ASSEN, HOLLAND. 1998 - GALERIE IN THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM. Kamyanets-Podilsky. UKRAINE. 1999 - THE VOLYNIAN REGIONAL MUSEUM. Lutsk. UKRAINE. 2000 - THE FREDERIKSHAVN KUNSTMUSEUM. DENMARK 2005 - GALLERY “TRIPTIH”. Kyiv. UKRAINE 2006 - GALLERY “DZYGA”. Lviv. UKRAINE - FINE ART MUZEUM. Shernivtsi. UKRAINE 2007 - ART GALLERY “ NIKOLA PETROV”.Vidine.BULGARIA - NATIONAL GALLERY, Skopje, MACEDONIA - NATIONAL KYIV-PECHERSK HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESERVE GALLERY “NEF “. Kyiv. UKRAINA 2008 - Design and implementation of the material (in collaboration with V. Tsisaryk) monument to the dead miners in Chervonograd. UKRAINE 2009 - Monument (in collaboration with V. Tsisaryk) "Franz Joseph 1" in Chernivtsi. UKRAINE AWARDS: - The first award and a medal of the 5th Biennal Exhibition of small Graphic Forms and Ex Libris.POLAND. - Gallery CHOICE. Purchase Award. NAPA. CALIFORNIA, USA. - Medal of the XVII International Biennal of Modern Exiibris. Malbork. POLAND. - The Prize for the best bookplate, inspired by a poem of Guido Gezelle. BRUGGE, BELGIUM. - The second Prize of the Ia Biennale Internazionale di Grafica. Francavilla al Mare (Chieti), ITALIA. - GRANT THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION, INC., NEW YORK. USA - Honorary title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. The works are in the muzeum. Gallery and private collections of UKRAINE, USA, JAPAN, FRANCE, The NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN, ITALY, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SPAIN.
Looks faded to me. When color prints fade, it's usually the red that goes first. So if a print has a blue-green cast to it... it has likely faded. I would say look at pictures like this and define what you like about them, but I would not advise you to buy them. They're just color reproductions.
Boy, was a WAY off on the artist! I didn't take the picture out of the frame because it was nicely framed and didn't think about the possibility of any other notations being on the front. When asked if it was signed or numbered, I decided to take it out the frame. Upon doing so, I realized it is not the artist I first thought it was. I also realized that this is indeed faded, that bites. The border that still has it color, looks so bright. This would of look really lovely with its full colors. Back to the artist. It's a litho of a painting by Anatoly Ivanov. On the front it's written as such and exclusively from the Luna Arts in Venice, CA. So, sorry about the mix up on identifying this from the wrong artist. I find it odd that Anatoly's work here had the same "mouth and chin" as Sergiy's. You could see why I went with Sergiy at first. None the less, I still enjoy this piece. I wouldn't of bought it if I didn't. Not only that, the wife loves it. Gotta make the wife happy.
This is a photomechancial reproduction of apparently an antique painting. I suspect "Ivanov" is the print's publisher, not the artist. This does not appear to resemble a work by the Ukranian Sergiy Ivanov (born 1957).
I've found more of the works of this painter online, but no information about him. The only Anatoly Ivanov that's come up as an artist is a photographer and designer: http://anatolyivanov.com
