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This is a photomechancial reproduction of apparently an antique painting. I suspect "Ivanov" is the print's publisher, not the artist. This does...
"Funny how the artist used her husband's name to sell her paintings." Actually, the husband used his name to sell his wife's paintings...and...
As you say, there are a lot of Peter Keil works "out there flooding the market." Therefore if you want to "grab a couple of his works" it won't...
As a general rule, experts only pay attention to signatures after they have determined authenticity by the visual and physical evidence (and other...
The pictures aren't precise enough to tell for certain, but from experience I suspect an original oil on canvas, albeit thinly painted. There were...
Yes, Sears was actively involved in the art market for a while (1960s, 70s...). Most famously they worked with Vincent Price to assemble their...
En plein air simply refers to the practice of painting landscapes on site rather than in the studio. Stretcher size is not a reliable indicator....
They are clearly hand colored prints...prints with colors added...although the precise print medium is difficult to determine from these...
From your description I suspect you have an example from one of the original issues (1860s/70s)--not a 1940s or other reissue. The size,...
The original Gould bird prints were stone lithographs printed in black ink and hand colored
Richter was the original lithographer.. Gould only supplied the drawings. Walter was the printer. All in order for an original issue. What is...
I suspect yours is the Hans Jacoby of both your artnet and askart links...including a little confusion regarding lifespan dates.
"A lot of paintings were imported unstretched. That would explain the sticker being under the stretcher." Nearly a dead giveaway, given other...
A narrow cool gold frame with a white linen liner might bring the picture out better and be more to contemporary taste. There are of course many...
I don't know what others are seeing. Maybe I'm missing it. But all I can see is the shadow caused by the peripheral stretcher bar faintly...
Attractive painting. Credible listed artist. Eminently saleable. But the frame is killing it, at least online.
"Could it be that this might be a pre-production of the publishing, since it's hand written and has no publication notes?" I assume you've...
"I didn't mention that the actual picture isn't printed on the same paper with the box below it. The picture look like it was adhered to the paper...
"I felt it was worth it." That's all that matters...whether or not the market agrees with you.
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