I see a "hole" but to me it just looks like the way a finger would have broken off.
sorry Baker...I was talking about the more amorphous of the two figures yes, I think the 2nd figure is certainly "at rest" w/ his rifle (if not...
My first impression was of a gun also but the hands suggest it would have to be a "pistol grip" rifle and that's a bit too modern for this figure : )
Perhaps a sword (left) and shield (right) to go w/ the helmet he is wearing? Something like this maybe? [ATTACH] Sans the boar : )
The first name reads Ciolo to me
Looking through photos of early US Opens it seems the knickers and news boy cap look fell out of favor by 1932 (the knickers hung in for a while...
Thanks!
I was under the impression that Made in Japan was a post WWII mark?
IMO the back looks to be a “later” addition to the piece. Might there be a hollow between the face and the obverse?
No they didn’t but here is a site selling the same print: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/owl-pablo-picasso.html
You might ask about it here: https://www.collectrussia.com/search.cfm
In your favor, both Etsy and Pinterest show Journey’s variation.
Disregard...some posts just showed up and answered my question
Looks like a Russian military hat badge
She apparently favored fine drypoint etching (if the online descriptions of her work are to be trusted) and the edges of this piece would seem to...
Interesting, do you think it’s the same artist? I can find almost zero info on either of them except general time period.
Appears to be etching (under loupe) Signature is graphite. Think the size probably affected the M (hard to make those loops at that scale : )
Appears it did indeed change: [ATTACH]
Agreed! Not sure how you got there but nice work Fig! The signatures don’t seem to match but it’s a great lead.
I'm hoping someone recognizes the signature on this miniature Persian Cat portrait, as the potential search options are dizzying :wideyed:...
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