If what was? Wonder if any representative of Sotheby's examined it directly? Sounds as though family submitted for appraisal but were not...
LOL - was poking around with pix of NY, then came back to OP & had same thought.
Boizenburg. https://nur-boote.net/shop/kat-19386/boizenburg.html
I was thinking more like Washington Square Park & the arch, looking north to the Empire State Building. The fountain isn't urn-shaped like that...
Appraiser suspected, not hard to do now with Internet access: This particular piece is almost certainly by an Italian sculptor known only as...
They look like somewhat abstract & collaged scenes of New York City. The second one looks like the Rockefeller Center skating rink with the...
Artist could be a contemporary of Arthur Rackham.
The crossbow was making me think Switzerland, or an alpenist at any rate. She appears to be holding out a flower to him, so I even looked at a...
And the poem is really, really LONG, novella length. My maternal grandmother did not marry until she was 29. She was a country school teacher...
Looks like a book illustration.
So do I. :rolleyes:
Because it was? Fair point, though. It sounds like family lore. Surprised Mother didn't model for the sculpture. Once had to let down someone...
From the question posed: 'Lamp is marked Made in Italy and appears to be unsigned.' 'There is also a Sotheby's document from 80s stating that the...
Bone. :)
Generally he seems to be categorized as an American Impressionist, but The Song & the other similar ones are closer to the pre-raphaelites. Even...
That was me. Never listen (only) to me on a subject like print conservation. My field is mythology. If silver say's the back needs to go,...
Did not understand that the info was under a header about a lacquer screen. I see it now. The other link works for the photos without my needing...
I still can't tell. It may work better if you get a pic with little or no glare, even if it looks kind of dark. We can edit to brighten it up &...
If you want to get it a friend: http://www.ebay.com/itm/113027709800
Maybe explain why the backing needs to be replaced (guessing acidity, something that way) & why it's not a good idea to leave as is.
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