Sadly, we’ve seen much worse on this board.
It looks rather like a factory picture and it seems to have major condition issues.
Jesus Christ that’s awful....
Nice piece. I’m guessing maybe Alaskan and circa 40’s or 50’s.
Amazing how such treasures end up in thrift shops.... People would be better off donating such masterpieces to the Museum Of Bad Art...
They seems like amateurish riffs on the style of Bernard Buffet seen through coke-bottle glasses
I guess the artist was too embarrassed by his work to sign legibly.
Mandolins generally have 8 strings, but, of course this would matter little to a painter who forgets that hands generally only have 5 fingers.
It seems to be a factory painting mimicking the style of Yitzhak Tarkay.
The $450 version has far crisper detail whereas the other one sort of has that "copy of a copy" look to it. In addition note the even patina on...
Hard to tell from the images provided but the $450 one seems to be a vastly superior casting.
Of course Sitka is another possibility as the tusk shows something very similar to the Cathedral of St-Michael
Hi Komokwa, No disrespect intended. You are always welcome for coffee, with or without an invitation. Thanks for the input.
As mentioned in the original thread. The collector died in 1961.
There were two cribbage boards, one from Alaska and one from Northern Canada
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I recently acquired several lovely ivory walrus tusk pieces from a collection in England. They were all acquired before 1961 and the ones which I...
The original paintings have value. Reproductions do not.
The OP posted a print. The link seems to be for an original painting.
Perhaps short for Fozzie Bear.
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