Forgot to mention that the issue price in 1985 was $150.00 unframed.
Sorry for the delay..had to drink some coffee and go through my catalogs. The piece is entitled "A Father & Son In Search Of Food" by Qumaluk...
Seems to be inspired by artists like Otto Dix and George Grosz
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Aplogies for not using more precise language. I should have used "arctic" rather than Inuit. The reason for the uncertainty is...
There are no discernable Schreger lines so I'm not sure if it is ivory or bone. It is quite large and flat however (approximately 8 1/2" tall x 2"...
i just purchased a number of Inuit items from a local estate. Some where from Canada and others from Alaska. This large bone or ivory comb was on...
You seem to be confusing good art with good marketing and/or fashion. The idea that an artist has to die in order to be "discovered" is more...
There are awful pieces and masterpieces and the two ends of the spectrum are very far apart. Going to museums and looking at art books will give...
Get thee to a museum.
Looks like "It Ain't Art"
Found a picture of the artist at work! [ATTACH]
Wrong century for me I'm afraid.
We could probably find the missing head if we took a forensic team to the landfill where this painting turned up.
With an artist of this caliber, any resemblance to persons dead or alive is purely accidental.
Pitiful.
Always a good idea to avoid eBay:-) Maybe ask the nice folks on the militaria board for a recommendation of a good auction house.
Looking up Doolittle I am flabbergasted that an artist and/or publisher can, with clear conscience, refer to a photo-mechanical or digital...
When you say reputable ON-LINE auction house, dou you mean on-line only (like eBay) or a real bricks and mortar auction house with an on-line...
London's Law: 99 percent of flea market finds are found by somebody else.
Bev could not be more right. Also, look up Sturgeon's Law (or Sturgeon's Revelation) that suggests that 90 percent of everything is pure crap. I...
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