TY and agree but IMO not looking like that piece, but my bad as I didn’t look at stamping-stupidly assumed “made in Israel”. Starting to wonder...
Agree except when one gets lost, separated or broken lol. That’s when all my candlesticks become bud vases!
No subscription but: Wini Smart is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1932. Wini Smart's work has been offered at...
Yes stone. Others will identify.
My understanding is that black light is a UVA light. Others will correct if I’m wrong.
IMO absolutely do not say that without confirmation from the family but, yeah, a possibility as pointed out by Liz. They’re certainly similar...
You know it has to be post 1948 so I suggest you just call it a Vintage Modernist Green Judaica Candlestick or Bud Vase and the material and...
Right off the top both The Met and The Getty...
Agree. We’ve seen nothing to suggest that the artist was not the white lady who appears in the photographs and possibly in your painting. IMO...
I also missed looking at this closely. It’s pretty naive too.
Great research Cheryl. I agree that these (esp. Queen and the last one) are far more similar to journeymag’s painting but IMO her style must have...
That is true.
That would have no bearing on the fact that the painting is clearly signed “Sophie” That is a signature and not a title. Meanwhile, they are not...
There are or have been fake antiquities in virtually every museum collection that collects the ancient world.
Agree and I thought of Manet first too but the Odalisque has such long art historical reference. I’m definitely a contemporary person but off the...
And isn’t this an interesting discussion? Loving it and hoping journeymagazine follows through with the family and posts.
I’ve said from the getgo that they’re not the same hand but calling it fake on the info so far wouldn’t fly in any art history class of my life....
Absolutely agree. I took journeymagazine at their word that the painting was done by an African American artist assuming they had researched that....
Interesting!
I completely agree that the work is done in a naive style and would never consider this painting to be the work of the listed artist (and I still...
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