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The glass could be Canadian. You might take a look at Lorraine.
I wonder if the mark isn't imitative.
Yes, a trimmed canvas glued on top of another canvas. If so, it looks like the original canvas is a lot finer than the canvas it is now attached...
Maybe not ashes then. Maybe just a souvenir of home. [MEDIA]
You can have it restored, but I wonder if you will ever do more than get back the cost of restoration. Has it been relined? The corner almost...
Looks great! If she frames it, there might be room enough behind the picture to keep the original with it.
"zur erinerung" = in memory of Dividing of the ashes has happened in my family. Not a fan of the idea personally.
A lot of deco styling sort of jumped over WWII.
Idle guess is that it was a cheap print at the time, produced shortly after the battle to cash in on the news of the day.
It seems to have a plate mark, but the lines are sparse for an engraving. Looks to be hand colored. Idle guess is that it predates Currier and...
Not finding any biographical information. All I can find is "active early 20th century".
Maybe Andre Stefan.
Show a close up of the signature on the geisha. Someone else might be able to make it out.
I don't have much experience with pochoir, but maybe? It's a stencil technique.
The last one is by Rene Ranson, a costume designer for the Folies Berger: https://1930.fr/r-g-ranson-costume-drawing-for-folies-bergeres-1-11.html...
I can see it as a story illustration in something like a Sci-Fi magazine.
If you are asking about an item here tell people what you are asking about in the title. "What's this?", isn't much help to anyone. Say if it's...
From the photos it looks hand painted to me. It's a guess that it might be commercial art. If so, it would only be one part of the production...
Given the composition, it could be a piece of commercial art with space on the left for text. Commercial art frequently isn't signed, the artwork...
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