A reproduction of a woodcut…
https://blog.paris-libris.com/camille-mauclair-les-camelots-de-la-pensee/
Probably the work of an itinerant artist.
Wrong side
We generally have better luck when images are posted sideways rather than upside down.
Dance of the Porcine Wood Nymphs
Hard to believe that there was a time when artists had to learn how to draw before they could pick up a paint brush!
Maybe avoid the beautiful ones for a while.
Technically post-impressionist
It looks like the work of a talented amateur. Certainly worth $14
No…we got there in the end.
The wire indicates that it was intended to hang on the horizontal and you posted the images as verticals.
Of course it would have been obvious if the OP had not posted the work sideways.
And an Asian pear
I'd look into Hilda Bernstein as a possibility.
Polar bears don't have tails! It might conceivably be an early Alaskan walrus ivory piece but while the circle and dot pattern is common in early...
It is not serpentine. Steatite would be a better descriptor. While the signature is rather illegible, the second line of text reads Naujat which...
French people say Michel not Michael.
Those + marks are not where the paper is supposed to be trimmed but rather are registration marks used to place the paper in the press correctly...
Not all auction houses are either knowledgeable,professional, or ethical and the golden rule is always caveat emptor.
Separate names with a comma.
