2 More art pieces for signature help, please

I had great luck with the last one, so thought I'd try again. Any ideas are so very welcome. This 1st one with ships looks like Westdahl?, maybe with a smudged letter in front of it, IDK? I couldn't find anything with that name, unless it is unknown. I'll put 2nd one in next post. Thanks for your time.

 

2nd one, thank again
The signature is on the bottom left corner. The bottom right corner has A/P, I'm not sure what that would mean either.

 

Scratch the 2nd one....I don't know how I didn't find that before. I wasn't using the right keywords for searching.
I think it's RC Gorman.

 

The surname on the first may be Westfahl.?

A/P - Artist's Proof. I'm pretty sure I've seen that image before. Or perhaps it's just the same "Gorman" style. Nice!

 

yes...rc gorman.

 

Westvahl....I could find nothing...

 

Looks like WESTDAHL to me

 

Thanks ever so much bakersgma, komokwa and bdigger! I really appreciate the help. A/P, artist proof, I learn something new everyday! Thanks!!
It has some wavy lines across the paper under the glass in the frame. I don't know if they would straighten out if I take the paper off the back and try to work on it? Should I try to attempt that, or leave it alone?
I found another artist proof
http://www.ebay.com/itm/R-C-GORMAN-...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Thanks everyone.

 

I found a painting by an S. Westdahl from around the same time. The hazy shape before "Westdahl" in your painting kind of looks like an "S," too.

 

Hi Tyeldom,

A couple of thoughts on the print...

The one on Ebay (although the title says 1976) also says A/P 1979, it is exactly like yours. This makes a bit suspicious that there would have been multiple Artist Proofs exactly like this, same scene, same year -- and if my eyes aren't deceiving me, it looks like the signature from both is identical. Compare the "R's", the way it fades out. Could the signature be a print rather than hand signed?

I do know that the buckling you mentioned is not good, and I fear removing it will probably find a buckled print. I think there are ways to correct this, but they aren't full proof and are a bit involved and might cost more time or money than the value of the piece.

R.C. Gorman, Amado Pena, "Southwestern" prints in general, have really dropped in value where I live, not sure about the rest of the U.S. I find some of them quite nice, but they are not selling well here.

Don't know much about the painting, looks like you have a few leads though! Best of luck!

 

Thanks Pat, much appreciated. That signature looks very similar. Too bad I can't find any info about the artist. He or she seems to at least have some talent.

 

Thanks Lucille.b much appreciated
Very thorough and helpful info. Yes that buckling is a bummer. I Don't know what i'l do with it.
The one in the link also has a signature in the top left corner which mine doesn't have.?