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<p>[QUOTE="techbiker, post: 4500016, member: 60629"]I'll remove a small amount of old varnish from the corner and make sure there's no color loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>The sheen of the old varnish makes it hard to show, however I can feel texture across the canvas (especially the tree and leaves). It could still be a print with enhancements. I'm just not seeing any pixilation. Since the signature at the bottom left appears "washed out" I'm wondering if the canvas was exposed to heat. The conservator suspected heat exposure caused the paint in my A.D. Cooper to flow and flatten. I wonder if something similar may have happened here?</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. The dots you see in the images above are actually canvas texture and old varnish. The surface feels rough, almost like sandpaper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="techbiker, post: 4500016, member: 60629"]I'll remove a small amount of old varnish from the corner and make sure there's no color loss. The sheen of the old varnish makes it hard to show, however I can feel texture across the canvas (especially the tree and leaves). It could still be a print with enhancements. I'm just not seeing any pixilation. Since the signature at the bottom left appears "washed out" I'm wondering if the canvas was exposed to heat. The conservator suspected heat exposure caused the paint in my A.D. Cooper to flow and flatten. I wonder if something similar may have happened here? P.S. The dots you see in the images above are actually canvas texture and old varnish. The surface feels rough, almost like sandpaper.[/QUOTE]
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