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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 511956, member: 37&quot;]Picked up these two watercolor fashion drawings at a local thrift recently.&nbsp; The first is clearly signed, <i>Fern Andree</i>.&nbsp; The second, more accomplished drawing dated 1924, has been trimmed at the bottom.&nbsp; I can make out, To <i>Fern Andree</i> on the left.&nbsp; The signature on the right is only minimally present.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]166060[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]166061[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]166062[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]166063[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]166064[/ATTACH]</p><p>My research has found a famous silent film star, director, and producer named Fern Andree, born Vernal Edna Andrews less than 100 miles from here.&nbsp; She later, more famously, used the name Fern Andra.&nbsp; Ironically, her fame came first in Germany where she also became the Dowager Baroness von Weichs. She later became branded a spy and returned to the US.&nbsp; She was clearly a woman of many talents who led an interesting life.</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, I have found a Fern Andree from a small town south of St. Louis who would have been about 15 when the second drawing was done.&nbsp; She appears to have been unmarried and living with her parents in 1940.</p><p><br /></p><p>….. so are these drawings linked to a famous woman or a lonely spinster? …. LOL!&nbsp; Any other Fern Andree candidates?&nbsp; Who is the mystery illustrator?&nbsp; Looks a bit like the work of Paul Poiret but doesn&#039;t seem to be a match.&nbsp; Any and all comments welcome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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