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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spudnik, post: 3293195, member: 17890&quot;]It is is oil on masonite I think, about 25 inches X 21 inches. Executed with a palette knife.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t quite make out the signature, looks like &quot;Beckman&quot; or something similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone recognize it?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7wSiTiJxd6Q/UQnp4oWRfoI/AAAAAAAAAhY/QBc9i0PHOwE/s712/P1030008.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Signature:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--Olvz60nJ-g/UQnp1NmIs4I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/pNx0pc-l46s/s843/P1030012.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The back of the painting has an interesting label stuck to the masonite. Note the date of 1959 in the upper right corner.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vfOibLfUYuA/UQnqGD7p0WI/AAAAAAAAAhg/iIEkjVinyiE/s843/P1030007.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a long shot, but the name &quot;Hannes Beckmann&quot; popped up in my searching.</p><p><br /></p><p>His style doesn&#039;t match this piece at all, but what I found interesting is that as well as a painter, he was a photographer. The fact that my painting is done on what looks like a board that was part of a container that photographic plates came in is coincidental.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t found a lot of signatures, but what I&#039;ve seen isn&#039;t completely different from the one on my piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>And his working time frame in the U.S. would coincide with the 1959 date on the back.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said, it&#039;s a long shot especially considering the stylistic differences.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s are links to some information about Hannes Beckmann:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/arts/design/a-belated-retrospective-for-a-bauhaus-artist.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/arts/design/a-belated-retrospective-for-a-bauhaus-artist.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/arts/design/a-belated-retrospective-for-a-bauhaus-artist.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dhallfineart.com/pdf/Rokytova_Beckman.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dhallfineart.com/pdf/Rokytova_Beckman.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.dhallfineart.com/pdf/Rokytova_Beckman.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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