Featured Help Identifying Framed Silhouette

Hi - I inherited this from my great grandparents- I was hoping someone might recognise the initials on this. No idea on origin. They lived in Holland, but travelled a lot in early 20th century.

 

You will have to research the initials, but could be a Wallace Nutting.

 

Hopefully someone here is familiar with his silhouettes and how they are signed.

 

I don't think this is Wallace Nutting. This is very art deco. Nutting pieces tend to be "old colonial" in character.

 

At least one example, if it is indeed WN.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-signed-wallace-nutting-black-1911888822

 

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/1208306_wallace-nutting-two-7x8-unframed-silhouettes

 

Just saying OP should check out the possibilty.

I am more familiar with his hand colored prints to be sure, but I know he did do silhouettes.

 

This one looks much more animated than his usual safe and sedate ladies, but he did partner with other artists. It could be a product of that collaboration.

 

Several on this page claim to be......

https://www.google.com/search?q=wal...58A4&bih=541&biw=867&rlz=1C1AWFC_enUS797US797

 

Not sure if this Club is still around.............

https://wallacenutting.org/WNCCNewsletter-2012-13.pdf

 

I do think if you are searching Wallace Nutting for this, you are going to be disappointed.

 

Prices for his work has dropped.

But my point was to say that maybe it could be THE WN!

OTOH.....if PO has never heard of him..................

 

I found a guide to Wallace Nutting silhouettes, in a PDF format. The silhouettes were actually drawn by an employee named Ernest John Donnelly. They were either signed with a copyright mark and WN, or with the initials EJD. The WMN (or M/WN) in the original post here does not fit the pattern. And I don't know where the M would have come from, either...
Here is a link to the document. https://wnutting.com/Silhouettes-complete.pdf