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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sabre123, post: 398035, member: 8258&quot;]You are correct. It appears this process is a trade name called Reofect.</p><p><img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/7697505/r/il/6ef74f/1160416165/il_570xN.1160416165_d60d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A snippet from a site about Reofect artwork:</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1946, the W.T. Burger Co. was founded to provide art - both original and reproduction - for the company’s frames. We believe that the prints with the “Reofect Paintings” trade name were probably not made until after 1933 - and maybe not until after 1946 - and their manufacture did not continue much after mid-century because the process to make them was prohibitively expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>One source suggests that they were typically retailed in department stores and art galleries and originally sold in the $150-$300 range. We further believe from our research that this was a high-tech (for the day) oil-based “photocopy” process that was surfaced with a special varnish that made the print look like an oil painting.</p><p><br /></p><p>It should be mentioned that printmakers had been trying to imitate oil paintings for some time, and there is a type called a “textured print” that has ridges on the surface that mimics the raised places found on genuine oil paintings. This was an attempt to fool both the eye and the fingers - and buyers should beware.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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