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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 3245772, member: 8267&quot;]It does not appear to be a professional artist&#039;s work.</p><p>The frame has been reused and is not original to the painting, as evidenced by the spacing blocks used to make it fit.</p><p>The stretcher appears to be commercially made, and might be datable by someone who recognizes the distinctive shape of the keys.</p><p>No idea why you would have tacks on the side of the canvas, but staples used to secure it on the back of the stretcher. According to Christie&#039;s, staples began to replace nails after the 1940s.</p><p><a href="https://www.christies.com/features/8-things-you-can-learn-from-the-back-of-a-painting-10293-1.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.christies.com/features/8-things-you-can-learn-from-the-back-of-a-painting-10293-1.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.christies.com/features/8-things-you-can-learn-from-the-back-of-a-painting-10293-1.aspx</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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