Need help with a siggie on a print called Downhill please.

Picked this up at an auction quite some time ago & have tried numerous combinations trying to decipher the siggie.



Thanks for any & all advice or opinions!!!

 

The last name is Bester. The first name looks like Peeved but I doubt that's it. It would be funny if it were. If it were Alfred Bester you could attract Golden Age science fiction fans and of course B5 fanatics.

 

I have a painting by this same artist ! When I read the post earlier,I kept thinking the siggie looked familiar ! The first name is 'pearce' but I could never figure out the last name.Not hijacking your thread,but heres the one I have. I always thought it was 'Bader". Mine is dated 1978,for what its worth.

 

Could it be "Pearce Bates"?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUMMER-SUNF...01196072962?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item4620af5802

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-WOOD-BLOC...01204995220?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item4621377c94

 

OMG!!! You got it! A years long mystery solved! Sorry,didn't mean to hijack the thread.

 

If you look up Pearce Bates, they're actually quite interesting. I too have one of their works, cock fighting, which I can't bring myself to sell yet. I find it quite amusing that at least 3 of us here have an example!

PS: Mine is a wood block, not a print per se (I guess I mean a late offset print).

 

Oh my goodness. I bought a "Pearce Bates" print a long time ago (early 1970s) and still have it although it is "stored" in a spare bedroom. I enjoyed it but had never really paid close attention to the artist's name. Went back a couple of years later to the same art shop and asked (honest, folks, this is true) the owner if he had any other "Peevey Babs" prints.

 

LOL! Yea, we all know about "stored.".... Anyone else?

 

Birgittaw, I thought I remembered that name -- I think we ID'd yours on the AB. I knew the name sounded familiar. I do like the style of the etchings.

And "stored" ....fraid I can relate. Esp. paintings/etchings.

 

OMG this is too funny!!! I can't believe that there are 4 of us in this group who have pieces by this artist.

Johnny - you can highjack any of my threads if it helps us get an answer to the question.

Now the million dollar question is will anyone out there want this one????

 

I forgot to say a big thank you to Lucille!!!!

 

Pleased to help!

And I'm not sure I would have gotten without Johnny's version of the signature.

I do think it has a nice look.

 

Yes,many many thanks Lucille!

 

I forgot to ask last night, would mine be considered a woodblock print?
I am totally & completely ignorant when it comes to this type of thing.

 

I believe the couple did both etchings and wood blocks, and to my eye, this looks like a wood block. Take a loupe to it. Note that this is a couple, not one artist so two last names! Here is a good article:

http://www.dogworld.co.uk/product.php/2857/Features/20-Waters-(2)

 

Thanks Briggita!!
I do agree it is a woodblock print.
I am going to try to get it listed Sunday so we,ll see how it does.