Pharaohs Horses painting by C Henny. Anyone recognize the name?

For sale locally for a low price. Sold or at least framed by The Picture House in West Hempstead NY. They are out of business based on the address and have been for some time. Signed by C. Henny it seems. The frame obscures part of the signature. Seller found it at a tag sale. Has anyone seen anything by this artist before? I can’t find even a mention of C. Henny anywhere. Could and may be nothing but it’s a nice reproduction. Anyone think there’s any value here?

 

horse lovers might like this..!

 

It's a copy. An internet search will identify the original of your painting as John Frederick Herring Sr.'s popular 1848 work 'Pharoah's Horses.'

Debora

 

It's an accomplished copy, so I would think it would have, at least, decorator value.

 

Check the thread title. I think OP knows it's a copy.

 

That and I mentioned it was a “reproduction” in my post . It seems very well done to me. It’s listed at $50 and I’m sure I could get it for less. Confident I could double that or more as a nice piece of decoration pretty easily. Didn’t know if maybe there was additional value in the artist C. Henny since I couldn’t find anything.

 

You can check to see if the painting was rolled before framed, kind of looks like it. This would indicate to me that it was painted in China and shipped in cheap for decorator value. I have often been surprised at the good quality level of painting skills some of the orientals have achieved.

 

Interesting, how would you tell? They would just throw an "American" (caucasian) sounding name on as a signature? Since the artists name didn't appear to hold any interest I passed or really delayed replying and someone else coughed up the dough. If it was a mass produced decorator piece I am definitely surprised at how good it looks. As you mentioned if that were the case it was shockingly well done.

 

Yeah. I was once fooled to the tune of over $800 bucks! The orientals will copy ANYTHING you send them a picture of!

 

The painting you showed the picture of has been rolled, probably for shipping, I can tell by looking at it. <--Does this answer what you asked me?

 

If it isn't a print laid on canvas, it looks like quite a good early 20thc copy of a Herring.. Oh and probably the name is Henry rather than Henny!

 

yes blooey, it could be Henry, but it sort of doesn't matter..

 

Yikes. That’s a hit! Is it impossible that it was rolled between frames? I assumed that this wasn’t the original frame for some reason. Not sure how paintings are stored while being reframed or waiting for framing? Certainly not saying your wrong in regards to China, just wondering.

Also yes it answers my question so long as I can remotely tap into that knowledge when needed?...

 

Lol you’re probably right! I don’t know how it is I didn’t come to that conclusion on my own. Clearly I’m on crack. There are several C. Henry’s it seems.

 

Yeah it was quite a hit. Mine was never rolled. My fako was painted on 1950s art board canvas, as it was a copy of a 1950s painting. It was actually more beautifully painted than the original! But it was a copy. And due to the seller's bad packing, it arrived damaged. I gave it away..

 

What gave if away as a fake in the end?

 

Along the way of the deception, I discovered a photo of the original. The color pallet used in the fake was more colorful than the original artist's selection for the painting. By that point, it was easy to look at the rest of his body of work and say, "this is better, but it's a copy of his original" as it was.