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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 354809, member: 56"]Can't help with the where, but that's an interesting back. Too bad the label isn't complete. These boards with black painted backs have been described in these forums as new, and factory painted. I wonder if the label indicates that they can also be old. Of course, the label itself could be fake, but if so, I would expect it to be complete. Partial as it is, makes it difficult to follow up. (Are they that devious?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Stylistically it reminds me of those William Henry Chandler paintings, which are antique, but are themselves a c1900 expression of factory art. Still, the age gives them some cachet.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Chandler_(painter)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Chandler_(painter)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Chandler_(painter)</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 354809, member: 56"]Can't help with the where, but that's an interesting back. Too bad the label isn't complete. These boards with black painted backs have been described in these forums as new, and factory painted. I wonder if the label indicates that they can also be old. Of course, the label itself could be fake, but if so, I would expect it to be complete. Partial as it is, makes it difficult to follow up. (Are they that devious?) Stylistically it reminds me of those William Henry Chandler paintings, which are antique, but are themselves a c1900 expression of factory art. Still, the age gives them some cachet. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Chandler_(painter)[/URL][/QUOTE]
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