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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MrNate, post: 309887, member: 5515&quot;]A couple observations:</p><p><br /></p><p>-The paint looks quite bright for a painting that came from the 1930&#039;s or earlier</p><p>-It&#039;s strange that no other paintings are seen from the same artist (only prints)</p><p>-To me, the frame looks intentionally aged, especially the dark varnish and &quot;dimple marks&quot; perhaps added to indicate an older piece.</p><p>-The smoking gun (to me perhaps), and assuming this is an oil on canvas, is to look on the back of the painting, and look at how the canvas is attached to the stretcher. If you look on the edges of the stretcher and you see staples, that&#039;s not good (though it&#039;s always possible the painting was restored). If you look and see nails, this might be a good signal. More info on this topic found here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.drloriv.com/Tips/ID/452/Tips-from-the-Back-of-your-Painting" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.drloriv.com/Tips/ID/452/Tips-from-the-Back-of-your-Painting" rel="nofollow">https://www.drloriv.com/Tips/ID/452/Tips-from-the-Back-of-your-Painting</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Added note: If you do happen to see nails, try to take note of their condition. For a piece as old as this, I would expect to see some &quot;rust in place&quot; which looks quite different from period nails placed at a later date.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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