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Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 9:27
| My grandmother recently passed and left me many items, one of which is this framed art. I think it's a giclee? I don't believe that it has much value, but I would love to have any information about it for personal/sentimental reasons. The signature is illegible.
Thank you in advance for any information you may have!
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| Sorry I can't tell what kind of print it is.....giclee is just a print made with an ink jet printer. I don't recogneze the image...looks like the sentimental sort of pictures made in the 1930's. Could it be original art?....what does the back look like? How about a close up? Linda C |
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- Posted by charley526 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 10:05
| Thank you lindac. Here's a close-up of the signature. In the glare, you can see that there is some type of glazing over it. The frame has a brown paper backing that I don't want to remove so I can't see the back. I don't think she purchased it that long ago--12 years tops. It may have been a gift, no one in the family seems to know where she got it. But I would really like to know who the artist is.
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| Is there a name on the back? framer's sticker? how is the brown paper attached? Glued or with tape? Does it cover the whole back of the frame or just the picture? I can't read the signature either, but the picture looks like it's one printed on canvas like paper with a glaze over simulating brush strokes. I don't see any glass so that's likely what it is....if it were a giclee or a chromo litho or litho or even a photographic repro, it would be covered with glass. Linda C |
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- Posted by charley526 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 15:07
| Thanks Linda. Yes, I didn't know if there was a particular term for that--the clear glaze that simulates brushstrokes. The paper backing covers the entire frame & is glued on. Do you have any tips on how I might figure out who the artist is? |
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| Well....it's not one of the great masters.......don't think it's even a secondary master.....there were lots and lots of people painting pictures to make prints of most of then not at all notable. I don't think that mark is a signature..... |
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- Posted by charley526 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 18:17
| That's what I figured. Thanks again. |
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