There are "original prints" and photographic reproductions. An original print would be an etching or litho pulled and signed by the artist.
Look at the picture with a magnifying glass....if it's an original litho you will be able to see...if it's a photographic repro you will see a series of tiny dots that make up the picture.
I think it's highly unlikely that a Jan Korthals original litho ended up in a Sears frame.
Linda c

Nope, no need to insure....enjoy it for what it is.....a lovely image...

His work seems pretty popular on Ebay. Lithographs,esp.

Here is a link that might be useful: Korthals auctions

You know, i saw that. The price differences were hilarious!

Somewhere in maybe the late 20's to early 40's architectural prints of sites in Europe....etchings, engravings and less commonly lithographs were popular form for "wall art". In that time people would go to Europe and pick up a picture from a little stall on the Left Bank or from an artist under an umbrella in the Piazza San Marco...or where ever. And those who didn't get to Europe would buy the picture from an art dealer....and those who couldn't afford the price of a "real print" that is an original etching or engraving or water color....bought a photographic reproduction of that etching engraving or litho. My grand mother had such a picture on her wall....my friend across the street had a Rouen Cathedral picture.....and when I first started going to auctions those pictures of cathedrals, churches and bridges were showing up everywhere...for about $1.00 in a bad frame....sometimes for as much as $5.00. My friend who at that time was working on her masters in art history, pointed out to me that some of those cheap pictures were "real" original prints, and showed me how to tell a repro from a litho from an etching from an engraving etc. So I bought a few.
In that same genre are Currier and Ives....and my friend taught me how to spot a real one in a mess of repros....and things liek French fashion prints....and Godey's lady prints....all of which were originally engravings....not photographic repros.
So I have lots of prints on my walls....and all original, but for one, a gift from a dear friend who knew I collected Godey's prints and gave me one...but it was a repro....so I hung it away from the others and no one knows the difference but me....and then I remember my friend...who died last fall.
Linda c

that is great information and a wonderful story.

Jan Korthals was not a street artist. I knew the man. He had work in galleries and museums and he had backing from the Dutch government. I love his work.

If it is Sears, it is just a print, but beautiful nonetheless. He was an amazing artist.

This is him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUI3pw96Vw8

Here is a link that might be useful: jan korthals

Hello. I am new to posting,but I wanted to get feedback on these two frames I have had for many years. I think I bought them in a locker sale. I tried the magnifying lense but I'm not sure really what to look for. The frames are old, but not really well mounted, so probably reprints. Can an

Can't see the frames and not enough detail in the pictures to give any sort of information.

Here is a better shot

Appear to be cheap simple painted wood frames...can't see well enough to see if they are original watercolors or photographic reproductions...or even lithos.
They might even be called color washed ink drawings.
I see no plate lines, so they are not etchings. Look at them with a magnifying glass and see if you see a series of dots like a news paper print.
To determine anything we need to see the back, a close up of the frame, to know what the signature says. The only thing I can see it that one is a Vienna scene.

I have just bought these from a garage sale today can someone please tell me about them. They have another picture on the back of the paper.

Take a magnifying glass to them to see if they are photographic reproductions.

Thanks

Hi, I don't know if this thread is still active? I want to get in touch with the person on here by the name of Milinki1, how do I do that? It is in regards to Jan Korthals....