2 Original Sketches signed Balthus & Modigliani. Interesting.

Okay so first I will say that the owner of these has told me he does not think they are original Balthus or Modigliani but rather in the style of Balthus and Modigliani. There is some good age to the paper and they are signed but they have never been looked at by an expert. We are going to start them at $20 each. They are interesting. Who knows but I wanted to share. Maybe a high school art project? LOL! ;-) In all seriousness the paper does appear to be very old. They were purchased in a larger lot of items at an Estate sell by the current owner. They kind of strike me as just doodles more than true sketches but what do I know? LOL! Stranger things have happened. LOL!

 

Sometimes when I don't know something I just start throwing stuff around. Sometimes it actually winds up being helpful!
The second is in an Italian museum... if you speak Italian, you can probably learn something...
http://artesenzaconfini.myblog.it/2010/12/20/modigliani-scultore/
Another Italian reference... in Italian!
http://altritaliani.net/spip.php?article707

 

Maybe the person who drew yours sketched them while on a visit to the museum(s) where the originals are.

The first one is rather nice, but the second one is just plain weird.

 

As for the first... certainly has the look. Great sketch, and typical... nudes in immodest positions. Let me see if I can find any other version similar to yours.

This is a much more finished sketch...
https://sketchuniverse.wordpress.com/tag/towel/ View attachment 40768

 

I am trying to google translate but my phone isn't cooperating. LOL.

 

That's what I was thinking too.

 

Well, I will confess, have mimicked many of the Masters, especially in high school. Indeed, I have. My one claim to ethics is that I didn't usually include a forged signature... *sigh*
Hey, I was clueless.

 

That's the weird part of it I can see copying it but then to also Forge the signature strange

 

Yeah. I was just copying. No intent of fooling anybody but who knows where that stuff winds up.

 

It ends up on Antiques Roadshow. LOL

 

And got edited out, no doubt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FAAAAAAKE, get these outta here!

EDIT
They were all on modern acid-free drawing paper... hint, hint!

 

When I was an art student we used to go sit in the museum and copy the classics. I suppose the signature, too, although I was more interested in the figures and we didn't do the modern stuff.