Featured CORRECTED - Charcoal drawing of bulls stampeding? Signature help.

Not sure if this is a litho or an original ink on paper. It was in a pretty dirty old frame (probably 1940's-50's-ish) Took it out of the frame to get it out of the dirt... Signed lower right - Corna? Corea? Something else? 13"x 10"

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Corma? Cormer? Corua?

 

looks like a charcoal drawing....

 

It was so deep black I thought it was ink - but you're right - it's charcoal. Used a very slightly moistened q-tip to test. I'm correcting the title of the thread to read charcoal.

 

Corrida means bullfight, but I'm only seeing one R. Corea is a surname and a Spanish place name

 

They DO look like they're gathered around someone/something in a circle, to me.... haven't found the artist yet....

 

Corna? Means horn in several languages, bulls have horns, other than that it doesn't make sense.
Very nice drawing though.

 

I think we're on the horns...of a dilemma !!

 

I think I see indentions around the piece/plate marks, which would not be there on a drawing of any kind, charcoal or ink. It would indicate an etching or engraving usually. If not, a lithograph, in this case. Use a magnifying glass and look for dots; if you find an organized grid, it is an offset lithograph. If you find a random group of dots/specks, it is the more valuable stone lithograph. Other options may be possible but I see these as the most logical here. (Museum ex-curator; art researcher/archivist now)

 

Thanks Factor! I've looked at it under 15x mag - definitely no dots of any kind. I think what appears to be a plate mark in the pictures is where the paper is attached to a backing board. I don't think there is any plate mark/indentation on the actual paper. Here's a close up of the edge of the paper where it meets the backing board. THere is a dark line near the edge of the paper where the mat that was on the front of the paper sat when it was in the frame, but I think that is basically discoloration from acid in the mat and/or paper.

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