Large abstract painting signed Franklin ????

I picked this up a few days ago, signed lower right in pencil, to me it looks like franklin but not to sure. Does anyone know who this artist might be ?

Thank You

 

Billy, I see S-t-r something.

Debora

 

Franz? No, changed my mind.

 

It's kind of a cool looking piece. I always include a shot of the back of the piece -- there can sometimes be information there. High quality frame? Style of frame to help with dating?

This looks like it might be about 3ft tall, is that correct?

What I can't see from the photo -- is there a mat on it or does the picture just stop evenly as if there is a mat?

Try to get a few more shots of the signature.

 

S. Trembly? Tremblay? Take it out of the frame and take some pics,it wont hurt anything. I think its stunning.

 

I'd take it out of the frame, too (in a hunt for additional info + better pics).

 

Hmm, Thanks

 

Okay all, I will take out of frame tomorrow after swap meet.

 

I know you sometimes find interesting information if you take a work out of its frame, but there are also risks, especially with one as big as this seems to be. Do you have a large, very clean surface to work on? It is really hard to keep dust out once you open it, and you spend hours chasing down the specks that appear when you close it up again. The bottom edge of the artwork (shown in your photo of the signature) almost looks like it is painted/printed on a heavy paper. Can you tell if that is right? If so, can you tell if the glass/plexi actually touches the paper, or is there a mat that creates some space between the art and the glass? Sometimes large floppy things are framed as a pressure mount, where the glass, artwork and backing board are a tight sandwich. It might be difficult to get things realigned if you open it up. It has also become fairly common practice in contemporary framing to transfer any significant information to the back of the frame, so that people don't have to go through all this to see if there is anything. Other than getting a better photo of the signature, there may not be much to gain.

 

Still haven't taken out of frame. The painting is on thick paper, glued to a backing board thick paper, glass is not touching the painting.

 

Well, that reduces some of the risks.

 

Yes, Thank You