Featured 2 Antique prints found in thrift store today; help w/signatures? Plus 1 by Abel Truchel!

This one says Truchel was a noted posterist?
Jardin des Luxembourg - Paris Decorative Poster For Sale | Antiques.com | Classifieds

 

Truchet did posters.

 

Here's a poster by Truchet.


And a digitally ill defined signature from that photo


There are similarities. There are differences.

I don't know what the situation is.

Yours, and the print I show here, are stand alone pictures. Examples of your print show up several times over online and from various sources, but I'm not finding examples in museum collections. The posters that show up in museums are advertisments.

Louis-Abel Truchet



Large, stand alone picture prints were occasionally published in the graphic magazines of the day and sometimes could be purchased separately as posters.

I'd like to find an example of your image, or the image I show here, in a major collection, or with a detailed provenance. Without that I even have to wonder if they might be fakes. A spelling mistake in the name? A graphic approach significantly different from his other work? A publisher symbol not readily verifiable?

You'll obviously go with the information used by others selling the same print, and I don't see anything to suggest that your is less original than theirs. I think it's up to you whether to use Truchet or Truchel.

 

I did Louis Abel Truchet on eBay
PS - I like that Horse shoe Bar one!