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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scoutshouse, post: 54870, member: 267&quot;][ATTACH=full]14032[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]14033[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]14034[/ATTACH] Art Collector: show us your Wilkie!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mine with inscription:</p><p>Plate ____ July 8, 1969</p><p><br /></p><p>Tribute to Whipple</p><p>&quot;One Man Show&quot; - Fidelity Arts of Calif.</p><p>Respectfully Submitted by</p><p>Joan Wilkie</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing I love about this piece is having 5 vignettes, not just one <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the top three &quot;paintings&quot; are Whipple and the center bottom is Wilkie.</p><p><br /></p><p>Funny thing is, the piece I included (at the top of this thread) I believe (by the rounded whimples) to be Whipple, but includes the nude, which is Wilkie...so many</p><p>W&#039;s!</p><p><br /></p><p>Still very confused why these two artists did work so similar and who was 1st - Whipple&#039;s site gives copy on his original inspiration.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a research backup, I had saved my Firefox history since FOREVER, but it must have finally gotten lost through computer bombing out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t record the research I did last August. I&#039;m unable to locate the newspaper article that mentioned Wilkie and Whipple as exhibiting at the same show in Fresno, late 60s... as best I remember it. She is listed as Australian 20th C, so assume she passed and was older than Whipple - he&#039;s still selling prints.</p><p><br /></p><p>And some examples of Wilkie&#039;s work at auction (last three and next page)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/en/wilkie_joan/artist/405567/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/en/wilkie_joan/artist/405567/" rel="nofollow">http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/en/wilkie_joan/artist/405567/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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