Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="benbenny007, post: 219627, member: 4194"]Somebody just told me the artist is Frank Dean  1865 - 1947 I have my doubts and presented him with the picture below. Think the letter K has a loop and Frank Dean did not sign like that. I alsi think that the last letter are probably dubble L or dubble T ? any second opinions? <a href="http://s37.photobucket.com/user/Ben_Amrani/media/20170304_215445ss_zpsjdr49o2x.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s37.photobucket.com/user/Ben_Amrani/media/20170304_215445ss_zpsjdr49o2x.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e77/Ben_Amrani/20170304_215445ss_zpsjdr49o2x.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> This is the info I received from the person. ''I'm not convinced it's a loop in the K. If we were to consider every black line as part of the signature, i can see umlauts and a line which connects the N and K. It's a faded signature with a photo take at an angle and some of those dark horizontals are just the canvas stitches. Dean put hyphens after his name, sometimes wrote the location or date and that's why it appears longer. <a href="http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/asset658800_14080-e2bn.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/asset658800_14080-e2bn.html" rel="nofollow">http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/asset658800_14080-e2bn.html</a><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2008/19th-century-european-art-including-the-orientalist-sale-n08431/lot.148.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2008/19th-century-european-art-including-the-orientalist-sale-n08431/lot.148.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2008/19th-century-european-art-including-the-orientalist-sale-n08431/lot.148.html</a> ( both upper case ) <a href="https://static.artuk.org/w1200h1200/WYL/WYL_LMG_012_021.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://static.artuk.org/w1200h1200/WYL/WYL_LMG_012_021.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://static.artuk.org/w1200h1200/WYL/WYL_LMG_012_021.jpg</a><a href="https://static.artuk.org/w1200h1200/WYL/WYL_LMG_039_03.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://static.artuk.org/w1200h1200/WYL/WYL_LMG_039_03.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://static.artuk.org/w1200h1200/WYL/WYL_LMG_039_03.jpg</a> ( lower case, the latter with a date ) <a href="https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ca6ad7b5-a793-4ffe-8be6-a68601114cf3/2963fc01-9b9e-454e-863d-a6860114dd68/original.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ca6ad7b5-a793-4ffe-8be6-a68601114cf3/2963fc01-9b9e-454e-863d-a6860114dd68/original.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ca6ad7b5-a793-4ffe-8be6-a68601114cf3/2963fc01-9b9e-454e-863d-a6860114dd68/original.jpg</a> ( upper case with a full stop, slash and date ) So what you presume to be letters of a longer surname could be full stops, hyphens or numbers Finally, these  two paintings <a href="http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2011-05/12/8312743-1-3.JPG&width=640&height=480&autosizefit=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2011-05/12/8312743-1-3.JPG&width=640&height=480&autosizefit=1" rel="nofollow">http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2011-05/12/8312743-1-3.JPG&width=640&height=480&autosizefit=1</a> <a href="http://www.hoteldesventesdegeneve.auction.fr/_fr/lot/frank-dean-1865-1947-paysage-automnal-au-moulin-huile-sur-carton-signee-et-7554354#.WMNQcaJBrIU" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hoteldesventesdegeneve.auction.fr/_fr/lot/frank-dean-1865-1947-paysage-automnal-au-moulin-huile-sur-carton-signee-et-7554354#.WMNQcaJBrIU" rel="nofollow">http://www.hoteldesventesdegeneve.auction.fr/_fr/lot/frank-dean-1865-1947-paysage-automnal-au-moulin-huile-sur-carton-signee-et-7554354#.WMNQcaJBrIU</a> More impressionist, like the one from the first post in this thread Some auctioneers have listed his dates as 1865 to 1907 but that last year is when he flourished ( 1885-1907 ). He was born in 1865, died 1947. The painting might even be France, where he lived in his late teens / early 20s.'' [/QUOTE]

Create my FREE Account!

Log in or Sign up

Reply to Thread

Useful Searches