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Title: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: switchman on September 04, 2012, 02:53:16 PM
Hi guys, a comlete novice here. Bought a picture for my girlfriend in a small village antique shop. I have researched the autor and given how much I have pay for it, it has to be a reproduction, or is it?? It is visibly an old oil painting, in good condition, about 35x40 cm. What you guys think??
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: bigwull on September 04, 2012, 03:24:36 PM
I can make out the "Artists"...first name as being Maurice...but not the whole of the surname...perhaps you can write it down for us...
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: bigwull on September 04, 2012, 03:25:59 PM
I can make out the "Artists"...first name as being Maurice...but not the whole of the surname...perhaps you can write it down for us...
Oops forget what i,ve just said...that,ll teach me to look before jumping in with both feet...
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: switchman on September 04, 2012, 03:28:31 PM
author is in the name of the topic, Maurice Utrillo, French guy, 1883-1955. I boght this in South London. Thanks.
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: bigwull on September 04, 2012, 03:31:20 PM
see link
http://www.artnet.com/artists/maurice-utrillo/
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: bigwull on September 04, 2012, 03:33:01 PM
author is in the name of the topic, Maurice Utrillo, French guy, 1883-1955. I boght this in South London. Thanks.
an author write.s an artist paints :D
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: switchman on September 04, 2012, 03:40:48 PM
thnx for da link, will have to take it to couple of dealers to have it looked at. His stuff seem to be going for anything between 40-200 000 US and simply cannot belive that my 20£ painting could be worth that much  ::)
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: bigwull on September 04, 2012, 03:42:17 PM
Is it a canvas or a panel?...and just because you say it was cheap...does,nt mean its a repo....
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: switchman on September 04, 2012, 03:49:22 PM
Oil on canvas, little old paper sticker on the back with name and date of birth plus handvriten possibly name of the spot on the painting.
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: bigwull on September 04, 2012, 03:52:59 PM
thnx for da link, will have to take it to couple of dealers to have it looked at. His stuff seem to be going for anything between 40-200 000 US and simply cannot belive that my 20£ painting could be worth that much  ::)
Stranger things have happened...i can assure you of that...your "£20"...could be the real deal....let us know how you get on...and if it is the real deal....i drink Malt whisky.....  ;D...and i,m in the UK  ;D.
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: bigwull on September 04, 2012, 03:54:30 PM
Oil on canvas, little old paper sticker on the back with name and date of birth plus handvriten possibly name of the spot on the painting.
Well don,t keep us in the dark...what does it say....
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: switchman on September 04, 2012, 03:56:53 PM
Not getting too excited yet, but I will let you know how I get on. Thnx!
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: switchman on September 04, 2012, 03:58:07 PM
Cant read the handwritten stuff, must have been a doctor who wrote it..
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: bigwull on September 04, 2012, 04:02:50 PM
Cant read the handwritten stuff, must have been a doctor who wrote it..
where did the doctor come from???...are you saying it might be in latin...or its similar to the way a doctor would write on a prescription...if so then its Latin
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: Rauville on September 04, 2012, 04:09:18 PM
Compare your piece to a photograph of the artist at work.

http://www.artvalue.com/auctionresult--bidermanas-israel-izis-1911-19-1-maurice-utrillo-au-chevalet-2704233.htm (http://www.artvalue.com/auctionresult--bidermanas-israel-izis-1911-19-1-maurice-utrillo-au-chevalet-2704233.htm)
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: ghopper1924 on September 04, 2012, 04:51:43 PM
Get someone who knows what they're doing to look at it!!!!!
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: sapphire on September 04, 2012, 07:21:56 PM
Cant read the handwritten stuff, must have been a doctor who wrote it..
where did the doctor come from???...are you saying it might be in latin...or its similar to the way a doctor would write on a prescription...if so then its Latin

"must have been a doctor who wrote it" =  Illegible !!  ;)
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: mart on September 04, 2012, 07:42:04 PM
wondered why no one got that Sapphire !!
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: bigwull on September 04, 2012, 08:02:22 PM
wondered why no one got that Sapphire !!
What do ya mean..no one got that/???..I got it....Latin.....rem ember...hellooooooo ...is there anybody in there...just nod if you can hear me.....
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: switchman on September 05, 2012, 01:48:19 AM
Doctor meant that its such a bad handwriting that I cant make any sense of it ;) Looking at the photo, few differencies there, so likely to be a repro, but I'll take it to couple of dealers anyway, just in case..
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: mart on September 06, 2012, 08:52:55 AM
http://www.artcurial.com/en/news/press_releases/2010/2010_11_30_1933-collection-paul-petrides-maurice-utrillo.asp
you might want to check the prices from that 2010 sale !!  in euro`s but nothing to sneeze at !!
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: switchman on September 06, 2012, 04:22:37 PM
..scary ;) cant happen to me ...
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: bigwull on September 06, 2012, 04:41:51 PM
..scary ;) cant happen to me ...
Why can,t it happen to you,...if it is the real deal...it won,t be the first and it won,t be the last,
Title: Re: Maurice Utrillo?
Post by: mart on September 06, 2012, 07:09:38 PM
certainly worth checking !!