Mystery Prints
(continued from Febr. 2th)
A few days after the Posting about the mystery budgees and bee-eaters prints, Bavarian reader Simon Krischer came with an interesting clue to the identity of the printmaker. He sends two more prints with the same signature. A third one is on Ebay at this moment, but I don't find it very attractive and it is grossely overpriced imho.
For some time Simon is collecting prints by an etcher/printmaker who signs RIC. Here are a few examples. He has plenty more, you can see them in Simons Blog-page he made for this not identified artist (here). These are far more decorational and of iconic, around 1970's, designs.
The most curious thing is in the use of printing paper by his and the (probably) other artist. In both sets of prints there's a paper (or editor/publishers ?) mark impressed, but it's not in the budgee and bee-eater japan papers.
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All prints originate from Germany. So maybe we are looking for a combined (commercial) entreprise or editor/publisher in the 1960-70 ?
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ReplyDeleteI have over 30 different lithographs of the unknown artist RIC. Likewise I have in my collection 15 lithographs, which are signed with Fritz Neumann. The lithographs of both artists not only have the same embossing stamp "JCB" but show too clear similarities in motifs (boats, birds, lanes) as well as in brushstrokes. The only artist I know who also uses the stamp "JCB" is Han van Meegeren. In addition, I recognize in his lithograph "deer with fawn" left in the background a boat, as we know it in the style of Fritz Neumann and RIC. For several years I have been searching unsuccessfully for the artist RIC. On the back of some frames I recognized 8 stickers of art houses. I contacted each of them. Nobody can remember the artist RIC. My collection consists of more than 1000 works. None of these lithographs of other artits shows an embossing stamp "JCB". Therefore the way to identify RIC leads over the embossing stamp of the printer. Does anyone know the embossing stamp and/or the printer? This would be very helpful in identifying the artist RIC. All information is highly appreciated.
ReplyDeleteI have a Two Boats picture with embossed stamp, signature, german stamp and ripped catalog sticker. Could this have any value?
ReplyDelete12 years later: sorry, no, they still have hardly any value. IMHO.
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