Painting And Gold Shower Heads

[Alaucard]

i took a trip to my grandparents house this weekend and he had a few items he's owned for a while,
he gave me these pieces to get checked out they are plated in 24 Carrot gold, he claims they were made in italy over 40 years ago before gold was expensive.



also some old paintings he wants to know if valuable.

a closeup of the name which i found out is "maurice woullo v 1926"


this one's entitled "Natural Gas"



any info at all would be helpful thanks

[mariok54]

Signature is Maurice Utrillo, a French painter who did a lot of work in cities. Is it an original painting?

[mariok54]

here is hi Wiki entry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Utrillo

If it is an actual painting, and an original Utrillo, then is could be worth quite a bit.

Can you confirm that it is a painting? Is there anything on the back of the frame?

[Alaucard]

Signature is Maurice Utrillo, a French painter who did a lot of work in cities. Is it an original painting?

i dont have the piece myself but looking closely at the pictures i took, it looks like physical groves in the patterns of the buildings indicating brush strokes, im not sure if it is an original, but its very well possible.

here is a picture of writing on the back of the canvas

[mariok54]

Sorry, I was posting the same time as you.
If it is a painting, and it all looks contemporary, then take it (or send images)to an auction house for an appraisal (most will give you a free estimate)

[mariok54]

Re the Hal Crecy, it looks like a Poster? If it were an original then it could be worth $$$, but I have no idea whether his posters have a market.

[mariok54]

Re the shower head, this is almost identical to ours ... the price tag is probably unrealistic, but it will give you an idea as to how much these can be in demand

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gold-plated-SHERLE-WAGNER-or-Phylrich-SWAN-lever-faucet-basin-set-shower-/161085087165

Can't find anything similar to yours yet!

[Alaucard]

cool 

[KC]

Any markings or id on inside of shower head?

[Alaucard]

Any markings or id on inside of shower head?

no markings what so ever, one side note is these things weigh atleast 5 pounds each.

[bigwull]

Re the shower head, this is almost identical to ours ... the price tag is probably unrealistic, but it will give you an idea as to how much these can be in demand

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gold-plated-SHERLE-WAGNER-or-Phylrich-SWAN-lever-faucet-basin-set-shower-/161085087165

Can't find anything similar to yours yet!

in demand....to whom....maybe to someone wi a white stick and a guide dog.....

[KC]

i dont have the piece myself but looking closely at the pictures i took, it looks like physical groves in the patterns of the buildings indicating brush strokes, im not sure if it is an original, but its very well possible.

here is a picture of writing on the back of the canvas

Alaucard, that is actually stamped and isn't "real" handwriting.

[mariok54]

i dont have the piece myself but looking closely at the pictures i took, it looks like physical groves in the patterns of the buildings indicating brush strokes, im not sure if it is an original, but its very well possible.

here is a picture of writing on the back of the canvas

Alaucard, that is actually stamped and isn't "real" handwriting.

I think KC is right, but what worries me is the 'newness' of everything in the back photo

[ghopper1924]

An original Utrillo wouldn't have that ink stamp that says "by Utrillo." It's a reproduction.

The clown on the toilet looks like it was inspired by the "Phi Zappa Krappa" poster of the 60s/70s. In other words, choose a cultural icon (rock star, clown) and show him sitting on the toilet, thus "deconstructing" the traditional cultural tropes surrounding him. Funny the first time.

[mariok54]

If it is oil on canvass, and not printed on canvass then you should be able to easily tell as it isn't glazed? , but that canvass on the back looks remarkably new.
He was very prolific, and I've seen a couple of his originals over the years, one was in Italy, just take a look at this site

http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/list.php?s=tu&m=a&aid=1504&p=5