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greenacres

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Geisha lithos?
« on: September 13, 2011, 10:50:13 am »
I remember these at my grandmother's house. The back of the frams are covered and I can't find an artist. Anyone familiar?
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Re: Geisha lithos?
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2011, 06:53:58 pm »
http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.23460935.jpg     

Do you think this is similar art work?
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Re: Geisha lithos?
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2011, 06:56:14 pm »
http://casadeoroantiques.homestead.com/files/geisha_painting.jpg

Or this? Think these are block prints maybe from what I have been looking at.
« Last Edit: September 13, 2011, 07:03:45 pm by greenacres »
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Re: Geisha lithos?
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2011, 07:26:19 pm »
Maybe you could drag out a magnifyer (10x , if you've got one) & see if you see the typical 'dot patterns' in the colors/etc. that are present in lithos & such .

Don't really think your items represent the same era as the ones in your posted links , greenacres ....

Yours look late 1940's to maybe 1970's to my eyes , but would be nice to find out if they are indeed woodblock prints , which carry a bit more value than plain ole lithos/prints .

Not unusual to find an artists' "chop" on true woodblock prints (or a sig , sometimes in kanji) ... I didn't look close enough @ your images to find any though ....
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Re: Geisha lithos?
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2011, 08:22:05 pm »
These were in my grandmothers house when I was a little girl. They were around as long as my mom remembers. I still say 40]s 50's latest.
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Re: Geisha lithos?
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2011, 08:27:10 pm »
I blew up the picture to see if that helps.
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