04-06-2023 05:33 PM
I am back, and at your mercy for help with a Downe Burns piece I found (and love) today!
Is it a LE? I just don't know. I cannot find this exact piece. I did find "Happy House No.2" but not this Happy House.
Thank you to all who offer their time, talent, and knowledge. I am most grateful for any help.
(Photos are raw. I will reshoot for listing.)
04-07-2023 05:51 AM
As several people suggested with your prior post, check for all-over tiny dots indicating an offset mechanical print. I don't see any numbers to indicate a limited edition - maybe hidden by the frame? Measurements?
Rita
04-07-2023 08:46 AM
As others have said, if you're going to learn about and sell prints and reproductions, the first thing you need to do is buy a good loupe, and the second thing you need to do is learn how to carefully disframe what you buy.
The value is going to depend much upon just what they are; that is, what kind of print or reproduction they are. You cannot study comparables until you determine that.
Take them out of the frames, to look for information which may be printed on them.
Look at them through a loupe. If it's a traditional, non-mechanical, lithograph, you'll see a sort of stippled pattern all over but any dots are rather small, vary somewhat in size, are in no set pattern. If the dots are uniform in size and in a regular pattern, it's mechanical photo-offset lithograph, a mass-produced reproduction.
If you don't see dots with the loupe, what do you see? Maybe you have an original work. Maybe you have an intaglio print of some sort, such as an etching. Or it could be some kind of relief print, such as a woodcut. Perhaps it's a variety of stencil print, such as a serigraph.
You need to learn to recognize all these because, as I said, they have a huge impact on value.
There is abundant info on the web, but this is a good place to start:
http://www.graphicsatlas.org/
04-07-2023 09:28 AM
I’m starting there now. Thank you.
04-07-2023 09:32 AM
And don't hesitate to bring your finds here for help, too. Even if we don't know the answer, we like to look. 🙂
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04-07-2023 03:12 PM
I carefully unframed it. It is a poster titled "A Family Story I, Progressive Edition".
04-07-2023 04:57 PM - edited 04-07-2023 04:58 PM
I found this, titled Family Story IV, so obviously he did a series and yours is the first in the series:
https://www.fulcrumgallery.com/Downe-Burns/A-Family-Story-IV_40643.htm
I don't have time right now to look any deeper, but it gives you a place to start, perhaps, on further identification and / or to put the work is some kind of context.
I can't say for sure, but maybe "Progressive Edition" is the publisher of that name, but you'll need to verify that:
https://www.progressiveeditions.com/aboutUs.html
Take a look with a loupe or any magnifier you have, when you can, to see if you can determine what kind of print / reproduction it is.
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04-07-2023 05:34 PM
Thank you! I also found IV.
Even if nothing else, I found a print I love, and would be happy to hang in our house.