Posted 4 years ago
freiheit
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I found these two pictures today. Somehow they spoke to me but I would like to find out more about them before I put them on my walls (or maybe not).
Both pictures are images of a big city. One of the images shows buildings still under construction. I would guess that the place is somewhere in North America and the time might have been 1930-1940's. I don't recognize neither the buildings nor the cars but somehow the images have a Art Deco feeling. Allthogh the pictures seem to have been executed with quite some technical skill, I wouldn't say that they are very creative.
I was tempted to open up the frame to see if there is more information but so far I have resisted this urge. I don't even know if the tow pictures are prints or etchings. The paper seems to be of good quality and there is a raised border visible around the images.
Both pictures are signed in pencil but I can not figure out what the name is.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for looking:)
Your first pic shows what looks like a British Phone Booth bottom left corner??
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All the answers to your questions:
https://www.loveantiques.com/antique-art/etchings/original-etching-london-signed-by-listed-artist-william-walcot-re-honriba-(1874-%E2%80%93-1943)-marsham-street-westminster-1936-108838
And this is number two:
https://chrisbeetles.com/artwork/6942/a-corner-of-berkeley-square
For the first web address, you must copy the entire address or use this website:
https://elizabethharvey-lee.com/exhibitions/walcot/walcot31_marsham_street.htm
OMG! yougottahavestuff, you spotted the phone booth! I was looking on the wrong continent! Thanks for your observation and comment!
You solved the mystery, mp.kunst!
Thank you so much for your help! I would have never, ever found the artist! How did you get this so fast figured out?
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Hi Mary, I didn't know who made these two etchings, mainly because I couldn't read the signature and I was looking for the images in the US, but they are in England. No wonder I couldn't find them.
From Wikipedia:
"William Walcot RE (10 March 1874 – 21 May 1943) was a British architect graphic artist and etcher, notable as a practitioner of refined Art Nouveau (Style Moderne) in Moscow, Russia. His trademark Lady's Head keystone ornament became the easily recognisable symbol of Russian Style Moderne. In 1920s–1930s, he concentrated on graphic art and was praised as the best architectural draftsman in London..."
I opened the links. They seem to be safe.
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