Sailing Vessel in Harbor
Height 22" Width 29.5"
Grandmother owned it before passing down to my mother then to me from Germany
Inherited
Yes
Hi Steve,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
Carl Friedrich Emil Martin Wilhelm "Willy" Tiedjen (German, 1881-1950)
Untitled seascapes (ships in an industrial harbor)
oil on canvas
22 inches high by 29 1/2 inches wide
signed indistinctly lower left
CONDITION: appears to be in good condition
PROVENANCE: inherited
$1,000-1,500*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
Please let us know if you have additional items to appraise, and thank you again for using Mearto.
I believe you're right. Most of Tiedjen's auction records are modest, even a closely related example I found here (https://www.askart.com/Artist_Export.aspx?S=1&QID=351866&ALL=4920739 - not sure if you can access it without paying for a subscription) that had an estimate of about $500 and did not sell in 2018 but yours is a bit larger, which is, in my opinion, a better painting.
I've amended the appraisal, you're all set.
Hi Dehlia, I believe I found the painter of this piece.
Willy Tiedjen, was actually Carl Friedrich Emil Martin Wilhelm Tiedjen also Tiedgen or Tietjen. He was born in 1881, and was an animal, landscape, and marine painter.
let me know your thoughts on this