Mountain & River Painting
31 January 2023
Description

Beautiful painting of tall mountains with a stunning blue sky in the background and a river surrounded by pine trees. Very well executed. The painting draws you in. Despite my efforts, I cannot make out the artist signature. I believe it is oil on canvas in it's original frame.

Dimensions

24x28 outer frame; 16 x 20 at edge of matte

Provenance

I purchased this and another painting at a sale of a local store owner clearing out their storage units of excess stock. They have a shop where they purchase items from people who bring them in. Like a pawn shop but they buy the items outright, then resell them.

Acquired from
Other
For sale
Maybe
Answered within about 2 hours
By Delia
Jan 31, 23:46 UTC
Fair Market Value
$400 - $600 USD
Suggested Asking Price $700 USD
What does this mean?

Hi Susan,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
Like you, that signature has me puzzled, too. Do the first couple of letters look like "And---" to you? I'll try to run those through the artist auction databases we have access to see if I can find a likely match.
Either way, this is a lovely painting and has a decorative value even if the artist can't be identified...

Thanks to confirm.
Delia

Delia Feb 04, 19:30 UTC

Hi Susan,

I don't know if you saw my earlier message about the signature; in the interest of getting this appraisal completed in a timely manner, I've gone ahead and appraised this based on its simiarlities to other rural mountain landscapes of similar size, approximate age and composition. If you can help me identify the name of the artist, I may be able to refine my value more.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:

American or Continental School, 19th or 20th Century
Untitled landscape with mountains, trees and a lake
signed indistinctly lower right
oil or acrylic on canvas
sight size 16 by 20 inches; framed 24 by 28 inches
CONDITION: appears to be in generally good condition; value assumes no tears, repairs or inpainting.
PROVENANCE: acquired at a storage unit clearance sale
$400-600*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.

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