Oil on Canvas Painting
Measuring the canvas on the back of the painting it is 26'' tall and 36.5'' wide. It is painted on open weave canvas and in areas the paint is developing small cracks. It is painted with a quite thick paint and thus has very rough texture with prominent brush marks, it does not have a top coat of varnish. Unfortunately it has been re-stretched and re-framed. It's signed Zorn and does appear to be from the timeframe of Anders Zorn. Besides it being re-stretched and reframed it is in remarkably good condition
This is a thrift store find, I probably cannot find previous ownership information.
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Good afternoon, Izaac,
Thank you for submitting photographs to Mearto for appraisal.
Based on the information and photographs you submitted, this is:
Anders Zorn (Swedish-American, 1860-1920)
Mountain landscape
oil on canvas, signed "Zorn" lower right, 26 by 36 1/2 inches
relined and restretched.
$6,000-9,000
The canvas does not look original in the photos you’ve submitted. What specific areas are you referring to where you can see through the painting?
I took some more new photos here, wish I had a better camera. First five hopefully show the canvas better. Up close it looks exactly like burlap. The rest are taken in a bright window.
Yes, I can now see what you mean. Though, the coloring of the back of the canvas has a gray tone to it that is uncharacteristic of 19th century canvases and much more in line with a more modern relining, which was done quite frequently in the early 20th century. This is a bit of a puzzle. If it had been relined, I would not expect to see light coming through it. Was the back of the stretcher covered with a paper that might have prevented the canvas from oxidizing if it had been exposed to air?
I think the valuation of $6,000-9,000 is still OK, all things considered.
The back wasn't covered when I got it, it could have been before re-stretching. My theory though is our extremely low humidity climate may have prevented it from oxidizing.
Thanks
Izaac
Excellent! Thank you! Only thing, it is not relined, the canvas is the original open weave hemp. I can see light through it wherever the paint is cracked.