George McNeil? Dress Painting
15 December 2018
Description

Painting on canvas 16” x 20” in wood frame. The hanger on back may have been placed wrong. I am adding a picture of it hung the other direction.

Provenance

Found at a thrift store, provenance unknown.

Acquired from
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For sale
Maybe
Answered within about 17 hours
By George
Dec 16, 14:31 UTC
Fair Market Value
$200 - $400 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Dear Emily,

Thank you for your request. Please add a focused image of the signature in blue letters in the right lower corner of the painting. Thank you.

With kind regards,
Georg

Emily nelms Dec 16, 16:08 UTC

Added image as requested.

Emily nelms Dec 25, 02:00 UTC

After researching this more, I believe this is a painting by Alexander Rutsch.

George Jan 02, 12:23 UTC

Dear Emily,

Thank you for the additional information and your patience. The presented object is a painting made in acryl or oil paint on canvas with measurements of 16 x 20 inches. The painting depicts two naked feed and is difficultly readable signed. Your suggestion that this painting was made by George MCNEIL (1908-1995) is in my opinion not to follow because of the style and the totally different signature. Your second suggestion that this painting was made by the Austrian artist Alexander RUTSCH (1916-1997) is possible. First, the signature could be read with some interpretation as Rutsch and also he made paintings in this style. There were very few objects of Rutsch on the auction market. This estimation does not serve as an authentification.
This piece is in good condition and there are no serious damages visible.
An estimation would be between 200 to 400 USD.
This estimation is based on actual recent past recorded auction sales of comparables. Retail "asking prices" can be higher and vary.
With best regards,
Georg

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