Unknown abstract figurative piece - help identify? reward?

syw5 · 05:27 PM

please delete ... thanks for all the help!

thatcomedian · August 8th, 2010, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by syw5

Hi,

This is my first post here. I recently bought a very large painting from an estate (5 ft. x 5 ft.). It's signed on the bottom and also initialized "J.M. 1934," and I was wondering if anyone recognized the signature. There's also another signature, pencil-signed, on the back canvas. All the pictures are attached. If anyone has any idea of the artist, or even the subject matter, I'd really appreciate the help. If this piece turns out to be valuable, I'd even be happy to give a small reward to anyone who can definitively identify either signature.

Thanks!

The back looks like ***** a day
The figures on the front kind of look like jockeys to me but not sure.

mp.kunst · August 8th, 2010, 05:56 PM

I think it is an Asian painting or Asian inspired. My feeling is that it is Indonesian and not made in 1934 later much later but I could be totally wrong. It is surly is an very attractive painting.

John · August 8th, 2010, 06:25 PM

It "feels" later than 1934 to me as well (more like the '70s maybe), but I don't have any knowledge of this kind of art so I can't back that up with anything.

John · August 8th, 2010, 06:29 PM

Actually the "93" looks more prominent than the rest of the date. Maybe it was made in 1993 and the other brushstrokes are part of the background design, or perhaps added later to make it seem older.

mp.kunst · August 9th, 2010, 01:05 AM

I thought the painting is a modern version of the more traditional painting they still make in Indonesia. See attachments.

syw5 · August 14th, 2010, 11:01 AM

Thank you, mp.kunst, John and thatcomedian for your insights. Sorry for my slow reply, as I didn't know they had posted my question (I kept looking at the wrong page). Very interesting comments. And the images from the Indonesian pictures look remarkably similar to the figures in mine. Thanks!

roger1 · August 15th, 2010, 05:40 AM

I would say a group of sitar players and a tabla player of Asian origin. Sig looks like Sammy Aday. Modern.

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August 8th, 2010, 05:56 PM	#3
mp.kunst Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 95	I think it is an Asian painting or Asian inspired. My feeling is that it is Indonesian and not made in 1934 later much later but I could be totally wrong. It is surly is an very attractive painting.

August 8th, 2010, 06:25 PM	#4
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	It "feels" later than 1934 to me as well (more like the '70s maybe), but I don't have any knowledge of this kind of art so I can't back that up with anything.

August 8th, 2010, 06:29 PM	#5
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	Actually the "93" looks more prominent than the rest of the date. Maybe it was made in 1993 and the other brushstrokes are part of the background design, or perhaps added later to make it seem older.

August 14th, 2010, 11:01 AM	#7
syw5 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 8	Thank you, mp.kunst, John and thatcomedian for your insights. Sorry for my slow reply, as I didn't know they had posted my question (I kept looking at the wrong page). Very interesting comments. And the images from the Indonesian pictures look remarkably similar to the figures in mine. Thanks!

August 15th, 2010, 05:40 AM	#8
roger1 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: UK Posts: 171	I would say a group of sitar players and a tabla player of Asian origin. Sig looks like Sammy Aday. Modern.