ANTIQUE VICTORIAN EDWARDIAN WOMAN CHROMO PRINT GESSO OLD PASTEL PAINTING FOUND BEHIND PRINT BARBOLA FRAME!!! Start Price USD 75.00 Current Price USD 182.50 Time Left - Bid Count 6 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, May 13, 2008 End Time Friday, May 23, 2008 Location Hudson Valley See more about 'ANTIQUE VICTORIAN EDWARDIAN WOMAN CHROMO PRINT GESSO' Description Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! UP FOR AUCTION IS AN AMAZING FIIND. I HAVE HAD THIS PRINT FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. IT CAME TO ME JUST THIS WAY WITH THE PAINTED WOOD & GESSO FRAME FROM A MAN WHO CLEANED OUT HOMES FOR PEOPLE.  I HAVE ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY EVEN THOUGH IT HAD A COUPLE OF AREAS WHERE I COULD SEE THAT THE PRINT PAPER WAS PULLED AWAY FROM STICKING TO THE OLD WAVY GLASS.  THIS NEVER BOTHERED ME BECAUSE THIS WOMAN WAS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL!  I FIGURED THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN FACE DOWN IN AN ATTIC AND OVERHEATED.  I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO WORK AT IT EVENTUALLY TO GET ANOTHER AREA (APPROX. 1 INCH) UNSTUCK.  TWO YEARS LATER I FINALLY TOOK IT DOWN TO WORK ON AND I BEGIN TO TAKE OF THE WOOD BACKING AND FIND THIS WONDERFUL ORIGINAL STILL LIFE PASTEL OF FRUITS IN A COMPOTE DONE ON PAPER.  WHICH IS ALSO VERY OLD..AND UNFORTUNATELY NOT SIGNED, BUT STILL AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL!!  IT DOES HAVE TWO SMALL EDGE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN CHIPPED OFF(SEE PHOTO).... EVEN SO I WAS SO DELIGHTFULLY SURPRISED!  YOU CAN SEE IN PICTURE #9 THE BACK OF THE PRINT HAS PASTEL CHALK ON IT (THIS IS NOT MOLD!).  NOW AS FAR AS THIS MAGNIFICENT PRINT GOES...IT ALWAYS HAD THE CONDITION ISSUES ON THE LEFT THE FEW MARKS IN THE HAIR AND A SMALL WRINKLE IN PHOTO #5. IT ALSO HAS A SLIGHT DISCOLORATION ON THE UPPER CHEST AREA WHICH LOOKS TO BE AN OUTLINE OF A WOOD KNOT FROM THE BACKING TO THE FRAME(SEE FULL SIZE PHOTO). I CAREFULLY TRY TO LIFT THE GLASS AND LET THE PAPER FALL BUT FIND THAT IT IS STUCK ON THE RIGHT SIDE ALSO IN THE HAIR THAT IS THE ONE INCH AREA I MENTION ABOVE(PHOTO #4). I DID NOT WANT TO WORSEN ANYTHING SO I HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE IT FOR THE PURCHASER.  BUT WHEN LIFTING THE GLASS TO VIEW THE ACTUAL PRINT I WAS SOOOO AMAZED...IT IS ALMOST LIKE A PAINTING.  I COULD EVEN FEEL TEXTURE OR RELIEF ON THE VELVET GOWN AREA AND IT FELT SLIPPERY LIKE A PAINTING.  IT EVEN SHINES LIKE A PAINTING!  WHEN LOOKING THROUGH A MAGNAFINE GLASS I CAN SEE THAT THIS IS AN OLD PRINT ESPECIALLY IN THE SKIN AREA..BUT ITS SO GOOD!  IT IS LIKE NO OTHER CHROMOLITHOGRAPH I HAVE EVER SEEN AND I'M HOPING I'M NOT MAKING A MISTAKE IN CALLING IT THAT..IT IS SO VERY RICH AND SATURATED WITH COLOR!  IT LOOKS LIKE AN OLD MASTERS WORK OF ART THAT HAS BEEN PAINTED AND I NEVER FOUND OUT WHO THE ARTIST WAS BUT THE GIRL IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.  I WAS NEVER ONE FOR PAINTINGS OF OTHER PEOPLE IN MY HOME..BUT SHE IS ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING!  AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS COULD BE VERY VALUABLE I HAVE DECIDED TO LET IT BE AND LET THE PURCHASER DECIDE HOW TO REMOVE IT FROM THE GLASS (IF YOU EVEN WANT TO) OR BRING IT TO A PROFESSIONAL. I HAVE ALSO DECIDED TO LEAVE THE PASTEL WITH THE PRINT..I LOOKED FOR A FRAME AND WAS GOING TO SELL THE OTHER ON ITS OWN BUT I DON'T HAVE ONE AND I DON'T WANT A PASTEL GETTING JOSSELED AROUND.  I SOMEHOW THINK THEY BELONG TOGETHER ....I WISH I KNEW THE HISTORY THAT TIES THEM TO ONE ANOTHER!  A CLUE MAY BE THAT THIS DOES COME TO YOU FROM THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY AREA. THE PRINTS MEASURE APROXIMATELY 15 3/4 INCHES x 19 3/4 INCHES. THE FRAME MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 22 1/4 INCHES X 26 1/4 INCHES.  I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS! SHIPPING SHOULD BE AROUND $28 TO MID CENTRAL STATES. $33 TO CALIFORNIA. WE ONLY CHARGE THE ACTUAL SHIPPING WHICH YOU CAN VERIFY. WE NEVER CHARGE FOR PACKING OR SUPLLIES.  WE USE FEDEX GROUND UNLESS YOU PREFER ANOTHER METHOD. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: PLEASE WAIT BEFORE PAYING FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING COST.  BUYER WILL PAY FOR ACTUAL SHIPPING AND PROFESSIONAL PACKING. THE RESERVE IS VERY LOW. THANKS FOR READING MY LENGTHY EXPLANATION! Place a Bid!