Can anyone identify the artist of this sketch?

Question

I am selling some art that I've had around the house. I have one piece in particular that I can seem to find no information on. The links below will show a photo of the sketch itself and a close up of the artist's signature. The close up isnt that clear but it is the best i can do. If you note on the sketch, the signature is in the lower left corner.

The sketch:

http://www.pm-studios.com/tim/images/art1.jpg

The signature:

http://www.pm-studios.com/tim/images/Art1Sig.jpg

Any information at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your time.

OK, thanks everyone for all your help. With all of your suggestions I was able to find myself that the print is entitled "Moorish Incense Burner" created in 1886 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris . Again, thanks everyone.

Answer 1

This is an obviously lovely and well done lithograph or etching... hard to tell which. The signature within the plate is for decorative purpose... the true signature, I believe, is pencilled lower right...J. L. G. F(?)- - - - --.. does it end in a y, g or z? Can you possibly scan off a better image?
Just trying to help:)

Answer 2

The style of the girl's clothes, her short-cropped hair, her expression and the background props all suggest that this drawing was done in the late 1960s or early 1970s. It simply has that British 'mod' look to it. The hair 'do', posturing, etc.

Also, it was done on textured water-color paper. The practice of using textured water color paper for drawings and pen and ink drawings became popular about that time. Artists started doing this back then because they thought it gave their drawings the textured look of paintings.

(The yellowish fades to paper does not always imply that the paper is very old. Often uneven yellowed fades occure because to prolonged or unnatural exposure to bright light, to sunlight, to heavy smokers' smoke stained walls or even sometimes artists 'yellow' their own works for creative effect.)

It's a damn nice drawing.

I'm pretty sure this was done by a woman artist. The initial of her first name is a 'G,' Her last name starts with either a crossed 'T' or an 'F'. The last name has four (or five) letters in it, the last of which is a 'y'. It also has a dotted 'i' as one of those four (or five) letters. So start down a list of short last names that start with a 'T' and end with a 'y' or short last names that start with an 'F' and end with a 'y', keeping in mind that somewhere in this short last name is the dotted letter 'i'.

I could probably do this for you, going through a telephone book or on-line search, but I simply don't have the time now.

Good luck. It's a nice drawing.

Answer 3

I can't make out the name with such a blurry shot...may I suggest you visit the art link noted below? I've had great luck finding the names of artists by typing in just the few letters I could decipher in an autograph.

Answer 4

I think it's done in the early 20th century, because it shows the influence of Orientalism and the girl's face looks like it's from the turn of the century to the 1930's.

What's his initials before the last name? The only artist I could think of is Gaudi.

Answer 5

This is a sketch of a rather famous artist. But...the signature does not ring a bell as to his name.

Answer 6

Hard signature to interpret , maybe you should get it checked out by an art historian to see if they know?
Really nice picture as well.

Answer 7

cant help you with it but i really like it, how much are you thinking of selling it for?