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  • May 31, 2009, 11:55 PM
    brannen
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    1955 Mid Century Watercolor
    I recently purchased a 1955 watercolor on paper of what I believe to be sailboats. I am having a tough time identifying the artist signature and would like to find out more about the artist. The signature looks like it says "R. --low"

    If anyone can help or point me in the direction of a resource that can, I would be much appreciative.
  • Jun 3, 2009, 12:28 AM
    Clough

    Hi, brannen!

    Would it be possible for you to post a little clearer image of the signature?

    Thanks!
  • Jun 5, 2009, 11:12 PM
    brannen
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    Hi Clough,
    I hope this is a little better. Thanks for any help you can give me.
  • Jun 6, 2009, 08:00 AM
    fmtaskart
    Hi
    Take this only as a suggestion and a starting point. The name on your work can easily be read(or misread) as "K. Britow". You may have the transliterated name from a cyrillic one. For example, if "russian" the original name could have become britov or even britoff, or, if "polish", britow. Looking carefully, you can see writing under (actually a bit above) the english signature that you have that may be in another language. Possibly you have a signature written over the original...

    If you accept any of the above, the search becomes one of seeking the work, a similar work, or a matching signature for any of the above names or another that serendipidously falls out along the way... That's why one might want to consider:

    Kim Britov, russian born 1925. (Found with starting search term "brito")

    Kim Britov - Images Kim Britov

    No matching work or matching english signature... but what lies beneath yours may be Cyrillic that may match that on a painting... I'm stopping now... Good Luck.

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