FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UNKNOWN / UNSIGNED :
AN ATTEMPT TO DEFINE AND ASCRIBE
Guest Speakers: Niccolo Brooker, Lui Deak, Charlotte Sherman
Reception: Saturday, December 17, 5:00 to 8:00 pm
RSVP please—this exhibition is open to the public, but space is limited and an RSVP is required
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Adamson-Duvannes Galleries 484 South San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048 CONTACT: Jerome Adamson, Director (323) 653-1015, fax (323) 653-3875 E-mail <artdeal@pacbell.net> Web site, <http://justpaintings.net> |
This Exhibition of Fine Art focuses on oil paintings, watercolors and drawings by unknown artists and pictures that are unsigned.
To assist in this complex process which many times presents daunting problems, the art world has developed descriptive terms, nomenclature and tools related to:
AUTHORSHIP: Listed, Attributed to, School of, Manner of, Studio of….
AUTHENTICITY: Catalogue Raisonne, Exhibition Record, Provenance….
CONDITION: Black light, Condition Report, Inpainting, Strengthened….
PHYSICAL STATE: Abraded, Craquelure, Deckle, Impasto, Pentimento….
Guest speakers will address these subjects, and following their presentation there will be a special opportunity to participate in a question and answer session.
