Believe it or not, these two work of art were a couple of my better buys just a few short years ago in 1995. The sale was put on by (BAM) The Boise Art Museum. The museum curator and the museum members and staff decided to have an art sale to help with the the construction costs of the new expansion of the Boise Art Museum. It all began by the museum making its pleas to all their members for donated art that they would called off the wall art donations. These donated works of art would be for sale, and the revenue being used for the museum's new expansion. The sale was held at the Foster warehouse building before being torn down making room for a parking garage on Front Street. The art sale was called "From Velvet Elvis To Rembrandt".
This not signed chalk drawing bought at this sale I believe to have been drawn by Picasso.
Here above is the rather large chalk drawing I purchased there at this art sale.
This drawing was not framed at the time of the purchase. It was in this single matte holder that it is still in. I put this drawing complete with the matte behind the glass in this frame. Just because of its size being the same. I know it does not do the drawing any justice but for right now it will have to do.
This drawing does have a strange twist to a story that I'm going to tell to go along with it. It was Saturday afternoon when I purchased this drawing at this three day sale. The first day of the sale for the art buying public was Friday evening 4 to 9 p.m. I missed going at that time along with the evening before Thursday night. It was for museum members only. They had hard drinks, wine, refreshments & snacks for museum members. It was the time most figured was the best chance to pick up some fantastic art, that is if you knew what you were looking at.
As I was walking around looking at art that was still on the walls Saturday, art that I hadn't already picked off the walls and was carrying with me, I heard something very strange. To my surprise there came such a clatter, the noise that only fast walking high heel could make. The noise seemed never ending coming straight across the the main lobby wood floor. I turned and looked as I seen this tall slender gal wearing a beautiful black dress and decked out in diamonds and a fancy black hat heading straight to the level I was on. I heard her say to the sales lady behind me, "I heard there were some Picasso's here" frantically looking around until she seen what I was carrying. She calmly walk over to me and said, "If you put those back on the wall sir and come back tomorrow they will be reduced to half price." I calmly looked her back straight in her eyes and said, "for what they are and what they are price, I can't imagine them being priced any lower and still be there on the wall."
These videos of this orchard painting and of it back-side bought at this sale will show the viewers some paint wrongly mixed for artists painting on canvas with. The art connoisseur I claim myself to be, along with being an knowledgeable art critic and collector of fine art, has to stand for something. The amount of art fraud in the world my friends is the main reason why the French police started their own antique and art fraud division. The police in France claim, art even though the fine art auctions houses gives there own thumbs up approvals, including the London auction houses, auction over the whole world, art from private collections and art in museums are in fact said to be 50% fake.
This painting had a little sign on it price tag from its owner that if it didn't sell at the ridiculous low price that was on it they wanted it back. Needless to say they did not get it back.
On the back of this painting you can see and read the signature where it is presumed signed by the artist. Well, if you would like to see what was painted by this signing artist you will have to wait to see it if and when it is ever x-rayed.
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