Saturday 22 September 2007

Photohunt: Paper

This print came to us from my husband's family.

It was made by my husband's uncle, an artist, over 60 years ago I believe. He hadn't liked the results, had crumpled them up and thrown them away. Somebody in the family retrieved them from the rubbish, flattened them out as much as possible, framed and kept them.

If you look carefully you can see the creases still in the paper.

There are two reasons it is propped up against the books end: first, because I wanted the light to shine in a way that would show the creases; but secondly because, try as we might, we cannot get it to stay on the wall - it keeps falling off! A message?

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26 comments:

  1. What a great family item to have retrieved from the garbage!! I love the design.

    Have a good weekend.

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  2. Amazing that its creator actually thought it wasn't good enough to keep, never mind display! He must be (must have been?) a VERY good artist -- as well as a major perfectionist! ;D

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  3. wow! that is a treasure indeed! a reluctant heirloom, nevertheless priceless!

    if you ask me, that's a great work! :)

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  4. Pat: yes I love the design too.
    ytsl: I believe he may still be alive. He changed his name and moved to Australia and the family lost touch.
    Ipanema: indeed a treasure.

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  5. It's very unique and special! what a treasure to have and to display!
    Happy hunting and happy weekend :)

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  6. Maybe it's him saying: I throwed that away! *giggles*

    Very interesting drawing. It starts the fantasy. For me, it's both a brain and I can get a glimpse of an octopus in it. Why I don't know :-)

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  7. I think it's in ink? It is so intricate! I'm glad they saved it.

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  8. I love that you can still see the creases in the paper! Not sure about the message behind not staying on the wall..hmmm... lol. :)

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  9. That is so beautiful and I love the story. The slight creases certainly add to the character of the work. How bizarre that it kept coming off the wall when you would hang it.

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  10. What a family treasure - your so lucky to have it and I thank you for sharing with us! You've captured it real good too:-)

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  11. That is spooky (that it keeps falling off the wall)!! That family member has done a good deed rescuing those pieces. I quite like it! :)

    Happy weekend - and get that desk cleaned! :p

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  12. Bizarre that it keeps falling.
    Lovely piece of art. and GOOD choice for this theme!

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  13. how cool. and what a great story! I'm always amazed at what I find on Saturdays during the photohunt!

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  14. This is a very nice piece of artwork. Beautiful. Nice website!

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  15. This image looks Alaskan, sorta like whales.

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  16. What a treasure you have there, with a great story. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the visit

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  17. That is such an intricate piece of art, really amazing! If that is his "trash" work, then I would love to see his "treasures"!

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  18. that artwork's too good to be thrown away ... good thing it was saved from the garbage bin! interesting story! made the post more interesting than it already is, as a shot. :)
    great post for this week's theme!

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  19. What a lovely work. Thanks for sharing the interesting story behind it. It's intriguing how it keeps falling off. I wonder if the artist is sending you a message of sorts. :)

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  20. That's really nice! Good thing it was saved from the garbage! That's funny though that it keeps falling off the wall.

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  21. A handy work.... He must be a nice artist of that time...... I think he must be old that time itself, with lots of shivers reflected in the picture...( just kidding)... Really good.... Kudos Uncle.....

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  22. That is a beautiful print! I can see some of the wrinkles in the paper. Lucky that it was saved from the garbage!

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  23. Wow it is great that it was pulled from the rubish. It is a really niice piece. Happy weekend!

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  24. That's really very beautiful and original ! I like it very much. Thank you for your comments on my paintings. If you want to see more they are here http://gattinapaintings.blogspot.com/

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  25. Thank you all for your very much appreciated comments.

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  26. It doesn't happen to fall in the bin, per chance?

    Great picture!

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