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Can someone help me with this Pandora painting?

Asked by Jude (32198points) April 7th, 2011

It’s my girlfriends and it’s an original. A bit of water damage. Anyone know how we could find out it’s value. We can’t any mention of it online.

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Jude's avatar

Here it is.

Jude's avatar

From what she can make out, it is number 24, and the year is 190_ (something).

SpatzieLover's avatar

Here’s a thread on a forum
Unfortunately it appears there are many Pandora art pieces from that time period. If I come across more, or see a print of this, I’ll report back.

Jeruba's avatar

For starters, its style is that of the Pre-Raphaelites. Try Google Images with that and Pandora as keywords.

diavolobella's avatar

What you have is a print of an oil painting by John William Waterhouse, which was painted in 1896. Here is a link to a site about his work:

http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/

He did a very famous painting of the Lady of Shallot as well.

Jude's avatar

@diavolobella Thank-you. We are just wondering what it’s worth. It’s numbered. And, it’s from the early 1900’s.

diavolobella's avatar

@Jude It’s going to depend on how many prints were made and I imagine there were a lot since his paintings were quite popular. Number 24 is early in a print run, but who knows how many print runs were done of the painting over the years. I could be wrong, but I don’t think you’ll find it is worth very much. With what you now know, you might have enough to call an art dealer and ask.

Jude's avatar

@diavolobella Thanks! Will do.

diavolobella's avatar

@Jude You are welcome! :)

SpatzieLover's avatar

@Jude—-that thread I sent you above was to JW Waterhouse. You can ask your question of it’s value there at the JW site—

Jude's avatar

Thank-you!

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