Signed Watercolor
Is my painting worth something?
I have an original signed watercolor painting by Marius Girard of the Notre Dame Chapels. The interesting thing is that when I searched for the painting I found results on paintings that were similar to it, but no exact. In some cases a few buildings in the background where exactly alike, but the rest of the painting was different. Do I have an original painting that was not copied, or reproduced? If so, how would I find out its worth? Please help!
It’s impossible to tell over the internet, but what you have is probably a print, a reproduction. A casual internet search turns up dozens of people asking the exact same question, including post on an art forum where at least one poster claims “I have a signed original painting by Marius Girard. Taped to the back was a newspaper article from Nov. 19,1972 from Lorain,Ohio. He was visiting friends and was 45 years old at the time. He became wealthy through French poatcards,creating an original then bought by a printing house ,lithographed and printed in blocks of 100,000.”
Of course, there is a simple way to find out. Look up your local art expert/appraiser, and have him evaluate the piece.
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