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Large signed water color print published by Frost & Reed LTD 1956
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Found this picture sadly it is to large for my small home but i couldn't leave it at the price being requested.
The picture has a top sentence which says published in 1956 by Frost & Reed ltd Bristol and London England copyright
in all countries including USA (printed in England) Also on the bottom left it has a stamp resume printers CBL?
Bottom right seems although not to sure to say W Russell Flint and underneath pencil signed possibly.
The picture look continental in its scenery to me and nicely printed looks real to my un trained eye anyway. Measures
25" x 19" Would love to know any views on the picture and the artist if anybody has heard of them if i am right with the
signed area thanks for your time Dan
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Well this is rather nice!
It’s unmistakably by the great artist Sir William Russell Flint, exactly his style and subject matter.
Without seeing it in the flesh, it certainly does look like it’s a hand signed print in pencil, which it should be.
I can’t see any edition number on the left hand side, so it is probably an open edition, so we probably won’t know how many were printed from the original plate… probably 750 which was the standard print run.
However, it does have value, but we aren’t able to tell you how much on this forum. It won’t however, be a huge fortune but a lovely item to keep and enjoy… if you had the space!
Don’t confuse it with his unsigned prints, there is a great difference in both price and collectability/desirability!
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by Alan Bickley
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Thank you very much for your reply i had not had time to look the artists name up as i only bought it yesterday
so i am very pleased thank you for your time in educating me on the details it has really opened my eyes, I found the
piece on a decorators table at my local car boot sale and it was very cheap i do not think the person liked it much :)
Will possibly put it to one side incase i get somewhere bigger in the future to display, My little spare room is getting
gradually fuller with art it seems quite an absorbing & interesting hobby :)
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Wow, that’s quite a find!
He had a great many of his paintings turned into prints, both signed and probably even more unsigned, so there should still be a fair few out there.
A very collectible artist, definitely worth getting it valued I think.
There’s a few dealers online that specialise in selling his signed prints, that would be my first port of call…
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Just to say that I absolutely agree with Alan, and that this is a very nice thing to have - even as an open edition print. I assume it's a French scene, given the tricoleur's presence. It'd be a bit large for my flat, as well, but I'd certainly have bought it had I seen it: in terms of age, of course, it's actually yonger than I am (mind you, what isn't.....?) but Flint was a very fine artist whose work remains popular - in your place, I'd certainly keep it; its value may not be huge (and don't take that as any guide, I really haven't any idea how much it would fetch in the right sale) but is only likely to appreciate over the years. Apart from which - imagine being able to wake up every morning with this on your wall - it would set me up nicely for the day ahead!
I don't think there's any more I can tell you that Alan hasn't covered already, but the subject is interesting, isn't it - it looks as if the young women of the town are awaiting the arrival of a patriotic procession, perhaps an army marching band. Lovely thing, anyway.
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From what I can tell, he didn’t actually sign any limited edition prints as such, so there won’t be any edition numbers on any of his prints.
So, the question is, how many of this delightful French scene were originally printed…
I don’t doubt that with some detective work you’d find this, (or another identical) signed print for sale in one of those outlets I mentioned earlier.
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Found it! Exact same signed print on sale from a dealer for $350. Pretty much smack on to where I was at. A print run of 700 with the title ‘Le Quatorze Juillet’
One of a number of fresh and clean examples of William Russell Flint prints in my shop, this is a fine photolithograph, published in 1956 in a limited edition of 700 examples, titled "Le Quatorze Juillet". Flint was in the southern French town of Mauvezin on Bastille Day 1954, and it is thought possible that the sketch he made from his hotel room of the scene he saw in front of him ultimately became this image. The print is signed in pencil at lower right and bears the characteristic embossed blindstamp in lower left margin. The print measures 19 1/4" by 24 1/4" inside the mat and 28 1/4" by 34 1/4 as framed. The scene if filled with the red, white and blue tricolor of France, and I see at least 20 figures worked into the image.
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Now this is the sort of topic that I find so interesting on this forum. We don’t get many and we aren’t often able to offer any of our expertise to help, although we do try!
On this occasion though, I’m pleased to say that we have been able to offer some help, a really interesting print from a great artist… and with some value, albeit not a Kings ransom!
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Alan, yup! Isn't it wonderful when we CAN actually help, given the too frequent occasions when we're just having to grope in the Stygian gloom for any kind of answer? You've done brilliantly here, and given the picture's buyer a wealth of useful information which can only enhance his enjoyment in the painting. What could be more satisfying?
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What a gorgeous watercolour print. I like the subject and composition - while it feels there’s marching band pomp round the corner, it’s the waiting townspeople themselves who symbolise Le Quatorze Julliet. The two girls in the front are on the barricades as it were. The contextual research the forum did is so interesting, it certainly enhanced my enjoyment of this find. Thank you also to the finder for sharing.
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