Watercolor C. Mermann 1910

[Allena]

Сообщение от heir

How much would you have not looked at, the fact - a picture signed by the author. What else is needed?

Indeed, what's the difference, who signed the picture - Vasya Pupkin or Lansky! In terms of pricing is absolutely not important. Unfortunately, not all artists to hit upon this ... Signed to simply - "Author", and the price determined by the method Tsalkova

Сообщение от DVE

According to legend, the owners are great-grandmother, bequeathed in any case not to sell,
only in great misery. (master need cornered: o opohmelitsya, he brought to the store)

If we assume that it was, then you can forget about the provenance. DVE, maybe someone will answer one of the local spices to Western art - for example, Leningradets?

[DVE]

Then wait, who else can say that.

[наследник]

Сообщение от Allena

Really, what's the difference who signed picture - Vasya Pupkin or Lansky! In terms of pricing is absolutely not important. Unfortunately, not all artists to hit upon this ...

  You have the logic of something ... not quite articulate.
Or only for understanding in a narrow circle of persons.

Signed at work there? Eat. Read the can? Can. Can not accept as autograph Lansky? Not. Pupkin disappears? Disappears.
Remains that there is. Distinctively author's signature!
Who is he? Find and prove links to the sale, that his painting is steeper Benoit.
  What are you then a shadow on the fence hover arguments about pricing? To themselves talk?
Well, read the sign from right to left, and then espertno declare that here the artist's hand appended Arabic. Though it is original.

[Allena]

Сообщение от heir

Do you have the logic of something ... not quite articulate.
Or only for understanding in a narrow circle of persons.

Why should you ernichaete? Really, nothing.

[наследник]

Allena, it is not ernichanie. This is a statement of fact.
As for in vain ... you are right.

[sergejnowo]

Сообщение от DVE

Then wait, who else can say that.

I want to add fuel to the fire: D
Age, fashion, style converge.
You never can tell, but if someone from celebrated persons?
Here you have and $ 500 instead of $ 300 .... : D: D

Where Leningradets? : eek:

[DVE]

And who is this?

[sergejnowo]

Сообщение от DVE

And who is this?

With irony closer, with irony: D: D: D
This Valentin Serov, Portrait of Princess Zinaida Yusupova. 1902

[LCR]

I think your watercolor is very good.
In principle, ought to really try to learn more about the author, but this is serious work - delved into the database, get in touch with European auction houses, etc.
If I had a watercolor, for $ 300 I would not have given, for sure.
But one of the very respected forumistov, with which we are now talking about your watercolors, too, is right in saying that no one except the owner of watercolors, this work will not do.

[sergejnowo]

Сообщение от DVE

And who is this?

But seriously, look on the Internet photos and postcards 1890 - 1910 period.
Maybe that find.
This artist, label, even Google, in no allusions. "Mermann" or "Meemann" carry no German root. In German, it would be Meermann, Mehrmann, Markmann. "Mer" or "Mee" carry the old Anglo-German-French dialects. For me eerie mixture of these dialects is a Belgian language. Another option: An alias.
And on the back I read: Deri John ... : rolleyes: