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The anonymity of an artist can arise from several historical and cultural factors. In certain eras or societies, artworks were often products of collective endeavors rather than individual creations, leading to a lack of attribution. Additionally, historical records, vital for identifying artists, m...
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Artist: Unknown Artist
Price: $3,000.00
Medium: Painting
Ship From Rockville, MD
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Materials: watercolor on paper bound in linen and/or silk covered boards
Dimensions: 11" x 11" x 1"
Condition: very good, heavy foxing to leaves throughout, but only slight foxing affecting the edges of a few portraits, scattered small water stains to portraits but otherwise paintings are clean
Finish: Unframed
About the Item: Square unpaginated quarto opening right to left. Book of 100 portraits of unidentified nobles, ladies and gentlemen, and possibly one or two young children clearly detailed with delicate brushstrokes and expressive features; 24 leaves (pages) of individual painted facial portraits in ink, gouache and watercolor. Portraits closely trimmed and mounted on light tan paper and pasted to leaf. Boards covered with woven textile of unknown fiber(s) (possibly linen and/or silk) with some fraying to edges, front cover has an affixed paper label which is blank.
About The Artist
The anonymity of an artist can arise from several historical and cultural factors. In certain eras or societies, artworks were often products of collective endeavors rather than individual creations, leading to a lack of attribution. Additionally, historical records, vital for identifying artists, may have been lost, damaged, or never created, particularly in periods where literacy and record-keeping were limited. Moreover, some artists may have deliberately chosen anonymity, eschewing personal fame to focus on the universal or communal message of their work. This anonymity can be a deliberate choice or a consequence of the socio-historical context in which the artist worked.
