I found this at a thrift shop, at first i thought i
was paying a little to much but found out a hour later
what it was worth , sometimes you have to take a risk, I think it was worth $75.00 the email came back tonight that it was a early one done in 1961 and worth between
$2500.00 and 4000.00 I think i will keep it it looks good on the walls with the other great artist
Here is the Artist name,
Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo
Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (born 1922), better known under his pseudonym Corneille, is a Dutch artist.
Corneille, Cornelis van Beverloo was born in 1922 in Liege in Belgium. Corneille studied art at the Academy of Art in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. He was one of the founders of the REFLEX movement in 1948 and in 1949 he was also one of the founders of the COBRA group in Denmark, which has had great influence on Scandinavian art. He was active within the group from the beginning, not only painting but also publishing poetry in the Cobra magazine. The poetic Corneille was strongly influenced by Miro and Klee. After the group dissolved in 1951 he moved to Paris and began collecting African art. These primitive artifacts became evident in his works, which began to take on a more imaginative style, like landscapes seen from a bird's eye view, exotic birds and stylised forms. Today Corneille lives and works in Paris, he makes visits to Israel where he works with the Jaffa Atalier. On 24 in September 2003 there was an opening of his exhibition of prints, in the Ramat-Gan Museum of Art, Israel.
He was a cofounder of the Experimentele Groep Holland and a
member of CoBrA.
fabulous! paying more at a thrift often pays off...
that's a great find... i would have paid $75 in a heartbeat.
thrift stores are funny... almost as funny as the people who shop there. i think everyone assumes because it's 'thrift' that nothing can be priced any higher than $19.99. so when something comes in that's priced a little higher, people tend to ignore it.
speaking of high-priced thrift store art, my wife picked up a calder for $60 at a thrift store here. i think at first she assumed it was a print or a poster, but surprisingly enough, it turned out to be a litho that was hand-signed and numbered. we thought about trying to have it authenticated by the calder foundation but that seemed to be such a huge undertaking and we still thought there's no way it could be real. so we waited and got tickets for the antiques roadshow. figure that was a safe and easy way to see if it was real and not have to let it out of our sight.
unfortunately, it wasn't a watercolor or gauche or anything. just a litho - but hand signed. they estimated around $5k. not bad... so we're having it framed acid-free behind uv glass for its permanent home on our wall..
sorry for the tangent... thats a great piece you found there.
that is a great caulder I ...
that is a great caulder I have seen it before and if it is signed that is wonderful , I love his stuff
one of the first pictures i ever bought was - Crags and Critters 1975 It was one of the originals and i remember having to call my mom and asked her to transfer some money from a trust that I had from a late Uncle
she said are you sure you know what you are doing spending money on art work, I said Yes this will be a good investment , every thing that i bought in the early 70 has done real well and still on my walls,
I love to stop in at Flee markets and Junk stores you just never Know ..
What happens the older parents who would buy nice modest priced art in the 60s and 70s and not really pay much for it pass on and the kids come to settle the house and estate, take what they want, if they are more tech these days then art they will just clear it out, cause there first thoughts
My Parents were just middle class modest folks, what would they be doing with valuable art,
It happens time and time, it is kinda sad but as one who's parents died at the same time, It becomes very overwhelming to go into the home you grew up and see all the things that you as a child were comfortable with and now wonder what am i going to do with all this STUFF cause sad to say, most is just stuff, but the sentimental value of owning, and displaying something your parents own will live on for ever, The rest ends up at thrift stores. for the eager hunters.
It's like a drug
Nothing does if for me more than finding a significant piece of art for a pittance.
I would liken it to gambling - however I'll call it: "Urban Treasure Hunting".
Whether art,furniture or objects, The thrill of the hunt is surely punctuated with a great find.
It boggles my mind that I fam able to find ( with realative ease ) things of significant value that someone else has cast off.
By the way, what a great piece you found!
Problem or Hunter???
thanks i like it and i like it for t he price and i like it for it what it is worth, even though i am not gonna sell it ,
For the life of me I have no idea why I go treasure hunting every other day, I get this urge and it just sends me out , We have a very limited Venue here where i live so i have to be on the look out for great stuff, but as most of you have seen in the pictures that i have put on this forum or in the magazine, I have NO Room at the Inn so to speak ..
The house does look fantastic and it is covered from rooom to room with great original stuff, and it is laid out very tastefully, the furniture is well placed with the art work just perfect.
I hate to brag on my self cause i know their are some out there that have some great looking places from the pictures you all have shared.
SO why do i keep hunting most of the stuff just ends up in the warehouse, and might apeare in our home 5 or 6 months later ( I have 4 sets of chairs at the warehouse that will never appear here but I still do not want to get rid of them )
When my wife and I go on vacations we go to the big malls NorthPark the Galleria so forth and so on we never hit the junk shops (cause she is only interested in her stuff) so I double back when i am in town, and start the good hunting,
Maybe someone in Design Land can tell me what my problem is
LRF
lrf, the "problem" you mention sounds consistent with o.c.d.
don't get me wrong, i'm not in the psycho business, nor is this meant at all as a critical comment.
but the professionals claim that if you're "obsessed" with something and have a "compulsion" related to that obsession, it has the characteristics of a "disorder".
seriously now [i'm not trying to be a smart a**], if you're genuinely concerned about your tendencies, there's help available.
on the other hand, if you're just poking fun at yourself [honestly, i can't really discern], poke away. no harm in that.
i just wanted to offer a sincere reply in the event you're wondering about the management of your obvious appreciation of good design.
El Matador
OCD...
That's a fair diagnosis. I had a neighbor whose apartment was filled with incredible relics. Many of which were in storage boxes waist high in every room. Only a small narrow path was formed room to room, with some elbow space in the living room. That's obsessive! Having too many things a tragedy...it denies the owner room to appreciate them, as well as denying others the same opportunity. Deep thoughts dude....dee-eee-eep tho-ughhhh-tssss...
As for the original post (s)
Wow!
I'm slacked jawed and breathless! Those are some really nice pieces! Stuff like that usually evades me. Like the Gerald Thurston 3 foot lamp I wanted to get yesterday..but owners decided to keep....sigh See second picture (pilfered)for example...theirs had the white deflectors.
I do have a piece that I have no info about. Certainly incomparable to the aboves. Only the name or title of "Taurus" in lower right. Dated around Mid-Late 60's. Had it appraised....$15 LOL. Largely due to it being unattributed. $15 or $4000, fascinating abstract pieces.
kdc
I think you are right , I was half joking but i do think i am OCD and have been for a very long while
thanks for the advise ...
I have collected stuff for over 35 years my whole working career, as long as I have been making my own money.
I start these big expensive collections, and collect till I get tired of them, and go on to the next ,
The mid century modern phase has been going on for a solid 5 years with buying all the time, and changeing things around all the time, although i have liked modern for 30 years MCM for 5 years, I have just made it my full time hobby,
My real life and business is the oil and gas business that my brother and I have owned for over 35 years. ( yes Oil will be at a 100.00 a barrel next week and no gloating here) as I do have empathy for my fellow man and I know it hurts everyone in the pocket book, but the real story, and who do thank that oil is now 100 bbls? and your old design buddy LRF and his brother are keeping real busy producing oil ? and selling it for big bucks
a question i am sure is on all mines yes? ,
It is not the Arabs, George Bush, the war in Iraq,
It is China, the same people who make cheap MCM furniture and every thing else,in the world
they have created the biggest boom of the Industrial world in over 50 years,
They are consumming all of the oil every day and OPEC can not keep up with the Chinese demand .
They are putting 2 thousand new cars a day on the streets when 20 years ago it was bicycles, You don't hear of communism over there any more?
The oil that we produce, yours truly and his brother goes to domestic consumption and of course
we get the same price as the rest of the world as it is call NYMEX spot.
It is our family business which was started over 60 years ago, and my twin bother and I own the company
,Yes there is another one just like me but has no interest at all in MCM or furniture he likes Clothes and expensive clothes and he is real OCD with his clothes, shops like a woman and loves the finest suits and shoes, so yes the twins have OCD and more than likely we also have had A D D all our lives but we, still run a very successful oil and gas company.
I am sure most of you thought how could a upholster own all this stuff? Retro Redo was
was just a fun company, I started it then bought people in and it has turned into something ..... a vehicle to find cool furniture,at first but now a full fledged successful company .
..
WoofWoof
i love that picture i would have bought it it looks great .
I might have OCD but i do not do the weird shit like have boxes of old paper and not allowed to move stuff... like monk
The wife would have been long gone, she keeps me in check If I bring a new chair in one has to go to the warehouse, she does not want to live in a cluttered world. the house she moved in when we got married 5 years ago was only 2500 sq ft it was mine and with 3 kids it was small
this one is only 5000 sq ft but it is filled and she won't let me clutter it up..
A person owning and selling...
A person owning and selling oil makes me squirm a bit to be honest but I won't criticise your livelihood or that of the employees.
But I will say that as far as I can tell no one is really making much in the way of real sacrifices, most people give it lip service but not until people start giving up their cars and extra televisions for the kids and all that stuff will any change happen.
Last quarter my total gas and electricity bill came to $55.00, I moved out of the city, cook in large batches, have quick showers and use adjustable lights, I never leave a light on in an empty room and walk to the supermarket when I have to and ride my bike to a farmers market for fruit and vegetables. Most of everything I own is second hand and instead of new books I've taken to using the library more. Life has become cheaper, simpler and much much less stressful.
I think LRF and I lead very different lives 🙂
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