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| Web of Arachne Oil painting from Turkey by "V. Lenp___???" |
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OPY OF WEB OF ARACHNE?
A gentleman from Ankara, Turkey contacted me wishing to sell me an oil painting of the Web of Arachne (by Fernand Le Quesne) that he purchased at auction.
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| Web of Arachne Oil painting from Turkey Close-up |
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are slight differences between the black and white and color versions.
Besides different artists, I caught the difference when I placed the
photos side-by-side (see attached photo). The names of the artists are
different, but the most tell-tale difference is the center of the large
web on the far right of the paintings. Looking closer at details, such as the foreground details, like the grass and plants shows a lack of detail seen in the original. I am guessing that the artist may
have been a student artist, or possibly an artist painting and selling
works as their own. Could this copy possibly be evidence that the original was in color?
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| Web of Arachne Original by Fernand Le Quesne Colorized |
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The print that Soapy purchased hung in Jeff Smith's Parlor so we know
that without any question that Fernand Le Quesne painted The Web of
Arachne at some point previous to 1898. Ads for the print and others
like it, are reported to have sold at the Columbian Exposition in 1893,
so it's likely that Le Quesne painted it at some point before the
opening of the fair. Guessing that he started painting by age 20, it is
conjecture that the The Web of Arachne was painted sometime between
1876-1892. But when did artist "V. Lenp???" paint it?
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| Web of Arachne Oil painting from Turkey Rear of frame |
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The story of how I "discovered" Soapy Smith's connection to the Web of Arachne is very interesting. Go down to the links below "Web of Arachne" and you can read about it.
"The better the gambler, the worse the man."
—Publius Syrus
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