19th century?

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Posted By: joe

Hi, bought these at a garage sale about 20 years ago. I always hoped they were 19th century, but have my doubts. Just could not figure out how or why someone would pick these subjects for a modern art class or home project. They are 13 inches x 28 inches and 3/4 inch thick on some type of hardboard. Any ideas?


Thanks joe

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Posted By: davidcycleback

I'm assuming they're paintings. If so, the type of paint used would be relevant. If they are oil, that would be consistant with 1800s or early 1900s. If they are acrylic (synthetic version of acrylic), they would be from the second half of the 20th century. Oil paintings often have a subtle luminous, glowing quality. Acrylic colors are much brighter and plastic-like, sometimes like a bright plastic toy ... Of course there are other types of paints, but oil and acrylic and standards

To me, they don't look like recent representations of the way baseball players would have looked like-- in particular the hats.

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Posted By: Julie

the one on the right, an early 20th century uniform (?)

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Posted By: ramram

Left uniform is 1870's and right is 1880's. I highly doubt they are original from the period. There is just about no way they would have survived without showing more wear. The background color just seems too bright as well. Neat and unique item none-the-less.

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Posted By: joe

Hi, thanks for the many good responses. One other thing about these paintings? Throughout the complete piece including the player and background are many lines that you can feel with your finger, indented. No pattern all iregular, like a bunch of amoeba if that is the right word.

Joe

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Even if they are modern, if they are original paintings they would have some financial value.

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Posted By: dennis

my guess would be 1967-1972--they just have that period "look"

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Joe, all those lines that you feel (and you can see it in the photos) is called crazing. It is really no indication of age as you see many items even from the 1970's that already have crazing on them.