[78-L] Barraud "Nipper" painting at auction in Maine

[Michael Shoshani]

On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 23:36 +0100, Kristjan Saag wrote:

> And here's what appears to be the American original: with dog the 
> British Way, Large disc, Victor written on the side of the machine - and 
> even reflected on the coffin!
> 
> http://farbror-sid.se/image/e/081118-hmv-nipper.jpg

(I shortened the link.)

That's not any original of anything; what this is is an advertising
lithograph. This would not have been photographically reproduced from
the painting, but rather drawn by an artist on litho stone with a
special crayon that attracted ink but repelled water. This was not a
four-color process but rather a process that used as many individual
colors as the image called for. Quite intricate and quite complex, but
perceptably not a photographic reproduction of the original.

Has anyone noticed that "American" images tend toward a brown/amber
tint, but "British" Nipper images tend toward a greenish cast with heavy
black?

Michael Shoshani
Chicago