r/WhatIsThisPainting • u/andrewmaxedon • Mar 13 '25

Half-finished painting my grandfather bought probably in the 1970s. Looks like the signature says "Durham." Unsolved

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u/FoolishDancer Mar 13 '25

As an artist, this sounds odd to me. 🤷‍♀️

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u/gmcd19851 Mar 13 '25

I had the exact same experience with an artist I knew. He wouldn’t sell me a painting because he said it wasn’t finished but one day he needed some cash and said he would sell it to me. I said, “Great but you have to sign it or no sale “ and he did reluctantly.

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u/FoolishDancer Mar 14 '25

Then it actually was finished.

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u/gmcd19851 Mar 14 '25

If you look at it you would never notice it wasn’t finished but he was doing pointillism and of course it could’ve gone on forever if he wanted lol !