Ultra Violet Examination
No preliminary drawing revealed in the image.
No recent additions to the picture with the exception of the gold retouched frame on the
picture in the lower off center right.
"Monet" is faintly visible in the UV image.
Swirling brush stroke in the lower left clearly defined.
Fishing rod in
the composition appears in the UV.
“Man Fishing” composition shows in the UV.
Additional forensic UV information will be available.
Infrared Examination
"Man Fishing"
image disappears
"Monet" is faintly visible in the infrared.
Crimsons and reds are transparent
to infrared, so the "Man Fishing" is invisible.
The name "CT Webber" is visible.
For additional information on this phenomenon, please
refer to the following website: webexhibit.org/colorart/monet2
This website shows the color vision of Monet.
Using
the scale on the website in the photographic image the Poppies disappear, same as the man fishing in the X-ray and IR photograph
in the picture below.
W 274, Poppies,
Near Argenteuil,
1873, Musee d’Orsay, Paris, FR
Additional forensic IR information will be available.
Enlarged Image
"Man Fishing"
appears as a small vertical dash of paint in the study. This dash gives the impression of a faint human silhouette. When
the digital image is enlarged the small dash of paint becomes a distinct image.
This distinct
image of the “Man Fishing” is a bearded man holding a fishing rod and wearing a hat. The position of the
fishing pole indicates the fisherman is "fly fishing".
The enlarged
image is similar to a sketch.
Additional
forensic information will be available.
Microscopic Image
C T Webber Signature
Microscopic Image Analysis:
The microscopic
review of the signature "C T Webber" shows the signature was added after the under laying pigment of the water had dried.
The dried ridges of the water pigment shows in the added artist signature.
Additional
forensic information will be available.
Video Image #1 (enlarged image of Video Image
#2)
Video Image #2
The video image
is produced here as a still image. This image is from the video recording of the picture being removed from the
frame.
Video image #1
and video image #2 capture infrared.
The light in video
image #2 is reflecting off the pigment in the upper section of the picture.
Additional
forensic information will be available.
Forensic research, compiled and written by Janet G. Smith, July 2007
KSH Fine Art acknowledges
and thanks Janet Gwendolyn Smith independent art consultant for her research contributions including: forensic and academic,
travels and expertise researching the study “Man Fishing.”
Contact:
kshfineart@yahoo.com
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All images and text owned by KSH Fine Art 2004-2009
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