Question Anyone know this print/artist?

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While cleaning out my shop in preparation for closing, I found this in a print sleeve. It's a serigraph and with the signature is a roman numeral "14" as well as a penciled 14 at the bottom of the paper. It's sort of reminiscent of Patrick Nagel except that this signature does not look like Nagel's signature.

Anyone have any info on it? (Who the artist is? When it was released?)
 

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I can not tell because of the photo but that may be Nagel's signature (It never looked like his name, just a squiggly line) and it does look like his work, or a good copy. You may want to contact Todd Bingham Fine art to see if it may be a Nagel. www.tbfa.com
 
I don't think it's a Nagel. I happen to have some Nagel serigraphs in the store and the signatures don't match. Plus as Matt said, the details are different. This print has more detail in the hair and eyes (individual eye lashes with several colors). I'll check that site though because I do have those other Nagels I'd like to eventually sell.
 
That looks like it might be a Robert Blue. We have some and the style looks similar. I have photos at work and could check the signature tomorrow.
 
That is a Robert Blue piece. I believe it is one of his older pieces and I don't know the name of the piece. He died in about 1998 or 99 so all of his work is a little older, I haven't seen many of his pieces up for sale lately but then again I haven't really been looking. Joe B
 
Anytime an artist becomes a best seller, other "artists" will jump on the cash bandwagon. Nagel was a fad that is long since over. Even if it was a Nagel, finding anyone who actually wanted it for anything close to his heyday prices will be slim to none.

I had a huge number of customers who had "invested" in Nagel's silkscreen prints, shelling out serious money for them, and doing the same with the black lacquer framing. The market was flooded, Nagel made a small fortune, his investors ended up holding the bag. Our industry, as well as his imitators also did very well.

Every once in a while, a great while, something will catch on with the public and they will go overboard buying it up. The Hula Hoop, The Pet Rock, Elvis, The Beetles, and in the art world, Nagel. Then we have our much beloved Thomas Kinkade. Thomas is not so much a fad though, he is more like a sore that wont heal.

John
 
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