Doel Reed Painting & Aquatint, ca. 1935
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GUEST:
This was in my uncle's house for many, many years. And the artist actually lived about three houses down from my uncle, and this is my uncle.
APPRAISER:
Really?
GUEST:
Uh-huh. And he was the head of the humanities department at Oklahoma State.
APPRAISER:
Okay.
GUEST:
And Doel Reed was the head of an art and painting and drawing at the same place. This hung in my uncle's home for many, many, many years, and I inherited it. And then Doel was really more known for a printer type artist, and this is one of his aquatints. And this was a wedding present.
APPRAISER:
Oh, okay. This is an interesting comparison for a number of reasons. Doel Reed's paintings are best known for his Taos landscapes.
GUEST:
Right, right.
APPRAISER:
It's not a typical subject for him.
GUEST:
No.
APPRAISER:
It's clearly not Taos.
GUEST:
Right.
APPRAISER:
But it's a great picture. And what makes it interesting is his paintings don't come up much.
GUEST:
Right.
APPRAISER:
This is an aquatint, as you rightly said. This is the work he's known for. He's known as a printmaker, most of the awards he received over the decades were for his printmaking.
GUEST:
Correct.
APPRAISER:
Having said that, the values are very different. For the oil painting, if you were to sell this at auction today, you'd be looking about $4,000 to $6,000.
GUEST:
Oh good, okay.
APPRAISER:
It's a wonderful, one-of-a-kind object.
GUEST:
Correct.
APPRAISER:
The print, even though this is the work he's known for, it's a multiple. So many of these were done. So the value is going to be less. So if you were to sell this at auction, you'd probably be looking about $500 to $700.
GUEST:
Okay.
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