A few years ago, I found this picture in a junk shop for about $1.00 and bought it for the frame. I needed it for framing a piece of embroidery. However, once I had it at home I took a closer look at the picture, which seems to be a watercolor.
It is a whimsical composition of a stork carrying a baby suspended above two little girls and a boy amid delightful flowers and hearts.
The more I looked at it, the nicer it seemed, so I have kept it. It now hangs in my bedroom.
As for the artist signature, I can make out something like "Pario" in the lower right corner.
On the back of the frame an inscription is written in black marker on cardboard:
"Love for Baby"
designed by Marion
for Gordon Fraser, Bedford
England
Pasted above this is a business card for "Gallery Frames/ Ermita, Manila", indicating that this was framed in the Philippines.
It seems strange, though, that such a nice picture should be backed with regular cardboard and wide sticky tape.
One of these days I will remove the backing to see what is underneath, and to give it a proper acid-free backing.
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