Post #458419 by Paipo on Tue, Jun 2, 2009 7:40 PM

So it's actually a licensed print by the sound of the spiel on the back?
I have a wahine by the same artist as your previous post (Martinus, based in Melbourne Australia) and it too appears to be a print - there are no visible brush strokes or any changes in depth. It has cracked a little over time but very consistently, and looks exactly like a vintage screenprinted tee would:

I have seen a 100% identical match to this piece of mine on ebay, and have seen exact duplicates of nearly all the other Martinus velvets too, which are usually portraits of Australian Aboriginal subjects - however I haven't seen the one you posted above before. I guess originals must exist, as they would need something to take the copy from?

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