Post #759868 by uncle trav on Sun, Feb 28, 2016 3:12 PM

On 2016-02-28 14:29, nui 'umi 'umi wrote:

On 2016-02-26 16:20, uncle trav wrote:
Found another vintage Jere. About 52" wide. Couldn't pass it up for $7.

Hey Unca T,
How do you I D a Jere? Is there a makers mark on the piece’s or is it the knowledge that you have of their work or style?
Mahalo

The vintage C. Jere pieces are all hand signed in black pen and are usually very small. It can be a hide and seek game trying to find the mark on many of the vintage pieces. Many folks think C. Jere was a single artist but the company employed many many artist. The name is a compound of the founders names, Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels. After hunting for this stuff awhile you can get a feel for the style. I tend to like the pieces from the late 60s through the 70s. My favorite is called the Labyrinth and is dated 1970 and is nearly 5' tall. The fan is from the early 80s but the signature is a bit shaky.

The signature on the Labyrinth is less than an inch long and a quarter inch tall.

"Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann

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