Every so often, someone asks my opinion about a painting purportedly done by Lone Star Dietz. I’m definitely not an expert and know nothing about pricing art but I’ve seen enough of Dietz’s work to be fairly comfortable recognizing them. I’m unaware of any selling for large amounts. That fact likely reduces the possibility of someone trying to pass off a work as Dietz’s when it was actually done by someone else.
I recently received an inquiry from someone wanting to sell a Dietz painting in his possession. I agreed to post front and back photos of the painting on my blog (Lone Star often put things on the backs of his paintings) and forward responses of people interested in it to him. I get nothing out of this other than the pleasure of seeing another of Lone Star’s works. This time I also learned the address at which he lived while in Pittsburgh, likely during WWII or the early 1950s. The apartment building still stands in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh.
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