Tell me about Consuela

January 20, 2011 12:01 AM

Please tell me as much as you can about this painting.

I bought this a few years ago and it's been damaged since then. It's a print and I'd like to replace it, but I don't know anything about who painted it, or what it's called. Thanks in advance, hive mind. I love you.

posted by kumazemi to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

It looks like a JH Lynch or Lou Shabner type thing, but I'm not expert, so I'm looking forward to reading what the other MeFites say.
posted by skylar at 12:27 AM on January 20, 2011

It was used as the cover art for A Time of Rome the Empress Galla Placidia by Aniello Agostino Olivero, so if no one else finds more, you could always call the publisher, AuthorHouse to find out. Their number is [phone], according to the book.
posted by arnicae at 12:46 AM on January 20, 2011

Also, someone saw a print for sale in Australia at a swap meet and it showed up in a coffee table book about brothels in Nevada, so apparently it gets around.
posted by arnicae at 12:55 AM on January 20, 2011

You can see a photo of a picture of her here in a blog about the photographer Marc MacAndrews.
posted by rongorongo at 12:59 AM on January 20, 2011

Total AskMe awesomeness. Here's two interviews on YouTube with Joseph Wallace King: 1960s, 1980s.
posted by steef at 9:51 AM on January 20, 2011

Response by poster: Man, you guys are the best.
posted by kumazemi at 10:40 AM on January 20, 2011

Wow the first painting in the "it is one of his" link used to hang in a house i lived in. We used to tell people it was of my roommate's mom.
posted by cmoj at 11:56 AM on January 20, 2011

kumazemi - do you have $10,000 handy? Or perhaps just $345?
posted by rongorongo at 12:46 AM on January 21, 2011