is it or isn’t it?

Headed out in the gorgeous sunshine to run errands, stopped by the Peasant Musuem flea market–I bet you can't wait to get an angel icon from me! In a stack of paintings I found this drawing by Tia Peltz. She did a lot of ink on paper and I took the frame apart to make sure it wasn't just a xerox copy. This website has a few similar for sale, framed the same. Maybe someone else draws and signs Tia Peltz's name? She died in '99 and recently Cotrocen Palace hosted an solo exhibition. I only know about her because of the show we did at the Embassy about women Jewish artists. Romanians love her because she illustrated many of the childrens books they grew up with.

This is her line quality and her subject matter–maybe the guy at the flea market will really start cranking them out now that he found an easy mark. He wanted 150 RON, pointing out that the frame was very clean and nice, and that there is a numbered sticker on the back, and you know how important that is. (?) I said 50, and we agreed on 100. Tia Peltz or not, I like it, it reminds me a little of Camille, and it didn't cost a lot. There was an old angel painting with a really pretty blue background that cost more than the Tia Peltz. But you know how Peter feels about religious art.