Portrait of a Woman ("I Have No Idea" on Canvas)

(Value Village Art Gallery Favorite)

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and base my review on the assumption that this unsigned...whatever it is...is not a copy of some very famous artwork that I'm not familiar with.

If this..."whatever it is" is real, and original, it is in all likelihood the best artwork we have ever had the privilege to exhibit here at the (V)VAG. It is, simply put, just freaking wonderful.

It seems to partially be some kind of...paper mosaic decoupage or something (?) that is covered with shellac. I'm not exactly sure though. It's on canvas and boy did this thing look old. And it was big, too. I know big is relative, but compared to the size of most of our exhibits, it was big. Like maybe ehhh 18"x24"? (I was way off: it is 24"x30" - I know because I went back the next day and bought it.)

Is it a little...ehhh...Klimty? Perhaps. Is it an outright rip-off of Klimt? No Way, Jose! 

It's great. Just great. No signature though. What the heck? I wonder what the story is here..