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You also have to consider the possibly it was on one of the temporary sets built for a an episode, but was never on the screen in the final cut of a given episode...
i even tried a search for this picture at google, did not even find one single match...
 
I kept thinking about the Workforce two-parter. So I just checked it. The apartment Janeway had did have artwork that may fit in that category, but not the painting OP got.
 
i would think if it had been authentic it would have a cert. with the labeling of the episode, season, or room it goes into. they label their props to know where it goes. I still think it's a beautiful piece.
 
^Not necessarily. They probably don't do that with every single thing. Also, they sometimes go to an existing set/structure for a couple scenes. They may not have bothered to tag it. They probably do what you just described for stuff that shows up frequently.

I also mean to ask- know how some of those involved on the technical side of Trek production like Rick Sternbach posts here time to time? Wonder if there is anybody on the board who may be familiar with artwork that was used as a prop. I won't expect a small random object to be remembered, but that thing should be memorable to someone responsible for setting up artwork for a scene?
 
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No , it relies on image recognition. I often use it with images stored on my computer..
Perhaps the google image didn't recognize it since it's a photograph of the framed art, not an copy of the art itself....


I have an idea....damn. it didn't work. I tried using a screenshot of the art itself without showing the frame, the floor and all.
 
Perhaps the google image didn't recognize it since it's a photograph of the framed art, not an copy of the art itself....


I have an idea

You're right, it complicates matters. You have to take a picture as straight as possible.
 
. The Auction was held at McManus Auctions...Just a small auction house. Thanks for the replies.
Is this in Las Vegas?

I just had a crazy thought. What if it was part of the old Star Trek Experience? I don't remember Voyager stuff when I visited it, but I believe they updated it time to time before it was closed for good.
 
Maybe those are the initials A.S. on the painting, maybe not. But Star Trek: Voyager's Property Master had the initials A.S.: Alan Sims. His union page (link below) has an email address, maybe he knows it - or at least could tell you if it was not used on the show. He also worked on TNG, The A-Team, and NCIS, among other shows.
His Memory Alpha page
His IMDB page
His book about Star Trek props
His Union Page

Acccording to IMDB's Star Trek: Voyager page, there was another Art Department crew member with the initials - the Construction Coordinator, Al Smutko.

I dunno, maybe it can help.
 
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I see it, but I have a hard time seeing how a very good artwork like this would have initials in the middle like that, with no aesthetic contribution to it.

Maybe. Maybe not.
 
Usually, I'd agree. But this is ostensibly a set piece first, and a piece of art second. The props dept was always adding in little inside jokes in the details. LCARS panels have all sorts of crew names and things on them, for instance. But yeah, who knows.
 
^Yeah, I've read about those folks behind the sets sneaking in....naughty jokes, things like that to the point the actors had to take few more takes than they should have because they couldn't stop snickering.
 
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