Watercolor painting of famous Union Square in downtown San Francisco, the St. Francis Hotel at right, so the view looking southwest. The work measures 14 1/2" by 21 1/2" (21" by 28" as framed). It is signed at lower right by well listed artist SUN YING (1919-2016). The artist was born in China. His scroll paintings and other works in the traditional style seem to bring large amounts of money at auction in China...
A wonderful tropical study of beautiful birds done in gouache measuring and framed in a gold leaf frame. The work is unsigned
A Fine Korean Still life Watercolor Painting by
관제 (寬齊), 이도영(李道榮1884-1934):
Korea, signed with two seals, and inscription.
Painted with chrysanthemums in a pot and Autumn plants,
painted on paper,
It’s in good condition with a frame, it measures 35cm x 24cm painting only,
66cm x 46cm overall
A Fine Korean Orchid/Rock (石蘭) scroll painting by 의제(毅齋), 허백련 ((許百鍊 1891∼1977): Korea
Ink stroke with orchid flowers and rock painted on Paper,
with description on the upper right and signed with red square seal, 의제(毅齋), it’s in good condition but having some area creased, it measures 39cm x 124.5cm painting only. 52cm x 182.5cm overall.
Berber Moroccan man watercolor on coldpressed paper pencil sketch on reverse measuring 7 x 5“ frame size 12 x 10“ in a water gilded gold frame
Bio: Martha Walter (1875-1976), the American impressionist artist, was a student of William Merritt Chase. Martha was born in 1875 in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended High School in her hometown, later continued her education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under William Merritt Chase...
Watercolor done for the Saturday evening post an antebellum “Buying Flour” oval measuring 13 x 11”, frame size 19 x 17” Signed Griffith 1941 watercolor.
The Saturday evening post had many artists including Montgomery flag, Norman Rockwell, and others.
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine, currently published six times a year. It was issued weekly under this title from 1897 until 1963, then every two weeks until 1969...
Karl Schlagaler Swiss Artist “Still Life with Mandolin” measuring 12x16 inches gouache and watercolor on board
Swiss Artist born 1894 to 1990
D. Hidayet was a Turkish Artist (1912-1972) who frequently traveled throughout the Middle East and was an accomplished watercolor artist. This work of the Cairo bazaar was done in 1964 and measures 18” x 12”
A watercolor painting featuring a scenic view of what I believe to be the cliffs of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, signed at lower left by California artist Dolores Manning. The 20" by 14" work (26" by 20" framed) is by a woman artist who recently passed away in Malibu, California. A number of her works were available for purchase at the estate sale. Apparently she had lived in the San Francisco Bay area (Moraga, CA labels on the reverse of several) and also in the area around Lake Tahoe...
A watercolor painting featuring a scenic view of what I believe to be Vernal Falls in Yosemite National Park, signed at lower left by California artist Dolores Manning. On the backing in pencil the artist titled the work "Springtime---Still Snowing" and signed it once again. The 18 1/2" by 12 1/2" work (25 1/2" by 19" in gold metal framing) is by a woman artist who recently passed away in Malibu, California. A number of her works were available for purchase at the estate sale...
A watercolor painting featuring a panoramic view of the eastern Sierra Nevada peaks, signed at lower left by California artist Dolores Manning. The 10" by 14" work (16" by 20" in gold metal framing) is by a woman artist who recently passed away in Malibu, California. A number of her works were available for purchase at the estate sale. Apparently she had lived in the San Francisco Bay area (Moraga, CA labels on the reverse of several) and also in the area around Lake Tahoe...
Vintage Modernist Watercolor Americas Cup Yacht Sailing Races by Willard Bond. Presented matted and framed.
Biography
By DENNIS HEVESI
Published: June 10, 2012
In First Around, one of Willard Bond's best-known paintings, two towering yachts are caught in a roiling sea. The one to the fore is rounding a mark, sharply heeled in the wind, its crew crammed by the upper rail to keep it from capsizing. It has not yet raised its spinnaker, the balloonlike sail toward the bow...
A watercolor with pencil and pen and ink showing the Arch of Janus in the foreground on the right with the tower and a porch of the Church of Saint George’s in Velabro Rome a little further back on the left. Written on the old backboard “S. Giorgio – Roma/ Augustus Hare” and a card on added to it fairly recently, probably when it was reframed, “S. Giorgio in Rome/ Dec...
Small (8 1/2" by 7" framed) painting of a Russian Orthodox cathedral, dated 1998, ink writing in Russian at bottom. The colorful swirling domes resemble those on Saint Basil's in Moscow, but this is not an urban scene. Condition is excellent.
This is a watercolor painting of the famous Philippe's French Dip Restaurant in downtown Los Angeles, an iconic area landmark to this day. The restaurant opened in 1908 and remains a vital part of Los Angeles' living history. At the restaurant, so the story goes, in the year 1918, a food preparer accidentally dropped a hot meat sandwich into the juices of the cooking pan. A customer requested it, despite its "compromised" condition...
Fine old 19th century watercolor painting of a cavalier-type figure and a woman trying the new batch of wine as it comes from the cask, a friendly dog lazing at right...
Watercolor and mixed media (ink, gouache) drawing, 8 1/4" by 10 1/4" (13 3/4" by 15 3/4" framed), titled on the reverse framing paper in the hand of the artist "David playing before King Saul", signed there and again at lower left by the well listed New York-California artist IRVING ALEXANDER BLOCK (1910-1986). There is an inscription in Hebrew at lower left near the signature. The subject and handling of the figures evokes Marc Chagall, Mane-Katz and other Jewish artists. Condition is very g...
Watercolor on paper, 19" by 20" (27 3/4" by 27 3/4" as framed), confidently signed at lower left by professional artist MARINA ULIANOFF, and dated there 1951. I do not see a listing for the name, but, there is a listing for a Los Angeles area artist by the name of Vsevolod Ulianoff (1880-1940), who painted murals like that in the lobby of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. I imagine there is a possibility this could be by his wife. In any event, the hand of this artist was accomplished, ...
Dynamic watercolor painting of a Kabuki actor, in motion, 19 1/2" by 14 3/4", signed at lower left and stamped there, and dated 1933, by the important Japan-born California artist CHIURA OBATA (1885-1975). This is a mid-life work by the artist, who showed early talent as a boy in Japan. By age 7 he was taking lessons in Sumi-e painting (traditional Japanese ink/brush painting) from a master. In 1903, Obata came to Seattle in the United States, then San Francisco within a few years. In the ear...
A Very Finely Painted with Butterfly by Chung Navi(정나븨)
Korea, dated:Sept.1952, signed in Korean and English and red sealed, framed with documents on the back.
Painted with 15 different butterflies,
and on silk.
It's in very fine condition, it measures
7.5” x 10,5” (19cm x 27cm).
About Artist: Born in 1906, graduated from Tokyo Art Academy, Tokyo, Japan.
A specialist in drawing and painting butterflies. The professors spent 15 years gathering more than 7,000 types of butt...
이당(以堂)Yi Dang, 김은호( 金殷鎬)-Kim Eun-Ho (Korean, 1892~1979) Hanging Scroll Painting
Korea, Yi Dang-pen name written, and Kim Eun Ho sealed.
10 Sparrows are on the trees in heavy snow,
early executed by the artist, painted in water color on silk,
It’s in good condition but has some slight creases, scrolled.
Image size: 46.75” x 16.85” (118.5cm x 42.8cm) painting only, scroll incl. 65” by 21 ½”.
A Very Rare/Fine Korean Water Color Painting by Won Suk Yeon(원석연-元錫淵-1922-2003):
“A Young dancer playing a Korean Salpuri in white and red dress”
Korea, circa 1960s, framed, and painted on paper elaborately,
and signed the artist’s round seal “원석연-元錫淵 ” in Korean stamped on the lower left.
It's in fine condition, and it measures 29.5cm x 39cm (11 5/8" x 15 1/4").
Kim Ki-Chang: 김기창 [金基昶, (1913~2001):
A Fine Three Girls “Teeter Totter” Playing with a Wood Panel Board: Korea, Framed.
In a new year day, three girls playing “teeter totter” with a wood panel board,
a girl holding a child on her back and watching at the play ground in front of
Korean houses with wearing a Korean traditional new year costume cloth.
It’s in very good condition with a silk mounting and frame, it measures 43cm x 34.5cm.
A Fine Korean Orchid Scroll Painting by 靜齋, 吳一英 (1890-1960):
Painted with orchids on rock in ink on paper, inscription on the upper
left side, signed with his pen name and artist name, and two seal, 靜齋, 吳一英
on the lower right side
It’s in fine condition, it measures 31.7cm x 101.5cm (12.25” x 40”).
A Very Fine/Rare Boo-Byuk Rue (浮碧樓-부벽루) Landscape Scroll Painting by 일재(Il-Jae)-김윤보(Kim Yoon Bo)(一齋, 金允輔-1865-1938): Inscription by Ho-Jung (湖亭)-Ro Won? Sang?.
This is an one of a very rare paintings by Kim Yoon Bo (金允輔) in his true view of
landscape (진경산수) paintings, painted in ink and colar on long silk, with a pavilion ((浮碧樓) near Pyung Yang-平壤 – a Capital of Koryo dynasty(935-1392), with signature and two seals (一齋, 金...
Jeanie Lea Southwick, American 1853-? was in Japan in 1915 for the coronation where she won a prize for her work. A well-drawn watercolor titled in the lower right, “At the Shoguns Tomb Shiba” (Shiba park is in Tokyo). Signed in the same place Jeanie Lea Southwick. Watercolor over traces of pencil and a little gouache for the blue of the sky in the distance. Sight size 8 7/8 by 6 ¾ inches. Frame 14 by 11 ¾ inches.
Condition: Slight toning. Acid free mat and backing.
A very appeali...
Late 1900s
This painting of mountains and dwellings is well-painted using traditional techniques that take the viewer from the house in the lower right foreground up through pine trees, rivers and a waterfall to the distant, hazy ink-washed mountains of the upper background. It is mounted on paper with a silk brocade surround and lacquered wooden rollers. The artist's signature is accompanied by a red seal and two spurious imperial collector's seals also in red. The condition is very good....
A Fine Official/King Portrait Painting with an Unusual Summer Official Uniform:
Korea, framed and Signed with seal.
A seated official on the covered with tiger skin covered chair, wearing a Summer official uniform and hat painted in a very details in blue, light green, black and gold tones, close-up painted with a large dragon head on the front and smaller dragons with four claws on the shoulders and lower part of the uniform with a very details, and painted with clouds around his whol...
A Very Rare/Fine Korean Water Color Painting by Won Suk Yeon (¿ø¼®¿¬) (1922-2003): ¡°Two young friends in Korean traditional dress¡±, framed.
Korea, circa 1960s, framed, and painted on paper elaborately,
and signed the artist¡¯s round seal ¡°¿ø¼®¿¬¡± in Korean stamped on the lower left.
The actual painting size before framed; 10 1/4¡± x 15 1/4¡±, and after framed; 9 3/4¡± x 14 3/4¡±¡±
It¡¯s in very fine condition without any noticeable damages at all
****R...
A Korean Rare/Fine Water Color Painting by Won Suk Yeon(1922-2003):
¡° A Young dancer playing a Korean Salpuri in white and red dress¡±
Korea, circa 1960s, framed, and painted on paper elaborately,
and signed the artist¡¯s round seal ¡°¿ø¼®¿¬¡± in Korean stamped on the lower left.
The actual painting size before framed; 11 1/2¡± x 18 3/4¡±, and after framed; 9 1/4¡±¡± x 14 1/4¡±
It¡¯s in very fine condition without any noticeable damages at all. Framed.
A Korean Rare/Fine Water Color Painting by Won Suk Yeon (¿ø¼®¿¬)(1922-2003):
¡° A Young dancer playing a Korean Salpuri Dance in white and red dress¡±
Korea, circa 1960s, framed, and painted on paper elaborately,
and signed the artist¡¯s round seal ¡°¿ø¼®¿¬¡± in Korean stamped on the lower left.
The actual painting size before framed; 12 3/4¡± x 18 1/4¡±, and after framed; 11 1/2¡± x 16 1/2¡±
It¡¯s in very fine condition without any noticeable damages. Fr...
Henri Edmond Cross, French, 1856-1910. This exquisite watercolor is 18.8cm W by 13.8cm, 7 3/8" by 5 7/16". It is signed lower left H Cross and is framed in a newer frame. Provenance: Private Midwestern Collection, Kinney Fine Art, Private Collection Robert Nasso by direct descent from his Uncle, Purchased in France during the 1940's.
This great original, watercolor painting is done by one of New Orleans' finest, well-known artist. It features a great adaptation of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, showing the New Orleans Jazz and the well-known jazz bar, "The Cats Meow." The artist is Donabeth Jones, known as "The Hungry Artist," from the Hungry Artist Studio. It is an original, signed and titled. It is framed and matted, measuring 19 1/2" x 16". It is dated '91 and is in excellent condition.
A Rare and Fine Water Color Painting by Won Suk Yeon:
“ A Young women and her children with a Korean traditional dress.
Korea, circa 1960s, framed, and painted on paper elaborately,
and signed the artist’s round seal in Korean stamped on the lower left.
Measurements; 9 1/4” x 15 3/4” (23.5cm x 40cm). Framed.
It’s in very fine condition without any noticeable damages.
****Reference: One of the artist’s pencil drawing (Lotus Pavilion), dated 1963, sold by the late Honorable Am...
A Fine Chinese Chrysanthemum Scroll Painting by Li Shan (?-1762):
Date painted 1815, Qianlung 19 year,
Hanging scroll with a good scroll made, painted in ink on paper with chrysanthemums in
a pot and a long calligraphy,
signed artist name and a red seal on the right, other 2 collector’s seals on the bottom.
It is in very fine condition but a small spot repaired.
Measurements; 77.5 cm x 40 cm
Woel Jeon, Jang Woo-Sung(1912-2005)
A Fine early summer Reeds with a Cricket under full Moon:
Korea, Watercolor on paper, painted 1988,
This very fine and quite large sized water color painting painted with a cricket on reeds under early autumn full moon. dated , where painted and two seal, Woel Jeon, Jang Woo-Sung, on lower left.
It¡¯s in very fine condition, and it¡¯s been removed from the original outer wood frame for shipping, but it's ready to display or redy to set-up for an out...