The superbly modeled alligator head jaw moves on its hinged mouth when its lever is pushed. The head is emerging from from marshy grasses waiting to catch its prey. The alligator is mounted on ebonized oval support which is held by a gilt bronze rococo plinth.
Overall condition is very good to excellent though the gilt patination shows minor losses or fading. We date this unusual sculpture to c...
Watercolor painting on heavy textured paper by Marion Maas (1930-2023) in very abstract style, a large yellow sun, often seen in her art, and what may be hills, rivers and lakes, all very vivid in classic Fauvist style.
Measures 11" x 15", sight size is 8" x 12".
This image is almost entirely abstract, and depicts many of the stylistic components found in her art, from slight suggestions of landscape details to fanciful creations...
Watercolor on paper by Marion Maas, (American 1930-2023) depicting a stylized view of buildings with night sky and blood red moon, with eye like features in the sky, all in vivid color in Fauvist style, stamped on verse with estate stamp.
Measures 12" x 15 3/4", sight size is 8" x 11 1/4".
On smooth heavy paper, the painting is both exuberant and intriguing, the intensity of color and shape create a dense and rich image...
A vintage Chinese bronze Buddhist Bodhisattva in a serene pose holding an object in his hands. He is incised with scrolls and good luck symbols, crowned and bejeweled, sitting atop a lotus encircled base. The large size makes an imposing presence and companion.
Condition is generally good though tarnish, patina losses, and small damage exists at the back of the sculpture where it meets the base from which the sculpture is separate...
A lonely figure walks home through the forested hills, a rustic scene by Shirakura Kanyu (Niho) from his mature period distinctly blending his early years of training in watercolor under Ishii Hakutei with his later Nanga years. Ink and light color on silk in a superb silk border with solid ivory rollers (these will be changed if exporting). It comes in the original signed double wood box titled Kisho (returning home) and is in excellent condition...
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834-1903
American
This is a fine impression of the well known Whistler etching, Bibi Lalouette, created in 1859. Cataloged as Kennedy 51, II/II . The image measures 9X6 inches, printed on a thin Japan type sheet, "This curly-haired little boy sitting on the edge of a bed comes from a series of portraits that Whistler made in 1858-59. Known by the pet name of Bibi, the child was son to J. M...
John Taylor Arms
1887-1953
American
This is a rare color etching by American artist John Taylor Arms. The title is: Early Morning, North River, created and printed in 1921. This color impression was printed in an edition of only 25 impressions. It was also printed in Black and White in an edition of 100. The image measures 9 1/2X7 1/2 inches. Very good condition Signed in pencil lower right. Created with a combination of etching and aquatint...
Original watercolor by Albert Allan Davidson (Massachusetts, 1908-1988) circa 1940s of a New England harbor. Signed lower right. Original frame.
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Anonymous Japanese pottery okimono object, as a symbol of love and peace, H 12.2 x W 9 x D 6.8 cm (4.80 x 3.54 x 2.67in)
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Original hand-signed limited edition lithograph in color by Al Hirschfeld (USA, NY, born in MO, 1903-2003). This work from his Kabuki series is titled "Fuji". It is signed in pencil by the artist lower right and is numbered 122/275. From 1974. Al Hirschfeld was an important American artist, cartoonist, and illustrator, best remembered for his Sunday New York Times art and leisures covers.
Russian Artist Zhilinsky Dmitriy Dmitrievich 1927-2015 Portrait of a Woman Oil, measuring 26” x 19”, dated 92……..Dmitri Zhilinsky - Soviet era painter and graphic artist, teacher, professor.
Academician of the USSR Academy of Arts (1988; Corresponding Member 1978). People's Artist of the RSFSR (1987). Winner of the State Prize of the RSFSR. I. E. Repin (1985) and the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1999). Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1954.
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A very fine original antique Dutch Master School oil painting a portrait of a boy late 19th century. Oil on panel presented in the original antique period frame. Panel measures 5.75" x 8.5" overall framed size 99" x 12"
BIRD TREE BY SHIGEO FUKUDA
Vintage wooden puzzle sculpture toy by Shigeo Fukuda (1932-2009 / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeo_Fukuda), as the same type made for his daughter originally. 1965-1969, Japan. H 27 x 21 x 9 cm (10.62 x 8.26 x 3.54in)...
AN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN CARVED EAGLE SIGN MEASURING 22” x 42”. WONDERFUL PATINA
Original etching in colors by Reinhold H Palenske (American, 1884-1954), circa 1935. This work is signed in pencil by the artist. From an edition of 100. Image size: 9 3/4 by 11 5/8". It is generally known as "Winter Woods". Currently framed. Appears to be in very good condition.
A very fine Early Nineteen Century Venetian Grand Canal View Oil measurements 16” x 20”. The painting is unsigned done in the style of the English artist, Turner.
Hand-colored page with extensive woodcut depicting the genealogical tree with the offspring of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah, and of his wife Funda.
The verso with further descendants as well as exponents of the line of Christ (Sale, Leber, Phaleg, Reu or Regau).
Page from Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle published in 1493 by Anton Koberger in an edition of 2000 copies.
Tower with battlements as watermark.
Rare hand-colored version...
Hand-colored page with an attractive woodcut showing heavily armed Amazons, who must have appeared very alien at the time...