Hans Bok, American, 1914-1964, "Lazy Afternoon". This c. 1940 lithograph by the American artist Hannes Bok measures 9 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches, pencil signed and titled. AAA label with artist provenance included, edition of 250. Bok's real name was Wayne Francis Woodard, a talented artist, apparent at an early age, who went on to become an illustrator, writer of poetry and science fiction, painter and printmaker...

Beautiful Japanese watercolor on paper mounted and silk measuring 32 x 27“, water garden with birds circa 1920

Beer Wagon etching by Harry Lewis Bailey. 8 x 12“. Frame Size 15x19". Harry Lewis Bailey was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1879. He studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He was an etcher who relocated to California where he was an illustrator and etcher. He became a member of the California Arts Club, the California Society of Etchers and the Printmakers Society.

“The Chinoiserie Garden” after François Boucher (French 1703-1770) measuring 48x60 inches in oil on canvas, framed in a gold leaf baroque frame. The work was originally in the Grand Lobby of The Pierre Hotel in New York City. The original work by Boucher was a large tapestry done in the 18th century. François Boucher (29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style...

Circa 1940 watercolor landscape painting, 11 1/4" by 15 1/4", 19" by 22 1/2" framed (no glass), signed at lower left by artist Edith Ovaitt. Edith appears to have been a talented amateur artist. An internet search reveals a woman by that name born in 1893 or 1898, living in Flint, Michigan at the time of the 1930 census. That Edith Ovaitt died in 1969. Ovaitt is apparently a fairly common name in that area. The watercolor's blue dominating color is very soothing and the work is clean...

Oil on canvas landscape of the California coast with classic wind-shaped Monterey Cypress tree, possibly the famous tree on 17 Mile Drive on the Monterey Peninsula near Carmel, measuring 24" by 20" and 1 5/8" wide vintage white painted wood frame, signed at lower right "Bessie Lasky" and dated there "41". This is a beautiful California plein air work by noted artist BESSIE MONA LASKY (1888-1972), a lesser known but listed painter of the California school...

A small but impressive watercolor painting of silhouetted eucalyptus trees at sunset or dawn, 3" by 2 1/4" (11" by 10 1/2" framed), signed at lower left by the noted California artist ALBERT THOMAS DeROME (1885-1959). The work is tastefully framed with mat and is wall-ready. DeRome was born on California's Central Coast. He studied art at the Mark Hopkins Institute in San Francisco with Arthur Mathews, and Lorenzo Latimer, and took on commercial work (advertising and political cartoons)...

Watercolor on paper of a rugged seacoast with rocks and surf (presumably California, but could be a number of other places including England), 10" by 13" inside the flimsy makeshift mat (18" by 22 1/2" as framed), signed at lower right "GAY", and bearing a bonus---a pretty study on the reverse side. I do not believe this to be by any of the noted artists who share that last name of "Gay". Nevertheless it is a nicely drawn work, in excellent condition. Allow for reflections...

Modernist Painter Esters, Seated Figures oil on canvas 28 x 23“ Beautiful work frame size 34 x 28“ 6500

Circa first third of the 20th century, or maybe earlier, very colorful watercolor on paper of a busy street scene in Napoli (Naples, southern Italy), 22 1/2" by 12 1/2" framed, signed at lower left by artist G. CANO. I count at least 10 figures in the composition, and one burro, complementing the hanging laundry, flowers, and ancient facades. This was likely a piece made for the tourist trade, by a talented artist. The colors are very intense and the condition excellent...

“FLOWERS & APPLES” oil on canvas 21.75” x 25.75” Henri Manguin is considered one of the founding father of Fauvism. He was born in Paris on March 23, 1874. Fatherless at the age of six years he was reared with his sister by his mother. At age 15 he decided to stop his education and devote himself to painting. Four years later, he left home and moved to Montmartre. Late in 1894 he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts to study under Gustave Moreau...

Born in Maine, the artist traveled to Europe in the 1920s to study and paint. This work oil measuring 12x16”

Highly impressionistic watercolor painting of a small boat in a foggy harbor, 14" by 20", unframed, signed at lower left by the listed American artist JOSEPH MARGULIES (1896-1984). Margulies was born in Vienna and by the 1920's was studying art in New York at the Art Students League, one of his instructors being Joseph Pennell. He also received training at the National Academy, Cooper Union, and in Europe...

Drawing on paper executed in soft pencil, 7" by 8 1/4", essentially unframed (in a protective frame only), the subject an arid desert landscape butte under a crescent moon, the drawing signed at lower left "ARCH SINCLAIR"...

Large, wall-ready acrylic on canvas painting in the traditional style, 40" by 58 1/2", (101 cm. by 149 cm.), not framed, by the noted Australian aboriginal artist from the Utopia Station region, ADA BIRD PETYARRE (born circa 1930, passed away 2010). This appears to be one of her largest works. Petyarre, one of the so-called "Petyarre Sisters", all of whom are/were artistically active, began painting in the late 1970's. By the late 1980's and early 1990's she had already received critical rec...

Oil on canvas painting of a small house in the trees, 20" by 24" plus narrow strip wood frame, signed at lower right "Stahl" and dated there "42", titled on reverse "Laurel Ave." and signed and dated again there. This is an early work (**ONE OF TWO IN MY SHOP, THE OTHER VERY SIMILAR, JUST A BIT LARGER; I would like to keep them together because they make a most interesting pair), by the important, well-listed American illustrator artist and art educator BENJAMIN A. STAHL (1910-1987). Stahl was C...

Pastel on paper of a rugged coast with crashing waves, 13 1/2" by 19 1/2", plus wood frame, signed at lower right by often-auctioned California artist CARL SAMMONS (1883-1968). Sammons is known among collectors for his impressionist landscapes, often of Northern California, but he also traveled to other parts of the state and throughout the Southwest. The artist was born in Nebraska and was in California by the year 1919, studying at the California School of Fine Arts. He lived in Oakland and...

Circa 1940's pencil signed lithograph print "The Old Mill--Ruidoso, New Mex." by artist Kathryn S. Morrow. The print is clean and the impression strong. The mat is affixed over the print with tape in places; the sheet measures " by ", and size is " by " inside the mat. The work was framed in 1950 in Abilene, Texas, according to the stamp on the reverse, and in that time the simple wood frame has loosened up and the top bar is missing. Note also the handwritten label on the reverse, giving th...

American Artist Leon Gutmann born in New York and studied with many of the abstract Artist including those of the Students League. He was personal friend of the artist Hans Hoffman and also showed with Max Kassler. Gutmann studied in France after being educated in his Native New York, after WWI. He met the French Artist Jean De Botton, in 1950 who introduced him to his circle of painters and influential to his work.

A watercolor of a Benedictine Monk in prayer, French. Measuring 14x10” and framed in a 20x14” frame. The work done circa 1940

Albert Kotin abstract expressionist, pen and ink on paper.

Exhibitions - Museum of Modern Art, New York, Woodstock NY Art Association, ASL among others.

Image measures - 11 1/2" x 12 1/2".

Condition - excellent.

Unframed.

Estate stamped on verso.

This is the original cartoon art (5" by 16 3/4") for the daily strip of June 26, year unknown, by well known figure in American cartoon art, MERRILL BLOSSER (1892-1983). Blosser drew the comic strip for over 50 years, from 1915 to 1965. He started professionally in 1912 at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, worked for Motor Cycling Magazine, and contributed to Denton Publishing in Cleveland. Check the net for much more information on Blosser and his contribution to American illustration and ca...

Color lithograph on paper, the sheet 12 3/4" by 9 3/4" (17 1/2" by 15" in attractive silvery framing), signed only in the plate and dated nearby Octobre 46, by important French 20th century woman artist MARIE LAURENCIN (1885-1956). The edition of 950 examples, now scarce, was printed by Publ. Beres, Paris, for the album "Sainte Catherine--Poemes de Paul Eluard". The image is typical of the work of this noted artist. I take from a website on the artist: "Born on October 31, 1883 in Paris, the yo...

The Venetian Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770) was arguably the greatest painter of eighteenth-century Europe and the outstanding first master of the Grand Manner. His art celebrates the imagination by transposing the world of ancient history and myth, the scriptures, and sacred legends into a grandiose, even theatrical language. His art, with its genial departures from convention and its brilliant use of costumed splendor, celebrates the notion of artistic caprice (capriccio) and fantasy ...

This vintage exquisite bronze sculpture of an elegant female figure wearing a draped dress and long slender arms is holding a parrot with long curved tail feather. A rich brown patina throughout and attached on a dark-green marble base, signed. The artist known for his Art Deco bronzes lived in France. The sculptor Demétre Chiparus was born in Romania and lived in France (1886-1947) Age: 1930 Condition: Excellent Size: 16” x 6” deep x 13” high (40 cm x 15.24 x 34 cm) Weight: 40 l...

From our African Collection: Ngere Mask (also called Guéré or Wè, and Kran in Liberia), from South West Ivory Coast, Liberia. 7" x 12" h.

An incredible intriguing wood sculpture of Temple Guardian measuring 35 inches tall on a wood base measuring 11x10 inches. Circa 1940s

A beautiful Siamese Giltwood carved standing figure, measuring 34” sitting on a rounded base. Dressed in traditional Royal Robes. Circa 1900

From our African Collection: An Old Base with Yoruba Spiritual Figure, the base measures 12" across x 30" h. Circa 1940. "The Yoruba people (Yoruba: Ìran Yorùbá) are an ethnic group that inhabits western Africa, mainly the countries of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The Yoruba constitute around 30 million people in Africa. The vast majority of the Yoruba population is from Nigeria, where the Yoruba make up 13.9% of the country's population, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in Afric...

From our African Collection: An Eastern Congo Stool, circa 1950.

Evening at Buttermere Oil on canvas 24”x16” w/o frame Alfred Fontville De Breanski was one of seven children born to the prolific British landscape painter Alfred De Breanski (1852-1928).Though his paintings emanate those of his father in palette and subject matter, his landscapes are executed in a slightly less formal style. His main body of work concentrates on the effects of sunlight on the Highland scenery at different times of the day. Between 1905 and 1920, de Breanski painted a seri...

Oil on canvas, 12" by 18" (15" by 21" as framed), the subject a subtly rendered impressionist scene of large trees by a wide river, with just scant human activity present in the form of a few figures in a tiny boat in the middle distance, and a structure on the far shore. Executed in a silvery, cool palette of grays, tans and greens, this is a typical work of the well listed Scottish artist ROBERT RUSSELL MACNEE (1880-1952). Macnee was born in Dunbartonshire, and he studied at the Glasgow Scho...

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.

A great pair of reverse painted coaching artwork. Displayed beautifully in burl and eglomise frames. First painting shows coach with huntsman heading from London to Oxford. The second painting shows the ride home from Oxford to London. In excellent condition. Minor scratches to the frames. Colors vivid for a reverse painting of this age. These are probably from the 30's. Frame measures 18" by 13". A terrific rare set with great clarity and subject. **** Orders can be taken over the phone at 704...

INDIAN/PERSIAN SCHOOL , 19TH CENTURY, TWO FRAMED MANUSCRIPTS, 9 X 5 1/4 In. Frame: 12 1/2 X 9 In.

Ink drawing with some pencil outlining visible, subject an idyllic northern lake bordered by tall spruce or pines, a ti-pi with Indian at center left, a canoe plying the waters at center distance, signed at lower left "Leb-Wendell", 7" by 9 3/4", 12 1/2" by 15" as framed. At first I though this an etching but close up inspection reveals it to be actually an ink drawing with fine detail. One can see the pencil outlining and guide lines placed by the artist. I do not see a listing for this name...

Japanese Floral Study. Unsigned. Framed Print. 13 x 17.5".

An ink sketch of a female nude, on thin tissue-type paper, unframed, 5 3/4" by 8 1/2", signed at lower left, and dated there 1937 (or 1931), by noted San Francisco artist FRANK VAN SLOUN (1879-1938). This was quickly executed by a trained hand. Van Sloun was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. After art training in New York at the Art Students League under Robert Henri, he was in San Francisco by 1911, where he quickly became a prominent member of the city's art community, as painter, muralist, etch...

Original ink on paper drawing of four ducks in flight over a swamp or marsh, circa 1930's, signed at lower right with initials "P.Z.", which appears to correspond with inscription on backing "Painted or sketched by Paul Zeeze". At top on backing, is written "James Zeeze". Online research suggests the name may be found in Minnesota, which would make sense with duck habitat. Measures 10" by 6 1/4" inside the mat and 14 3/4" by 10 3/4" in black strip frame.

TWO pen and ink drawings, identical size and frames, 9 7/8" by 7 5/8", one titled "Down the Gulch" and the other "Slave Quarters, Glen Haven, Colo.", each signed "A.C." and one dated 1936. I don't know who "A.C." might be/have been, but, if you collect Colorado art, you might like this pair of drawings of a mountain road and a mountain cabin. You might wish to reframe them. If anyone knows who the artist is, please do let me know.

"Winter Landscape with Grazing Cows" by Ernest Fiene. 1939. Framed Print. 18 x 17".

Lazar Markovich Lissitzky, 1890 – 1941, better known as El Lissitzky was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian Avant Garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the Soviet Union. His work greatly influenced the Bauhaus and constructivist movements, and he experimented with production techniques and stylistic devices t...

Chalk and charcoal drawing on brown paper, 23 3/4" by 17 3/4", unsigned, in old frame on which is written "ADELE WATSON Ex. Coll. Pasadena Art Inst.". This is a skillfully executed portrait of a seated young woman. There is a bit of red color in the pot at her feet, in the collar area, and in her face, to go along with the white and black chalk. Unfortunately the piece is not signed, but the framing appears to be totally original, and in addition to the inscription, there is a very old, early...

A nice watercolor portrait of a young man, probably in his mid-teens, signed, “Elinor M. Barnard/1933.” The young man with brown hair and eyes wearing an open necked white shirt leans into the picture plane with a sense of youthful eagerness. Elinor Barnard (1872-1942) was born and studied in the UK, but worked mostly in the USA, principally New York City. She has a relaxed and economical style. Sight size 16 3/8 by 12 ¼ inches. Overall with frame, 23 ¾ by 19 3/8 inches. Condition: Exc...

Arthur Beecher Carles American Master Artist ,Abstract Drawing 8x6”, graphite on paper. was introduced by Alfred Stieglitz at his 291 Gallery and along with John Marin,Arthur Dove and others were the earliest modernist artist in the United States.Biography[edit] Carles was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts between 1900 and 1907. He studied with Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Hugh Breckenridge, Henry McCarter, Cecilia Beaux, and William Merrit...

Flagg was born on June 18, 1877 in Pelham, New York.[1] He was enthusiastic about drawing from a young age, and had illustrations accepted by national magazines by the age of 12 years. By 14, he was a contributing artist for Life magazine, and the following year was on the staff of another magazine, Judge.[2] From 1894 through 1898, he attended the Art Students League of New York. He studied fine art in London and Paris from 1898 to 1900, after which he returned to the United States, where he...

American Modernist Edward Rosenfeld 1906-1983 Circus Study, 12” x 18” Graphite drawing, circa 1930s…..When Matisse came to America and was asked by Mr Philips (of The Philips Collection) who he wanted to meet, and he replied; Manfred Schwarz and Edward Rosenfeld” so says Peter Colasante. Provenance: Peter discovered Edward through a great friend and expert John Swanner. Peter explains how he acquired Rosenfeld’s work: “John frequently visited Howard Street in Baltimore. In the 1970�...

Daniel Webster Study Drawing by Percy Moran. Pencil Sketch. Frame Size 14 x11". Edward Percy Moran (1862–1935), sometimes known as Percy Moran, was an American artist known for his scenes of American history. He was born in Philadelphia on July 29, 1862, to Edward Moran, a notable artist who emigrated from England to the United States.He studied under his father and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design. He was a painter of historical American subjects...

Boy in a Slow Suit by Arthur William Henri Tilman. Signed pencil etching. 12 x 9". Frame Size 20 x 16"

This pencil/watercolor drawing on heavy paper, 34 1/2" by 24 1/2" is actually signed by the artist, one "Sil Marraccini" at lower right and is dated 2/11/39. Originally intended as architectural plans, it would today easily qualify as a late Deco/early mid century art work on its own accord. I believe I acquired this in the San Francisco area, where Bank of America began. No doubt this was a plan for the interior details and exterior elevation of a branch of the bank. This has been rolled fo...

Original Vintage French Nude Female Drawing by Aristide Maillol (1861 - 1944) Pastel Pencil Conte Crayon on paper signed lower right with the artists monogram as was typical of his drawings. Presented matted and framed in a quality gallery gold gilt frame. Drawing measuring sight 7.5" x 13.5" overall framed size 14.5" x 20". Aristide Maillol (1861 - 1944) was active/lived in France. Aristide Maillol is known for Female figure drawing, sculpture, painting, woodcut illustration. Aristide Mail...

Russian born artist who worked for the WPA, and in 1939 was commissioned for a mural for the department of Justice in Washington DC. His work and papers are at Yale University and some of his works are in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This work is graphite on paper, in a silver deco frame that measures 18x29 inches….. Sterne was born in Liepāja, Latvia, the youngest of five children to an Orthodox Jewish family living in the port city of Libau (now Liepāja), Latvia, when it was pa...

Pencil drawing on paper signed "M.C" at lower right, 5 5/8" by 4" (13" by 10 1/2" as framed), the subject a sketchy topless Bali female nude. This is a work of major Mexican artist MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS (1904-1957). The drawing is on what appears to be a notepad printed with telephone number etc. from a hotel or business in Denpasar, Bali, Indoneisa. There is a collector stamp at lower left which I believe can be researched in the Lugt book of collector stamps. The piece retains an old sticker ...

Original drawing a portrait of a man possibly a self portrait by Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, signed monogram lower right. Best known as Balthus, a French painter in the second half of the 20th century, famous for his somewhat disturbing paintings of pubescent girls and for his association with some of the greats in modern art, including Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali. Balthus painted figures and landscapes in a more traditional style than his cubist and surrealist contemporaries, and througho...

This work graphite on paper is signed and dated 1933….Clyde Singer was born in the small town of Malvern in 1908 and grew up in the rural hills of Ohio. Educated in the local public schools, he had an early interest in art and, after high school, attended the school at the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. In 1933 he received a scholarship to the Arts Students’ League in New York City where his mentors were “American Scene” painters John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton. During his seve...

Mason Wells American 1906-1984 large watercolor on paper of a figure of a woman walking on the deck of a passenger liner with the funnel and other parts of the vessel. Painted over pencil. On the back is written, “MASON WELLS/ maybe/ S.S. Berengaria/ when Student at/ Harvard.” Sight size 20 ¾ by 13 ¾ inches. Frame 28 by 20 ¾ inches.

Condition. Excellent. Frame has minor knocks. New acid free backing.

Old framing label shows it was framed in San Francisco. S.S. Berengaria was the...

A large (27 1/2" by 40", unframed) oil pastel on paper drawing, circa 1930's to about 1940, the imagery including two Native American-looking female figures washing clothes in a stream as a child looks on, a deer and her newborn fawn, and stylized flowers, butterfly and trees, all in a composition that combines the Southwest and the Art Deco period. The work is unsigned, making it therefore difficult to determine who the artist may have been, though that artist may well have been known/listed-...

1936 Framed Lithograph by Boyer, signed in pencil "sous il eclus", Sight Size 9 x 7", Frame Size 15 x 12".

Crayon drawing on paper of the picturesque old historic mission San Carlos Borromeo at Carmel, California, (dating to the year 1771), so identified, signed and dated 1938 at lower right, by the noted Tacoma, Washington architect SILAS E. NELSEN (1894-1987). The work, 11 1/2" by 8 1/2" and 15" by 12" framed, shows the facade of the popular mission. Net information shows Nelsen was born in Wisconsin and made his career as an architect of commercial buildings, homes, and churches, in the Tacoma, ...

Native American canoeing, River Scene- 3 Canoes, by an Unknown Artist. Framed Engraving 20.5 x 33".