All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1430290 (stock #056)
L'Enfant Gallery
$7,500.00
A fine 19th century oil on canvas painting framed in a period frame depicting an Italian Neopolitain girl wearing period jewelry from 1850s by the British artist Hugh Counnaua signed lower right
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1800 item #1441658 (stock #292)
George Colman by Joshua Reynolds (1774) Engraving Print. 20 x 17". We have 2 copies of this print, also inventory # 351. George Colman (April 1732 – 14 August 1794) was an English dramatist and essayist, usually called "the Elder", and sometimes "George the First", to distinguish him from his son, George Colman the Younger...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1930 item #641707 (stock #328)
A Large Dragon Painting by Chi Un-Yong (Pack Ryon) (1852-1935): Korea, Dated 1930 A large dragon pursuing a pearl in clouds with an inscription This is painted in ink and color on silk with a large inscription on upper right and also dated; his age of 78 with his signature and two red seals (Chi Un-Yong and Pack Ryon). This is a very rare subject in his paintings, he commonly painted landscapes and portraits...
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1980 item #1421152 (stock #JB03304)
Two fine detailed drawings on tan paper, probably mid to late 20th century, one featuring a man with drum, two children and a goat, the other a man seated next to his wife, smoking a hookah in front of a house. The pair is nicely framed and ready to hang on the wall. The piece measures 12 1/2" by 17" framed. **Allow for reflections in some images**
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1950 item #1453729 (stock #902)
Vintage original etching "The Four Horsemen" by Edward Borein etching on paper signed lower right. Presented matted and framed provenance from The Old Print Shop New York City label on verso. This etching is in the Galvin catalogue number 32 titled the Four Horsemen #2 The overall framed size is 16" tall x 18"wide the image is aproximately 10" x 12". A fine impression...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1950 item #1419928 (stock #JB02844)
Watercolor on paper of gazelle running in an exotic subtropical landscape, 17 1/2" by 13 1/2" inside the mat (27" by 22" framed), unsigned, but obviously by an artist of talent. The work shows a striking visual energy, the animals frozen in mid-step. This could be a scene painted in Africa, or, it could be from the imagination of the artist. The painting probably dates to the 1930's or 1940's or thereabouts; there is an Art Deco feeling...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1900 item #1073336 (stock #6489)
A scarce and vintage 19th century framed lithograph on cardstock/board depicting two children carving a pumpkin. The picture measures 10-1/14" x 13-1/2" and it is in a gilt gesso 16-3/4 x 14" period frame. The print has various notations, including: FROM THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, BF REINHART 1870, HENCKL & SCOTT (illegible), ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS A.D. 1872 BY ORANGE, JUDD & CO. IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CON(obscured)...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1940 item #981222
Stated "One of twenty" prints by illustrator and children's book publisher. Helena Chase Johnson. The print is also marked "For Norman" along with her signature. An interesting note -- Chase owned The Little Hotel by the Sea (located at the Grande Colonial Hotel in La Jolla, Calif.) The hotel boasted of having a beautiful six-passenger mahogany elevator, making it "The Littlest Hotel in the World with an Elevator."
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1930 item #1441286 (stock #249)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,400.00
A highly decorative Chinese Male Ancestor Portrait Tempera on Silk 48x22, work measures 38x16 in a scroll fashion. The work the depicts a provincial governor and his wife at the end of the Manchu Dynesty. PLEASE SEE #250 FOR THR COMPLIMENT FEMALE PAINTING
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1990 item #1422920 (stock #JB04395)
An oil on canvas painting of an older priest or monk eavesdropping on the conversation of a pair of younger men of the cloth in a richly-appointed, classic interior (library or study), signed by artist at lower left "M. Klein Wylock". This detailed, finely painted work dates to the late 20th century, but the artist was clearly familiar with the similar works of the late 19th century by German, French and Italian artists working in the manner of Eduard von Grutzner (1846-1925)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1837 VR item #1345184 (stock #na126)
A large and beautifully painted portrait miniature by Aimee Thibault. Done in watercolor on organic wafer, the work shows a distinguished older gentleman of serious mien, set against a dark background, in a black tie and jacket with a white shirt and collar. The size of the miniature is due to Thibault having worked in France for a large part of her life, where such portraits were often done on a much grander scale than miniatures in the U.S...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1970 item #1415763
Etching with color possibly hand-applied, 5 1/4" by 5 5/8" inside the inner gold fillet, 11 1/2" by 10 7/8" as framed, unsigned, by important French 20th century artist MARIE LAURENCIN (1885-1956). From having checked the 1981 catalog raisonne by Daniel Marchesseau, I have determined that the most official title of this work is "Fillette aux Yeux Vertes" ("Young Girl with Green Eyes", although a number of other titles are in common usage for this unusually popular print)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 1970 item #1420886 (stock #JB04952)
Large horizontal format painting of Paris street scene with the classic buildings, kiosk, book stalls, and circa 1960 automobiles, signed at lower right illegibly (and there are some initials on the tacking edge as well as something written on the back of the canvas). The unframed work measures 24" by 48"...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #1441542 (stock #9921)
An Joseph Wagner (1706-1780) framed Alpine goats 18thC engraving in a Victorian frame. This fine and decorative picture is in a Victorian Aesthetic 13-1/2 x 11-1/4" wood frame with the original panel back and it is mounted on a mat. The sight size is 9-5/8 x 7-1/4" and notations include No.6., 4, J.G. WAGNER DELIN. C.A. GROSMANN EXCUD:AUG:VINDE: and J.M. FREY FECIT. A German, he located in Venice where he carried on a considerable business as a print seller...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 1970 item #1421729 (stock #JB04781)
A poetic impressionist work circa late 1950's or early 1960's, featuring the famous, storied Moulin Rouge nightclub in the Montmartre district of Paris, signed at lower right "Fantin". The 20" by 15" painting (23" by 21" in frame) is quite atmospheric, the colors of the buildings, figures and cars standing out on this leaden, overcast winter day. The scene has been painted countless times by artists famous and not-so-famous; this example is quite respectable...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1422137 (stock #JB04366)
Oil on canvas painting of pinkish flowers in a clay pot against a blue drape, unsigned, circa 1950's/early 1960's, 20" by 16" (22" by 18" in simple wood frame). The work was found in Virginia. Obviously by a trained artist. Note the shadows cast at left---well handled. Condition is excellent. There is a very small disturbed area on frame at top.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1950 item #1490157
Clara E. Klinghoffer 1900-1970 British This is a fine original lithograph by British artist Clara Klinghoffer. This study of a seated nude has an image size of 13 3/4X11 7/8 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet, hand signed in pencil lower right.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1367204 (stock #22234)
Original etching by Maurice de Vlaminck (France, 1876-1958). Circa 1937. From the Paris 1937 portfolio which included works by Matisse, Gromaire, Vlaminck, Derain, Dufy, Laurencin, Bonnard, Kisling, Dunoyer de Segonzac, etc. Signed in the plate. Currently framed in a mid-century period frame. Good condition.