All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1900 item #1421022 (stock #JB03435)
This is a charcoal with white highlights fine original drawing of a male head on a plinth, the head appearing as would a Greek or Roman marble sculpture. The work, 16 1/4" by 12" (22" by 18" framed), is signed at bottom by the Austrian artist RUDOLF ZELENKA (1875-1938) and is dated nearby 1894. The drawing would likely be an academic study by the artist at age 19, while receiving art education...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1960 item #1178239 (stock #SEK2)
Original Japanese woodblock print by 20th century master Jun'Ichiro Sekino (1914-1988) circa 1950s. Unusual column format (roughly 28" by 10" paper, 21" by 5" image), extremely unusual subject, signed "J. Sekino" in pencil lower right and numbered 67/100 lower left. In its original frame, not examined out of the frame but apparently in excellent condition. Sekino's woodblocks are found in the collections of most important art museums, including MOMA and the Art Institute of Chicago.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1990 item #1417306 (stock #JB05497)
An example of the large color lithograph print "Winter Harvest", published 1981 in an edition of 950 examples, pencil signed at lower right margin by the noted Alaskan artist FRED MACHETANZ (1908-2002). This example is numbered 803/950. The supremely patient, stoic Eskimo woman stands above a hole in the ice, and the fish haul is laid out on that ice. The print measures 20 1/2" by 32" inside the mat (one of the artist's larger prints) and 30" by 41" as framed...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1980 item #1417303 (stock #JB01462)
Offered together as a pair are TWO limited edition lithographs on paper, each 28 7/8" by 22 1/2", unframed, by a master artist. One, an image of a rock strewn hillside, is numbered at lower left 38/65; the other image, a sketchy portrait of a man, possibly a self portrait, is numbered 42/50...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : Pre 1900 item #1085798
A nice 19th century Mexican folk retablo on tin depicting San José. In his role as the husband and protector of the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph became one of the more popular retablo subjects, representing an estimated 7% of 19th century pieces. According to the Apocrypha, Mary’s suitors left their staffs in the courtyard of her home overnight, and by the next morning, Joseph’s has sprouted blossoms, indicating he was God’s choice as her husband...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1920 item #1352512
Aloys Wachelmayr, Austrian, 1892-1940, "The Guitar Player," etching, pencil signed, image size is 6 x 7 3/8 inches on 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches wove-type paper. Circa 1917.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1950 item #1346424
Julius Komjati, English, 1894-1958, "Woodcutter". Etching, image size 15 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches. Pencil titled and signed. Printed on watermarked medium weight laid type paper.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1017089
Paul Herrmann, German, 1864-1940, etching, "On the Lake," image size 15 1/8 x 11 inches, pencil signed and numbered 119/120
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1950 item #829139
William Lee Hankey, European, 1869-1952, "Marie Jean", Etching, image size: 10 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches, pencil signed
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1900 item #1117946 (stock #1548)
A Hand Colored Botanical Print Portraying Four Varieties of Watsonia. The Artist is the Victorian Jane Webb Loudon (1807-1858), and the Print is from the book “The Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants” (plate 9), published in 1841 by Day and Haghe London, Lithographer to Queen Victoria. The print is triple matted and elegantly framed. Dimensions; 19.5" x 18". Excellent condition. See also item number 601990 (1542A).
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1419936 (stock #JB03214)
Oil on canvas painting of a tabletop with flowers in vase and assorted decorative objects, 20" by 24" (26" by 20 1/2" framed), signed at lower left by artist HAZEL PETRA FETTERLEY BOEHME (1900-1941). On the reverse of the canvas the artist has written the title "Mid-Victorian", the date (May 1932), her name, Los Angeles, Cal., and original price of $75 or possibly $175 (appears she went over the numbers----maybe in difficult Depression times she had second thoughts on pricing)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : British : Pre 1930 item #1422887 (stock #JB03628)
Oil on wood panel still life painting of ceramic vessels, plate, kettle, and candlestick, all arranged on a tabletop, apparently unsigned, but on the reverse of the panel is a "Royal Exhibition" 1930 label, and there is a James Bourlet shipping label as well. The work measures 20" by 24" (27 1/2" by 31 1/2" framed). This beautifully impressionistic work is likely by a listed artist but I am stymied by the lack of a signature...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #752392
Arthur Heintzelman, American, 1891-1965, Etching, "Vigneron", 1933, 2nd state,1 of 2 impressions,image size: 12x9 5/8 inches, Published edition 110, Bpl 186, pencil signed,
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1420763 (stock #JB03590)
Purchased some years ago in Florida, this is an unusual work, possibly some kind of enamel work (I am guessing----shiny hard surface with relief, mimicking enamel surfaces I have seen), 5" by 13", 21" by 25" in gold frame with wide maroon velvet matting, signed with conjoined small "HR" at top right, and signed again on reverse "Hugo Robus 1954"...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1970 item #1368234
A Fine Mid Century Painting by the Listed San Antonio, Texas Artist, Mildred Cocke (1903-94). Painting measures 18" by 24" in its frame of about 25 1/4" by 31". Signed lower right. Colorful, evocative look.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1980 item #1215031
A Classical Chinese landscape painting handpainted on silk using the literati style and venerating the Song Dynasty famous artist Ma Yuan's famous landscape painting of scholar visit friends in the mountain
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1970 item #1103829
Wonderful Painting of an allegorical scene on porcelain. Dimensions: 21 x 21 x 2 ½ inches. Condition Report: Excellent condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1940 item #1133358
Indian school,wonderful Indian miniature painting, depicting Mugal royalty, prince and princess, vibrant color and masterful work with close attention to details. Size: This incredible painting has a dimension of 5 x 2-3/4 inches housed in a 10 x 8 inches attractive frame. Condition report: Excellent condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1940 item #1133361
Indian school,wonderful Indian miniature painting, depicting Mughal Emperor and probably his concubine, vibrant color and masterful work with close attention to details. Size: This incredible painting has a dimension of 3-3/8 x 2-5/8 inches housed in a 8 x 7-1/2 inches attractive frame. Condition report: Excellent condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1940 item #1133360
Indian school,wonderful Indian miniature painting, depicting what seems to be an Indian prince, vibrant color and masterful work with close attention to details. Size: This incredible painting has a dimension of 5-1/2 x 3 inches housed in a 10-1/4 x 8 inches attractive frame. Condition report: Great condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1940 item #1133359
Indian school,wonderful Indian miniature painting, depicting Mugal Emperor, most likely Akbar holding a cup in right hand, vibrant color and masterful work with close attention to details. Size: This incredible painting has a dimension of 5-1/2 x 3 inches housed in a 10-1/4 x 8 inches attractive frame. Condition report: Great condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1980 item #1420893 (stock #JB03471)
**ONE OF TWO BY THIS ARTIST IN MY SHOP, SIMILARLY FRAMED, EVIDENTLY FROM THE SAME MIDWESTERN HOME**Original lithograph print of two fashionably dressed ladies taking a stroll on a palmy seaside promenade, possibly Nice or Cannes on the French Riviera, by the important and increasingly popular French contemporary artist JEAN-PIERRE CASSIGNEUL (1935-). The work measures 12 1/4" by 18" and 22 3/4" by 28" in tasteful quality framing (reverse label of Samuel Stein Fine Arts, 620 N...
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1930 item #1420057 (stock #JB02833)
PAIR of ink and watercolor/gouache drawings of pink and white dogwood blossoms (commonly seen in the spring in Connecticut), each 10" by 8" inside the mat, 14 1/2" by 13 1/4" as framed, signed at lower right by the noted Darien, Connecticut craftswoman artist DOROTHEA WARREN O'HARA (1873-1972). O'Hara was born in Missouri but settled in the New York area, where she was educated at the Chase School...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1950 item #1419617 (stock #JB02576)
Plate signed etching, 13" by 10 1/4" inside the mat, the sheet 16" by 13 3/4", titled "Rue de la Glaciere", 1937, by the famous and important French modern artist MAURICE de VLAMINCK (1876-1958). The original edition is given as 400 or 500 examples; later restrikes might exist. I do not know if this might be one of them. The paper is very thin and delicate and appears ribbed as would laid style paper. I do not see any watermarks...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1900 item #1421173 (stock #JB04143)
A fine, highly finished and detailed watercolor painting of a seated lady on a patio, her large lute at her side. The setting is possibly a castle, as a tower in the background suggests. The artist signed at lower right and dated the work 1875. It measures 13 1/2" by 9 1/4" (16 1/2" by 12 1/4" in its attractive circa 1930's framing (note the old Jordan Marsh department store label from Boston on reverse--could have been purchased or framed there). Frame shows some wear on right hand side...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1394571 (stock #a1688)
A nicely painted portrait miniature, on natural wafer, of a woman with an elaborate hair style and wearing a gold gown with a white fichu.

The painting and the gilt metal case are in excellent condition. Sight size is 1 5/8" by 1 1/4", and the case size is 2 1/4" by 1 1/2".

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1950 item #1408779 (stock #11114)
Evelyn Hoffer Floyd (American, 1919 - 2003)

Magpie on a Branch

Oil on Porcelain, signed lower right

Frame: 13 ½” x 11 ½”

Floyd, a notable porcelain artist in Alexandria, learned to paint on porcelain in the early 1970’s and taught her craft in workshops for the Fairfax County Adult Education program.

She was a Pennsylvania native who attended a business college before moving to Washington in 1941 to work as a secretary in the Pentagon...

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1900 item #1446871 (stock #2094)
A very rare and beautiful lithograph in full color by artist R.Knötel,of the hero’s of the Boer War with the names of the armies from Southern African Nations. Frame measuring 13x16”
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : Pre 1920 item #1260152 (stock #TBD00145)
An oil on canvas in a naive style of a line of deer walking along a gentle hill toward the top of a larger hill with the sunset and distant view of the other side of the valley. The painting was found in Shenandoah Valley though no record of, “A. Taylor” has been found...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1980 item #1416476 (stock #JB0982)
Oil on canvas, 36" by 40" and a narrow black wood frame, circa 1970's, signed at lower right "JMac". There is a website for this artist's work, set up by the artist. I believe the type of painting might well be called "hard edge", there being sharp delineations between strips of color. This is a large and decorative work that will enhance any modern or mid century interior. The painting needs a simple cleaning, as over the years it has acquired some superficial brownish drips and soiling. Th...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Italian : Pre 1900 item #1176399 (stock #ITWC6)
19TH century Italian watercolor showing Christ taken down from the cross, by an anonymous master painter. Wonderful vivid colors. Offered in a contemporary frame. Roughly 16" by 11" (painting alone), 22" by 17" framed. One of a number of similar works by the same artist currently available.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1990 item #1420434 (stock #JB02925)
Oil on canvas painting of a trellis and a patio, lots of flowers and impressionistically depicted leaves filling the composition, 24" by 36", unframed, signed at lower right "ED CORDEZ". No listed artist by this name comes up in any net searches I've made so I will consider this a fine work by a talented though unlisted artist. It was probably executed within the past twenty years. Condition is excellent. You'll easily find a standard size 24" by 36" frame to complement the work.
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1970 item #1464904
An unusually complex and modern mixed (pastel, charcoal) media drawing of ballerinas, 17 1/2" by 13 3/4" (27" by 23 1/4" framed), signed at lower right "Julian". This is a fine, uncommon work by noted California-associated artist JULIAN RITTER (1909-2000). The imagery features several ballerinas in various dance poses, the beauty of the female form the center of attention, as it usually was, in Ritter's art. The forms are placed in fractured planes such as would be seen in Cubist art, making ...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1900 item #1453780 (stock #1677)
Cassini, Giovanni-Marie, "Graffitto, c. 1780, hand-colored copper plate engraving, Crisp impressions with sharp features, full original color and margins as issued. All in excellent condition, rare. Dimensions are 24" x 19" with the frame. Please see #1512 for a similar lithograph
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1900 item #1427507
An example of the scarce "sur blanc" lithograph prints of famed French caricaturist and satirist artist HONORE DAUMIER (1808-1879), the 1851 print from the "Actualites" series, and Le Charivari. It is beautifully hand colored, with gum arabic highlights in the dark areas of the central figure's robe. Not examined out of the frame, it appears very clean and fresh (happy to examine out of frame upon request). Measurements inside the mat are 8 1/2" by 10 3/4" (15 1/4" by 18 1/2" in dark wood mod...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1900 item #1415575 (stock #JB04000)
An antique oil on board painting of a chestnut thoroughbred in the barn, 9 1/2" by 12 1/2" plus 7/8" inch wide contemporary wood frame, signed with conjoined "AS" or "SA" monogram and dated 1899 at center left. The work is most certainly by a listed artist. The painting has a dry surface and perhaps some chemical oxidation of the paint, giving a blanched look in a number of parts of the horse's body, including rear spine/rump, tail, chest and legs; please view photos carefully. The board is s...