Ink on stiff paper drawing, 11 3/4" by 9 5/8", signed at lower right "O. R. Shattuck --1917--" and in the lower right margin "LIVE OAK, FLA. FEB. 1917". The artist is OLIVER R. SHATTUCK (1887-1953). The subject is a boy or young man, possibly a black man, in a small canoe-like boat, deep in the heart of a classic southern cypress swamp, the Spanish Moss hanging form the trees and brush...

“Karl Marx dinner gets about to devour the world portrait of Mussolini on the right foreground 1933 with the exception of Hitler sealing the doom of Europe”by N. MacLeish (1933). Framed Oil on Canvas. 33 x 35" MacLeish was born on August 29, 1890, in Glencoe Illinois, to wealthy parents and became a painter and graphic artist. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and with Pierre Vignal in Paris...

This is a very attractive impressionist work, 18" by 23 3/4" (24" by 29" as framed), unsigned, the subject a line of trees, fading sunlight filtering through them, all in a green and brown palette that seems very Arts and Crafts in feeling. I think the work was likely executed in the 1940's or thereabouts. The stretcher is new, and I am trying to decide if the painting has been lined on a newer canvas...

Hasui Kawase, oban tate-e, ¡°View of Omi¡±, dated Taisho 14 (1925), published by Watanabe, fine impression, color and condition.

This fine work, done in watercolor and bodycolor on organic material, was most probably done in Naples. The sitter is an attractive child looking directly at the viewer and holding a jumping jack toy of Pulcinella, a classical character that originated in commedia dell'arte of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry. The reverse of the portrait is also quite special, with its plaited hair, ivory plaque, golden hair work initials, metallic threads, and pearls...

An exceptional watercolor and gouache painting of a young girl carrying a pail, pondering the white ducks which move towards her on a tiny pond in a verdant bucolic rural landscape, a faint local church steeple in the distance the only other sign of man. This is one of the finer works by English listed artist FRED (sometimes FREDERICK) HINES (1860-1930)...

Bronze sculpture of George Washington as General By Noel Jules Girard, 1816-1886, measuring 24” tall by 11” wide. French artist Noel Jules Girard was a Painter, but mainly known for his beautiful sculptures.. He studied at the French National School of Fine Arts under David d'Angers Louis Petitot in the 1840s. and won the prestigious Rome Prize. He was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studio of David d'Angers in 1837....

By the hand of renowned American painter AUGUSTUS VINCENT TACK (1870-1949), this is a beautifully worked portrait of a dark-eyed young woman wearing a lovely blue-white lacy dress, nervously fingering her pearls. The work is signed on the reverse and dated there 1904. Measurements are 24" by 18" (28" by 22" in what is likely the original frame). The painterly impressionist work in the dress area is masterful, as is the obviously skilled depiction of her hand...

A mid 20th century lithograph by Mourlot after the original 1891 famous lithograph poster produced by HENRI de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901) "La Goulue", which served as early advertising for the-then new Moulin Rouge nightclub in Montmartre. The original very large poster, Lautrec's first attempt at lithography, was plastered all over Paris. Only 3,000 copies were printed and the surviving examples are very rare and valuable today (one achieved $500,000 at auction)...

This portrait in oil on canvas by Kieselbach Marx, a German painter is signed lower right and dated 1922. Measuring

Unusual watercolor of what appears to be a wagon on the plains, piled high with rocks perhaps, and, even, the skull of a buffalo, signed at lower right "P. PARSONS '96". The watercolor is on paper and measures 8 1/2" by 18 3/4" (15 1/4" by 25 1/4" as framed). The work is in excellent condition with no foxing visible. I do not see an obvious listing for the artist. Found in San Diego area. Recently, on the east coast, I saw a watercolor coastal scene signed in the same manner.

Offered together here as a pair, are two watercolors in vertical format, 6 3/4" by 3 5/8" inside the mat, (11 5/8" by 8" as framed), each signed at lower right by the noted Italian watercolorist artist UMBERTO ONGANIA. Ongania's works are almost instantly recognizable by virtue of their detail, handling of light, and technical excellence...

Ink on paper drawing, 5 1/4" by 8 5/8" inside the mat (10" by 13" as framed), signed at lower right "F. MILLER", circa mid 20th century, showing a cowboy in the distance herding four longhorn cattle. This is a decorative work. The artist could be Florence H. Miller (1918-) listed in askart as a Washington D.C. artist who moved to Taos, New Mexico, working from there after 1945, and a contemporary of Emil Bisttram...

A 19th century or circa 1900 American watercolor of a coast with lighthouse and offshore steamship, 5 3/4" by 9" (13" by 16" in mid 20th century frame), unsigned. The scene could be the Hatteras lighthouse on the North Carolina coast...

Serge Ivanhoff Nude at her Dressing Table. Conte Crayon Drawing signed and dated Paris 1945. image 9"x12". Serge Petrovitch Ivanoff was born in Moscow in 1893 and showed artistic ability from a young age. On the family’s move to St. Petersburg, he took the opportunity to further his artistic studies by enrolling at the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1917, at the height of the Russian Revolution. The turmoil of the aftermath of these events prompted Serge Ivanoff, with his wife and two young chil...

English school ( 18/19th century ), watercolor, miniature portrait of a gent in blue coat. Measurements: 2" x 1 3/4", framed and glazed in a 5" x 4" frame and in great condition.

John Costigan, American, 1888-1972. This painting is oil on canvasboard, 10" by 14" in a 2" frame. Overall dimensions are 14" by 18". It is signed lower left J.E.Costigan, N.A. It is inscribed verso with the Title, Artist's name and address and is dated 1942. Costigan's best paintings are the wooded scenes with heavy impasto and brilliant color. This is a gem with a lovely Mother and Child among the splashes of autumn colors. Costigan is listed in Who was Who in American Art and his paintings se...

John Ulbricht, Cuba, Illinois, and presently living in Majorca, Spain, 1913-2007. He is known for Abstract Compositions as well as Figural Paintings and Drawings. This dynamic painting represents his Abstract pieces at their best. It is oil on masonite. He is listed in Who was Who in American Art. He has a extensive gallery and exhibition record and is in many museums including The National Portrait Gallery.