Catalog: Fine Art (96)

“Texas Autumn” Oil on canvas laid down on board. Signed lower left: Harvey B. Coleman. An American original, Coleman, a listed artist, born in New York, was a self-taught landscape painter who demonstrated his own unique Masterful style. Moving from Chicago, to Fort Worth, Texas then to California in 1927, Coleman’s work was exhibited in the Texas Artists Exhibition in the 1920s and the California State Fair in 1930...

Titled “Raw Hide” verso, oil on board, signed James Colt (lower left). James L. Colt (1922 – 2005) was born James Lee Clutter in Kansas City, Missouri. He changed his name to James Colt in 1977. His work has been exhibited in the National Art Club of New York as a charter member of Pastel Society of America and in the American Watercolor Society shows at the National Academy galleries in New York...

“Jungfrau Mountain Stream” Oil on artist’s board, attributed to Albert Bierstadt. Condition: Excellent. Bierstadt born in Dusseldorf, Germany, immigrated to the U.S., studied under Aschenbach and Lessing in the Dusselforf school, maintained a unique style, technique, manner and attention to detail. He traveled and painted in situ through Germany, Switzerland, and Italy as well as the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the American West...

"Le Poisson et la Lune" Gouache on paper, signed by Oscar Dominguez (1906 - 1957), surrealist and cubist painter, lower right. Dimensions: 10.5" X 16" (not including frame). Born on the island of Tenerife, this Spanish surrealist joined the avant garde in Paris including Pablo Picasso and Paul Éluard.

French hand-painted porcelain portrait of a woman in carved wooden frame. Dimensions: 8" X 6.5". Circa 1890s.

"L'Enlèvement Esprit" (Spirit Abduction) paper and pastel, signed by Edourd Chimot (1890 - 1930) framed. Chimot studied at t the École des Arts décoratifs in Nice and at the Beaux-Arts, Lille. These strong pieces are striking examples of his famous haunting and compelling drawings of “jeunes et jolies femmes". Dimensions: 8.5" X 6.5"

Sans titre (Right Faces) limited edition (70) embossed lithograph, Signed and dated 1965 Roy Dean De Forest  (1930 - 2007) , numbered 33/70. Dimensions: 22" X 29". Born in Nebraska, this maverick California artist, who has been a professor at the University of California at Davis, displays his own refreshing independent approach and irreverence for convention in this work. De Forest's works are highly respected and valued by the Art community commanding prices above $35,000.

"Mauna Loa" watercolor on paper, signed by David Howard Hitchcock lower left. Dimensions: 21" X 16.5" without frame. Less iconic Hitchcock pieces have sold for over $80,000.

"Irrepressible" black and white wood cut print by Richard Bosman (1944 - Present). 31" X 42". Bosman, Australian, grew up in India, traveled and studied in London, New York is a leading force in Neo-Expressionism. His work is included in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra; Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris; National Museum of American Art, Washington, D. C.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art. Similar wood cut works of Bosman have fetched over $5,000...

Finest grand Italian marble sculpture “Busto di un Giovane” signed verso by Antonio Frilli (“A. Frilli Firenze”) active from 1860 - 1920. Dimensions: 30" high X 31" wide X 16" deep. Frilli became one of the finest 19th Century sculptors in the Classic style in the world during his lifetime. Strong demand for Frilli art works include the $200,000 sale price of the sculpture “The Three Graces” lot # 77 at Sotheby’s New York on October 26th, 2004...

"Bouquet of Violet Flowers" oil on canvas board, signed lower right by Sarah Bender de Wolfe (1852 - 1935) . Dimensions: 11' X 6". One of the first leading prominent female artists in California, de Wolfe's works are highly valued for their Master quality and because much of her work was distroyed in the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco...

Large important Italian bronze sculpture of an expressive reclining Bacchus, Signed by Flaminio Lucca (19th century). Bacchus is the promoter of civilization,law giver, lover of peace and patron of agriculture and the theater. Demensions: 21.5" high X 24" long X 12" deep.

"Torso Femme" Original one of kind, sculture by Joseph Sevella (1946 - Present) of Laguna Beach made of specimen pink marble on a grand three foot high custom white marble stand. Sevella is the Head of the Sculpture Department at the Laguna College of Art and Design in Laguna Beach.

Large (32” X 24”) dramatic 19th Century French Impressionist landscape“Meules de foin de Bourges à l'automne” (Haystacks of Bourges in Autumn) Oil on canvass signed, bas droite, L. Jean-Pierre. Leover Jean-Pierre, known for his own style of impressionist painting, the French painter has created an evocative rural vision here. Circa 1870s. Dimensions: 24” X 32” without frame, 41” X 32.5” with frame. Includes period label verso from the Salon Berruyer (see photo).

Bring Nature's beauty and wisdom, good luck and prosperity, as well as the classic artisanship of the Japanese Meiji Period into your home with this fine silk painting of Cranes in their habitat. Includes original Japanese period frame. Cranes are a symbol of good luck and prosperity. Circa 1890s. Dimensions: 21" X 18" with frame, 12" X 9" without.

Striking intuitive expressive birds eye view concept painting "al di sopra della lotta" (Above The Struggle") Large oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right by Guido Antonio. Circa 1961. Dimensions: Dimensions: 71" X 56". Strong demand is demonstrated by sale prices including (adjusted for size $15,904) for the smaller, less complex, lesser executed "Relazione Uom-Spazio" Lot # 1147 sold at Tejon, Paris on October 21st, 2007.

Bring grace and beauty into your world with this 19th Cenutry French Art Nouveau masterpiece, “Leune fille dans le jardin”, August Moreau (1837 – 1917), large patinated bronze, signed (see photo of signature). Dimensions: 29” high X 14” wide X 8” deep. Born in Dijon in the early 19th century, Auguste Moreau studied under Mathurin Moreau. Auguste, a leader in the Art Nouveau movement, worked as a sculptor and specialized in figures, statuettes and groups, in marble and bronze...

Bring the subtleties of Nature’s Magic into your home with “Rainbow Blossom” oil on canvas, signed lower left – Raymond Knaub (1940 – Present). Dimensions: 16” X 12” without frame, 22.38” X 18.25” with frame. Famous Western Landscape painter, Born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Knaub grew up in Colorado and traveled the Western United States extensively...