All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1360836 (stock #a1601)
A naïve miniature watercolor on wafer painting of a gentleman with a piercing gaze and a neatly trimmed beard. Set against a darkish green background, he is wearing a black jacket, vest, and tie with a stickpin. In a cast foliate case with a coil of plaited hair in the glazed window on the reverse.

Condition is excellent, with no issues. Sight size is 2 1/8" by 1 3/4", and the overall size is 2 3/8" by 2".

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1990 item #1440688 (stock #981)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,050.00
Landscape with Stream by Nigerian artist NM, Oil on Canvas, 6 x 8", Frame Size 8 x 10".
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1990 item #1368592 (stock #Hironaga001)
Takehiko Hironaga (b. 1935)
A Store in Kakunodate (2) - From the Akita / Kakunodate Series
Japanese title: Kakunodate no Shouho 角館の商舗 (2)
Size: 24 x 18.5 inches.
Date: 1982.
Edition: 23/50.
Condition: Excellent. Right margin has toning.
Hironaga traveled throughout Japan to make prints of its traditional buildings. The influence of his friend Kiyoshi Saito is apparent in this work.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1837 VR item #1229200 (stock #na112)
A well painted miniature portrait on natural organic material of a sea captain, identified on the reverse as "Phillip…MHK Captain". The miniature is in very good condition, with no cracks, chips, bowing, or restoration. The period lacquered frame is missing its cover glass, easy enough to replace. Sight size is 2 7/8" by 2 3/8", and the frame size is 5 1/8" by 4 3/8".
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1122422 (stock #E514)
Antique late 19th century beautifully executed with fine detail bronze sculpture of Napoleon Bonaparte, in a standing pose with crossed arms, wearing his uniform of Colonel of Chasseurs Cheval de la Garde Imperial, with the Legion of Honour Order. Mounted on its original round marble pedestal
MEASUREMENTS: 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1990 item #1440687 (stock #980)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,050.00
Abstract Impasto Landscape by Nigerian artist NM
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1950 item #1444470 (stock #1790)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,000.00
From our African Collection: This "Ikenga" Southeast Nigerian Shrine Figure is from the Early to mid 20th century. A characteristic of all Ikenga Shrine Figures are their exaggerated bull horns. The basic form of an ikenga is a human figure with horns symbolizing power, sometimes reduced to only a head with horns on a base.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1970 item #1441665 (stock #313)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,000.00
Floral And Fruit Still Life by Harriet Carter Williams, '66. Unframed Oil on Canvas 24 x 20".
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1420065 (stock #JB02866)
Painting on panel of a young Egyptian youth, 15 3/4" by 12" and not especially complementary, modern day framing, signed at lower right, with reverse original label from Schwartz Freres, of Cairo and Alexandria. The painting is signed at lower right corner, the name appearing as "Thor......". To date I have been unable to decipher the full signature. The work certainly dates to the early years of the century, judging from the label...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1419493 (stock #JB02067)
Oil on canvas portrait of a middle aged man seen in profile, not signed on the front, possibly signed on the reverse, 20" by 16", unframed. The man appears to be a clerk in his work clothes, circa 1910 to mid 1930 perhaps. On the reverse written faintly on the canvas is "WM. HODES FRANKLIN" or similar--. Below that is what appears to be "BRACKMAN"...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1980 item #1419254 (stock #JB04277)
A rare opportunity to acquire an original drawing by a very highly esteemed twentieth century California artist, the works of whom have exceeded $50,000 at auction. This drawing is signed at lower left by the sought-after ROGER KUNTZ (1926-1975). The subject is clearly "Museum (XXX) Art" and I believe it likely to be a study for the Laguna Art Museum on Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, California. The work itself measures 15 1/2" by 20 1/2"...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1970 item #1407943
Global Ceramics
$1,000.00
”Old Memories A”, framed woodblock print by Hiroyuki Tajima. Original print, number 13 of 50, signed and dated 1966, in pencil. The abstract and balanced compositions of Tajima Hiroyuki (1911 – 1984) was a member of the sosaku hanga, an art movement in Japan, stressing the role of the artist as the sole creator. His works radiate a meditative concentration and tranquility often found in Japanese art...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 1920 item #1416663 (stock #JB05615)
A beautifully framed, plain beautiful oil on canvas painting, 15" by 18" (23" by 25 1/2" framed), the subject figures in a country landscape, painted skillfully in true impressionist style, by listed French artist EUGENE CHAFFANEL (1860-1929). The artist is Benezit-listed, though biographical information seems to be scarce. He hailed from the Nancy region of western France, and seems to have made a trip to New York in 1887. Chaffanel painted landscape, genre, and portraits...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1990 item #1311800 (stock #151004)
Haku Maki Poem 71-25 63/100 This print is the cover image of my book ,The life and works of Haku Maki I have never offered it for sale. the Front edicts Maki’s rendering of I or Me It is a bold big Red the red is embossed on a black ink field this print is 20 ‘ x 30” after being restored in the US by Michael Minckler it is in very good shape there is a crease on the front only visible from the back The print has great red kanji...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1990 item #1460642
A PAIR of large prints, each 30" by 22" (32" by 24 3/4" as framed), one titled "Harbour View Opahi" (a bay north of Auckland), the other "Harbour View Rangitoto Island" (the famous volcanic island near Auckland, that print numbered 17/30) by the well-known longtime New Zealand printmaker, RODNEY FUMPSTON (1947-). Fumpston was born in Fiji. He was educated in art at the prestigious Elam School in Auckland, as well as in London...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Asia : Pre 1950 item #1455460
A fine quality impressionist painting by the hand of noted Swiss-born artist FRIEDA HAUSWIRTH DAS (1886-1974), the scene featuring a dark-skinned man with balanced shoulder carrier on a beach where cattle seem to be congregating. The 14 1/2" by 18" oil on canvas laid on board is a rare work by the world-traveled artist, who is also known as an author, illustrator, and progressive feminist for her time...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1900 item #1416487
An original very detailed watercolor drawing of a man who looks to be a commoner, drawn on paper laid on thin card or directly on card, 7 3/4" by 4 1/8" (14" by 11" in modern frame), signed at bottom with the distinctive signature of mid 19th century renowned academic painter and draftsman JEAN LOUIS-ERNST MEISSONIER (1815-1891). The drawing is finely crafted, the lone figure vignetted, the background empty. Meissonier was famous in Europe in his day, that fame buying a lavish lifestyle...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pen : Pre 1980 item #1453448 (stock #3242)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,000.00
Carl J. Pugliese was born in New York City in 1918. From a very early age he had a great interest in United States military history and weapons. He studied art at the School of Visual Arts, New York City specializing in military and historical illustration. The four years he served in the United States Army increased his interest in the study of weapons of the past...