This major painting is by Manuel Rodriguez, one of the founders of Philippine modernism. It depicts a Muslim river festival in the south of the country, probably Cotabato in Mindanao. Rodriguez was born in Cebu in 1912, the son of an engraver and goldsmith, and studied art first of all at the University of the Philippines and later in New York and Paris. He is known as the Father of Philippine Printmaking, both for his own work and for his influence on generations of younger artists...

Nigerian MasterArtist Bruce Onobrakpey 1970 Lithograph “Seven Hunters” measures 24”x32” Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya (born 30 August 1932) is a Nigerian printmaker, painter and sculptor. He has exhibited at the Tate Modern in London, the National Museum of African Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C...

In the 1960s, Haku Maki was beginning his career as a modern print maker. He used ersatz titles for different series of prints: Cell, Animal Song for the Zodiac, Proportion, Work, Figure,and Emanation. Flower Song was another. Here we show Flower Song 6, which I have just acquired, and Flower Song 3 which I have owned for a long time The others are not noteworthy. This one measures 13 x 17in/48 x 34cm.

An interesting and rather unusual part of the Emanation series that Haku Maki began to produce in the mid-1960s, Emanation 73 measures 8.3inW x 11.3inH and is the fourth of a small run of 50.

Poem 70-73 Taiwa (Level or peace), 31/106, 17.5”x 24.5”. Haku Maki produced this Big Green print in 1970. His Big prints-—large for him-—appeared mainly in the period 1968-75. This print, the only horizontal one of all his Big prints, depicts the kanji for Level, Peace and the like. I believe it has other meanings. When I first saw this image many years ago but had not seen the bottom margin clearly, I thought it was a stylized rendition of Woman, a very frequent Maki subject...

Claude Lacaze original oil on panel cubist nudes by the sea signed lower left. measuring Approximately 20 x 30 inches in excellent condition.

Biography

Lacaze was a painter who was heavily influenced by Cubism and Post-Cubism, particularly by fellow Bordeaux painters such as André L’Hote. He was born in Angoulême, Charente and studied at the Lycée Montaigne in Bordeaux and it was there, under an inspirational art master, that his desire to be an artist was initiated...

A Wonderful Oil on Canvas Painting "Street Scene in Montmartre with Sacré Coeur in the Background". By Jean Salabet and signed (Lower Left) "J Salabet, Paris 1953". Dimensions; 21" x 17", with frame, 29" x 26". Excellent condition.

Oil on canvas portrait painting by Frank Mason of a US Coast Guard commander. Purchased from a relative of Frank Mason, we were told that it was a family member, but have not been able to verify. We recently had it re-stretched on a new frame. The last photo is the artist at work in his studio. Measures 30" x 34"

Frank Herbert Mason (1921 - 2009) was a renowned professor at the Art Students League and a portraitist in the tradition of Rembrandt...

Frederick Frary Fursman, Chicago, Illinois, 1874-1943. This American Impressionist Painting is a lovely subject matter with children in a park. It has beautiful shadows and lovely brushwork. It is an oil on canvas 15" by 18" in a very good 3" newer gold leaf frame. Provenance: Private MidWest Collection, Bought from Timothy Keene estate sale of Frederick Fursman held in Milwaukee. Guaranteed by Frederick Furman Estate. Has estate number 59 and Fursman Monogram Verso...

Suzanne-Marguerite Bertillon, French, 20th C. This fascinating oil on canvas, Portrait of a Woman is 18" by 24" in a wonderful Art Deco frame, signed LR.

The body is composed of two phoenixes, the heads of the birds naturally forming the handles. The stone is very hard, green speckled with translucent white. The cover is also formed of 2 birds, it is not pierced so it is possible that it is not a censer, although it can be used without a cover. It is placed on a finely carved hardwood base. There are some numbers stamped inside, probably so as not to mix up the bases. China 20th century around the 70s. Good condition...

A Fine Japanese Woodbocl Print by Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960): Japan, Dai oban Yoko-e, 18 3/4” x 14” incl...

A Very Finely Painted with Butterfly by Chung Navi(정나븨) Korea, dated:Sept.1952, signed in Korean and English and red sealed, framed with documents on the back. Painted with 15 different butterflies, and on silk. It's in very fine condition, it measures 7.5” x 10,5” (19cm x 27cm). About Artist: Born in 1906, graduated from Tokyo Art Academy, Tokyo, Japan. A specialist in drawing and painting butterflies...

A Very Fine Woodblock Print Korean Bride by Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960): Japan, Dai Oban tate-e, 15 3/8” x 11 3/4” print only, (approximately 18” x 13 7/8 marigins), Title; La Mariee “Bride, Seoul, Coree” Signed Paul Jacoulet in pencil with owl seal in red on lower left Limited edition # 54/350 in red on verso. Engraved by Maeda Kentaro, printed by Fujii Shunosuke It is in very good condition with good impression and color with full margins without any stain or mat burned marks,...

¡°The two adversaries (left)¡± and ¡°The two adversaries (right)¡± were published 5 December,1950. The carver was Maeda; the printers were Honda, Uchikawa and Onodera. Both have Paul Jacoulet¡¯s pencil signature and red Arrow seal on the lower corner. They are in excellent condition. ¡°This simple but highly symbolic pair reveals Jacoulet¡¯s feelings toward the North Koreans. In his public dedication to President Truman, the artist expressed ¡°gratitude for aid given so pro...

A rare color lithograph by Wayne Thiebaud titled Coronado signed, numbered 5 of 15 and dated 1956. overall sheet size 16 x25 12.5 x 21.5 inches. A beautiful colorful modernist image of sail boats off the San Diego coast with the old Coranado Hotel in the left of the image. A very scarce print in excellent condition some slight discoloration from a previous matte.

Biography

A painter of pop-art realism combined with a great respect for traditional methods and subject matter, Wayne Thie...

Italian artist Duilio Barnabé (1914-1961). Oil on canvas in beautiful silver leafed frame. 21cm h by 28cm w. (8.6" by 11.2").

A Seated Young Lady in Red Oil Painting by Kim Heung Sou (Kim Sou, b. 1919) with an original frame: Korea, Dated 1954 Oil on canvas, framed, depicting a seated young lady wearing a red dress, the lower left signed in Chinese Kim Heung-Sou above the Roman letter H.S, the reverse, signed with the same Chinese characters and Roman script Heung-Sou Kim 1954 beneath a Chinese inscription possibly reading Tobul Kobyol jeonchul pum (item for Tobul farewell exhibition) It is in very good cond...