All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1930 item #1454663
A watercolor painting of a fountain on an elegant seaside or lakeside property, 8 1/2" by 6" (12 1/4" by 9 3/4" framed), signed at lower right by listed Swiss artist JOSEPHINE VERNAY (1861-?). Vernay's birth/death dates are suspect, or possibly confused with those of her brother, artist Francois Joseph Vernay; one source lists hers as 1864-1950, the same as her brother's. My brief net research has failed to turn up a painting dated after 1918...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1950 item #1454662
Unframed lithograph of the famous "Singing Tower" (Bok Tower) in Lake Wales, central Florida, signed in pencil at lower right margin by listed Kentucky artist CHARLES WINSTON HABERER (1905-1958). A leading Kentucky etcher and engraver, C. Winston Haberer studied printmaking techniques under Sudduth Goff, in Louisville, and at the Chicago Art Institute...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1950 item #1454661
Watercolor on paper painting of waves lapping at rocks in the ocean, 9" by 12", unframed, signed at lower right in blue by well-listed California artist GEORGE DEMONT OTIS (1879-1962). The simple scene of waves lapping at a rock is simple yet complete. The artist was born in Memphis, Tennessee and was raised in the Midwest after being orphaned. He showed early talent and was enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago at 14, followed later by more training in Philadelphia and New York...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1454619 (stock #221031)
Original oil painting on canvas by Helen Coolidge Adams(USA, Boston, 1917-1997). Circa 1950. Signed lower left. In excellent original condition and with original Norton Howe frame. Well listed, exhibited, and in the collections of a number of institutions.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1970 item #1454603
Vintage poster "Presence des Maitres", 1967, published by the Swiss gallery Galerie Beyeler to publicize their exhibition of works by the likes of Chagall, Klee, Giacometti, Cezanne, Monet, Dufy, Rouault, Mondrian, Picasso, Braque and Bonnard. The unframed piece measures 33" by 20" in simple black frame (NO GLASS). The poster shows definite evidence of age, with blotchy old brownish discolorations/staining and some light abrasions at lower right...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1920 item #1454602
Watercolor painting circa early 20th century, featuring a child wearing traditional Chinese garments, probably a scene from early San Francisco or Los Angeles Chinatown, in the manner of other works of the period by various artists such as Esther Hunt. This example, 9" by 6" in an early frame, is unsigned. The colors are bright and not faded.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1950 item #1454593
An etching of the famous chapel at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA, titled at lower left margin "The Chapel" and pencil signed at lower right by well listed California artist GEORGE DEMONT OTIS (1879-1962). Measurements are 7" by 10" inside the present mat (12" by 15" in wood frame). The artist was born in Memphis, Tennessee and was raised in the Midwest after being orphaned...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1454576
A painting of the California desert, painted in impressionist style, oil on canvasboard, 14" by 18", unframed, titled on reverse in old hand, "Palm Desert Cal. Smoke Trees". The artist was born in Illinois, working in St. Louis before moving to Southern California in 1918. He studied at Scripps College in Claremont east of Los Angeles. Wheeler started painting rather late in life, at 50, according to a label with biography affixed to the reverse side...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1920 item #1454574
Oil on canvas laid on board landscape painting of a small structure by the bay or sea, several figures milling around, 12" by 16", unframed, signed at lower right corner by listed early California artist BENJAMIN RABORG (1871-1918). Raborg was born in Missouri but came to be known around the turn of the century in San Francisco for his painting ability. The nephew of early California artist A.D.M...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 1950 item #1454573
An old oil on gray board painting of a stone bridge over the Seine River in central Paris, in high autumn. The work measures 9" by 12" (11 3/4" by 14 3/4" in attractive maybe 1930's frame). The signature at lower left appears to be "E Turner", the "E" placed on top of the "T". If I am reading this correctly, there does not appear to be a listed artist that would correspond. In any event, the work is excellent, and by a trained hand.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1454496 (stock #1039)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,500.00
Important 1930s Abstract By French Artist Veriez “spray of Flowers” A piece done at the height of the depression measuring 29x34”
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1920 item #1454491 (stock #645)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,200.00
American Artist A.Brown “Riverfront” Landscape Oil 18x27”…the work was done circa 1920s and has a beautiful gold leaf frame original to the piece
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1990 item #1454490 (stock #644)
Ben Horowitz known for his abstract work and series of figurative painting done of acrobats in the 1980s. Trained as an artist at Maryland University and exhibited through out the 1990s.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1454489 (stock #643)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,600.00
A very attractive 18x24” Oil on panel framed painting done circa 1900
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pastel : Pre 1950 item #1454477
A nicely worked pastel drawing of cypress trees in a swamp landscape, Spanish Moss hanging down gracefully, the work signed at lower right "Sr. M. Lucy", 8" by 6" as framed, circa 1950. This is a difficult subject to draw well but the artist accomplished the chore with skill. Condition is excellent. I do not see an obvious listed artist with whom to link this. Framing is simple, work will need to be re-matted/sealed as it is currently loose under the glass.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : S. America : Pre 1970 item #1454475
Miniature oil on canvas laid on board painting of an ancient stone church in Mexico with a market under umbrellas completing the scene, 6 1/4" by 6 1/4" as framed, signed on the reverse paper and inscribed there "Market Day in Old Mexico by A. J. Merrill of Taos N.M. March 1970". Condition is excellent. Merrill was born in St. Louis but spent his early life in Montreal, Canada, graduating from McGill University in 1911 and taking art classes with A.J...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1990 item #1454467
A PAIR of color prints, from 1982, "Flower at Giverny #1" numbered 83/120,and "Flower at Giverny #2", numbered 89/120, both pencil signed at lower right margin, by the famous Native American contemporary artist FRITZ SCHOLDER (1937-2005). Scholder was arguably the best known and influential Native American artist of the second half of the twentieth century...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1990 item #1454466
An example of the 1984 print "San Francisco--The Flying Cloud Arriving in Port after her Record Breaking Passage from New York in 1857", pencil signed by the artist, JOHN STOBART (1929-) at lower right, and numbered 328/750 also at lower right margin. Stobart's original oil paintings of sailing ships of the so-called "Golden Age of Sail" have hammered at auctions to nearly $100,000, with many examples bringing five figures. He is today a very highly regarded artist of marine subjects...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1800 item #1454457 (stock #640)
Sir Richard Steele (bap. 12 March 1672 – 1 September 1729) was an Irish writer, playwright, and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1800 item #1454451 (stock #641)
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was an English poet and satirist of the Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents.[1] Considered the foremost English poet of the early 18th century and a master of the heroic couplet, he is best known for satirical and discursive poetry, including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, and for his translation of Homer. After Shakespeare, he is the second-most quoted author in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1800 item #1454449 (stock #639)
Sir Isaac Newton PRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27[a]) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author (described in his time as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the greatest mathematicians, physicists, and most influential scientists of all time. He was a key figure in the philosophical revolution known as the Enlightenment. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), first...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1800 item #1454448 (stock #635)
Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. His simple prose style marked the end of the mannerisms and conventional classical images of the 17th century. This work is part of a series all dated London 1748, measuring 15x9”
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 2000 item #1454446 (stock #634)
French Artist Montev brings us his work title “Woman In Love” from an edition of twenty five., signed in pencil and numbered. Measuring 20x14”,frame size 20x14”
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 2000 item #1454445 (stock #633)
L'Enfant Gallery
$12,000.00
This masterwork by Paco Lane is the highlight of his cubist or Picasso period that began after his sojourn to a great exhibition by the artist. Paco Lane a Washington DC area born artist who is from the Lane family of painters. The painting is oil on canvas and measures 74”x60”. The work is signed and dated 1996 Paco Jacques Lane was born on October 24, 1969 in Virginia just outside of Wash- ington DC. From an early childhood Paco was encouraged The artist in Greenwich CT, 2003. and all...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1980 item #1454410
An original pencil signed, numbered (115/135) lithograph of 1972, "Les hommes arrivent du fond de leur passe", 19 1/2" by 26" inside the mat, (28" by 34 1/2" framed), the subject of great interest to collectors of Judaica and Jewish art. Reminiscent of the best work of Marc Chagall, the imagery features a rabbi or holy scholar blowing on the symbolic shofar, or ram's horn, while a Chagallesque figure looks on at lower left. Condition appears to be excellent; not examined out of frame. Wood fr...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1980 item #1454401 (stock #632)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,500.00
American Painter CLYFFORD STROHL Maine Landscape 24x30” Mr STROHL born New York,1893, was a passion, a painter who worked in the Lake George area immigrating from Germany. We decided to go to Maine in the 1920s and paint their he died in 1964 Born in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1893, a d was a pupil of Jules Dieudonne, and of Orlando G. Wells. He was also a student of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine arts. He was a friend of fellow painter Marsden Hartley, who introduced him to Dunca...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1990 item #1454399 (stock #628)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,200.00
Beautiful Italian Mountainscape Watercolor Unsigned Watercolor 8x12” More information coming soon
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1970 item #1454395 (stock #627)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,800.00
A beautiful Possibly Tuscan Landscape, signed lower left. Measuring 22x18” more info coming soon.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 2000 item #1454394 (stock #626)
A quaint work of a harbor scene in oil measuring 20x24”
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1990 item #1454392 (stock #620)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,000.00
This work is a mixed media piece in colored pencil and washes. Chris Liberti is an American artist primarily known for his oil paintings of landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes. Chris was born in Buffalo, NY, and began illustrating at an early age. He initially attended a graphic design school, and from 1993-96, he studied fine arts in oil painting at Buffalo State College, under professors Jim Phalen, Constance Payne and Richard Gubernick. The subject matter in many of Liberti’s paintings c...
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1990 item #1454391 (stock #618)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,000.00
This work is a mixed media piece in colored pencil and washes measuring 13x9”. Chris Liberti is an American artist primarily known for his oil paintings of landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes. Chris was born in Buffalo, NY, and began illustrating at an early age. He initially attended a graphic design school, and from 1993-96, he studied fine arts in oil painting at Buffalo State College, under professors Jim Phalen, Constance Payne and Richard Gubernick. The subject matter in many of Liber...
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1990 item #1454390 (stock #613)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,000.00
This work is a mixed media piece in colored pencil and washes. Chris Liberti is an American artist primarily known for his oil paintings of landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes. Chris was born in Buffalo, NY, and began illustrating at an early age. He initially attended a graphic design school, and from 1993-96, he studied fine arts in oil painting at Buffalo State College, under professors Jim Phalen, Constance Payne and Richard Gubernick. The subject matter in many of Liberti’s paintings c...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1980 item #1454386 (stock #611)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,100.00
A fascinating work by American Artist James R. Austin who is known for his rural scene. This piece is oil on canvas measuring 20x24”
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1980 item #1454384 (stock #612)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,900.00
A beautiful Oil Mountain Scene by American Artist Henry Lewis
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1454362 (stock #601)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,400.00
A. Armstrong American Artist, this work done near 14th street and. Constitution Avenue in Washington DC, watercolor signed and dated lower rates 1934 this is a beautiful work measuring 9 x 11“
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1970 item #1454361 (stock #595)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,600.00
Adolf Dahn was a Scandinavian born artist who worked in watercolor and is know for his rich landscapes. This work measuring 12x18” is a rare size Signed and dated 1938
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1970 item #1454360 (stock #517)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,500.00
A beautiful sanguine color study in watercolor by artist E. Kiek signed and dated 1961 in pencil. More information coming soon….
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1940 item #1454359 (stock #587)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,200.00
This work graphite on paper is signed and dated 1933….Clyde Singer was born in the small town of Malvern in 1908 and grew up in the rural hills of Ohio. Educated in the local public schools, he had an early interest in art and, after high school, attended the school at the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. In 1933 he received a scholarship to the Arts Students’ League in New York City where his mentors were “American Scene” painters John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton. During his seve...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Acrylic : Pre 1990 item #1454355 (stock #584)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,800.00
The French Artist Françoise SYLVAND is known for bold paintings and this painting is one of the collages famously done with Mixmedia using metal acrylic and found objects He is also known for his very realistic work like this piece.This artwork was done from the artist’s studio in France. He has shown all over France and Europe.
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Contemporary item #1454352 (stock #571)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,200.00
A beautiful 20th Century reproduction of a circa 1900 map of Washington DC neighborhood of Palisades. In June 1909, the Potomac Heights Land Co. (based in North Carolina) acquired 75 acres (300,000 m2) previously known as the Athletic Park tract at the reported cost of $1000 an acre. The tract extends parallel with and between Conduit Road and the Potomac. It is divided by the Washington Railway and Electric Company, which ran from Georgetown to Glen Echo for a 5 cent fare. There were 800 lots a...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Acrylic : Pre 1990 item #1454351 (stock #563)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,000.00
“The Train Home” is a beautiful acrylic painting measuring 22x29”. The French Artist Françoise SYLVAND is known for bold paintings and this painting is one of the collages famously done with Mixmedia using metal acrylic and found objects He is also known for his very realistic work like this piece.This artwork was done from the artist’s studio in France. He has shown all over France and Europe.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1980 item #1454350 (stock #541)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,200.00
Dated 1971, artist David Hill explores winter with a bravado and flair reminiscent of Samuel Merritt Chase and his group of Artist.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Contemporary item #1454322 (stock #516)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,200.00
Walter Groombridge was founder and president of New York Art League and his work is in the collection of Admiral Farragut Academy; Lowe Art Museum and the Capitol building in Washington D.C. and pivate collections. The artist lived in the Palm Beach area of Florida
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1990 item #1454320 (stock #511)
L'Enfant Gallery
$5,400.00
This superbly done as well as framed masterwork is signed by the artist E. Magosay, an American artist working in the 1940s-1980s, this was done in his late period. Measuring 24x20”
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1454319 (stock #510)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,400.00
Early American Nineteenth Century Portrait Of A Gentleman Oil Measuring 34x30”. Unsigned circa 1820-1850. The artwork was most likely done by a trained artist
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1454318 (stock #509)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,800.00
A circa 1840s American Portrait in oil. Unsigned measuring 30x25”
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1800 item #1454316 (stock #503)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,000.00
“Gentlemen in a Blue Jacket” is we believe an oil painting in a baroque style that of Peter Paul Rubens. The work measures
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1930 item #1454313 (stock #501)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,900.00
This portrait in oil on canvas by Kieselbach Marx, a German painter is signed lower right and dated 1922. Measuring
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1990 item #1454282
Oversized Japanese limited edition sosaku hanga woodblock print by Tadashi Nakayama (b. 1927) titled “Afternoon in Blue.” The print was executed in bold colors with gold and silver highlights set against a brilliant blue background. This vertical image is pencil-signed “T. Nakayama,” numbered 44/85, and dated 1982 in the bottom margin. The red Nakayama seal is on the back. Paper size: 42" x 27 7/8” (image: 35 3/8" x 23”). Very good clean overall condition with excellent color and...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1970 item #1454260 (stock #1049)
This small green image of a child was produced in 1969. It is in good shape, considering its age. It is 12 of 201 and measures 6.75in x 8.75in (17cm x 22.5cm).
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 2000 item #1454256 (stock #1053)
Haku Maki liked to do prints of turtles or tortoises. This one, Poem 70-6, has two turtles, the smaller drawn to resemble the hand-written kanji for turtle. The print is 197 of 202 and measures 12in x 12in.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1970 item #1454249 (stock #04279)
The size of Sheet : 17 1/4" W x 23 3/8" Long,
The image size : 11 3/8" x 18 1/2" Long (approximately)
Artist: F. Muzi (? Unknown)
Signed: Lower right in Pencil, F. Muzi (?)
Edition Number : 29/70
The subject : Figurative form from ground or water.
The year of made : 1970.
Medium: Monochrome Lithograph on paper.
The condition of Lithograph: Excellent, no tear, no stain.
Plese see the backside shee, and texture of paper.
There are five light crease...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Contemporary item #1454217 (stock #405)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,500.00
A beautiful work depicting a giraffe and parrot measuring 16” x 20”, signed TETI, probably late 1940’s or early 1950’s
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Contemporary item #1454216 (stock #409)
American Watercolorist Delores Roles brings “Birds in Flight” Measuring 11x14 inches
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Contemporary item #1454215 (stock #410)
American artist Bill Piper known for his work At Maryland farms and race tracks and love of horses. This work is a watercolor on Arches French paper measuring 9x12”
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Contemporary item #1454214 (stock #1909)
L'Enfant Gallery
$7,000.00
Oil on canvas measuring 8x12” Peter Colasante, director of L’Enfant Gallery, has represented John Court since 1974, owns much of his work and has sponsored several exhibitions of his work since 1970's including in Washington DC and Palm Beach, Florida. Bio: John Court (1948 - ) is a portraitist and landscape painter. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Court grew up in Maryland and Virginia. He began painting at age 11 and attended Cornell University, where he studied painting with Norman Daly, Ken...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Contemporary item #1454210 (stock #448)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,000.00
Ephrem Kouakou is one of the world’s foremost African painters. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ivory Coast, West Africa. His powerful, vivid paintings are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC. and Fondo Del Sol Museum, Washington DC. He is noted for his bold blending of indigenous African visual sensibilities and folk motifs with Western creative techniques. Born in 1962 in the Ivory Coast villa...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1920 item #1454209 (stock #437)
L'Enfant Gallery
$11,000.00
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Henry George Keller (1869-1949) studied at prominent art schools in Germany before returning to the states where he attended the Art Students’ League in New York and Cincinnati School of Art in the early 1900s. He worked as a lithographer to finance his art education and joined the teaching staff at Cleveland School of Art where he served until 1945. Skilled in watercolor, pencil drawing, lithography and etching, Keller represents a generation of American artists w...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1454180 (stock #3216)
L'Enfant Gallery
$8,500.00
Nineteenth Century Nassau Bahamas “Straw Market” Oil 10x14” A watercolorist, who specialized in coastal scenes, George Henry Clements grew up on his family's plantation near Opelousas, Louisiana, and worked as a clerk for the New Orleans Cotton Exchange before turning to painting in 1880. He began his formal art training at the Union Art League in New York City. By 1881 he was in Paris. He spent a year at the Academie Julian and another at the Academie Colarossi. Clements also painted...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 2000 item #1454173 (stock #360)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,800.00
American painter Paco Lane known for his ever changing styles always moving and pushing forward from the famous Lane family of painters of Georgetown,Washington DC. This work was from a period he and his sister visited in a Japanese style of works or Asian. Paco Jacques Lane was born on October 24, 1969 in Virginia just outside of Wash- ington DC. From an early childhood Paco was encouraged The artist in Greenwich CT, 2003. and allowed great freedom to pursue a natural interest in the vis...