Red Blue Takeshi Kawashima Limited edition serigraph Title #2 17/30 limited edition serigraph print . The graphic has some flaws and a small tera on the left side and marks selling as is see images ask for more if you need framed a matt board would cover most all flaws. Size 26.2" by 21" listed Japanese/American artist, Takeshi kawashima Painter, sculptor and print-maker Takeshi kawashima lived and worked in New York City since 1963...

A fine soft pencil drawing of a young Asian man with white head cloth, inscribed at lower left "JAIRONG Boy from drawing by Graham Peck", and signed at lower right by well listed California artist JADE FON (WOO) 1911-1983. Graham Peck (1914-) was a Yale-educated, Derby, Connecticut illustrator and writer; he illustrated and wrote "Through China's Wall" in 1940...

A beautifully painted miniature on natural wafer of a very attractive woman. The sitter is in a white gown with lace edging, presented in a straightforward manner, unadorned with jewelry, preferring to let her natural beauty speak to the viewer.

There are no condition issues to speak of, with the darker area below her bust line intentionally painted in that manner...

A beautiful Modernist Color Block Study Painting In Oil 24”x 48”…. More information coming soon Berlin Estate

“Cows on the banks of the Starnbergersee” Oil on canvas 6” x 10” unframed / 14" x 18" framed Ludwig Sckell was born in October 1833 on Lock Mountain in Bavaria to the famed horticulturist Carl Ludwig Sckell and was the father of Louis Sckell who also gained great acclaim as a landscape artist. He spent most of his adult life in Munich Germany where he gained fame as one of the great landscape painters of his time. He was an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich...

Oil on canvas laid on board painting of a traditionally-dressed woman, facing away from the viewer, balancing a water jug on her head while walking in a rural setting. The work measures 13" by 10" framed and there is no apparent signature. I opened the backing and see that the canvas has been laid directly on a board. The painting might date to approximately the 1860's; similarly dressed figures are seen in mid nineteenth century paintings of the Roman campagna...

George Soper, British, 1870-1942, etching and drypoint, "Wood Gatherers", image size: 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches, 1921, ed. of 54, Beetles 249 VIII/VIII, pencil signed.

Work 73-5 is a funny, lively snowman--or snow child. It is number 28 of an edition of 103 and measures 9.5in W x 17.5in H.

signed in pencil, titled and numbered 17/200 screenprint in colors on wove paper image: 11¾ by 13¾ in. 209 by 350 mm. Executed in 2000; this impression is number 17 from the edition of 200 plus 20 artist's proofs, published by Serpentine Gallery. NOTE: The print has been cut from the sheet, the edition number, title and signature in pencil are below. The image is in excellent condition...

Oil on masonite, circa late 1940's or early 1950's, 16 1/2" by 23 1/2" (22" by 31 1/2" as framed), signed at lower left by Pittsburgh artist PERRY DAVIS. This is a beautifully painted work by an obviously talented artist, although I have not to date found a listing on him. There's a label on the reverse of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, 37th Annual Exhibition with the title, and artist's address. The painting has a strong WPA feeling to it...

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...

William Gropper color lithograph

Orchestra

c. 1940

Artist proof

Signed in pencil

Image - 17" x 24"

With frame - 24 1/2" x 31 1/2"

Very good condition

Circa 1970 oil on canvas, 16" by 12" (20 1/2" by 16 1/4" framed), signed at lower left "Joyce". The scene with yellow roses and oriental ceramic figure takes after artists such as Hovsep Pushman and others who in the first half of the 20th century favored such props in their still life works. This is evenly soiled, with some browned varnish too. Otherwise condition is good. The white frame shows some wear.

Beautiful Acrobat painting, pastel on paper 16“ x 9 1/2“ framed in a gold baroque. Frame excellent condition and signed Maurice Brianchon (French, 1899–1979) was born in 1899 in the village of Fresnay-sur-Sarthe to Parisian parents. After a classical education, he began his official art training at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1917. Early public recognition of his talent came when, at the age of 23, he was appointed a member of the committee of the Salon d’Automne...

A detailed 19th century American botanical watercolor of white roses and leaves, unsigned, circa 1880, measuring 9 3/4" by 6 1/4" inside the mat, 16 3/4" by 12 1/2" as framed. The piece is in good antique condition with light foxing and uneven toning in the background, commonly seen in works of this age, and perhaps a small tear that has browned at left edge. The work could be on a silky material rather than paper. The detail is impressive. French mat parallel lines at to the appeal...

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...

Oil on canvas painting of a rocky windy coastline, likely in Ireland or Scotland I believe, signed at lower right "Peg McCarty". I do not see a listing for the artist. There is a canvas stamp on reverse, of Winsor & Newton, London, England. Measurements 14" by 18" (17 1/2" by 21 1/2" framed). Condition is excellent save for a few drips of foreign matter, brownish, along the ridgeline/horizon at left, and in sea at left center.

John Wilkes, Esq,. by William Hogarth, drawn from life and etched in Aquafortis, 1969 Parliament. William Hogarth, (born November 10, 1697, London, England—died October 26, 1764, London), the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad, best known for his moral and satirical engravings and paintings—e.g., A Rake’s Progress (eight scenes,1733)...

Eighteenth Century Lithograph “Four In Hnad” 24x27” by Courier and Ives from 1861

A superb Walter Robertson miniature portrait painting done in watercolor on natural organic material. The stately blue-eyed gentleman is wearing a powdered wig, blue jacket with gold buttons, salmon vest, and a white stock. The case for this fine piece is 14K gold, and the reverse has, under glass, 4 sections of hair set at right angles to one another.

The condition of both the painting and the case is excellent, with no issues whatsoever. The lighter sections near the edges of the mini...

A striking mid-century painting from Mexico, glowing with color, by the hand of listed artist JORGE EDGARDO RAMIREZ (sometimes followed by MARTINEZ), born 1940. The oil on canvas, 16 1/4" by 31 1/2" in thin strip framing, is signed at lower right and is signed again, titled and dated on the reverse. The orange, brown and tan earth colors cement its mid-century heritage. The work glows from within, possessing an almost fluorescent quality. There does not seem to be a lot of biographical infor...

Artist’s proof of the print LAUGHING FACE from the “Folk Sayings” series by Clifton Karhu. An artist's proof is a print that is set aside as a reference by the artist and usually marked AP rather than being numbered and included in the main edition. Clifton Karhu (1927 – 007) was an American artist who settled in Japan after serving there in the U.S. military during WW II and returning as a missionary. He became internationally renowned for his woodblock prints which he began making in t...

Oil on canvas, 47" x 27.25" with original period frame in excellent condition, 35.5" x 15.5" unframed (THIS PIECE APPEARS IN THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY FOR THE ARTIST) Jean Mannheim has become so popular among serious collectors of turn-of-the-century art that he almost needs no introduction. Mr. Mannheim was born in Germany in 1863 but fled to Paris after being drafted into the German Army. While in Paris, Mannheim supported himself and his art studies at the Ecole Delecluse Academie Colarossi...

Scene from a Noh play from the series “100 Noh Plays” published 1922-1926

Signed Kogyo with publisher’s seal on lower left, fine impression and color, light soiling on waterfall, general light wear, light toning on verso

Oban tate-e: 10 x 14 ¾ in.

[NOTE: I think my late husband Daniel Tretiak wrote this in 2007, after he got this site up and running.] Daniel Tretiak has written a book, The Life and Works of Haku Maki, the important Japanese printmaker of the second half of the 20th Century. Maki toiled alone most of the time between 1960 and 2000. His output was substantial, most of it was cool, crisp, elegant. An example is shown above. I wrote about it: "The print in the center is the kanji for Me or I; it swooshes across the print,...

A modernist still life oil on linen featuring a golden tan rocking horse in the background, and a silver coffee service in the foreground, all against a brightly colored striped curtain or tapestry. The painting is in very good to excellent unframed condition, painted by the internationally renowned Polish American artist Stanislav Rembski (1896-1998). He was well known for portrait painting, some finer examples of which are housed in the Maryland State Art Collection. He was commissioned by ...

A mid-Victorian chromolithographic print c1860-80 in a period gilt frame depicting two kissing children with a doll. This unsigned 7-1/4 x 5-1/2" print is mounted on a lined mat and encased on a period 11 x 9" gilt wood frame with original glass; it is in excellent original condition with no rips, tears, foxing, staining, fading, losses, damage or repairs other than a small water stain to the mat on the lower right corner and some minor scrapes to the gilding on the frame. All items are thorough...

Oil on canvas painting of a man seated in a library, 28" by 22" (34" by 27 3/4" framed), signed on the book cover at lower right and the subject apparently one "Dr. Young", by well listed Russian-born California artist ALEXANDER IGNATIEV (1913-1995). The work is very 1940's/1950's in feeling, almost mural-like. Ignatiev escaped Russia for China during the revolution and was in San Francisco by 1923, where he studied with Gleb Ilyin. Later in Los Angeles he studied at Chouinard with Millard Sh...

Etching on paper, 5 1/4" by 6 3/4" (10 1/4" by 14 3/8" as framed), the subject the old downtown of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, including a church and medieval buildings, by the important American printmaker JOHN TAYLOR ARMS JR. (1887-1953). Arms was one of the best known and most highly respected American printmakers of the first half of the twentieth century. Born in Washington D.C., he studied architecture at Princeton and MIT and decided to become an architect, but by his early ...

Impressionist oil painting of a Mother Child Titled "Family Outing" at Mast Cove Kennebunkport Maine by Harry Barton. Oil on 24 x 30 panel signed lower left and with estate of the artists stamp on verso. Harry Lang Barton, artist and illustrator May 12, 1908 - August 12, 2001 Born in Cleveland and raised in Seattle, Harry Barton spent his life doing the thing he truly loved--painting. Whether in the Pacific Northwest around Seattle, Hood Canal, and Puget Sound, or in the Art Students Lea...

For the collector of fine modern and surrealist art, this is a pencil signed etching on Arches Vellum paper, titled "Code of Faces V" or "Visages V", or "Quatre Visages" created in 1962 by noted Romanian French Jewish artist VICTOR BRAUNER (1902-1966). There was a series of etchings by the artist that year, all variations of this same theme. Measurements are 19 1/4" by 14 1/2" inside the mat, (27" by 21 3/4" as framed). The total edition was 60 impressions, and this is number 47. Condition ...

Chinese brush painting by Nie Ou. A well known female artist in China, she was born in 1948. She graduated from Central Art Academy School in Beijing and has received several awards. Her work is shown worldwide. This is one of seven pictures we have. It is mounted on silk brocade. The entire area is 19 inches by 29 inches; the picture size is 13 inches by 18 inches.

From our African Collection: A Nigerian Eket Figure, circa 1950. 5 x 18". "The Eket are a people who live in this region. They are a sub-group of the Ibibio people. Eket is also the name of the main sub-language that they speak, a Benue–Congo language. Both languages are similar, but sufficiently distinct to give away the precise district the speaker originates from. The Eket have a form of caste or class society, with the "Amama" being the highest caste, and these are notable for undertaki...

Max Kassler, American 1905–1992 was an abstract Artist known for some of the most unusual experimental work based on the human figure He was an early student of the Picasso school of painting. This work culminated his idea of abstraction in space. This is part of the collection we have at the gallery. Automatic drawing was pioneered by the English artist Austin Osman Spare who wrote a chapter, Automatic Drawing as a Means to Art, in his book, The Book of Pleasure (1913). Other artists who also...

Abstract Figure by New York artist Max Kassler (1903-1993). Oil on Canvas Board, 15.5 x 9 3/4. Modernist. A very beautiful work from the 1950s signed Max Kassler oil on canvas Artist panel,signed on back. The work is reminiscent of Abstract Expressionist Artist….. Max Kassler, American 1905–1992 was an abstract Artist known for some of the most unusual experimental work based on the human figure He was an early student of the Picasso school of painting. This work culminated his idea of abstr...

This is an original hand-colored, 19th century lithograph print by the iconic American ornithologist and naturalist artist JOHN J. AUDUBON (1785-1851), from the nineteenth century series in the small octavo size. Inside the present mat, dimensions are 9 1/4" by 6" inside the innermost mat (16 1/2" by 13" as framed). The title is "Cliff Swallow" and this is Plate number 47 in a long series of bird prints in the small octavo size. I have not examined this out of the frame but condition appears to...