An extremely well painted miniature portrait of a very handsome young man. The sitter is dressed in the traditional black coat and cravat, white shirt with a high stiff collar, and a stickpin. The portrait, on natural organic wafer, is housed in a 14K or higher gold case with a glazed rear aperture showing a lock of hair. Condition of the miniature and case are excellent, with no issues at all. Sight size is 2 1/8" by 1 3/4", and the locket size is 2 1/4" by 1 7/8".

Lithograph on paper print of 1897/98, titled "Kraniche" in German, commonly known as "Cranes" or "Swans" in English, the sheet with margins 10 1/4" by 14", unframed, signed in pencil at lower left margin. This is a fine early color lithograph by the noted German artist WALTER LEISTIKOW (1865-1908). Leistikow's talent was nourished at an early age, He studied at the Royal Academy in Berlin, and by 1890 was himself an art professor at the Berlin Art and Craft School...

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".

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.

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".

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)...

Landscape with Stream by Nigerian artist NM, Oil on Canvas, 6 x 8", Frame Size 8 x 10".

Abstract Impasto Landscape by Nigerian artist NM

From our African Collection: Bante Middle Ivory Coast Female Figure, circa 1950s.

From our African Collection: African Teke Figure from the Republic of Congo. 18" h. “The Teke people settled in a territory lying across the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) and Gabon. During the 15th century, they were integrated into the Tio kingdom, but attained independence in the 17th century. Today, they live in villages led by a clan elder known as the Mfumu, who answers to a hereditary land-chief called Mfumu na tzee...

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...

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.

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...

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"...

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...

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...

By the highly important German impressionist and expressionist artist LOVIS CORINTH (1858-1925) is this soft-ground etching, 9" by 6 1/2" inside the present mat, the size as framed 20" by 15 1/2", titled "Portrait of Hermann Struck", signed in pencil by the artist in the lower right margin and by the printer Heinrich Wetterroth at lower left margin (along with other difficult to decipher information, written in fine pencil), and dated in the plate at upper right "1911"...

Floral And Fruit Still Life by Harriet Carter Williams, '66. Unframed Oil on Canvas 24 x 20".