An enhanced, dramatic color Cibachrome print photograph, hand titled "Cairo Cityscape Egypt 1979", also hand signed in the same silvery ink by the photographer, LYDIA CLARKE HESTON and numbered at lower center mat 10 of 20 examples. HESTON (1923-2018) was for 64 years the wife of the famous American actor, but was an independent woman who carved her own path despite being in the shadow of one of America's most famous faces of the 20th century...

A group of THREE 19th century English botanical prints, two framed identically in gold with closed corners, the third framed in a different gold frame with beading. The matching pair measure 19 1/2" by 17 1/2" in the frames; the final piece slightly smaller at 19" by 16". The print in that latter piece, by artist Fitch, has horizontal creases, one sharp; the year "1846" is written in pencil at bottom edge...

Leon Bakst, Russian 1866-1924, was an artist famous for his watercolor costume drawings of the Ballet Russe of Paris France. Many we have feature Vaslav Najinsky who is considered the greatest dancer of classical ballet. The drawings are all original with watercolor and gouache and pencil notations and signed. They are from a private collection that was in the owners family for many, many years. They are priced at $2,500. Each

A small etching of one of the classic old buildings of America's oldest coastal cities, perhaps New Orleans or Charleston South Carolina, titled "Street Cart", numbered 91/150 and signed "Godzala" or similar. The etching measures 3 3/4" by 2 1/2" inside the mat and 10 1/4" by 8 1/4" in the silver metal frame. Condition is excellent. The piece likely dates to the 1990's through present. I do not see an obvious artist that would correspond with the name.

Edmund Blampied 1886-1966 British This is an original drypoint etching by British artist Edmund Blampied. The title is: Village News. This etching was created and printed in 1931. It is signed in sepia ink lower border and has the edition noted as 16/100. The image measures 8 3/4X12 inches. "Edmund Blampied (1886-1966) was one of the most eminent artists to come from the Channel Islands, yet he received no formal training in art until he was 16 years old...

A circa 1930 colorful, beautiful, accomplished woodblock print of a Christmas cactus, by Austrian-born artist HUGO NOSKE (1886-1960). Noske was born in Vienna and was a very talented artist, perhaps best known today for the technically accomplished, wonderful woodblock prints of floral subjects, often specifically cacti or Christmas cacti, on tissue-like Japan paper. This is one of those prints. Measurements are 12" by 13 1/8"...

A group of three etchings of New York City subject matter, each pencil signed and titled by the artist LEON LOUIS DOLICE (1892-1960). The three titles are "Fish Market", "Metropolitan Tower", and "NJ Waterfront". "Metropolitan Tower" is the largest, the printed area measuring 10 1/4" by 7 1/4"; the other two are 7 1/2" by 6" (printed area). Interestingly the prints are all printed off-center or otherwise at irregular angles on the sheets...

A large etching in colors by the famous Czech artist, TAVIK FRANTISEK SIMON (1877-1942), commonly titled "Rue Mouffetard" (Paris scene). The sheet measures 21" by 24" and is presently unframed with just an old mat. The subject is a pawn shop ("Chiffonier") in Paris, the antique curiosities and goods displayed on the street as people mill about. In the plate appears the artist's distinctive monogram and the date of execution, 1913...

A man carrying a load of firing wood followed by his faithful dog, a solitary cow standing near its barn in the background, a man leaving the side door of his house carrying a bucket, and a man and woman leaving the home in a sleigh carriage driven by two horses down a country road – all orchestrate to create the nostalgic beauty which Currier and Ives created as the nation attempted to forget the pains of the Civil War.

Undoubtedly a New England vignette, it resonates with Americ...

A rare etching of one of New York area's bridges, depicted in an interesting phase of its construction, pencil signed by American etcher artist RALPH PEARSON (1883-1958). The work measures 10 3/4" by 15 1/4" inside the mat and 17 1/2" by 21" as framed. The artist titled it at lower left "#69 Hell Gate Bridge" and inscribed it in pencil at lower margin "To Harold Swartz--Artist". (Harold Swartz appears to refer to the Los Angeles/New Mexico sculptor, born 1887, died 1948)...

**FOUR** small etchings of familiar and beloved San Francisco scenes, by the noted California artist HARRIET GENE ROUDEBUSH (1908-1998). They are titled at lower left margin as follows: "Telegraph Hill from Russian Hill"; "View from the Fairmont"; "Sausalito"; and "Telegraph Hill". All are pencil signed at lower right by the artist. Roudebush was born in Portland, Oregon and moved to Sacramento as a youth...

This is a color print after an original drawing of a young indigenous girl of about 3 looking directly at the viewer, the work signed in the print at lower left, and in ballpoint pen by hand at lower right, by the Canadian master artist NICHOLAS DE GRANDMAISON (1892-1978). The piece measures 11 3/4" by 9 1/2" inside the mat (17 1/2" by 13 1/2" as framed in classic oak, with decorative devices in each corner)...

A fine black and white original photograph, 10 1/4" by 13 1/2" (16" by 20" in metal frame), signed in the mount in pencil by the noted American photographer HENRY E. GILPIN (1922-2011). The work, commonly referred to as "Mount McKinley, Northeast Corner of Wonder Lake, 4:30 AM", is one of the photographer's most popular and best-known images, after "Highway 1, California". The original negative dates to 1978, though this could have been printed later...

An original lithograph print, "Le Peintre et son Double" ("The Painter and his Double"), 1981, from the publication Derriere le Miroir, edition of 15000 with the original center fold, Mourlot ref. #992, by iconic Russian-French-Jewish artist MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985). The print is unsigned; measurements inside the mat are 14 1/4" by 19 3/4" (19 1/2" by 25" framed). Condition is excellent with no foxing.

This is a true lithograph, numbered 170/200 at lower left margin, pencil signed by the artist at lower right, the title of the work given on reverse label as "My Beloved is Like a Roe". The lithograph is by the important Jewish artist THEO(DORE) TOBIASSE (1927-2012). Tobiasse has often been compared to Chagall and Picasso, with his figure-based, personal, dreamy interpretations of themes like the exploration of one's heritage, exile, and Biblical and erotic fantasy. He was born in Israel, moved...

**ONE OF SEVERAL WORKS BY BURR IN MY SHOP**, this is an etching on paper print, 8 1/2" by 10 1/4" inside the mat (15 1/4" by 17" as framed), signed in pencil at lower left by noted western American artist GEORGE ELBERT BURR (1859-1939). At lower right is written the title of the work, "A Mirage--Ariz". Burr's etchings and watercolors of the Great Southwest, especially Arizona and Colorado, are eagerly sought after by collectors. This example, of Spanish Bayonet (yucca) and ocotillo and cholla ca...

A woodblock print on hand-made paper, the subject a female nude, as originally published in 1921 in the French language literary and art magazine Les Cahiers d'Aujourd'hui. According to information affixed to the backing, this is "original work done on hand laid paper", which was "string-tied" into the hand-bound booklet. CARL HOFER (1878-1955) is today considered a German Expressionist; his finest paintings have exceeded $500,000 at auctions. Hofer was in Paris from 1908 to 1913, after which...

Japanese woodblock print by Kunitero Utagawa (1808-1876) in three sheets, depicting the war council of the forty seven ronin. These ronin, the loyal retainers, had been Samurai in the service of Lord Asano when he was obligated to commit seppuku for drawing his sword at the Palace of the Shogun. He was provoked to drawing by many insults from Kira Yoshinaka. At their Lord’s death the samurai became ronin and swore revenge on Kira Yoshinaka which they carried out a year later and then many of t...