All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1990 item #1405527
E & M Perez
$48.00
Woodblock print by E.M. Washington, paper size 9 3/8" x 6 3/8", image size 4" x 3 3/4", mat 13 1/2" x 11". Black ink on tan paper, depicts a semi nude woman in what looks like bar or speakeasy setting, with gramophone and leering man in the background. Signed by Washington, titled "Quadroon-Gramophone" and numbered 24 of 30. Dated 1924, but actually printed in the 1990's Good condition, in acid free mats with glassine cover over image, paper affixed to back mat with small piece of tape...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1990 item #1457329
Pencil signed 1986 color print "The Buffalo Hunters", numbered at lower left margin 214/1000 and pencil signed at lower right margin by the well-known contemporary western American art master FRED FELLOWS (1934-). The large print (18" by 34" inside the double mat), 24" by 40" as framed, is a typical example of the work of this realist western and cowboy genre artist, known for both sculpture and painting...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1990 item #1415764
An oil painting directly on a chunk of sandstone, by the noted western American artist, writer and philosopher A KELLY PRUITT (1924-2009), featuring a young Native American girl astride a horse. The work is inscribed "To a beautiful spirit Kristen/with love A Kelly Pruitt". The irregularly shaped work measures approximately 12" by 12" and weighs a full 4 1/2 pounds...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pencil : Pre 1990 item #1418923 (stock #JB02376)
Pencil on paper drawing, 6 1/4" by 15", unframed, signed at lower right and dated there 1991, by the noted contemporary sculptor, ceramicist, designer and painter PETER SHIRE (1947-). This complex modern drawing is imaginative, three dimensional, and whimsical, and could only have been created by a true artist. Shire was becoming known on the art scene with his now famous teapot sculptures in the early 1980's, attracting the attention of Memphis figure Ettore Sottsass...
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 : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1990 item #1461535
Acrylic on canvas 15" by 19" (21 1/2" by 24 1/2" framed) painting of northeastern-style clapboard homes in late autumn season, a tiny figure and dog adding a charming touch, signed at lower right by artist BEN ROSEN. A worn label affixed to the reverse of the canvas gives the title "The Suburb", 1984 date, and a 718 area code phone number (greater New York City area)...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1990 item #1421824 (stock #JB04937)
A striking, complex drawing suggestive of three dimensionality, in rich teal blue and black, violet and gold, with strategic cut-outs revealing the white backing, 25" by 38' in the plastic enclosure box. The work does not appear to be signed but a fading label on backing gives the title as "Turquesa" ("Turquoise in Spanish) and the artist as JUNE SOBEL (1950-). Sobel was born in Queens, New York and grew up on Long Island...
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1990 item #1378857 (stock #02239I)
The size of work: 12 3/4 x 9 7/8. This is another small Zeka’s work with more abstract forms than other one. This work also has other drawing form on darker area They are intentionally painted with different tone pigment. Again, it is very interesting. It is pained with black paint on Aquarellpappe (thick Wator color paper board)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1990 item #1417152 (stock #JB01538)
Watercolor and ink on paper, and possibly a little gum arabic in spots, for highlight shine, no glass, 7 1/4" by 9 1/4", (15 1/4" by 17 1/2 " in its simple wood frame), the subject a boat harbor no doubt on the central coast of California, signed at lower right center by California watercolor artist RITCHIE ALLEN BENSON (1941-1996). This is a nicely executed work and it is in excellent, fresh condition with no foxing nor water staining, despite having traveled without protective glass...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1990 item #1463101 (stock #2756)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,800.00
A stunning oil on canvas seascape signed S. Ottovani beautifully framed work
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1990 item #1489633 (stock #12540)
t a t a m i
$250.00


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Combination of incomplete Japanese Ichimatsu doll made of ‘toso’ (type of wood composition) and a synthetic resin ball. Showa period, 20th century. Doll: 22.8 x 12 x 7.5 cm (8.97 x 4.72 x 2.95in), Ball: 8.5 cm (3.34in)...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pencil : Pre 1990 item #1418669 (stock #JB02375)
Heavy pencil on paper drawing, 6" by 15", unframed, signed at lower center and dated there '91, (see another very similar drawing I have listed), by the noted contemporary sculptor, ceramicist, designer and painter PETER SHIRE (1947-). This complex modern drawing is imaginative, three dimensional, and whimsical, and could only have been created by a true artist...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1990 item #1458860
African (possibly, west African) wood carving of a face with decorative motifs, two eye holes, extreme dimensions 23 1/2" by 4" by 3", hand painted and carved out of one block of wood. It has some age. An interesting work for a long narrow space that needs some decoration.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1990 item #1446014 (stock #2018)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,500.00
Mario Russo (1925-2000) was an Italian painter known for his unique style and innovative approach to art. Born in Naples, Italy, Russo received his formal art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where he studied painting and sculpture...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1990 item #1418748 (stock #JB02934)
Sold together as a pair, unframed oil on masonite board paintings of trees in landscapes, the larger piece 30" by 40", the smaller one 24" by 35 1/2", both by the noted Santa Barbara/Ventura area California artist DOUGLAS SHIVELY (1896-1991). Shively was born in Santa Paula among the citrus and avocado groves, and he chose to continue to live in that scenic area his entire life, despite many overseas voyages...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1990 item #1441633 (stock #578)
Abstract Figure by New York artist Max Kassler (1903-1993). Oil on Canvas Board, 15.5 x 9 3/4...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1990 item #1420241 (stock #JB02811)
Large and complex abstract drawing, possibly in oil stick or oil pastel, 27 1/2" by 18 1/2" (37" by 24 1/2" as framed), signed at lower right "Zohar" and dated there "12/89". This is a fairly common Israeli name and there are listed artists by this name but the style and signature do not seem to match up with them, so I am offering this as a great abstract that is sure to please from the decorative standpoint. It will be shipped without glass as the sheet is too large to send without risk of b...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1990 item #1459969 (stock #2467)
L'Enfant Gallery
$34,000.00
American Master Joseph DAWLEY 1936-2008 “Woman In Black” , 30” x 24” Biography: Joseph William Dawley (1936-2008) was born in Nashville, Arkansas and raised in Dallas, Texas. He received his B.A. from SMU where some of his art hangs today. He married and moved to NJ working for the Newark Evening News retouching photos and sidelining as a political cartoonist. He spent time studying at the Art Students League in NYC and in 1968 he decided to devote all his time to painting. Realism was h...