Charles Francis Browne (American,1859-1920)

Clearing Fog

Signed and dated: 1915

Ptg: 20"x 28"
New Frame: 28"x 34"

Born in Natick, Massachusetts, Charles Francis Browne was primarily active in Illinois as a landscape painter and teacher, and was one of the original members of the Eagle's Nest Art Colony in Oregon, Illinois...

In 1861, the great American portrait painter George Peter Alexander Healy create a series of masterful oil copies of the latest Matthew Brady gallery photographs of the leaders of The union government and military. This may be one of them...

Venus at Her Bath

After a model (1757) by Christophe Gabriel Allegrain (French,1710 - 1795)

Executed by Maison Susse Foundry after 1839

Bronze, 16" tall x 5" x5", stamped "Susse. fre. Edt."

Known for their fine casting and patinas the Susse Foundry produced both antique bronzes and bronzes by contremporary 19th Century artists.

*Please note: This is an original antique bronze, not a modern re-strike, and is so guaranteed.

A beautifully executed watercolor painting titled "America" signed at lower right by the noted English marine artist THOMAS GOLDSWORTHY DUTTON (c. 1819-1891), the subject a schooner with tiny figures off a coast; actually, a very special, historical schooner: "America" was a 19th-century racing yacht and first winner of the America's Cup international sailing trophy. On August 22, 1851, America won the Royal Yacht Squadron's 53-mile (85 km) regatta around the Isle of Wight by 18 minutes...

Etching "Jewish Market Tangier" by the noted Swedish-born American artist BROR JULIUS OLSSON NORDFELDT (1878-1955), measuring 7 1/2" by 8 1/4" inside the mat and 13 1/2" by 15 3/4" in black strip frame. There is an old label on the backing from The Print Rooms, Inc., 540 Sutter Street, San Francisco. Nordfeldt lived an interesting life, moving rather frequently...

Abraham Lincoln Bust By Leonard W. Volk 1828-1895 32”x24” Original plaster made from the life mask that was done for Lincoln in 1860. The artist did both plaster and bronze large and small formats somewhere designed as Hermes format others were done such as this piece in the classical style 32”x24”

A beautiful romantic genre scene of two young adult children one with a fishing rod done circa 1870. Unsigned oil on canvas, newer gold water gilded frame

A Historic Pair of paintings on glass painted from reverse of George Washington and Martha Washington done in Canton China dating from 1797-1805. The story about the paintings is that as a result of an enterprising trade shipper named James Swords, who purchased a replica of the Antheneum bust of Washington by Gilbert Stuart in 1796 and immediately took it to Canton where he commission artist to make it an unauthorized copy on gas...

This horizontal print, created in 1973, is Work 73-14A, a dramatic depiction of the kanji for Dragon. It is 17 of 103 and measures 16.25inW x 11.5inH. Maki did perhaps a dozen dragons and this is one of the most striking.

A hand painted vintage copy of perhaps HENRI MATISSE's most famous painting, "The Dessert: Harmony in Red", one of his Fauvist masterpieces dating to 1908. That large work about 71" by 87", hangs in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. You on the other hand can own this faithful copy, painted very sensitively by a talented unknown hand, most likely in the 1960's or 1970's. The piece, on canvasboard, measures a more wieldy 18" by 24"...

A dramatic early black and white photo of the Empire State Building in Manhattan, photographer unknown, the structure featuring prominently at center of the image, surrounded by the lower buildings from which it emerges. The building was completed in 1931. Some information I saw online suggests the antenna was not placed until as late as 1952. The photo dates from somewhere in that period, and very likely to the early/mid 1930's...

A clean example of "Whosoever Believeth", circa 1992, a limited edition print after a painting by the well known contemporary artist, who signs "G. Harvey" (GERALD HARVEY JONES, born 1933). The work features a Russian Orthodox church in the late afternoon of a gray winter day, painted in the artist's typically realistic style...

ONE OF A NUMBER BY THE ARTIST IN MY SHOP**This is a small etching, 7 3/8" by 5 1/4" inside the mat, 15" by 11 3/4" as simply framed, by the noted California artist HARRIET GENE ROUDEBUSH (1908-1998), titled at lower left margin "Carmel cypress trees" and pencil signed at lower right by the artist. The imagery features stately, classic Monterey Cypress trees on the famous foggy coastline. Roudebush was born in Portland, Oregon and moved to Sacramento as a youth...

Zeka Marquez Drawing Group #1
Size of Drawing 1 ea - 27 1/2" Wide x 39" High
with Siganture of Zeka Marquez on lower right.

Size of Drawing 2 ea - 28 3/4" Wide x 40" High.
All drawing are done by Zeka Marquez in 1980's period.
Drawing are done with black ink.
The condition of all three drawing excellent.
2 large drawing is slightly thicker than first one
with signature of artist.

The subject of drawing is Human forms done in Black ink...

Zeka Marquez Drawing Group #2
Size of Drawing 1 ea - 27 1/2" Wide x 39" High
with Siganture of Zeka Marquez on lower right.

Size of Drawing 2 ea - 28 3/4" Wide x 40" High.
All drawing are done by Zeka Marquez in 1980's period,
on ASPIS SUPERFINE Drawing Board.
Drawing are done with black ink...

Zeka Marquez Drawing Group #4
Size of Drawing 1 ea - 27 1/2" Wide x 39" High
with Siganture of Zeka Marquez on lower right.

Size of Drawing 2 ea - 28 3/4" Wide x 40" High.
All drawing are done by Zeka Marquez in 1980's period,
on ASPIS SUPERFINE Drawing Board.
The condition of each drawing excellent,
except, 2 nd drawing with has very slight light rubbed surface
on upper area. It is hard to recognized.
Drawing are done with black ink...

A Very Rare 6 Korean Traditional Men/Women Outdoor Amusements(Genre)(풍속화-남녀유락도(男女遊樂圖) Paintings by정재(鼎齋), 최우석(Choi WooSuk/崔禹錫/1899-1964) artist’s sign and two seals, each painting framed...

Impressionist oil on canvas painting of the famous beach at Laguna Beach, California, signed at lower left by the well-listed Russian-born artist who made his home in the Southwest, CONSTANTINE CHERKAS (1919-2011). The work measures 18" by 24" (25" by 31" framed). Cherkas was born in Moscow and showed unusual early talent. He studied there and later in Vienna and Munich, his life disrupted by World War II, during which he was arrested by the Nazis and sent to a camp...