All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1422790 (stock #JB04203)
For the den or man cave of the fly fisherman, here is a rustic painting on plywood panel of a trout leaping to catch what appears to be a large yellow moth or butterfly flitting just above the water's surface. The painting is actually titled "Butterfly" at bottom center. At right corner is the name of the artist, W. L. Mohl or Mahl, and "White Pine Pk. 1939". There is a "White Pine Peak" in both Utah and Nevada. This was found in Fresno, in central California...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1416223 (stock #JB0178)
Oil on canvas, 18" by 25" (19 1/2" by 26 1/2" as framed) signed lower left "F. Glyndon". This is a nicely painted landscape of the edge of the forest, with pink blossoms on one of the trees, by FRANK GLYNDON (1847-1937). Glyndon was born in Prague, Bohemia and arrived in New York by ship from Liverpool in 1892. Shortly after 1900, Glyndon lived in Alameda, California. He was known for genre, landscapes, and portrait paintings...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1491383
Alessandro Mastro-Valerio 1889-1953 American This is an original pencil signed mezzotint by American artist Allesandro Mastro-Valerio. This study of two bathers at the ocean has an image size of 7X6 3/4 inches. Numbered as 20/35. A scarce image by this well known artist and master of the modern mezzotint. Printed on a heavy weight wove type sheet. He was a member of the Chicago Society of Etchers, He is best known for his mezzotint* prints, particularly his female nudes...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : Pre 1940 item #1464873
Emil Ganso 1895-1941 American This is an early painting by American artist Emil Ganso. This painting of a Nude Woman sleeping on the Bed is signed and dated lower right corner, 1934. The painting measures 15X21 inches. Oil on Board. Framed.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1940 item #1479882 (stock #3427)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,800.00
Russian born sculptor and artist Ruben Kupur, born in modern day Lithuania, amd immigration to American in 1906. These matched pair of work in bronze measuring 19” in height each. Depicting a woman bring sheaves of wheat and a man bringing grapes., both signed KUPUR
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1416973
A pretty scene of rapids and a wild river running through a wide gorge, trees bordering, signed at lower left with initials that appear to be MKB and dated there 1934. The watercolor on paper work measures 14 1/2" by 11 1/2" (25 1/2" by 21 1/2" in interesting frame, with drawn lines mat). The landscape could be Canadian as well but without more information on the artist it is difficult to determine authorship. Found in the mountain states of the west...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1359152 (stock #22105)
Original watercolor by Bertram Goodman (American, 1904-1988), circa 1940. Offered in a period frame. Signed l.r. 17" by 12" painting alone, 29" by 23" in frame. Bertram Goodman was a WPA artist and muralist. His works are held in the Brooklyn Museum and the Allbright-Knox Art Gallery.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1470171
John Edward Costigan Open John Edward Costigan configuration 1888-1972 American This is perhaps the best known etching by American Regionalist, John E. Costigan. The title is: Fishermen Three, it was created and printed in 1938 and sold by Associated American Artists in New York. This etching has an image size of 8 7/8X11 7/8 inches Hand signed in pencil lower border. This image appears in the book, A Treasury of American Prints by Craven.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1420272 (stock #JB02951)
Gouache on paper drawing of Wise Men on camels in a nocturne landscape, the bright star announcing the birth of Jesus, titled at bottom "Behold There Came Wise Men", 15" by 18 3/4" (22 1/4" by 28 1/2"as framed, without glass), apparently unsigned, but by a little-known California artist, Frederick Millson. This is an accomplished illustration drawing by a talented yet elusive artist about which there seems to be little known. It would make for an unusual Christmas gift...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Stone : Pre 1940 item #45256 (stock #1392)
Original marble sculpture by Theodor Mallener (Czech, 1892-1978). Mallener is a Czech sculptor born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. He apparently spent part of his life in Germany, where he died (Schwabmunchen, Bavaria) in 1972. He is listed mainly in Czech sources. There was also a sculptor named Mallener who worked in Vienna for the Goldscheider Factory in the early part of the century who may or may not be the same artist. This sculpture is signed Th. Mallener on the base...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1060054 (stock #21112)
Complete original portfolio of etchings by Hirst Dillon Milhollen (American, Virginia, 1906-1970), complete and in excellent original condition, dated 1937. This portfolio contains 10 etchings of Haiti (plus one attached to the portfolio cover) and is number 24 out of fifty sets. All the etchings are pencil signed and titled by the artist. Hirst Dillon Milhollen is an American artist from Virginia who for years ran the prints and photographs division of the Library of Congress...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #982270
Arthur Heintzelman, American, 1891-1965, drypoint etching, "Adolphe Appia, Jeune Artiste Philosophe", drypoint etching, image size: 12 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches, 1934, cat. Smith-92, edition of 100, pencil signed.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1443539 (stock #1094)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,200.00
Unsigned “The Temptress”, a Baltimore School Artist, 10x8” Please see catalog #913 for a painting by the same artist. The pair can be $1800.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1154461
Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, French, 1884-1974, "The Beach at Saint Tropez," Etching with drypoint, image size 9 1/4 x 11 1/2, 1934, edition of 40, pencil signed and numbered. This print is also in the MoMA collection.
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1940 item #1453167 (stock #1587)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,100.00
Philip Jameson American Artist Nature Study Drawing 12x15” The drawing which is well observed in nature. Jameson lived in the New England area and painted there as well. More information coming….
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1940 item #1444467 (stock #1248)
Germany 1930s period Lithograph “Modernist Workers” 27x39” Greater German Reich[h] from 1943 to 1945, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country which they transformed into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #758937 (stock #5727)
A nicely painted and tranquil signed watercolour of a sailboat on a lake with islands and distant mountains c1920s...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1109804
A Fine Painting by the Listed Riverside, California Artist, Myrna Elwell (1902-?). The Painting measures about 18" by 18" in its frame of about 24 1/2" by 24 1/2". Signed lower right as shown. A little dirty and some wear to frame, overall quite nice.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1453132
An old watercolor painting of the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, signed at lower left by the noted artist VITTORE ZANETTI-ZILLA (1869-1946). Measurements are 9 1/2" by 13 1/4" (14 3/4" by 18 1/2" as framed). The artist studied in Venice and in his mid twenties traveled through Europe, which had an effect on his style. He exhibited at Munich in 1893 and in Buenos Aires in 1910. After World War I, the artist remained in Milano. Solo exhibitions of his work took place in 1918 and 1920. Za...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1420907 (stock #JB04297)
A watercolor painting of three sprigs of gladioli in a vase, unfinished, dated at lower right 1931 and signed there by listed London-born artist VIOLET CITRON (1901-1995). Citron's biography is sketchy but she apparently spent much of her life in Israel, passing away there in 1995. Landscapes of Holy Land scenes are known, appearing occasionally at auction, usually in Israel (sometimes signed in Hebrew). This work measures 24" by 18" inside the present mat opening and 32" by 25" framed. The ...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1421268 (stock #JB05025)
Etching titled lower left margin "The Chain Gate", signed at lower right margin "John LaFarge". The work, 4 1/4" by 5 3/4" inside the mat opening (8" by 10" simply framed) does NOT appear to be by the famous American artist John LaFarge (1835-1910), though a previous owner wrote on the backing information suggesting that it is by that known artist. It might be difficult to ascertain the identity of the John LaFarge who signed this; John La Farge's youngest son, John La Farge Jr. (1880-1963) wa...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1422803 (stock #JB04112)
A fine circa 1930's watercolor painting of a sunny lane in Bermuda, a tall lone palm dominating the whitewashed walls and distinctive tiered roofs of Bermuda. Carson was a frequent winter visitor to the island after about 1932, and his contribution to Bermuda art history has been recognized in the Masterworks Bermuda collection. From time to time, oils and watercolors come to the market, but they are scarce. The artist was born in Massachusetts and trained in Boston and at the Art Students Le...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1421082 (stock #JB04717)
An old watercolor of a street scene in Alsace (the portion of eastern France that borders Germany), featuring a well for water and a half timbered house wall, along with a pretty window with flowers in pots. The artist, AMELIE FOLEY-RISLER (1870-1947) signed at bottom left and the town is identified there as Niedermorschwihr, Alsace. The unframed watercolor, 14 3/4" by 11", is in excellent condition. The artist was primarily a watercolorist, but there does not seem to be an available biograph...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1446006 (stock #2009)
L'Enfant Gallery
$48,000.00
Le Pont du Carrousel et Quai Voltaire by French artist Maximilien Luce (13 March 1858 – 6 February 1941)….. Luce was a prolific French Neo-impressionist artist, known for his paintings, illustrations, engravings, and graphic art, and also for his anarchist activism. Starting as an engraver, he then concentrated on painting, first as an Impressionist, then as a Pointillist, and finally returning to Impressionism. Maximilien-Jules-Constant Luce was born on 13 March 1858 in Paris. His parents, ...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1419374 (stock #JB02284)
Lithograph titled in pencil at lower margin "Going Home", pencil signed at lower right by the artist, JOHN EDWARD COSTIGAN (1888-1972). The print measures 9 1/2" by 14 3/8" inside the mat, 16 3/4" by 20 3/4" framed. The original Associated American Artists labels remain on the backing paper, as shown. Costigan was known for his sympathetic portrayals of what he knew and loved best, the people and countryside of upstate New York, where he lived on a farm in Orangeburg. A native of Providence,...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1940 item #573147 (stock #2673)
Antique original lithograph of a standing nude by Julius John Pommer (American, 1895-1945). This wonderful nude dates from the thirties. It is dedicated l.l. and pencil signed l.r. Offered framed. Pommer was born in San Francisco and studied at the CSFA under Otis Oldfield. He was active in the Federal Arts Project in the thirties. Well listed (cf. Askart, Edan Hughes "Artists in California", etc.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1418674 (stock #JB04500)
A fine aquatint print circa 1930's, the subject one of the famous canals of old Bruges, Belgium, pencil signed at lower right margin by French artist FREDERIC LOUIS LEVE (1877-1968), and numbered in pencil 86 at lower left margin, where there is a blind stamp in the paper. Leve was a painter in oil and watercolor but is most widely known for his skill in aquatint, a form of etching which lends itself to creating prints that look very much like watercolor. The color and detail in this example i...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1940 item #1427857
Hand signed in pencil and numbered 13/35, this unframed limited edition lithograph by Spratling titled ACUITLAPAN was produced in 1931 from his original drawing for his book LITTLE MEXICO. The lithograph measures 16" X 11.5". The landscape image is about 6.5" X 7.5". This is one of 7 lithographs we purchased from Weyhe Gallery in NY in 1995. The gallery had a long time relationship with Spratling dating back to his very early days in Taxco. The lithograph is in beautiful condition. Several museu...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1423497 (stock #JB03712)
Watercolor painting of a stand of leafless trees in late autumn, a small stream flowing through, 11" by 8" framed, apparently unsigned. I would imagine this dates to the 1920's or 1930's most likely. I did open up the backing and could find neither signature nor any other information, though I feel the work quite likely by a listed artist. I purchased the painting in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Condition is excellent. The frame has a rustic Adirondacks feeling to it, with a suggestion of sa...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Marker : Pre 1940 item #1453787 (stock #1682)
Hey beautiful done drawing of a young boy done in 1940 work signed Gottlieb 20x14”
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1420533 (stock #VB2)
Original white line woodcut (aka Provincetown woodblock or woodcut) by Virginia Bill (USA, 1865-1960), circa 1930. In excellent condition. Archivally matted and framed. This work is signed by the artist lower right and is titled lower left "Portuguese Jewish Cemetery 11th Street N.Y." This is a view of an ancient Sephardic cemetery in New York, or rather of what was left of it after most of it was destroyed by road construction. A great work by an elusive proponent of the white line technique...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1940 item #1445286 (stock #1756)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,500.00
From our African Collection: An Eastern Congo Stool, circa 1950.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1415435 (stock #JB01176)
Oil on canvasboard, 16" by 20" and 1 1/4" dark stained oak frame, signed at lower left with initial "D", and executed en grisaille (grays, whites, black). This is a work by an accomplished artist, showing what appears to be a solemn funeral gathering, with a minister reading from the bible as a black gravedigger looks on at right. The style of dress of the mourners suggests the 19th century as the period depicted. I thought this might be a work by the major illustrator Harvey Dunn, and ran th...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1441267 (stock #219)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,200.00
Small beautiful masterpiece oil on canvas of the French Normandy Region in Winter,circa 1930s measuring 16”x13” Maggy Monier, 1887-1965 Notable French art-déco painter, Maggy Monier was renowned for her watercolor postcards. She illustrates this edition with six vibrant watercolors on tracing paper, as well as one ornamental, watercolor half-title page. Her imagery and palette echo the orientalist themes present in Baudelaire’s poetry, but she remains in the art-déco style. Source: V...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1420065 (stock #JB02866)
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. The painting has some condition issues typical of well-trav...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1940 item #757196
Carl Pickhardt, American, 1908- , Lithograph, "Center Ring", 1936, image size: 11 1/2X8 1/8", pencil signed