All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Charcoal : Pre 1920 item #1416735 (stock #JB02885)
Charcoal drawing on paper, unframed, 8 1/4" by 6", signed at lower left by the important, well-known German illustrator artist and photographer, HEINRICH ZILLE (1858-1929). Zille's works have exceeded $60,000 at German auctions, and even simple charcoal drawings commonly bring up to about the $10,000 range, those with color being especially desirable. He was born in Dresden and was in Berlin as a child, already showing artistic promise...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1920 item #1481933 (stock #3520)
L'Enfant Gallery
$12,000.00
An early American painting circa 1820-40 , portrait of a woman holding a sealed red wax letter, which the family always called THE SCARLET LETTER. THE WORK MEASURING 38” x 32”
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1920 item #1421487 (stock #JB04878)
A rare woodcut color print of exotic cacti in small pots on a yellow and white cloth, 9 3/8" by 9 3/8" inside the innermost mat, 18 1/4" by 17 1/2" as framed, pencil signed at lower right by the artist, EMMA (EMILIE LEONORE) MEYER (1859-1921). The paper use is an exceedingly delicate tissue-like paper. This is a finely crafted work by an artist from Denmark, who obviously deserves to be better known...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1920 item #1449899 (stock #1365)
L'Enfant Gallery
$15,000.00
Hans Zatzka was born on 8 March 1859 in Vienna. His father Bartholomaüs was a construction worker, and his mother was Marie Karpischek Zatzka.[6] Between 1877 and 1882, he studied at the Academie des Beaux-Arts, under Christian Griepenkerl, Carl Wurzinger, and Karl von Blaas.Zatzka was able to earn a living through the production of frescoes for churches and other institutions. In 1885, Zatzka was commissioned to create the ceiling fresco The Naiad of Baden at Kurhaus Baden.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1920 item #1375837 (stock #10923)
Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"Early Autumn Near Bedford PA."

Oil-on Board, signed, and titled on the reverse

Exhibited: The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstowm MD: A Seasonal View - The Landscapes of Benson Bond Moore, September 1 - October 27, 1996

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

Painting: 14" x 18"
Frame: 18.25" x 22.5"

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All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1920 item #831810
William Lee Hankey, European, 1869-1952, "Marie of the Fields", Drypoint etching, image size: 7 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches, ed 100, 1919, printed on wove paper, pencil signed with artist's blindstamp. This image is considered one of the artist's finest work.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pastel : Pre 1920 item #1422721 (stock #JB04167)
An early 20th century pastel landscape of trees and a small creek at left, 20" by 27 1/2" as framed behind glass, no mat, signed at lower right by artist H. W. Carr. This was a period of great activity in pastel landscape painting; displaying original art in one's home, instead of a mere print, was considered a symbol of status. The frame is worn, with chipping.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1302668
A unique, bronze, statue of a small boy, dressed in early 20th century American clothing, learning to smoke a cigarette, while holding his hat in a concealing fashion.The plaque at the bottom says "A Beginner". CIRCA: Early 20th century ORIGIN: USA DIMENSIONS: 5 1/8" W x 11 1/4" H
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1920 item #1416799 (stock #JB04907)
Oil on canvas painting, 30" by 20", unframed, of two deer in a silent forest of towering redwoods, shafts of light penetrating to the forest floor, signed twice at lower left by the noted Northern California artist CHARLES DORMON ROBINSON (1847-1933). This is a classic old painting of the northern part of the Golden State, by one of its most appreciated historical painters. Robinson was born in Maine but was in San Francisco during the Gold Rush days...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1449528 (stock #1333)
L'Enfant Gallery
$12,000.00
Bronze Sculpture of Aurora The Goddess of the Dawn by Artist Gustav Michel, 1854-1924. Gustave Frédéric Michel (1851–1924) was a French sculptor, and medallist, according to Marina Warner "one of the most famous sculptors of the first decades of this (twentieth) century in France," although virtually unknown today. He also taught sculpture; among his pupils was the American Edith Howland...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1920 item #36583 (stock #1982)
African Mask 10" long X 6 1/2" wide.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1920 item #1419875 (stock #JB02772)
This is a lithograph on paper, the sheet 25 1/2" by 19 1/2", watermarked along the left edge "B. Crayon XXXX Manufre. Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-les-Annonay", circa 1920, signed in the plate by the internationally famous American expatriate artist JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925), after a charcoal and graphite drawing of 1913 now in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1920 item #1376379 (stock #10971)
Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"October Afternoon, Soldiers Home, Wash...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1920 item #1420903 (stock #JB05421)
A small painting on canvas, 12" by 9" (15" by 12" framed) titled on reverse "Hermit Home", by listed artist GEORGE EUGENE SCHROEDER (1865-1935). The scene is a modest rustic cabin in a forest clearing. The artist signed at lower right and again on reverse, wrote his name and "Heyburn, IDA". Heyburn is in the southern part of the state, between Twin Falls and Pocatello, on the Snake River...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1920 item #1417022 (stock #JB01234)
Oil on canvas laid on board, 7" by 11" and 1 1/2" wide beautiful original pie crust frame in good condition, unsigned, but without a doubt the distinctive work of noted and prolific Northern California painter RICHARD DETREVILLE (one of several works by the artist in my shop). Detreville was born in South Carolina in 1864, and by the early years of the new century, he was in Stockton publishing a magazine. Shortly thereafter he was in San Francisco, represented by a gallery...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1920 item #1459092 (stock #Rice001)
William Seltzer Rice (1873-1963) Italian Boat
Date: Likely 1913-1915.
Paper size 7.75 x 5.5 inches.
Print size: 4.75 x 3.875 inches.
Signed and titled in pencil.
Medium: Woodblock print.
Condition: Lightly foxed, primarily outside the image area. Margin blanks (see additional photos for full margins). Tape on verso.
Note: We could find no other reference to this title by the California artist and believe that this could be the only known color example...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1920 item #1236819 (stock #2649)
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George Valmier, French, 1885-1937. 3 gouache on paper, approximately 18.6cm by 11.5cm ( 7.8" by 4.5" )all signed LR G. Valmier,are available as a group or individually. Born and educated in France, Georges Valmier was a pioneer of the Cubist Movement. He studied with Luc-Olivier Merson at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1905 to 1909. As early as 1911, he adapted the Cubist designs for practical application such as futuristic decorations for Marinetti’s theater...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1920 item #1420455 (stock #JB03124)
Watercolor of a classic English church, the Holy Trinity Church, in the park-like autumnal setting of world-famous Stratford-upon-Avon, the home of everything Shakespeare, of course. The final resting places of Shakespeare and Ann Hathaway are actually in this church. The water which appears as a small pond or lake is the River Avon. This piece measures 10 1/4" by 14 3/8 " (16 3/4" by 21" nicely framed), and is signed at lower left "R. W. Sayle", who was a local painter there...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1920 item #1447786 (stock #2148)
L'Enfant Gallery
$23,000.00
American Impressionist Frank Boggs 1855-1926, VIEW OF NOTRE DAME,watercolor on fine French paper measuring 21x25 inches .....Frank Myers Boggs, known as Frank Boggs, born December 6, 1855 in Springfield (Ohio), died August 8, 1926 in Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine), is a French painter and engraver of American origin. Frank Myers Boggs is a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme at the School of Fine Arts in Paris. He exhibited regularly until the end of his life at the Salon of French artists, where he recei...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1920 item #1416620 (stock #JB0442)
Oil on canvas of a clapboard cottage by a lake in spring, 18" by 24" with 3" frame, signed at lower left "J.C. FRANCES". I do not see a listing for the artist but he or she was obviously at the very least familiar with the paintings of Henry Pember Smith (1854-1907) and George W. Drew (1875-1968), who painted eerily similar scenes. This painting shows a gambrel roofed cottage with blooming pink blossomed trees and ducks----an idyllic spring idyll in New England or New York state perhaps. Over...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1920 item #1074601
Wonderful miniature portrait painting on porcelain, depicting two lovely cupids in the clouds, housed in a 3 5/8" x 3" gilt bronze frame. Condition Report: great condition with stunning painting.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1920 item #56578
4 PAINTINGS by the Artist Frank Russell Green. 1. An IMPRESSIONIST Depiction of a WINDMILL by the ARTIST. Oil on BOARD sight size is 7.75" X 10"; framed size is 10" X 12" both approx. Viewer will find some age cracking to this Oil. Signed lower right: Frank Russell Green/ HOLLAND. Back has a label: Salgamundi Club/ Thumb-box Exhibition/ FRANK RUSSELL GREEN. 2. Painting of a Horse Drawn Cart. 3. Watercolor titled A GRAY DAY. 4. Self Portrait Oil on Canvas. ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1920 item #1418244 (stock #JB03812)
Watercolor painting of a sunny meadow by the sea, vegetation partially obscuring a distant view to a coastline, 9 1/8" by 13 1/4" (16 1/2" by 20" in wood strip frame), signed at lower right by American artist HARRIET WINSLOW HAYDEN (1840-1926)--some give date of death as 1906. Hayden worked in both Massachusetts, and, later, in Colorado, where she became an active member of Denver-area art groups. She is listed in 1898 as having been a member of the Artists Club of Denver, in company with the ...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1920 item #1488759
Joseph Pennell 1857-1926 American This is a fine original etching by American artist Joseph Pennell. The subject is, The Ferry House, The Cortlandt Steet Ferry from the Jersey City Side. This etching is hand signed in pencil, the image measures 12X10 inches, printed on an antique laid type sheet. This was sold originally by Schwartz Galleries in New York. This impressive etching is nicely framed with collectors annotations on the back,
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1920 item #1421263 (stock #JB04425)
Watercolor and gouache small painting of a path between trees leading to a clearing beyond, 8" by 10" (12 1/2" by 14 1/2" as framed), signed at lower right by the noted Indiana impressionist, EDWARD SITZMAN (1874-1949). The artist, most closely associated with Indiana, is known for his watercolor and oil paintings of quiet landscapes, usually lacking figures. Watercolors are more commonly seen, the oils relatively scarce. The pleasant vintage gold frame can be retained, though the old acidic ba...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1920 item #1437048 (stock #798)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,600.00
Belgian Cityscape, House of Parliament circa 19th Century by Martin Bolle. Oil on Canvas. 13" x 11". Frame Size 20" x 17"……. Born in 1912 at Vilvoorde, Martin Bolle showed early an aptitude to painting and was encouraged to attend art school. Enrolling at the Academie de St. Lue at Schaerbeek he commenced learning the techniques of oil painting. Continuing his studies at the Antwerp Academy, he received training from Constant Pellegrin and Jules Brouwers. In 1932 he won the prestigious Prix...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1920 item #1340175
This 1911 drypoint etching by Frank Short measures 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches, pencil signed, cat: Hardie-350.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1920 item #1422995 (stock #JB04138)
A piece for your vacation or ski home or rustic country cabin: three panels framed in wood, with color prints featuring Native American Indians. In one panel, a brave fires an arrow as his dogs watch; in the middle panel, Indians around a camp fire watch as one of their members fires a flaming arrow to the sky; and in the final panel, a brave with headdress sits, cradling a rifle in his lap. The prints were made by 1905 by the Taber-Prang Art Company of Springfield, Massachusetts (as seen at ...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Iron : Pre 1920 item #1444964 (stock #1766)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,125.00
An African Makonde Kneeling Figure, circa 1900. 1.5" w , 10" h. The Makonde are known as master carvers throughout East Africa, and their statuary can be found being sold in tourist markets and in museums alike.The name Makonde art refers to East African sculptures or, less frequently, to modern paintings created by craftspeople or artists belonging to the Makonde people of northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania, separated by the Ruvuma river. Art historians, dealers and collectors have c...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1920 item #1487309
Frederick Judd Waugh 1861-1940 American This is a fine original watercolor/gouache painting by American Marine painter Frederick Judd Waugh. This painting created circa 1910 of a Sailboat race off of the rocky coast measures 10X14 inches, signed lower right and nicely housed in a custom frame. Waugh was the son of a well-known Philadelphia portrait painter, Samuel Waugh. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with Thomas Eakins, and at the Académie Julian in Paris with Ad...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1920 item #1419781 (stock #JB02709)
Attractive watercolor on quality watercolor paper painting of a Mediterranean style estate with red tiled roof, tall cypress trees and exquisite ironwork and stonework, 12 1/2" by 19" (18" by 25" framed), signed at lower left by French artist "L. SEILLARD". There is a small listing for the artist, and some trail of watercolors and a painting or two in the auction records. Those works include Aix-en-Provence landscapes and even a "young girl with turban", leaving the possibility that the artist...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1920 item #1281120
Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand, French, 1863-1951, "Le Mee". This is a very fine original etching with beautiful plate tone by French artist Louis Legrand. The image size is 5 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches, published in 1911 in an edition of 50 impressions, cat: Arwas- 426, state II/II, pencil signed.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1920 item #833842
American Impressionist School, ca. 1910. Oil on canvas depicting a woodland pond amid autumn foliage. Though unsigned, the painting is clearly the work of a talented artist and is reminiscent of the work of Julian Alden Weir. The coloring is sophisticated and the perspective and reflections in the water are perfectly accomplished. The canvas remains on its original stretcher. Size: canvas, 30" x 26"; overall, 35-1/2" x 31-1/2".
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1920 item #1440620 (stock #023)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,000.00
Fine Drawing illustration by artist J.J. Gould 10x15 inch Framed size 20x24 inches Joseph J. Gould, better known as J.J. Gould, was born in 1880. Gould lived in Philadelphia and designed posters for Lippincott's during the mid-1890s. After 1900, Gould went on to design and illustrate 21 covers for The Saturday Evening Post.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Italian : Pre 1920 item #629236 (stock #54)
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Giuseppe Pitto (1857-1928) "A Market Beauty" oil on canvas 28" x 20 1/8" unframed This Italian master is best known for his depiction of Italian market scenes which he executed with perfection. His Rococco style is combined with near impasto application and brilliant colors, creating a unique composition of unparalleled grace and beauty. His genre market scenes are playful and relaxed and the focal point of each is invariably a woman of alluring beauty. This magnificent gem is an exqui...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1920 item #1317629 (stock #10704)
August H.O. Rolle (American 1875-1941)

River Birches

Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right and titled and signed on reverse

Painting: 20" x 24"
Frame: 24" x 28"

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August Herman Olson Rolle, painter, printmaker and graphic artist, dabbled in many activitie...