All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1950 item #1444893 (stock #1767)
Nigerian Cone Figure with three horns, black and white detailing. circa 1950. 4 x 13" h.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1950 item #1452149
Old oil on canvas laid on board landscape painting of a steep-sided canyon, framed by tall foreground trees, the work signed at very bottom left center (hidden by frame) "H. Baumgartner". Measurements are 16" by 12" and 18 1/2" by 14 1/2" in old wood framing. I would guess the age as circa 1930's or 1940's. While there are German artists that would correspond to this name, their work is unlike this piece...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1950 item #1193575
A Fine Vintage Watercolor by the well regarded Ohio and California Artist, Henry George Keller (1869-1949). Matt opening is about 19" by 15", overall frame about 28" by 23 1/2". Signed lower left. Will be shipped as shown in frame without glass for safe transport.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Tempera : Pre 1950 item #1420803 (stock #JB04936)
An original gouache (or casein, tempera, etc.) on paper of a Native American male warrior, signed at lower right by the noted artist WOODROW WILSON BIG BOW (1914-1988) and dated there '50. This is an earlier work by the artist, who was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma, the grandson of Chief Big Bow. The artist studied at the University of Oklahoma in 1939...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1950 item #1437883 (stock #723)
L'Enfant Gallery
$11,000.00
Martha Walter watercolor Middle Eastern Scene, Moroccan , 10”x12, Frame size 21”x22” Bio: Martha Walter (1875-1976), the American impressionist artist, was a student of William Merritt Chase. Martha was born in 1875 in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended High School in her hometown, later continued her education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under William Merritt Chase...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1950 item #1418965 (stock #JB04914)
A large (19" by 23") watercolor painting of striking desert formations of the Southwest, with distinct modernist overtones, signed at lower right by listed artist MYRTLE MAE HOFFMAN CAMPBELL (1886-1978). The work depicts a dramatic landscape, perhaps in Utah, or Arizona, the geologic formations seemingly mimicking organic forms and Moderne and Art Deco shapes. The signs of man are scant; some shacks and a stack at upper left...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1950 item #752365
Martin Hardie, American, 1875-1952, Etching, "Sunset", image size 8 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches, signed in pen
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Serigraphs : Pre 1950 item #1487289
Harry Shokler 1896-1978 American This is a fine large color screen print by American artist Harry Shokler (1896-1978) The title of this work is Summer Hotel, created in 1945 and printed in an edition of 100. Hand signed and titled in pencil and also signed with pen and ink within the image. This large image measures 14 9/16X18 3/4 inches. Very fine condition. Matted not framed.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1950 item #1451029 (stock #1605)
L'Enfant Gallery
$11,000.00
Important Mandalay Buddha Carved Gilt wood Sculpture 64” beautifully jeweled
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1950 item #1418457 (stock #JB02289)
Dynamic and complex, this is a colorful oil on canvas abstract, 40" by 18" (vertical format), 45" by 23" in the wood frame, titled on the stretcher "Figure in Movement" and signed nearby on the reverse canvas (a little hard to see in the photos). but, it has a significant, jagged unrepaired rip in it. I imagine the painting dates from the late 40's or the 1950's...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1950 item #1440781 (stock #179)
Palace royale Brussels ByPerry Menkarn Print 7 x 9“, frame size 13 x 14“
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1950 item #1420494 (stock #JB03225)
Miniature sized etching (2 1/2" by 3 1/4", and 7 1/2" by 8" framed), titled in margin at lower left in pencil "Cape Cod Shoreline", and pencil signed at lower right by Massachusetts listed artist MARGARET ELDER PHILBRICK (1914-1999). This is a mid-century work, I would guess, by a woman artist who was known for still life and landscape works, primarily in the etching medium. She was a member of the Society of American Etchers, and the Brooklyn Society of Etchers...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1950 item #1420075 (stock #JB02881)
Mid 20th century painting of a vessel containing a plant with interesting leaves and orange tightly closed flowers, executed in an impressionist style with a modernist feel, on a 16" by 20" canvasboard, unframed, signed in black capital letters at lower left "Chatterton". Neither the signature nor subject matter resemble those of noted artist Clarence Chatterton, who was a student of Edward Hopper. I am offering it simply as an interesting still life painting...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1950 item #781879 (stock #5845)
An important Canadian Group of 7 oil on panel by Francis Hans - Franz or Frank - Johnston OSA, ARCA (Canadian, 1888-1949) titled "Pools of Spring". Born in Toronto, he was a founding member of the renowned Toronto painters known as the Group of Seven, which he left by 1926. He became a principal of the Winnipeg School of Art and later the Ontario College of Art. He changed his signature to "Franz" in 1927 on the advice of a friend...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1950 item #1452630 (stock #1622)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,800.00
Born in Washburn, Missouri, Edgar Payne became one of the foremost plein-air landscape painters of California in the early 20th century. He is best known for his majestic Sierra Nevada Mountain scenes, and depicted so many Indians on horseback riding through the Sierra Nevada Mountains that a mountain lake, Lake Payne, was named for him. He painted many works "en plein air" and also did numerous sketches from which he later did studio paintings...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1950 item #1416604 (stock #JB01632)
Watercolor on heavy paper, 19" by 15 1/4" (28" by 24" as framed), the subject a California quail perched on a bleached snag in a vaguely defined, arid looking mountain landscape. The work is signed at lower right "MUGGS VAN SANT", and is not dated...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1950 item #1452231 (stock #1182)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,800.00
A beautiful countryside landscape of northern Italy done circa 1950. Oil on canvas, period frame
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Serigraphs : Pre 1950 item #1200766
A Fine Silkscreen Print by the Listed Artist, Herbert W. Pratt. This print, titled "Low Tide" was in the Museum of Modern Art, New York Exhibition of Color Prints Under $10 by American Artists in 1940. Signed and titled twice, in the print and in blue pencil at bottom. Print is hinged at top of matt. Matt opening measures about 20 1/2" by 14 1/2", overall matt about 28 1/2" by 22 1/2".