All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1940 item #1418662 (stock #JB04806)
A fine, early print, (16 3/4" by 13 1/2" in its simple black framing), is titled in the lower left margin "Pennsylvania Quaker", numbered nearby 32/50 and signed at lower right margin in pencil by the noted American artist, PETER HURD (1904-1984). This lithograph dates to 1936, when the artist was only in his early thirties. Hurd was born in New Mexico and attended military academy there before realizing he wanted to become an artist...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1451395
Harold Kerr Eby Open Harold Kerr Eby configuration options 1889-1946 American This etching with sandpaper ground was created and printed by American artist Harold Kerr Eby. The title: Little Franklin is named for a Ledge located off the coast of Friendship Maine. The image measrues 8 1/2X14 5/8 inches. Printed in an edition of 100 in 1937. Eby left a skim of unwiped ink on the plate to create tone in the water. A fine impression, nicely framed with archival materials.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1315677
Edmund Blampied, British, 1886-1966, "A Jersey Vraic Cart". This is a very richly inked original etching, image size 8 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches, 1939, published by the Print Club, Cleveland, Ohio, plate signed and dated, pencil signed. Edmund Blampied was a very successful artist and illustrator in early 20th century Britain. He illustrated many books and magazines, but is best known for his remarkable skills as a printmaker...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1441310 (stock #300)
A very well done etching by (William Nugent) measures 11x9 inch. The artist was working in the style of Pablo Picasso..this work of the classic mother and child is a beautiful example more info coming soon
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pencil : Pre 1940 item #1419980 (stock #JB02944)
Something of a mystery, this is a very interesting soft pencil drawing of a young woman, 13 1/4" by 9 1/4" (19" by 15" framed), signed indecipherably at lower right and dated there 1931. Try as I might, I have absolutely come to a dead end when it comes to figuring out this signature. Adjacent to that signature an inscription reads "Baroness Leonnie Perraja"...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1420349 (stock #JB03190)
Vintage and early Hawaiian art is scarce to rare, and desirable. This is a 1932 etching, "Hawaii Hall", one of the principal buildings of the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, on Oahu. It is pencil signed at lower right margin. An image of this print is included in the university's yearbook for 1932. The work is presently unframed, behind a mat, and it is simply taped at top edge...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pen : Pre 1940 item #1465478 (stock #2829)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,500.00
INDIAN/PERSIAN SCHOOL , 19TH CENTURY, TWO FRAMED MANUSCRIPTS, 9 X 5 1/4 In. Frame: 12 1/2 X 9 In.
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 : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1439050 (stock #722)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,200.00
St. Marks Square by Jacques Zucker. 1930. Oil on Canvas. 6 x 8". Frame Size 11 x 12". Jacques Zucker was born in 1900 in Radom, Poland. He was a notably famous Jewish American artist mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he traveled to Palestine to study fine arts at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Tempera : Pre 1940 item #1423317 (stock #JB03538)
This decorative, complex gouache drawing appears to be possibly a wallpaper design of the Art Deco period, or, it could just be a drawing in its own right. On the reverse is written the name "T.M. Abell". The eye-teasing geometric design seems to vibrate almost in the way that Op-Art of later decades vibrates and challenges the eye. Colors are greens, oranges and yellows, with white and black lightning-bolt type diagonal borders making for a most dramatic pattern...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1352510
Albert Abramovitz, Latvian/American, 1879-1963, "The Family," etching, 10 1/2 x 8 inch linocut on wove-type paper. Pencil signed and titled. C. 1932. Plate initialed in the lower right corner.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1302275
Albert Abramovitz, Latvian/American, 1879-1963, "The Hold Up". A dramatic original linocut by Albert Abramovitz, image size 6 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches, c. 1930s, pencil signed and titled. Abramovitz was known for his dramatic images with sharp social commentary, many portraying the hardships of daily life for working class people in both America and Russia. Born in Latvia, Abramovitz studied at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and the Grande Chaumiere in Paris...
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1940 item #1416284 (stock #JB0679)
This is an extremely detailed ink and watercolor drawing on paper, unsigned, of a public building that might have become a federal building like a post office, civic center, etc. It measures roughly 24" by 39" in an octagonal shape, and a ( basically, protective only) inexpensive frame comes with it. Upon close examination, above the main door, one can read "Independence/United States/Freeport Ill(inois)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pastel : Pre 1940 item #635900 (stock #872)

Harry [Herschel] Levit, American. 1912-1986.

Studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Exhibited at - The Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum, New York, Pennsylvania Academy,and The Whitney Museum of American Art.

Crayon or pastel on paper signed Harry Levit 1933. Paris.

Image - 8 3/4" x 12".

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1422993 (stock #39B14-19153)
Jonas Lie (Norwegian/American, 1880-1940) - A large size landscape painting of a stand of white birch trees by a lake, with mountains in the background. Oil on canvas. Signed in lower left. Jonas Lie was a Norwegian born American painter, known for his paintings of the coastlines of New England and city views of New York City.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1441364 (stock #275)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,500.00
“Bacchant” by Bryron Browne, 1941, signed lower left (partly obscured by frame) and signed and dated on reverse, oil on canvas, 19” x 16”, framed. Byron Browne (1907 - 1961) also known as George Byron Browne, was born in Yonkers, New York. He was a modernist painter and one of the founders of American Abstract Artists, a New York City organization devoted to exhibiting abstract art. Browne worked at a lumberyard to pay his tuition at the National Academy of Design, where he enrolled ...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pen : Pre 1940 item #1416323 (stock #JB03730)
Ink drawing with some pencil outlining visible, subject an idyllic northern lake bordered by tall spruce or pines, a ti-pi with Indian at center left, a canoe plying the waters at center distance, signed at lower left "Leb-Wendell", 7" by 9 3/4", 12 1/2" by 15" as framed. At first I though this an etching but close up inspection reveals it to be actually an ink drawing with fine detail. One can see the pencil outlining and guide lines placed by the artist. I do not see a listing for this name...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1940 item #1427858
Signed and numbered 25/35, this unframed limited edition lithograph by Spratling titled MAGUEY 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 12" X 8". 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 museums have Spratling lit...