“ Ode/ to a Friend” Photograph by Craig. Bergerac, France. 54/350 . 8x10". Frame Size 12x15”

In 1960 Maki did the image shown. It is called Symbol. In all the years of collecting Maki prints and images I have never seen this one again. It is quite large but seems cluttered. Forty years later he did it as a print and a post card even as one friend has suggested he did the print before 1999, the date on the print. The seals are authentic not printed, and they are original Maki seals from well-used chops.

Done in 1992, Poem 5 is a very stylized take on the kanji for woman女. Maki did many, many versions of woman. All of them are interesting, most of them striking. To me, this dramatic rendering strays the furthest from the actual character. Daniel Tretiak called this a Square Woman. This was done using the silkscreen process; it is not an embossed woodblock print. It measures 11.5in x 11.5 in.

Maroni Sherman “A Kashmiri Peasant” Drypoint 10x8” Fine quality and beautiful work framed signed and mounted

Traditional chinese painting by Artist Li Chung Te of Korean descend.

This note is the fifth in Daniel Tretiak's series of research notes.

Abstract Figure Painting by Victor Di Gesu oil on canvas, 28x22inches, frame size 36x30

This silkscreen offering is said by some to depict Kabuki make-up. It is 8sq inches and in excellent condition. See picture 4, the title, where Maki seems to have written Kuma 92/--his numeral 1 was usually a straightforward vertical 1.

Zermatt Townscape” Swiss Watercolor By Artist Julia Barnhart 26x20” Done as an illustration for a magazine cover of National League of America c1990s The artist was a native of Washington DC area known for fantastic landscapes in Watercolor

Brian Miller Photograph New Orleans Gumbo signed. Nice image of the French quarter . Signed image 7 by 10" matt 11" by 14"

Julia Sorrell mixed media painting.

British - 20th century.

Work dated 1996.

Image - 21 1/2" x 29".

Frame - 3" wide.

Excellent original condition.

Elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (RI)

Elected to the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA)

Sampling of exhbitions -

Norfolk & Norwich Festival Open Studios 1995 - 05.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Philip Rieff Collection...

A 9 layer Sri Cakra Yantra 31x31 cm 7.5 cm high. Metalic paint on wooden base. One of the protruding arms missing. repairs on reverse. Undated. Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide

A color poster issued by the Amon Carter Museum of Art in Fort Worth, Texas, 31" by 35" in attractive black framing, titled at bottom "AMON CARTER MUSEUM JULIAN ONDERDONK/A Cloudy Day, Bluebonnets near San Antonio, Texas". This attractive image captures the wonderful blues that Onderdonk made famous with his paintings of the Texas countryside, some of which have exceeded $300,000 at auction. Onderdonk is considered today the "Gold Standard" when it comes to Texas classic impressionist art...

Richard Faralla american artist 1916-1996 1992 black ink Petaluma CA 1990 Many original works by this artist are in the SF Museum of Modern art. Matted sight 7.5" by 10" frame 15.75" by 13.25"

A beautiful work measuring 21” x 22” on fine Chinese paper, mounted and matted in a wonderful Lacquer frame by Chinese American Artist G. Sol

A miniature or small gouache hillside landscape painting (3" by 4 1/4"), 7 3/4" by 9 3/4" in silvery stand-up frame, signed at lower left "R. Becker". The artist is Russ or Russell Becker, according to a Christmas 1995 hand-written holiday note on the inside of the blue card to which this is affixed. I do not see an obvious artist by this name, but he was clearly talented. The scene appears western, given the reddish rocky outcrop. Condition is excellent.

“Le tre Grazie con Pellicce di Pagano”, Mario Russo,1993, signed and dated bottom right, signature, date and title also inscribed on reverse. Oil on canvas, 40.5” x 48.5” frame. We have many paintings by Russo including unframed hand colored prints of women, similar to this original painting. Artist Biography: Mario Russo (1925 -2000) was an Italian painter known for his unique style and innovative approach to art...

Haku Maki liked to do prints of turtles or tortoises. This one, Poem 70-6, has two turtles, the smaller drawn to resemble the hand-written kanji for turtle. The print is 197 of 202 and measures 12in x 12in.