“Central Park” Oil on canvas 30“ x 24“ Xue Jian Xin was Born in NanJing, China on October 17, 1954. Xue had years of fine arts training at the highest level. He became Chairman of the SuZhou Oil Painting Research Association and Lecturer in the Fine Arts Department of SuZhou College. In 1988, he came to the United States as a student at Bard College, New York, where he received his M.F.A. in 1991...

Original scarce to rare etching of the year 1910, "The Avenue, Valenciennes", signed at lower right margin in pencil by the important American etcher, illustrator, critic, author and teacher JOSEPH PENNELL (1857-1926). The print measures 10" by 13" inside the mat (12 1/2" by 15 1/2" in the framing). After the signature, the "imp." indicates that Pennell would have printed this himself...

A colorful, somewhat whimsical painting of the dramatic California coastline, with houses and palm trees and tiny figures showing the imprint of man on this physically dramatic and beautiful geography. The painting, 22" by 28", unframed, is signed at lower right by artist Sidney Hall. I do see online information for a California, female artist who signs Sydney Hall, but am not sure this is the same individual. The present work is not brand new; could date to 1980's or 1990's possibly...

A finely painted miniature portrait, watercolor on natural wafer, of an attractive young woman. She is wearing a black dress, a white and pink fichu with a brooch, and a lace collar.Original case with a glazed aperture on the reverse. This fine example was part of the well-known sale of the Paul and Barbara Carpenter collection.

The sight size is 2 3/8" by 2".Aside from a small chip to the edge of the cover glass, the condition of the painting and case is excellent, with no issues...

Elyse Ashe Lord 1900-1971 British This is a fine hand colored etching by British artist Elyse Ashe Lord. The title is Kite Flying, created and printed circa 1925. This pencil signed impression was sold by Arthur Ackermann in New York. This came to us in the original Asian style frame with the Ackermann label on the back. The image measures 12 7/8X18 inches. The overall frame measures 20X26 inches. Very fine condition. Printed on a thin Japan type sheet.

WERNER DREWES (AMERICAN, 1899-1985) NUDE Watercolor on paper: 23 x 18 1/2 in., 32 1/2 x 28 in...

Signed small sketch drawing, double-sided, the color drawing of Buddha, the reverse drawings rather interesting scribbles, 8" by 6 1/4"inside the mat, 14" by 12 1/4" framed, executed in pencil and watercolor, signed by famous artist and author LUDWIG BEMELMANS (1898-1962). The reverse side scribbles are initialed "LB" in several places...

David HANNA Double Nude dry brush watercolor measuring 18x30”, Frame measures 27x39 Framed Drypoint William David Hanna was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on August 31st, 1941. The youngest of twelve children in a working-class home on the city’s North Side, Hanna demonstrated an unusual interest in antiques and historical sites as a child and spent much of his free time sketching...

Ephrem Kouakou is one of the world’s foremost African painters. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ivory Coast, West Africa. His powerful, vivid paintings are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC. and Fondo Del Sol Museum, Washington DC. He is noted for his bold blending of indigenous African visual sensibilities and folk motifs with Western creative techniques...

Tender image of a young mother discretely nursing her baby, 25 1/4" by 22", (31 1/2" by 29" in attractive frame), signed at lower right by the Hungarian-born impressionist artist HUGO MATZENAUER (1923-2013)...

A caricature image of the famous mathematician and physicist Albert Einstein, captured with spare but well-placed lines, by the well-known American Social Realist artist, BEN SHAHN (1898-1969). The print, signed in the plate and also in ink by the artist, nearby at lower right, measures 11 1/2" by 8 1/2" inside the present mat (and 19" by 14 1/2" in present metal frame, can be shipped without glass or unframed)...

An illustration art-style color drawing (ink and watercolor) of a pipe-smoking uniformed military officer, possibly a general or other top brass, surrounded by cupids playing with military equipment such as mobile guns, a drone bomb, etc., signed with a capital W in a circle at lower right. It has been suggested to me that this could be a British military colonel (I originally thought him American)...

Harbor Landscape by Glenn Pizer 1998, Signed lower right. Framed oil on Paper. Sight Size 22 x 30". Frame Size 29 x 37".

A PAIR of very clean French artist 19th century etchings, the subject of both upper class women, one by CHARLES WALTNER (1846-1925), the second by ERNEST JOSEPH LAURENT (1859-1929). They are also very nicely (identically) framed in tasteful black and silvery framing, including silk mat and inner fillet; the frames also in excellent condition. The combination of art and quality framing makes for a most handsome decorative addition to your traditional interior...

Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"Autumn Woods, Largo, Maryland"

Oil on board, signed lower right and titled on the reverse

Painting: 14" x 12"
Frame: 18" x 16.25"

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC...

Circa 1880, oil on canvas of 3 Shire horses in English countryside signed G. Melville. Melville was a 19th c artist and painter of English rustic scenes. Both the fame and painting are in excellent antique condition, measuring site size 29" x 35.5", framed 36" x 42.5".

Sold as a PAIR, are watercolors of the tourist district of New Orleans by listed artist N. LUCKOW...

Watercolor on paper painting of a lovely young woman in turn of the century Italy, likely Venice, 13" by 10 1/4" inside the mat, 21" by 17 1/2" in pleasing coppery gold frame, signed at lower right by artist D. G. ANGIOLINI. The artist is obviously highly skilled. Paintings by this D. G. Angiolini generally feature genre scenes of Venice, or views of Venice. At least one online offering of a painting thus signed suggests that this is a pseudonym for highly important Italian 19th century artis...