Russian Expressionist Style Pastel Portrait 22x17” Of a woman by an unknown artist,circa 1940s-1950s
This 1911 drypoint etching by Frank Short measures 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches, pencil signed, cat: Hardie-350.
Original oil painting on canvas by Alvin Conrad Sella (USA, NJ and AL, 1919-2013). Signed and dated 1959 LR. Also signed and dated verso. Excellent original condition. 24" by 30" plus frame.
In 1968 and 69 Haku Maki produced Poem 5 for Festive Wine. That image was a paradigm of clarity as to what the kanji or Woman ought to look like. It was a smooth svelte character. Yet at this same time, he also did this print, a tall gangly woman. It is Poem 69-50. She looks as if she is askelter, not all “together”. Or is the left leg longer than the right one? The print itself is done in the Maki manner: Size 10.5 “ x 10.5”...
From our African Collection: Fante Akuaba Doll, circa 1960.
Akua'ba (sometimes spelled Akwaba or Akuba) are wooden ritual fertility dolls from Southern Ghana and nearby areas. The best known akua'ba are those of the Fanti people, “Fanti Dolls” whose akua'ba have large, disc-like heads. Other tribes in the West Africa region (f.ex...
Antique Japanese Scroll of Two Quails amidst chrysanthemum flowers, painted with a delicate painterly touch. Signed and sealed by Tosa Mitsuoki (光起) (1617-1691). In 1654, Mitsuoki won back the position of edokoro-azukari for the family, which enabled him to revive the school.Mitsuoki rejuvenated the traditional Tosa style by introducing elements from Chinese painting...
Jacob Gole
1660-1737
Dutch
This is an original mezzotint engraving by Dutch artist Jacob Gole (1660-1737) This image, The Drawing Lesson was created after the painting by Godfrey Schalcken. This image identified in the lower border has an image size of 9 3/4X7 7/8 inches. Printed on an early laid type paper, some foxing but overall very fine condition. It has a collectors seal in the lower border, "H de t stat".
North African Prince Study In Oil Early 20th Century Circa 1908., beautiful work measuring 24 x 29” with a ornate frame in Gold leaf.
Two finely executed pencil drawings, one titled "Mount Hood", the other of a mounted cowboy rounding up calves, the scene, I have been informed by a distant relative of the artist, being in Big Timber, Montana. The drawings are essentially unframed, currently just protected. Both measure roughly 5" by 7 3/4"; the Oregon scene has an uneven top margin area, and both open up, almost as if they were intended to be greeting cards, but there are no messages inside...
A guaranteed **ORIGINAL** vintage 1974 watercolor painting, not a print or reproduction of any kind (as often encountered), by the noted painter of musicians and jazz, LEO MEIERSDORFF (1934-1994). The work, on paper, measures 15" by 17 3/4" (22" by 24 1/2" in metal frame, no glass). The painting's colors remain brilliant after fifty years. Meiersdorff led an interesting life. Born in Berlin, between the wars, he showed an early desire to work in the arts...
James McBey
1883-1959
Scottish
This is a fine hand signed etching by British artist James McBey. The title is: A Mirage, it was one of his Venetian series, created and printed in , 1928 in an edition of only 76. This image measures 11 13/16X14 3/8 inches. This image was published in Fine Prints of the Year in 1928. Fine use of plate tone in the sea and sky.
(From Binnymathews.com) Binny was born in Dorset in 1960. She received her artistic training at Bournemouth College of Art and at Farnham School of Art (1978-80) and did a Post Graduate in Education at Brighton. She has exhibited her paintings since 1980. Her first solo exhibition was held in 1982...
Circa 1865 chromolithograph print "Birthplace of Whittier, The Poet", (Haverhill, Massachusetts), 16 1/2" by 25 1/2" (22 1/2" by 32" as framed), published by Louis Prang of Boston and bearing his blue canvas stamp on the reverse, the artist being THOMAS HILL (1829-1908), the noted English-born painter who went on to work in New England and then the American West including California...
Oil on canvasboard panel painting, 16" by 20" (21 1/2" by 25 1/2" framed) featuring the iconic towering monoliths of Monument Valley, Arizona, with mounted cowboys and Conestoga wagon adding a human touch to the scene, signed at lower right by Southern California artist Billie van Bogart. The work probably dates to the 1960's or early 1970's at latest. Would add a very decorative touch to your Southwest interior...
A signed American original oil landscape painting depicting a south western scene with a dark road in the mid left foreground that vanishes into the yellow bright background just short of two cliff like reddish rocky prominences that almost form two goal posts. The colorful palette juxtaposes lights and darks in fore and mid ground. Titled: Exit West and painted by a self taught American painter, who exited West to live in New England many, many years ago.....
Oil on canvas, 20" by 26" (25 3/4" by 32" framed), possibly but not necessarily an Illinois subject, by an Illinois-born artist who went on to notoriety in California impressionist Plein Air painting, ARTHUR HILL GILBERT (1894-1970). This is a rather early (likely circa 1925) work. Gilbert was born in Mount Vernon, Illinois, graduating from the Evanston Academy in 1913 and then going on to two years at nearby Northwestern University...
Confidently attributed to Edward Savage, this miniature portrait is painted on organic material. The sitter, who has a strong countenance and blue eyes, is wearing a deep blue coat with gold buttons, a white vest and shirt, and a white cravat.
The painting is in excellent condition, with no flaws, and is housed in a gilt copper case, the reverse of which has a glazed aperture containing woven plaits of hair...
A Massive French Bronze Sculpture Of Sagittarius Zodiac Symbol 20th Century measuring 29” x 24”