A very fine engraving by the 17th Century artist Hollar measuring 5”. 7” and framed size is 11” x 15”……. Winter is one of the most recognized works of Bohemian engraver Wencesclaus Hollar (1607–1677). It is the final image in a series of etchings portraying each of the four seasons as embodied by a female figure. In Winter, the woman is almost entirely covered by layers of furs and warm fabrics, staving off seasonal frigid temperatures...
Day Lilies in Japanese Vase by H. Badder, June 19, 1910. Framed Gouache 21 x 12", work measures 12“ x 9“
Oil on board painting in a fully impressionist hand, 26 1/2" by 21 1/2" (35" by 29 1/2" in old, vintage probably original frame), signed lower left and incised on the old soft board on reverse "Pines at Carmel". This lovely impressive work is by listed California artist IDA MAYNARD CURTIS (1860-1959). Curtis was born in Pennsylvania before the outbreak of the Civil War. She studied with Charles Webster Hawthorne, and with Ross, Menard and Simon in Paris...
By the famous and prolific English 19th century dog artist EDWARD ARMFIELD (1817-1896), this is a classic painting of no less than three terriers chasing a rodent down a hole, and, apparently, finally cornering him there. The work, signed at lower left, is titled on the reverse overlap in the hand of the artist (also signed again nearby by the artist on the overlap) "Caught At Last" (great title!!). The oil on canvas measures 12" by 16" (17" by 21 1/4" framed)...
Silvio Ottaviani is an Italian artist who was born in 1933 and travels mainly to paint on location. This work done in Monet’s garden in France measuring 20x16”
INDIAN BRONZE standing figure of Avalokesvara, wearing a high coiffure, elaborate earrings and a diaphanous robe, her primary hands in abahy mudra and secondary hands holding a flower and unidentified object in the other, h: 10.25 in circa 1900
Oil on canvas abstract painting in cool modern colors, 15" by 21 1/2", unframed, signed at lower left corner "Zaglool" and dated there "59". This is an impressive composition by an Egyptian artist who lived in Paris in the 1950's, frequenting the art community there and studying with the likes of Fernand Leger and Andre Lhote...
A beautiful drawing in pencil on French Arches Laid paper measuring 7x9” done circa 1870s
Angelic Harpist, Gouache Watercolor Study 1970s 23x17” Brazilian Artist Altomira
Painting on wood panel, mixed media, acrylic and ink, 36" by 36", unframed, featuring a young woman and a greyhound or whippet type dog in a vaguely sketched out mysterious landscape, signed lower right and signed again on reverse, where it is titled "Portrait of the Apprentice" and dated 2005, by noted Canadian contemporary artist and illustrator Ben Tour, born 1977 in Toronto, Canada. The work is of an impressive size and would make for an excellent contemporary addition to your modern home...
Original mixed media (watercolor, gouache, ink) on paper by Judith Shahn (USA, born in Paris, worked in New York and Cape Cod, 1929-2009). Signed lower right. Frame is by Robert Kulicke. Judith Shahn was Ben Shahn's daughter. She studied with her father and Moses Soyer. Her work appeared in the New Yorker Magazine, Harpers, The Nation, etc.
Antique Late 18th-century - early 19th-century Polish Holy Icon of Black Madonna of Czestochowa Queen of Poland (also called Our Lady of Częstochowa). Oil painting finely hand painted on a metal panel (possibly iron).
Housed in the 19th century Ebonized and Gilt Wood Frame...
Done in oil on canvas Anne Lane studied art at George Mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases...
Japanese contemporary sculpture of a large Beetle, intricately detailed in leather and metal.
Dates Modern Contemporary
Size H 2 3/4" x W 10 1/2" x D 8"
Oil on canvas painting of a vase on a window sill, 20 3/4" by 16" (25 1/2" by 20 1/2" in gold frame), signed at lower right "Guy Wiggins". Faintly visible on the reverse is painted "Guy Wiggins/Window View/ New York City". There is a history to the painting. I acquired it in 1990 in central California, and had it repaired in San Francisco...
Northern Italian Mountainscape watercolor
Susan H.BRADLEY,measuring 10x13”, in a plein aire gilded frame18x21”……Bradley born in Boston,Mass studied with AbbottThayer (1849-1921) and was a member of several prestigious watercolor societies.
Done in oil on canvas Anne Lane studied art at George Mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases...
This fine old work (15 1/2" by 20", 19 1/2" by 31" framed) is a peaceful and poetic scene of a house by a lake, mountains visible beyond, the crescent moon above, signed lower right and dated there 1883 by the well known American 19th century painter EDMUND DARCH LEWIS (1835-1910). This is likely a scene from the Adirondacks or the White Mountains of New Hampshire...
Oil on canvas laid on panel by the artist, 22 1/2" by 16 1/4" (25" by 18 3/4" in its original painted vintage frame), titled on reverse "Black Ivory", signed there and again in yellow at lower left corner by the well listed California artist who hailed from Denmark, EINAR CORTSEN PETERSEN (1885-1986). Petersen was a widely traveled artist, who, according to the Hughes biographical listing in Artists of California, studied art in Paris, Rome and Munich, working as a decorator...
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...
Oil on canvas landscape of a forested, peaked mountain rising into scudding clouds, unframed, signed at lower right and dated 1876 by the noted well listed American artist from Massachusetts, D. JEROME ELWELL (1847-1912). This work measures 14" by 24 1/2". Elwell was intent upon his art at an early age, when he was spotted on the Gloucester waterfront sketching the marine scene, by one Samuel E. Sawyer, a wealthy Gloucester ship owner and patron of famed artist Fitz Hugh Lane...
Carlton T CHAPMAN Notre Dame,Moret France,oil on canvas measuring 20x30”
American Master Artist 1860-1925
Russian Artist A. SINOCHKIN “Trio Playing in the Snow” watercolor measuring 12 x 15, frame size 18 x 21 signed lower right. Saint
Glenn (Glen) Cooper Henshaw (1880 - 1946) was active/lived in New York, Indiana, Maryland. Glenn Henshaw is known for Landscape, portrait and urban view painting. Glen Cooper Henshaw. Henshaw, born in Windfall, Indiana on 8 August 1880 (reportedly as Hinshaw), was a descendant of Francis Scott Key.
A. SINOCHKIN is a saint Petersburg Artist from Russia, this work is Watercolor on paper with colored pencil dated 2000, Measuring 15 x 11“, frame size 21 x 17“ signed lower left
Large original mixed media and collage on canvas by George Joseph Habergritz (American, 1909-1998), circa 1950-1960. This impressive work is signed l.l. It measures 28" by 38" (work alone). Provenance: direct gift of the artist to a New York friend. George Joseph Habergritz was active in New York City. He studied in Paris before WWII (Academie de la Grande Chaumiere) and in New York (NAD and Cooper Union). He was later an art instructor at the ASL, and also lectured on ethnographic art. W...
This exquisite artwork is an antique Polish Holy Icon of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, also commonly referred to as Our Lady of Częstochowa. The painting dates back to the late 18th to early 19th century and is a fine example of oil painting on a metal panel. The panel is believed to be made of iron and is finely hand-painted with great attention to detail.
The painting depicts the iconic Black Madonna of Czestochowa, who is revered as the Queen of Poland and is a significant religio...
Turkish Lithograph “Harbor Scene 1600”modern print 16x20
Original oil on canvas by Harry Shoulberg (USA, 1903-1995). Mid century. In excellent condition. Signed l.l. 24 by 36 painting alone. 30 by 42 in its period frame.
Danish maker MIK Pair of Carved figure all lamps 16 inches tall
American Artist BERTHA BRIGGS, 1884-1976 “Alsace Village” Oil , measuring 20 x 16 inches. This work depicts a village in Alsace, France with the theme of “Storks”
Berta N. Briggs, painter and writer, who had been active in New York City's cultural activities for many years.
Mrs. Briggs was the widow of William H. Briggs, writer, playwright and an editor of Harper & Bros. for 44 years before he died in 1953.
Mrs. Briggs was born in St. Paul and attended the Art Students League i...
A rare and magnificent imperial form Southeast Asian incense burner in the form of a Lion. Made of low grade silver the piece has compartments for incense and place to keep the extra incense. Measuring 17” height, 17” wide, and about 7” depth. Probably 1930s
Richard Luney's paintings and prints of wildlife (generally African) have been popular since the 1970's. Luney, a Vietnam veteran, was already exhibiting by 1974 at Lord & Taylor Gallery in New York, according to a newspaper account of the time. The artist described his style as "contemporary surrealism". California-born, he would go to Lion Country Safari to study the animals, so as to paint the animals with greater accuracy. He was said to have taken three weeks to meticulously paint one pictu...
Beautiful oil of the Tripple Crown Race Winner Secretariat, dated 1992.
A beautiful Persian Design Story Rug Silk & Wool Blend 60x65 inch possibly made in India
In superb extra clean/fresh condition, after a circa 1964 work by the famous Surrealist SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989) a print on silk "El Arbol de la Penitencia, Purgatory, Canto XXIV", 36" by 36" as mounted to a stretcher. Some say these are scarves; I am not certain so call it printed on silk or silk-like material. Somehow this has emerged without a smudge or pulled thread; I note only the vestiges of what may have originally been horizontal folds, at center as shown. An example brought approxi...
Painting of various complete southwestern pottery vessels, and a broken shard of one, all seemingly floating weightless in an intentionally poorly defined space, all painted in a hyperrealist style, signed at lower right "Doyle" and dated 2005 with copyright symbol. A label on the reverse gives the artist's full name, Ed Doyle, the title, "The First Shard", and the original price, $1000. The oil on canvas on board measures 23 5/8" by 23 5/8" and 30" by 30" as framed. The artist was obviously ...
**NOT PRINTS**----A PAIR of fabulous original antique botanical drawings or paintings as they might be described, in watercolor, each 12" by 15 1/2" (and 19" by 25" as identically framed), both bearing old 1958 framing labels from the legendary Goodspeed's Book Shop on Beacon Hill in Boston. These drawings, found in Connecticut, are of the first half of the 19th century. The fruits depicted are the Large Jambu, otherwise commonly known as the Rose Apple; and the Rambutan (from the Malay "rambu...
Known for his amazing liquid abstractions Nathan Motley painted in and around the Richmond Virginia area in the 1990s this work measures 30x20 inches. Acrylics on artist panel. Dated fall 1996
Watercolor on paper painting of an intensely blue-eyed young peasant girl in scarf and country clothing, 16 3/8" by 12 5/8", 23" by 19" as framed, signed lower right in Russian by the noted Russian artist Mikhail Guzhavin (1888-1931). Guzhavin was most associated with the St. Petersburg area, where he was schooled in art. Landscapes and portraits in both oil and watercolor are known. Oils have achieved to the $40,000 level at past Sotheby's sales of Russian art. His life span having been rel...
Original Abstract Figurative Painting Signed Mistral 30x20” Done in acrylic on foam board with swirling colors of abstraction
A nicely painted miniature portrait, on natural organic material, of a pretty young woman in a blue dress with a white fichu. Condition of the painting is excellent, with no problems. The glass in the rear aperture of the case is cracked. Overall size is 2 3/4" by 2 1/4".
This is a PAINTING by CARL O.M. LUND, an OIL On CANVAS dating 1905.
The Painter is DANISH and lived 1857-1936, being known for Landscapes, Gardens, Parks, Churches, Children, etc. Sight size is
11 1/4 X 18"; the Gilded Wood Frame measures 16 1/2" X 24". Signed lower left: Carl O.M. Lund.
The Condition is Excellent. A well~listed Artist.
PAIR of circa 1880 oil landscapes on panel, each 10 1/4" by 18 3/4" (15 3/4" by 24 1/2" in modern frames). The images of lakeside castles are classic 19th century European art. Small sail boats, feathery trees and ancient stone bridges complete the scenes. Each is signed with monogram like "A M" or "S M". I considered these might be by the famed German painter Adolph Menzel but think that unlikely. The old beveled wood panels on which they are painted likely date to the 1880's or thereabou...
From our Fine Arts and Americana Collection, a very good and sizeable pastel impressionist piece by Luis Bodes of Alhambra Spain, depicting two couples in a forest landscape. Executed in earthy tones of various greens, browns, rust, straw color, taupe and white, this piece has a natural tranquility to it we felt was universally appealing.
Those who understand painting well, and in particular, those who appreciate the limitations of working in pastel, are familiar with the challenges in ac...
The creator Mizoguchi Yoshiharu
Mr. Mizoguchi is a kaleidoscope creater living in Shizuoka prefecture,Japan
and he is also good at using lacquer, making dynasty style paper and writing calligraphy.
Recently, he has also created works using wood grain with old Japanese cloth.
The kaleidoscope created from his excellent sensitivity has
a representation of Japanese beauty "wabi sabi"at the image and the shape.
The series 1
Cylindrical Container
with HEART SUTRA slender writing b...
DESCRIPTION: E. (Edward) P. (Penfield) WWI patriotic lithographic poster, "Every Girl Pulling for Victory", featuring a young woman rowing a boat named “VICTORY.” Caption at base reads, “VICTORY GIRLS, UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN.” Signed lower left; very good condition, no fading or defects visible. DIMENSIONS: 27 1/2" H x 22 1/4" W.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: The United War Work Campaign was a joint effort undertaken by seven voluntary organizations active during World War I: the Nation...
Watercolor on paper laid on board still life of flowers and a vase in an interior, 15 1/2" by 11 1/2" (25" by 20" in a tired and worn old frame, not pictured but possibly available at no extra cost), signed at lower left and dated 1870 by the well listed New York artist MORSTON CONSTANTINE REAM (1840-1898). This is a rather early work by an accomplished and well listed artist, the younger brother of CARDUCIUS PLANTAGENET REAM (1837-1917), who encouraged Morston to develop his art skills. Morston...
Etching on paper laid on card, the subject a marketplace in the Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam, signed with "ML" initials and "927" as if a date (not the typical signature of the artist, apparently added later either by him or some other party). This is a work "Judenstrasse in Amsterdam", 1909, by famous German artist MAX LIEBERMANN (1847-1935). The sheet measures 17 3/4" by 23 1/2" and it is housed in an inexpensive modern day black frame, behind scratched old Plexi (serves a protective purpose...
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
1893-1953
Japanese /American
This is an original lithograph by Japanese American artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi. It is titled The Cyclist. It was created and printed in 1939 and originally sold through Associated American Artists in New York. The image measures 12 1/2X8 3/4 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type paper. This lithograph is clearly signed in pencil lower right by the artist. One of his images from his circus series.
Louis Icart
1888-1950
French
THis is a fine color aquatint etching by French artist Louis Icart. The title is: La robe de chine,( The Silk Robe) created and printed in 1926, published by Les Graveurs Modernes, 194 rue de Rivoli, Paris. The image measures 15X18 1/4 inches. Hand signed in pencil lower right also with the windmill blindstamp and copyright information in the upper left corner. Very rich color remains, nice condition..This image appears in the Holland catalog as number 276.
Molly Gurion 1910-1982 was an American artist and this work represents her love on rare Chinese antiques.
Gian Simonetti
(Italian, 19th Century)
Fishermen in the Venetian Lagoon at Daybreak
Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left
Painting: 16” x 20”
Frame: 22” x 26”
There is little biographical information on Simonetti, and it has been suggested that it is a pseudonym for Gian Gianni who was one of the last of the view painters of Italy. Gianni worked mostly in watercolor and produced views of Naples and Venice for people who were making the Grand Tour...
James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)
Washington Row Houses (Dupont Circle)
Oil on canvas, located on the reverse.
Painting size: 20” x 16”
Frame size: 25” x 31”
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VICTORIAN BRONZE FIGURE, PROBABLY FRENCH, DATED 1890. Depicting a strolling elder man with tri-corner hat. Signed on base Fremd (?) 1890. Height 15.25 inches (38.7 cm).
Dirk Ocker
(Dutch, 1882-1958)
Blossoms and Bugs
Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Ledge
Oil-on-canvas, signed on reverse
Painting: 20 ¼” x 17 ¾”
Frame: 26 ¾” x 23”
SAFA/11078
A totally charming miniature painting of a child, done in watercolor on natural material, and housed in an elaborately molded 15K gold case and surround. The cute sitter is in a white gown and posed against a cloud-filled blue sky, with foliage and a tree to the right. The reverse of the case is glazed, with a lock of hair in the aperture, and a pin so that the miniature can be worn as a brooch.
The condition of this lovely example is excellent. Sight size is 2 1/4" by 2 1/8" and the case size...
A finely painted watercolor portrait of a good looking gentleman wearing a black jacket and a white shirt, stock and collar. The talented artist specifically painted the entire piece in shades of white, black, and gray. Note the way he used white highlighting on the left collar and shoulder of the sitter to give a sense of depth to the piece.
The back of this work deserves special mention as it is composed of a backing of metal guilloche. (Guilloche is a decorative technique in which a very pr...
Lina Krause (German,1857-19)
Old Master Style Still Life
Oil on Panel, signed
Provanance: Noortman Master Paintings, Maastrick
Painting: 9.75" x 7.25"
Frame: 16" x 13.75"
This is an ORIGINAL WORK, not a print, by the famous American artist EDNA HIBEL (PLOTKIN), recently deceased at age 97 in Florida. The painting of two young figures, one evidently playing a lute-like instrument, is a mixed media work (oil and watercolor) on silk which has been laid down to a Masonite panel. It measures 29" by 17" (37" by 25" framed including a linen liner). Hibel was born in Boston of Jewish parentage and educated in art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School. Her early af...