All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 2000 item #1419773 (stock #JB02690)
This is a difficult to describe painting----we see a beach on a summer's day, the blue sea beyond; budding clouds, a spiky yucca at left, and what look at first like children's sandbox toys in the sand, until it appears that maybe they're not children's sandbox toys. The "tower" at right looks more like a Greek islands windmill, the "sail" a takeoff from the yucca. There's also a starfish, a bucket, a brightly colored striped beach ball--and a difficult to make out signature...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1910 item #1419775 (stock #JB02696)
Oil on canvas still life of red roses on a table with ceramic vessel, 17" by 39" as framed. The painting is executed in the Victorian style, but I think it probably dates to the final years of the 19th century or early years of the 20th. I cannot find a signature. There is a framer's stamp on the stretcher from Grand Rapids, Michigan, giving some hint as to its origin perhaps. Also the corner keys are of the post-1885 style...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 1970 item #1419776 (stock #JB02698)
Oil on canvasboard painting of the famous white Sacre Coeur church in Montmartre, 19" by 23" as framed, signed at lower left "M. Plagnier" or similar, created circa 1960's. At center bottom is "Paris, Sacre Coeur". This is a kitschy sort of painting that will grace your mid century interior. Condition is excellent.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : German : Pre 1920 item #1419777 (stock #JB02700)
Oil on canvas painting of a traditional German house or cottage in a forested landscape, 20" by 28" on the stretchers, 23" by 31" as framed, signed at lower right by artist "M. Lichtmann" and dated there 1920. The painting is beautifully executed, though there is very little information on the artist. There is stable craquelure, and a slight drip of foreign matter at center left, though the painting can be placed on the wall as-is.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1900 item #1419778 (stock #JB02701)
Old, antique oil on fine weave canvas laid on board painting of trees, distant small structures and a wooden footbridge in the foreground crossing a stream, 17 3/4" by 23 3/4" (23" by 29" as framed), apparently unsigned, and likely executed at the end of the 19th century. The rather naïve painting is very mellow and easy to live with; a classic antique American old landscape. The surface is evenly soiled, consistent with age, giving the painting that old patina...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1950 item #1419779 (stock #JB02705)
This is a PAIR of color aquatints, each 8 1/2 by 12" inside the mat, 13 1/4" by 17" as framed, the subjects Notre Dame cathedral and the Seine in Paris, and the flower market at the Madeleine, each numbered at lower left out of editions of 500 and signed at lower right in pencil, by the noted French 20th century impressionist painter CHARLES BLONDIN (1913-1991)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1920 item #1419780 (stock #JB02708)
Early watercolor on paper of flowers, I think petunias, in a ceramic vessel, 11" by 14", 17 1/2" by 20 1/2" as framed, signed at lower right indecipherably, and possibly dated 1901. I believe the artist is likely listed, considering the quality of the drawing. The paper was laid long ago on a board, as shown. Condition of the image area is excellent, with colors true and not faded.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1920 item #1419781 (stock #JB02709)
Attractive watercolor on quality watercolor paper painting of a Mediterranean style estate with red tiled roof, tall cypress trees and exquisite ironwork and stonework, 12 1/2" by 19" (18" by 25" framed), signed at lower left by French artist "L. SEILLARD". There is a small listing for the artist, and some trail of watercolors and a painting or two in the auction records...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1419782 (stock #JB02710)
Drypoint on wove paper print, "La Petite Boudeuse" (translating as "the little sulk/sullen one"), 1905, pencil signed at lower right margin near the blindstamp of Edouard Sagot, Editeur, Paris, and numbered at lower left "No. 18", by famous French cubist painter and printmaker JACQUES VILLON (1875-1963). Villon, one of three brothers, (one of them the famous Marcel Duchamp), worked early on in the style of Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1900 item #1419787 (stock #JB02719)
Found recently in Maine, this is an antique oil on board painting, 12" by 14 3/4" as framed, unsigned, the subject purple grapes and a ripe peach, the autumnal grape leaf suggesting the season of harvest, all on a marble ledge or table, with a distant view beyond. The gray academy board, style and framing suggest a date of execution of about 1880. The painting is very American in feeling, bordering on folk art as there's a naivete. The frame has wear and an obvious loss at lower left corner...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1950 item #1419788 (stock #JB02720)
Early twentieth century impressionist painting of one of New Orleans' famous courtyard subjects, 9 1/4" by 7" as framed, signed at lower right corner "Don Juan". While an interesting name to be sure, I have not been able to find a listed artist corresponding to it. The work though is by an obviously trained and talented hand. The vintage frame makes all in all for a very satisfying little painting sure to please the New Orleans fan. The surface is soiled evenly, consistent with age...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1419790 (stock #JB02721)
Oil on canvasboard painting of a green coast, a stand of foreground trees in late autumn colors giving fine depth to the scene. The artist did not sign the work, which likely dates to the 1950's judging from frame and board. There is a small area of flaked paint in the trunk of the most prominent tree. Overall a nicely done work that would be improved with a gold frame. Measurements are 20" by 24" and 26" by 30" framed.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1980 item #1419864 (stock #JB02722)
Oil on canvas laid against board painting of historic ancient structures apparently on a coastline, 11 1/2" by 9" (19" by 16" framed), signed at lower left in Hebrew script. There is a second painting on the reverse signed "Hausner" and dated 1979. A reader of Hebrew has confirmed that the signature in that language also reads "Hausner". The scene of buildings is almost expressionistic as opposed to impressionistic. There is a brooding darkness to the sky and a vigor to the brushstrokes...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1920 item #1419865 (stock #JB02729)
Oil on canvas, 19 1/2" by 25 1/2" (25 1/2" by 31 1/2" as framed)---(possibly an inner frame, the outer one long since separated), apparently unsigned, circa early 20th century, the subject the famous and unique twin Thatcher Island lighthouses (also known as Cape Ann Light Station), about one mile off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts. The lighthouses were erected in 1861 as a pair, thereby aiding navigation by mariners. Each is 124 feet in height...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1920 item #1419866 (stock #JB02732)
Old early 20th century painting of a thin line of trees bordering a waterway, executed in a lovely impressionist palette with excellent handling of light, 17 1/2" by 21" as framed, signed in red at lower right corner "Chatterton". Though found in Ogunquit, Maine, in an art colony area where the well known American artist Clarence Chatterton was known to have painted, the signature does not resemble that of Chatterton, who was a student of Edward Hopper...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1900 item #1419867 (stock #JB02733)
Found in New Hampshire, this is an antique unsigned watercolor of a rocky coastline, sailing boats on the horizon. Measuring 13 1/2" by 19 1/2", the work on paper is glued down to an 1893 Salem, Massachusetts legal directory, the edges of which are crumbling. Those edges should probably be trimmed, and the watercolor then framed to preserve it for another century. Though simple and monochromatic, this is a work well worth preserving. One corner is brittle.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1900 item #1419868 (stock #JB02734)
Watercolor on heavy paper of trees leaning over a lake, a swooping bird and small boat with primitive figures in the right lower portion, 12" by 21 1/2", signed at lower left "J. H. Dore" or "T. H. Dore". This is a late 19th century work with a primitive and folky touch. The green mat is too wide. Reframe this charming work with a smaller mat for optimum presentation.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Tempera : Pre 1970 item #1419869 (stock #JB02743)
**ONE OF THREE ORIGINAL WORKS BY THE ARTIST IN MY SHOP**Gouache on paper, 13 1/2" by 11 1/4" in an old dark stained oak frame, the subject a lovely young lady contemplating a butterfly which has happened to have landed on her fingertip, signed on a fragment of the original work affixed to the backing, by the listed California and Illinois artist MARGO ALEXANDER (1894-1965)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1900 item #1419870 (stock #JB02747)
Watercolor and gouache painting on paper, circa mid 19th century, of a house by a canal or waterway, with several figures in the image, unsigned, measuring 14" by 9 1/2". There is a simple frame as well (not pictured, but available at no extra cost, with the painting). The work is charming and clearly antique. I have thought about the country of origin, and have not been able to come to a clear answer; the architecture and dress of the figure on the boat suggests to me eastern Europe, or sout...
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1970 item #1419871 (stock #JB02761)
This is a painting on artist board, 22" by 14" inside its narrow modern framing, titled on the reverse in ball point pen "Avocado Tree", signed at lower right "Harry Lieberman" and dated there "62". HARRY LIEBERMAN (1876-1983) was a Polish-born, long-lived artist who didn't begin his artistic career until late in life. Lieberman had been preparing for the rabbinate but emigrated to the United States in 1906 when nearly thirty (some give his date of birth as 1880 rather than 1876). He was a cl...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pastel : Pre 1930 item #1419872 (stock #JB02753)
Pastel on paper drawing of desert mountains and cacti, 17" by 23" (24" by 30" framed), signed at lower right in pencil and dated there 1922 by listed southwestern American woman artist BETH MacLAFFERTY BLAKE (1901-1993). This would have been among the earlier works of an artist who was born in Berkeley, California and went on to become a well regarded talent in the Southwest. Blake was a pupil of Perham Nahl, Ray Boynton, Hans Hofmann, Chiura Obata, Karl Neuhaus and Millard Sheets. By the tim...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1950 item #1419873 (stock #JB02760)
This is a most attractive watercolor on paper painting of a landscape with feathery trees bordering a foreground area, and a wider view beyond, 11 1/2 by 14 1/2" in modern inexpensive protective-only framing, unsigned. Found in New England, it reminds of California eucalyptus school work. The artist would likely be someone listed. The age could be circa 1920's to 1950. The work sorely needs a proper mat and framing. Photos were taken through the flimsy protective plastic, which is scratched...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Tempera : Pre 1960 item #1419874 (stock #JB02765)
Painting on board of a kneeling stylized Native American male figure holding ceremonial staff and feathers, 21 3/4" by 23" (28" by 29 1/2" as framed), signed at the lower left by artist RED HAT. This work likely dates to the period between the late 1940's and about 1955 I would guess. The streamlined style reflects the Moderne and Art Deco movements earlier in the century. I do not see information on the artist. The imagery and intense color is all striking, and would add a dramatic touch to...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1920 item #1419875 (stock #JB02772)
This is a lithograph on paper, the sheet 25 1/2" by 19 1/2", watermarked along the left edge "B. Crayon XXXX Manufre. Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-les-Annonay", circa 1920, signed in the plate by the internationally famous American expatriate artist JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925), after a charcoal and graphite drawing of 1913 now in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. The history of this print is that it was made after the drawing, (which I believe was of similar size), that ...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pencil : Pre 1970 item #1419877 (stock #JB02777)
**ONE OF SEVERAL WORKS BY THE ARTIST IN MY SHOP, all acquired at the same time and place**, this is a pencil drawing on paper, 11 1/4" by 9" as framed, signed at lower left with the initials H.L. and dated there "62". HARRY LIEBERMAN (1876-1983) was a Polish-born, long-lived artist who didn't begin his artistic career until late in life. Lieberman had been preparing for the rabbinate but emigrated to the United States in 1906 when nearly thirty (some give his date of birth as 1880 rather than 18...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : British : Pre 1900 item #1419878 (stock #JB02785)
Oil on canvas painting of a coastal village in England, 14" by 24" (20 1/2" by 30 1/2" as nicely framed in mid 20th century gold frame), signed at lower left "W. Thornbury". This work is by a prolific (over 1,000 works in the auction record), talented, well listed, English artist who was active in the second half of the nineteenth century, WILLIAM THORNLEY (approximate birth date 1830, death date circa 1898 though I have seen online that he was active through 1903). Thornley painted genre, mar...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1900 item #1419879 (stock #JB02882)
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. The artist painted from Maryland to Maine, visited Cuba and apparently Italy, and even apparently spent a short time on the Pacifi...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1980 item #1419880 (stock #JB03358)
**One of several prints by the artist in my shop** Lithograph on paper, 25" by 18 1/4", 32" by 25" framed, signed in pencil at lower right and numbered 79/180 at lower left, by important 20th century Spanish artist EMILIO GRAU-SALA (1911-1975). This is an example of the accomplished lithography of this major European artist, the paintings of whom command well into five figures at auctions in Europe and the USA. The subject is several young well-dressed girls in an interior, a small bird cage in ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1990 item #1419881 (stock #JB02879)
Contemporary watercolor of the famous Pirates Alley in the French Quarter of New Orleans, 10 1/2" by 6 1/2" (18" by 14" in newer framing), signed at lower right. The work is beautifully painted by a talented hand that I cannot identify. Condition is excellent. There is a little bit of loss in the frame at upper left corner and lower center, showing as red areas. Some gold paint would cover these. See many other works of New Orleans in my shop.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1419882 (stock #JB02924)
Watercolor on paper painting of an impressive, jagged high mountain peak above a lake, 5 1/2" by 9 1/2" inside the mat (9 3/4" by 12 3/4" as framed), signed lower right, bearing the artist's label and title "Mt. Rockwell/Glacier National Park" on reverse board. This is a work by the California artist RICHARD LEROY CORBALEY (1882-1960). Corbaley was born in Indiana and according to the biography in Hughes' Dictionary of California Artists, he was in Los Angeles by 1902. Works by his hand inclu...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 2000 item #1419883 (stock #JB03005)
This is an extremely well painted **CONTEMPORARY** oil on canvas, 12" by 16" (18" by 22" nicely framed), executed in the style of notable late 19th century painters such as Jean Beraud (1849-1936) or James Tissot (1836-1902), the principal subject an elegantly dressed young mother with her equally elegantly attired daughter, the remainder of the scene filled with horse drawn carriages, and ladies and gentlemen going about their business in a leafy boulevard, perhaps in a grand park in Paris. Th...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1950 item #1419928 (stock #JB02844)
Watercolor on paper of gazelle running in an exotic subtropical landscape, 17 1/2" by 13 1/2" inside the mat (27" by 22" framed), unsigned, but obviously by an artist of talent. The work shows a striking visual energy, the animals frozen in mid-step. This could be a scene painted in Africa, or, it could be from the imagination of the artist. The painting probably dates to the 1930's or 1940's or thereabouts; there is an Art Deco feeling. It is in good condition, though the mat and frame are ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1950 item #1419930 (stock #JB02893)
This is a really beautifully painted oil on a coarse, almost burlap canvas, the subject a sun-dappled yard of a house or other Spanish-California type structure populating old and established affluent communities such as Pasadena or Santa Barbara, tables and chairs in this little paradise awaiting the next social occasion. The work measures 16" by 20", UNFRAMED (the first image, with gold frame, is for display purposes only...again, the item will be sold UNFRAMED). The artist signed at lower ...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1990 item #1419931 (stock #JB02810)
Drawing of a nude woman lying on her side, 10 1/4" by 15" inside the mat, 16 1/2" by 20" in frameless protective framing, signed at lower right "Sean Mayten" or similar, and dated there 1-13-86. The artist does not appear to be listed, at least under that name or variants of it. He seems to have used perhaps grayish-tan silverpoint or other unusual medium to draw this on a pebbled paper. An artistic work with sensitive shading and line. There are some spidery shadows on the drawing near the ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Italian : Pre 1900 item #1419932 (stock #JB02936)
Oil on thin board painting of a canal with figures, boats and adjacent sun-drenched buildings, possibly Venice, unsigned, measuring 6 7/8" by 11 1/2" (13 1/2" by 18" in attractive old frame). Whether Venice, Italy, or another Mediterranean locale, this is nicely executed by a trained hand. It could well be by a listed artist but without a signature it will be difficult to place the hand. The work is slipping around loose under the gold mat and it needs to be framed with acid-free materials. ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1419934 (stock #JB03062)
Large (20" by 24", 28 1/2" by 32 1/2" framed) watercolor on paper painting of a agriculture-related structure and machinery in a mountainous landscape, a figure at left, signed at lower right and inscribed there "Mexico 1940". The artist is WILLIAM T. McDERMITT (1884-1961), an Illinois-born artist most closely associated with California. According to the Hughes biography, McDermitt studied at Pratt and the Art Students League in New York, and in Europe. He taught in the 1920's at Washington S...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1419936 (stock #JB03214)
Oil on canvas painting of a tabletop with flowers in vase and assorted decorative objects, 20" by 24" (26" by 20 1/2" framed), signed at lower left by artist HAZEL PETRA FETTERLEY BOEHME (1900-1941). On the reverse of the canvas the artist has written the title "Mid-Victorian", the date (May 1932), her name, Los Angeles, Cal., and original price of $75 or possibly $175 (appears she went over the numbers----maybe in difficult Depression times she had second thoughts on pricing). This is a fine ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1980 item #1419954 (stock #JB02861)
Oil on canvas landscape of a red-painted fishing shack or summer cottage on an idyllic lake, other cottages in the distance, 15" by 18 1/2" (20" by 22 1/2" as framed), signed at lower right "K. Andor". I thought this scene perhaps Swedish, but the name Andor is Hungarian. There are several listings for an Andor with first name beginning with "K", such as Karoly, Kern, Kantor; I am not certain if this painting might have been created by any of those so it is listed as just an attractive and dec...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1950 item #1419955 (stock #JB03254)
Lithograph of a bull in what appears to be a stark Southwestern landscape, 12" by 13 3/4" as framed, pencil signed at lower right margin by listed WPA era American artist CHARLES EARLE MILLER (1907-) and with notation "Ed. 30" at center margin. The image is a very powerful one, similar to the work of Peter Hurd, in some ways. Miller was a painter, etcher and lithographer. I see a number of works online dated in the late 1930's and early 1940's, but after that the trail is difficult to follow....
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1910 item #1419971 (stock #JB02884)
Lithograph on paper print of 1897/98, titled "Kraniche" in German, commonly known as "Cranes" or "Swans" in English, the sheet with margins 10 1/4" by 14", unframed, signed in pencil at lower left margin. This is a fine early color lithograph by the noted German artist WALTER LEISTIKOW (1865-1908). Leistikow's talent was nourished at an early age, He studied at the Royal Academy in Berlin, and by 1890 was himself an art professor at the Berlin Art and Craft School. Leistikow was a founding m...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1930 item #1419972 (stock #JB02846)
Oil on canvas laid on masonite still life painting of pink grapes and a vase, 25" by 30" (31 1/2" by 36 1/2" as framed), signed at lower right by artist G. ANSON WHITE. Strangely, I can find only minimal references to an artist by this name, despite the amazingly skillful and sensitive rendering of the clusters of grapes. In such cases I am often left to wonder if perhaps the artist was actually someone well known who chose to sign the work with a pen name for one reason or another. There doe...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1930 item #1419973 (stock #JB03768)
**(One of several pencil signed prints by the artist in my shop)**Photolithograph print published by Frost and Reed, 1929, from the original painting by Sir Alfred Munnings, 25 1/2" by 23 1/2" framed, boldly PENCIL SIGNED at lower right margin by the highly important sporting art master, and quite famous English painter of all equestrian subjects, SIR ALFRED J. MUNNINGS (1878-1959). The handsome subject is a most formally and traditionally dressed horseman, sitting atop his apparently Royal moun...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1930 item #1419974 (stock #JB05036)
A rarely seen print, featuring the familiar, landmark high bridge over the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena, California, by the well-known California plein air impressionist artist BENJAMIN CHAMBERS BROWN (1865-1942). The lithograph is in rich brown ink on watermarked paper (an "A" with eagle). The sheet measures roughly 13" by 16" (margins irregularly cut, though more than ample) and the printed image 9 3/4" by 13". The print is not pencil signed. It seems to be quite rare, as I have located only on...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1900 item #1419976 (stock #JB02920)
This is a very finely executed watercolor on paper of a young woman in the clothing of the old country. I've opened this up and see that the work is on paper laid on a board, and it is not signed. The measurements inside the gold mat are 9 1/4" by 7 1/4" (17" by 13" in ornate old frame). I am sure, given the quality of the work (note the care lavished on the eyes and face, in particular), that the artist would be someone recognized and listed. There is an old circa 1930 Hobbs & Sutphen (Chic...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1419977 (stock #JB03107)
This remarkable and rare work, 25 3/4" by 34" (30 1/2" by 39" in contemporary blue framing behind glass), is titled at lower right "Marseille Le Vieux Port" and is signed there "W. Howard". At first glance one thinks this a print of a Raoul Dufy painting, perhaps an exhibition poster, but upon closer inspection it is seen to be in fact an original watercolor by an obviously highly talented artist. The artist is WING HOWARD (1921-1998), associated with Pennsylvania. He painted in a variety of s...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1900 item #1419978 (stock #JB02826)
Watercolor on paper landscape painting of sheep at the edge of a forest, a small home in the distance across some ponds and lakes, signed at lower right corner by a talented Dutch immigrant to the United States, ADOLPH (also spelled ADOLF) VAN SPANJE (1868-1948). The artist is not widely listed at this time in art directories and online sites, but there is information about him on the net. He immigrated to the United States in 1893 to join a brother already in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and pursued ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1900 item #1419979 (stock #JB04154)
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. Apparently Sawy...
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". The drawing clearly exhibits modernist influences, including a sort of cubist handling of the hair curls, and a flattening of elements ...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1970 item #1419981 (stock #JB02796)
Large lithograph on paper, the title "Sur Les Douze Coups de Midi" ("The Twelve Strokes of Midnight"), 21 3/8" by 29 1/2" (30" by 37 1/2" as framed), signed at lower right by the well-known Belgian modern artist PIERRE ALECHINSKY (1927-), and numbered at lower left 3/100. This is a modern image of odd shapes and constructions open to interpretation by the viewer. The artist is a major figure in late 20th century art's CoBra movement. The oil paintings sell for significant amounts of money at maj...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1970 item #1419982 (stock #JB02937)
Impressionist painting signed at lower right with conjoined initials "MP", unframed, 24" by 18", the subject three female black dancers, two wearing festive hats. There is considerable energy in the scene and the stylized figures are by a trained hand. The painting likely dates to the 1960's or possibly 1950's. There are some light abrasions at lower left, a flaked area near the extreme lower edge there and another small edge loss at top, and light overall soiling.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pastel : Pre 1950 item #1419983 (stock #JB02950)
Pastel drawing of architecture and figures, 18" by 14 3/4", 23" by 19 1/2" as framed, signed at lower right "Frederick Millson". The architecture could be Spanish, as would be found in Southern California, or possibly more exotic, such as Islamic North Africa. This is an accomplished drawing in fine condition by an elusive artist about which there seems to be little to know. This and two other works by him came out of a San Fernando Valley estate (the others listed here). The family said tha...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1900 item #1419984 (stock #JB02767)
This is an atmospheric fine little watercolor on paper painting of mountains and water such as might be found in the idyllic Lakes District of the northwestern part of England, or the famed Scottish Highlands, unsigned, late 19th century most likely, measuring 4 1/2" by 6 1/2" (14 1/2" by 17 1/2" in the present framing). The work is in very fine condition. I think that the present mounting situation (just protection) could stand some improvement, as the painting is on a card, a mat not overlap...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1980 item #1419985 (stock #JB02420)
Dramatic linocut print, the sheet 13" by 20", unframed, numbered at lower left 6/12 and pencil signed at lower right and dated there 1971, the "HB" blind stamp adjacent, by the important and still highly underrated Swiss-California modernist HANS GUSTAV BURKHARDT (1904-1994). The subject is somewhat uncertain; perhaps a look at a catalogue raisonne of the artist's graphic works would provide the title, but skulls and other references to death seem to predominate, and the ink is black. At lower l...
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1960 item #1420025
A vintage (mid century) illustration of a pink orchid blossom, the background airbrush and the flower hand painted, 14 1/2" by 14 1/2" inside the attractive double mat, the piece 22 1/2" by 22 1/2" as framed in silvery complementary framing, signed at lower right by artist "Childs". The name being a common one, I searched but did not immediately tie this to a listed, known artist. Nevertheless he/she was talented. The work is in excellent fresh condition, and the framing has only a small bit ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1910 item #1420055 (stock #JB02853)
Oil on canvas painting of a fetching young red-headed girl with a doll, 24" by 18" (34" by 27 1/2" in old attractive frame), signed at lower left "P. Harwood", not dated but circa early 20th century. This is a really beautifully executed work, reminding of some of the vigorous portraits by masters like Robert Henri; but, efforts to identify the artist have not borne fruit. Since the work was purchased in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, I at first thought of Boston School artists, or perhaps...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1900 item #1420056 (stock #JB02793)
BARTON STONE HAYS (1826-1914) was born in Ohio, and he came to be associated with the Midwest throughout his life, becoming a leading portrait painter in Indianapolis, and finally, coming to be known for his still life works, based out of Minneapolis, after 1882. Early in his life he was a Daguerreotypist, diorama painter and portrait painter, and there are some rare and sought-after genre paintings, some even of African-American subject matter. Perhaps best known as a teacher of William Merri...
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1930 item #1420057 (stock #JB02833)
PAIR of ink and watercolor/gouache drawings of pink and white dogwood blossoms (commonly seen in the spring in Connecticut), each 10" by 8" inside the mat, 14 1/2" by 13 1/4" as framed, signed at lower right by the noted Darien, Connecticut craftswoman artist DOROTHEA WARREN O'HARA (1873-1972). O'Hara was born in Missouri but settled in the New York area, where she was educated at the Chase School. The artist went on to become a noted craftswoman, expressing her talents in a wide range of medi...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1970 item #1420058 (stock #JB02886)
Watercolor on paper, 12" by 17", unframed (white mat only, in protective sleeve), executed in a modernist style reminiscent of famous Swiss artist Paul Klee, the scene including three figures and several Old World style stone towers and other suggested architecture depicted in an almost cubist manner, signed at lower right and dated there "62" by the listed Swiss artist ROMOLO ESPOSITO (1913-1991). This work is hard to describe but easy to appreciate. I see little information on the artist, wh...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pastel : Pre 1950 item #1420060 (stock #JB03102)
Finely executed pastel on paper drawing of bridges spanning a major river, presumably the Rhein in Germany, 11 1/2" by 15 1/2" (15 1/2" by 19 1/2" as framed), signed at lower left by listed German artist RUDOLF MULLER-GERHARDT (1873-1962) (and sometimes spelled as GERHARD). Though listed the artist is apparently not well known. The beautiful impressionist technique speaks for the talent of the artist; were this same work signed by Lesser Ury, a German artist well known for his pastels, it wou...
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1970 item #1420062 (stock #JB02897)
Modernist still life of wine bottle, coffee pot, pan, flagon and other objects on a table top, arranged artistically and painted with a cubist feeling, unsigned, framed in strip framing, no glass, circa mid 20th century. If you admire Cezanne but can't quite afford one of his masterpieces, this might just be for you. The artist is unidentified but likely created this in the middle years of the century. The work is on wove paper measuring 19" by 24" and is affixed to foam board at top, the oth...