In the last year of Maki’s life, Daniel Tretiak tells us, he was ill but continued to work. He did lithographs on shikishi board, which was a hard board covered in white rice paper. The back was yellow with a small design in gold and the whole board is gold-edged. Poem 8B is one of those works done in the 1999-2000 period.
This print, done in 1969, has—Dan Tretiak writes—an abstract child and a reddish moon. He also saw the blue seemingly changing from light to dark. The print is horizontal, measuring 15in W x 11.5in H.
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.
In 1977 Haku Maki did the images for the months of the year. June is a horizontal print measuring 13.75in W x 6in H.
Grape 2 is one of Haku Maki’s depictions of fruit. This one is pure and simple and in good condition. It is 8.5 sq inches.
This is an example of Haku Maki’s production of small prints that were known as San Mon Ban. These prints were usually 2in x 2in but there were instances of larger ones. This one measures 6in x 6in. Dan Tretiak writes that Haku Maki began creating San Mon Ban in early 1975, a set of seven volumes of small prints. For some he used themes from the past, others were new themes that he used again and again in succeeding years. A small rendering for collectors to add to their holdings.
This dramatic Big Red—a name Daniel Tretiak attached to Haku Maki’s large red prints, usually of single Chinese characters (kanji) on black backgrounds—is a character meaning ordinary or commonplace. But Maki has done it in a stand-out way. It is 17.5in W x 24.5inH.
NOTE: Dan Tretiak also referred to other large single-character ones of other colors as Big Yellow, Big Green, etc. See an interesting discussion of this between him and a friend at entry #1191431 below.
Old oil on canvas laid on board landscape painting of a steep-sided canyon, framed by tall foreground trees, the work signed at very bottom left center (hidden by frame) "H. Baumgartner". Measurements are 16" by 12" and 18 1/2" by 14 1/2" in old wood framing. I would guess the age as circa 1930's or 1940's. While there are German artists that would correspond to this name, their work is unlike this piece...
A print of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's 1889 painting "A Young Girl with Daisies", 9 1/2 by 7 1/2" (18" by 16" in the attractive wood frame). The print is very glossy, as made---giving the impression of being on porcelain, or made as an enamel. The frame is likely of Mexican origin and is hand carved and gilded, making for an attractive combination. A work for the Renoir fan who cannot quite afford the real deal at a Sotheby's auction.
An example of the splendid and appealing naive, folk art painting style of early California artist A. CEDRO, featuring a mountain lake surrounded by trees, distant snow-capped mountains, several small figures in boats completing the scene. Measurements are 22 1/2" by 35" (27" by 40" framed). The artist, A. CEDRO, is a vague figure known to have had a Russian background. He painted in Southern Oregon and extreme Northern California at the end of the 19th century...
A small oil on canvas painting, 9 1/2" b y 12" (13" by 15" in wood frame), featuring an arid landscape with blossoming spring tree in the middle foreground and distant houses scattered over the middle distance, signed at lower left and dated there 2002. An Armenian speaker identifies the signature as "S Baboumian" (or, Babumyan, or other variation possible). This contemporary work shows a skilled hand and is in excellent fresh condition...
A very fine copy titled “GENERAL FRONT VIEW OF THE KREMLIN” lithograph
Parisian Artist P. BORTIGZ watercolor of The Left Bank 19x15” Beautifully done
Italian lithograph titled TABULA VII showing an ancient mythology scene on fine laid paper with a strong impression
A beautiful countryside landscape of northern Italy done circa 1950. Oil on canvas, period frame
German American Artist NEUHOLD Modernist Oil 14x18” View or Manhattan
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...
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...
Italian lithograph titled TABULA VII showing an ancient mythology scene on fine laid paper with a strong impression
Also see #1181
William Hogarth FRSA (/ˈhoʊɡɑːrθ/; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects",and he is perhaps best known for his series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode...
Possibly a work for the Russian Ballet signed “Greek” “M.E.Bickle” 1920s gouache on paper
A beautiful framed Western Scene of American circa 1900-1920 oil on board framed
Unsigned English 19th Century Oil Hunting Scene 17x21inches in a beautiful period frame
Kim Douglas Wiggins (born April 8, 1959) is an American painter and sculptor best known for his expressionist landscapes and historical imagery of the American West. His work was recently seen in November 2007 in a solo exhibition at Altermann Galleries in New York City, as well as numerous exhibitions at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A small etching 18th Century Rustic Figures title possibly from a book
Color Lithograph “The Radcliffe Observatory” 1834 date by J. McKenzie 5x7 inches, framed 10x11”
A fascinating work of the royal palace of Thailand in watercolor and sand gemstones , framed and its original frame 7 x 10“
The SUYDAM House Built by Elie FERT on bushwhack Lane about 1700, a company of Hessians in the revolution says on the selvage. A rare work
Eighteenth Century Engraving “Putti At Work” 5x7” A beautiful and rare work beautifully framed
Bronze sculpture of a figure, perhaps hugging a guitar or bass (or, abstracted second figure?), numbered 57/300 and signed at bottom by artist I. STOLOFF (IRMA STOLOFF, New York, 20th century)...
Max Kassler, American 1905–1992 was an abstract Artist known for some of the most unusual experimental work based on the human figure He was an early student of the Picasso school of painting. This work culminated his idea of abstraction in space.
This work is pastel on artist board… Max Kassler, American 1905–1992 was an abstract Artist known for some of the most unusual experimental work based on the human figure He was an early student of the Picasso school of painting. This work culmi...
Max Kassler, American 1905–1992 was an abstract Artist known for some of the most unusual experimental work based on the human figure He was an early student of the Picasso school of painting. This work culminated his idea of abstraction in space.
This is part of the collection we have at the gallery … Max Kassler, American 1905–1992 was an abstract Artist known for some of the most unusual experimental work based on the human figure He was an early student of the Picasso school of painti...