Charles Lindbergh Bronze Plaque.Early Twentieth Century …..more information coming soon

A beautiful three dimensional portrait of Washington in Bronze, mounted on a wood base for wall mounting, done for the United States Centennial of 1876

(Consignment). American Master Joseph Dawley “Montmartre” Oil 30x40”……The following biography, submitted March 2005, is from the daughter of the artist. Although raised and educated in Texas, Joe Dawley moved to New Jersey in the early 1960's where he remained. He painted in the traditional Old Masters style until 1982, when the symptoms of Parkinson's - diagnosed in 1975 - necessitated brain surgery...

Seraphim of Sarov (Russian: Серафим Саровский; 30 July [O.S. 19 July] 1754 (or 1759) – 14 January [O.S. 2 January] 1833), born Prokhor Moshnin (Прохор Мошнин), is one of the most renowned Russian saints and is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is generally considered the greatest of the 18th-century startsy (elders). Seraphim extended the monastic teachings of contemplation, theoria and self-denial to the layperson...

A Western American Scene Cowboy With His Horse, Etching done possibly for the Saturday Evening Post measuring 10x12”

A majestic sculpture of an Indian Goddess in bronzed porcelain 20th century measuring 43 inches high

Southern India Bronze Sculpture male royal figure riding a leopard, on rectangular base, height : 5.5 in

A magnificent cobalt blue cameo cut acid etched blue Crystal vase depicting George Washington measuring approximately nine. 8 inches with a diameter of 6 inches. The vase inscribed George Washington , done for the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876.

An original Tom Christopher New York painting acrylic on canvas titled "Between the Clock and the Messenger" measuring 48" by 48.5" signed on verso. This painting has been exhibited at Galerie Tamenaga in Paris France with label on stretcher bar.

TOM CHRISTOPHER BIOGRAPHY

"Monet had his water lilies and Tom Christopher has Times Square." --The New Yorker Tom Christopher is a classically trained draughtsman...

A beautiful and unique Pre-Colombian Possibly Vera Cruz , classic period,Massive Figure 17 Inch height, 7” depth,10” width

Price: HK$380*2. Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, losses to wood and lacquer gilding, age cracks, signs of weathering and erosion, chips. Each with a metal hook attached to the back. The consecratory chambers to the interior are empty. Weight: 1,916 g and 1,781 g Dimensions: Height 50.5 cm and 51 cm

The size of Matted photo: 17 " L x 15 1/4" W
The size of BW Photo Image: 9 1/4" L x 7 3/8" W (showing).
Photo size itself: 10" x 8"
Date of Photo taken: November 1985
Photographer: Edward Kawanabe (1947 - )
Printer of Photograph: Edward Kawanabe (1947- )
Camera used: Nikon FM 2...

Original 1920s poster by the French Umbrella maker Parapluie Revel designed by Italian artist Leonetto Cappiello, official re-issue 1950s, measuring 44 by 32 inches. The frame size is 55x44 inches. Well framed and matted

A superb miniature portrait of a handsome blue-eyed gentleman. Presented in a cast foliate frame with a hair tress in the glazed aperture on the reverse. Excellent condition. 2 3/8" by 2".

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Thomas Seir Cummings was born in England in 1804, and was taken to NYC as a child, where he remained until he retired in 1866. He died in NJ in 1894. Cummings became a student of Henry Inman in 1821 and after three years went into partnership with him, which lasted several years...

The sheet size: 33 3/4"H x 39"W
The image size: 26 5/8" H x 32 3/4" W
The title: "Garden Memories"
Artist: Susan Rios (American)
Medium: 100% Arches paper, Unframed.
Signed by artist: Lower right in pencil
Edition Numbered : HC21/60, in pencil
HC mean Hors de commerce...

American Master Artist James McAuliffe 1848-1921 “Trotting Horse….time 2.25” Oil 30”x40” ….the artist was know for his depiction of racing scenes of horses as well as ships. This work is one of a pair done in the 1870s

A wonder lithograph work signed by the artist measuring 30x24 inches. who was born in 1921. He moved to France early in his life. He is one of the most sought after Vietnamese artist today.

A color print, pencil signed at lower right, numbered 466/900 at lower left, by the noted western American artist OLAF WIEGHORST (1899-1988). The title is "Navajos at Castle Creek", measuring 17 3/4" by 24 1/2" inside the mat, 28" by 34" as framed. Wieghorst was born in Denmark and was exposed to horses there. By 1918 he was in the United States. Ultimately he settled in the San Diego area and became well known for his western American art. Paintings have gone into six figures at auction...

The Size of Painting:18" W x 12" H,
The Title: Iceberg
Artist: Edward Kawanabe
Medium: Pastel painting on dark blue paper. Unframed.
Signed by Artist : E Kawanabe on lower Left.
The year of Work: 1978.
The condition of Excellent: Excellent...

(Berlin Estate). Joanne Kent is a Postwar & Contemporary painter. Numerous key galleries and museums such as District of Columbia Arts Center have featured Joanne Kent's work in the past. Kent, a Minnesota native, holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota. She has been living and working in DC for several decades. Her work is mostly heavily impastoed and reductive in nature, crossing the lines between painting and sculpture...

HENRI BURKHARD was born February 17, 1892, In New York City and, except for stady and travel in Europe, spent most of his life in the ManhattanArea. In Paris, Burkhard studled at the famed Academie Julian, Academie ColarossI and the Grande Chaumiere. In New York, he attended the Art Students League. During the 1920's, the artist was a frequent exhibitor with both the Whitney Studio Gallerles, forerunners of the Whitney Museum of American Art...

The size of Serigraph Sheet: 22 1/4"x 30"
Image size: 20"x26".
The title: "Prospect Park West".
Artist: Shunji Sakuyama (1940- )
The Year of Creation: 1978
Medium : Serigraph on Ragged Paper.
Signed and dated by Artist: Shunji Sakuyama, 1978
on lower right.
Edition No...

A beautiful c1840 miniature, painted on natural material by Thomas Seir Cummings. The sitter, a gray-eyed young woman, is in a pale pink off the shoulder dress, and is resting against a blue cushion. The reverse is inscribed in pen with an illegible name and "22 yrs". Presented in a bronze surround set into a burl wood frame. Excellent condition with no issues. The sight size is 3 1/2" by 2 3/4", with a framed size of 7" by 6 1/4".

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Thomas Seir Cummings was born in Englan...

Master Artist Jean Volang, was born in Vietnam in 1921 and began his painting at an early age when he was taught by a French born teacher who later told him to paint in France, especially Paris where he could make his mark in the world. Never forgetting his roots of his beloved Vietnam, his most celebrated works are of his memories there. This oil on canvas measuring 27”x 37.5”, recalls the many villages on the delta’s and the river’s famous for the county. Volang’s work has now been r...

A beautiful and very rare work in abstract style of a Bull or Ox in Patinated Bronze mounted on a matching bronze base measuring 24” in length,base measuring approximately 16“ x 6 3/4“, 11 inches in height Itzik Benshalom, the man and the artist, is larger than life, an artistic Israeli with a remarkably gentle disposition. Born in Hadera, Israel, in 1945, Benshalom has had no formal art training, but has worked closely with many artists since 1967 when he set up a foundry specializing ...

This is a very early work by mr Levier, oil on canvas in a beautiful contemporary linen lined frame measuring 14.5” x 30” Bio: Charles Levier (1920-2003) was born in Corsica to a French father and an American mother. At 17 he attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. During World War II Levier served in the French Army in North Africa, later becoming Liaison Officer with the U.S. Office of Strategic Services. Levier’s work is considered Cubist in style...

Abstract African Masks by Ivory Coast artist Ephrem Kouakou, Oil on Canvas, 50 x 60" 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 an...

Contemporary Art Glass Sculpture Signed Glasshouse And Dated 1989..measuring 6” diameter Berlin Estate possibly attributed to Zweifel

Italian Travertine Pedestal Circa 1980 in a modernist design measuring 34” height and 12” x 12” top (Berlin Adler)

A beautiful French portrait miniature signed "Mie Bost" center right by Mélanie Bost. The sitter is a young girl in a white lace dress with blue ribbons at the shoulders, her hair parted down the center. Presented in a gold frame with a red glass over guilloche work surround, with small pearls to the exterior border. The reverse with a mother-of-pearl back and a gilt metal pin. Excellent condition with an overall size of 2" by 1 5/8" by 1/4" depth.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Melanie Bost (born ...

Japanese porcelain vase approximately 9” in height depicting a flying crane in flight done in a variety of rare glazes Berlin Estate

African wood mask measuring approximately 16”x8” , the mask in exotic balsa wood Berlin Estate

Oil on canvas, 14" by 18" (18" by 22" framed) poor condition, requiring re-line total restoration, signed at lower left and dated there 1908, by the well-listed Midwest artist LEON A. MAKIELSKI (1885-1974). The Pennsylvania-born artist after youth in South Bend, Indiana landed in Chicago in the early 1900's, studying and then instructing at the Art Institute; he would have been in Chicago environs in 1908 when this was painted so one could speculate if this scene might be the Indiana dunes, or ...

Chita Lovemode ,Zimbabwean Stone sculpture 10” signed 2677 Verdite Shona Peoples Berlin Estate

An original antique monotype oil on paper of a path through a forest by Joseph Henry Sharp. Signed lower right presented in a vintage period frame. Measuring overall size 17.5" x 22.5". Biography, Born in Bridgeport, OH on Sept. 27, 1859, Joseph Henry Sharp was raised in Ironton and Cincinnati. He began art studies at the Cincinnati Art Academy at age 14. In 1882 he was a pupil of Charles Verlat in Antwerp; the following year he made his first trip to the West to sketch the Indian tribes...

American born artist Donald Brackett born 1932, is a plein air artist that is sometimes called a California Impressionist, known for his plein air work and delightful colors. This work is typical of his sojourns into the American southwest. Oil on panel measuring 9”x12”, framed size measuring 13”x16”

A Magnificent Handmade Copper and zinc Metal weathervane made into the shape of a galloping horse by Harris & Company, Boston. Mounted on a custom wooden plinth The weathervane measuring 19 inch in height by 32 inches in length. The stand measures H: 3”, L; 33”, D; 8”

A c1835 delightful and rare miniature by Pamelia Hill, depicting an attractive young woman with hazel eyes and reddish hair gathered in a snood. She is wearing drop earrings and a brooch just below the lace edging of her pleated, deep blue dress. And, of course, the aforementioned snood. Snood, snood, snood...that word always makes me smile.

The painting, in a red leather traveling case, is in excellent condition, having a sight size of 2 1/2" by 2 1/8", and a closed case size of 3" by...

The body is composed of two phoenixes, the heads of the birds naturally forming the handles. The stone is very hard, green speckled with translucent white. The cover is also formed of 2 birds, it is not pierced so it is possible that it is not a censer, although it can be used without a cover. It is placed on a finely carved hardwood base. There are some numbers stamped inside, probably so as not to mix up the bases. China 20th century around the 70s. Good condition. No restoration or gluing. T...

A portrait miniature done by Moses B. Russell and I wish I could say more about this painting or the sitter, but the original backing paper, where Russell signed and often threatened people (incorrectly) not to remove the paper, has been removed. However, the painting was clearly done by Russell and closely mirrors one in the Metropolitan Museum. Excellent condition (any apparent problems in the photo are due to reflections) and presented in a 2 3/4" by 2 1/4" gilt metal case with a lock of hair...

The size of Wood Sculpture: 13 3/4" L x 7 1/2" W x 13" H
The Title of Sculpture: The Harmony
Artist: Edward Kawanabe
The year made: 1982, Signed: on the back E. Kawanabe
Please note stamped address is old address 40 years ago.
Material: Mixed Media, Cypress wood, Gesso & Brass Post.
It is very unique wood sculpture of three objects
as seeing in the photos. Two objects has one side with
rounded with carved area filled with gesso inlaid, and carved out
...

Clifton Karhu (1927-2007)
Tominaga-cho, Gion
Date: 1993.
Edition: 55/75.
Size: 24.25 x 17.75 inches.
Signed, titled, numbered, and dated in pencil by the artist in lower margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight toning in margin due to former matte. Left and right outside margins each have a dot of foxing. Print has never been adhered to a backing.

A c1840 portrait, attributed to Richard Morrell Staigg, of a handsome older gentleman with a stately presence. Shown in a 2 3/8" by 2" gilt metal case with a glazed aperture in the reverse.

Both the painting and the case are in excellent condition. The lower central section of the painting is not damaged, but was intentionally painted that way, possibly to indicate that the sitter has passed away.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Richard Morrell Staigg was born in England in 1817 and moved to the...

A lovely and ethereal miniature of a blond-haired, blue-eyed beautiful young girl. Signed center left "T.R. Manley 1900", it is in its original gilt sterling case with a beaded edge, with the reverse appearing to be evenly tarnished. Excellent condition with no problems, and measuring 3 1/4" by 2 3/4".

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE : Thomas Rathbone Manley (1853 - 1938), later referred to as "The Dean of the Montclair (NJ) Artists". Originally studying law, he realized his love was painting and enr...

A rare c1835 American miniature by Mrs. Samuel Richardson (1790 - 1852), nee Schetky. It took quite a while, using various lighting settings and filters, to finally discern the almost illegible S (?) Richardson signature along the extreme right. That led me to one of the very few examples of her miniatures, one of which is in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, MO), which confirmed my interpretation. The painting and the cast foliate case which measures 2 1/8" by 1 3/4" are in excellen...

American Master Artist James McAuliffe 1848-1921 “Henry” Oil 30”x40” ….the artist was know for his depiction of racing scenes of horses as well as ships. This work was done circa 1870s

BRONZE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA AND AVALOKITESVARA; H:25.5cm H:26cm; Price: USD130

This charming miniature, done in watercolor on natural wafer, shows a little girl who obviously just spent time working diligently picking enough berries to fill her basket. Judging by her slight smile, she either had fun doing that, or is anticipating enjoying the (literal) fruits of her labors.

Note how the artist, as naive as was his style, took care to magnify the use of certain features by highlighting them in various areas, such as using the blue background and the blue bow to go w...

A beautiful and rare set of Royal Copenhagen “Seagull” design dinnerware plates. Light cobalt blue color with gold leaf trim. A set of twelve 9.5 inch plates

A beautiful oil on canvas by a noted Baltimore artist E. Carey Kenney. Of a tugboat in New York Harbor dated 1955 E. Carey Kenney, a noted Pikesville artist who headed the art department at McDonogh School for more than three decades and whose oils and watercolors were inspired by the Owings Mills campus' rolling hills and fields, died Thursday of pneumonia at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown. He was 98. "Ed Kenney was a dear friend and a fabulous teacher. He was a won...

This is the famous bronze plaque of President Lincoln that President Teddy Roosevelt saw in the studio of Brenner, and later commissioned the one cent piece for the Lincoln birth centennial in 1909. Measuring about 9.5” x 7”….Brenner is probably best known for his enduring Lincoln coin design, the obverse of which is the longest-running design in United States Mint history, and perhaps the most reproduced piece of art in world history. Brenner's design had been picked by President Theodore...

Bronze sculpture of George Washington as General By Noel Jules Girard, 1816-1886, measuring 24” tall by 11” wide. French artist Noel Jules Girard was a Painter, but mainly known for his beautiful sculptures.. He studied at the French National School of Fine Arts under David d'Angers Louis Petitot in the 1840s. and won the prestigious Rome Prize. He was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studio of David d'Angers in 1837.. He obtained the third Prix de Rome for sculptu...

(Consignment). A beautiful loving portrait of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy done by his close friend Robert Morey in oil. Measuring 37” x 31” ……. Robert Morey known as the designer of the Seal of the United States Marshall service was not only a painter but a personal friend of President Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy. This work is a tribute to his friend

(Consignment). For the past 22 years, Massimo Righini has sculpted “STORIES IN STONE” and has exhibited them primarily in the Washington, DC, area at l’Enfant Galerie. His sculptures can be found in some 30 private collections in Italy, France, the UK, and the US. Pronoun: He Full Bio: ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT The curriculum of the “Liceo Classico” in Italy included heavy doses of philosophy, mythology and history of art, and Righini’s family had a long tradition of involvement...

(Consignment). For the past 22 years, Massimo Righini has sculpted “STORIES IN STONE” and has exhibited them primarily in the Washington, DC, area at l’Enfant Galerie. His sculptures can be found in some 30 private collections in Italy, France, the UK, and the US. Pronoun: He Full Bio: ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT The curriculum of the “Liceo Classico” in Italy included heavy doses of philosophy, mythology and history of art, and Righini’s family had a long tradition of involvement...

(Consignment). For the past 22 years, Massimo Righini has sculpted “STORIES IN STONE” and has exhibited them primarily in the Washington, DC, area at l’Enfant Galerie. His sculptures can be found in some 30 private collections in Italy, France, the UK, and the US. Pronoun: He Full Bio: ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT The curriculum of the “Liceo Classico” in Italy included heavy doses of philosophy, mythology and history of art, and Righini’s family had a long tradition of involvement ...

A beautiful Persian Isfahan Noin Silk and Wool Circular Carpet 78” diameter 1980s

This is a rather large portrait miniature done in body color and watercolor on ivory. The signature on the lower right is "P(or T)ouktuz Sta??er". The signature and attire indicate the painting was probably done by an Eastern European or Russian artist. The subject of this 19th century work is an attractive young girl from a wealthy family, based on the expensive clothing (the fur coat, gloves, hat, and boots).

The condition of the painting is excellent, with some scattered black speck...

A wonderful miniature by Daniel Dickinson of a handsome gentleman. The sitter is dressed in the height of fashion for the time, wearing a blue jacket with velvet lapels. Note the broadness of the brush strokes and chiseled modeling of the face, both characteristics of Daniel's style, contrasting with his brother Anson's work.

The frame deserves special mention, being gilt silver with a 14K gold back and central plaque with "AM" initials. It is quite thick and weighs about 3 1/2 ounces. The...

A Massive French Bronze Sculpture Of Sagittarius Zodiac Symbol 20th Century measuring 29” x 24”