A nice miniature painting done by Christopher Greiner. The sitter is a gentleman in a black coat and tie, but Greiner emphasized the somber feel of the painting by using a background of black and dark green.

The painting has no condition flaws, and is housed in a cast foliate pendant case with hair in the glazed aperture on the back...

Another of Maki's all-white prints, this one is of a Chinese coin. wu wei zhi zu Frame 5 shows the Han dynasty coin which inspired this 1981 print.

A fine American miniature painting on natural wafer of a hazel-eyed woman, dressed in a white bonnet and fichu. Original locket gilt metal case has a plait of hair in the aperture on the back of the case.

Superb condition with no problems. The locket is 2 3/8" by 2", and the sight size of this little gem is 2 1/4" by 1 7/8".

Original painting (oil and gouache on paper) by Ruth Schloss (Born 1922 in Germany, died 2013 in Israel). This untitled work is signed twice as is usually the case with this artist's works: "Schloss" lower left, and "Ruth Schloss" in Hebrew lower right. 19" by 13" (work alone), 30" by 23" in its gallery frame. In excellent original condition. From a NY estate. Ruth Schloss emigrated with her family to Israel in 1937...

An American miniature portrait painting, on natural organic material, of an older woman, unusual in that the subject is directly facing the viewer, and her image fills practically the entirety of the painting. The sitter has brown eyes, brown hair done in sausage curls, and is wearing a white lace cap and ruffled collar...

A lovely little oil on copper painting that depicts a small cottage with thatched roof. Crisp detail. Signed S.W. in the LR corner. The back of the plate shows evidence of an earlier use. The frame measures 7-7/8" x 9", the plate 5-3/4" x 6"

In 1970 quite suddenly Haku Maki started producing truly large prints. They were dramatic and somewhat unexpected, all at least 24in x 24in and extended in size to 35in x 35in. His huge print of a woman is 36in x 72in. All of these were created in 1970. Then no Big ones until Big Mu done in 1973. Then no more huge ones. What happened to Maki? What happened to the supply of paper? This Poem 70-10 is pretty large--17.5in W x 24.5in H--but it was succeeded by others even larger.

Sir Francis Dodd, British (1874-1949), "Charles March Gere," This drypoint etching of the English landscape painter, Charles March Gere, c. 1927, measures 12 x 10 1/4 inches and is pencil signed on the lower right margin. Francis Dodd was born in Wales and trained at the Glasgow School of Art winning the Haldane Scholarship in 1893 enabling him to travel and study in France, Italy and Spain. During WWI he became a portrait war artist producing more than 30 portraits of senior officers...

Charles Mielatz, American, 1864-1919, "Dewey Triumphal Arch," This elegant and detailed etching by Charles Mielatz measures 14 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches. Created in 1899 in NYC it depicts the American Naval Arch on the corner of 5th Avenue and 23rd Street. It is plate signed and dated and also pencil signed. On the lower margin is a pencil sketch of a US Navy battleship. A publishers identification mark is located on the back of this framed piece...

Original grisaille painting (with subtle touches of color) by Arthur Lidov (American, 1917-1990). In excellent original condition and in its original frame. Signed l.r. and dated 1946. 18" by 21" painting alone, 25" by 28" in its frame. A very poignant post-Holocaust work. Arthur Lidov is a major American artist who became famous as a medical and science illustrator...

From our European Collection, a lovely and substantially-sized 19th century nautical oil painting of ships in a European port, signed and dated S. Brade 1871. This painting is in excellent condition with only the typical fine craquelure expected in paintings of its age. UV light inspection suggests possible small random areas of touch-up to the sky, but otherwise this piece has survived well in fine original, essentially unrestored condition...

Franz Marc, 1880 (Munich)- 1916 (Verdun, Austira)"Komposition Rein Abstrakter Formen 1914. Oil or tempera over pencil on paper Size: 11.5 in x 9.5 in. (29.1 cm x 24.1 cm) Condition: Excellent – no tears, stains or folds. Verso 1. Signature initials “FZM” (front, lower right) 2. “Franz Marc Komposition rein abstrakter formen 1914” (verso, bottom center, pencil) – roughly translates “Composition of purely abstract form” 3. Stamp “Konstantin S. Redko, Schluterstr...

Fernand Leger, French,1881-1955. This stunning example of Fernand Leger's imagery at his early cubust period in the 1920's is pencil on paper...

Albert Gleizes, French, 1881-1953.This vivid painting is Cubiste Composition, Gouache and pencil on heavy paper, 20.2 cm by 28.3cm (about 7 15/16" by 11.2"), signed LR ALB GLEIZES in black, Verso In Pencil, Miette Braive, Rue Chauehat (or Chauchat) Paris, Circa 1920's. Miette Braive (1916-2000) was a cubist painter in Paris in the circle of Albert Gleizes.\ Excellent Provenance upon request. His paintings sell for up to $2,709,303 and works on paper sell for up to $150,000. Initially influen...

Unique photographic abstraction by California artist and lithographer, Victor von Pribosic [1909 - 1959]

Created in the 1940's, this image measures app. 13 1/2" x 16 1/2".

Condition - excellent.

Matted and shrink wrapped.

Warren Davis, American, 1865-1928, "Naiad". This is a very fine etching by Warren Davis, image size 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, printed in an edition of 150, signed within the plate, with the title and edition in pencil below the image. This etching is in pristine condition, printed on a cream colored watermarked Rives paper with ample margins. Warren Davis studied at the Art Students League in New York and became known for his etchings of idealized female figures, many of which were used on the cover...

Daniel Tretiak's Research Note 12 took a look back at Haku Maki's works from 1965 to 1970.

The bottom margin states this is 39/777 but did Maki really do that many and if so where are they? This is a late-in-life Maki print. Where did this idea come from? A sunflower! I know van Gogh did quite a few famous paintings depicting many sunflowers, all realistic paintings. The Japanese printmaker Tadashi Nakayama did many different takes on Sunflowers. These were realistic depictions. Nakayama did fewer. Maki did this one and it was quite abstract It was the only Sunflower he di...

A Fine Etching from the Early Texas Artist, Clara Caffrey Pancoast (1872-1959). Pancoast was a student of Jose Arpa and taught at the Art Colony in Alpine. Matt opening measures about 4 3/8" by 6 3/8", overall frame about 8 1/8" by 10 3/4".

Ramstonev modernist abstraction - crayon and pastel on paper

Circa 1939

Dimensions - image - 18" x 24"

Estate stamped on verso

Framed

Condition - very good

This work was done during the late 1930's as part of the 'Cooperative' project in the New Hope, Pa. modern art community. Charles Ramsey, Louis Stone and Charles Evans worked collectively on many drawings and paintings during this time. While all three were accomplished artists they d...

Signed original oil on 100% Belgian linen landscape painting depicting a peaceful quiet North East coast harbor in a slightly tonalist mood of yellows greens and browns. Title: Across The Harbor (Somewhere up The East Coast II). Sgraffito signed by this self taught American landscape painter at lower right: Mimi Dee. Original, no reproductions! Image: 11" x 14". Fresh to collecting market and framed in a golden frame, wired and ready to hang in your office or home. 100% Belgian linen on ...

Percival Gaskell, Etching, "In the Garden," This very fine impression with its deep rich tones measures 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, c. 1930. Presented on cream wove paper, this original drypoint has wide margins with a sheet size of 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches and is pencil signed on the lower border. Born in England and educated in Cambridge, Gaskell studied art in London and Italy before studying under Sir Frank Short at the Royal College of Art.

Signed American original oil painting on 100% Belgian linen depicting a luminous sky and serene yet moody section of a North Eastern Atlantic Cape coastline with a distant sailboat beyond the dark breakwaters at mid ground.

Title: Ann's Gift. This self taught artist juxtaposes the serene view of a waxing or waning luminous sky, displaying a myriad of colors masterfully blended in blue pink lavender yellow with hints of orange at the horizon, with the dark breakwater rocks at mid ground. N...

Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

by C. Myron Clark (American, 1876-1925)

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: "1906"

Painting: 16" x 12"
Frame: 21.5" x 17.5"

American painter C. Myron Clark specialized in marine subjects and, like so many other artists, was drawn to Venice with its ongoing atmospheric shifts in the sky and sea. The Peabody Museum in Salem, MA has five of his works in the permanent collection. He is listed in Who Was Who in American Art by Falk and Dict...

A By-path

Henry Hobart Nichols, Jr. (American, 1869-1962)

Watercolor on paper, signed and dated: “1897”.

Exhibited at the Third Annual Washington Water Color Club, 1898.

Illustrated in McMahan, The Artists of Washington, DC: 1796-1996, p. 158.

Provenance: from the Estate of Virgil McMahan.

A painter and illustrator, Nichols was a member of quite an artistic family. His father, brother and wife were all professional painters as well.

He had diverse ...

Original signed American oil landscape painting on stretched canvas depicting a showy Magnolia tree planted in The Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial Park which is an 1888 gift of Charles H Tenney to the town of Methuen, MA. This landscape is framed and simply titled: Magnolia. This impasto textured magnolia tree landscape scene is a pleasure to view each spring and summer.

In the background an impressive stone work First Congregational Church founded in 1729 and built in 1855. It served i...

The Portland Art Museum has very recently begun to put its holdings of prints of Haku Maki on its site. These cover a wide range of Maki art: from the very earliest days of his work until the 1980s. The listing is particularly exciting because it shows several very early prints I have never seen. These are shown in the first 3 images of this listing. At the beginning, Maki’s images were abstract, embossed and small editions. We see the earliest known Woman image, an apple and a Work image that...

A Classical Chinese landscape painting handpainted on silk using the literati style and venerating the Song Dynasty famous artist Ma Yuan's famous landscape painting of scholar visit friends in the mountain

In 1976 Haku Maki did his eight-volume San Mon Ban--a total of 96 different embossed images. These included many items Maki had just used, would use soon and used later. I first show images of two prints like those in San Mon Ban but slightly larger. Then two images of insects in San Mon Ban and then 4 images of insects long hidden in my archives--even to me. These might all be called Maki Lite. The two shown here are Insect 2 Fleas; Insect 3 ants There is also a simple Insect and an...

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Italian, 1639-1709, called Baccico or Baccicia. Italian Angels or Putti on Clouds plus a small portrait of a man is a charming example of Gaulli's work. It is 5" by 7 3/4" of pen and sepia brown ink on paper. Provenance is Leslie Hindman Auction, Collection of P Waite, English Collection until 1994, German Collection Basenge. Condition good upper life corner restored. Giovanni Battista Gaulliwas a painter of the Italian High Baroque verging onto that of the Rococo. He...

A Watercolor by the Listed Artist, Kathryne Hail Travis (1894-1972). Travis was a student of Randall Davey, George Bellows, and Kenyon Cox. Measures about 13 1/2" by 9 1/2" matt opening, overall frame about 21 1/8" by 17 1/8". Titled "Fall Aspens on Mon Jeau", Travis has written that "Pic is watercolor sketch in the field for large oil painting in Texas..." Nice example.

A French Poster that belonged to the actress Greer Garson. This was lent to the College of Santa Fe for exhibition when Garson appeared in the production of Madwoman of Chaillot. On the back Garson has written the information, shown in photo. Measures about 16 1/2" by 23 3/4", frame overall about 17 1/2" by 24 3/4". Appears to be attached to backing. Nice Art Nouveau Style and interesting provenance.

Rare early original lithograph by Adolph Dehn (American, 1895-1968), circa 1930. Offered framed under glass. Pencil signed, dated, titled, and numbered 17/30. In very good condition (light paper toning, no foxing or other notable issues). Adolph Dehn was one of the most important American lithographers of the 20th century. (the white streaks on the photos are reflections on the glass.)

This wonderful print was a gift to Daniel Tretiak and me on the occasion of our wedding in June 1964.

Luigi Kasimir, Austrian, 1881-1962, "Grinzing, Vienna," Etching and aquatint in colors, image size 17 1/2 x 22 1/2, cat: Lorenz-23, pencil signed by the artist, framed.

Wesley Elbridge Webber (American, 1841-1914) - White Mountains, New Hampshire landscape painting with pond. Oil on canvas. Late 19th century. Canvas size: 12 inches x 20 inches. Signed by artist in the lower left and on the reverse of the canvas. Condition: one small old repair to a puncture in the sky, with minor touch-ups. Offered in an antique silver leaf frame. Wesley Webber was a 19th century painter of landscapes and marine subjects in New England. Born in Gardiner, Maine, he was lar...