A Very Fine Woodblock Print Korean Bride by Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960):
Japan, Dai Oban tate-e, 15 3/8” x 11 3/4” print only, (approximately 18” x 13 7/8 marigins),
Title; La Mariee “Bride, Seoul, Coree”
Signed Paul Jacoulet in pencil with owl seal in red on lower left
Limited edition # 54/350 in red on verso.
Engraved by Maeda Kentaro, printed by Fujii Shunosuke
It is in very good condition with good impression and color with full margins without any
stain or mat burned marks,...
A Wonderful Oil on Canvas Painting "Street Scene in Montmartre with Sacré Coeur in the Background". By Jean Salabet and signed (Lower Left) "J Salabet, Paris 1953". Dimensions; 21" x 17", with frame, 29" x 26". Excellent condition.
Frederick Frary Fursman, Chicago, Illinois, 1874-1943. This American Impressionist Painting is a lovely subject matter with children in a park. It has beautiful shadows and lovely brushwork. It is an oil on canvas 15" by 18" in a very good 3" newer gold leaf frame. Provenance: Private MidWest Collection, Bought from Timothy Keene estate sale of Frederick Fursman held in Milwaukee. Guaranteed by Frederick Furman Estate. Has estate number 59 and Fursman Monogram Verso...
Oil on canvas, 38.25" x 45" framed, circa 1950
Mr. Bordenave was born in Paris in 1900. He was educted at the Bernard Palissy School of Design, Painting and Decoration in Paris. After starting his own business in design and illustration he returned full time to painting. He was an influencial Paris artist and a member and participant in multiple Salon's including the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts. In 1958 he won the Grand Prix du Counseil General de Seine-et-Marne...
Polished cast brass American Eagle perched on a branch. Unsigned sculpture from 1920-1930, measuring 18” high,22” wide.
20th century Chinese carved lapis fisherman. Minor chip on the tail of the fish. H: 6 ¾ inches
Ink on paper drawing, 5 1/4" by 8 5/8" inside the mat (10" by 13" as framed), signed at lower right "F. MILLER", circa mid 20th century, showing a cowboy in the distance herding four longhorn cattle. This is a decorative work. The artist could be Florence H. Miller (1918-) listed in askart as a Washington D.C. artist who moved to Taos, New Mexico, working from there after 1945, and a contemporary of Emil Bisttram...
MArsh Avery, 1932-, American, Maine. Potrait of Woman in Green, Oil on canvasboard, 17" by 13", signed Marsh Avery LL. Verso Bearing an Esther Stuttman Gallery, 13 E 75th St , NY, 21 Inventory number #1549F Dated 1954.
This is a block print on an unusual paper, the subject a mounted Native American banging his drum while on a white horse, signed in the block by the important "dean of Arizona artists", LON MEGARGEE (1883-1960). The striking image might be after a painting by the artist, who, the story goes, was passed one day in the desert by a warrior in a dreamy trance-like reverie state, working his drum in this manner, barely noticing the white man watching him pass...
Road by the River Seine"
Oil on canvas, 16.25" x 20" unframed
Andre Gisson was born with the name Anders Gittleson, in Brooklyn, New York but lived in Westport, Connecticut for most of his life. He traveled extensively and studied throughout Europe and the Far East. Mr. Gittleson was a leading American realist painter. He graduated from the Pratt Institute and was a Captain in the Army during WWII...
Bonner Bentley Oil on Canvas Still Life Abstract 33x27” dated 1957 Beautiful work that is from a master Painter
Constantine Kluge, French, 1912-2003. This wonderful oil on canvas is 28 by 35.5 in a modern 3" gold leaf frame for overall dimensions of 34" by 41.5". It is in very good condition and is signed lower right.
Ca. 1950s
Original Japanese black lacquer and brocade frame. Postcard size print with borders likely trimmed. Print in good condition, but not examined outside frame.
Print: 3 ¾ in. x 5 ½ in., Frame: 9 in. x 7 ¼ in.
Watercolor on paper, 19" by 20" (27 3/4" by 27 3/4" as framed), confidently signed at lower left by professional artist MARINA ULIANOFF, and dated there 1951. I do not see a listing for the name, but, there is a listing for a Los Angeles area artist by the name of Vsevolod Ulianoff (1880-1940), who painted murals like that in the lobby of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. I imagine there is a possibility this could be by his wife...
Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (French)February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism (known as "tubism") which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style. His boldly simplified treatment of modern subject matter has caused him to be regarded as a forerunner of pop art.
A rare color lithograph by Wayne Thiebaud titled Coronado signed, numbered 5 of 15 and dated 1956. overall sheet size 16 x25 12.5 x 21.5 inches. A beautiful colorful modernist image of sail boats off the San Diego coast with the old Coranado Hotel in the left of the image...
A Fine Japanese Woodbocl Print by Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960):
Japan, Dai oban Yoko-e, 18 3/4” x 14” incl...
Gouache on paper laid on board extensive landscape in the naive style, signed at left "Yehoshua" (YEHOSHUA BRANDSTATTER (1891-1975). For the collector of Judaica and Jewish painting, this is a charming work by a noted figure in Israel, a man who did not take up painting until age 72. He immigrated to Israel in 1909 and was active in the Israeli film industry until his senior years...
Impressionist oil painting of a Mother Child Titled "Family Outing" at Mast Cove Kennebunkport Maine by Harry Barton. Oil on 24 x 30 panel signed lower left and with estate of the artists stamp on verso.
Harry Lang Barton, artist and illustrator May 12, 1908 - August 12, 2001
Born in Cleveland and raised in Seattle, Harry Barton spent his life doing the thing he truly loved--painting...
Bakufu Ono, oban tate-e, dated Showa 28 (1953), published by Kyoto, Hanga-in, slightly toned, fine impression, color and condition.
Original limited edition hand colored etching titled "Haggling" featuring Korean women in a marketplace by German artist Willy Seiler (born 1903) from his Korean series. Signed in pencil on the lower margin. Reverse with limited Korean edition seal marked Plate #68A/110, stamped in red "original hand colored," and with Seiler's address in Japan (see enlargements). Willy Seiler's etchings captured the essence of life in rural Japan. They were enormously popular with the post World War II Occupati...
A Fine Korean Orchid/Rock (石蘭) scroll painting by 의제(毅齋), 허백련 ((許百鍊 1891∼1977): Korea
Ink stroke with orchid flowers and rock painted on Paper,
with description on the upper right and signed with red square seal, 의제(毅齋), it’s in good condition but having some area creased, it measures 39cm x 124.5cm painting only. 52cm x 182.5cm overall.
Duilio Barnabe: Italian 1914-1961. This "Seated Pierrot" is oil and mixed media on board signed lower right DBarnabe.
It is 25.50" by 19.50" and is framed 30.50" by 19.50".
Oil on board, 20" by 24" and frame 2 3/4" wide, signed in the paint at lower right "H. YOSHIZUMI" and dated there "57". Titled on two labels "Monterey Wharf", this is a striking, impressionist yet modern painting by a talented artist who was born in nearby Watsonville of Japanese ancestry. Yoshizumi was incarcerated during World War II at the Poston, Arizona internment camp. Many net references discuss the art he was able to produce while there, depicting his grim and alien surroundings. He ...
A Very Finely Painted with Butterfly by Chung Navi(정나븨)
Korea, dated:Sept.1952, signed in Korean and English and red sealed, framed with documents on the back.
Painted with 15 different butterflies,
and on silk.
It's in very fine condition, it measures
7.5” x 10,5” (19cm x 27cm).
About Artist: Born in 1906, graduated from Tokyo Art Academy, Tokyo, Japan.
A specialist in drawing and painting butterflies. The professors spent 15 years gathering more than 7,000 types of butt...
A Fine/Large Serigraph Print by Tetsuro Sawada (1935-1999):
Japan, 70cm x 55cm all margins included, 50cm x 40 cm image only
Dated 1991, Title; Glow wave (II),
Signed Sawada and Title and Edition # 89/100 and dated 1991 in pencil by the artist
Medium; Serigraph,
Condition; it is in very good, very brilliant color and full margins.
Please note; I highly recommend keeping this frame with its print since it was
custom crafted to enhance the print’s detail. ...
¡°The two adversaries (left)¡± and ¡°The two adversaries (right)¡± were published 5 December,1950. The carver was Maeda; the printers were Honda, Uchikawa and Onodera. Both have Paul Jacoulet¡¯s pencil signature and red Arrow seal on the lower corner. They are in excellent condition.
¡°This simple but highly symbolic pair reveals Jacoulet's feelings toward the North Koreans. In his public dedication to President Truman, the artist expressed ¡°gratitude for aid given so promptl...
"Harbor Scene"
Oil on canvas, view size 17 1/2" x 23", 23" x 28 1/2" framed
Julius Delbos was born in London England in 1879. He was a lecturer, painter, watercolorist, engraver and teacher. He eventually moved to the United States becoming a member of the American Water Color Society, New York Water Club, American Artists Professional League, National Arts Club, Society of Graphic Arts and the Century Club. He eventually came to exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C. (1930-37) a...
Oil on board painting featuring flaming autumnal trees, a view to high mountains beyond, signed at lower right "STIRLING". This 12" by 8 1/2" work (18" by 15" framed) is a rather typical example of Colorado impressionist artist DAVE STIRLING (1887-1971). Stirling was a familiar face in Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park, where he had a studio from which he sold paintings to passing tourists. The studio and home was called the Bugscuffle Ranch, and it was located just inside the park....
Francois Gall, Hungarian/French, 1912-1987 "Le Petit Dejeuner" is a beautiful oil on canvas signed F. Gall (lower right) 20 x 17 1/2 inches, good condition, circa 1940-50. It is Gall at his very best and was in the private collection of Frederic Stern of the Gering Galleries on Wilshire Blvd, Beverly hills, CA.
Porfirio Salinas (American Artist) 1910-1973.
This painting is signed on the lower left corner and measures approx. 20" tall x 24" and is in Excellent condition. These are the dimension of the painting. The owner purchased this painting in the early 1950's in Texas. It has hung in her living room ever since. This Painting is in original untouched condition and in the original frame. This is a lovely Landscape Painting of the Texas Bluebonnets. If you need to see additional photos of the paintin...
“Prospect Park”
Watercolor on paper 14” x 21”
Boog was born on June 27, l877 in Luzern, Switzerland and was brought to New York as a child. In the early twentieth century, he attended Ecole des
Beaux-Arts in Paris. Returning to the U.S. he settled in Brooklyn, N.Y. near
Prospect Park, the site of many of his paintings and sketches. He was for
many years a member of the well known Salmagundi Club at Washington Square in New York City. Many of his works have been exhibited at the...
Oil on canvas portrait painting by Frank Mason of a US Coast Guard commander. Purchased from a relative of Frank Mason, we were told that it was a family member, but have not been able to verify. We recently had it re-stretched on a new frame. The last photo is the artist at work in his studio. Measures 30" x 34"
Frank Herbert Mason (1921 - 2009) was a renowned professor at the Art Students League and a portraitist in the tradition of Rembrandt. He was also known for interior, figure ...
Still life Woodblock print of Vase by Tomimoto Kenkichi (1886-1963.) Artist's Seal: "Tomi." Date: 1955. Publisher: Adachi Hanga. Medium: Woodblock Print. Impression: Very good, printed on long-fiber Japanese paper. Size: W. 32.5cm( 12.75") x H.42cm (16.5").
Tomimoto Kenkichi was best known as one of the most influential Japanese ceramic artists of the 20th Century. In 1955, he was designated as a "Ningen Kokuho" Holder of Intangible Cultural Propertiy, commonly known in the West as a "Nation...
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...
A Landscape in Autumn by Nam-Nong, Huh-Gun (1907-1987):
Korea, Mounted with Fabric and inner frame,
The artist’s pen name; Nam-Nong, Name; Huh-Gun
Painted in ink and color with an Autumn scene on paper,
Two Seales, Huh Ryun, Nam-Nong in red, on upper left with poem.
It is in very good condition. It measures 25 1/4” x 16” ( 65cm x 40cm)
Village scene with green mountain, issued ca. 1950s, non-limited edition.
Pencil signed in the image beneath red artist’s seal, very good impression and color, untrimmed, full margins, light toning in margins, white tape residue on back of margins, printer’s seal on back of margin.
Overall size: 11 ¼ x 17 in., image size: 9 ¾ x 14 ¼ in.
Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972. This gem is a typical example of Berthelsen's New York Scenes. It is 12" by 15 3/4" in a 4"period French frame. Overall dimensions are 20" by 23 3/4". Signature is lower right and condition is good. His New York scenes sell for up to $45,000.
Moses SOYER 1899-1974 wass a Russian born artist part of the Soyer family of artist that Immigrated to America in the early 20th century. He worked for the WPA in the 1930s under the Roosevelt administration and was featured in many exhibitions and documentaries. This work captures the gesture of surprise and is an oil on canvas measuring 24 x 20”, frame size 32 x 28”
Finnish Artist Arthur Heickell 1873-1958 “ Religious Still Life” Measuring 20” x 16” oil on canvas, framed.
¡°The two adversaries (left)¡± and ¡°The two adversaries (right)¡± were published 5 December,1950. The carver was Maeda; the printers were Honda, Uchikawa and Onodera. Both have Paul Jacoulet¡¯s pencil signature and red Arrow seal on the lower corner. They are in excellent condition.
¡°This simple but highly symbolic pair reveals Jacoulet¡¯s feelings toward the North Koreans. In his public dedication to President Truman, the artist expressed ¡°gratitude for aid given so pro...
Ca. 1950s
Original Japanese black lacquer and brocade frame. Postcard size print with borders likely trimmed. Print in good condition, but not examined outside frame.
Print: 3 ¾ in. x 5 ½ in., Frame: 9 in. x 7 ¼ in.
This is a watercolor painting of the famous Philippe's French Dip Restaurant in downtown Los Angeles, an iconic area landmark to this day. The restaurant opened in 1908 and remains a vital part of Los Angeles' living history. At the restaurant, so the story goes, in the year 1918, a food preparer accidentally dropped a hot meat sandwich into the juices of the cooking pan. A customer requested it, despite its "compromised" condition. He extolled the virtues of the as-is sandwich, and a legend...
Ducks and Duckilings in the River"
Oil on canvas, 27.75" x 20" unframed, 34.5" x 36.75" framed
Breedveld was born in Holland on March 24, 1918. He studied at the Drawing Academy in Rotterdam. Concentrating primarily on oil painting he has become famous for the very scene depicted in this piece; ducks swimming in ponds and rivers. He executes this subject masterfully and these pieces have become highly collectable and valuable. This is a well listed artist with extensive, strong auction rec...
Ca. 1950s
Original Japanese black lacquer and brocade frame. Postcard size print with borders likely trimmed. Print in good condition, but not examined outside frame.
Print: 3 ¾ in. x 5 ½ in., Frame: 9 in. x 7 ¼ in.
"Monmartre"
Oil on board, 12" x 16" unframed, circa 1950
Louise Peyrat is a French born artist who is the cousin of the famous artist Maurice Utrillo, who greatly influenced Louise in his art career as is evidenced by this gem available at our gallery. There has been a recent surge of interest in Peyrat. I have seen much of Louise Peyrat's work and and this piece is one of the finest examples of his talents and one of the finest examples of the influence Utrillo had on Peyrat. Mr. Peyrat i...
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 Very Rare/Fine Korean Water Color Painting by Won Suk Yeon (¿ø¼®¿¬) (1922-2003): ¡°Two young friends in Korean traditional dress¡±, framed.
Korea, circa 1960s, framed, and painted on paper elaborately,
and signed the artist¡¯s round seal ¡°¿ø¼®¿¬¡± in Korean stamped on the lower left.
The actual painting size before framed; 10 1/4¡± x 15 1/4¡±, and after framed; 9 3/4¡± x 14 3/4¡±¡±
It¡¯s in very fine condition without any noticeable damages at all
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Claude Charles Buck, Santa Cruz, California, 1890-1974. This stunning jewel is Claude Buck at his usual dreamy best. It is oil on board of a beautiful red haired mother and child in a landscape with a crescent moon and flowers. It is 9 1/2" H" by 7 3/8" W in the original American frame with overall dimensions of 15 1/2" H by 13 3/8" W. It is oil on board. Provenance: Private MidWest Collection, Leslie Hindman Auction, Private Illinois Collection. His painting go for up to $25,000 and he is list...
John Grillo, Calif, 1917- California. Oil on canvas, 40"h by 36"w, framed 45"h by 41", signed lower left. Provenance: Private Midwestern Collection, Bunte Auction, Illinois, Private Collection purchased from Artist.
"Strolling the Garden" oil on canvas 36" x 24" unframed.Andre Gisson was born with the name Anders Gittleson, in Brooklyn, New York but lived in Westport, Connecticut for most of his life. He traveled extensively and studied throughout Europe and the Far East. Mr. Gittleson was a leading American realist painter. He graduated from the Pratt Institute and was a Captain in the Army during WWII. Over 4 decades his one man shows extended from New York, Washington, Texas, and California to London, Pa...
Chinese jade covered jar carved with dragon and phoenix design. Ca.1950. Good color and condition. H: 6 ½ inches, W: 3 ½ inches
Claude Lacaze original oil on panel cubist nudes by the sea signed lower left. measuring Approximately 20 x 30 inches in excellent condition.
Biography
Lacaze was a painter who was heavily influenced by Cubism and Post-Cubism, particularly by fellow Bordeaux painters such as André L’Hote.
He was born in Angoulême, Charente and studied at the Lycée Montaigne in Bordeaux and it was there, under an inspirational art master, that his desire to be an artist was initiated. He enrolled at ...
Clarence Hinkle, American, Santa Barbara, CA, 1880-1960, oil on board, 16" X 20", signed on lower right, in a modern American Impressionist frame ( overall 25.5" by 30.5". This atmospheric impressionist painting conveys his interest in City and Landscapes. It is beautifully executed in fluid brush strokes in lovely pastel colors and is probably a scene in San Francisco Cincinnatti or perhaps Philadelphia,. This artist studied in California and Paris, has exhibited in Calif and the Corcoran, work...
A pastel of the river Seine in Paris with the top of a building in the distance over leafy trees and a barge passing through the arch of a bridge by the American born Louis Orr who spent much of his life in Paris. This in a nice example of his work in a new mat and frame. Sight size of pastel 12 by 16 inches (30 by 40 cm) frame size 19 3/8 by 23 3/8 inches (49 by 59 cm).
Condition: Excellent with acid free mat and backing.
Bakufu Ono, oban tate-e, one of the ¡°Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection (Dai Nihon gyorui gashu)¡±, dated 1951, published by Kyoto, Hanga-in, slightly toned, fine impression and color.
A Seated Young Lady in Red Oil Painting by Kim Heung Sou (Kim Sou, b. 1919) with an original frame:
Korea, Dated 1954
Oil on canvas, framed, depicting a seated young lady wearing a red dress,
the lower left signed in Chinese Kim Heung-Sou above the Roman letter H.S,
the reverse, signed with the same Chinese characters and Roman script
Heung-Sou Kim 1954 beneath a Chinese inscription possibly reading
Tobul Kobyol jeonchul pum (item for Tobul farewell exhibition)
It is in very good cond...
Raphael Soyer, N.A., NY 1899-1987.
This charming portrait of a nude black haired woman with upturned arms is oil on canvas. It is about 8" by 10" in a lovely newer frame. It was in the private collection of a prominent North Carolina Art Dealer.
Suzanne-Marguerite Bertillon, French, 20th C. This fascinating oil on canvas, Portrait of a Woman is 18" by 24" in a wonderful Art Deco frame, signed LR.