Mason Wells American 1906-1984 large watercolor on paper of a figure of a woman walking on the deck of a passenger liner with the funnel and other parts of the vessel. Painted over pencil. On the back is written, “MASON WELLS/ maybe/ S.S. Berengaria/ when Student at/ Harvard.” Sight size 20 ¾ by 13 ¾ inches. Frame 28 by 20 ¾ inches.
Condition. Excellent. Frame has minor knocks. New acid free backing.
Old framing label shows it was framed in San Francisco. S.S...
David Cox Original oil painting 1844 signed lower right titled on reverse Manorbier Castle South Wales. Oil on board measuring approx. 30 x 40 inches. Biography
David Cox was an English landscape painter, one of the most important members of the Birmingham School of landscape artists and an early precursor of impressionism.
Scene from a Noh play from the series “100 Noh Plays” published 1922-1926
Signed Kogyo with artists’s seal on L.R., fan-shaped publisher’s seal, excellent impression and color, gilt metallic printing on robe, some very minor creasing and very light soiling to corners, otherwise good condition, large red collector’s seal on verso.
Oban tate-e: 10 x 14 ¾ in.
From our Fine Arts and Americana Collection, a ONE-OF-A-KIND MASTERPIECE crystal sculpture by Varga. People generally familiar with Varga crystal know it as a high-end manufacturer of crystal stemware: Wine glasses, goblets, champagne glasses and the like, handcrafted in Budapest Hungary by four generations of specialist engravers practicing the copper and diamond wheel technique...
Maki’s Big Reds—an appellation which my late husband Daniel Tretiak gave to Maki’s large, red designs (usually kanji) on black backgrounds—are well-represented by this ox, a subject Maki did many times. An artist’s proof (A.P.), it measures 16in x 21.75in.
Chinese painting of houses near water way, painted in oil on linen, wooden frame, figures in background, reflections of buildings in water, attributed to Wu Guangzhong.
Size including frame: 32 1/2" high x 44 1/4" wide
Size of painting without frame: 24" high x 36 1/4" wide
This is a fine, limited edition wood engraving by the highly regarded American artist THOMAS WILLOUGHBY NASON (1889-1971). The print is signed in pencil at lower right and dated there 1956, when the artist was 67 years old. At lower left in pencil is "Ed. 100". Nason was a Boston-born artist who by the late 1920's had taught himself the fine art of creating prints in the wood engraving process...
Page from an album. Illustration in Chinese style (chinoiserie) of a young Chinese man in white pants and blue tunic, beating a small drum or gong with a stick. His head shaved in the style of the first half of the Qing dynasty, a long very thin tail wound around the back of his head.
The shades on his clothes and face done in tiny black dots, in imitation of shading in an etching. Black ink and watercolors on Western paper. French or English...
Original diptych (deep etch on zinc) by Wendell H. Black (USA, 1919-1972), circa 1961. 12 1/2 by 23 1/2 each. Titled l.l. and numbered 7/25. Signed and dated "Wendell Black 61 by Elaine". From the first edition of this work, printed posthumously by Berkley Chappell, and signed by Black's widow Elaine. No lifetime edition exists. cf: The Lost Works of Wendell H. Black, plates 22 and 23. The model in this diptych, probably the artist's wife, is also on the cover of the book.
The Marble Sculpture measures 18" tall x 9" at the base. This appears to be a Sculpture by Constantin Brancusi.(1876-1957). This Sculpture was purchased from an Estate in Highland Park in Dallas, Texas. It was used as a decoration for a private pool at that particular Estate. This Abstract Sculpture is not signed. More information will be added later.
A Hand Colored Lithograph by Nathaniel Currier, circa 1850. Titled "Lord Byron and Marianna". Dimensions 12" wide x 16.5" high. Period frame.
A vintage circa 1930's watercolor of old two story hotels on a block in Oakdale, in California's Central Valley, between San Francisco and Yosemite, signed at lower right by listed California woman artist ESTELLA HOISHOLT (1889-1979). The buildings are of brick and a quaint, older style rarely seen nowadays in California, countless earthquakes having taken their toll on masonry buildings...
(Consignment) Joseph Dawley portrait of Job is one of the most important work in his Ouvre. Painted in the style of old masters this period of his work was featured in my books he authored measuring 40x36”,Beautifully framed measures 54x49”,oil on canvas
Although raised and educated in Texas, Joe Dawley moved to New Jersey in the early 1960's where he remained...
Signed American original landscape oil painting on stretched canvas with a Southwest or western mood and palette, expressing a road forking left to the mountains and beyond. Show exhibit label included. Colorful palette with an American romantic approach. Title: Road Out West. Image: 12 X 16" . Professional gold leaf closed corner gallery frame measures: 17 3/8" x 21 3/8". First showing, market fresh and ready for your favorite wall.
Signed: Mimi Dee at lower right...
A Townscape by Sam Pratt. Oil on Canvas. 4" x 5". Frame Size 5" x 7"
Elizabeth Shippen Green artist , Original Charcoal Drawing on paper 24 x 14, frame size 37 x 27 story illustration Elizabeth Shippen Green (September 1, 1871 – May 29, 1954) was an American illustrator...
Description: Nicely painted portrait of a young matron wearing a gold locket and a white lace frock, presented in a
rose gilt brass pendant frame. Size : 3" x 2 1/4", in very good condition.
Pair of small watercolors, one 3 1/2" by 6", the other similar at 4" by 5 3/4", each signed in a corner with monogram, one depicting industrial smoke stacks by a river at sunset, the other a pleasant promenade at river side with decorative lamp posts and arched bridge. The industrial work suggests London; the other could perhaps be Paris. Or both could be the same city. More research could help determine the identity of the artist. Condition is excellent...