A wonderful Orientalist work, reminiscent of ”A Thousand and One Nights”in oil on canvas depicting a woman in fanciful dress with an Arabian horse. Mounted in a baroque carved linen lined frame measuring 34x28 inches. More information coming soon

Map of Isthmus of Suez, Illustrated 1860 I beautifully illustrated map measuring 23 x 29“ and very rare

MOORE, HENRY| (1898-1986 English) Sketch collection of works, framed colored lithograph, approximate image size 21" x 14 1/2", frame 28" x 23", signed and dated 1949, numbered in pencil from a total edition of 75 prints.

Simon Lake’s argonaut on the seafloor oil on canvas 1898 F. Wightman artist 25x37 inches If that white man who is in Richmond Virginia shows the first documented use of a submarine in the construction of a seawall or lighthouse I believe it was in Portsmouth Virginia or Virginia Beach very very rare

This is a beautiful, elegant, understated winter landscape oil painting on panel, signed at lower right by noted Avon, Connecticut impressionist painter CONSTANT RAPHAEL FURRICK (1888-1966), measuring 11 1/2" by 15 1/2" (19" by 23" as framed). Strangely, considering the quality of the work, there seems to be little information available on the artist. He was I believe born in Poland. Furrick's work is scarce, with few auction records...

This is a rare ten panel "전서 [篆書)" screen written by 해관(海觀), 유한익(劉漢翼) with gold(?) and light red on cloth, each panel shows a number of antique objects, and seal impressions, all bearing seal script(전서 [篆書] inscriptions. 유한익-劉漢翼) has used 19th century conventions to produce a distinctly archaic version...

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 and folk motifs with Western creative techniques...

The size of Book: 12 1/4" x 9 1/2" x 1 1/8", Weight of Book 3 Lbs. Louis Icart, "The Complete Etchings". West Chester, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1990. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 245 pp. A great reference book on the artist Louis Icart the French Art Deco painter and illustrator. Trained in engraving, he started out illustrating for the French fashion press. In the 1020's his portraits of women and Parisians seduced the public...

**ONE OF TWO EXAMPLES OF THIS SAME PRINT IN MY SHOP, COMPARE THE OTHER, PRINTED IN DIFFERENT COLORS** From the skilled hand of the noted Art Nouveau period painter, illustrator and decorator HENRI BELLERY-DESFONTAINES (1867-1910) comes this well known image "L'Illusion", printed in the year 1897 by F. Champenois in Paris for the popular series "L'Estampe Moderne". The image is a dreamy one, with undertones of male and female sexuality. Note the different bluish colors and the white highlights...

Lillian MacKendrick, American. This painting is 20" by 22".

From our European Collection, a very fine original oil on canvas by German master Hermann Werner entitled "Playing with the Kittens," signed and dated 1868 on lower left. Hermann Werner (1816-1905) was active in the Dusseldorf and Berlin art circles mainly in the middle to late 1800's...

The photo on the left shows a double portrait by John Singer Sargent of Mr. John White Field and his wife. This painting was done in the early 1880's and is in the collection of Pennyslvania Academy of Fine Arts. The image on the right shows an earlier portrait of Mr. Field by Sargent. Notice Mr. Field is blind in his left eye, which is enlarged and his right eye is focused which is a good eye. It is my opinion that Mr. Field rejected the first portrait of himself done by Sargent...

A fine Art Nouveau marble Sculpture of a woman measuring 18” x 14” signed LENHOIR .

Thomas Hovenden, American, 1840-1895, "The Old Shaver". This 1887 etching by the Irish American artist, Thomas Hovenden, measures 19 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches, pencil signed, remarque on l.l. of shaving mug with brush, copyright info on l.c. Thomas Hovenden was born in Cork, Ireland, studying at the Cork School of Design before emigrating to the US at age 23, enrolling at the National Academy of Design in NYC and working as an illustrator for Harper's magazine...

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...

Vintage American Impressionist Oil Painting Girl Flowers on the Beach by Barton. Oil on 20 x 24" panel signed lower left presented in a quality gallery frame. 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. Whether in the Pacific Northwest around Seattle, Hood Canal, and Puget Sound, or in the Art Students League, Central Park, and the parks and beaches of...

Son of Antonio Ximenes and Giulia Tolentino, a Sicilian noble woman, Ettore Ximenes initially embarked on literary studies but then took up sculpture and attended the courses at the Palermo Academy of Fine Arts. After 1872, he continued training at the Naples Academy under Domenico Morelli[2] and Stanislao Lista. He also established a close relationship with Vincenzo Gemito. Ximenes was involved in many of the major official monumental projects in Italy from the 1880s on and devoted his energie...

Artist Robert Watson (1923-2004) has explored a surreal, mysterious world inhabited by lonely figures. According to a 1997 San Francisco article in Today’s New Herald “his paintings hang in museums and galleries worldwide and grace numerous private collections - including that of Paramount Pictures, in the estates of Clark Gable and Ed Sullivan, and in collections belonging to the late Duchess of Windsor and Vincent Price.” Ray Bradbury was a great admirer of Watson’s work and, in 1958,...