All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1466970
John Taylor Arms 1887-1953 American This is an artists proof etching by American artist John Taylor Arms. The title is Limoges, part of his French Church Series created and printed in 1932. This etching is hand signed in pencil with an image size of 10 1/16X13 5/8. This image is inscribed lower right: "Beautiful impression, pulled by D.S. and J.T.A." Inscribed also as artist proof number III. Printed on a J. Whatman watermarked laid type paper. A beautiful impression.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1458543 (stock #2330)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,800.00
This early work, done November 1931, while Studying in New York with other ashcan School Artist……. Alfred McNamara was born in Tompkinsville, Staten Island and lived most of his life in Staten Island. He was heavily influenced by John Sloane, Edward Hopper, and others of the Ashcan School in the 1920's and 1930's. During the 1930's, he received his basic art training under Walter Drewes, through a program sponsored by the WPA (Works Projects Administration) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1422458 (stock #JB05654)
A nicely painted oil on canvas of flowers in a vase, 20" by 16" (22" by 18" in original frame), signed at lower right by Canadian-born, California impressionist artist GEORGIA P(ERKINS) FOSTER (1881-1965). On the reverse is the original label of the Oakland Art Gallery, giving the artist's name and address in Berkeley, and the title, "Marigolds". The impressionist technique is skilled and pleasing, and the work is in good condition, though a cleaning would be complementary...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1416621 (stock #JB02328)
PAIR of watercolor on paper paintings, each 14 1/2" by 10 3/4" inside the satin mat, 23" by 19" as identically framed in goldish vintage frames with ornate tops, each signed by the California artist and fashion illustrator ESTHER WYNN, who passed away in 1990 according to recent information acquired from relatives. There is presently no askart listing for this artist but that could change. Wynn was a talented illustrator, often, of fashion design, and created designs for cards as well...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1464879
John Taylor Arms 1887-1953 American This is one of the most impressive etchings by American artist John Taylor Arms. This image is titled: In Memoriam, the view of the North Portal of Chartres Cathedral. It was from his French Church series. This etching was created and printed in 1939. It is from the 2nd state of two. Printed in an edition of 312. The image measures 14 5/8X12 inches...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1315113
Arthur J. T. Briscoe, British, 1873-1943, "Flooded Decks". This incredible image by the British etcher, Arthur Briscoe, measures 8 1/8 x 15 3/8 inches, inked signed and numbered, 73/75, created in 1931. Briscoe studied at the Slade Art School and the Academy Julian in Paris and then spent the rest of his time sailing, becoming one of the most prominent British marine artists of the 20th century. He owned his own three ton cutter which he used to sail around the Essex coast...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1420826 (stock #JB05050)
A vintage woodcut print in black with touches of yellow and red in the windows of the picturesque seaside structures, unsigned, titled in the image "NOEL", white speckles (sprayed?) indicating snowflakes, 12 1/2" by 9 1/2" framed. The scene resembles Maine villages such as Port Clyde or Castine. Likely a work from that region, circa 1940's, possibly 1930's. I opened up the backing and found no further information.
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Charcoal : Pre 1940 item #1429534
A charcoal drawing of Bellaire, Michigan (northern part of the state), signed at lower right and dated 1936, and titled there "Bellaire, Mich.", (and titled on reverse backing "Evening Landscape" (crossed out, and nearby artist signature also crossed out), by well known Michigan artist CHARLES CULVER (1908-1967). This is a rather early work, created when the artist would have been in only his late 20's...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1940 item #1416473 (stock #JB01424)
Watercolor on paper, 15" by 11" inside the mat (21" by 17" as framed), signed at lower right by listed American artist GUSTAVE A. BRAND (1863-1944). This is a nicely crafted work of an overly ardent suitor chasing his classically dressed prey in an overgrown garden setting. The artist is not well known but he is listed and was apparently known in Chicago and the Midwest as a muralist...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1424106 (stock #JB05098)
A vintage still life oil painting of yellow and orange flowers in a brown jug on a table top, unframed, 30" by 36", signed at lower right by listed Southern California artist BERTHA TOWNSEND COLER (1865-1948). Coler was born in Ohio and studied with Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase in New York City...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Charcoal : Pre 1940 item #1416466 (stock #JB01685)
**PAIR** of framed original drawings in charcoal, with some color as well, the larger 22" by 14 1/2" inside the mat, the smaller 17 1/4" by 12 1/2" inside the mat, both signed (the smaller one signed twice), by the well listed, important Art Deco artist and sculptor BORIS LOVET-LORSKI (1894-1973). I would prefer to sell these as a pair but will consider selling them individually...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pencil : Pre 1940 item #1481741 (stock #3491)
L'Enfant Gallery
$5,000.00
This drawing was done for a study in the 1930s….Graphite on paperLeon Kroll (December 6, 1884 – October 25, 1974)[1] was an American painter and lithographer. A figurative artist described by Life magazine as "the dean of U.S. nude painters",[2] he was also a landscape painter and also produced an exceptional body of still life compositions. His public art includes murals for the Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1400117
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$395.00
Todai-ji Temple, Nigatsu-do Hall, Shuni-e. woodcut print signed and seal mark this may be a watercolor but we don't want to unframe it . Framed with linen mounting and glass...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1473924 (stock #3063)
L'Enfant Gallery
$8,600.00
AMERICAN MASTER ARTIST NORMAN MACLEISH 1890-1975 “MAINE COAST” 1932 oil on canvas , measuring 30” x 36”, in its original 1930s frameNorman MacLeish was born on August 29, 1890, in Glencoe Illinois, to wealthy parents and became a painter and graphic artist. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and with Pierre Vignal in Paris. MacLeish was a member of the Chicago Society of Artists and exhibited at several venues including the Art Institute of Chicago, the World’s Fair of New York...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Charcoal : Pre 1940 item #1442033 (stock #392)
L'Enfant Gallery
$8,000.00
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. She illustrated children's books and worked for publications such as The Ladies' Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post and Harper's Magazine. Education Green enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1887 and studied with the painters Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Thomas Eakins, ...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pencil : Pre 1940 item #613399 (stock #816)
Abstract pencil/charcoal on paper - estate stamped 'Ramstonev'. 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 drawings and paintings during this time. While all three were accomplished artists they decided to suppress their individual egos and create works in keeping with the leftist philosophies proposed by many of the intellectuals of the time and the...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #44356 (stock #1242)
Original oil (50" x 40") by Bertha Ballou (American/ 1891-1978). Bertha Ballou studied at the ASL, the Boston School of Fine Art and in Florence. She settled in Spokane, WA. She is the daughter of Colonel C. Ballou, who was commandant at Fort George Wright in the 20's, and the painting is a portrait of Kitty, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Marshall Candee, also of Fort George Wright (where the painting was purchased--at that time it was still Fort Wright College). Ballou is listed in Davenport...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1456108
Original woodcut circa 1930's, the subject a man working machinery in an urban setting with high rise buildings, stamped at lower right margin with the estate stamp of American artist IRVING GEORGE LEHMAN (1900-1983). The work is unframed and currently housed in a mat, and is taped at extreme top edge in two places, to that mat. There is a roughly rectangular pressed-in area of the paper at lower left and some wrinkling of the extremely delicate thin paper at bottom. Sheet measures 15" by 10 1/4...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1417468 (stock #JB01353)
This is an etching on paper, 7" by 6" (12" by 9 1/4" framed) by Tennessee born artist JAMES CARL HANCOCK (1898-1966), titled "THE GATE OF THE LIONS NEW ORLEANS LA." at lower right and signed in pencil below and dated there 1939. This is a view of old French Quarter New Orleans by a talented etcher. Hancock was self taught and in 1938 a book of his etchings, drypoints and sketches was published. Known works today include scenes of Memphis, New Orleans, and Arkansas. This example is apparently...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1420774 (stock #JB03458)
**PAIR** of oil on board paintings (each 14" by 11", plus framing 1 1/4" wide), of nymphs clad only in diaphanous veils, dancing in classical poses in forested landscapes, rays of light selectively illuminating the scenes. The works are by New England artist ROBERT C. WOODBERRY (1874-). Woodberry was born in Massachusetts and appears to have spent most of his life in New England, painting mostly landscapes. He was a student of W. D. Hamilton, and, at the Academie Julian in Paris, of Jean Paul...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1402312
Isaac Friedlander Open Isaac Friedlander configuration options 1890-1968 Latvian-American This is an original pencil signed wood engraving by Latvian American artist Isac Friedlander. This image is titled Self Portrait, New York and dated 1935. The image measures 10 3/4X8 3/4 inches. Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Latvia. In 1912 he went to Italy where he met and worked with Russian artist Maxim Gorky. During this period he also received his only art training, studying etching, ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1437203 (stock #394)
L'Enfant Gallery
$12,000.00
Swiss Alps Landscape oil on canvas of Tarasp Castle, measuring 18x26 inches,frame size measures 25x33 inches ………… Otto Altenkirch (2 January 1875, Ziesar – 20 July 1945, Siebenlehn) was a German Impressionist painter and set designer. He was the sixth child born to Johann Christian Friedrich Altenkirch, a Master saddler, and his wife Dorothea Wilhelmine Auguste née Müller.[1] In 1889, after completing primary school in Zeisar, he went to Berlin to serve a four-year apprenticeship ...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Charcoal : Pre 1940 item #1416810 (stock #934)
Original Vintage Art Nouveau Drawing of a Lady by Charles Sheldon c.1930. Presented matted and framed. Acquired with a group of art from the estate of the artist. Charles Gates Sheldon (b. 1889 / d. 1960) Charles Sheldon was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1894. He spent most of his life in Springfield. In high school, he contributed to the artwork in the yearbook. Sheldon studied at the Arts Students League. He then studied under Alphonse Mucha in Paris. He started working for L...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1416788 (stock #JB01380)
Oil on canvas landscape with a home and small out building, possibly but not at all necessarily a California scene, measuring 10" by 14" (12 1/4" by 16 1/4" as framed), signed at lower right (I think in ink) "....... E. Miller" and dated there '32. The actual first part of the signature is difficult to read, but on the stretcher in pencil is written "E. E. Miller". I do not see any listing for this artist, but, as is often the case, the lack of a listing does not mean the artist wasn't talente...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1940 item #1461223
A highly decorative original pochoir print of flowers in a vase, within a blue circle, singed in the print by the noted French artist and fashion illustrator GEORGES LEPAPE (1887-1971). The print measures 15 1/4" by 12" inside the double mat, and 25 3/4" by 21 3/4" as framed. Lepape was born in Paris. He was educated at the Ecole des Beaux Arts 1908-1910. The young artist met Paul Poiret around this time as well as Georges Braque and Marie Laurencin. Influenced by Orientalism as well as Ball...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1491454 (stock #Palenske1)
Original etching in colors by Reinhold H Palenske (American, 1884-1954), circa 1935. This work is signed in pencil by the artist. From an edition of 100. Image size: 9 3/4 by 11 5/8". It is generally known as "Winter Woods". Currently framed. Appears to be in very good condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Russian : Pre 1940 item #1420345 (stock #JB03032)
Old Russian painting of a night winter landscape with figures, oil on canvas, 12 1/2" by 18" as framed, signed with Cyrillic letters "P O" or "L O" at lower right. To date I have been unable to match the letters to any particular artist (nor could the Christie's Russian art specialist, when she saw it). The painting is extremely soiled and the canvas very uneven (could be described as sunken in, and the ripples "hardened" over time). Cleaned up and restored to a flat surface, this would be qu...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1400049
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$1,895.00
WPA portrait of a woman by Charles Winegarner. A fantastic oil on canvas of a stoic woman with an almost cubist background. There is an original repair that seems to have been fixed by the artist, the spot is in her hair to the left side. This is a large painting in its original frame . The condition is good though it shows some wear. Overall 42" by 31.5" with a .75" frame
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1422831 (stock #JB04132)
A fine woodcut print on Japan type thin, delicate paper, 8 1/2" by 6 1/2" inside the mat, no frame, signed in pencil at lower right and dated there 1931, a monogram in the printed image at lower left, adn inscribed "To Hal" at lower left, by the well listed artist IGNATZ SAHULA-DYCKE (1900-1982). The dramatic subject is mysterious and difficult to describe: a woman, perhaps somewhat sinister or even possibly Death, comforts a young girl, as a younger boy looks on from the right lower corner. ...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1017089
Paul Herrmann, German, 1864-1940, etching, "On the Lake," image size 15 1/8 x 11 inches, pencil signed and numbered 119/120
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1442406 (stock #802)
L'Enfant Gallery
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Jonas Lie (April 29, 1880 - January 18, 1940) was a Norwegian-born American painter and teacher. Lie is best known for his Expressionist paintings of the New England coastline and New York City.[2][3][4] He documented construction of the Panama Canal with thirty canvases, and represented the United States in the 1928 Summer Olympics art competition. This work is winter Townscape oil on canvas measuring 42 x 48“, frame size 52 x 58“ Lie was born in Moss, in Østfold county, Norway. His ...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1382416
This is an original woodblock print by American artist Isac Friedlander. it is titled: "Vanquished" it was created and printed in 1938, it is editioned as 1/4 impressions. The image measures 10X12 inches, printed on a light weight laid type paper. It is hand signed,titled and editioned in pencil in the lower margin. Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Latvia. In 1912 he went to Italy where he met and worked with Russian artist Maxim Gorky. During this period he also received his only art t...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Charcoal : Pre 1940 item #401307 (stock #285 *)
Abstract charcoal on paper - estate stamped 'Ramstonev'. 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 decided to suppress their individual egos and create works in keeping with the leftist philosophies proposed by many of the intellectuals of the time and the s...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Charcoal : Pre 1940 item #1416278 (stock #JB0593)
This is a scarce drawing by noted American artist CHARLES VEZIN; most known works are oils. This example, measuring 16 3/4" by 13 3/8" (sheet, unframed) does not photograph impressively, as it lacks color and appears faint to the camera, but, it is a complete and powerful work of art, the subject the famous Flatiron Building in New York City. The artist started painting late in life, taking his first art lesson at the age of 41. Studying at the Art Students League with the likes of William Mer...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1419613 (stock #JB02562)
This is a perhaps circa 1930's or 1940's work in an earlier naive style, with a fisherman, sailing craft, and cabin on the shore. On canvas, simply tacked to the frame on the reverse side, the piece measures 21" by 30 1/2". I imagine this could be called "cabin art". If you're looking for a primitive piece for a country home, or even your urban home, consider this charming work. The condition is good save for a small puncture at extreme upper right corner, which when manipulated so that the ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #1423161 (stock #JB03849)
Circa 1950's European oil painting of purple and white lilac in a vase, signed at lower right by artist "A. Teder" (likely German or Scandinavian). The painting is in good condition, with just old slightly discolored varnish and a tiny loss or two at left. I have looked in vain for a listing for this talented mid century painter. The frame is in good condition but the liner is shredded and missing. You will want to either replace the liner or reframe entirely. Measurements 19 1/2" by 24" (2...