The work is in gouache on paper on board, 10 1/2" by 13", signed at lower left, the subject a split rail fence in a brushy late autumn subdued landscape, This has a frame, of sorts, but it is old and cheap and falling apart. The art has some condition problems, most notably at lower right, where I think moisture exposure has sort of erased the image in that corner. Properly framed, this little work by a listed woman artist who painted a number of western Virginia landscapes will live on...

Artist Sakari Suzuki landscape dated 1940 Modernist style work measuring 24x30 inches, frame size 32x38” (10 October 1899 – January 1995) was an American artist born in Japan. Suzuki was born in Iwate, Japan. He moved to San Francisco in 1918 to join his father. Sukuzi attended California School of Fine Arts[1] there in 1924...

Samuel H Gottscho silver gelatin photograph of Charles Harrington Chadwick, residence in Palm Beach Treanor & Fatio, architect Treanor & Fatio, client 1935 Jan. 23. Hand signed and stamp on reverse size 13.5" by 16.5" mat 16" by 20" . The image is in very good condition. Approximately 29,000 of his images are held in the Gottscho-Schleisner collection at the U. S. Library of Congress...

Pastel drawing of a mountain landscape, 9 3/4" by 14 1/4" (17 1/2" by 21 1/2" as framed), signed at lower left corner with the name "I E Cutler". The scene is likely to be of Colorado as there is an old framer's sticker from Turner Art Gallery of Denver. Below that is what appears to be a date, in pencil, "2-19-31". Even though the frame is mid century, it appears that the old original backing paper with label was retained when the work was re-framed...

For collectors of early Floridiana, here is a prize---a circa 1930 hand colored photograph of a lazy slough with a clump of distant palms, titled in lower right margin "Miami River, Fla.", and at left margin in pencil is "Harris". This work, measuring 3" by 7" (the photo portion alone), and the entire piece 7" by 10 3/4" in most interesting old original frame, is by the noted photographer best known for his early images of Saint Augustine, W. J. HARRIS...

Lithograph print titled in the artist's hand on the reverse in pencil "Carol Singer", signed in the plate on front right corner and dated there 1939. The unframed print measures 11" by 8 1/4" inside an old gray mat. The artist, BENJAMIN MESSICK (1891-1981) was born in the Missouri Ozarks and served in Europe in World War I. He showed early artistic talent. After his return he was in California, studying at Chouinard in Los Angeles, and winning scholarships and awards...

Oil on board painting of autumnal trees, (California sycamores?), hazy mountains in the distance, unsigned, circa 1930's or 1940's. The work measures 9" by 12" and 11 5/8" by 14 1/2" in old probably original frame. The lack of a signature frustrates an effort to identify this talented artist, who might well be listed. The ornate frame is in good condition save for a missing chip at upper left. Painting is a bit soiled consistent with its age...

American Modernism Landscape 1937 Connecticut Artist Oil 22x26” In it’s original frame made by the artist. Unsigned oil on artist board.

Philip Jameson American Artist Nature Study Drawing 12x15” The drawing which is well observed in nature. Jameson lived in the New England area and painted there as well. More information coming….

Oil on canvas painting of trees in a tawny dry landscape, 12" by 20" and 1" wide old wood frame, signed at lower left by artist S. J. TUJAGUE. At first I had difficulty reading the signature but some net research showed this to be by an artist apparently at least originally hailing from Louisiana, there being a number of pieces, some still life works, having been auctioned in New Orleans. A famous restaurant in that city goes by this name...

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...

Native American canoeing, River Scene- 3 Canoes, by an Unknown Artist. Framed Engraving 20.5 x 33".

Stow Wengenroth 1906-1978 American This is a fine early lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth. The title is: Three Trees, Eastport Maine, it was created and printed in 1932 in an edition of only 50. This pencil signed lithograph has an image size of 8 3/16X12 3/4 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

Yasuo Kuniyoshi 1889-1953 Japanese-American, Arts Students League N.Y. This is a fine original lithograph on Chine applique by American artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi. The title Before the Act, was created and printed in 1932 in an edition of only 40. Pencil signed and dated, printed by Grant Arnold, Woodstock. The image measrues 13 1/4X9 3/4 inches. Very fine condition. This image appears in the Davis catalog as image number 54.

Crayon drawing on paper of the picturesque old historic mission San Carlos Borromeo at Carmel, California, (dating to the year 1771), so identified, signed and dated 1938 at lower right, by the noted Tacoma, Washington architect SILAS E. NELSEN (1894-1987). The work, 11 1/2" by 8 1/2" and 15" by 12" framed, shows the facade of the popular mission. Net information shows Nelsen was born in Wisconsin and made his career as an architect of commercial buildings, homes, and churches, in the Tacoma, ...

Pastel on paper drawing of a blonde, very Nordic-looking woman, 17 1/2" by 13 1/2" (25 1/2" by 21 1/2" as framed), signed at lower left Ruth Sammons. I cannot find any information on the artist but she was surely talented. The drawing is very strong and in excellent, fresh condition, and it is very nicely framed with a burl wood type frame and quality matting. The only "Sammons" that comes to mind as a listed artist is Carl Sammons, the California plein air landscapist; I speculate, and it is...

1936 Framed Lithograph by Boyer, signed in pencil "sous il eclus", Sight Size 9 x 7", Frame Size 15 x 12".

Gouache on paper or paper on board, 6 1/8" by 7 3/8" and 1 3/8" frame, (14" by 15" overall as framed), signed at lower left "Bud" DUNCAN, no date but likely executed circa 1940. This is skillfully executed, in high key colors of pink, yellow, and violet shades. There are some condition issues; a 1" hairline diagonal surface abrasion in sky at center, and several punctures/pressure cracks from the reverse through to the drawing at left and top, and in the busy sage clumps at right . Frame has s...

Flagg was born on June 18, 1877 in Pelham, New York.[1] He was enthusiastic about drawing from a young age, and had illustrations accepted by national magazines by the age of 12 years. By 14, he was a contributing artist for Life magazine, and the following year was on the staff of another magazine, Judge.[2] From 1894 through 1898, he attended the Art Students League of New York. He studied fine art in London and Paris from 1898 to 1900, after which he returned to the United States, where he...

Pastel, chalk, and charcoal on a dark taupe paper, this drawing of a nude woman is strikingly beautiful and sensual. The frame measures 17" x 21" and the sight size of the image is 9" x 11", and it is double matted with a creamy yellow and brighter white mat, with a mahogany colored wood frame. Unsigned, it was attributed to Arthur Bowen Davies by a previous owner who owned several from this era, and one other was signed. Many of these drawings and sketches by Davies were never signed, and...

A rare opportunity to acquire a work by the important California artist AUGUST GAY (1890-1948): an etching on delicate thin tissue-like paper, apparently unsigned, the sheet 5 7/8" by 8 1/8" (9 3/4" by 10 3/4" in black strip frame). The subject is the historic old Stevenson House in old Monterey, a favorite subject of many artists. August Gay is considered a major California artist, one of the members of the "Society of Six", a small group which formed in the early 1920's as a reaction agains...

Seated Geisha Writing in a Black Frame. Unsigned. Acrylic on paper. 24 x 17. Frame Size 26 x 19".

By the Liege, Belgium-born artist ARMAND HENRION (1875-1958), a fine color etching in oval shape, of two clowns in full makeup, pencil signed and numbered 19/500. The artist is known today for his wonderfully expressive depictions of the clown, as well as mime reactions. Most of the works are actually self portraits. The depictions in these portraits reveals an affinity for humanity rarely captured in portraiture. He worked generally in oil but also created a number of prints similar to thi...

A beautiful colorful post impressionist oil painting by Charles Camoin (1879 - 1965). Oil on canvas signed lower right and noted painted in Paris. Born in Marseille in 1879, Camoin studied firstly in his home city before moving to Paris in the 1890s to study under the influential and controversial Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Here he met some of the artists who would go on to define French painting in the early part of the 20th century, including Henri Mati...

A large (27 1/2" by 40", unframed) oil pastel on paper drawing, circa 1930's to about 1940, the imagery including two Native American-looking female figures washing clothes in a stream as a child looks on, a deer and her newborn fawn, and stylized flowers, butterfly and trees, all in a composition that combines the Southwest and the Art Deco period. The work is unsigned, making it therefore difficult to determine who the artist may have been, though that artist may well have been known/listed-...

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. He created his only mosaic for the chapel ceiling at Normandy ...

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...

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. Berengaria was the...

**ONE OF SEVERAL WORKS BY BURR IN MY SHOP**, this is an etching on paper print, 8 1/2" by 10 1/4" inside the mat (15 1/4" by 17" as framed), signed in pencil at lower left by noted western American artist GEORGE ELBERT BURR (1859-1939). At lower right is written the title of the work, "A Mirage--Ariz". Burr's etchings and watercolors of the Great Southwest, especially Arizona and Colorado, are eagerly sought after by collectors. This example, of Spanish Bayonet (yucca) and ocotillo and cholla ca...

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 ...

A pencil signed etching, 8 3/4" by 10 1/2" inside the mat, 13 1/2" by 17" in simple strip frame, circa 1920, titled "The Bailers" (bailing out a water-filled, sinking dinghy at the docks), by Massachusetts-born American impressionist artist GEORGE ELMER BROWNE (1871-1946). Browne was born in the sea-going town of Gloucester, which was later to evolve into a famous art colony that was noted for the impressionism that flourished there. Browne studied first in Boston and later in Paris under Jule...

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, ...

Lawrence Kupferman, American, 1909-1982, drypoint etching, "Victorian Mansion," image size 14 x 12 7/8 inches, 1939, pencil signed and numbered 22/100.

Chalk and charcoal drawing on brown paper, 23 3/4" by 17 3/4", unsigned, in old frame on which is written "ADELE WATSON Ex. Coll. Pasadena Art Inst.". This is a skillfully executed portrait of a seated young woman. There is a bit of red color in the pot at her feet, in the collar area, and in her face, to go along with the white and black chalk. Unfortunately the piece is not signed, but the framing appears to be totally original, and in addition to the inscription, there is a very old, early...

G. Ralph Smith (b. 1907, Circleville, Ohio,lived Phila,PA) Drawing, c. 1930's 24" x 30" Framed STUDIED: PAFA, 1933-38 Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1937 EXHIBITED: Columbus Museum of Art PAFA Philadelphia Museum of Art Albright Knox Art Gallery Philadelphia Art Alliance National Academy of Design Butler Institute of American Art Scribner's (solo) New York -Swains Gallery Philadelphia -Woodmere Art Museum Philadelphia COLLECTIONS: Col...

A beautiful Japanese Edo period 18th century scroll painting done on silk and mulberry paper depicting a nature scene. More information coming soon