Oversize original oil painting (oil and methacrylate on canvas) by Pat Adams (American, Vermont, born 1938). 70"by 84". Painted in 1980,and exhibited in the Pat Adams retrospective exhibition at the Berkshire Museum in 1988--still bears the exhibition label. Provenance: Hassam/Speicher Fund, Michener Collection, Kent School of Art Gallery. A major work from a major American artist.
19th century double oval portrait miniature paintings, depicting Shah Jahan and his wife, Momtaz Mahal. in carved footed wood stand, 10" h x 11" w. Condition Report; Excellent condition, there is a plastic cover over portrait of Momtaz Mahal, can easily be removed. Provenance: From a New York collection.
19th century Indian oval portrait miniature, depicting Shah Jahan and his wife, oil on ivory, 4 1/4" h x 3 1/4" w. Provenance: From a New York collection.
James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)
Kitchen Sunlight
Oil on canvas, signed, inscribed on the reverse.
Painting size: 16” x 20”
Frame size: 21” x 25”
** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien...
A pencil sketch of Glendalough county Wicklow Ireland with a strong attribution to the British artist Edward Lear (1812-1888). Drawn with pencil on bluish heavy laid paper with ink, ink washes, touches of white gouche and faded washes of green. In 1835 Lear visited Ireland, one of his early trips as he turned from bird illustration to landscape. The party he traveled with visited Glendalough. During his life Lear saved his sketches and it was not until the 1920’s that they were available...
Harriette F A Sutcliffe (British, fl.1881 - 1922)
Beauty and the Beast
Oil on canvas, signed with monogram and titled on the reverse
Exhibited: The Royal Academy, 1899
Miss Suitcliff was a Hampstead painter of genre and portraits who exhibited at the royal academy from 1881-1899 and elsewhere.
Source:
Christopher Wood, The Dictionary of Victorian Painters
Painting Size: 16" x 20"
Frame Size: 24" x 28"
"Rattlesnake", bronze sculpture, approximate height with marble base 9 1/4". In good condition.
Impressive French cast bronze image of Napoleon wearing a hat, long coat and boots, carrying a sword, with "A. C. Harron A2372" to the base and a stamp reading "Bronze Garanti Au Titre L.V. Deposee." Approx. 20 by 7 inches, 50.7 by 17.9 cm, no condition issues noted.
Stephen Parrish, American, 1846-1938, "Fishery on the Dee". A very fine original etching by American artist Stephen Parrish, this image is one of three images Parrish created of Chester, a small walled town near Liverpool, England. The image size is 9 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches, 1884, state I/II, before the remarque in the lower margin, cat: Schneider- 107, pencil signed.
Anthony Van Dyck, European, 1599-1641, "Adrianus Stalbent". This is an original engraving by Paulus Pontius after the painting by Anthony Van Dyck. The image size is 9 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches, c. 1700s, inscribed "Ant. van Dyck pinxit" and "Paul. du pont sculpt" in the lower left margin, with the title and a phrase in Latin below the image, with the original Kennedy Gallery label. Stalbent was a Flemish landscape painter and friend of Anthony Van Dyck when this portrait was painted...
This note, another of the many Daniel Tretiak wrote in 2015,looks at newly emerged early works of Haku Maki.
19th Century American, "Landscape with Waterfalls". This is a very fine Hudson River School landscape, oil on academy board, 9 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches, c. 1880s, unsigned, in an ornate period gilt frame. Although this painting is unsigned it is quite well painted, evidently by a very competent artist.
Modernist landscape Marsh series #1 by Ernest Garthwaite. Acrylic on paper measuring 22"w x 30"H.
Biography
Ernest Garthwaite was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1940. He studied at Loras College in Iowa, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1961, and at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, receiving his Master of Arts in 1962...
Finely crafted bronze sculpture, boy smocking a cigarette, 19th century period, bearing artist's signature. Condition Report; Good condition, cigarette in boy's mouth is missing.
Clifford Addams, American, 1876-1942, "Dreamer by the Thames". This is a great London etching by American artist Clifford Addams, image size 8 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches, c. 1902, edition of 75, inscribed in the plate, "Loci dulcedo nos attinet" (the sweetness of the place holds us), pencil signed and numbered. Clifford Addams grew up outside Philadelphia and studied art in the U. S. before leaving to further his studies in Europe...
Max Pollak, Austrian/American, 1886-1970, "L'Dia". A very fine original etching in colors by Max Pollak, image size 11 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches, c. 1930, from a small edition of 60 impressions, pencil signed, titled and numbered. Max Pollak was grew up in Vienna, Austria and attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied with portrait artist Fernand Schmutzer. Pollack became well known for his portraits and his etchings, and in 1910 won the Prix de Rome...
A 19th century American folk art painting. Oil on canvas. Table top still life of bountiful agricultural harvest and a pineapple likely from port trade (pineapples were popular import produce in 19th century port cities and much can be read of pineapples in American tradition and design - most notably relating to hospitality.) Relined - otherwise good, clean and bright condition. Stretcher dimensions 30 1/2 inches x 25 1/4 inches...
Capt Cook " Morai Burial Place Owhyhee with A view of a Priests House"the Third Voyage of Captain Cook. Medium: Engraving Year: published in 1790 Size: Plate mark: 9.5 x 15.5 inches. Sheet:
Capt Cook Terreeoboo Gifts and The Death of capt Cook c 1788 the Third Voyage of Captain Cook. Medium: Engraving Year: published in 1790 Size: Plate mark: 9.5 x 15.5 inches. Sheet:
Capt Cook "Habitations and People of the Island of Atooi" c 1790 , the Third Voyage of Captain Cook. Medium: Engraving Year: published in 1790 Size: Plate mark: 8.5 x 14.25 inches. Sheet: 9.5 x 15.25 inches Description: Landscape engraved by S. Middiman, figures engraved by J. Hall. Drawing by John Webber
Capt Cook "Landing Of Capt Cook at Tanna New Hebrides" 1790, the Third Voyage of Captain Cook. Medium: Engraving Year: published in 1790 Size: Plate mark: 8.5 x 14.25 inches. Sheet: 9.5 x 15.25 inches Description: Landscape engraved by S. Middiman, figures engraved by J. Hall. Drawing by John Webber
Capt Cook Voyage Engraving "The inside of a Hippa New Zealand" 1790 9 by 14.5 trimmed . the Third Voyage of Captain Cook. Medium: Engraving Year: published in 1790 Size: Plate mark: 8.5 x 14.25 inches. Sheet: 9.5 x 15.25 inches Description: Landscape engraved by S. Middiman, figures engraved by J. Hall. Drawing by John Webber
An Offering Before Captain Cook, in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii)
Plate 60 for Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1776-1780, recording the Third Voyage of Captain Cook.
Medium: Engraving
Year: published in 1790
Size: Plate mark: 8.5 x 14.25 inches. Sheet: 9.5 x 15.25 inches
Description: Landscape engraved by S. Middiman, figures engraved by J. Hall. Drawing by John Webber
Introduction; Hans Muller was born in Vienna Austria on January 10th 1873. He was a pupil of the sculptor Edmund Hellmmer at the Vienna Academe of Art. Much of his work is on permanent display in the Simu Museum in Bucharest, Hungary. Description; Superbly crafted bronze sculpture of standing gentelman, it seems to be elder Goethe. This item stands 10.5 inches long on a 2 inches marble base, total height is 13.5 inches. sculpture is from late 19th/early 20th century period...
Wonderful old oil painting on board of two hunting dog puppies quizzically studying a frog. Signed "Ida Graham" in lower left corner, in frame it measures 12" x 14", sight size 9" x 11".
Original pastel painting on heavy paper by Northam Robinson Gould (American, 1893-1963). Signed "N.R. Gould" l.l. and dated 1946. 30" by 34" in its frame (original but restored), 23" by 27" painting alone.
Northam Gould (aka Tod Gould) was born in Brooklyn. He studied at the Pratt Institute, the Cleveland Art School, and at the ASL under Frank Dumond and Robert Henri. He taught art at Davis & Elkins College in Elkins West Virginia, and later moved to Connecticut where he became a successfu...
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. He went on to study in Paris at the Ecol...
Manuel Robbe, French, 1872-1936, "La Parisienne". A beautiful subtly colored etching and aquatint, image size 19 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches, 1907, pencil signed in the lower left corner of the image. One of the leading French artists of the ‘Belle Epoch,’ Robbe studied at the Academie Julien and the Ecole des Beaux Artes, becoming a master of the aquatint medium. He developed much of his own aquatint techniques, which enabled him to create his uniquely painterly, richly colored images. Many of Robb...
Moses and the Brazen Serpent c 1597
Francesco Villamena (Italian, 1566–1624), After Ferraù Fenzoni (Italian, 1562–1645 Italian).
Fantastic Renaissance engraving, there are only 3 copys I could find one in the Metropolitan Museum, one on the Boston Museum of art and One in the Royal Collection Buckingham Palace. Good condition framed , size 20" by 15"
Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand, French, 1863-1951, "Sous les Figuires (Beneath the Fig Trees)". A romantic original etching by Louis Legrand, image size 12 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches, 1895, edition of 50, state V/V, cat: Arwas-102, pencil signed and numbered. Louis Legrand was an important artist of 'La Belle Epoch' in France of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He specialized in etchings of the women of Paris, from the wealthy elite to dancers and prostitutes. He studied with Felician Rops, and h...
Oil on canvas, this lush painting of poinsettias measures 30" x 24" (sight size), with a frame that is 3 1/2" wide. The artist is Marise London, a Florida artist from Sarasota who had an art gallery there from the late 1970's til it closed in 2006. According to the previous owner of this painting it was said to have been painted in the 80's, possibly early 90's. It is signed with the artist's first name in the lower right corner, and the full name on the stretcher. NOTE: there is some sligh...
John Taylor Arms, American, 1887-1953, "Amiens". This 1926 etching by the American artist, John Taylor Arms, measures 10 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches, pencil signed and dated, also called "The Cathedral of Notre Dame, From the Lower Town", edition of 100, from his French Church Series #8, cat: Fletcher 181, printed by Frederick Reynolds. This etching won the "John G. Agar Prize, Fifth Annual Exhibition by Living American Etchers, National Arts Club, New York, N.Y." in 1927.
John Taylor Arms, American, 1887-1953, "Gerona". An excellent example of the artistry of the American printmaker, John Taylor Arms. This image measures 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches, pencil signed and dated 1925, from his Spanish Church Series #5, printed by Frederick Reynolds in an edition of 152, cat: Fletcher 164. John Taylor Arms was one of the foremost American printmakers of the 20th century, known for his exquisite compositions and exacting details which gave his etchings a very realistic, almost...
Edmund Blampied, British, 1886-1966, "A Jersey Vraic Cart". This is a very richly inked original etching, image size 8 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches, 1939, published by the Print Club, Cleveland, Ohio, plate signed and dated, pencil signed. Edmund Blampied was a very successful artist and illustrator in early 20th century Britain. He illustrated many books and magazines, but is best known for his remarkable skills as a printmaker. He was an important figure in the 'British Etching Revival' of the early 20...
A nicely done miniature, on natural wafer, of a gentleman in a black. The reverse of the case is a beautiful example of repousse work, and has an aperture with hairwork within.
The painting is in good condition, with no chips, cracks, or inpainting. The case is in excellent condition and measures 2 1/2" by 2".