From the Lumiere Collection by Galerie L'Enfant. Mid 20th century vintage chamber stick, variation on an Adam's design. Whimsical style with three mischievous mice.
A fine miniature portrait, attributed to J.V. Sturgeon, showing a woman in a black dress with a sunset behind her. Presented in its original gilt foliate case with empty glazed aperture. Excellent condition with no issues to speak of. The sight size is 2 1/2" by 2", with an overall size of 2 5/8" by 2 1/8".
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Sturgeon, active 1825-1835, is by no means a well-known artist in spite of having exhibited at the American Academy of Fine Arts in N.Y...
Rare and complete book with text and prints by famous late Japanese print maker Tokio Miyashita 宮下登喜雄 (1930-2011). Text is in Japanese.
Title: Tokai no yūshū: Hanga to zuisō [都会の憂愁 : 版画と随想] (Melancholy of the City: Prints and Thoughts)...
Rare and complete book with text and prints by famous late Japanese print maker Tokio Miyashita 宮下登喜雄 (1930-2011)...
Watercolor painting of famous Union Square in downtown San Francisco, the St. Francis Hotel at right, so the view looking southwest. The work measures 14 1/2" by 21 1/2" (21" by 28" as framed). It is signed at lower right by well listed artist SUN YING (1919-2016). The artist was born in China. His scroll paintings and other works in the traditional style seem to bring large amounts of money at auction in China...
A beautiful vintage bronze suclpture titled "The Bather" by Ernesto Tamariz signed and dated 1974. Bronze on black marble base.
Artist Biography
Born on January 11, 1904 in the Villa de Acatzingo, Puebla, Ernesto Tamariz Galicia was a Mexican sculptor who found in Greco-Latin art the elements to exalt his nationalist vision...
Large toad in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica, in Japanese sugi). Black and gold painted glass eyes.
In the Japanese bestiary, the toad has a special place, carrying positive values. The toad as well as the frog, both called Kaeru (蛙) return every year and regardless of the distance to the pond where there were born. The word kaeru is a synonym for "coming home". It is the protective animal for travelers and the symbol of hospitality...
A superbly painted miniature portrait by the important American miniaturist Anson Dickinson, originally in a heavy wooden frame that was damaged, but now housed under glass in one half of a dag case. The reverse of the original frame has quite a bit of information on it, indicating that the sitter is Ambrose Dickinson, one of Anson's nine siblings...
Bio: Ernesto Alcántara (1933 - 2019) created a vast body of work along many themes: volcanoes, the Sierra Gorda, seascapes, landscapes, nudes, still life works, travel sketches, political satire, fairy tales drawn for his daughter, characters, with Sor Juana, Don Quixote, and Rembrandt being predominant.
His techniques include oil on linen, prepared by him in his studio with rabbit glue, linseed oil, and tempera; engravings on copper or zinc using burin, dry point, etching, or soft ground;...
A wonderful tropical study of beautiful birds done in gouache measuring and framed in a gold leaf frame. The work is unsigned
A small oil on canvas board painting of Lake Como, Italy, signed at lower right by California listed artist LUCY SCHNABEL (1844-1938). The work measures 10" by 14" and is unframed. The view is of famously scenic Lake Como in northern Italy, with snow capped peaks in the distance. A few figures are present in the foreground, and the architecture along the lake shore fills the middle. The artist was born in Wisconsin and was in San Francisco by about 1860...
A Fine Korean Still life Watercolor Painting by
관제 (寬齊), 이도영(李道榮1884-1934):
Korea, signed with two seals, and inscription.
Painted with chrysanthemums in a pot and Autumn plants,
painted on paper,
It’s in good condition with a frame, it measures 35cm x 24cm painting only,
66cm x 46cm overall
A Fine Korean Orchid/Rock (石蘭) scroll painting by 의제(毅齋), 허백련 ((許百鍊 1891∼1977): Korea
Ink stroke with orchid flowers and rock painted on Paper,
with description on the upper right and signed with red square seal, 의제(毅齋), it’s in good condition but having some area creased, it measures 39cm x 124.5cm painting only. 52cm x 182.5cm overall.
A limited edition, pencil hand-signed print "Field Headquarters Arizona Teritory 1885", 1979, by the important contemporary artist of the American west, HOWARD TERPNING (1927-). The work, 14 1/4" by 23 1/4" inside the matting, and 25" by 34" framed. The signature is at lower left, where the print is numbered 432/975. Condition is excellent; frame has minor wear. Terpning is likely the most important contemporary western artist...
A charming and unusual Continental portrait miniature, painted in watercolors on natural wafer. Except for a very small number of miniaturists, and occasional examples by other miniaturists, the full profile format is quite rare. In this example the sitter is wearing a blue dress, gold earring, and a pearl necklace...
Oil on canvas laid on board, 3 1/4" by 5 3/4", 6 1/2" by 8 3/4" framed, this work is almost a miniature...
“The Gorch Fock” by photographer Larry Fritz from his series of Mast sailing vessels. Well framed and mounted in a museum frame measuring 11x6”…… Larry Fritz was a Jewish American photographer who specialized in maritime photography. He was born in New York City in 1935 and died in 2019. He began his career as a photojournalist, working for newspapers and magazines such as Life, Time, and Newsweek. In the 1970s, he shifted his focus to maritime photography, and his work has been featur...
The size of Sheet : 14 5/16" W x 16 3/8" L (36.4cm x 41.5cm), The image size : 11 1/4" x 11 1/4" ( 28.5 cm x 28.5 cm). Artist: Jef Verheyen, Belgian (1932-1984) Signed: Lower right in Pencil, Jeff Verheyen. Edition Number : 79/100. The subject: Collage with High gloss Serigraph in Colors on paper. Composition with four collages squares, black cross and circle are drawn on the paper as well on 4 colors papers which are applied
on white paper. The year of made : 1962. This is rare Collage by worl...