Original oil painting on canvas by Jacques Koslowsky (Lithuanian, American, lived in Paris and Mallorca, 1904-1993) of an untitled female nude, circa 1950-1960. Signed lower right. 18" by 24". Provenance: the Arthur and Joe Robinson collection, Harrison, New York. Jacques Koslowsky was born in Lithuania. He studied art in Florence and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris (from 1932 on). He had a studio in Montparnasse, where he frequented the great artists of the pre-war period...

Original color woodcut by Luigi Rist (USA, 1888-1959). Signed. Titled in pencil and inscribed "150 edition". Image size is approximately 11" by 9". Catalogue reference: Williams 29. Please ask for additional photos and information.

Original oil painting on board by Pierre Fau (French, 1889-1960) of a Moroccan landscape with mountains in the background, circa 1930s. This painting measures 11" by 15.5" (painting alone). It is signed l.r. "Pierre Fau". Very typical example of Fau's Moroccan paintings of the same period in palette and style. Fau's Africanist works occasionally surface at auction. Listed in the usual databases.

INDIAN BRONZE standing figure of Avalokesvara, wearing a high coiffure, elaborate earrings and a diaphanous robe, her primary hands in abahy mudra and secondary hands holding a flower and unidentified object in the other, h: 10.25 in circa 1900

A Very fine Puerto Rican 19th Century carved wood Santos sculpture, usually given as a wedding gift. A very finely carved piece measuring about 11” in heigh with fine polychrome and gilding

Beautiful vintage JFK silver painted bust with the Presidents famous quotation “Ask not what your country can do for you…” done circa 1965 when silver paint was used as a metaphor for modern, as was used by NASA and artist such as Andy Warhol. Measuring 12” height

Original Japanese woodblock triptych by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) of a Kabuki subject, circa 1852. This work is signed Toyokuni ga and depicts the actors Iwai Kumesaburo III, Ichikawa Saruzo I, and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in the play: Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari. 3 oban panels, in beautiful color and condition, never framed.

If one conducts an internet search for the English twentieth century artist Bettina Shaw-Lawrence, one finds her name mingled with some of England's modern art greats, (and literature notables, as well), she knew Lucian Freud, Cedric Morris, David Kentish, the Surrealist poet David Gascoyne.......and studied with the likes of Fernand Leger and Ossip Zadkine...

Robert Shaw was a contemporary of Howard Pyle and J.D. Chalfont. - He is best known for his Delaware scenes and did not exhibit widely outside Wilmington and seems to have had little interest in exhibiting nationally. He did, however, show in the Delaware Building at the World's Columbian Exposition and also at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1890. This work is dated 1909

Oil on canvas abstract painting in cool modern colors, 15" by 21 1/2", unframed, signed at lower left corner "Zaglool" and dated there "59". This is an impressive composition by an Egyptian artist who lived in Paris in the 1950's, frequenting the art community there and studying with the likes of Fernand Leger and Andre Lhote...

Lucille Ireland modernist abstraction - oil on board, circa 1950.

Ireland lived on the Philadelphia Main Line and exhibited at the Stabler gallery during the 1950's in NYC. She is listed in "Women Artists in America".

Image measures 22 1/2" x 33 1/4", frame is 2 1/2" wide.

Condition - very good and original, very minor paint ripple in a small center area.

Day Lilies in Japanese Vase by H. Badder, June 19, 1910. Framed Gouache 21 x 12", work measures 12“ x 9“

A classic old landscape with figures, old structures and feathery trees, somewhat in the Old Master tradition, but created in the mid 19th century, likely in New York, by an unknown yet obviously accomplished artist. The oil on canvas, unframed, measures 24" by 32 1/4". On the reverse are two canvas stencil stamps, one from London, (G. Rowney & Co.), one from New York (Goupil & Co., 289 Broadway)...

Angelic Harpist, Gouache Watercolor Study 1970s 23x17” Brazilian Artist Altomira

Painting on wood panel, mixed media, acrylic and ink, 36" by 36", unframed, featuring a young woman and a greyhound or whippet type dog in a vaguely sketched out mysterious landscape, signed lower right and signed again on reverse, where it is titled "Portrait of the Apprentice" and dated 2005, by noted Canadian contemporary artist and illustrator Ben Tour, born 1977 in Toronto, Canada. The work is of an impressive size and would make for an excellent contemporary addition to your modern home...

Edge Of The Village” Signed A.P.F Coss? Artist Proof 20x14 inches.

Impressive oil on canvas painting of a mountainous European lake landscape with historic ancient buildings reflected in the waters, signed at lower left G. PATTY. Photos of internationally famous Lake Como in northern Italy certainly resemble this scene. The uncommonly beautiful work, 26" by 32" (34" by 39" in much later, mid century frame), is painted in predominant blues, greens, and whites...

Richard Luney's paintings and prints of wildlife (generally African) have been popular since the 1970's. Luney, a Vietnam veteran, was already exhibiting by 1974 at Lord & Taylor Gallery in New York, according to a newspaper account of the time. The artist described his style as "contemporary surrealism". California-born, he would go to Lion Country Safari to study the animals, so as to paint the animals with greater accuracy...