A wonderful tropical study of beautiful birds done in gouache measuring and framed in a gold leaf frame. The work is unsigned
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 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...
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 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...
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...
Rare and complete book with text and prints by famous late Japanese print maker Tokio Miyashita 宮下登喜雄 (1930-2011)...
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)...
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...
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 finely executed pencil on card portrait of a younger woman, signed at the neck line and dated there 22 July 1924 by listed San Francisco artist PETER A. ILYIN (1887-1950). The oval-shaped card measures 12" by 9" and is unframed. On the reverse in dark brown ink, the artist has written in Russian script (presumably details about the sitter). Ilyin was born in Kazan, Russia, east of Moscow, to an aristocratic family. He showed early interest in art...
Oil on canvas portrait painting by Frank Mason of a US Coast Guard commander. Purchased from a relative of Frank Mason, we were told that it was a family member, but have not been able to verify. We recently had it re-stretched on a new frame. The last photo is the artist at work in his studio. Measures 30" x 34"
Frank Herbert Mason (1921 - 2009) was a renowned professor at the Art Students League and a portraitist in the tradition of Rembrandt...
“Northwest Mountains” Oil on board signed measuring 11.5 x 14.5“.
Frederick Judd Waugh (September 13, 1861 in Bordentown, New Jersey – September 10, 1940) was an American artist, primarily known as a marine artist. During World War I, he designed ship camouflage for the U.S. Navy, under the direction of Everett L. Warner.
Hipployte Camille Delpy,1842-1910 French Artist. Oil landscape titled “Coin De Villerville” 1887 measuring 10.25 x 15.75 inches oil on panel in an Rocco gold leaf frame measuring 18x23 inch
About the Artist (from Wikipedia)
He came from a moderately wealthy family from Joigny, in the Burgundy region of France...
An antique original etching of a standing cow in profile, a village seen at left distance, by Dutch Old Master artist MARCUS DE BIE (sometimes DE BYE), with birth death dates of approximately 1639-1688...
George A. Renouard (American, 1884-1954) noted painter, printer and graphic artist. His career spanned more than forty years, between the years of 1914 until his death in 1954.Born in Rochester, NY and later moved to New York City. He studied at the Pratt Institute & Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn, also at the Art Students League, NYC under John Sloan and Mahonri Young. Renouard lived & maintained a studio on the Lower East Side of New York. Renouard's father became well known for his invention of a t...
A Very Fine Haku Maki (1924-2000) Japanese Woodblock Print with Persimmon
This print is a striking reddish orange persimmon with leaves tipped with a special Japanese lacquerand the thin and thick contrasted dark back ground.
Title: 81-10, Persimmon,
Signed Haku Maki, sealed Haku Maki in red seal
Edition: 86/190 on the bottom margin.
It’s in very good condition with full margins and a frame without any lay down with glue.(
it just has been made a frame with a cardboard back with a ...
A beautiful signed work pen and watercolor washes
André Dunoyer de Segonzac, 1911 Femme Putting on Stockings, signed lower left, on laid paper, gallery label verso, matted and framed under glass, 14"h x 11"w (sight), 25"h x 21"w (frame)
André Dunoyer de Segonzac (7 July 1884 – 17 September 1974) was a French painter and graphic artist.
Segonzac was born in Boussy-Saint-Antoine and spent his childhood there and in Paris. His parents wanted him to attend the military academy of Saint-Cyr ...