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 and very rare work in abstract style of a Bull or Ox in Patinated Bronze mounted on a matching bronze base measuring 24” in length,base measuring approximately 16“ x 6 3/4“, 11 inches in height Itzik Benshalom, the man and the artist, is larger than life, an artistic Israeli with a remarkably gentle disposition...

A watercolor painting featuring a scenic view of what I believe to be the cliffs of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, signed at lower left by California artist Dolores Manning. The 20" by 14" work (26" by 20" framed) is by a woman artist who recently passed away in Malibu, California. A number of her works were available for purchase at the estate sale. Apparently she had lived in the San Francisco Bay area (Moraga, CA labels on the reverse of several) and also in the area around Lake Tahoe...

The Framed Size: 21"L x 17"H,
Image Size: 16" L x 12" H,
Artist: Giovannie Sanvitale (Italian)
Medium: Oil Painting on Board.
The condition of Frame and Painting: Excellent.
Signed: Lower left: G. Sanvitale
Dating of Painting: Around 1985 when his prime time as Artist.
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Born in Brescia, Italy. He studied at Academia Albertina in Turin...

Haku Maki did some purely white prints—some had a small splash of color, others had none. This one, 81-3, offers three white plump persimmons. Persimmons were an oft-used subject, sometimes a single depiction of the fruit, sometimes two, but very rarely three persimmons and even more rarely done only in white. The print measures 9.5in W x 10.75in H and is in excellent condition. An edition of 130, this one is number 90.

Italian Travertine Pedestal Circa 1980 in a modernist design measuring 34” height and 12” x 12” top (Berlin Adler)

The sheet size: 40 " L x 26 " H
The image size: 36"L x 20 3/4" H
The title: "Willie Take A Step"
Artist: Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
Medium: Collotype Print on Paper by Triton Press Inc.
Signed by : Thomas Rockwell in pencil, Administrator, Norman Rockwell Family Trust
Publisher: Norman Rockwell Family Trust
Edition Number : 225/950, in pencil, below has embossed logo of NR, 1982 EST of NR.
The year made: 1985, World Art Edition Ltd.
The co...

Masao Ido
Zuihou-In III (Rock garden)
Date: 1990.
Size: Approximately 18 x 13 inches.
Edition: 27/180
Signed in pencil and sealed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Faint matte line in margin.
Zuihoin is part of Daitoku-ji Temple in Kyoto.

Chagall lithograph, original exhibition poster from Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1969-1970. 32”x 24”. Framed in a white and gilt wood frame behind glass. History of Galerie Maeght: Opened in Cannes in 1936 and moved to Paris in 1946. They showed great French artists including Braque and Matisse; Spanish artist including Miró, Tàpies and Chillida; Russian artists Chagall and Kandinsky; and American artists Kelly and Calder...

(Consignment). American Master Joseph Dawley “Montmartre” Oil 30x40”……The following biography, submitted March 2005, is from the daughter of the artist. Although raised and educated in Texas, Joe Dawley moved to New Jersey in the early 1960's where he remained. He painted in the traditional Old Masters style until 1982, when the symptoms of Parkinson's - diagnosed in 1975 - necessitated brain surgery...

The sheet size: 33 3/4"H x 39"W
The image size: 26 5/8" H x 32 3/4" W
The title: "Garden Memories"
Artist: Susan Rios (American)
Medium: 100% Arches paper, Unframed.
Signed by artist: Lower right in pencil
Edition Numbered : HC21/60, in pencil
HC mean Hors de commerce...

The Unframed Size: 18"W x 28 1/2" H,
Image Size: 15" W x 26 1/2" H
Artist: Jovan Obican (1918-1986)
The subject of Painting : Violinist
Medium: Acrylic painting on hard art paper.
The condition of Painting Excellent...

The size of work: 20" W x 28 3/4". The subject of drawing is Human forms done in Black ink as well as one area in the center with purple color work under black ink or paint, which I could not determine. It is painted on the heavy thick watercolor paper painting board with surface has wavy texture finish. This is sort of one piece from pair work we have presenting other. But I am offering as individual work. This is one of his Original work I have obtained in 1991 as group...

Modern flower print orange behind glass, by Charon, circa. 1960’s, color lithograph edition 262/375, 23.25” x 27.25”, framed, no wire for hanging. Authentication printed on a label on reverse, in French reads from The Collector’s Guild LTD, 185 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. The stone this was made from was defaced after the limited addition was completed...

Claude Lacaze original oil painting on canvas of cubist nudes signed lower left. measuring Approximately 26 x 40 inches in excellent condition.

Biography

Lacaze was a painter who was heavily influenced by Cubism and Post-Cubism, particularly by fellow Bordeaux painters such as André L’Hote. He was born in Angoulême, Charente and studied at the Lycée Montaigne in Bordeaux and it was there, under an inspirational art master, that his desire to be an artist was initiated...

The kanji for Peach appears in the uppper right of the print. 17 of 24 Haku Maki was one of the grand masters of the Sosaku-hanga print movement. Maki Haku (1924-2000) is the artistic name of Maejima Tadaaki, who was born in Ibaraki Prefecture. He had no formal art training, but was guided by the s¨­saku hanga leading artist Onchi Ko­shiro 1891-1955). Maki Haku is best known for his abstract-calligrapic prints. He distorted and rearranged characters and strokes to produce striking and seren...

This is a rather early landscape etching in brown ink, signed at lower right in pencil by the renowned southwestern artist MICHAEL B. COLEMAN (1946-). The work is numbered 20/20 at lower left margin. Judging from the auction record, which shows that oils have exceeded $50,000, the number of etchings by Coleman's hand is apparently rather limited. This one probably dates to early in his career, perhaps the late 1970's or early 1980's. Coleman was born in Utah and still lives there. By his mi...

(Berlin Estate). Joanne Kent is a Postwar & Contemporary painter. Numerous key galleries and museums such as District of Columbia Arts Center have featured Joanne Kent's work in the past. Kent, a Minnesota native, holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota. She has been living and working in DC for several decades. Her work is mostly heavily impastoed and reductive in nature, crossing the lines between painting and sculpture. In addition to oil paint on canvas, this show contains several ...