All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #993574 (stock #BF1)
Large original oil painting on masonite panel by Robert (Bob) Matthew Freimark (American, 1922-2010) in its original artist constructed solid walnut frame. This painting is in beautiful condition. It measures 36" by 48" (slightly more in its frame), is signed with the artist's distinctive early signature l.r. and is titled "View of Sea". Robert Freimark is an important American artist and educator...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Italian : Pre 1960 item #1418756 (stock #JB02006)
Oil on board, 18" by 30" (23" by 35" as framed), the scene at dockside in Venice, Italy, gondolas at the ready and figures walking the dock, sun-washed buildings in the background. The painting is signed, though awkwardly, at lower left "Arthur V. Diehl", leading me to think originally that this was by that noted American impressionist painter who died in 1929 (Diehl had created throughout his lifetime, from memory, mostly, Venice scenes, even though he had only visited there as a young man)...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pen : Pre 1960 item #1421948 (stock #JB04588)
An elegant, black ink on white paper drawing of the heart of Montmartre in Paris, the famous Place du Tertre, where to this day artists endure ten year waiting lists to secure a spot outdoors to create the works tourists love to buy. This beautiful drawing is signed at lower right with what appears as "Dieter Gly(xx)" and is dated there 1958. It is in excellent condition, considering it is over sixty years old. Simply framed in black strip, it is ready for the wall...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1037065 (stock #210118)
Original mixed watercolor media on paper by Sigmund (Sig) Abeles (American, born 1934). This painting, an early work contemporary to Abeles' first graphic works, is signed "Abeles" l.r. It is also signed "Sig. Abeles", titled "Striding Man" and dated 55 on verso. In a period frame under glass. Probably an early self-portrait by this important American artist. From the estate of a South Carolina collector, which included also a number of early works by J...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1416605 (stock #JB01204)
Oil on canvas, 12" by 16" (17" by 21" as framed---and likely original frame), signed at lower right by popular listed California artist HERBERT SARTELLE (1885-1955). This is a classic autumn scene of large trees and a lake with distant mountains, executed in Sartelle's unique impressionistic style. The painting probably dates to the 1940s or 1950s. It is in generally good condition, with the typical large cracking seen in a number of his paintings, (visible especially in the sky---see photo)...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1369471
Ca 1950 Ten collectible Italian scenes of ancient Rome. Each etching/print is in excellent condition in the original folder. January 1950 is noted in Italian in the right corner. All measure 11-1/2" x17"
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pen : Pre 1960 item #1420892 (stock #JB05204)
By the important Austrian twentieth century illustrator, draftsman, art critic, stage designer and author KURT MOLDOVAN (1918-1977), this is an original ink drawing on paper, 10 1/2" by 8 1/4", unframed, signed at lower right and dated Sept. 56. The subject is a lobster or similar crustacean at right, and at left another creature with a dinosaur-like head appears to be clutching a banana-shaped object. Moldovan was born in Vienna and died there before age 60...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Photographs : Pre 1960 item #1491119
Zentner Collection
$1,200.00
Fan Ho photograph of a woman with a stick walking down a side street.
Fan Ho (1931-2016) was an award winning Chinese photographer, film director and actor. Born in Shanghai, he moved to Hong Kong when he was young and began photographing candid images of urban life with his Brownie camera. At age 14 his father purchased a Rolleiflex twin lens camera for him and his photographs matured...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #989853
Louis Orr, American, 1879-1961, etching, "The United Nations", image size: 15 18 1/2 inches, pencil signed, plate signed and inscribed copyright Webb & Knapp Inc., 1953.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1960 item #1418763 (stock #JB04638)
This is a 1981 color poster issued by Tally Richards Gallery of Contemporary Art, Taos, New Mexico, pencil signed at center right (green area) and dedicated "For Debbie" at left, by the famous Native American contemporary artist FRITZ SCHOLDER (1937-2005). Scholder was arguably the best known and influential Native American artist of the second half of the twentieth century...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1960 item #1452029
A color print, 14 1/2" by 25" (23 1/2" by 33 1/2" framed), titled at lower left margin "Eve of St. John by Peter Hurd", pencil signed at lower right margin by the noted American artist, PETER HURD (1904-1984). This print, which appears to be rather scarce, dates to about 1960. It is after one of his most famous paintings, which I believe now rests in the collection of the San Diego Museum of Art...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1419782 (stock #JB02710)
Drypoint on wove paper print, "La Petite Boudeuse" (translating as "the little sulk/sullen one"), 1905, pencil signed at lower right margin near the blindstamp of Edouard Sagot, Editeur, Paris, and numbered at lower left "No. 18", by famous French cubist painter and printmaker JACQUES VILLON (1875-1963). Villon, one of three brothers, (one of them the famous Marcel Duchamp), worked early on in the style of Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1422136 (stock #JB03443)
Oil on masonite panel painting of a Texas landscape with oaks and bluebonnet in the spring, 16" by 20", unframed, signed at lower left by artist Nancy McDonald. According to the daughter of the artist, Nancy's paintings were sold in the San Antonio area. She belonged to the River Art Group for many years. McDonald passed away in 2011. The painting is attractive and squarely within the "Bluebonnet School" tradition of Texas art. Other than a stubbed upper left corner, which will be mostly or...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 1960 item #1310205 (stock #21743)
Original oil painting on canvas by Sabine Hettner (French, 1907-1986). In excellent condition. Signed and dated 53 l.r. Also signed and dated verso. 21 1/2" by 18" canvas alone. Sabine Hettner, whose mother was French, was the daughter of German painter Otto Hettner, an associate of Oskar Kokoschka and Otto Dix. She lived and worked in Paris in a residence where her neighbors included Sonia and Robert Delaunay. During her career she exhibited throughout Europe, and often in Germany (Hamburg...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1960 item #637151 (stock #874)

Aaron Bohrod surrealist lithograph, circa - early 1950's.

Exhibited - Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Institute, Corcoran Gallery Biennial, Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum, New York, Museum of Modern Art, New York, and The Whitney Museum of American Art.

Image - 10" x 12 1/2".

Condition - very good.

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1490816 (stock #22562)
Original oil painting on canvas by Alvin Conrad Sella (USA, NJ and AL, 1919-2013). Signed and dated LR. Also signed, dated, and titled "La Plaza -Bull Ring" verso. 30' by 36" plus frame. One of two paintings by this artist currently available.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1421401 (stock #JB04725)
A pleasing watercolor painting of a small sail boat on a lake, trees beyond, painted in an impressionist hand. Unfortunately the talented artist did not sign the work, which is laid down on a card. Framing circa mid 1960's included the old fashioned detail-dulling non-glare glass which should be discarded. The work measures 14" by 10" inside the mat and 19 1/2" by 14 1/2" framed. Condition is excellent other than being laid down, and rusted tack holes in each corner, easily hidden by framing...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 1960 item #1419606 (stock #JB02540)
Oil on canvas landscape painting of a traditional home at the edge of a pond in mid summer, 20 1/2" by 17 1/4" (24 1/2" by 21" framed in older gold interesting frame), signed at lower right corner J. D. Prenne or possibly J.De Prenne. I do not see a listing for that name as spelled but will continue to search. The painting is very nicely executed and pleasing to the eye; it's a very relaxing and calming view. Gathering clouds lend an ominous touch, so perhaps a summer storm is about to break;...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #750294
Adolphe M.T. Beaufrere, French, 1876-1960, Etching, "Quimpere, Brittany", 5/50, initialed Ab 35 in plate, image size 5 13/16 x 8 inches, pencil signed
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1342575 (stock #BC024CS)
Original deep etching on copper by Wendell H. Black (American, 1919-1972). First edition printed posthumously by Berkley Chappell. In original unframed condition. 17 by 23 3/8 image alone. Titled and numbered 7/25 in pencil l.l. Also signed "Wendell Black '52 by Elaine" l.r. Plate 15 in "The Lost Works of Wendell H. Black" by Henry Sayre.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1332808 (stock #21863)
Original oil on panel by Jacques Koslowsky (Lithuanian, American, lived in Paris and Mallorca, 1904-1993) of a standing female nude, circa 1950-1960. Signed l.r. 24" by 12" painting alone, 28" by 16" in its frame. Koslowsky studied art in Florence and Paris. He had a studio in Montparnasse where he met the great School of Paris artists of the pre-war period. One of a number of works by this artist available in this web gallery.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1960 item #1416077 (stock #JB03272)
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. I obtained the painting from a woman who was part of this active art scene during that period (she was friendly with people like Erte and Sonia Delaunay during the fifti...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Acrylic : Pre 1960 item #1437649 (stock #171)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,900.00
Abstract Seascape by G. Pizer. Framed Acrylic on Paper. 10 x 18". Frame Size 20.5 x 27.5".
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1960 item #1420851 (stock #JB05090)
A twentieth century pastel on paper drawing of white and yellow flowers in a white vase, signed at lower right with what appears as "Raymond" or similar. The work measures 10 1/2" by 8 1/2" inside the present brown mat (16 1/2" by 12 1/2" framed). Found in Los Angeles, the work is on English paper---I suppose it could be English. The hand that created this was talented and it is a lovely little still life.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1419882 (stock #JB02924)
Watercolor on paper painting of an impressive, jagged high mountain peak above a lake, 5 1/2" by 9 1/2" inside the mat (9 3/4" by 12 3/4" as framed), signed lower right, bearing the artist's label and title "Mt. Rockwell/Glacier National Park" on reverse board. This is a work by the California artist RICHARD LEROY CORBALEY (1882-1960). Corbaley was born in Indiana and according to the biography in Hughes' Dictionary of California Artists, he was in Los Angeles by 1902. Works by his hand inclu...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Photographs : Pre 1960 item #1416968
**(one of two by the photographer in my shop)**By the noted American photographer ROBERT "Bob" WERLING (1946-), this is an original gelatin silver print photograph of reflections in a western American mountain lake, pencil signed at lower right margin by the artist photographer. The scene of the high country in the American West, is perhaps Colorado, or possibly, California, such as Yosemite. Werling was born in San Francisco and very early in life showed artistic promise and drive. He graduated...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1416789 (stock #JB02965)
For the aficionado of equine art, this is a beautifully composed watercolor and ink drawing of polo horses and players, signed at lower right by listed Arizona woman artist ALICE LORD MARSHALL (1895-1993). The work measures 11 1/2" by 15 1/2" inside the mat and 18 1/2" by 23" as framed. I recently acquired this from her grandson, formerly of the Phoenix area, now living in Pacific Palisades, California. He recalled her a long-lived woman with deep ties to Arizona, despite her eastern roots in...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1342565 (stock #BC023CS)
Original etching by Wendell H. Black (American, 1919-1972). First edition printed posthumously by Berkley Chappell. In original unframed condition. Titled and numbered 7/25 in pencil l.l. Also signed "Wendell Black '56 by Elaine" l.r. Plate 14 in "The Lost Works of Wendell H. Black" by Henry Sayre.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1420452 (stock #JB03139)
This is a really pretty watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by an obvious talent, 14" by 20" (22 1/2" by 28 1/4" as framed), the subject picturesque boats tied up along the banks of an idyllic stretch of river, a boathouse at left and a few figures completing the impressionist composition. The work's varieties of impressionistic blues are quite lovely, and there is simply excellent handling of color and light. The only fault, really, is that the artist did not sign the piece. There are a few...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1434359 (stock #610)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,400.00
Nassau Bahama landscape with palm trees by American artist Norman McLeish, 1890-1975. Was employed by Franklin Roosevelt‘s early 1930s works project which employed Artist that were unemployed during the depression and later went on to have their own careers. This work was done from one of his sojourns to Nassau Bahamas Work is signed and dated 1959 and measures 12 x 16“ the frame size is approximately 20 x 24 1/2“……. Norman Macleish b. 1890, Glencoe, IL - d. 1975, Naples, FL Norma...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1960 item #1441326 (stock #280)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,000.00
Haitian artist Francis Paraison Oil on canvas measuring 16 x 12“, framed size 16 x 12 1/2“ Francis Paraison (born April 8 th.Monday 1957 died NYC July 12 th. 2002 -Friday in the hospital for canser in age 45 )was a Haitian painter.He had some professional training at The French Institute of Haiti. France,England,Japan,Switzerland and Germany where he has displayed and sold many fine pieces of art.Francis Paraison migrated to the USA from Haiti. His painting Three Tigers in the Moonligh...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1419376 (stock #JB02470)
Watercolor painting of country cottages in a rolling rural winter landscape, 13" by 19 1/4" inside the mat, 27" by 33" as very nicely framed, signed at lower right by the listed English watercolor artist THOMAS ELLISON (1866-1942). I have not found any biographical information on the artist beyond birth and death dates, but he did apparently leave a fine legacy of watercolor art, the subjects including all parts of England and Wales, France, Italy including Venice and Capri, and even exotic Alg...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1960 item #1418122 (stock #JB01733)
Oil on board, 13" by 17", unsigned, the subject a group of European-looking (French, I'd guess) buildings that appear as if they would belong in a country winery scene, with an early spring impressionistic landscape surrounding them. The conical tops remind me of structures I have seen in California wine country, or, in French chateau country. This one is difficult to describe adequately. I would imagine judging from the quality that it is the work of a listed artist, but I could not venture ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 1960 item #1489938 (stock #Parrens1)
Original oil painting on canvas by Louis Parrens (France, 1904-1994). This work is signed lower left, and again verso. It is titled verso: "Bretagne-Le Guilvinec". 26" by 32" in its gallery frame. In excellent condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #152492
This is a GOOD LOOKING STILL LIFE, OIL On CANVAS by the EAST COAST ARTIST: TOM BENSON. Many of this ARTIST'S works were WATERCOLORS; however, this Seller had the opportunity to Acquire 3 OILS by TOM BENSON and this is One. Size is 19.5" X 27" Framed; 18" X 24" Sight size. RUBENS Book, Wine Bottles, Art Objects, a Fan and a Trumpet plus GREAT COLOR complete this Work. Framed (but needs an upgrade). Circa third 1/4 of the 20th Century and in Excellent Condition
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Italian : Pre 1960 item #1421142 (stock #JB04198)
Oil on canvas, 20" by 27 1/2" and 25" by 32 1/2" in gold frame, the subject a glass vase on a tabletop, the vase and surrounding area filled with various flowers including asters and roses of various colors, as well as unidentified blue flowers in background. The work is signed at lower right "G Cocco" (GIUSEPPE COCCO 1879-1963), a listed painter from Naples, Italy. Cocco's signature can occasionally be hard to decipher and as a result he is less known than he should be. This is the third work b...