All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1980 item #1399847 (stock #22620)
Original oil painting on canvas by Paul Warren Zimmerman (USA, 1921-2007), circa 1970. Surreal still life. 24" by 44". Signed verso. In excellent original condition. Paul Warren Zimmerman's works are in the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in Philadelphia and the Springfield Museum of Fine Art etc.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 1950 item #1416116 (stock #JB02725)
Oil on canvas of a Mediterranean harbor with whitewashed buildings and red roofs, small fishing craft and figures in the foreground, circa 1945, by the listed French artist DOMINIQUE MANAGO (1902-). Manago, the older brother of artist Armand-Marie Guerin, painted scenes of Mediterranean France and Italy, including Venice, as well as some scenes from the coast of Normandy. This painting has acquired a mellow old layer of soiling, accounting for the yellowish brown tone in the photos...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1920 item #1419600 (stock #JB02528)
Oil on canvas painting of a picturesque old water mill located on a stream in high alpine mountains, 22" by 30" (29 1/2" by 38" framed), not signed on the front side but the reverse side shows post-1885 stretcher keys, and pencil writing which identifies the scene as "The Valley of Jen(bach)? Switzerland", and the artist as "Louise Goodman 1914". The artist does not appear to be listed. The scene might possibly have been painted after an original by another artist of the 19th century...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Contemporary item #1453037 (stock #1551)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,600.00
“Nudes On Balcony , By American Artist Oil 36x24” ….more information coming
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1930 item #1485033
Arthur J.T. Briscoe 1873-1943 British This is a fine original etching by British marine artist Arthur Briscoe. The title is: The Main Brace, created and printed in 1929. The image measures 13 11/16X9 15/16 inches, printed on an antique wove type sheet. It is hand signed with pen and ink and also numbered 39/75. " This view of men hauling in on the brace while at the same time keeping their balance in the heeling ship as a spray sweeps over the weather rail."
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1900 item #1488515
An antique truly American painting (not the more common similar-looking English scenes) with feathery tree at left, a few simple wooden houses, distant church steeple, and two tiny central figures, a manageable size at 22" by 30" (29 1/2" by 37 1/2" in the likely original framing), apparently unsigned. This old work came out of a dilapidated local home, having no doubt hung there for decades. When found it had a sheet of glass over the canvas...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1837 VR item #1386206
what pdx
$50.00
"William Hogarth" Sigismonda The Works of William Hogarth" as published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy in 1822 with the original plates restored by James Heath, engraver to His Majesty. The Heath edition was the last to print directly from Hogarth's original engraved plates. All William Hogarth prints appearing after this date are copies of these original graphic works of art. Heath edition 1822 An original copperplate engraving — over 195 years old. Sheet size: approx...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Contemporary item #1440721 (stock #160)
Pierce Mill Log Cabin in Snow 16”x18” oil on canvas. The work in the snow was done from life The Log cabin is on the national register i’m located in rock Creek Park in Washington DC near Pierce Mill. It is one of the oldest buildings in the city
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1970 item #1448950 (stock #1376)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,600.00
A magnificent oil on canvas signed A.H. 1970, beautifully done painting and well framed in a baroque stone color frame. Unknown Artist
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1910 item #1490403 (stock #FA127)
This is an antique miniature color print portrait of Emperor Napoleon III of France, dating back to approximately 1900. The portrait is meticulously crafted with a gold outline, set against a black background, and showcases the Emperor in his full glory. The portrait is well-preserved and protected by an exquisite ebonized wood and gilt frame, adding elegance and grandeur to the piece. The frame is also fitted with glass to ensure the portrait remains pristine...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1980 item #1416782 (stock #JB0734)
Watercolor, 9 7/8" by 14" inside the mat (16 1/2" by 20 1/2" as framed), signed at lower right "N. White". This is a work showing, no doubt, the clipper ship Joseph Conrad, berthed at the Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. The clipper was built in Denmark in 1882 and was renamed as the Joseph Conrad. It was built strictly as a training ship. The artist, NELSON COOK WHITE (1900-1989) painted a lot of marine subject matter, and a number of these works have appeared at auction in New England...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1362913 (stock #na130)
A strong enamel on copper painting by William Prewett, depicting James Thomson. Thompson (1700 - 1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright, best known now for writing the lyrics to "Rule Britannia". The case is original, but engraved as follows several years after the death of the sitter: James Thomson/Poet/1700 - 1748.

The condition of the painting and the case is excellent. Overall size is 1 7/8" by 1 5/8".

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: According to Foskett: "William Prewett (or Prewitt) (fl...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1427492 (stock #961)
Vintage American Impressionist Oil Painting Girl Flowers on the Beach by Barton. Oil on 20 x 24" panel signed lower left presented in a quality gallery frame. Harry Lang Barton, artist and illustrator May 12, 1908 - August 12, 2001 Born in Cleveland and raised in Seattle, Harry Barton spent his life doing the thing he truly loved--painting...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #958430
Arthur William Heintzelman, American, 1891-1965, "Ma Petite Voisine", drypoint etching, image size: 11 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches, ed. 80, 1935 cat. Smith-204, pencil signed lower right
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1837 VR item #1385917
what pdx
$325.00
"William Hogarth" Scholars at a Lecture and The Company of Undertakers The Works of William Hogarth" as published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy in 1822 with the original plates restored by James Heath, engraver to His Majesty. The Heath edition was the last to print directly from Hogarth's original engraved plates. All William Hogarth prints appearing after this date are copies of these original graphic works of art. Heath edition 1822 An original copperplate engraving — over 195 years old...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Serigraphs : Pre 1960 item #967465 (stock #2346 *)

Jean Hugo - 1894 - 1984

France - 20th century

Artist, set designer, illustrator

Great grandson of the writer Victor Hugo

Limited edition screen print

Sheet measures 17" x 20 1/2"

Framed

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1990 item #910865 (stock #4028)
TWO JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS COMMEMORATING FREDERICK STARR & NOSATSU.

Frederick Starr was a professor of anthropology at Chicago University who first visited Japan in 1904 and made many subsequent visits. He wrote many papers on Japanese subjects but is probably best known in Japan for his interest in pilgrimage, he dressed in traditional pilgrim’s clothing and performed the Shikoku pilgrimage in 1917 and 1921...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1900 item #1418275 (stock #JB03939)
An impressively large (26" by 39", and 40" by 53" in a fine high quality gilded oak style frame of the period) watercolor landscape of a fascinating primeval, mystical forest interior, signed at lower right by English Victorian period artist JOSHUA RENSHAW, who was active in the 1880's and 1890's, though little biographical information is available...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1980 item #1422605 (stock #JB04221)
Oil on canvasboard panel painting of a scene in the French Quarter of New Orleans, 19" by 8" (24 1/4" by 12 1/2" framed), signed at lower right with what appears as "Dettick" or "Derrick". This work was likely created for the lively tourist scene in the French Quarter in the 1960's or early 1970's. It has been suggested that the artist is one "Dick Nick", who has been an active participant in the New Orleans Jackson Square art scene from the 1960's. Condition is excellent.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1980 item #1473342 (stock #987)
Poem 70-10 is the kanji for day 日. It is a striking, simply executed print. Created in 1970, it is now over a half-century old. The print is 17.5in W x 24.5in H, large (but not huge). As Daniel Tretiak has said: In 1970 quite suddenly Haku Maki started producing truly large prints. He tells us that this one was large but Maki was destined to do even larger ones, that year and in 1973.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1980 item #58197
AntiquesDC
$75.00
Silkscreen print by Hopi artist Kyrat Tuvahoema (1914-1942). Entitled "Tsep Kachina Deer Dancer", the print is accompanied by a card reading "Kyrat Tuvahoema was born on the mesa of Old Oraibe in the heart of the Hopi country in 1914. He attended day school until he transferred to Albuquerque Indian School in 1927. He then attended the Santa Fe Indian School Art Department during 1933 to 1935. His paintings were limited in number as he contracted tuberculosis shortly after leaving school, an...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1900 item #1450406
Alphonse Legros 1837-1911 French This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) The title of this work is: La Ferme De Labbaye (farm at the monastery) Created and printed circa 1880, this image measures 8 1/2X11 1/8 inches. Hand signed and titled in pencil. Printed on a medium weight wove type paper with a partial watermark.
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Sculptural : Pre 1930 item #1446102
what pdx
$6,800.00
German Expressionist Mahogany sculpture of Nude erotic Lesbians possibly a Russian artist Signed Serge Kasskoff .This wonderful sculpture dated to the early 1910s to the 1920s masterfully carved from a single block of fine mahogany , the wood well cured before sculpting there are no cracks other then in the center . There is a French Gallery or Show label on the base but cant make out the name. Sculpture 24-1/4" wide x 14-1/2" deep x 16" high. Heavy
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : British : Pre 1900 item #947742 (stock #9977)
John Burr (Scots/English, 1831-1893)

Caught Napping

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “1867”

Painting size: 15.5” x 26.5”
Frame size: 22.5” x 33”

A student of Scots artist, Scott Lauder, John Burr studied at the Trustee’s Academy in Edinburgh. He moved to London in 1861 with his brother and fellow painter, Alexander Burr. Upon his arrival Burr began exhibiting at the Royal Academy. He continued to exhibit there until 1882. In addition, he exhibite...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1940 item #1416846 (stock #JB0184)
Very subtle and elegant oil on canvas, 24 1/2" by 30" (27 1/2" by 33 1/2" as framed) signed at lower right by listed Midwest artist MARY C. PETERSON and dated "31", showing an Asian inspired still life scene in monochromatic minimalist tones of beige, gray and tan. The artist added just a spot of color at lower left where two iris are in full flower. This is a particularly easy to live with painting---I enjoyed it on my wall for quite some time. It bears an old label on the reverse: "THE ART...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1382783 (stock #a1663)
A fine miniature portrait of a pretty young child, done in watercolors on organic material by William Egley. The case has hallmarks for 9K London gold and a maker's mark for G.S. Both the case and the painting are in excellent condition with no problems. The size is 1 5/16" by 1 1/16".

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: William Egley (1798–1870), was born in Doncaster, England, and moved shortly after to Nottingham. Originally working in a publishing house and bookshop, he had developed an interest in pai...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1481879 (stock #3505)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,500.00
A French 18th century tapestry in silk depicting an outdoor country scene in Provence measuring 22” x 22” in a gilded gold leaf period frame.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1700 item #1423591 (stock #JB03772)
PAIR of copper engravings by the early Flemish artist JOHANNES STRADANUS (also known as Johannes van der Straet), born 1523, died 1605. Each measures 8" by 10 1/2" (16" by 18" in identical silvery contemporary frames). One image is titled "Staphae, Sive Stapedes", the other "Ser Sive Sericus Vermis". These works date to about the year 1590 or 1591. They are numbered 8 and 9, part of Nova Reperta, a series of 20 images that illustrated important discoveries of the Renaissance. Philip Galle t...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1970 item #1063243
Isaac Friedlander, Latvian-American, 1890-1968, etching, "Over the Village," image size 11 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches, titled and signed in pencil, framed.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1454180 (stock #3216)
L'Enfant Gallery
$8,500.00
Nineteenth Century Nassau Bahamas “Straw Market” Oil 10x14” A watercolorist, who specialized in coastal scenes, George Henry Clements grew up on his family's plantation near Opelousas, Louisiana, and worked as a clerk for the New Orleans Cotton Exchange before turning to painting in 1880. He began his formal art training at the Union Art League in New York City. By 1881 he was in Paris. He spent a year at the Academie Julian and another at the Academie Colarossi. Clements also painted...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 1970 item #1454867
Oil on canvasboard painting of the famous Place du Tertre view of Sacre Coeur church in Paris' Montmartre district, measuring 20" by 16" (24" by 19 3/4" framed). Although the work is stamped "All Reproduction Rights Are Reserved By The Artist", there does not appear to be a signature. On a piece of old tape affixed to the back is the name "J Bush 9/20" but I suspect this may be unrelated to the artist. The work is very nicely painted by someone who obviously had a command of impressionist oil...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Contemporary item #1440710 (stock #978)
Couple in the Park by Anne Lane, Oil on Canvas. Frame size 11 x 19. Anne Lane studied art at George Mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases. The subjects and themes of h...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1910 item #1291558
Set of 6 Henry Alken comical, british tongue-in-cheek, fox hunting prints. Quite old. Purchased in England. Original frames, but newly matted. Each measures 14.5" x 16.5". Each titled Plate 1-6 and "Fore's Hunting Casualties". Black wooden frames with slight gold piping.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1900 item #1239234 (stock #10466)
Antique Carved Oak Statue of a Monk holding a book and seated on a curved bench. Probably American, circa 1880.

9" x 9" x 14" tall

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1950 item #1417370 (stock #JB02450)
Offered together as a matched pair (and see ANOTHER example of this artist's printmaking in my shop), these are etchings on paper, identically framed, each 11" by 8" inside the mat, 20" by 15" framed. Each print is signed at lower right in pencil by well known New Orleans artist EUGENE F. LOVING (1908-1971). Both prints are titled at lower left, one "Pirates Alley/Old New Orleans", the other "Maison Seignouret Court/Old New Orleans; and each bears the artist's notation "Ed/200". Loving was a fa...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1970 item #1442025 (stock #420)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,500.00
Artist Manfred Schwartz “The White Apartment” Oil 14 x 18” Abstract Charcoal Study by Manfred Schwartz. This was a study for a larger work by the artist. Manfred Schwartz (November 11, 1909 in Łódź, Poland – November 7, 1970 in New York City, United States) was a Polish-born American artist who was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, the Art Students League of New York, and the National Academy of Design in New York City. He also studied ...