All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1837 VR item #1386122
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$475.00
"William Hogarth" "Characters and Caricaturas" and "Battle of the Pictures" 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...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1465473 (stock #2824)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,500.00
HENRI VAN DER HECHT, FLEMISH 1841-1901, LANDSCAPE WITH FARM, Oil on canvas, 13x 17 in. (33.02 x 43.18 cm.), Frame: 18 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (46.36 x 59.06 cm.) Henri Van Der Hecht (Brussels 1841-1901) Painter, engraver. Worked mainly in Scandinavia and Europe but also in the Netherlands, the South of France and New York. With his lively landscapes, in warm colors, he is one of the promoters of outdoor painting and realism in Belgium...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 2000 item #1455102 (stock #717)
L'Enfant Gallery
$9,000.00
Max Kassler, American 1905–1992 was an abstract Artist known for some of the most unusual experimental work based on the human figure He was an early student of the Picasso school of painting. This work culminated his idea of abstraction in space. This is part of the collection we have at the gallery. Automatic drawing was pioneered by the English artist Austin Osman Spare who wrote a chapter, Automatic Drawing as a Means to Art, in his book, The Book of Pleasure (1913)...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1447983 (stock #1706)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,500.00
Bronze Oval Sculpture Signed Müller of George Washington 12x10 in...
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...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1900 item #981675 (stock #722)
A Korean Fine/Large 8 Panel Bird/Flower Folk Painting Screen: Korea, Choson Peoriod, 19th Century. This spectacular large 8 panel painting screen painted with different kinds of birds and flowers in mineral pigments, ink and color on paper, and it’s an unusual large panel screen as a Korean folk art painting, They are in very fine condition with bright colors but the two panels have a small repair (panel 1and 4 from left to right) , otherwise there is no any noticeable damages, it measur...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1900 item #971519
Edith Penman, American, 1860-1929, etching with remarque, "On the Shoreline", image size: 4 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches, pencil signed
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1920 item #1416210 (stock #JB0235)
An extensive classical Italian Mediterranean landscape on paper, signed at lower right by artist CARL NACKE (1876-after 1931). Measuring 15 1/2" by 23 1/4", the work's colors are unusually fresh considering the age of the piece. The watercolor is unframed, laid on a board, as found in a Georgia estate. Nacke was an artist best known for his work on fine porcelains at German porcelain factories; these porcelains appear at auction in Europe.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 2000 item #1441597 (stock #557)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,500.00
Paco Lane is a Washington DC Artist part of the lane family of master Artist Period this work was done on the soldier in to Puerto Rico and his work around El Moro Castle “Victor In The Gallery” oil by American Artist Paco Lane 24 x 36“ Paco Jacques Lane was born on October 24, 1969 in Virginia just outside of Wash- ington DC. From an early childhood Paco was encouraged The artist in Greenwich CT, 2003. and allowed great freedom to pursue a natural interest in the visual arts...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1900 item #1441283 (stock #252)
A rare Ephemera is this intaglio engraved bond from 1903 for 1000 rubles which was issued by Czarist Russia Royal Government. A beautiful piece of history as well as Art. Framed
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Photographs : Pre 1900 item #1423311 (stock #JB05348)
An original circa 1870's photograph of a sculpture of a warrior, in the National Museum of Greece in Athens, the photograph by the famed "Fratelli (brothers) ALINARI" of Florence, Italy. The photo measures 9 1/2" by 7 1/2" inside the mat and 22 1/2" by 19" framed behind (scratched) Plexi. On the reverse is a hand written not giving the Alinari name and title "Stele du guerrier Aristion/Museee Nationale Athens, Greece"...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1970 item #1417560 (stock #JB04400)
This is a fine painting of the Christmas season flowering plant, the poinsettia, in ink, watercolor and gouache, 13 3/4" by 11", in simple metal framing, no mat, signed at lower left and inscribed to a friend there "with love to David and deepest feelings of appreciation", by the important American artist ABRAHAM RATTNER (1893-1978). Rattner was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. During World War I he was a camouflage artist, serving in some of the major battles of the war...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1970 item #1106302 (stock #21256)
Original oil painting on panel by Henry Kallem (American, 1912-1985), circa 1965. 16" by 12" painting alone. This painting bears on the verso an identification label stating: "Monhegan Series (Sunrise Sunset)/ 1965/ Estate Inventory on File: Boston Art Club." Henry Kallem was known as a painter and a printmaker. Originally from Philadelphia, he studied with his father Morris Kallem, himself a known painter. Henry's brother is the sculptor Herbert Kallem...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pencil : Pre 1940 item #1419980 (stock #JB02944)
Something of a mystery, this is a very interesting soft pencil drawing of a young woman, 13 1/4" by 9 1/4" (19" by 15" framed), signed indecipherably at lower right and dated there 1931. Try as I might, I have absolutely come to a dead end when it comes to figuring out this signature. Adjacent to that signature an inscription reads "Baroness Leonnie Perraja"...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1980 item #1420646 (stock #JB02421)
Linocut print, the sheet 10 1/4" by 14", unframed, numbered at lower left 70/100 and pencil signed at lower right and dated there 1971, the "HB" blind stamp nearby, by the important and still highly underrated Swiss-California modernist HANS GUSTAV BURKHARDT (1904-1994). The subject is somewhat uncertain; perhaps a look at a catalogue raisonne of the artist's graphic works would provide the title...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1837 VR item #1462282
A set of FOUR framed circa 1836 engravings of exotic Australian birds, with hand coloring, by EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888). Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularized. As a highly talented watercolorist, and a widely traveled figure, for his day, he created now-prized works featuring the Mediterranean region and the Holy Land...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 2000 item #1479998 (stock #3433)
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$6,000.00
Abstract Portrait Painting by RASCAL oil on canvas 35” x 35” Originally from the Dominican Republic, Rascal’s work can be seen throughout the islands of the Caribbean as well as the US A bad boy, Rascal was caught creating graffiti too many times, when a judge finally told him enough was enough and encouraged him to paint in earnest. Rascal responded with urban art, full of color and stories of his life. Each painting had meaning special to him and explained the joys of his life, his defea...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1302568
French School (19th century), Jeune garcon avec la coquille, bronze sculpture, signed "Isabelle" lower back, foundry mark: Bronze Masters, overall (with marble base): 14.5"h x 5.5"h x 5.5"d. No condition issues noted.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1900 item #1413905
Thames Police James Abbott McNeill Whistler This is an original etching by James Whistler. The title is: "Thames Police" It was created in 1859 as part of his Thames Set series on life on the river. The image measures 5 15/16X8 7/8 inches. Printed on a thin laid type paper. Very richly inked, the Fifth state of Six. An early rich inking. Good condition, there is a tear upper right corner of the border, away from the image area. Enough border for proper presentation. Nicely framed with...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1423693 (stock #JB04360)
ONE OF A NUMBER BY THE ARTIST IN MY SHOP**This is a small etching (the sheet 5 1/2" by 8", respectably matted but not framed), by the noted California artist HARRIET GENE ROUDEBUSH (1908-1998), titled at lower left margin "Ferry Boat" and pencil signed at lower right by the artist. The artist depicts the old ferry in front of the Oakland Bay Bridge. Before the construction of the bridge in the mid 1930's, ferry boats took passengers and vehicles across the bay from Oakland. Roudebush was born ...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #752342
Leon Louis Dolice, American, 1892-1960, Etching with Aquatint, image size: 10 5/8 x 6 inches, pencil signed
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 2000 item #833604
Extremely fine original miniature paintings on thin slabs of mother-of-pearl, depicting celestial Buddhist figures, angels, musicians from Thai temple frescoes or the famed Ramayana. Each miniature is different and as we have a large collection of these, exclusively painted for us, please ask if you wish to see more. Individually framed on 100% Thai Silk, glass and with 24K. gold leaf frame. This version has 2 miniatures. Overall size: 25.5 cm x 17 cm. Each mother-of-pearl medallion measures 8 c...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1460555 (stock #2510)
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$2,200.00
SOUTH INDIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A DEITY standing in slight tribhangha and dressed in an ankle-length dhoti, adorned with various jewelry, the sacred thread and a garland hanging to his ankles, the face with long nose and large eyes flanked by elaborate earrings and surmounted by a conical headdress, all atop a circular single lotus base 13 inch height circa 1930
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1422834 (stock #JB04258)
An oil on canvas painting, unsigned, the subject the Arizona desert (we know that because of the saguaro cacti that are not found elsewhere), 22" by 30" (29 1/2" by 38" framed). The painting is deliberately painted in a very pale fuzzy blonde light, with pastel tones, making it somewhat difficult to photograph due to the lack of strong contrasts. The materials suggest a circa 1950's or late 1940's date of execution.
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1837 VR item #1320926 (stock #TBD00198)
A pencil sketch of Glendalough county Wicklow Ireland with a strong attribution to the British artist Edward Lear (1812-1888). Drawn with pencil on bluish heavy laid paper with ink, ink washes, touches of white gouche and faded washes of green. In 1835 Lear visited Ireland, one of his early trips as he turned from bird illustration to landscape. The party he traveled with visited Glendalough. During his life Lear saved his sketches and it was not until the 1920’s that they were available. This...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1452509 (stock #a1797)
An extremely fine miniature portrait by John Henry Brown, done in watercolors on natural material. One of the best examples of his skill, showing an attractive woman, beautifully painted. Adding to the importance of this piece is that Brown used a trompe l'oeil technique in painting what appears to be matting around the portrait. Signed "J Brown Pinxt" lower left along the curved line of the matte. Inside the case was a piece of paper with information about the sitter: "Mary E. Mathias Lancas...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1422554 (stock #31B4-506)
Armin Landeck (American, 1905-1984) - York Avenue, Tenements. Original signed drypoint etching. Dated: 1938. Small Edition of 100. Signed and dated by the artist in pencil in lower margin. Armin Landeck was a noted American printmaker. Landeck attended Columbia University in New York, where he began printmaking. At the Art Students League, he studied under George Bridgman and later with the English printmaker Stanley William Hayter. During the 1930s, he produced many city views of New York. ...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1930 item #1454843 (stock #492)
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$1,600.00
St Pauls and Ludgate Hill from Fleet Street Etching, printed in colours, on wove, signed and numbered in pencil, 540mm x 435mm (21 1/4in x 17 1/5in) Luigi Kasimir (1881–1962) was an Austro-Hungarian-born etcher, painter, printmaker and landscape artist. Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the coloured etching.[1] Before this, prints were usually hand-coloured with the colour being applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch—usually in...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Serigraphs : Pre 1990 item #1404311 (stock #02204)
The size of Sheet: 17 1/2"H x 12" W
Image size:. 12" H x 8" W
Artist: Jo Ann Mulroy
Medium: Serigraph on 100% Arches Paper.
The Title : Dallas Hipster.
The condition: Excellent, It never been framed.
The year of Serigraph: 1990
Edition No.: 3/10
Signed on lower right in pencil by Artist: Jo Ann Mulroy
This is very unique Serigraph work first time showing in our website. The condition of Serigraph is excellent. It never been framed. I had this ser...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1980 item #719123
A winter scene print by noted watercolorist and illustrator, Howard Watson. Watson was the "Artist in Residence" at the White House during the Carter Administration.There are tiny thumbtack punctures at the very end corners of the print(not impacting the print and not visible). Professionally framed, the print measures approximately 23" x 20" (probably larger but not measured out of frame). The frame itself is 28-1/2" x 25".
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Contemporary item #1140212
Ovesized Japanese limited edition copperplate etching titled “Takafune Village” by Tanaka Ryohei (1933-2019). Pencil-signed, dated 2004, and numbered 8/100 in the lower margin. Paper size: 22 1/8" x 14 3/4" (image: 18 1/4" x 10 3/4"). This etching was never framed and is in excellent condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Metal : Pre 1980 item #1389683
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$895.00
Alexander Ney Russian American sculptor "Silver standing Nude" early 1970s figure cast sterling silver clad female figure in an modern style. 1 hole at base for mounting , this piece is unsigned but we have listed and an image included in this listing showing the same figure in brown clay that is signed N3 size 3.75" by 1.25" . This is from a very rare group of early miniature pieces most all were initialed in this way. Developing several individualistic styles in modern art, he is most famo...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1920 item #1421916 (stock #JB04754)
Old watercolor painting of ducks under a tree by the side of a lake or river, 11 3/4" by 18" (25" by 31 3/4" framed), signed at lower left by artist CONSTANT ARTZ (1870-1951). The poetic work dhows the birds taking refuge under a tree as a storm is perhaps approaching. Indeed, written in old hand on the backing is "The Storm" (probably not by the artist himself). The sky looks grayish and overcast and the leaves appear to be moving in a stiff breeze. Artz was the son of David Adolph Constant...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1900 item #1294211
Johan Barthold Jongkind, Dutch, 1819-1891, "Canal de Hollande Pres de Rottterdam". This 1875 etching by Johan Barthold Jongkind measures 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches, plate signed and dated, IV/VI, J-19. Title, publisher and artist printed below image. Framed.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pastel : Pre 2000 item #1420773 (stock #JB04391)
Small (7 3/4" by 5 1/2" framed) pastel drawing titled on reverse "Sage on the Black Rock", signed at lower left and bearing the business card of contemporary Nevada artist Ruth Wood Cantrell, a member of the Reno Artist Co-operative. The Black Rock of course is best known as the site of the Burning Man festival, held every year in northwestern Nevada in one of the most remote locations in the lower 48 states. This little drawing of a sage bush near a boulder represents the rather more tradition...