All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1960 item #1437782 (stock #514)
L'Enfant Gallery
$5,700.00
Antonio Martin Painting Boating Marina Scene Watercolor,17x29”,FS27x36”
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Charcoal : Pre 1960 item #1415952 (stock #JB02741)
Mixed media (charcoal and white gouache highlights) drawing of an American military man, in formal U.S. Army uniform, 14 1/2" by 11 1/2" (20 1/2" by 17" as framed), signed at lower right by the well known artist and illustrator associated with New Mexico and the Southwest, BETTINA STEINKE (1913-1999). Steinke's oils and drawings of native Americans, cowboys and other figures of the southwestern part of the country can bring into five figures...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1420462 (stock #JB03079)
Oil on canvasboard painting of a rocky cliff at the coast, 11 1/2" by 14 3/4" as framed, signed at lower right "K.B. GUNDERMAN". The impressionist work likely dates to about 1960. I do not see a listing for an artist by this name (there is a Karen Gunderman who works with ceramic and abstraction but this does not seem to be the same artist). The painting has forty-plus years of yellowed varnish and light soiling but is otherwise in good condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1960 item #1421590 (stock #JB02400)
One of a number of William Russell Flint prints in my shop, this is a fresh and clean example of the fine Flint photolithographs issued for collectors over a period of decades. This example, published in 1957 in an edition of 700, is signed in pencil at lower right and bears the characteristic embossed blindstamp in lower left margin. The title is "Rosa and Marissa". The print measures 18 3/4" by 24 3/4" inside the mat and 27" by 33 1/2" as framed...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1343707 (stock #BC026CS)
Daniel Simhon Fine Art
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Original intaglio by Wendell H. Black (American, 1919-1972). First edition, and a rare example of a work actually printed and signed by the artist (This first edition was later completed posthumously by Berkley Chappell.) Titled "S/P '50-'55" lower left, numbered 4/25 center, and signed W. Black '55 lower right. In a period mid-century frame. 22 by 15 image alone, 33 by 24 in the frame. Provenance available.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1342139 (stock #BC020CS)
Original engraving, deep etching, salt ground, and drypoint on copper by Wendell H. Black (American, 1919-1972), first edition printed posthumously by Berkley Chappell. In excellent condition. 17 1/2 by 23 5/8 image alone. Titled and marked a/p in pencil l.l. Also signed "Wendell Black '56 by Elaine" l.r. Also inscribed bottom right of the sheet "Berk Chappell-IMP". This is plate 18 in "The Lost Prints of Wendell H. Black" by Henry Sayre. Provenance available.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1153952 (stock #21337)
Large original mixed media and collage on canvas by George Joseph Habergritz (American, 1909-1998), circa 1950-1960. This impressive work is signed l.l. It measures 28" by 38" (work alone). Provenance: direct gift of the artist to a New York friend. George Joseph Habergritz was active in New York City. He studied in Paris before WWII (Academie de la Grande Chaumiere) and in New York (NAD and Cooper Union). He was later an art instructor at the ASL, and also lectured on ethnographic art...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Pre 1960 item #1444879 (stock #1775)
African Yoruba Beaded Vessel, measuring 4"d, 12" h. The arts of the Yoruba are as numerous as their deities, and many objects are placed on shrines to honor the gods and the ancestors. Beautiful sculpture abounds in wood and brass and the occasional terracotta. Varied masking traditions have resulted in a great diversity of mask forms...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1960 item #1440689 (stock #982)
L'Enfant Gallery
$8,000.00
Oil on Canvas. 31 x 30". Frame Size 37 x 36". 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...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1053388
A Fine Painting by the Mid Century Texas Architect and Artist, M. Arthur Kotch (1926-1997). Well known as an architect in Houston, Kotch exhibited his art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, The Witte in San Antonio and the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. This watercolor measures about 14 1/2" by 19 1/2" frame opening, overall frame about 18 1/2" by 23 1/2". Label on back for Wellhausen's Pictures and Frames 1112 Capital Ave. Houston Texas Phone Fairfax 4493...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : Canadian : Pre 1960 item #1159846 (stock #6789)
A charming vintage miniature pair of folk art paintings c1950s. This pair of miniature scenic view oil paintings depicts scenes the Gravenhurst, Ontario area. These 4-3/4" x 3-3/4" sight size paintings come in white painted 6" x 5" frames, and each was painted by May House. One shows "Muskoka Bay from Green Acres, W. Gravenhurst" and the other "Montgomery's Point + Gateway Hotel, from W. Gravenhurst". The kosher hotel (1949-1961) catered to Jewish vacationers from Toronto...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Clay : Pre 1960 item #713028 (stock #tr6)
Original and early ceramic sculpture by Dorothy Elaine Robbins (American-Israeli/ 1920-1999), circa 1950, in excellent condition. This sculpture has an incised signature. It measures 17" by 13" by 9" base not included. Ohio born Robbins studied at Cranbrook and at the Cincinnati Academy of Art. She taught ceramic sculpture at the Cincinnati Art Museum between 1948 and 1950...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #984774 (stock #8090)
James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)

Drugstore on 14th Street

Oil on canvas, signed, inscribed on the reverse.

Painting size: 16” x 20”

Frame size: 21” x 25”

** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien. For other examples, type “O’Brien” into the search box.

** For other paintings by artists from Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC or North Carolina, click on the “Regional Artists” button on our Homepage.

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All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1321035 (stock #8092)
James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)

Kitchen Sunlight

Oil on canvas, signed, inscribed on the reverse.

Painting size: 16” x 20”
Frame size: 21” x 25”

** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien. For other examples, type “O’Brien” into the search box.

** For other paintings by artists from Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC or North Carolina, click on the “Regional Artists” button on our Homepage.

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All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1454576
A painting of the California desert, painted in impressionist style, oil on canvasboard, 14" by 18", unframed, titled on reverse in old hand, "Palm Desert Cal. Smoke Trees". The artist was born in Illinois, working in St. Louis before moving to Southern California in 1918. He studied at Scripps College in Claremont east of Los Angeles. Wheeler started painting rather late in life, at 50, according to a label with biography affixed to the reverse side. He moved to Palm Desert near Palm Springs...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1960 item #752359
Gordon Grant, American, 1875-1962, Lithograph, "The Whale Hunt", AAA, image size: 9 1/2X12 3/8", pencil signed
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1960 item #1437715 (stock #569)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,800.00
A fine mountainscape oil signed by Burger, Oil on Canvas, 16 x 32"
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1960 item #1440702 (stock #137)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,000.00
This work by Levier is a fabulous watercolor original painting measuring 31 x 23“ and it’s from the 1960s at the height of his career Bio: Charles Levier (1920-2003) was born in Corsica to a French father and an American mother. At 17 he attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. During World War II Levier served in the French Army in North Africa, later becoming Liaison Officer with the U.S. Office of Strategic Services. Levier’s work is considered C...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1450858 (stock #1696)
L'Enfant Gallery
$8,500.00
The finely carved sculpture in exotic wool from the Muromachi period ( 1392-1573) with beautiful patina measuring 13” high and on a stand total height is 16”. This piece was collected at the opening of trade in 1853 by Thomas Green, a pilot on Commodore Perry's ship.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1960 item #1432591
An oil on rough side of the Masonite painting of a windmill in a landscape with a foreground cow, painted in a skilled impressionist hand, and signed by the artist, one PENNY SMITH, at lower left. The work was probably painted in the 1950's, judging from the signature and style/materials. I do not see a listing for a Penny Smith, but she was trained. Measurements are 14" by 12" and the work is unframed. Condition is very good, with just a corner chip at lower left, which would be hidden by a...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1444463 (stock #1794)
From our African Collection: Democratic Republic of Congo Bowlegged figure, 4" x 10"h.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1423052 (stock #JB03671)
Watercolor landscape, likely of the world-famous view from the Nuuanu Pali on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, painted in a modernist wet-on-wet technique, signed at lower right "Richardson", and dated there '54. The artist's common name makes identification of the work's creator difficult, but the viewer can see the talent. The work measures 13 1/2" by 19 1/4" inside the mat, and 22 1/2" by 28" framed. It is taped at the edges to that matting. Presently there is 1/16" plastic sheet protecting ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : Canadian : Pre 1960 item #1420889 (stock #JB05329)
A beautifully painted oil on Masonite work featuring the peak autumn color in the mountains, likely the Laurentians north of Montreal. The artist is VIVIAN WALKER (1903-1994), who signed her name in the wet paint, at lower left. Walker was born in Hawkesbury, Ontario. She received art training in the Montreal area including at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. She was a student of Adam Sherriff Scott and E. Stanley Turnbull (the latter, in New York). Her body of work includes landscapes of eastern ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1464899
A watercolor painting of what appears to be Lake Como or possibly other northern Italian lake, signed at lower right by American artist GLENN BUTLER, who was apparently associated with Indiana, he being said to have exhibited in 1957 with the Chicago Artists No-Jury Exhibition at the Art Institute. This work is back by an old gray Crescent art board. Measurements are 13 1/2" by 19 1/2", and 21 1/2" by 27 1/2" in whitewashed old frame that was probably hand carved and possibly even gilded at s...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1960 item #1038875
Description: This Indian miniature plaque measures 4"L x 2.75"W in very good condition with no chips or cracks or any sign of restoration. Shipping is FREE and within the U.S ONLY!
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : Canadian : Pre 1960 item #1119764 (stock #6650)
A well-painted and colourful oil painting on board by Frank E. Cavell (Canada, 1909-80, AOCA (Associate of the Ontario College of Art)). The scene is titled (on the gallery label on the back) "Routley's Mill Bruce County", it has an image size of 19-1/2 x 15-1/2". It is signed on the bottom/lower left. It is in a vintage 1950s gilt wood and gesso 26" x 22" frame. The colours are bright and vibrant, and this painting by a listed Canadian artist is in clean excellent condition with no damage, f...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : Canadian : Pre 1960 item #1419595 (stock #JB02513)
Oil on plywood painting 24" by 29" (" by " framed), signed at lower right "F. Sullivan '53", signed again on the reverse "F. Sullivan" and titled there "High Park Toronto". The painting of trees and a pool of water is created with palette knife especially in lower portion. I had thought this might be an early work by the well-known Canadian woman artist Francoise Sullivan (1925-), but checking with a major Canadian auction house showed that she did not visit Toronto until later, and never pain...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1444484 (stock #1782)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,900.00
From our African Collection: An African Mitsogo Doll from Gabon, circa 1950. The Mitsogo or Tsogo are an ethno-cultural group from the highlands of Gabon. They reside mainly in Ngounié Province to the north and east of Mouila. Numbering around 13,000, they speak the Tsogo language. In the late 19th and early 20th century they were known for their fierce resistance to the French.There are about 13,000 Mitsogo people who speak the Tsogo language. They reside mainly in Ngounié Province in sou...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1960 item #1422514 (stock #JB04740)
A very pretty impressionist work that appears to show spindly eucalyptus-like trees in a hazy landscape, some small red tile roofs suggesting this could be California or possibly Mediterranean Europe. The piece is signed at lower right "J R HUPPI" or similar. It measures 9" by 12" (canvas laid on board) and 16" by 19" as framed. There is a Salt Lake City framers or gallery stamp on the frame ("Tivoli Gallery"). A light cleaning to remove some yellowed varnish would be beneficial. Found in S...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1420275 (stock #JB03051)
Oil on board painting of watermelon, grapes, and banana arranged on a tabletop, 20" by 24" (25" by 28 1/2" framed), signed at lower left by American artist Helen Lubetkin. The work is by a skilled hand, though I can find very little information online relating to this name; the painting was found in Los Angeles, and a woman by that name died in San Marcos (North San Diego County) in the late 1980's, but there is no way of telling if this might have been the artist. The painting has a flattene...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1970 item #1447132 (stock #3249)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,800.00
Papua New Guinea Sculpture Sacred Totem measuring 30x15” in carved and polychrome wood circa 1970, Chief's Shield for bow of ship
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pencil : Pre 1970 item #1424873 (stock #JB02315)
One of dozens of drawings by this artist that I recently acquired, (ask to see others, not shown in my shop) this is a fine image in soft pencil and ink on paper, the drawing itself 10" by 13 1/2", in a simple frame without mat, signed with initials at right and dated '65, by California and Massachusetts listed artist DAISY MARGUERITE HUGHES (1882-1968). Hughes was born and died in Los Angeles but in between she spent much time in the Provincetown art colony on Cape Cod. Hughes exhibited widely ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1970 item #1428544
A scene of a lady in a sunny southern European street, likely Italy or maybe Spain, she shown filling vessels with water at the town fountain. The painting is signed at lower right "Golthamer", dated there 1962, and humorously titled "H2O" at bottom. Online research has revealed the oil on canvasboard painting is by one Charles R. Golthamer (1896-1963), a prominent mid-century Los Angeles radiologist who co-authored textbooks on the anatomy of the human skull. Golthamer, a Van Nuys, CA reside...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1970 item #1345276 (stock #3615)

Richard Hoptner modernist abstract sculpture in wood

15 1/2" tall

Base - 8" x 5 1/2"

Signed and dated 1965

Excellent condition

Hoptner - 1921 - 2002, Philadelphia, PA

Education - University of Pennsylvania, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan

Exhibitions - Philadelphia Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Art, Woodmere Art Gallery, Sui Generis Gallery, NYC, St. Joseph's University, Phila.

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1970 item #1358968 (stock #22106)
Daniel Simhon Fine Art
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Large original mid-century oil on canvas painting by Edgar Yaeger (American, 1904-1997) depicting "La Baie des Anges" and the old town of Nice. Signed and dated "65" l.r. Frame hand-made by the artist and signed and inscribed by him. 34" by 42" painting alone. 41" by 49" in its frame. In good original condition. Yaeger is an important 20th Century American modernist, whose work has been exhibited at MOMA, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Corcoran Gallery, the AIC, PAFA, etc.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1970 item #1420865
A vintage mid century oil on board or oil on canvasboard painting of a dirt track in the Arizona desert, the landscape filled with the classic saguaro cacti, and at right a yellow flowering tree, causing the painting to be titled "Lluvia de Oro Tree" ("Shower of Gold") on the backing paper, where the artist, LOUIS ELMORE SMITH, also dated it April 1961. He signed it on the lower right corner. Painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition. This reminds of a hike in Sabino Canyon outsi...