A colorful and rare painting of the beloved La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires, by the important Argentine artist VICENTE FORTE (1912-1980). The oil on canvasboard painting is signed at lower right where it is dated 1949. Measurements (unframed) are 43 cm. by 54 cm. (17" by 21"). Written on the reverse is "Vicente Forte/Pintor Argentino/Oleo sobre carton/Caserios verdes (Boca). Forte was born near Buenos Aires, where by 1935 he had received an art education at the Escuela de Bellas Artes...

Oil on masonite painting of industrial dockside scene, 15" by 19" and 1 3/4" of liner and frame, signed at lower left and dated "58". The artist, MARIO LORIETO (1919-2003) was a significant figure in the Uruguayan art scene, having studied in the Taller Torres Garcia (Jose Torres Garcia, the major Uruguayan artist), and with Jose Gurvich, Julio Alpuy, and Augusto Torres. He traveled in Europe and has been exhibited in museums in Latin America, Spain, and Italy...

Oil on canvas of a verdant, flower-filled sunny courtyard, 16" by 20" and 1 1/2" wide frame, inscribed at lower left "Para Antonio y Cuca" and signed by the artist CARLOS S. SIEGER and dated 1945. I have researched the name online and elsewhere and cannot seem to come up with a listing, though the artist was skilled. I purchased this art in Miami Beach, so a Latin American origin is probable...

Oil on masonite portrait of a classic man of Bavaria with his traditional hat and shirt, 15 1/2" by 14" (23 1/2" by 21 1/2" framed), signed at upper left corner and dated 47 by the well listed German artist ANDREAS MITTERFELLER (1912-1972). The artist created traditional horizontal format landscape works which appear frequently at auction in Germany, but I see only a very few portraits or genre works in the records...

Original oil painting on panel by Max Heimann (Germany, USA, born 1909). Circa 1940s. Probably painted in Shanghai where Heimann and his family were exiled during WWII. This painting is 17" square and is in excellent condition.

Oil on canvas painting of flowers in a vase in an interior space, 23 1/2" by 25 3/4", signed at lower right by German artist ROLF REGELE (1899-1987). Regele was a student of Rudolf Stolz, and he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He painted generally landscapes of the Tirol region of Austria and Italy, as well as still life. During the 1930's his paintings were often reproduced full size and on post cards...

From our African Collection: African Dan Figure with Beads & Child, circa 1950 The Dan world view holds that everything can be divided into two separate and clear categories. The primary dichotomy is between village and bush, in other words, things that have been controlled by man and things that have not. Crossing over the dividing line is dangerous business, and whenever it is done, whether to clear new fields or simply crossing the forest, the bush spirits must be appeased...

Small Bronze Figure of Child, Continental, early to mid-20th century, the nude boy holding an apple behind his back, on socle mounted to a square verde antique marble base, incised "A. DAVMILLER," bronze ht. 4 3/4 in.

Large original signed bronze sculpture on wood base by Irma Rothstein (American, born in Russia, 1906-1971). Almost 20" high including base. In excellent original condition. Irma Rothstein was born in Rostoff, Russia, and studied art in Vienna before emigrating to the United States in 1938. She sculpted the busts of celebrities such as George Bernard Shaw, Hermann Broch, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Ernest Hemingway, etc...

From our African Collection: Bante Middle Ivory Coast Female Figure, circa 1950s.

20TH CENTURY BRONZE BULLFIGHTER, Double Patina Circa 1950's Approximately 4 Inches Tall and 4 Inches Wide In Excellent Condition.

"Rattlesnake", bronze sculpture, approximate height with marble base 9 1/4". In good condition.

From our African Collection: Fante Akuaba Doll, circa 1960. Akua'ba (sometimes spelled Akwaba or Akuba) are wooden ritual fertility dolls from Southern Ghana and nearby areas. The best known akua'ba are those of the Fanti people, “Fanti Dolls” whose akua'ba have large, disc-like heads. Other tribes in the West Africa region (f.ex...

LEDA ANDTHE SWAN , bronze, by Edward Fenno Hoffman 1916-1991...measuring 18” high,12” Wide, 5” deep.....signed Ned Hoffman 1953 on back, the artist nom de plume

Joe Brown bronze nude sculpture

Bronze figure - 12 5/8"

Bronze figure including plinth - 13 1/2"

Wood base - 5" X 7"

Signed and dated on base - Joe Brown 1949

Excellent original condition with fine patina

Brown - 1909 - 1985

Artist, educator and athlete, Joe Brown was the pre-eminent sports sculptor of his time. Born in Philadelphia, he entered Temple University in 1927 on a football scholarship...

Found locally in Los Angeles, this is a large oil on canvas still life of orange and yellow garden nasturtiums in a blue and white old ceramic vessel, a ladies' fan and blue beads resting at its base, the colorful subjects placed elegantly in the neutral space of a cloth covered table and gray-white background, the work signed at lower right by the noted Spanish artist VICENTE SANTAOLARIA (1886-1967)...

Original oil painting on panel by Rafael Duran Camps i Folguera aka Rafael Durancamps (Spain, 1891-1979). This painting is signed "Durancamps" l.l. It is also titled verso "Nieve en Ateca". In excellent original condition, and probably in its original frame. 9" by 11" painting alone, 19" by 21" framed. Durancamps is an important Spanish artist of the past century.

A large lithograph print, the sheet 28 1/2" by 22 3/4", unframed, signed at center right with his monogram "JR" and star symbol, dated there 1950. This is a work of American illustrator artist JAMES REYNOLDS (1896-1996). The imagery of flowers and leaves reminds of the work of American twentieth century artist Charles Burchfield. Reynolds is often confused in art auction records and biographies with western American contemporary artist James Reynolds.

after Picasso study for Demoiselles d Avignon 1907 from "Picasso 15 Drawings" lithograph plate signed good condition corner fold as seen will frame very well. limited edition of 500, printed in 1946 they reproduced a group of paintings in a large format folio printed in lithographic plates with a dimension of 19-3/4" x 14" inches. The edition was 500 unsigned and unnumbered.

Ivan Le Lorraine Albright 1897-1983 American This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Ivan Albright. The title is: Self Portrait at 55th East Division Street, Chicago. It was created and printed in 1947 in an edition of 250 impressions. The image measures 14 1/8X10 1/8 inches. Ivan Le Lorraine Albright (Chicago 1897-1983) was an American painter and printmaker noted for his meticulously detailed, ultra realistic depictions of decay and aging.

Lithograph on paper by American artist STOW WENGENROTH (1905-1978), with blind stamp at lower left, pencil signed at lower right by the artist, bearing "Ed. 65" at lower left, and titled below near the bottom edge of the sheet "SEA GULLS". This is a typical work of Wengenroth, who is today best known for his fine lithography work consisting mostly of scenes of the Northeast coast from Long Island to Maine, and a few images of New York City which are especially sought after...

Albert W. Barker, American, 1874-1947, Lithograph, "Grassland", image size: 11 1/8x8 12/16", pencil signed

A lithograph titled in pencil in margin at lower left "Algerian Caravan", and pencil signed and numbered at lower right margin, by the noted western Michigan (Muskegon area) artist WILFRED "WALLY" BERG (1908-2002). Measurements are 15 1/2" by 19 1/2". The complex image features a caravan of camels and burros, led by their handlers, descending a steep mountain trail to a valley in Algeria, where the artist served during the Second World War. Berg was born in Muskegon, the second oldest of 11 ch...

Lithograph on paper, unframed, the sheet 13 3/4" by 17 3/4", pencil signed at lower left and dated there 1949, and signed again in Hebrew and dated 1949 at lower right in pencil, by the noted Russian-born Israeli artist MIRON SIMA (1902-1999). According to a Wikipedia listing, Sima was born in Czarist Russia shtetl in 1902. By 1921 he was in Odessa, Russia for art study, and the following year saw him in Dresden, Germany. In Dresden, Sima studied painting and graphic art under Otto Dix, whose...

French Artist Henri Fantin-Latour 1836-1904 Lithograph”Baccus” Measuring 8x6 inches, in a very fine gilt frame measuring 14x12” with a linen liner Henri Fantin-Latour (14 January 1836 – 25 August 1904) was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers…. He was born Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour in Grenoble, Isère. As a youth, he received drawing lessons from his father, who was an artist.[2] In 185...

Albert W. Barker, American, 1874-1947, Lithograph, "The Quarry No. 2", Edition of 50, image size: 11X8 3/4 inches, pencil signed

Maurice de Vlaminck, French, 1876-1958, lithograph, "Le Pont sur l'Oise a Mery", image size: 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches, 1st state of 2, without the signature in the stone, cat. Walterskirchen-187, pencil signed lower right, framed.

Charles Wheeler Locke, American, 1899-1953, Lithograph, "Tramp Steamer", AAA, image size: 9 1/4X12 1/4", pencil signed

Federico Castellon, Spanish-American, 1914-1971, "By the Arks". This 1941 lithograph measures 9 x 11 7/8 inches, pencil signed, edition of 250, published by Associated American Artists, NY. Primarily a self-taught artist who was heavily influenced by Dali, Picasso and Rouault. At 18, Castellon had his first solo show with the help of his mentor, Diego Rivera, who recognized the young man's talent. Throughout his career he was awarded two Guggenheim fellowships and participated in the Paris Exhib...

William Gropper color lithograph

Orchestra

c. 1940

Artist proof

Signed in pencil

Image - 17" x 24"

With frame - 24 1/2" x 31 1/2"

Very good condition

A lithograph print of a typical northern New Mexican adobe house of the Santa Fe and Taos region, signed in the plate at lower center with what appears as "J Hill" and dated nearby 48. The black and white image measures 6 1/4" by 9 1/4" inside the mat, 15" by 17 1/2" in simple black wood strip frame. Not examined out of frame but appears very clean and fresh. I have not been able to locate a listed artist by this name that would correspond to this work.

A 1940s Henri Matisse lithograph from a rare edition book 10x8” framed in a beautiful olivewood frame measuring 16x12”

Simka Simkhovitch, Russian-American, 1893-1949, Lithograph, "Late Afternoon", 1946, AAA, edition of 250, image size: 14X8 1/4 inches, pencil signed

Interesting and unusual print by a so far unidentified artist, 10 1/4" by 8" inside the mat, 15" by 12 1/2" simply framed, the subject a white-haired fiddler seated in a chair. The Mark Twain-appearing man vaguely resembles figures you've seen in prints by Thomas Hart Benton, and the print REALLY resembles a work by artist Eric Bransby (born 1916), recently recognized with an exhibition at a well-known Denver gallery. I submitted images of the print to the gallery to ask them if they thought t...

Charles Wheeler Locke, American, 1899-1953, Lithograph, "Waterfront", AAA, image size: 8 7/8 x 12 1/8", p/s,D

Lithograph of the year 1946, "Ecclesiastes 4", from the artist's mid 1940's series interpreting themes from the Bible's Book of Ecclesiastes, pencil signed at lower right and with "Ed. 40" and Cuno blind stamp in the margin at lower left. The sheet measures 21 5/8" by 16" (31" by 24 1/2" as framed). This is a mid-career work, one of 536 lithographs produced in a prolific career in the fine arts. Spruance, born in Philadelphia and associated with the city his entire life, began making prints ...

Caroline Durieux 1896-1989 American, New Orleans This is a very rare original lithograph by New Orleans artist Caroline Wogan Durieux. This impression is signed, titled and numbered 5/8 in pencil in the lower border. Also inscribed in the border: "printed by the artist". The image measures 14 1/2X10 inches. Caroline Wogan Durieux is best known for her satirical, often pessimistic depictions of people and events. She was born in New Orleans in 1896, and showed early proficiency, studyin...

John Stockton deMartelly, 1877-1947, American, "Ride-a-Cock-Horse," Lithograph, image size 9 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches, 1940, AAA edition, cat. Zink-56, pencil signed.

Original color lithograph by Jean Charlot (American, born in France). Titled "Mexican Mother" in pencil l.l. Also signed and dated in the plate l.r. and signed in pencil by the artist l.r. Jean Charlot emigrated to Mexico in 1922 where he created woodcuts and lithographs depicting the Mexican people. This work was pulled in Colorado Springs in 1948 with master printer Lawrence Barrett. Morse #520. Offered framed and archivally mounted. Image size: roughly 17" by 13".

Carl Pickhardt, American, 1908- , Lithograph, "Back Stage", image size: 8 3/4 x 7 1/2", pencil signed

Frederico Castellon, American, 1914-1971, Lithograph, "Taos Tryst", circa 1942, image size 7 1/2x11 3/4, pencil signed

Benton Murdoch Spruance, American, 1904-1967, "Set Pieces: Vanity of Trust," lithograph, image size 13 x 18 1/2 inches, 1949, edition of 30, pencil signed, titled and editioned. Spruance studied in Paris after winning the coveted Cresson Scholarship in 1928 while attending college at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. He studied with Edmond and Jaques Desjobert in Paris before returning to the US and continuing his nearly forty year career as a printmaker.

A Pair of Watercolor of 18th century period Landscape Periods, Italian School, influence of Claude Lorainne. 21x25 inches price is $4,500 each Claude Lorrain (French: [klod lɔ.ʁɛ̃]; born Claude Gellée [ʒəle], called le Lorrain in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in Italy, and is one of the earliest important artists, apart from his contemporaries in Dutc...

Joseph Hirsch, American, 1910-1981, Lithograph, "The Confidence", 1944,image size: 9 3/4X11 1/8", published by Associated American Artists, edition of 250, printed by George Miller, Awarded a purchase prize,Library of Congress 1945, Pencil signed

Scarce 1941 color lithograph print titled in the lower left margin "Babes in the wood" and facsimile signature in right margin by the noted California artist CONRAD BUFF (1886-1975). These prints are sometimes found with pencil signatures, and many were issued in small editions generally under 200 examples. I cannot be certain as to the edition size of this particular title. Museums collect Buff's prints, which have been overshadowed by his bold, colorful, often modernistic landscape painting...

Clara E. Klinghoffer 1900-1970 British This is a fine original lithograph by British artist Clara Klinghoffer. This study of a seated nude has an image size of 13 3/4X11 7/8 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet, hand signed in pencil lower right.

Circa 1940's vintage period original lithograph print of the famous Alamo fort in San Antonio, Texas, pencil signed in the margin at lower right and dedicated "To Sally & Stan--M. Crittenden", and titled at lower left "The Alamo". The work measures 12 1/2" by 9 3/4" inside the mat, and 18 1/2" by 15 1/4" as framed. I have opened this up to take a peek inside, and have found that the mat is permanently affixed to the margins of the print. There is some browning around the mat edges but bas...

Original lithograph by Ira Moskowitz (USA, born in Poland, 1912-2001). Pencil signed by the artist l.r. and titled "Hogan Interior (Navajo)" l.l. 12 1/2" by 16 1/8" image alone. Also signed and dated 1945 in the plate. From an edition of 30. In 1943 Moskowitz was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and moved to New Mexico where he lived and worked for 7 years. He became a member of the Taos-Santa Fe group of artists. This lithograph was produced during that period.

Reproductive etcher and watercolourist; born in Walkern, Hertfordshire; studied at Bedford Park School of Art and St John's College, Richmond; a gold medalist at St Louis in 1904, his first major success; exhibited from 1895 at the Royal Academy, Grosvenor Galleries, Royal Glasgow Institute for the Fine Arts, Paris Salon, Connell and Sons, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and with the Society of Mezzotint Engravers; commissioned by major publishers: Henry Graves, Frost & Read and James Connell to p...

Hans Bok, American, 1914-1964, "Lazy Afternoon". This c. 1940 lithograph by the American artist Hannes Bok measures 9 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches, pencil signed and titled. AAA label with artist provenance included, edition of 250. Bok's real name was Wayne Francis Woodard, a talented artist, apparent at an early age, who went on to become an illustrator, writer of poetry and science fiction, painter and printmaker. His mentors were Maxfield Parrish and Ray Bradbury, both having profound influences on h...

Circa 1940's pencil signed lithograph print "The Old Mill--Ruidoso, New Mex." by artist Kathryn S. Morrow. The print is clean and the impression strong. The mat is affixed over the print with tape in places; the sheet measures " by ", and size is " by " inside the mat. The work was framed in 1950 in Abilene, Texas, according to the stamp on the reverse, and in that time the simple wood frame has loosened up and the top bar is missing. Note also the handwritten label on the reverse, giving th...

Color lithograph on paper, the sheet 12 3/4" by 9 3/4" (17 1/2" by 15" in attractive silvery framing), signed only in the plate and dated nearby Octobre 46, by important French 20th century woman artist MARIE LAURENCIN (1885-1956). The edition of 950 examples, now scarce, was printed by Publ. Beres, Paris, for the album "Sainte Catherine--Poemes de Paul Eluard". The image is typical of the work of this noted artist. I take from a website on the artist: "Born on October 31, 1883 in Paris, the yo...

Lithograph of a bull in what appears to be a stark Southwestern landscape, 12" by 13 3/4" as framed, pencil signed at lower right margin by listed WPA era American artist CHARLES EARLE MILLER (1907-) and with notation "Ed. 30" at center margin. The image is a very powerful one, similar to the work of Peter Hurd, in some ways. Miller was a painter, etcher and lithographer. I see a number of works online dated in the late 1930's and early 1940's, but after that the trail is difficult to follow....

This is a photolithograph, 21 1/2" by 17" inside the mat window, 28 1/2" by 24 1/4" framed, pencil signed at lower left and with blindstamp there, titled possibly "The Sacred Horse", published by Frost and Reed in England in about the year 1950. The artist, HOVSEP PUSHMAN (1877-1966) is considered a major artist, best known for his still life works incorporating oriental props like ceramic pieces, and his paintings command well into four figures at major New York auctions, with a handful exceedi...

A vintage, circa 1940 lithograph print of a man's head, pencil signed at lower right margin "Barsick" and "imp." appears in pencil at lower center (meaning, artist printed it himself/herself). I do not see an obvious listed artist with which this signature might correspond. The piece measures 13 1/4" by 10 1/4" inside the mat and 17 1/2" by 14 3/4" in simple black strip frame. There is significant heavy foxing in the margins which could be minimized with new mat. Research might well turn up ...

Unframed lithograph of the famous "Singing Tower" (Bok Tower) in Lake Wales, central Florida, signed in pencil at lower right margin by listed Kentucky artist CHARLES WINSTON HABERER (1905-1958). A leading Kentucky etcher and engraver, C. Winston Haberer studied printmaking techniques under Sudduth Goff, in Louisville, and at the Chicago Art Institute. Most of his fine etchings were created during the 1930's and 1940's, and depict scenes almost wholly within the state of Kentucky; apparently he...

Joseph Hirsch, American, 1910-1981, Lithograph, "Conference at the Bench", 1946, image size: 13 3/4X9",Edition of 250, published by Associated American Artists, Printed by George Miller, pencil signed

after Picasso "Table before the window" 1922 from "Picasso 15 Drawings" lithograph plate signed good condition slight edge damage at the bottom will frame very well. limited edition of 500, printed in 1946 they reproduced a group of paintings in a large format folio printed in lithographic plates with a dimension of 19-3/4" x 14" inches. The edition was 500 unsigned and unnumbered.

Pencil signed limited edition print, unframed, titled at bottom left margin "Minnesota Farm" and signed and dated at lower right by the by noted American WPA Regionalist artist ADOLF DEHN (1895-1968). This lithograph sheet measures 12 3/4" by 16 1/4". The artist printed 100 copies ("100 prints" at lower left margin in his hand in pencil). This one has been abused in its lifetime, but, who knows how many of the one hundred remain, and in what condition they might be found. The image area has s...

This is a puzzling piece; a print in colors, appears to be a lithograph, not an offset, measuring 13 1/4" by 9 1/8" inside the present mat (21 1/4" by 25 1/4" as framed). It is signed "Picasso" in the plate at lower right in the image and dated below that 21-6-20. I don't believe this is from the period, nor do I believe it is listed in a catalogue raisonne; rather, it appears to be some kind of later reproduction perhaps after a drawing or painting. Further research no doubt could resolve th...