A wonderful portrait miniature, painted on organic wafer, by Andre Larue, known as Mansion. The sitter is a beautiful young woman wearing an off the shoulder dress with lace trim and bows and holding a black shawl as she leans against a red pillow on red sofa. Displayed in a later, but very nice, wood frame with a bronze liner.

The condition of this stunning piece is superb, with no cracks, paint loss, bowing, or restoration...

Old master painting, the subject soldiers in an extensive landscape battle scene, some mounted, 16" by 24 3/4", unframed, on old canvas, relined long ago, not signed, but on the stretcher is written in old hand "Borgognone". JACQUES COURTOIS, 1621-1676, was well known for his skill painting battle scenes. As a result of his fame, centuries later, it is tempting apparently to attribute all unsigned battle paintings to his hand, or his studio, or circle...

John Ulbricht, Cuba, Illinois, lived in Majorca, Spain for many years, 1913-2007 Provenance: Private Midwest Collection, Timothy Kuehn Gallery, Estate of Robert Von Neuman, Direct Acquisition from John Ulbricht, his son-in-law. He is known for Figurative, Modernist and Abstract Compositions, Paintings and Drawings. These dynamic drawings represent his early original drawings from 1946-50 when he was living in the USA: Chicago and Denver, before moving to Majorca, Spain...

John Stockton deMartelly 1903-1979 American This is an original lithograph by American artist John S. deMartelly. The image, Old Moon was created and printed in 1938 and sold by Associated American Artists in New York. The image measures 10 1/8X13 3/4 inches. One of his best regionalist images. Much in the style of Thomas Hart Benton of whom the artist knew and worked with while at the Kansas City Art Institiute in the 1930's and early 40's...

Eugenia Grant's floral works in pastel are amazing achievements, often leading people to think they are prints. This is a glorious original work, 21" by 26 3/4", framed behind glass (33" by 39" framed), and signed at lower right. The realistic depiction of the pink roses, flowers, porcelain vessel, curtain backdrop, and reflection in table top, is very impressive indeed. I have seen a number of works by this highly underrated artist, and they always feature this impressive attention to detail...

Robert Von Vorst Sewell, American, 1860-1924. This oil on canvas is beautiful subject matter and is in very good condition. It is 31 1/4" X 29 5/8" and in unframed. It is signed verso.

Etching on paper, 10 1/2" by 13" and a narrow simple wood frame, the subject three generations of women by a 19th century style hearth in which a pot is boiling, the print signed in pencil at lower right by the artist EDWILL FISHER. I have looked extensively online and have found some other examples of his art, all graphic art, the subject matter including European scenes of castles and cities, and the American subjects including scenes on the Ohio River...

TWO unframed paintings for the serious collector of Native Americana by listed and auctioned California and Southwest cowboy artist M.A. GOMEZ (1910-1972), each measuring 24" by 18". The artist's works have been estimated as high as $7,000 each at live auctions in New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado. Gomez was a talented painter with impressive listings in Samuels, Ed Ainsworth's "The Cowboy in Art" and elsewhere...

Mixed media by Philadelphia Outsider artist Lucien Crump “My Father’s House”46x36 ” The Lucien Crump Art Gallery and Education Center closed its doors for the final time Friday after 40 years of serving Philadelphia as the first to feature works by African-American artists. The gallery’s namesake, who had a long career as an artist and educator, passed away at age 71 in 2006...

This is a museum poster or flyer issued by the Long Beach Museum of Art in 1972, advertising an exhibition that year of the paintings of the important and still highly underrated Swiss-California modernist HANS GUSTAV BURKHARDT (1904-1994). The unframed sheet measures 24 1/4" by 18", and bears the complementary signature of the artist in blue ink at lower right just below the black area of the central image. Burkhardt was born in Switzerland and arrived in America in 1924...

This is a lithograph, apparently signed in the plate only, by the noted American artist RAPHAEL SOYER (1899-1987). Soyer, one of several brothers who became significant figures in American art during the WPA and mid century period, became known for his sensitive studies of human figures in urban settings and interiors. Paintings sell at major auctions, and prints, some hand signed and some not, are regularly encountered. This one is in clean condition and is ready for the wall.

Original oil painting on Masonite by John McCray (California, Berkeley School, 1912-1993), dated 1950. In its original frame and still bearing an exhibition label from the James McCray Exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Art giving the title of the piece (Post Hydrogen Bomb 11), the date (1950), etc. This painting is signed l.r. In very good condition. 16" by 22" painting alone, 24" by 30" in its original frame...

Oil on canvas painting of a classic red barn in Alaska's Matanuska Valley near Anchorage, signed at lower left by artist Ted Goldstone and dated 3/69 and titled on stretcher. The Matanuska Valley is known as Alaska's prime agricultural area. The long hours of daylight in summer have produced record cabbages, among other produce. The high surrounding mountains remind one that one is in Alaska and not the Midwest. The art measures 16" by 12".

ONE OF A NUMBER BY THE ARTIST IN MY SHOP**This is a small etching (the sheet 4 7/8" by 6 1/2" inside the reddish mat, 9 1/2" by 11" framed), pencil signed at lower right by the noted California artist HARRIET GENE ROUDEBUSH (1908-1998), and titled at lower left margin "Cypress Trees at the Beach". The scene is dominated by an old, impressive coast cypress tree with lots of character, its sheltering branches framing more distant offshore rock and a church with twin steeples...

Bermuda Artist Mary Smith Stanley Beach Scene Watercolor 10 x 13“ Miss Smith is known for her brilliant watercolors of Bermuda and is a local artist that has been working there since the 1950s this is a delightful Watercolor of a beach scene with the child much in the manner of Winslow Homer

In the style of famous American abstractionist Sam Francis (1923-1994) is this abstract oil (acrylic?) on canvas "splatter" or "drip" painting, unframed, 25" by 23 1/2", unsigned. The work appears to have some age, to perhaps the 1970's...

The Framed Size: 21"L x 17"H,
Image Size: 16" L x 12" H,
Artist: Giovannie Sanvitale (Italian)
Medium: Oil Painting on Board.
The condition of Frame and Painting: Excellent.
Signed: Lower left: G. Sanvitale
Dating of Painting: Around 1985 when his prime time as Artist.
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Born in Brescia, Italy. He studied at Academia Albertina in Turin. He has exhibited widely throughout the western world and we...

"Floral Still Life" by French artist Alisev , Oil on Canvas, 20 x 16", Frame Size 24 x 20"

Sunset over Washington DC by John Court circa 1990, oil on canvas, 44” x 58” Peter Colasante, director of L’Enfant Gallery, has represented John Court since 1974, owns much of his work and has sponsored several exhibitions of his work since 1970's including in Washington DC and Palm Beach, Florida. Bio: John Court (1948 - ) is a portraitist and landscape painter. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Court grew up in Maryland and Virginia. He began painting at age 11 and attended Cornell University...

Oil on canvas painting of a tabby cat, 7" by 5" (12" by 10" framed), circa 1970 to 1980 judging from the framing, signed lower right "Jody". The artist was certainly talented; the likeness of the cat to reality is well above average. Condition is excellent. Needs to be nailed more tightly into frame.

Wonderful miniature portrait painting on porcelain, depicting two lovely cupids in the clouds, housed in a 3 5/8" x 3" gilt bronze frame. Condition Report: great condition with stunning painting.

Copper kapala with vajra top handle cover lid, its skull base with design of outlines and seams on outer body. Resting on copper triangular stand with three detachable skulls and foliate design in bas relief on body.

Provenance: Lama Les of the Orgyen Dorje Den Tibetan Buddhist Temple.

20th century

Dimensions: 7" x 5 1/2" x 9 1/2" H

19th Century American, "Landscape with Waterfalls". This is a very fine Hudson River School landscape, oil on academy board, 9 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches, c. 1880s, unsigned, in an ornate period gilt frame. Although this painting is unsigned it is quite well painted, evidently by a very competent artist.

Color etching titled "La Mare" ("the pond"), featuring a whitewashed two story country house or inn by a dirt road next to a pond, signed in pencil below the image "de Croisset". There is a printed label on the backing stating that this is a limited edition. A search by this name does not reveal a listed artist; I suggest that this might be a pen name/pseudonym. The date is probably circa 1930's to about 1950 at the latest. This was framed but the frame is falling apart so will be shipped un...

Original etching and aquatint with sugar lift by Michael Mazur (USA, 1935-2009). Artist Proof. Titled "Bench and Chair" in pencil l.m. Signed and dated 72 in pencil by the artist l.r. From an edition of about 12 impressions. Paper: Fabriano Murillo. Printed by Robert Townsend and the artist; plate preparation by the artist. cf: The Prints of Michael Mazur with a Catalogue Raisonne 1956-1999 (this work is illustrated on p.192 of the catalogue raisonne.)

Colorful serigraph print entitled "Hands of Compassion" by the artist Mayumi Oda (b. 1941). The Goddess Kannon, the Bodhisattva of compassion, stands on a blossoming lotus against a silver background. In her 8 hands she holds her magical attributes. This print is signed in pencil and numbered 25/50.
Mayumi is widely loved for her female empowering works, many of which are currently part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and...

Watercolor on paper of a street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, I think Pirates Alley, 19" by 13" inside the mat and 28 1/2" by 22 1/2" as framed, signed discretely at lower left near the fence by the listed New Orleans artist TOM LANE (1916-1991). Lane was born in Toledo, Ohio but became a familiar figure in the French Quarter, painting in oil and watercolor the familiar and much-loved scenes frequented by tourists. This would appear to be an especially fine, and very early (I would gue...

ITALIAN MASTER SCULTOR, ANTONIO CANOVA 1755-1822 “HEBE LOVE GODDESS”, marble masterpiece, standing over 88 inches in height with its marble stand. Sculpture alone about 64 inches Artistic process Canova had a distinct, signature style in which he combined Greek and Roman art practices with early stirrings of romanticism to delve into a new path of Neoclassicism. Canova's sculptures fall into three categories: Heroic compositions, compositions of grace, and sepulchral monuments.[8] In each ...

Peter Colasante, director of L’Enfant Gallery, has represented John Court since 1974, owns much of his work and has sponsored several exhibitions of his work since 1970's including in Washington DC and Palm Beach, Florida. Bio: John Court (1948 - ) is a portraitist and landscape painter. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Court grew up in Maryland and Virginia. He began painting at age 11 and attended Cornell University, where he studied painting with Norman Daly, Kenneth Evett, and Gillian Pederson...

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...

This is a dramatic rendering of the Chinese character for stone 石 by the Japanese artist Haku Maki. It's a large print, a Big Green, in the words of Daniel Ttretiak, who called Maki's large red depictions of characters (kanji) Big Reds. Please contact ldtnbj@gmail.com

Oil on canvas painting, 12" by 20", unframed, signed at lower right by the well known Australian impressionist, HAYWARD VEAL (1913-1968). This is a vigorously painted landscape in greens and browns, enlivened by bold Key Lime bright light green daubs at top. Veal's works appear frequently at auctions of Australian art, where they can bring to the $5,000 area and above. He is known for his highly impressionistic landscapes and still life, with portraiture rounding out his body of work. Some p...

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 her art, reflect her fascination with people, particularly the phycho...

An unusual miniature portrait, done by firing enamel on glass. This combination of subject matter, style, medium, and technique is quite rare for this period and area. The sitter is a quite handsome man in a black coat with a white shirt, vest and tie. He is posed on a red chair in front of a drapery done in hues shading from red to orange. In the center left is a window view of hills, a river and two ships.

The frame is original, and bears the label of F.A. Wenderoth of Phila. Since Wenderot...

German Botanical Colored Etching “Gloriosa” measuring 10 x 14“ frame size 17 x 20“

Beautiful impressionist pastel drawing of a landscape in California's high desert outside Los Angeles, 12 1/2" by 19", 19 1/2 by 26 1/2" in attractive old gold strip framing (but with no glass), and signed "R W" and dated 1940 at lower right corner. The artist was surely a talent but I am unable to connect the initials to a known artist. Strangely, the work was found "high and dry" in Asbury Park, New Jersey---and evidently the work also spent some time in Chicago on its way east, having been...

Southeast Asian Siam Thailand Figure in Bronze circa 1900 A beautiful patinated bronze sculpture measuring 20” wonderful piece at an attractive price

William Lee Hankey, British, 1869-1952, "Light in the Cottage," Etching, image size 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches, 1909, edition of 9, cat: Hardie-55, pencil signed l.r, "W Lee Hankey", plate initialed l.r. and artist seal l.c.

Well mounted scroll painting of a sitting scholar and Chinese cursive calligraphy. possibly a depiction of Baidi, a historical character from the Han Dynasty. L:137cm/54in and W: 68cm/26.7in.

Proportion 10 is an exciting Maki offering—white kanji on bright yellow. This use of yellow was fairly rare in Maki’s work. It is a square print—13.625 sq inches—in excellent condition. A ray of sunshine in any collection, on any wall.

Black ink, red watercolor and white gouache drawing, unsigned, 22 1/2" by 15", unsigned, the figure playing a mandolin or lute, wearing poofy medieval-style pantaloons, and sporting a Dali-esque moustache. The drawing definitely has some age, maybe circa mid century. The camera somewhat overstates the color difference between top (more brownish) and bottom (less browned) half; I can't explain the variation. There are some edge flaws (short tears, old nail cuts) and at upper left there is some...

A large painting on Masonite panel, the surface of the oil or acrylic highly varnished, 30" by 34" in narrow metal frame, signed at lower right and dated there 1990 by noted contemporary American artist ROBIN GARY WOOD. Wood has an easily found website. He has traveled around the country and internationally, painting at various times in the Princeton/New Hope area, in Florida, and in the Taos-Santa Fe New Mexico region. This piece is in good condition, with just some slight dust attracted to th...

The paper size: 35" W x 23" H with border margin.
The image Size: 30"W x 14 7/8 High.
Unframed Original Lithograph by Artist,
Charles Cobelle, (1902-1994)
The title, "Guitarist"
Medium: 100% Rag content Acid Free Paper.
Condition: excellent, never been framed.
The colors are brilliant.
Edition number: AP. Signed and numbered AP in pencil.
Edition size 500 plus some aritist proof published
It was published in 1979 by The Graphic House.
W...

From our African Collection: Ngere Mask (also called Guéré or Wè, and Kran in Liberia), from South West Ivory Coast, Liberia. 7" x 12" h.

Original oil painting on panel by Paul Matthews (American, born 1933). In excellent condition and in its original gallery frame. Signed "Matthews" l.r. Also inscribed Paul Matthews verso. Still bears a gallery label from the Kiosk Gallery in Provincetown. This painting measures 29" by 16" in its frame (23" by 10" painting alone). Paul Matthews studied at the Cooper Union Art School in NYC in the fifties. He is widely exhibited (many solo shows including in prestigious venues like the Zabr...

A finely painted still life masterpiece, 23" by 28" (31 1/2" by 36 1/2" as framed), circa 1950's, signed at lower left by Hungarian artist ROMEK ARPAD (1883-1960). The work features copper pots and a number of glass vessels, some broken, painted in the artist's signature naturalistic, realistic style. Arpad was born in Budapest and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts there under Ede Bello and Laszlo Hegedus. He is known for his table top still life works in this vein but also painted some lan...

Aaron Berkman American Artist 1901-1991 Cityscape Watercolor 11x7.5”…. aron Berkman was born in Hartford, Connecticut. From 1916 to 1918 he attended the Connecticut League of Art Students, founded by Charles Noel Flagg, Connecticut's official portrait painter.[1] He attended the Hartford Art School from 1919 to 1921, alongside his fellow student and lifelong friend, Milton Avery.[2] He studied on scholarship at the Museum Art School of Boston from 1921 to 1924, then traveled through Europe f...

Shirley Tattersfield, Phila. 20th century. Muralist, Lithographs.

Studied - The George School in Newtown; and graduated in 1949 from the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, now the University of the Arts.

Exhibited - Phila. Print Club.

Lithograph - entitled 'Mannequins'.

Pencil signed and dated

Image - 12 1/2" x 8 5/8", Full sheet - 16" x 11".

Condition - excellent, unframed.

Sir Frank William Brangwyn Frank Brangwyn c1900e.jpg Born 12 May 1867 Bruges, Belgium Died 11 June 1956 (aged 89) Ditchling, Sussex, England Nationality British Awards Albert Medal (1932) Sir Frank William Brangwyn RA RWS RBA (12 May 1867 – 11 June 1956) was a Welsh artist, painter, watercolourist, printmaker, illustrator, and designer. Brangwyn was an artistic jack-of-all-trades. As well as paintings and drawings, he produced designs for stained glass, furniture, ceramics, table ...

A whimsical drawing of a young child-like chimpanzee seated in a parlor, evidently enjoying a cocktail, a tea kettle in the foreground suggesting that he is about to partake in other civilized human behavior. The drawing is unsigned. I researched a bit on the net to see if it might be by the artists who created Curious George, (Hans-Augusto Rey(Reyersbach) and Margret Rey), but the obvious lack of resemblance to that most famous cartoon ape indicates that this drawing is not of him. Neverthel...

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 her art, reflect her fascination with people, particularly the phycho...

(Consignment). For the past 22 years, Massimo Righini has sculpted “STORIES IN STONE” and has exhibited them primarily in the Washington, DC, area at l’Enfant Galerie. His sculptures can be found in some 30 private collections in Italy, France, the UK, and the US. Pronoun: He Full Bio: ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT The curriculum of the “Liceo Classico” in Italy included heavy doses of philosophy, mythology and history of art, and Righini’s family had a long tradition of involvement in the f...

Ephreme Kouakou oil 40”x50” triple figures Ephrem Kouakou is one of the world’s foremost African painters. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ivory Coast, West Africa. His powerful, vivid paintings are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC. and Fondo Del Sol Museum, Washington DC. He is noted for his bold blending of indigenous African visual sensibilities and folk motifs with Western creative t...

Jacques James Joseph Tissot 1836-1902 French This is a fine original etching by French artist James Tissot. The title is: Reverie, it was created and printed in 1880 in an edition of 100. The image measures 9X 4 7/16 inches. The image is plate signed and dated upper right corner of the image, printed on a medium weight laid type paper. A very rich impression, nicely framed. This image appears in the Wentworth catalog as image number 52.

Gouache and watercolor abstract painting, 10 1/2" by 7 1/2" (17 3/4" by 14" in quality ash wood, deep poster box-style contemporary framing), signed in pencil at lower right by artist ANN THORNYCROFT (1944-) and dated there 1992. The work is very light and ephemeral and would fit right into any modern-leaning setting. Thornycroft was born in England and educated in art there, but found herself in New York by 1969 and Venice, California by 1972, where she remains. Her own website shows a numbe...

This is a nineteenth century European painting facsimile, consisting of hand coloring over a photo-mechanical print, the finished product quite convincing and possessing considerable decorative value. The work measures 10" by 7 3/4" (16" by 13" framed). The name of the artist who created the original painting from which this was derived appears in red at lower right, the name "Marqueta" or similar. These facsimiles of oil paintings can fool even some gallery and auction house personnel if the...

Oil on canvas street scene, most likely of Mexico, 18" by 24", unframed, signed at lower right by California painter JOSIE (JO ANITA) STARKEY (1895-1962). This is a colorful work by a noted California woman artist known for her genre paintings. She is listed in many reference works including Dawdy, Hughes, and Falk's Who Was Who in American Art, and the Dictionary of Women Artists. The present painting has suffered some abuse, there being two small punctures at left center, well hidden in the...

Watercolor on paper painting of a boat in a harbor, 13" by 21" inside the mat, 20" by 28" as framed, signed at lower right and bearing the artist's name and Fremont, California address on the reverse. The artist is SALLY INOUYE (1927-2010). I do not see a standard "listing", but came up with the following information from google, taken from her obituary online: "Sally Misaye Inouye July 31, 1927 - June 18, 2010 Sally Misaye Inouye, 82, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 18, 2010 at Kaiser...

American artist I.B. HAZLETON a rare and never seen before lithograph in full color titled “Men Wanted for Army” measuring 26 x 59“, frame size 32 x 63. This is a very rare Lithograph. We also have the original artwork and we will post on our website soon. I. B. HAZELTON (1870-1943) Isaac Brewster Hazelton was born December 30, 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father,Isaac Hills Hazelton, was born in 1838. His mother, Mary Allen Brewster, was born in 1843. His parents married in 18...

A Fine Painting by the Listed Riverside, California Artist, Myrna Elwell (1902-?). The Painting measures about 18" by 18" in its frame of about 24 1/2" by 24 1/2". Signed lower right as shown. A little dirty and some wear to frame, overall quite nice.