All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pen : Pre 1970 item #1423156 (stock #JB04649)
A modernist line drawing of a man in thin marker or ink, unsigned, the artist unknown, detail of the face especially indicative of the skill of the artist. The work probably dates to about 1970. Size 7 1/2" by 4" inside the mat, and 10 1/4" by 6 3/4" in silvery wood frame. Condition is excellent. Word "Al" written in pencil on reverse side. There are reflections in the images.
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1950 item #1423528 (stock #JB03654)
Crayon drawing on paper of village rooftops in a European mountain setting, 8 3/4" by 11 3/8" inside the mat, 14 1/2" by 17" in simple strip frame (not pictured), unsigned. The artist was talented but unfortunately remains anonymous. There are a few scribbles on the reverse side of the paper (see last image). The work dates to the first half of the twentieth century. It is in good condition, consistent with its age; some paper toning and very slight ripple.
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pencil : Pre 1900 item #1421564
A beautiful pencil drawing of human hands, likely 19th century, measuring 4 1/2" by 5 1/2" inside the ornate French mat, 10 1/4" by 11 1/4" as framed in gilt closed corner framing. There is a little wear in the corners of the frame but the overall look with mat and frame is upscale...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1800 item #1475925 (stock #3161)
L'Enfant Gallery
$7,500.00
FLEMISH SEVENTEENTH CENTURY OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING depicting the Crucifixion of Christ., in the circle of Peter Paul Rubens, Measuring 18” x14”
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1930 item #1420866 (stock #JB04777)
A PAIR of drawings of the famous Hagia Sophia Mosque and environs of the Golden Horn as seen from the Bosphorus in moonlight, in Istanbul, Turkey, each 5 3/4" by 9 1/4" (11" by 14 1/4" identically framed), one signed in white ink at lower right corner "P. (or "G") Azaroff" and dated there 1925. The atmospheric handling, including contrasty light, demonstrates the skill of the artist...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pen : Pre 1970 item #1422606 (stock #JB04222)
By the well regarded Belgian artist JACQUES HOTE (1939-1986), this is a highly worked, detailed ink drawing on Japan tissue-type paper, measuring 8 1/2" by 11 1/4" (13 1/2" by 15 1/2" simply framed, no glass). The work is signed at lower right and dated there March 22,1969. The figures, caricatures, really, are quite strange, many with exaggerated Gallic noses; the subject/message of the drawing is not clear to me, but it likely lies in the realm of politics and satire and social commentary...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1920 item #1439008 (stock #237)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,500.00
"George Washington Meets the Widow Curtis" by E. Percy Moran (son of E. Moran) (1862-1935). Pencil sketch study drawing. 10 x 12". Frame Size 18 x 20".
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1940 item #1422220 (stock #JB05186)
A large (27 1/2" by 40", unframed) oil pastel on paper drawing, circa 1930's to about 1940, the imagery including two Native American-looking female figures washing clothes in a stream as a child looks on, a deer and her newborn fawn, and stylized flowers, butterfly and trees, all in a composition that combines the Southwest and the Art Deco period...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1900 item #1439562 (stock #075)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,700.00
Japanese Silk Painting- Shogun and Geisha. Framed Silk Painting. 14 x 40"
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pencil : Pre 1900 item #1422194 (stock #JB05038)
A charming little drawing, exceptionally well-traveled, and with a story to tell: pencil on paper, 6 1/2" by 9 3/4" inside the present mat opening, 12 1/2" by 15 3/8" as framed, not signed, but with inscription "Cesanne Aug. 13/74" at lower right, and "copper buckets" at lower left. And, on the backing, written in a modern hand: "Purchased at Kingston, Jamaica Municipal Art Museum/The date is 1874--purchased previous to 1974. Probably a sketch of town fountain in rural France...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pencil : Pre 2000 item #1422229 (stock #JB03434)
This work is guaranteed to be an original pencil drawing, and not a print nor reproduction of any kind. The drawing (15" by 23", 20" by 26 3/4" in simple metal framing) is amazingly detailed, featuring an old time steam boat, the General Slocum, as it might have appeared in New York harbor around the turn of the century. The Brooklyn Bridge towers at right and sailing craft complete the scene at lower right. The artist signed the work at lower left and dated it 1995...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Charcoal : Pre 1910 item #1445407 (stock #1856)
L'Enfant Gallery
$7,500.00
American F. Livingstone Artist Charcoal Portrait of General Pershing 29x24 John Joseph Pershing GCB (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, 1917–18. In addition to leading the A.E.F...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Charcoal : Pre 1940 item #1416466 (stock #JB01685)
**PAIR** of framed original drawings in charcoal, with some color as well, the larger 22" by 14 1/2" inside the mat, the smaller 17 1/4" by 12 1/2" inside the mat, both signed (the smaller one signed twice), by the well listed, important Art Deco artist and sculptor BORIS LOVET-LORSKI (1894-1973). I would prefer to sell these as a pair but will consider selling them individually...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Charcoal : Pre 1990 item #1423076 (stock #JB04661)
Contrasty, dramatic charcoal drawing of a figure who appears to be civil rights icon Martin Luther King, 23 1/2" by 17 3/4" inside the mat, 31" by 25" simply framed in wood behind thin Plexi, signed at lower left and dated there 1987 by American artist JESSICA ROCKWELL. Rockwell, a relative of Norman Rockwell, is a talented portraitist currently working out of Clearwater, Florida. The artist lived at one time in Southern California and that is likely why this rather early work was found here...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pen : Pre 1960 item #1468540
A white ink on tan paper line drawing of a young Polynesian woman, signed at lower left and dated there 1956, by the well-known, important Hawaiian modernist artist MADGE TENNENT (1889-1956). The work measures 12" by 9" and is currently unframed, protected just in a sleeve, the backing bearing a rubber stamp of Juniper Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii. Tennent was born in England and led a long and distinguished life in the fine arts...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pen : Pre 1960 item #1419227 (stock #JB01897)
PAIR OF signed ink drawings with pencil underneath, each 7 1/2" by 6 1/2" and 13 1/2" by 11 1/2" as identically framed, the subjects famous clipper ships of the 19th century "Gamecock" and "Cutty Sark", each bearing a signature at lower right that could be interpreted as a "G" inside a square. Found in Maine, and said to have come from a Kennebunkport home, the artist who created the drawings might remain a mystery...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1940 item #1280750 (stock #2672)
King Art
$8,000.00
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky, 1890 – 1941, better known as El Lissitzky was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian Avant Garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the Soviet Union...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pen : Pre 1940 item #1437635 (stock #163)
"Winter Landscape with Grazing Cows" by Ernest Fiene. 1939. Framed Print. 18 x 17".