A Fine Korean Orchid/Rock (石蘭) scroll painting by 의제(毅齋), 허백련 ((許百鍊 1891∼1977): Korea Ink stroke with orchid flowers and rock painted on Paper, with description on the upper right and signed with red square seal, 의제(毅齋), it’s in good condition but having some area creased, it measures 39cm x 124.5cm painting only. 52cm x 182.5cm overall.

Berber Moroccan man watercolor on coldpressed paper pencil sketch on reverse measuring 7 x 5“ frame size 12 x 10“ in a water gilded gold frame Bio: Martha Walter (1875-1976), the American impressionist artist, was a student of William Merritt Chase. Martha was born in 1875 in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended High School in her hometown, later continued her education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under William Merritt Chase...

Watercolor done for the Saturday evening post an antebellum “Buying Flour” oval measuring 13 x 11”, frame size 19 x 17” Signed Griffith 1941 watercolor. The Saturday evening post had many artists including Montgomery flag, Norman Rockwell, and others. The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine, currently published six times a year. It was issued weekly under this title from 1897 until 1963, then every two weeks until 1969...

Karl Schlagaler Swiss Artist “Still Life with Mandolin” measuring 12x16 inches gouache and watercolor on board Swiss Artist born 1894 to 1990

D. Hidayet was a Turkish Artist (1912-1972) who frequently traveled throughout the Middle East and was an accomplished watercolor artist. This work of the Cairo bazaar was done in 1964 and measures 18” x 12”

A watercolor painting featuring a scenic view of what I believe to be the cliffs of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, signed at lower left by California artist Dolores Manning. The 20" by 14" work (26" by 20" framed) is by a woman artist who recently passed away in Malibu, California. A number of her works were available for purchase at the estate sale. Apparently she had lived in the San Francisco Bay area (Moraga, CA labels on the reverse of several) and also in the area around Lake Tahoe...

A watercolor painting featuring a scenic view of what I believe to be Vernal Falls in Yosemite National Park, signed at lower left by California artist Dolores Manning. On the backing in pencil the artist titled the work "Springtime---Still Snowing" and signed it once again. The 18 1/2" by 12 1/2" work (25 1/2" by 19" in gold metal framing) is by a woman artist who recently passed away in Malibu, California. A number of her works were available for purchase at the estate sale...

A watercolor painting featuring a panoramic view of the eastern Sierra Nevada peaks, signed at lower left by California artist Dolores Manning. The 10" by 14" work (16" by 20" in gold metal framing) is by a woman artist who recently passed away in Malibu, California. A number of her works were available for purchase at the estate sale. Apparently she had lived in the San Francisco Bay area (Moraga, CA labels on the reverse of several) and also in the area around Lake Tahoe...

Vintage Modernist Watercolor Americas Cup Yacht Sailing Races by Willard Bond. Presented matted and framed. Biography By DENNIS HEVESI Published: June 10, 2012 In First Around, one of Willard Bond's best-known paintings, two towering yachts are caught in a roiling sea. The one to the fore is rounding a mark, sharply heeled in the wind, its crew crammed by the upper rail to keep it from capsizing. It has not yet raised its spinnaker, the balloonlike sail toward the bow...

A watercolor with pencil and pen and ink showing the Arch of Janus in the foreground on the right with the tower and a porch of the Church of Saint George’s in Velabro Rome a little further back on the left. Written on the old backboard “S. Giorgio – Roma/ Augustus Hare” and a card on added to it fairly recently, probably when it was reframed, “S. Giorgio in Rome/ Dec...

Small (8 1/2" by 7" framed) painting of a Russian Orthodox cathedral, dated 1998, ink writing in Russian at bottom. The colorful swirling domes resemble those on Saint Basil's in Moscow, but this is not an urban scene. Condition is excellent.

This is a watercolor painting of the famous Philippe's French Dip Restaurant in downtown Los Angeles, an iconic area landmark to this day. The restaurant opened in 1908 and remains a vital part of Los Angeles' living history. At the restaurant, so the story goes, in the year 1918, a food preparer accidentally dropped a hot meat sandwich into the juices of the cooking pan. A customer requested it, despite its "compromised" condition...

Fine old 19th century watercolor painting of a cavalier-type figure and a woman trying the new batch of wine as it comes from the cask, a friendly dog lazing at right. The painting measures 10 1/4" by 13 1/2" inside the mat, (presently essentially unframed, the frame is in poor condition and is very inexpensive to begin with), signed at lower right by artist Gamba da Vinza. I have researched the name and do not find a listing for this artist, who was obviously well trained...

Watercolor and mixed media (ink, gouache) drawing, 8 1/4" by 10 1/4" (13 3/4" by 15 3/4" framed), titled on the reverse framing paper in the hand of the artist "David playing before King Saul", signed there and again at lower left by the well listed New York-California artist IRVING ALEXANDER BLOCK (1910-1986). There is an inscription in Hebrew at lower left near the signature. The subject and handling of the figures evokes Marc Chagall, Mane-Katz and other Jewish artists...

Watercolor on paper, 19" by 20" (27 3/4" by 27 3/4" as framed), confidently signed at lower left by professional artist MARINA ULIANOFF, and dated there 1951. I do not see a listing for the name, but, there is a listing for a Los Angeles area artist by the name of Vsevolod Ulianoff (1880-1940), who painted murals like that in the lobby of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. I imagine there is a possibility this could be by his wife. In any event, the hand of this artist was accomplished, ...

Dynamic watercolor painting of a Kabuki actor, in motion, 19 1/2" by 14 3/4", signed at lower left and stamped there, and dated 1933, by the important Japan-born California artist CHIURA OBATA (1885-1975). This is a mid-life work by the artist, who showed early talent as a boy in Japan. By age 7 he was taking lessons in Sumi-e painting (traditional Japanese ink/brush painting) from a master. In 1903, Obata came to Seattle in the United States, then San Francisco within a few years. In the ear...

A Very Finely Painted with Butterfly by Chung Navi(정나븨) Korea, dated:Sept.1952, signed in Korean and English and red sealed, framed with documents on the back. Painted with 15 different butterflies, and on silk. It's in very fine condition, it measures 7.5” x 10,5” (19cm x 27cm). About Artist: Born in 1906, graduated from Tokyo Art Academy, Tokyo, Japan. A specialist in drawing and painting butterflies. The professors spent 15 years gathering more than 7,000 types of butt...

이당(以堂)Yi Dang, 김은호( 金殷鎬)-Kim Eun-Ho (Korean, 1892~1979) Hanging Scroll Painting Korea, Yi Dang-pen name written, and Kim Eun Ho sealed. 10 Sparrows are on the trees in heavy snow, early executed by the artist, painted in water color on silk, It’s in good condition but has some slight creases, scrolled. Image size: 46.75” x 16.85” (118.5cm x 42.8cm) painting only, scroll incl. 65” by 21 ½”.