Banka Maruyama (Japanese, 1867-1942)

A Bamboo Grove

Watercolor on paper, signed.

Sheet Size: 20.5” x 13.5”
Sight Size: 19” x 13”
Frame Size: 25.75” x 19.5”

Banka Maruyama was a Japanese watercolor artist whose work spanned the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa periods. Today, his work can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

Howard Weston Arnold (American, b. 1904)

Flowers in a Vase

Watercolor and gouache on paper, signed.

Painting Size: 12” x 10”
Frame Size: 21.25” x 18.5”

**For other mid-20th Century artwork in our inventory, type “modern” into the search box.

Illustrator, designer, painter and educator, Arnold was born in Chicago, IL in 1904...

A very fine American portrait miniature painting, on natural organic material, of a young man attired in the latest fashion of his period, wearing a brown vest and velvet collar coat.

The miniature is 2 inches by 1 1/2 inches sight size and the deep purple velvet-lined thermoplastic case it is in is 3 inches by 2 1/2 inches. The piece is in superb condition, with no cracks, chips, bowing, or inpainting...

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...

This is a 1972 acrylic on canvas painting done by Suzann Phelan Denny. It is painted on a very large canvas which measures 62 3/4" x 48". This is a copy of a famous painting by the German Artist Cranach.

This is a very unusual American portrait of a lady. The painting is oil on canvas mounted loosly on a cardboard with tacks. The painting is done in a many layered style which is similar to the style of Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917). It is marked in pencil on the back Ms. Pitts. The painting is marked in the lower right corner with a large capital R. Many of Ryder paintings have been copied; however this would be a very unusual copy. It is a very American Portrait...

Large original oil painting on canvas by James Hennessey (American, 20th Century). This work measures 48" by 48" (slightly more in its original strip frame). It is signed "Hennessey" and dated (81) l.r. It is also signed "James Hennessey" and dated on the stretcher. A wonderful large Italian inspired work with a fresco-like facture by a painter who taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art for many years and traveled through Italy for as many years...

Virginia City Nevada Cave In by Robert Lee Eskridge. A Fine Watercolor by the Well Regarded California, Hawaii (& WPA) Artist, Robert Lee Eskridge (1891-1975). Measures 22 1/2" by 15". Painted on thick Arches paper. This watercolor is signed and titled on front as shown and on the back is written 'Cave-in near Virginia City'.

From our Fine Arts and Americana Collection, an early Tomasz Rut original oil on canvas masterpiece titled "Celesta," widely regarded as one of his top paintings of all time.

We were fortunate to meet Tomasz in the early 1990's when he was nary as famous as he is now, and were doubly fortunate to subsequently acquire two of his early original works, both of which are now considered to be two of the best he has ever created...

From our Fine Arts and Americana Collection, an early Tomasz Rut original oil on canvas masterpiece titled "Musica Stellarum," widely regarded as one of his top paintings of all time.

We were fortunate to meet Tomasz in the early 1990's when he was nary as famous as he is now, and were doubly fortunate to subsequently acquire two of his early original works, both of which are now considered to be two of the best he has ever created...

Maurice Braun (American, 1877-1941)

Old River Landings

Oil on canvas, signed lower right and titled on stretcher.

Painting Size: 20” x 22”
Frame Size: 26” x 28”

Maurice Braun is one of the most well-known artists of California Impressionism. His deeply rooted beliefs in the unity of man and nature combined with the beauty of America’s southwest landscape gave rise to paintings that made him one of the most lauded artists of his day...

Sunset on Pennsylvania Avenue

James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)

Oil on board laid to canvas, located and inscribed on the reverse.

Painting size: 18” x 16”
Frame size: 23” x 21”

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

James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)

Washington Row Houses (Dupont Circle)

Oil on canvas, located on the reverse.

Painting size: 20” x 16”
Frame size: 25” x 31”

** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien...

James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)

This Is It? (800 Block of 14th Street)

Oil on canvas, signed with initials, located and inscribed on the reverse.

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

** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien...

Eleanor Reed, b. 1913

Watercolor

6 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Associations - American Artists Professional League

Exhibitions --- American Artists Professional League, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Washington (DC) Watercolor Club

A charming miniature portrait, on natural organic material, of a child, signed Mercier for Mlle Hyacinthe Mercier.

The painting is in excellent condition, and is housed in its original silver and embossed tortoise shell frame...

"Vermont Summer" oil on artist board 20" x 24" Born in Malnate, Italy, in 1900, Luigi Lucioni became one of America's well-known landscape and still life painters. Lucioni immigrated to North Bergen, New Jersey with his family in 1911. In 1915 he won a competition which allowed him to attend Cooper Union, and he began studying there with William Starkweather. In 1920, he studied with William Auerbach Levy at the National Academy of Design, and in 1922 was the recipient of a Tiffany Foundati...

This miniature of George Washington was found by an advanced collector in London. We have agreed to research this miniature for the owner. The very American style of painting on ivory miniature measures 42mm x 35mm, and is mounted in its original gold frame. To date, we have sent photos of this miniature to Mount Vernon and to another advance collector in the South. We will advise more as we receive more information on this rare item.