15th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Dutch prayer book or Book of Hours with devotio moderna sensibilities Red, blue and black ink on vellum, c. 1450-1475 Unsigned as is usual Written in Old/Middle Dutch Contents is ex...

Folio from a Book of Hours, c.1475 Delft (Holland) red, blue and black Ink on vellum, c. 1475 Unsigned as is usual Most probably created at the Church of St. Agnes, by the women of t...

Untitled (Standing Female Nude) Graphite on paper, c. 1930 Signed bottom right: Lorski (see photo) Sheet size: 9 5/16 x 5 13/16 inches From a sketchbook created while the artist was working in Paris Condition: Good Thin spots verso from previous mounting Soft vertical fold running across image Barely visible on recto Provenance: Estate of the Artist Dawson's Auctioneers and Appraisers, 2001 Amity Art Foundation Boris Lovet-Lorski Lithuanian/Russian/American 1894-1973 Sculptor, painter, and printmaker, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894. His mother died when he was age three. His father was affluent and owned real estate. Boris grew up in a privileged environment. He studied architecture and then fine arts at the Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd, Russia (now Saint Petersburg). Following the revolution in 1917 and its aftermath, Boris immigrated to Boston to live with his brother. In the 1920’s, his stylized, Art Deco inspired sculptures, lithographs, and paintings proved to be popular among the American elite. He exhibited frequently, holding his first solo exhibition in Boston, 1920. In the following years, Boris exhibited in New York at Marie Sterner Gallery, Jacques Seligmann Galleries and Wildenstein and Company. He lived in Paris from 1926 to 1932 where he befriended Joseph Hecht, and was exposed to the works of Pablo Picasso, Ossip Zadkine, Contantin Brancusi and Aristide Maillol. In 1932 he returned to America where he became a citizen later in the decade. Lovet-Lorski exhibited in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists (New York), the National Academy of Design (New York), and the Lotos Club (New York), as well as several Parisian salons. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Musée Luxembourg, Bibliotèque Nationale, and the Petit Palais in France, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (A more extensive list of his works in museums follows) He is considered one of the most successful and recognized sculptors of his generation. His creative influence can be seen in many of his contemporary artists. He died in Los Angeles in 1973. Regarding his iconic Art Deco sculptures of Cretan Dancers: “The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.” Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12. Lovet-Lorski created sculptures of the following major figures I.J. Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland Arturo Toscanini, Italian Conductor Lilian Gish, Actress President Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. M. C. Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos President Abraham Lincoln James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense Pope Pius XII Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist President Dwight D. Eisenhower Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician General Charles De Gaulle, President of the Fourth and Fifth Republic, France John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1953-1959 President John F. Kennedy Works by Lover Lorski are in the following public collections: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo Art Institute of Chicago Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris Brandeis University, Waltham, MA British Museum, London Boston University Brooklyn Museum California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Sam Francisco...

Unknown Artist, France Low Countries, 15th century Alternating red and blue intials indicating the start of new verses. Written in fine Gothic textura hand. Hand lettered on v...

Signed by the artist; Original fitted wooden presentation box inscribed and signed by the artist Two water carrier maidens on the seashore beneath a spreading Pine tree where one has discovered a Heian Court hat and robes. Inscriptions on scroll box: Utagawa Toyokuni hitsu (brush) Saishoku (color) Shio nami (sea wave) no zu (picture Kura _____ Kumakichi _____ ichi Yosai Yokofuku (horizontal scroll...

In "naskhi" script, an Arabic form of cursive writing based on certain laws governing the proportions between letters. Ink, color and gold leaf on paper Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 1/8"

17th Century double sided leaf from the Shah Namah create din Persia (Present day Iran)

Annotated verso: "From Baron Seillière Coll," "Carlo Maratta" Provenance: Baron Achille Seillière (1813-1873), noted collector of old master paintings and drawings Knoedler Galle...

Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn Dutch • 1606-1669 Joseph Telling His Dreams Copper etching, drypoint on paper, third state Joseph Telling His Dreams is listed in the catalogue of 18th-century art historian Adam Bartsch as number B037. A third state print is featured in Rembrandt by Mariët Westermann, page 221. This extraordinary and highly important etching was created by the revered Dutch Old Master, Rembrandt Van Rijn. Entitled Joseph Telling His Dreams, this highly detailed composition is an outstanding representation of the painter’s skill as an engraver. This etching is known as a third state lifetime impression, meaning that the original etching, the first state, was altered twice by Rembrandt...