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Cows in Summer Landscape (California Coastal Ranch, Carmel Valley), c. 1914
By Angel De Service Espoy
Located in Pasadena, CA
early 20th century. Espoy’s style blends Realism and Impressionism, drawing upon the influences of his
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil, Panel

Men at Work (California Badlands)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
photographer become one of the most important artists of the American narrative of the 20th and 21st century
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Methodist Church in Old Bodie Ghost Town - California - Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
artist Rachel Bentley (American, 1894-1991). The scene depicts the Methodist Church in Bodie, California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

California Eucalyptus, Oak and Pond Landscape
By Jesse Don Rasberry
Located in Soquel, CA
Rasberry (American, 20th Century). Presented in a rustic wooden frame. Signed on verso. Acquired directly
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Mountain Landscape With Cows by Carl Henrik Jonnevold (1856-1955)
By Carl Henrik Jonnevold
Located in Centennial, CO
A beautiful California mountain landscape with cows, oil on canvas, by listed artist Carl Henrik
Category

Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

A Large Color Etching Print by South Korean Artist Bong Tae Kim / Artist Proof
Located in Chicago, IL
early Seventies the artist established an enviable reputation for these intaglios. Through his studio
Category

20th Century Korean Prints

Materials

Paper

Monterey Cypress - Carmel by the Sea California Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
California artist E. Holton. Several cypress trees grow at the top of a rocky outcropping, overlooking the
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning Light, Mt. Shasta, California, c. 1932
Located in Pasadena, CA
California plein air ethos of the mid-20th century—bold color, vibrant light, and a reverence for the state’s
Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Masonite

Circular Black Tray Platter Couroc of Monterey California, 1960s
By The Couroc Company
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Couroc of Monterey California bird design barware serving black round tray. A vintage mid century
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Bakelite

Brutalist Ceramic Sculpture Vase Bronze Lustre FInish California Expressionist
By Jenik Cook
Located in Surfside, FL
Jenik Cook Handmade ceramic vase or pot sculpture Hand signed by the artist. Fired clay with a
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Luster, Paint

Eileen Soper - 20th Century British pencil drawing of Lizards
By Eileen Soper
Located in London, GB
continued to live in the house until their deaths in 1990. Eileen showed early promise as an artist as at
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Eileen Soper - 20th Century British Wildlife Drawing of a Fox
By Eileen Soper
Located in London, GB
½ in. (frame size 28 by 33.5 cm., 11 by 13 ¼ in.) Provenance: The artist’s estate; Chris Beetles
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pencil

Monterey Coastline , Carmel, Big Sur, Pacific Ocean, California Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Delia' for Delia Bradford (American, 20th century) and painted circa 2005
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peter Voulkos Signed Early Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Pottery Vase, 1950s
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic early stoneware California studio pottery vase (circa early 1950s) by Master Greek
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Large Suong Yangchareon Thai American Photorealist LA California Street Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
realist artist. He painted the urban landscape of California, which have been exhibited in solo and group
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Western Wilderness Interior" William Keith, California Tonalist, Forest Stream
By William Keith
Located in New York, NY
centuries a leading Northern-California landscape artist. In fact, he was so well known that he is referred
Category

Late 19th Century Tonalist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Board

Charles Partridge Adams California Coastal Watercolor, American Impressionist
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
it an exceptional acquisition for collectors of California Impressionism, early 20th-century
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Lovely Oakland California Historical House Painting, “Fruitvale” Albert Pennoyer
Located in Baltimore, MD
lost California landmark by a well known early 20th century artist would add much to a California art
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Midcentury Decorative Ceramic Dish by Phillip H. Paradise, California, 1950s
By Phillip Herschel Paradise
Located in La Teste-de-Buch, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rare decorative earthenware dish by renowned Californian artist Phillip Herschel Paradise. Hand
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

The Governor s Mansion in California Sacramento Acrylic on Canvas Painting, Doug
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Governor's Mansion in California Sacramento Acrylic on Canvas Painting, Douglas K. Gifford
Category

20th Century North American Paintings

Materials

Paint, Canvas, Acrylic

Desert at Death Valley, California, 178 Feet Below Sea Level
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Desert at Death Valley, California, 178 Feet Below Sea Level" 1941, is an oil
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

White Iris , California Post-Impressionist Landscape, SJSU, Mount Madonna
By John Maxon
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Maxon" for John Maxon (American, 20th century) and created circa 1995
Category

1990s Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Monotype

Large Israel Modernist Landscape Painting Bezalel Artist
By Larry Abramson
Located in Surfside, FL
Design, Jerusalem, Head of Young Artists Program, 2000-03 San Francisco Art Institute, California, USA
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Small Shed under Trees with Foothills in the Distance, Southern California
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
. American artist Mary Creamer, active ca. 1925 - 1975, was a teacher and painter of portraiture, the figure
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Aromas California Pink and Gold Hills Landscape by Cor de Gavere Jolly Daubers
By Cor de Gavere
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant California landscape consisting of pink and gold rolling hills, oak trees, and a body of
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Peter Voulkos Signed Early Mid-Century Modern Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl, 1950s
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic rare early footed stoneware Japanese style California studio pottery Chawan tea bowl
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Moss Beach, Monterey, California , Pacific Coastal Landscape, ASL NYC, Benezit
By Elmer Wachtel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An early-20th-century, landscape showing a view of the coastline at Moss Beach in Monterey County
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Colorado River, Needles, California, 1950s Western Landscape, Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Cottage Window, Colorful Flowers, Utah Artist, American Impressionist
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
his formal art endeavors rather late compared to most artists. He received his Bachelor's and Master's
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Artist Interior with Puppy (Kitsch Pop Art kids painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
resident of Los Angeles in the early 1930s and then moved to San Francisco. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists
Category

Mid-20th Century Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Sherman Rose" Adobe, Monterey California - Signed 1923 Original Etching
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th Century etching on vellum of the Monterey Bonifacio Adobe known as The Old
Category

1920s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Sherman Rose House, Monterey California - Signed 1920 s Landscape Etching
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th Century etching on vellum of the Monterey Bonifacio Adobe known as The Old
Category

1920s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Turn of the 20th Century Portrait of Two Brothers
By Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare turn of the century portrait of J.O. and T.O. Mason, from a daguerreotype photograph, c.1860
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Eileen Soper - 20th Century British Drawing of Birds at a Nest
By Eileen Soper
Located in London, GB
early promise as an artist as at the age of only 15 two of her etchings were shown in the Royal Academy
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Jumpers and the Magic Bus - Contemporary California Figurative Landscape
By Russell Brutsche
Located in Soquel, CA
, California artist Russell Brutsche (American, 20th Century). The "Magic Bus" - a counterculture icon - is
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled (Portrait of a young woman - wife of the artist)
By Francisco Souto
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a self portrait of a young woman who is the wife of the artist. Francisco Souto was born
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

1920s California Mission San Juan Capistrano Courtyard Column Garden Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th century historical landscape of Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1926, with vines
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Eileen Soper - 20th Century British drawing of chicks in the nest
By Eileen Soper
Located in London, GB
continued to live in the house until their deaths in 1990. Eileen showed early promise as an artist as at
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

1929 "Nude with Cubist Sculpture" Charcoal Female Nude Drawing UCBerkeley Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Dated in charcoal lower right Came from a portfolio owned by artist John Bowers John was awarded a
Category

Early 20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Subdude (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Subdude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Genial (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Genial (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Somerset (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Somerset (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Arrivederci (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Arrivederci (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Catfight (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Catfight (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Buoyant (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Buoyant (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Retire (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Retire (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Deliberation (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Deliberation (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Forgotten (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Forgotten (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

1988 Randall Bruce Luster Studio Art Pottery Ceramic Weed Vase California Design
By Randall Bruce
Located in San Diego, CA
abstract form and luster glaze. Signed and dated on the bottom. Wonderful early piece by this California
Category

Late 20th Century American Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

1909 Tonalist Oil Landscape "Showers, The Lower San Joaquin River, California"
By James Everett Stuart
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century California Tonalist Oil Landscape "Showers, The Lower San Joaquin River
Category

Early 1900s Tonalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Abstraction" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field
Located in New York, NY
"Abstraction" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field James Daugherty (1887 – 1974
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Abstraction" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field
Located in New York, NY
"Abstraction" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field James Daugherty (1887 – 1974
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction James Daugherty (1887
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Structure" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
"Structure" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction James Daugherty
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction James Daugherty (1887
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Early Modern Orange, Blue, and Yellow Toned Abstract City Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Early modern colorful abstract city landscape by American artist Richard W. Dempsey. The work
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Lascaux" Mid-20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Modernist
Located in New York, NY
"Abstraction" Mid-20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Modernist James Daugherty
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

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