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Thomas Hart Benton Original Lithograph, 1939 - "Shallow Creek"
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original stone lithograph by well-known Regionalist Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975).
Titled: "Shallow Creek.” The print has full margins and is in excellent condition.
AAA print creat...
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1930s Landscape Prints
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Armin Landeck Original Etching, 1950 - “Stairhall”
By Armin Landeck
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Drypoint and engraving by Wisconsin born printmaker Armin Landeck (1905-1984).
Titled “Stairhall.” Pencil signed lower right. Full margins.
The image measures 11 7/8"h x 14 1/2"w and...
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1950s More Prints
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Joichi Hoshi Original Japanese Color Woodblock, 1974 - "Early Spring"
By Joichi Hoshi
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Joichi Hoshi (1913-1979) Original Color Woodblock, 1974.
Title: “Early Spring.” Image: 9 5/8"h x 7.” Frame: 17 1/4"h x13 5/8"w.
Signed in pencil lower right and dated ‘74. Chop mark...
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1970s More Prints
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Edgar Dorsey Taylor Original Woodcut Baja Series - “Wind Off the Shore...."
By Edgar Dorsey Taylor
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original Woodcut print from the Baja California Series by the artist Edgar Dorsey Taylor.
Title is seen at lower center: “Waves Off the Shore. Bahia de Los Angeles.”
Pencil signed l...
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1960s More Prints
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Robert McChesney Watercolor Titled "Investigators"
By Robert McChesney 1
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Impressive watercolor by California Abstract Impressionist, Robert McChesney (1913-2008).
The painting is in excellent condition and measures 21 x 15 inches. The frame is 31 x 24.
A label is seen on the verso with the title: "Investigators," and "From the Okinawa Series #47."
Signed lower right. McChesney was a wonderful painter and this work is from his best period in my opinion.
Post-War California artist, Robert Pearson McChesney became an Abstract Expressionist painter, assemblage artist, printmaker, sculptor and teacher. He was born in Marshall, Missouri, and with the exception of a year in Mexico, 1951, and World War II military service aboard a ship, he spent his career in California where he moved in 1936. He lived and had his studio north of San Francisco in Petaluma, atop Sonoma Mountain...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
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Clifton Karhu Original Color Woodblock, 1974, Koshihata Autumn
By Clifton Karhu
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This beautiful, limited edition original color woodblock is by the famous
Showa Shin Hanga woodblock master Clifton Karhu (1927-2007).
It bears the original frame and has a label on the back from a Tokyo gallery.
The work is a beautiful impression with rich color. It and the frame are in excellent condition.
The print measures 16 x 16 inches. The frame is 23 ½ x 23 ½ inches.
It is numbered lower left as AP5 - Artist Proof #5 and is pencil signed and dated ‘74 lower right.
An American of Finnish descent, Clifton Karhu was born in Minnesota in 1927. Raised together with his twin brother Raymond, Karhu was the son of painters Arne and Anna Karhu. After his graduation in 1946 he served in the military at an American Navy base in Japan.
Returning to America following his military service in 1950, Karhu enrolled at the Minneapolis School of Art but quit two years later to pursue missionary work as a Lutheran minister.
Karhu left the missionary work in 1958 and chose to move his new family to Gifu City, a small provincial town northwest of Kyoto, Japan where he set about returning to his art. Karhu soon found local success in 1961; obtaining first prize at the Chubu Taiheijo Bijutsu Kyokai Ten (The Middle Pacific Art Group Exhibition) and fixing his first single, professional exhibition at the Shin Gifu Gallery.
In hopes of providing their three children with an international education, Karhu settled in Kyoto in 1963. The next few years proved heavily influential in Karhu’s work. Arguably forming the foundation for all his future success, Karhu found tutelage under recognized woodblock artist and gallery owner Tetsuo Yamada and colour theorist Stanton Macdonald-Wright. Responsible for shifting Karhu’s artistic doubts, Karhu proceeded to fulfill a very successful career in woodblock printing - carving his own works largely by himself.
Clifton Karhu passed away in 2007 after an illustrious career that saw him viewed and celebrated as a local Kyoto celebrity, as well as having exhibited widely in many countries around the world. His woodblock prints have been collected by many famous museums including the Tokyo Modern Art...
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Late 20th Century Landscape Prints
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Paper
Noel Leaver Original Watercolor, circa 1920
s, Orientalist Subject
By Noel Harry Leaver 1
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Watercolor by British artist Noel Leaver (1889-1951).
Beautiful Orientalist subject in excellent condition - framed.
Measures: 11" H x 15" W. Frame: 19 3/4...
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1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Paint
Howard Cook Original Wood-Engraving, 1932 - "Acapulco Girl"
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wonderful wood-engraving by Taos artist Howard Cook (1901-1980).
Titled: “Acapulco Girl (alternate title: Coconut Palm).” Edition: 30.
Image size: 10 1/16"h x 8"w. Sheet size: 12"h...
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1930s Portrait Prints
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Paper
Robert Kasimir Austrian Artist - Aquatint of New York "Washington Arch"
By Robert Kasimir
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful New York subject etching by noted Austrian artist Robert Kasimir (1914-2002).
The color etching with aquatint on paper measures 15 3/4"h x 11...
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Late 20th Century Landscape Prints
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Paper
Dan Namingha Acrylic on Paper, 1991 - “Butterfly Maiden”
By Dan Namingha
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Acrylic on paper by well known Hopi-Tewa artist Dan Namingha (b. 1950).
The work is a wonderful example of Namingha’s iconic style.
It was created 1991 and is signed “Namingha” lowe...
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1990s Figurative Paintings
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Paint
Friedensreich Hundertwasser Serigraph on Metal on Layered Plexiglas, 1979
By Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Friedensreich Hundertwasswer (Austrian 1928-2000)
Serigraph on Metal on Layered Plexiglas, 1979
“Fall in Cloud, Fall in Fog, Fall Out”
Measures: 11 3/8"h x 13 3/4"w x 1 1/2"d.
Prese...
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1970s More Prints
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Plexiglass
William Tolliver Louisiana Artist Acrylic on Paper, Ca. 1990
s - Reclining Woman
By William Tolliver
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Acrylic on Arches Paper by the incredibly talented mostly self-taught African American
William Tolliver (American/Louisiana 1951-2000).
Reclining Woman. Image: 18 3/4 x 26 3/8. Full ...
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1990s Figurative Paintings
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Acrylic
Paul Pletka Acrylic Painting, 1972 - “Omaha Dancer”
Located in Phoenix, AZ
California/New Mexico artist Paul Pletka (b. 1946) Acrylic on Canvas, 1972.
Native American subject in Decorative Hair Plates. Signed lower right.
Titled in pencil on the verso by th...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
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Paint
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Childe Hassam Original Etching, 1929 - “The Old Woodshed, Easthampton”
By Childe Hassam
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original Etching by Childe Hassam (1859 - 1939). Created 1929.
Title: The Old Woodshed, East Hampton
Etching trimmed to plate and signed in pencil with his cypher on the lower tab. ...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
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Paper
J. Jeffrey Grant Oil on Board, Circa 1930
s - Ships at Dock
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original Oil by Chicago artist J. Jeffrey Grant (1883-1960).
A typical and beautifully executed subject by the artist.
The work is in excellent conditi...
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1930s Landscape Paintings
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Paint
Okiie Hashimoto Color woodblock, 1952. "Girl with Irises"
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Okiie Hashimoto Color woodblock, 1952. "Girl with Irises"
A beautiful composition by Japanese print artist Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993).
This original color woodblock is in excellent condition and measures 15"h x 21 1/4"w.
The work is framed nicely and measures 25 3/4"h x 30 3/4"w framed.
Pencil signed and dated ‘52 lower right. Titled “Girl with Irises” (Awame To Shojo).
Okiie Hashimoto (1899–1993) was a Japanese artist and educator. Best known as part of the postwar revival of the sosaku-hanga (Creative Prints) movement. In 1936, he began creating woodblock prints after he attended a workshop organized by prominent sosaku-hanga artist Un’ichi Hiratsuka and began creating woodblock prints.
In his prolific career in printmaking, he was known for an innovative use of simplified and decorative forms that exude a modern feel.
In his lifetime, his achievements were rewarded with his appointment to the president of the Japan Print Association (1974–79) and his invitations to the prestigious international prints biennales in Tokyo (1957, 1970, 1972) and Lugano (1972).
In 1921, he began a three-year teacher's training course at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (the present Tokyo University of the Arts), graduating in 1924. In Tokyo, aside from the art teacher education courses, he received training in a wide variety of practices, including yoga (Western-style painting), nihonga (Japanese-style painting), sculpture, design, etching and lithography, crafts, and calligraphy. In 1955, he began to pursue a career as an artist full-time.
As for influences, Hashimoto cited Hiratsuka, Henri Matisse, André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Kanji Maeda, and Masao Maeda...
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1950s More Prints
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Sadao Watanabe Original Stencil Print, 1973 - Adam and Eve
By Sadao Watanabe
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Stencil Print by Sadao Watanabe, hand colored on hand-made washi paper.
This image depicts Adam & Eve with the snake in the garden of Eden from Genesis.
Artist’s chop mark and penci...
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Late 20th Century More Prints
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Paper
Howard Cook Original Woodblock, 1926 "Giant
s Thumb"
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wonderful woodblock by Taos artist Howard Cook (1901-1980).
Titled: “Giant’s Thumb” (alternate title: Monument Rock).” Edition: 50.
Image size: 14"h x 8 1/8"w. Sheet size: 14 1/2"h ...
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1920s More Prints
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Paper
Francisco Zuniga Mexican Modernist Watercolor, 1984, “Mujer Sentada con Rebozo"
By Francisco Zúñiga
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful watercolor on paper by acclaimed Mexican artist Francisco Zuniga (1912-1998).
Framed and in excellent condition. Signed and dated lower right.
Image measures: 19 ½” H x 27 ...
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1980s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
Alfred Stieglitz Photogravure "City of Ambition, " 1910, New York Image
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Alfred Stieglitz (American, Hoboken, New Jersey 1864–1946 New York)
"City of Ambition" from Camera Work Number 36 (1910)
Photogravure on Japanese tissue mounted on paper, as issued.
...
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Early 20th Century Abstract Photography
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Paper
Harry Sternberg Pencil Signed Etching, 1931, New York City “Nudes in Landscape"
By Harry Sternberg
Located in Phoenix, AZ
New York and California Artist, Harry Sternberg (1904-2001) Ooriginal etching.
Pencil Signed lower right. The edition size is small, only 40, seen lower center on the print.
It is un...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
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Paper
Raphael Soyer Original Lithograph/Watercolor, 1955, "The Dancer"
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Raphael Soyer Original Lithograph - Watercolor added by the artist's hand, 1955
The image measures 13" H x 8 ½" W. Frame measures: 23 1/4"H x 18" W
Signed lower right in pencil bene...
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
Hugo Weber Original Abstract Color Lithograph Titled “Chez Elle”, 1964
By Hugo Weber
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original color lithograph by Swiss/American artist Hugo Weber.
Pencil signed lower right and dated 1964.
Pencil titled lower center “Chez Elle.” In excellent condition.
Edition siz...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints
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Paper
David Burliuk Signed Watercolor, 1947, Seascape
By David Burliuk
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Unframed watercolor painting by Russian/New York artist David Burliuk (1882-1967)
Beautiful vivid color, in excellent condition and signed lower left.
Inscribed and dated 1947 on the...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
Eugene Marioton French Bronze, circa 1890s, “Fascinator” Snake Charmer
By Eugene Marioton
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Bronze by Eugene Marioton (1857-1933) French Artist. “Fascinator” (Snake Charmer), created late 19th century
Sculpture measures 20 1/2" H x 9" L x 9 1/2" W. Siot Decauville Foundry -...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Stevan Dohanos Original Watercolor, 1934 - Farmhouse and Sunflowers
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Bucolic watercolor by Saturday Evening Post illustrator, Stevan Dohanos, (1907-1994).
The painting measures: 7" H x 8" W. Frame size is approximately 18" H x 18 3/4" W.
It is in exce...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1973, At Play No. 3
Fight
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original color woodblock print by Werner Drewes.
In excellent condition. Unframed.
Image measures 11 x 22 3/4 inches.
Pencil signed and dated lower right.
Numbered in pencil lower left: 16 of the edition of 30.
R-307.
Werner Drewes (1899-1985)
Werner Drewes, painter, printmaker, and teacher was born in Canig, Germany in 1899. His father, a Lutheran Minister, hoped he would become and architect but Werner chose the life of an artist. After he served on the front line in France during the war, Werner was admitted to the Bauhaus in 1921 where he studied under Klee, Itten, and Muche. Later, he traveled through Europe to study such old masters as Tintoretto, Velasque, and El Greco. After marrying Margaret Schrobsdorff, they traveled throughout South America, North America, and Asia.
In 1930, Werner immigrated to New York City with his family. In New York City, despite the Depression, Werner joined other Bauhaus artists such as Mondrian and Feininger to make a living as an artist. This group became the core of the American Abstract Artists group. Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints
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Paper
Hugo Weber Original Abstract Color Lithograph Titled “Spook Noir”, 1964
By Hugo Weber
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original color lithograph by Swiss/American artist Hugo Weber.
Pencil signed lower right and dated 1964.
Pencil titled lower left “Spook Noir.” In excellent condition.
Edition size i...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints
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Paper
Jacques Villon Cubist Original Etching, 1951, “Figure de Femme”
By Jacques Villon
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Jacques Villon original etching “Figure de Femme” in the Cubist Surreal style.
Hand signed and numbered. Small Edition, created 1951.
Edition of 30 of which this print is no. 21. Unm...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
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Paper
Nat Werner Original Wood Sculpture, Female Figure
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wood sculpture by Nat Werner of a woman with arms outstretched.
Measures 10" H x 4" W x 4" L. In excellent condition with no damage.
The signature "Werner" is seen on the lower front...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
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Wood
Tom Robertson Original Serigraph, circa 1940s, "Flight"
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Thomas Arthur Robertson color serigraph titled “Flight.” This print is in excellent condition with strong fresh color.
It’s an edition of 43 and was created, circa 1940s. Signed in p...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints
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Paper
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1975, Enterlocked Forms
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original color woodblock print by Werner Drewes.
In excellent condition. Unframed.
Image measures 9 1/8 x 21 inches.
Pencil signed and dated lower right.
Edition size in pencil lower left: #3 of 30.
(13) R-341
Werner Drewes (1899-1985)
Werner Drewes, painter, printmaker, and teacher was born in Canig, Germany in 1899. His father, a Lutheran Minister, hoped he would become and architect but Werner chose the life of an artist. After he served on the front line in France during the war, Werner was admitted to the Bauhaus in 1921 where he studied under Klee, Itten, and Muche. Later, he traveled through Europe to study such old masters as Tintoretto, Velasque, and El Greco. After marrying Margaret Schrobsdorff, they traveled throughout South America, North America, and Asia.
In 1930, Werner immigrated to New York City with his family. In New York City, despite the Depression, Werner joined other Bauhaus artists such as Mondrian and Feininger to make a living as an artist. This group became the core of the American Abstract Artists group. Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints
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Paper
Anders Zorn Swedish Artist -Etching, 1912, Portrait of a Skeri Girl "Skerikulla"
By Anders Zorn
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Lovely original etching, a portrait of a local girl by Anders Zorn (1860-1920) $1500
Created 1912 and titled “Skerikulla." The image measures 9 3/4" H x 7 3/4" W. Paper size: 15 3/8"...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Prints
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Paper
Joseph Golinkin Original Lithograph, 1935, Louis-Baer Boxing Match
By Joseph Webster Golinkin
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This is an original lithograph by Chicago/New York artist and illustrator Joseph Webster Golinkin (1896-1977). This print is no. 12 of the edition of 50.
The print depicts the Joe Lo...
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1930s Figurative Paintings
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Paper
Paul Berthon Original Color Lithograph, 1897. Lecon de Violon
By Paul Berthon
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wonderful original color lithograph by Paul Berthon (1872-1909).
In excellent condition with great color. Unframed. Presents in a 2-Ply Museum Mat.
Titled: "Lecon de Violon." Maitre ...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Prints
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Paper
Gary Erbe Trompe L
Oeil Bat Subject Oil on Canvas, "All Creatures"
By Gary Erbe
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Gary Erbe (b. 1944) New York/New Jersey painter - Oil on canvas titled "All Creatures."
The painting is in excellent condition and presents in a great frame.
Signed G. Erbe lower lef...
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Late 20th Century Animal Paintings
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Paint
Karl Larsson, Swedish, New York, and New Mexico Artist, Abstract Watercolor
By Karl Larsson
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Karl Larsson (1893-1967) non-objective abstraction
Original watercolor, circa 1920s-1930s
In excellent condition. Archivally Matted - not framed.
Measures...
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Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
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Paper
Italian Painter Amadeo Simonetti Orientalist Watercolor, 1900
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This wonderful watercolor on board by Amedeo Simonetti (1874-1922) is
signed lower left “A. Simonetti - Roma, 1900.”
Measures 22 by 14 7/8 in. Frame measures 27 3/4 by 20 3/8 in.
The...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paint
Milton Avery Original Etching Pencil Signed, 1936, Little Girl
By Milton Avery
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original Etching by Modernist Milton Avery (1885-1965)
Image measures: 8 5/8" H x 4 5/8" W. Titled lower left - “Little Girl”
Edition size: 6 of 60. Printed in 1936. In excellent co...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
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Paper
Martin Lewis 20th Century Master Printmaker, Etching, 1932 "White Monday"
By Martin Lewis
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original drypoint etching and aquatint in mint condition by well-known artist and printmaker Martin Lewis, (1881-1962)
The print has full margins with deckle edges and is signed in p...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints
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Paper
H. Wilson Smith California Artist Abstract Painting, circa 1940s-1950s
By H. Wilson Smith
Located in Phoenix, AZ
H. Wilson Smith (1901-1981) California Artist
Oil on board in the original frame.
Painting measures 31 3/4" H x 27 3/4" W
Frame 22 3/4" H x 28 3/4" W.
Signed lower right “H. Wilson S...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
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Paint
Emil Bisttram Taos School Transcendental Painter Abstract Watercolor
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Outstanding abstract watercolor by Emil Bisttram signed lower right.
Painting measures: 20 x 15 inches. Frame size: 27 3/4"h x 23 1/4"w.
In excellent condition and beautifully frame...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
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Paint
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1977, White Storm Cloud
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original color woodblock print by Werner Drewes.
In excellent condition. Unframed.
Image measures 11 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches.
Pencil Signed and Dated: Proof
(15) R-364.
Werner Drewes (1899-1985)
Werner Drewes, painter, printmaker, and teacher was born in Canig, Germany in 1899. His father, a Lutheran Minister, hoped he would become and architect but Werner chose the life of an artist. After he served on the front line in France during the war, Werner was admitted to the Bauhaus in 1921 where he studied under Klee, Itten, and Muche. Later, he traveled through Europe to study such old masters as Tintoretto, Velasque, and El Greco. After marrying Margaret Schrobsdorff, they traveled throughout South America, North America, and Asia.
In 1930, Werner immigrated to New York City with his family. In New York City, despite the Depression, Werner joined other Bauhaus artists such as Mondrian and Feininger to make a living as an artist. This group became the core of the American Abstract Artists group. Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building...
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Late 20th Century More Prints
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Paper
Clare Leighton Wood Engraving, Design for Wedgewood Titled "Whaling"
By Clare Leighton
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Clare Leighton (1819-1989) (Connecticut Artist) original wood engraving on paper.
Copy number 14 of the edition of 50 signed and numbered by the ar...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
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Paper
Hugo Weber Original Abstract Color Lithograph Titled “Posed Lady”, 1964
By Hugo Weber
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original color lithograph by Swiss/American artist Hugo Weber.
Pencil signed lower right and dated 1964.
Pencil titled “Posed Lady” lower left. In excellent condition.
Edition size i...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints
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Paper
Frank Vittor Italian/American Sculptor Mother and Child Bronze, 1915
By Frank Vittor
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Frank Vittor (1888-1966) important bronze of mother and child.
Signed by the artist “F. Vittor” and dated 1915. Also bears the foundry mark.
Measures 12 1/2"h x 12 ½”w x 9"long. Bronze rests on a 1 ½ inch marble plinth.
Artist born in Italy, studied with Rodin. The foundry is the National Art bronze works.
The bronze was converted to a lamp at one point, and still bears a threaded tube projecting
from the lower base approximately ½ inch.
Frank Vittor (January, 6, 1888 - January 24, 1968) was an Italian immigrant to the United States who became famous as a sculptor.
Vittor was born in Mozzato, Como, a suburb of Milan, Italy. He studied art in Milan at the Academy of Beres and then traveled to Paris, France to study under Auguste Rodin. When Vittor was 18, in 1906, U.S. architect Stanford White brought Vittor to New York to work on his staff. White, who had designed Madison Square Garden II, was murdered at a performance at The Garden two weeks after Vittor arrived. The youth, having little money and knowing very limited English, decided to stay in America and soon opened an art studio. He met his future wife, Ade Mae Humphreys, a resident of Pittsburgh, and made the move to her home town.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh's first solo trans-Atlantic 3,600-mile (5,800 km) flight between Long Island, New York and Paris, France was immortalized in bronze by Vittor with a 50-foot-tall (15 m) sculpture showing a winged youth spanning the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower. Congress approved the expenditure in 1928, and the work was completed in 1929.
Perhaps no work by Vittor created as much controversy and media coverage as did his nude statue of Henrietta Leaver, Miss America 1935. Though Leaver posed for Vittor, she did so in a bathing suit, accompanied by her grandmother. Upon first viewing the life-size 5-foot 5-inch plaster statue Leaver was shocked that it was a nude and demanded her representation be draped or veiled. Vittor did not agree and called in art experts to judge the work and all agreed it should stay as it had been created. Leaver did not back down and demanded people her own age review The American Venus, as it had originally been called. Unfortunately for Leaver her 60 peers, many of whom were art students, agreed it should remain unveiled. Though the strong disagreement between the two eventually did subside, Leaver, Vittor and the statue resurfaced five decades later in recaps of controversial Miss America mishaps.
Baseball player Honus Wagner, one of the first five players inducted into the Hall of Fame, was memorialized by Vittor in a 17-foot-tall (5.2 m) bronze statue, originally on display near the Pittsburgh Pirates Forbes Field. It was moved to Three Rivers Stadium and, when that stadium was imploded in 1971, the statue was relocated to PNC Park.[6]
In 1958, one of Vittor's greatest works, a 50-foot-tall (15 m) granite base and bronze statue of Christopher Columbus, was unveiled in Pittsburgh's Schenley Park. Shortly after the statue was placed, the bronze plaque at the base was stolen by vandals. The Sons of Columbus USA desire to replace the plaque with the original wording; however, there exists no record of what Vittor had written regarding Columbus.
Charles Lindbergh was the recipient of a second work of art created by Vittor. The artist and sculptor designed a commemorative stamp picturing the pilot and his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis.
Walter F. Brown, the U.S. Postmaster General, authorized a 175th anniversary commemorative "Battle of Braddock" 2-cent stamp to be designed by Vittor. The artwork he created featured a likeness of Colonel George Washington with the inscription "Battle of Braddock's Field, 1755-1930.
In 1936 the U.S. Congress authorized minting a half-dollar coin to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the American Civil War. Vittor was the person selected to design the coin. The obverse depicts the profile of two soldiers, one from the North and one from the South and the reverse holds a symbol of the battle placed between the combatant's shields. The coins were distributed through the Pennsylvania State Commission for Gettysburg.
Throughout Pittsburgh and the surrounding communities there exist more than 50 statues and fountains, as well as numerous other works, including a dozen historical panels on County bridges...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1973, The Green Moon
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original color woodblock print by Werner Drewes.
In excellent condition. Unframed.
Image measures 18 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches.
Pencil signed and dated lower right.
Edition size in pencil lower left: #24 of 30.
(11) R-308.
Werner Drewes (1899-1985)
Werner Drewes, painter, printmaker, and teacher was born in Canig, Germany in 1899. His father, a Lutheran Minister, hoped he would become and architect but Werner chose the life of an artist. After he served on the front line in France during the war, Werner was admitted to the Bauhaus in 1921 where he studied under Klee, Itten, and Muche. Later, he traveled through Europe to study such old masters as Tintoretto, Velasque, and El Greco. After marrying Margaret Schrobsdorff, they traveled throughout South America, North America, and Asia.
In 1930, Werner immigrated to New York City with his family. In New York City, despite the Depression, Werner joined other Bauhaus artists such as Mondrian and Feininger to make a living as an artist. This group became the core of the American Abstract Artists group. Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building...
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Late 19th Century Abstract Prints
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Paper
Benjamin Eisenstat, New York/Philadelphia Artist, Oil on Board, 1981
By Benjamin Eisenstat
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Benjamin Eisenstat (1915-2001) Oil on board, 1981
Measures: 10 1/4" H x 14" W, frame 14 1/2" H x 18 1/2" W.
“New York City” in excellent condition.
Signed lower right and also on the...
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1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite
Lotan Lotan Surreal Painting Signed and Dated 1974, Artist on Top of the World
By Lotan Lotan
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Surreal painting in excellent condition by Arizona artist Lotan Lotan. Depicts the artist on top of the world - a self-portrait. Framed.
Signed lower right...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
Georges Schreiber Circus Scene Painting with Trapeze Artist, 1948, "Mid Air 2"
By Georges Schreiber
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Georges Schreiber (1904-1977) oil on canvas circus scene with Trapeze Artist.
Measures 36"h x 24"w. Frame measures 41 1/4" H x 29" W.
Signed and dated lower left Schreiber '48. Also ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint
Frederick Becker Soft Ground Etching, 1951, “Jam Session ll”
By Frederick W. Becker
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wonderful abstract original etching in sepia ink by Frederick Becker (1913-2004).
The image measures 19 3/4" H x 23 ½” W and was created in 1951.
The print is in excellent condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
Henry Stanier British Born Artist, Beautiful Orientalist Painting, 1859
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Orientalist oil on board by Henry Stanier (1831-1894) in the ornate original frame.
Titled “The Narghuileh” and dated 1859.
Signed on the verso Stanier and initialed H.S.
Titled on ...
Category
1850s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Paul Berthon Original Color Lithograph, 1899. “Les Chrysanthemes”
By Paul Berthon
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wonderful original color lithograph by Paul Berthon (1872-1909).
In excellent condition with great color. Unframed. Presents in a 4-Ply Archival Mat.
Titled: "Les Chrysanthemes.” Cre...
Category
1890s Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
William Gropper Important New York Artist and Caricaturist Painting, "Mug-Wump"
By William Gropper
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Politically charged oil on canvas by Depression Era New York artist William Gropper.
Painting measures: 20" H x 16" W. Frame measures: 24" H x 20" W.
Signed lower right and in excell...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Robert Rauschenberg Pop Art, 1976, "Artists Rights Today"
By Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Robert Rauschenberg pop art offset lithograph created 1976.
Pencil signed, dated, and numbered lower right.
The edition size is 16 of 125. Titled: Artists rights today.
The work is...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
Herman Volz Original Woodcut, Social Unrest of the 1960
s, Disbursing the Riot
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Phoenix, AZ
An original woodcut print depicting the social unrest of the 1960s by Herman Roderick Volz.
Pencil signed by the artist lower right. Image measures 14" x 24," sheet measures 18 1/2"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Roland Petersen Abstract Color Etching, Whiskeytown Pattern
By Roland Petersen
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful etching by California/Denmark artist Roland Petersen (b. 1926).
This print measures 15 1/2" H x 19 1/4" W image size, is in excellent condition and is unframed.
Pencil sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
Max Beckmann German Expressionist Etching 1922, Maiden Sleeping in the Cornfield
By Max Beckmann
Located in Phoenix, AZ
A fine example of a very rare etching and drypoint by German Expressionist Max Beckmann, an edition of 50.
Titled lower left corner in pencil: Schlafendes Madchen im Kornfield. (Mai...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Francois Gall Oil on Canvas Seated Figure, "Jeunne Fille de Coiffan"
By François Gall
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Oil on Canvas by post-impressionist French artist Francois Gall (1912-1987).
Signed lower right and titled on the verso “Jeunne Fille de Coiffan.”
Painting measures: 16” H x 13” W. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint
Vjecoslav Pejacevic Slovakian Painting, Aesop’s Fable the Fox and the Crow
By Vjecoslav Pejacevic
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wonderful fairytale painting, oil on canvas - perfect for the child’s room.
By Slavic artist Vejecoslav Pejacevic, created circa 1930's - 1940's.
Depicts the well-loved Aesop Fable c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint




