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Vintage regionalist style bronze plaque, depicting possibly early Spanish settlers and Native Americans, stamped verso with six backward 2s, 24 1/4"x5 1/2"
Vintage original etching by Jean Auscher (France, 1896-1950), signed, 5 1/4"x7 1/2". Auscher was an artist, caricaturist and illustrator. He studied at l'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and exhibited at Lew Salon d'Automne and Le Salon des Tuileries. He is best known for his wild and grotesque depictions of Paris society in the 1920s, a period of time known as the "Annees Folies" (or the "Crazy Years")
Original woodblock black and white print by unknown artist depicting nude woman, circa 1938 per writing on back, 5 1/4"x8 3/4"
Original woodblock print by Ohara Koson (Japan, 1877-1945), signature in plate, circa 1930, 9 3/4"x10 1/4". Koson was a painter and print designer. He trained Ishikawa Prefecture Technical School and studied under Suzuki Kason. He signed his works as Koson, Shoson and Hoson.
"Cactus Nursery" by Ellen Thomas (Georgia, 1895-1972), gouache on masonite board, signed, original frame - 23"x19 3/4". Thomas was from a prominent Augusta, GA family, studied under Anson Kent Cross and a founding member of the Augusta Art Club.
Vintage watercolor of towheaded girl attributed to Fritz Allenbach, framed - 12"x16".
Vintage watercolor of redheaded girl by Fritz Allenbach, mid 20th century, 6 1/2"x10"
Vintage watercolor of blonde headed woman by Fritz Allenbach, mid 20th century, 6 1/2"x10"
Vintage graphite/watercolor on artist board, figurative study, circa 1948
"Bunraku Puppet Head" - Original and rare woodblock print by Kamei Tobei (Japan, 1901-1977), c. 1949, perhaps the 6th out of a 20 print series, 9 3/4"x13 3/4". Works by Tobei are in the collections of the Fine Art Museum of San Francisco, Carnegie Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museum, LA County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
"George Washington Carver, Famous Scientist" by Felix Benjamin Gaines (Alabama, 1908-1991). This is an etching done by Gaines in a style he called "psycho beautigraph," signed in plate and copyrighted 1946, matted and behind glass, framed - 18 1/2"x23 1/2". Gaines was associated with the African American community center in Selma, Ala., which was funded by the WPA Federal Art Project. His Psycho Beautigraph technique is apparently one unique to him, created by complex pen/ink drawings ...
Vintage portrait painting of mother and daughter, possibly Greek in origin, framed
Unique graphite drawing on paper attributed to Robert Francis Miner (NY/NJ, 1917-2003), artist estate stamp on back
Blonde Model by an unknown amateur artist, possibly from NY area, possibly 1950s
Vintage portrait on painted glass depicting a Knight of the Order of Garter
Vintage original woodblock print by Martin Erich Phillips (Germany, 1887-1978), titled "Stilleben Mit Japan Figur"(Still Life with Japanese Figure), signed in pencil, circa 1915-1920, framed - 14 1/2"x14 1/2"
Vintage original etching by Elyse Ashe Lord (England, 1885-1971), pencil signed, no. 34/75, framed.
Vintage charcoal study on paper dated October 27, 1953
Vintage charcoal study on paper dated June 23, 1954
Vintage water color on artist board of woman in green skirt circa 1950s
Vintage watercolor study on artist board circa 1950s
Vintage student art study circa 1950s
Vintage illustrator painting by George C. Marsters (NY, 1873-1947), oil/canvas, framed, circa 1930s
Vintage coastal painting, oil/canvas, signed "Rosalind," framed - 38"x29 1/2"x3 1/2" (d)
Pastel/graphite painting depicting seated woman combing hair, signed X.A. McMichaels and dated 1970, framed - 29"x37"
"Bursting the Bounds" (photo of verso) by sculptor Donald DeLue (MA/NJ, 1897-1988), bronze, limited edition created for The Society of Medalists, stamped, dated 1985, 3"x1"x3". DeLue studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and was a member of the National Academy of Design.
"Bursting the Bounds" (front) by Donald DeLue (MA/NJ, 1897-1988), created for The Society of Medalists, 3"x1"x3", bronze, limited edition, stamped c. 1985. DeLue studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Artsand was a member of the National Academy of Design.
Original lithograph signed by Paul Wunderlich (Germany, 1927-2010), hand written in pencil lower left is "XXIV/XXX" (perhaps an Edition Varied mark), dated 1970, unframed - 19 3/4"x25"
"Vera" - Original vintage lithograph by Paul Wunderlich (Germany, 1927-2010), signed in pencil, no. 66/150, stamped by Matthieu Litho Switzerland, circa 1976, unframed - 24"x31 1/2"