Romare Bearden (American, 1911-1988) - The Fall of Troy. Colored screen print, 1979, signed in pencil in lower margin.
From the Odysseus series. Image size: 18.25 inches x 24 inches. This is from the Deluxe print edition of 75 (numbered XXXXIV/LXXV). There was a regular edition of 125 prints, then a deluxe edition of 75 numbered in Roman numerals; then 30 artist proofs and a Museum edition of 30. Offered in museum quality framing. Excellent condition (not examined out of the frame)...
Frederick Jonas Wilder (American, 1893-1977) watercolor painting of Ascutney Mountain, Vermont in Autumn with colors reflected in a pond. Circa 1940s. Size of sheet: 14 inches x 19 inches. Excellent condition and offered in a new frame with acid free matting. Frederick Wilder was born in Woodstock VT, the son of the innkeeper and artist Arthur B. Wilder, who was the long-time manager of the Woodstock Inn. Frederick graduated from Harvard College and its architectural graduate school...
Arthur B. Wilder (American, 1857-1949) - Deep Snow. Oil on canvas. Signed in lower left and dated 1922. Canvas size: 22 inches x 18 inches. Deep snow is virtually obscuring the split rail fence in this dramatic Vermont winter landscape painting. Deep blue shadows fill a narrow ravine, while the dark green outlines of solitary evergreens provide a stark contrast to the blanket of white. Arthur Wilder is perhaps best known as a painter of snow...
Edwin Burrage Child (American, 1868-1937) landscape painting of haystacks and chickens. Oil on canvas. Dated 1893. Size: 18" x 28". Excellent condition: fresh colors, four tiny, invisible old repairs to canvas. Offered in an antique gilt wood frame with leaf adorned corners. Signed and dated lower left. Though Edwin Child is best known as a portraitist, he also painted landscapes in and around his home in Dorset, VT...
"Lady Suttie" after Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. (Scottish, 1756-1823) by Agnes Cambell Imlach (Scottish, 1848-1916). Dated 1889. Oil on canvas in original carved giltwood frame. This portrait is a copy of an original by Scotland's most noted painter of portraits, Sir Henry Raeburn. This copy has descended in the Grant-Suttie family since its being commissioned and was painted by a Scottish female painter, Agnes Campbell Imlach, being signed on the verso of the canvas...
Horace Brown (American, 1876-1949) - a pair of landscape paintings by this Springfield, VT artist: one being a signed work of a wooden outbuilding in summer and the second a view of a saltbox cabin in winter, which is unsigned but also has an unfinished sketch of a farm building painted on the verso. Each is painted in oils on artist board and measures 12 inches x 16 inches. Circa 1940. Horace Brown is known for his impressionistic depictions of the Vermont countryside...
"Drake's Well" by Vincent Maragliotti (Italian/American, 1888-1978). Signed lower right and dated 1976...
"Afternoon Birches" autumnal landscape painting by Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978), oil on canvas, circa. 1950s. This colorful and warm northern Vermont scene was probably painted near Jeffersonville, VT. It is titled and signed at the top of the stretcher and also signed in the lower right, Emile A. Gruppe. The painting is in excellent original condition with no in-painting or repairs and is offered in what is probably the original frame. Canvas size: 24" x 20".
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) landscape painting titled - Winter Sunshine. Oil on canvas. Circa 1940s. Canvas size: 24 inches x 30 inches. Offered in the original frame. In this painting, dappled sunlight filters through forest birches, casting shadows on the snowy banks of a woodland stream and creating a sparkling rainbow of colors on the surface of the water. Thomas R. Curtin was born in Pittsfield, Mass. and painted in Cape Ann, Maine, and then, from 1943, in Vermont, where he i...
"Deserted Station" watercolor painting by Frederick Clay Bartlett, Jr. (American, 1907-1955). Signed lower right and dated Sept. 1942. Clay Bartlett was a Vermont artist with a residence in Manchester, VT. He was a member of the Southern Vermont Artists from 1934-1951. This painting depicts an abandoned railway station with its shutters closed and with a stationary train on the adjacent tracks. Size: 13" x 19" (sight). Excellent condition.
Maurice Utrillo (French, 1883-1955) signed street view of Rue Saint-Vincent, Montmartre, Paris. Circa 1918. Oil on artist board. Size: 21 3/8 inches x 28 3/4 inches. Signed lower right, "Maurice. Utrillo". Maurice Utrillo was one of the great French masters of modern art of the 20th century. Maurice was born in the Montmartre district of Paris. His mother, Suzanne Valedon, modeled for artists, including Renoir, Puvis de Chavannes, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, and others, and herself became an ...
Dennis Sheehan (American, 1950 - present) painting of Sunset Afterglow Over a Marsh, oil on linen, 24 inches x 30 inches. Unsigned but acquired directly from the artist. This large, tonalist canvas captures the dramatic red afterglow of a sunset over a marshy landscape. Offered in a contemporary gilt wood plein air frame. Excellent condition. Dennis Sheehan is a contemporary painter of landscapes whose work is inspired by George Inness and other 19th century tonalists. His paintings are in ma...
Vermont winter landscape painting by Robert Shaw Wesson (American, 1902-1967), oil on canvasboard, circa 1950s. Signed lower right and offered in what is probably the artist's original frame. This scene has wonderful composition and perspective with an old mill building in the foreground and with mountains receding into the background. Size: 16" x 20". Excellent condition.
"Femme Fatale" bronze figure by Romaine De Tirtoff Conte Erte (Russian/French, 1892-1990), signed limited edition No. 145/375, produced in 1987. This bronze sculpture is fashioned with a four color bronze patination and rests on a lozenge shaped, stepped black marble base. Excellent condition. $15,000 high retail book value. Dimensions: 20.5" high x 7" wide x 9.5" deep. Erte was originally known for his costume designs for the theater and opera, but later turned his talents to limited editi...
Hannah Maria Hudson (British, c.1810-1865) - Portrait of Mrs. S.A. Butterfield. Oil on canvas. Dated February 1835. Size: 18 inches x 14 inches. Stenciled signature, title and date to the reverse of canvas. An attractive small work by the British female portrait artist, Hannah Maria Hudson. The sitter is identified on the reverse of the canvas. She is wearing a lace bonnet and a black dress, draped with a green shawl, and adorned with a pearl brooch. In her hand, she is holding a piece ...
Scottish Loch by Frances E. Jamieson (British, 1895-1950), oil on canvas. F.E. Jamieson was a prolific painter of Scottish Highland scenes, who used a variety of different pseudonyms. Canvas size: 16" x 24". Illegible signature in lower left. Offered in a modern custom frame with metal thistle corners. Excellent condition.
Landscape painting of a Vermont village in winter by Robert Shaw Wesson (American, 1902-1967), oil on canvas board, signed lower right. Circa 1950s. Original artist's frame. Size: 18" x 24". Robert Shaw Wesson was born in Worcester, MA, and studied under Jay Hall Connaway. He is best known for his winter landscapes of New England. This is a particularly pleasing example of his art and is undoubtedly of a Vermont village.
Dennis Sheehan (American, born 1950) - Place of Peace. Oil on linen. Size: 10 inches x 8 inches. Signed in lower right. Excellent condition; offered in a contemporary gilt wood plein air frame; titled on verso. Dennis Sheehan is a contemporary painter of tonalist landscapes, whose work is inspired by George Inness. His paintings are in many public and private collections, including the White House. He attended the Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA and the Vesper George School of Art...