Paul Augustin Aizpiri (French, born 1919 -) original watercolor painting of the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy. Watercolor and gouache on paper (affixed to cardboard). Circa 1950s-60s. Painting size: 17.5 inches x 27 inches. An attractive portrayal of the Grand Canal, Venice, with gondolas and the church of Santa Maria della Salute visible on the right. It is signed in the lower right and offered in the original frame, which bears the label of Galerie Paul Petrides, Paris...
New England folk art theorem with fruit painted on velvet. Circa 1830s. Attractively painted with grapes, peach, lemon, strawberries, pear, cherries, black currants and other fruit. Offered in its original pine frame and wavy glass. Found in a Dorset, Vermont residence. Excellent original condition. Size: 11 inches x 14 inches.
Luigi Lucioni (Italian/American, 1900-1988) original signed etching - Two Silos. Ed. 250. Published in 1943 by Associated American Artists (AAA.) Ref. Embury, 81. Image size: 7.25 inches x 11.75 inches. Signed and dated 1942 in the plate. Pencil signed by the artist in lower right margin. A clean copy of this popular image; offered unframed but retaining the original AAA descriptive label. Full margins. No toning.
Alice Standish Buell (American, 1892-1964) - Vermont Landmark. Original signed etching on paper. Circa 1940. Image size: 6.75 inches x 9 inches. Published by Associated American Artists. Offered unframed, but retaining the original AAA descriptive label. Titled and signed in lower margin. Some toning in the margins and with remnants of mounting tape on back side, but over all in good condition and with a strong plate impression...
Primitive portrait of Reverend Ebenezer Gay of Suffield, Connecticut. Oil on canvas. Unframed. Unsigned. Circa 1770s. Size: 35.5 inches x 29 inches. This portrait is very similar to one attributed to the portrait painter Winthrop Chandler that was published by David A. Schorsch in his exhibition catalog in 1989 and which recently sold at auction at Sotheby's in Sept. 2010. Our portrait has descended through the family of Ebenezer Gay's daughter, Lucy Gay Swan, of Woodstock, Vermont...
Burgoyne A. Diller (1906-1965), untitled abstract and geometric mixed media drawing. Graphite and crayon on tissue paper. Initialed 'd' and dated '52' (1952.) This drawing bears exhibition labels from the Walker Art Center of Minneapolis, MN, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as well as from Noah Goldowsky, Inc. Fine Arts, of New York. Condition is very good. Size: 15.25 inches x 8 inches (sight). Burgoyne Diller is considered to have been the pioneer of 'minimalism' in America.
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...
Autumn twilight luminous landscape painting of Mount Chocorua, White Mountains, New Hampshire. Oil on canvas. Circa 1850s. Canvas size: 16 inches x 24 inches. Condition: the painting has been professionally cleaned and has recent restoration to two older patches in the upper left regions. Offered in a period antique gilt frame. A White Mountains luminous landscape of the ever popular Mt...
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) painting of Maple Sugaring - Gathering the Sap. Oil on canvas. Circa 1950s-60s...
Theodore 'Ted' Kautzky, N.A. (Hungarian/American, 1896-1953) original painting titled 'The Gnarled Oak.' Circa 1930s. Watercolor painting on 300lb. D'Arches paper. Size: 15 inches x 20 inches. Signed in lower right. Condition: very good with some minor foxing in the sky. This is the original painting that was published in Ted Kautzky's book, "Painting Trees and Landscapes in Watercolor" and illustrated on pages 86/87. A copy of this book is included with the sale of this original painting.
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) oil on canvas landscape painting of a Stream in Winter. Size: 30 inches x 36 inches. Excellent condition. Circa 1950s-60s. Signed lower left. Thomas Curtin was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and painted in Cape Ann, Maine and then from 1943 in Vermont where he is known for his landscape paintings, and most especially for his winter scenes. He was friends with his contemporaries, John Carlson, Emile Gruppe and Aldro Hibbard. He studied at the prestigi...
Dennis Sheehan (American, born 1950) landscape painting titled on reverse 'Haze at Sunrise' and dated 2007. Oil on canvas. Canvas size: 13 inches x 19 inches. Condition: excellent. Original price of $2,800 is marked on the reverse of the frame; with a small chip to the gilding of the frame in the the lower right. Dennis Sheehan is a contemporary painter of landscapes whose work is inspired by George Inness and other 19th century tonalists. His paintings are in many public and private colle...
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. He is...
Wassily Kandinsky, after (Russian, 1866-1944) screen print Gris, edition 153/300, circa 1953. Sheet size: 25 inches x 19 inches. Image size: 16 inches x 13.75 inches. Gris was originally produced by Kandinsky in 1931, from the Collection of the artist's widow, Nina Kandinsky. This silkscreen was printed in 1953, in a limited edition of 300 prints, in Paris, at the studio of Wilfredo Arcay, and was issued the same year in the folio, Edition Art D'Aujourd'hui: Maitres de L'Art Abstrait (Art of ...
Paul Klee, after (German, born in Switzerland, 1879-1940), silkscreen print, Musique Diurne (Day Music). Edition: 153/300. Circa 1953. Sheet size: 19 inches x 25 inches. Image size: 13.75 inches x 20.5 inches. Klee painted the original of Musique Diurne (Day Music) in 1940, shortly before his death. This silkscreen was printed in 1953, in a limited edition of 300 prints, in Paris, by Wilfredo Arcay and was issued in the folio Edition Art D'Aujourd'hui: Maitres de L'Art Abstrait (Art of Toda...
Marion Huse (American, 1896-1967) oil on canvas - Haying in Vermont. Size: 22 inches x 30 inches. Circa 1950s. Incised signature in lower left corner. Sympathetically framed in an antique, flat profile 4 inches wide dark oak frame. Excellent condition. In this bold landscape Huse's technique makes use of a palette knife to accentuate the clouds and outlines of the mountains, while adding strong colors of orange and yellow for the active work in the hayfield in order to form a contrast with t...
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) - A Vermont Winter - oil painting on canvas. Circa 1940s. Canvas size: 24 inches x 30 inches. Condition: nice condition but with repairs to two small tears and would benefit from a professional cleaning. Period frame. In this painting dappled afternoon sunlight falls on a mountainous path covered with newly fallen snow and lined with white birch trees, while in the valley below, a partially frozen river winds its way between purple mountains. Thomas Cu...
Bernard Corey (American, 1914-2000) landscape painting of hills in late autumn. Oil on masonite. Size: 8.75 inches x 12 inches. Excellent condition and offered in a contemporary gilt wood frame. Signed. Bernard Corey was born in South Grafton, Massachusetts and is recognized as one of New England's premier landscape painters. He was a member of the Rockport Art Association, the Salmagundi Club, the Gild of Boston Artists and the North Shore Art Association.