Mid-Century Russian Federation oil on cardboard featuring a serene lakeside scene with a boathouse, lush green foreground, and a tranquil springtime forest in the background. Signed and dated in Cyrillic by one of our favorite artists (Gustav, Yuri, 1928-2016) and housed in vintage Roma frame. 21″ x 25″, $750
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Last Tree Standing… Minimalism? Surrealism? Abstract objectivism? All of the above? None of the above? Help me out here… 1976 French hand-colored lithograph number 45 of 150, signed with initials only and housed in period if not original frame 33″ x 26″. Lithograph itself is protected from moisture and soiling by applied ultraviolet film, so no glazing necessary. $650.
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More solitude. Oil on canvas signed and dated lower right “A. LeDuc, 1917.” Late afternoon somewhere in France just after the great war. No ruins or evidence of devastation, so very remote. Is this the road home… I like to think so. The bright sky promises better days ahead I want to believe. Your turn to speculate. 18″ x 23″ […]
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Oil on canvas circa 1935 signed lower right “E. (Ernest) Broecker” (1893-1963). A Munich-based plein air artist of the first half of the 20th century, Broecker was known for his impressionistic, almost mystical country vistas. Presented in an earlier oil-gilt frame 22″ x 26″, $875
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Crisp mid-century watercolor on heavy paper in original stained wood frame 16″ x 22″ circa 1950 and protected by non-glare glazing. This artist has very successfully captured the transition from organic vegetation to inorganic rocks bordering the stream as we enter early spring. Why do I suspect this might be a fairway… somewhere? $195.
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Oil on hardboard signed lower left “Averill (Courtney) Conwell” (1894-1990). Post-war contemporary artist, Conwell claimed both Illinois and New York as home. Interestingly, his art bears a striking resemblance to his contemporary Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009). In this particular painting, the somber simplicity and silence of the snow-clad hills transmit a sense of solitude, if not loneliness. 24″ x 26″, circa […]
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Which color would you choose for this to “pop”? Green or orange? Oil on artist board signed lower left by the mid-century artist Iona Waite about 1960. Couldn’t resist the allusion to Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) with the reference to the oranges. 14″ x 18″ in original white-washed wooden frame, $375. Something for everyone!
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Ultra polished red cross on yellow ground under highly finished acrylic glaze on wood panel bearing artist’s cypher with copyright mark on verso. David Adam Devillier (1960- ) was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, received his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts at Louisiana State University and his MFA from Yale University. Translating his quirky humor and raw honesty into timeless two and […]
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Wonderful depiction of a moored houseboat and several skiffs on a peaceful river. Painted in 1980 by the mid-century Russian Federation Impressionist Leonty Filipovich Chaloi (1929-?) and signed/dated in Cyrillic on verso. Graduate of the Russian Academy of Art and Sculpture, he was the assistant director of the Combine of Fine Arts, Leningrad. His works are held in many museums […]
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Purdy as a picture! Unsigned French oil on canvas laid down on cardboard proving that the French joined the folks across the channel with their Victorian love of flowers. Presented in later gilt frame 18″ x 22″, $395.
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