New morning… new look! A bit different from our standard oil on canvas, but interesting and decorative nevertheless. Titled and signed indistinctly on verso, these unique cast and glazed tiles are mounted on a painted wooden panel to give a clean, contemporary, industrial look. Fired with fetching hues of indigo, burnt umber, and bone, this piece could set the perfect […]
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Titans of American Industry. How were those few men given that title at the turn of the American 20th century? Through the effort of the men pictured here by the Pittsburgh Social Realist Karl Heiden. Pencil and watercolor on heavy paper in original double-matted and framed house circa 1950-1960. The title for this piece might have been “The War Room,” […]
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Large? Yes. Dark? Yes. Dramatic? Yes. Evocative? Yes! Step away from the ordinary with this high glaze acrylic on plywood circa 1970. 48″ x 48″ in original boxed wood frame signed by the New Jersey/New York artist Stephen Bagnel (1930-1996), known for his large and often dramatic landscapes and genre pieces falling into the realm of interpretive realism. $1600. Those […]
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Continuing down the Fantastical Realism path… Two pencil and watercolors on heavy brown manila paper, one painted in 1940 and the other in 1941 by the mythology/fantastical artist Russell C. Veit. Born in boston, but spending much of his life in London, Veit’s pieces are a welcome addition to any art collection. Housed in their original frames, one 20″ x […]
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On the other hand, as Tevye the Dairyman would say, London-based aquatint master Robert Watson gives full reign to the viewer’s imagination with this 1972 artist-proof “landscape at Noon” on heavy woven paper signed in pencil along the bottom. Using a copper plate etched with nitric acid, Watson produces a total effect which creates sunken areas, holding the ink and […]
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Half a dozen of these large (54″ x 52″, Unframed) oil on canvas pieces, each signed and titled on verso by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts trained WPA artist Glenn Stewart Pearce (1909-1996). Can you picture a group of these abstract expressionist pieces in one large space? $1450 each. DM for additional images
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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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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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Mid -century realism enhanced by exceptional turn of the century French frames. Little jewels created by the Plein air Ukrainian artist V. I. Lugovoi (1918- )who was known for his exquisite small compositions depicting villages and forests near his home, the city of Dnepropetrovsk. Oil on cardboard, signed and dated 1959 in Cyrillic on verso. $460
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“Greek Key.” Handmade paper bas- relief sculpture, from a series by Jesus Bautista Moroles(1950-2015). One of the Giants of contemporary Hispanic art in the United States, Moroles was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the son of immigrant Mexican parents. After receiving his MFA from the Texas State University , he completed his studies in Italy and returned to Rockport, Texas, […]
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