Francis Focer Brown (Indiana/New Jersey, 1891-1971) oil on board Fauvist style painting depicting a group of farmhouses and trees, likely an Indiana landscape, rendered in shades of pink, red and blue, in broad brush strokes. Signed "Francis F Brown" lower center. Artist's name additionally en verso of board. Housed in a Louis XIII style giltwood […]
Lot 687: MacIvor Reddie O/B Painting, Harbor Scene
MacIvor Reddie (Massachusetts/New York, 1899-1966) oil on board impressionistic painting of a large ship moored at harbor casting a reflection of itself onto the water, with buildings and rural landscape in the background, rendered with warm tones and light impasto. Signed "MacIvor Reddie" lower left. Grogan & Company, Boston label en verso. Housed in a […]
Lot 688: Edmund Darch Lewis O/C Landscape Painting, Fetching Water
Edmund Darch Lewis (Pennsylvania, 1835-1910) oil on canvas impressionistic painting depicting a peasant woman collecting water from a pond in a forest setting. The road behind her leads to a light-filled clearing. Signed "E.D. Lewis" lower left. Housed in a molded giltwood frame with guilloche, reeded, and bead course running patterns. Sight: 8 1/4" H […]
Lot 685: Marguerite Stuber Pearson Exhibited O/B, Marine Painting
Marguerite Stuber Pearson (Massachusetts, 1898-1978), "Sunlit Sail," impressionist oil on board maritime painting depicting sailboats in a harbor, houses visible on the opposite shore beneath a hazy blue sky. Signed "M.S. Pearson" lower left. Titled on exhibition label for the Rockport Art Association (undated; detached). Gilt placard with artist's name and dates affixed lower center […]
Lot 686: Casper Cappy Amundsen O/C Wharf Scene
Casper Hjalmar Amundsen (American, 1911-2001), also known as "Cappy" or John J. Enwright, oil on canvas painting depicting several sailboats and rowboats moored along two piers with dock houses, an additional building with wooden buoys hanging on the wall in the right foreground, and a low hill across the bay beneath a cloud filled blue […]
Lot 683: Howard Chesner Behrens O/C Marine Painting, Girl on Beach
Howard Chesner Behrens (District Of Columbia/Illinois, 1933-2014) oil on canvas palette knife painting depicting the back of a young woman with long dark hair, standing on a beach in the surf, wearing a flowing white dress and holding a straw hat, before a shoreline with trees. Signed "BEHRENS" lower left. Housed in a white wood […]
Lot 684: 2 Luigi Kasimir Etchings – Brooklyn Bridge & Schonbuhel on Danube
Two (2) Luigi Kasimir prints. 1st item: "N. Y. Brooklyn Bridge", color etching on paper depicting the Brooklyn Bridge and the East River with a view of the New York City skyline in the background. Signed in pencil "Luigi Kasimir" lower center below the plate. Pencil inscription "#526 N. Y. Brooklyn Bridge 174/97 50", en […]
Lot 681: 20th Century Genre Scene, 3 African American females
American School, late 20th century, oil on board painting depicting three African American female figures seated on a curb and in folding chairs, eating from take-out containers. One of the figures is a child, talking excitedly to the two older women. Three other figures are standing in the background, as if anticipating a parade or […]
Lot 682: 2 Paintings of Females, 1 signed Barclay
1st item: Oil on canvas portrait of a young black woman in a red garment with a blue head covering against a tan background. Unsigned. Handwritten inscription, possibly "42 Barclay", en verso. Housed in a giltwood frame with fluted, bead course, and laurel leaf running patterns. Sight: 7 3/8" H x 5 3/4" W. Framed: […]
Lot 678: Martin Chuzzlewit, 1st Ed. w/ Dickens ALS
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, First Edition, Second Issue, by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Hablot K. Brown (Phiz), published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. Hardcover octavo, 624 top edge gilt pages with frontispiece, title page, and thirty-eight plates, errata page present, rebound by Riviere and Son, London in red morocco leather with gilt stamped covers and spine, […]