Sylvia Spicuzza

"Clown Close Up, " Watercolor Portrait signed by Sylvia Spicuzza

circa 1940-50

"Woman Carrying Purse" is an original watercolor and graphite drawing by Hannah de Rothschild. This artwork features a woman with a handbag. She is wearing a blue dress, and her face...

"The Free Press-Composition" is a watercolor street scene created by Joseph Ferrara. The street is dark, evoking the feeling of night and cold. There are white rings expanding from t...

The present watercolor is an excellent example of Joseph Rosman's early style, presenting contemporary American life though a child-like, abstracted lens. In the image, a man, woman ...

"Isadora Duncan Dancing #3" is an original ink and watercolor piece on cream paper by Abraham Walkowitz. The artist signed the piece in the lower center. The drawing depicts Isadora ...

"Dreaming of Paradise Island" is an original watercolor and pastel on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. It depicts a large female figure overl...

This still life is an unusual example of Sylvia Spicuzza's work, as most of her most significant output are geometric and biomorphic abstract images. The objects in the image - a sea shell, a pitcher, a heavy necklace - are objects the artist likely had at home and staged for the image. But of particular significance is the insertion of the artist's hand, as though she was reaching into the still life while she was painting. The hand has been a significant symbol of the artist throughout art history as a source of creation: Albrecht Dürer's 'Self Portrait at the Age of Twenty-Eight' (1500) highlights the artist's hand much like traditional images of Christ giving gestures of blessing. Likewise, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's 'Self Portrait as a Soldier' (1915) shows the artist in military uniform but with a severed hand as a symbol of helplessness during the First World War. Another important comparison, given Spicuzza is a Midwestern artist, is Ivan Albright's magic realist work 'That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door)' at the Art Institute of Chicago. The massive painting...

Two Men is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Eugène Lami (1800-1890). The little artwork is in good condition, included a yellowed cardboard passpartout (31.5x43 cm). No signature. Eugène Louis Lami (12 January 1800 – 19 December 1890) was a French painter, watercolorist, lithographer, illustrator and designer. He was a painter of fashionable Paris during the period of the July Monarchy and the Second French Empire and also made history paintings and illustrations for books such as Gil Blas...

Bycicle is an original China Ink Drawing realized by Norbert Meyre. The little artwork on a yellowed paper is in good condition. No Signature. Norbert...

Charming sailboat gouache signed 'Felix' (LR) Art Sz: 8"H x 5 1/2"W Frame Sz: 13 1/2"H x 10 3/4"W

Charming gouache depicting a boy flying a sailboat kite on pea green paper in a gilt bamboo frame Art Sz: 11 1/4"H x 10 3/4"W Frame Sz: 16"H x 15"W

Original gouache 'Cocktail' artwork signed: Jim McDonough depicting a Bakelite horsewoman being thrown off her mount- circa 1930s- in a custom shadowbox ...

Original watercolour depicting a lady in her garden signed FP & dated 1909 (LR) Art Sz: 5 3/4"H x 8 1/2"W Frame Sz: 14"H x 17"W