E. H. Raskin

Fantaisies Oceanographiques 13

1926

Colourful double-pochoir #3 Par E.H. Raskin Published. 1926 F. Dumas Editeur, Paris From the folio, "Fantaisies Oceanographiques" ...

Colourful pochoir Pl. 17 by E.H. Raskin from the folio Fantaisies Oceanographiques Published 1926 Image Sz: 13-1/4"H x 10"W Frame ...

Classic original c1960s yachting watercolor signed (LR) Art Sz: 11"H x 20 1/4"W Frame Sz: 18"H x 28"W w/ coral mat & bamboo frame

Charming oil depicting a girl with a floral hat signed 'Flavia' (LR) Flavia Marie Weedn was a famous book illustrator Image Sz: 3.75"Sq Frame Sz: 8.5"Sq

Original advert c1950s watercolour by Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) to promote Lanvin of Paris' 'Arpege' perfume draped by a gilt-trim curtain A...

Classic Birdsey watercolor depicting a Bermudian harbour scene signed (LR) Alfred Birdsey (1912-1996) Watercolour 1970s Art Sz: 17"H x 21"W Frame S...

Larry Rivers Hand and Foot '73, 1973 Die cut stencil 21 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches (sheet) 29 3/8 x 24 3/4 inches (frame) Signed recto Silver metal frame. Floa...

This set of four antique 19th century Italian mixed media painting on paper hand made with gouache, tempera and watercolor, features several characters silhouettes acting in a theater play. These fine artworks are very unusual, they probably were sketches for theatrical costumes and sets. A rare example of Venetian 19th century theatrical figures in the scenery of Italian opera or characters of the Italian Commedia dell'arte. These four paintings featuring costume design figurines, with the characters acting in a theatrical set, are rendered through the decoupage technique mixing watercolor painting or gouache with tempera on paper. Each tiny figurine is made of paper hand-colored in watercolor, then cut and applied to an antique sheet...

“Three Women” is an early work of Artist F. John Sierra whose career spans over four decades. He has produced images of the people, lifestyles and challeng...

Inscribed “55” and “218” in the lower right Watermark: Heawood 1351 Laid down on historic Cassiano Del Pozzo mount (Mount Type A, 531 x 402 mm) Provenance: Commissioned by Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588–1637) for his Museo Cartaceo (Paper Museum) and kept in the library of his palazzo, via dei Chiavari, Rome Transferred with the entire dal Pozzo collection by fidecommesso to his younger brother, Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606–1689); by descent to his second son: Gabriele dal Pozzo (d. 1695); by descent to his wife: Anna Teresa Benzoni and after her remarriage in 1697, the Marchesa Lancellotti de’ Ginnetti (d. 1736); by descent to their son: Cosimo Antonio dal Pozzo (d. 1740); by whom sold with the Dal Pozzo library in 1703 to: Pope Clement XI for the Vatican Library; by whom transferred as part of the Museo Cartaceo in January 1714 to his nephew: Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692–1779), Palazzo ‘alle Quattro Fontane’ in Rome; by whom sold in 1762 to: James Adam, agent for the British Royal Librarian Richard Dalton (1715–1791) King George III of England, Buckingham House Among the sheets of the ‘Museo Cartaceo’ appropriated by Richard Dalton during a reorganization of the drawings, circa 1786-1788; his estate sale, Greenwood’s, London, 11-19 May 1791; where acquired by: John MacGowan...

Provenance: Wilhelm Suida; thence by descent to: Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, New York, until 1996 Private Collection, USA. Moritz von Schwind had a long and varied career. He first trained at the Akademie der Bildende Künste in Vienna in the early 1820s, and by the 1840s held positions as professor of painting at the Städelsche Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt am Main and later at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. Schwind was the painter and illustrator par excellence of medieval German...

Provenance: Private Collection, USA. This drawing is by Ercole Procaccini the Younger, who represents the final generation of painters in the storied Procaccini family. The son of C...