Harold Brett

Eatin' Strawberries

1904

Signature: Unsigned Medium: Oil and Charcoal on Canvas This piece is a preparatory study for J.C. Leyendecker’s final painting, Trimming the Pie (19...

Frontispiece for Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott for the 1906 edition published by Little, Brown, and Company The full caption reads: "A strange dog was sitting calmly among t...

Illustration of a couple. "The farmer crossed the plowed strip to Saxon, and joined her on the rail." Ink, watercolor, and gouache on board. 991x749 mm; 39x29 1/2 inches. Signed in full, lower left. Illustration for the first appearance of Jack London's novel "The Valley of the Moon," Cosmopolitan Magazine...

Date: 1934 Medium: Gouache on Pencil on Board Dimensions: 19.25" x 19.75" Signature: Inscribed and Signed Illustrated for "The Sea Remembers" by Gordon Malherbe Hillman, American Ma...

Ernst Albert Fischer-Cörlin (1853 Körlin - 1932 Persante). Feeding the Kittens, 1893. Pencil on painting cardboard, 38 x 29 cm. Signed and dated by the artist at lower left "E[rnst] A[lbert] Fischer=Cörlin 1893". - Lightly stained, somewhat dusty and minimally foxed. - Little cat mother - About the artwork Daughter, mother and grandmother gather in the sunlight to feed a litter of kittens. The mother and grandmother hold the lively, playful animals in their arms, while the young girl feeds two of the four kittens with cookies. There is also a small bucket of milk and a bowl of milk. The women and the girl watch as the cute, still blind animals eat. It is a scene taken from everyday life, but it also has an allegorical dimension, bringing maternal care into the representation. Three generations are represented, with the grandmother and the mother already mothers. They not only offer the kittens to the youngest, but also proudly observe the maternal care that the youngest gives to the kittens. Like the kittens, she will grow up and become a mother herself, so the image is also an allegory of life's ever-new beginnings. In keeping with this, the morning sun shines into the picture from the right. Fischer-Cörlin has masterfully worked out the quality of the light, with its light and dark areas, with the pencil used...

Demetrios GALANIS (1879-1966) Child Picking Fruit Original pencil drawing Signed with the blue stamp signature of the artist On vellum 15 x 12.5 cm (c. 6 x 5") Very good cond...

A charming late 19th century watercolour by the artist George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924) depicting a tender moment between mother and child. The figures sit at the dining table pee...

This charming etching depicts a woman on a ladder plucking plums from a tree. Her gentle features and flowing dress are captures with a delicate hand. Si...