David Kessler

Luminous Current

2001

Oil on canvas, signed, titled, and dated on reverse. Measuring 72" x 84" in good condition and ready to hang. American, b.1956 Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable collections include Random House, General Electric, IBM, Pfizer, Inc., Capital Holding Corporation, McGraw-Hill Corporation, Petroplus Holdings, Switzerland, Seagrams-Montreal, Canada, and the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. Among his awards and honors he received a National Endowment for the Arts/SECCA artist grant. Duce’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States, with several solo exhibitions in New York City, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, and internationally in Paris, France; Florence, Italy; and Lima, Peru. He has had many commissioned works, including Bell South...

Oil on paper, signed and dated 1950 lower right. Dimensions listed include frame. Born in 1892, Vaclav Vytlacil was a highly educated and gifted artist, early at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and later at the Art Students League. In the 1920s, his travels to Europe and studies of the old masters helped him gain artistic perspective and knowledge. At the Royal Academy of Art in Munich, Vytlacil met and befriended Hans Hofmann, becoming his teaching assistant. After returning to the US in 1928, Vytlacil became a member of the Art Students League faculty and successfully persuaded Hofmann to teach at the League as well. In 1936, he became a co-founder of the American Abstract Artists group and taught at Queens College in New York; the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California; Black Mountain College in North Carolina; and the Art Students League. Vytlacil was honored with solo shows at The Carnegie Institute, Montclair Art Museum, the Phillips Memorial Gallery, the Krasner Gallery, University of Notre Dame...

Oil on canvas, signed lower left. Measurements: Framed: 38" x 58" Unframed: 32" x 52" Provenance: JJ Patrickson and Son (label on reverse) The Englishman Fine Art, Naples, FL Gustave Castan...

Oil on canvas, signed in the lower left and presented in a magnificent carved and gilt frame. This painting has a wonderful atmosphere to it and measures 40" x 56" including the fram...

An oil on canvas signed in the lower right and inscribed with the location in the lower left. Featuring a glimpse of life in Cairo. The painting is presented in what is probably its ...

Signed S. Michel, great mid-century feel. Very well executed oil on canvas.

Stephen Mueller (American, 1947-2011) Southwest Spirit, 1973 Mixed media on paper Signed 'Stephen Mueller 4 '73 NYC' on the reverse Full sheet: 36 x 24 inches In vintage wood frame. Over all dimensions 39.75 X 27.75 Inches Provenance: William Talbot...

This semi-abstract landscape has a vibrant palette of reds, burnt oranges, cool blues and textured surfaces with abstract trees resembling wish bones. The mystical nature of the tree...

This framed 24.8" x 24.8" acrylic on linen painting, 'Beyond the Lullabye Trees,' by Noelle McAlinden is from her 'Lullaby Trees' series. This abstracted landscape painting feature...

Artist Unknown (20th century) New York City Skyline, 1950s Oil, watercolor and gouache on paper 13 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches A bright abstract skyline view of a metropolis on a blue / teal background with red, yellow, and blue lights...

Acrylic on an impasto ground. With gold paint and atomized acrylic glazes. Colonists have a habit of naming their new homes after their old ones. If we have to leave this planet, wil...

Mixed media abstracted landscape composition on handmade paper of a town on the edge of a lake, in monochromatic orange tones with white accents, by Grace Eichholz (American, b. 1927...