August Edouart

August Edouart Silhouette Cut Paper 1840 "Rev & Mrs E H Cumpston"

1839 - 1849

This enchanting mural proposal done with graphite is exemplary of Hubert Massey's style. Within the piece pre-industrial civilization finds itself side-b...

“Untitled #34” was created by Sam Gilliam, one of the great innovators in postwar American painting. It is dated and signed on the lower front. The thick handmade paper is rich with folds and texture and the colors lively. In addition to Acrylic paint on the surface there appears to be imbedded color in the handmade paper which has additional embossed accents. Unframed the piece measures 16 x 14. Provenance of Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan is on the verso along with the note that the Paper Surfaces in contact with this artwork are acid free. In the mid-1960s he emerged from the Washington D.C. scene with works that elaborated upon and disrupted the ethos of Color School painting. A series of formal breakthroughs would soon result in his canonical Drape paintings, which expanded upon the tenets of Abstract Expressionism in entirely new ways. One profound manner was the sculpture aspect of the painting giving it a free flowing expression of pure color. In the latter half of the 1950s, Washington D.C. saw a flourishing of abstract art that emphasized the form-making capabilities of pure color. Known as The Washington Color School, the loosely affiliated group of abstract painters knew each other through various teaching experiences. The moniker has an uncertain origin but likely originated with the title of a 1965 exhibition at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, "Washington Color Painters," curated by Gerald Nordland. The show exhibited the works of Kenneth Noland, Paul Reed, Morris Louis, Howard Mehring, Thomas Downing, and Gene Davis. Additionally, Leon Berkowitz...

"Homme de L'Ouanergui Portant le Tabban" translated to "Man of The Ouanergui Carrying the Tabbane" is plate number 25 in Jean Besancenot's stunning por...

"Headache Backstage" is a dark and moody example of Robert Parker's Expressionist watercolor work, though in this work he uses gouache in particular. A female figure who is a recurri...

Unknown Artist, French School 18th Century, Circle of Mallet? Scene taken from the Decamerone. Old Master Drawing

Southern Landscape with View of a Castle and Ships passing by Pen and brush in brown and black over pencil, brown and grey wash, 17,5 x 22,7cm Plain black moulding with golden pearl ...

A large vintage herbarium / botanical display collected and created by S. Lindvald in June 1945 in Sweden. This four-piece collection of botanical specimens is preserved behind glass...

Antique German porcelain plaque signed 'Haak' German, late 19th Century Frame: Height 42cm, width 36cm, depth 3cm Plaque: Height 28.5cm, width 22.5cm, depth 0.5cm This fine and detailed German porcelain plaque depicts a man and a woman in medieval dress...