Kazuo Miyoshi

'Geometric Abstract', Japanese Mid-century Oil, Saitama, Hanno City, Iwasawa

Circa 1965

Signed lower right, 'M.S. Bremer' for Marlene Bremer (German-American, 1937-2018) and painted circa 1995. Additionally signed, verso, 'Marlene Bremer'. ...

Signed lower left, 'Charmaine Girelli' (American, 20th/21st century) and painted circa 2015. A very large, American School proto-organic abstract comprising dynamic and fluid trailing forms in primary and secondary colors, contrasted against a speckled and scumbled, aqua and sky-blue background. A substantial and lyrical work by this largely self-taught, Palm Springs woman...

A substantial oil abstract comprising a royal blue and citron triangle contained within receding rectangular elements on a scumbled pink and magenta background. American school, uns...

Signed verso, 'Barr' for Charles Barr (American, 1929-2019); additionally inscribed and painted circa 1965. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2019: CHARLES "CHUCK" BARR Age 89, of Highland Park, graduated from human life on August 11. Although no headlines marked the event, he was a great man. People ranging from fellow Pittsburghers to New York art collectors have known Chuck as a wonderful self-taught artist and creative jazz musician. But above all, everyone touched by his joy knew him as a carrier of the Great Spirit. Ten minutes with Chuck could do more than make your day. It could open your heart to the boundless possibilities that life offers, if only we live from love. Chuck was raised in a working-class musical family in Beechview. Leaving home as a teenager to play tenor sax in a Chicago nightclub alongside brother, Tommy, a pianist, he burned out on the late-night routine. He then spent years trying to fit into so-called normal society, working various jobs in places from Yokohama (with the U.S. Army) to Philadelphia. Around 1969, Chuck returned to Pittsburgh to rediscover his calling and became a local legend. A Post-Gazette article dubbed him the city's "rambling minstrel" for his sax and flute recitals in public. College-trained artists marveled at the dynamic, visually musical paintings...

Threshold (Abstract painting) Oil and graphite on canvas — Unframed. McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underlying...

Approach (Abstract painting) Oil and graphite on canvas — Unframed. McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underlying ...

Utterance (Abstract painting) Oil and graphite on canvas — Unframed. McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underlying...

Dawn (Abstract painting) Oil and graphite on canvas — Unframed. McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underlying aest...