Purvis Young

Massive Purvis Young Painting, Estate of the Artist

Additional Information: Provenance: This work is from the personal collection of Anthony Romano, one of the two guardians appointed to the artist in the later part of his life. Mark...

Additional Information: Provenance: Artist, part of collection of nearly 300 bequeathed to his cousin, Robert “Buddy” Goeltz, thence by descent Ashcroft and Moore, 4.28.2022, lot 98...

Additional Information: Provenance: This work is from the personal collection of Anthony Romano, one of the two guardians appointed to the artist in the later part of his life. Mark...

Additional Information: Provenance: Artist, as part of a collection of nearly three hundred pieces bequeathed to his cousin, Robert “Buddy” Goeltz, thence by descent Ashcroft and Mo...

Additional Information: Provenance: This work is from the personal collection of Anthony Romano, one of the two guardians appointed to the artist in the later part of his life. Mark...

Additional Information: Provenance: Artist, part of a collection of nearly 300 pieces bequeathed to his cousin, Robert “Buddy” Goeltz, thence by descent | Ashcroft and Moore, 4.28.20...

One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Painting is on casein paint on plaster on board. Catalogue of a postumous retr...

One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Acrylic painting is made with plaster on wood, which gives the painting a wonderful texture and depth. Painting is signed and titled on reverse "La Ronde...

"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban The painting measures 65 x 48 inches. We love that in the middle of ...

This is an oil painting on jute canvas mounted on a cradled wood board. It is signed and dated by the artist on reverse. The texture is rough yet dense with a strong balance of light...

The painting hardens back to the artist's memory of stickball played on YYC streets. The rough texture is created by pumice like material mixed with the primer. It is on wood signed ...

Bold San Francisco Abstracted Still Life Composition in Oil on Board Bold still life composition by Frank Koci (Czech-American, 1904-1983). A table is set with a jug of wine and a bowl of fruit and a landscape in the background. It is composed of several layers of paint, with bold outlines. In some areas, paint has been scraped away to create additional texture. In broad terms, you can describe Koci’s paintings as a series of “people-scapes,” wherein people are shown having relationships (some fleeting, some enduring) with fellow humans. A better term is probably “preludes” — wherein each painting sets the stage for something momentous that will occur in the very next frame. In the best Kocis, the tension is palpable. Signed in the lower right corner "Koci". Presented in a wood frame. Board size: 13"H x 30"W x .5"D Born in 1904 in Pilsen Czechoslovakia to a widowed mother. Koci grew up in poverty. Leaving Pilsen at 17 he was already too sophisticated about arts and literature, drama, and polished...