Shaoul Smira

1980's Large Modernist Israeli Film Noir Figures Lithograph Neo-Expressionism

1985

Shaoul Smira (Israeli, b. 1939) City Light Publisher, San Francisco. (Lawrence Ferlinghetti) signed "SMIRA" in pencil l.r. and numbered "86/100" in pencil l.l., Color lithograph on ...

Shaoul Smira (Israeli, b. 1939) City Light Publisher, San Francisco. (Lawrence Ferlinghetti) signed "SMIRA" in pencil l.r. and numbered "86/100" in pencil l.l., Color lithograph on ...

Attributed to Jean Sardi, French (b. 1947) Painting, Oil on Board "Seated Woman". Apparently not signed. Dimensions: Sight- 30.5" x 24.5", Frame- 31.25" x...

Mixed media on panel. Sprawling cat. Hand signed lower right. Dimensions: (Frame) H 8.25" x W 10.25" (Board) H 5" x W 7" Piero Aversa was born in Asmara, Eritrea, East Africa, educated at the Belle Arte in Rome, and lived and exhibited worldwide. He moved to the US in 1953. Piero Aversa was passionate about many facets of artistic expression. A larger than life Gay Artist, he enjoyed the company of many jet setters in New York City during his Fashion and Interior Design days. Originally from Italy he finally settled in Key West, Florida where the largest collection of his art is displayed. His talents span design in fabrics, wall covering, jewelry and films as well as the fine arts. The exhibition in Rome in 1959, of “The Most Beautiful Women of Rome”, catapulted him to international recognition. In New York, he designed celebrity mannequins for the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue. The depicted “New York's high-born, wealthy jet-setters” included Louise Savitt, Baby Jane Holzer and Wendy Vanderbilt. He is acknowledged for his sensitivity to the different lands he had been inspired by, from the primitive backdrops of Greek Mythology to the botanical lushness of Mexico, Italy, Greece and the Southern United States. He established his own line of wallpapers and fabrics, receiving praise for his interior design of suites at the historic Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Aversa was collected by actresses Katherine Hepburn and Agnes Moorehead; diplomat and prominent New York socialite, Francis Kellogg; gallery owner, Julius Fleischmann; society songstress and millionaire industrialist, Mr. & Mrs. David Muss; and American songwriter, Jule Styne. He was also collected by various Italian nobility, Count and Countess Scribani Rossi from Rome, Principessa Niky Boncompagni, and Countess Alicia Paolozzi from Rome. The arrival of Piero in Mykonos, Greece and opening of his bar in the early 70's began a somewhat historical era for the gay community of the time. His work has a Surrealist quality that reminds me of Van Eno another Key West art...

Julie Bozzi (American, b. 1943) Hephaestus, 1989 oil on panel signed and dated (lower right) Provenance: Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe The frame is just the panel painted in a f...

Artur Duch Puig, born 1951 in Sitges In 1971 he started studying at the St. Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. There he developed his artistic skills in the fields of sculptu...

"Un Apres Midi au Champs de Course" is original color lithograph signed by Francois Batet. A woman in a floral dress sits looking wistfully at the viewer. An autumn landscape is depicted behind her with a path line with trees and two figures on horseback. The woman is sitting at a tiny table with a cup of tea and a pot. Image: 18.25 x 23.75 in Francois Batet was born in 1921 in Barcelona, Spain. He studied painting at the School of San Jordi (Beaux Arts) and also at Tarrega Academy. When he lived in Madrid he studied the masters like Goya and Valasquez. He then moved to Paris and studied famous French impressionistic painters. He has lived and worked in France since 1950. Batet's classic School of Paris style recalls the spirit of Paris in the 1920's and 1930's. In addition to being a master print maker, he has illustrated over 100 books...

SOLOMON ROSSINE (*1937) was born in Gomel, Belarus. He is one of the prominent artist of Leningrad underground artistic movement. Solomon Rossine aspires to understand the drama of the Russian history...

An original and unique painting by contemporary artist Eric Alfaro. On display at our Parisian gallery. Painting is signed by the artist, accompanied with it's certificate of authent...

An original and unique painting by contemporary artist Eric Alfaro. On display at our Parisian gallery. Painting is signed by the artist, accompanied with it's certificate of authent...

"The Past and the Present" Original painting inspired by antique statues and deities. Like the immortal mythological heroes, my subjects remind us of the human ability to remain...

A touching moment by artist Jack Reilly from his Eros, Love and Myth series, depicting love against hate. The work is stretched canvas over sculpted stretcher bars, oil, acrylic poly...