Laurence Sisson

Kaleidescope

1995

Initialed lower right in pencil, 'B.R.' for Barbara Rainforth (American, 20th century) and dated 1989. Additionally signed in pencil, verso, 'Barbara...

Signed, lower left, 'W. Georgetti' for Wedo Georgetti (American, 1911-2005) and painted circa 1955. Additionally signed, lower center. Born in Italy, Wedo Georgetti came to the Uni...

Signed lower right, "Croci" for Ron Croci (American, born 1945), and painted circa 1970. A substantial, Social Realist watercolor showing a view of a ramshackle rust-belt landscape ...

Signed lower left "M. Backman" for Muriel Durgin Backman. Titled verso "Union Lumber Co., Fort Bragg- Mendocino, Ca" and painted circa 1955. A moody, mid-c...

Signed lower left "Muriel Backman" for Muriel Durgin Backman and dated 1955. An elegant, Cubist-derived, mid-century view of the old Fisherman's Wha...

Signed lower right "Muriel Backman" for Muriel Durgin Backman (American, 1902-1996) and titled verso "The Cool Gray City". An elegant mid-century view of the San Francisco skyline a...

A stunning sky and cloud study by Gaston Prunier. Originally from Le Havre, the sea port where the Seine empties into the English Channel, Prunier was c...

A fine late 19th century watercolour depicting fishermen bringing in the days catch on the Anglesea Coast by James Aitken. The artist specialised in coastal scenes around the British Isles and is very well regarded. Signed lower right. This is one of a pair that we currently have available - the other depicting the Mull of Galloway in Scotland. Artist: James Aitken (British, active 1880-1935) Title: On the Anglesea Coast Medium: Watercolour on paper laid on card Size: 15 x 21.5 in (38 x 55 cm) unframed Condition: Very good original condition Provenance: Private collection, Kent James Aitken was born at Newburgh in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1853/54. He is known to have been active as an artist from 1880 and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1894-1918. He painted mainly maritime scenes in England and Scotland, and also made several visits to the continent, to paint in France, Italy and Switzerland. From 1894 he visited the Isle of Man, and liked it so much that he moved there permanently with his family in 1911. They took up residence in Port St. Mary. James Aitken exhibited works at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Cambrian Society as well as in the provinces. He was a member of the Liverpool Academy of Arts. Today, he has works in the Warrington Museum, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and the Merseyside Maritime Museum. James Aitken was the father of John Ernest...

Wonderful 1945 scenic watercolor of Italian Alps with Dolomites covered in snow in background. This is double sided with landscape on verso. Signed ...

Boat at the Dock, Alviso Bay Area Tonalist Landscape Watercolor by Iku Nagai Lovely Tonalist watercolor landscape of Alviso, California by Iku K. Nagai (Japanese/American, b. 1932)....

Bonnieux Village Luberon France Bright and expressive white line woodcut in watercolor of Bonnieux Village Luberon France by Marilyn Heyman Marilyn H. Heilprin, (American, 1926-2020). Heilprin is an author, poet and artist from Bethesda, Maryland. Signed lower right "Marilyn Heilprin, titled lower left "Bonnieux WC 3 (watercolor #3). Marilyn Heilprin was born in New York City and has a B.A. from Smith College (1948) and M.A. in international relations from The American University (1963). A former research associate, writer and editor for federal agencies and private publishers, she attended writing workshops at Breadloaf, The American University, and Writers' Center in Bethesda, MD. She has published poems in literary journals and was a finalist in the Maryland State Poetry and Literary Society chapbook contests. She co-authored Leo Saal's memoir "Crossings: A Life in Russia and Germany in the First Half of the 20th Century." Feb. 2020, Marilyn Heilprin, 93, a retired editor, writer and researcher who created one of the earliest compendiums of international statistics and organizations. Image, 9"H x 12"W Sheet, 14.5"H x 16.5"W Frame, 15.25"H 17"W x .5"D Mrs. Heilprin, a former resident of Bethesda, Md., was born Marilyn Heyman in New York City. In the 1950s, she was a researcher and writer on handbooks about Mongolia, Finland, Germany, Austria, Lebanon, Syria and Israel for the Washington-area branch of the Human Relations Area Files, a nonprofit formed by several universities. The "Provincetown Print", a white-line woodcut print. Rather than creating separate woodblocks for each color, one block was made and painted. Small groves between the elements of the design created the white line. Because the artists often used soft colors, they sometimes have the appearance of a watercolor painting. Marilyn Heilprin, Ruth Cahnmann, George Chung, Susana deQuadros, Susan Due Pearcy, Leo Saal and Ann Zahn...

Wonderful mid-century abstract impressionist watercolor of back of Logger's truck by Claire Wiest (Swedish/American 1930 - 2014), 1963. Signed and dated l...