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Art Subject: City
Shadows - Piazza San Marcos Venice Watercolor by Thomas Schaller
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
"Shadows - San Marcos" is a large watercolor by award-winning L.A. artist and architect Thomas W. Schaller. The watercolor painting depicts the bustling Piazza San Marco with the Basilica front and center. The tower is casting a shadow on the Basilica which further enhances its exquisite facade. The crowd's silhouettes can be seen in the puddles at their feet. For more works by Thomas Schaller...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Beautiful French Impressionist Oil Garden Terrace with Flowers, large canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School (details verso)
Title The Garden Terrace
Medium: Large oil painting on canvas, framed, stamped, inscribed verso and with a letter attached..
framed: ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Street Scene, Sperlonga Italy - Watercolor Architecture in Browns and Blues
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
"Street Scene, Sperlonga Italy" is a watercolor by award-winning L.A. artist and architect Thomas W. Schaller. The painting depicts layers of steps, walkways, arches, and windows. Peaceful and alive with light, the streets of Sperlonga Italy lend themselves freely to a heart of adventure and exploration. Thomas's attention to immediate detail reminds the viewer to be present and to soak in every moment as something extraordinary. This architectural watercolor is primarily painted in brown, tan, and blue colors. For more works by Thomas Schaller...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Till the Clouds Roll By 1945 Frank Sinatra Mid Century Modern Hollywood Film WPA
Located in New York, NY
Till the Clouds Roll By 1945 Frank Sinatra Mid Century Modern Hollywood Film WPA
TILL THE COULDS ROLL BY (Film Set), oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches signed “Richard Whorf” lower right and signed and dated on the verso “R. Whorf/ Dec. 21, 1945. Frame by Hendenryk.
ABOUT THE PAINTING
This painting is from the collection of Barbara and Frank Sinatra, dated December 21, 1945 (just nine days after Frank Sinatra’s 30th birthday), and depicts the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Culver City backlot during the filming of Till the Clouds Roll By, the direction of the film having been taking over by Richard Whorf in December 1945. It is not presently clear if Whorf gave the Sinatras this painting as a gift, as the presence of the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries label on the verso indicates the painting may have been sourced there. Frank and Nancy Sinatra acquired a number of works from Dalzell Hatfield Galleries during the 1940’s, or perhaps they framed it for the couple.
Sinatra performed “Old Man River’ in the film. Sinatra and June Allyson are depicted in the center of the painting.
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Mrs. Nancy Sinatra; Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.
An image of the Dalzell Hatfield label and the back of the original frame (which we replaced with a stunning Heydenrk frame) are attached.
Nancy Sinatra was Fran's first wife. Nancy Rose Barbato was 17 years old when she met Frank Sinatra, an 18-year-old singer from Hoboken, on the Jersey Shore in the summer of 1934. They married in 1939 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Jersey City where Frank gave Nancy a recording of a song dedicated to her titled "Our Love" as a wedding present. The young newlyweds lived and worked in New Jersey, where Frank worked as an unknown singing waiter and master of ceremonies at the Rustic Cabin while Nancy worked as a secretary at the American Type Founders.
His musical career took off after singing with big band leaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey...
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dufy, Ascot, Raoul Dufy, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper
Year: 1969
Paper Size: 20 x 41.3 inches, with bifold, as issued
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the ...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,116 Sale Price
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Gordes Provence Huge French Original Contemporary Oil Painting Signed Dated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Gordes, Provence
signed oil painting on board, framed
inscribed verso and dated 2005
framed: 28 x 37 inches
provenance: private collection, Provence
condition: very good and sound co...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wacker Drive, Oil Painting
By Yangzi Xu
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Yangzi Xu depicts a breathtaking evening scene at dusk on Wacker Drive, Chicago. "The lights of the city are on, creating a mesmerizing effervescence t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Willard Dixon 'Near San Quentin' Contemporary Realism Landscape Painting
Located in San Rafael, CA
Willard Dixon (American, born 1942)
Near San Quentin, 1976
Oil on Canvas
Signed lower left
Dated lower right
41in H x 62in W
In a natural float frame: 42....
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Industrial Landscape'
By Wesley Wright
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, "Wesley Wright", and painted circa 1960.
A substantial, mid-century watercolor view of an industrial area with grain containers and smokestacks.
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Grace Jones for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Grace Jones for Playboy is a photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1985.
Albumen print From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
Edtion 7/85
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lincoln's - La Concha, Las Vegas - Classic Vintage Car Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Classic Lincoln cars, parked outside the famous mid-century building, the La Concha Motel in Las Vegas. The cinematic scene of now Lost Vegas, evokes image...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
'A Morning in May' — Ashcan School Social Realism, New York City
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Reginald Marsh, 'A Morning in May', etching, 1936, edition 100 (Whitney, 1969), Sasowsky 169. Unsigned as published; numbered '89/100' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, ...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Erudite Hipsters, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero often takes trips into Manhattan to visit museums, sketch, photograph, and observe the rhythm of the streets. Based on these observations,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of the Towers of Chartres Cathedral in Acrylic on Artist's Board
Located in Soquel, CA
View of the Towers of Chartres Cathedral in Acrylic on Artist's Board
Colorful, idealistic representation of Chartres Cathedral and the surrounding area by Ben Venezky (American, 18...
Category
1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board
Michel Delacroix -- A La Manille
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Michel Delacroix
A La Manille
Original lithograph
Hand signed in pencil lower right
Edition EA lower left
Image size: 48 x 57 cm
Sheet size: 56 x 76 cm
A La Manille is a very earl...
Category
1990s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
la Tour Eiffel et la Place de la Concorde
Located in Boston, MA
Fabienne Delacroix is the youngest child of the master naïf painter Michel Delacroix. She began to paint at the age of ten, working along side her father in his studio. Her talent wa...
Category
2010s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Visiting Las Vegas, 1962
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black and white photograph captures a classic street scene in Las Vegas, likely from the 1950s or 1960s. The image showcases the Fremont Street area with its bright neon signs and vintage casinos...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
“The Pantheon, Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Structure: The Panthéon, a neoclassical monument, dominates the scene.
Setting: A Parisian street with people and buildings creates a city atmosphere. The artwork is an oil paintin...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Philip Pearlstein 'View Over Soho, Lower Manhattan' NYC signed, print
Located in San Rafael, CA
Philip Pearlstein (1924-2022)
View Over Soho, Lower Manhattan, 1977
Aquatint in colors on wove paper
Edition 7/41
Signed, editioned and titled in pencil lower left
Printed by the Orl...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Amsterdam Netherlands oil painting dutch urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Amsterdam - Oil on canvas on board
Oil measurements 33x41 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter,...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$452 Sale Price
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French Watercolor of "Château de Blois" with Architectural and Garden Details
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of "Château de Blois" with Architectural and Garden Details
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, ...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
New York (Golden Hour) [Hand Embellished]
Located in New Orleans, LA
Giclee print on archival cold press cotton rag. Every print is uniquely hand embellished by the artist with gold acrylic paint. Edition 5 of 10 with 5 APs.
In this new series of pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Rag Paper, Giclée
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Plymouth Street ( a twilight scene is set in the Brooklyn section of DUMBO)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This view of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges is looking down "Plymouth Street" to the intersection of Jay Street. It is #35 in the catalogue raisonne by Retif & Salzer and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of City of New York...
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Mezzotint, Aquatint
Painting of Medieval French Village Saint Cirq Lapopie by Modern British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original painting of the beautiful medieval French village of Saint Cirq Lapopie, Midi-Pyrénées, France, by leading Contemporary British Artist, Angela...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Huge Signed Oil Painting Tranquil Italian Canal Venice Backwater Old Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Venetian Backwater
French artist, signed and dated 29/4/2000
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 48.5 x 35 inches
canvas: 46 x 32 inches
condition: very good
provenance: priv...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Hard To Reach' 1984 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Hard To Reach' 1984
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
A small immigrant child from Cape Verde standing under the family’s washing, Lisbon, Portugal, 1984...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Fishing in the Clouds, fantastical jungle inspired cityscape by Guillaume Cornet
Located in Dallas, TX
GUILLAUME CORNET (b. 1987, Paris, France)
Guillaume Cornet is an artist working with illustration and painting, exploring notions of abstract geometry, influenced by surreal perspec...
Category
2010s Pop Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Screen, Mixed Media
Veduta del Tempio della Fortuna Virile, from Raccolta delle più belle Vedute ...
Located in Middletown, NY
By Giuseppe Vasi after Giovanni Piranesi: Etching and engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on laid paper with an E and R watermark, full margins. Minor...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
"Boston Square" Arthur Clifton Goodwin, Impressionist Boston Urban Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Clifton Goodwin
Boston Square
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
30 x 36 inches
A painter especially known for street and waterfront scenes of Boston, Arthur Clifton Goodwin di...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bob Dylan in NYC
By Don Hunstein
Located in New York, NY
Don Hunstein image is the photo used for the actual color cover of “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” album. This iconic image shows Bob & his girlfriend Suze Rotolo walking down a cold an...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Boulevard de la Madeleine Oil on canvas, 33, 3x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Boulevard de la Madeleine. Oil on canvas, 33,3x46 cm
Street in Paris at evening
Category
1950s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,526 Sale Price
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Casalinga
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: My artistic journey on Burano Island has been a captivating exploration of its vibrant character. While initially drawn to its clotheslines and colourful walls in search of inspiration for my next clothesline animal, I soon discovered that each whimsical house possessed its own unique personality. My work seeks to highlight and amplify these distinctive features, celebrating the island's charm beyond its iconic laundry, embracing the quirks and individuality of every little dwelling.
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Helga Stentzel...
Category
2010s Animal Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hotel De Paris In Monaco Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel De Paris In Monaco
1977
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The entrance to the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, Monaco, June 1977
unframed
c type print
printed...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Antique French Village Square with Fountain & Figures Signed Impressionist work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Square
French School, early 20th century
signed watercolor on artist paper, framed
titled verso
framed: 13 x 17 inches
artist paper : 12.5 x 16.5 inches
Provenance: priva...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Paris – Montmartre, Charles Verbrugghe, Bruges 1877 – 1974 Paris, Signed
Located in Knokke, BE
Paris – Montmartre
Verbrugghe Charles
Bruges 1877 – 1974 Paris
Belgian Painter
Signature: Signed bottom left and placed Paris
Dimensions: Image si...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Karl Schwarz - Framed 20th Century Oil, Street Scene in Southern Tuscany
Located in Corsham, GB
This vibrant oil painting captures the charm of a quaint Italian street with warm-hued buildings and winding stairs leading you through the composition. The artist's loose, expressiv...
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Gloucester Boats" Frederick Mulhaupt, Impressionist Gloucester Scene
Located in New York, NY
Frederick John Mulhaupt
Gloucester Boats
Signed lower left
Oil on board
12 x 16 inches
Born in Rock Port, Missouri, in 1871, Mulhaupt studied...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
18 Flats by Barry Cawston 90cmx82.5cm C-type photograph with Acrylic Face Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Structure and abstraction
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High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the collective. By...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper
View of Trinità dé Monti (Rome, Italy) - Original Etching by G. Malandrino
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 199 prints, numbered and hand signed.
Very good conditions.
Category
1970s Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
'San Francisco', Mid-century California Modernist, SFMOMA, Whitney Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A vibrant expressionist watercolor showing a view of San Francisco and the bay contrasted against a semi-abstracted colorist background.
Signed lower right, 'Provenzano' for Sam Pr...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“Cordes”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on board painting of the historic village of
Cordes-sur-Ciel in France by the well known American artist, David Buckley Good. Signed lower left by the artist. Titled ...
Category
2010s Academic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Proof of the Unreal n°17/19 by Guillaume Chansarel - Urban landscape painting
Located in Paris, FR
Proof of the Unreal n°17/19 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Guillaume Chansarel. The painting is made with ink and acrylic on old book pages mounted on canvas, dimensions...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Magazine Paper
Notre Dame de Paris
Located in Middletown, NY
A superb, dark impression of a well known scene by Arms.
Etching with aquatint on watermarked handmade F.J. Head & Co. laid paper, 12 3/8 x 13 15/16 inches (315 x 354 mm), full marg...
Category
1920s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Anthony Bourdain Katz's Deli NYC by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, TX
Anthony Bourdain was famous for traveling the globe and exploring the local cuisine in No Reservations and Parts Unknown. As soon as he returned home t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Street Scene on the Christmas Steps in Bristol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Street Scene on the Christmas Steps in Bristol
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measur...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Berkshire Diner - 1980 Signed Limited Edition Screenprint
By John Baeder
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
John Baeder
Berkshire Diner - 1980
Print - Serigraph on Somerset paper
Paper Size - 30'' x 22'' in.
Edition: Signed in pencil and marked from the edition of 250
John Baeder's calcula...
Category
1980s Photorealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Parisian Street Scene. Oil on canvas, 32x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Parisian Street Scene. Oil on canvas, 32x46 cm
Category
1950s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,007 Sale Price
20% Off
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Times Square
Located in Miami, FL
For over 50 years, Mitchell Funk has been renowned for creating images with precise lighting and compositional exactitude. The present image,
"Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
STRICTLY KOSHER Deli Original Signed Lithograph 1980
By Don Eddy
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Don Eddy
Title: "STRICTLY KOSHER
Year: 1980
Medium Type: Lithograph
Size-Width Size-Height: 22" x 27"
Signed Edition Size: signed in pencil and marked 26/250
Unfram...
Category
1980s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
International decisions, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Amelia Galli
Located in Yardley, PA
Around a table, on a New York terrace; the animals gather, almost to remember the last supper. But there is a void, and the disciples are wise men without culture. This is precisely ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bell Tower of a Spanish Village oil on canvas painting urbanscape Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Bell Tower of a Spanish Village
Artist: Joaquín Asensio Mariné (1890-1961)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25.6 x 21.3 in (65 x 54 cm)
Framed: No
Period: First half of th...
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seattle Building Design w/Space Needle &Pacific Science Center in Background
Located in New York, NY
Possibly a rendering for the renovation of Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Downtown Seattle.
Original gouache on artist board.
American, circa 1962, artist unknown.
Category
1960s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Convertible
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color spitbite aquatint and aquatint with drypoint.
Edition of 35
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching, Intaglio
Portofino Harbour, 1955 - Yachts and Watercraft Moored in Portofino Port Pier
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Portofino Harbour, 1955 - Yachts and Watercraft Moored in Portofino Harbour
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
A view of the yacht...
Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
"Left Right There" Cityscape sculpture, Screen print on wood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This orginal piece by Luke O'Sullivan is made from wood and salvaged materials that the artist has silkscreen printed onto with his original drawings and patterns, which he then cut and assembled into a three-dimensional, wall-hanging sculpture. The finished piece measures 56”h x 26”w x 10”d.
Artist Statement // My work is about the intersection of built environments and subterranean systems. I create drawings and sculptures of fantastical urban environments. Often inspired by dystopian and science fiction films, I combine recognizable architectural forms and impossible buildings to make diorama-esque works. Early Nintendo games...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Venice Tranquil Canal backwater, original oil painting on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Louis del Bianco (French b.1925), signed
Title: Venice, a tranquil backwater canal.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Size: paint...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Canal Grande, Rialto Bridge View, Venice, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Long Exposure Cityscape Photography. Grand Canal View from Rialto Bridge, Venice, Italy. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
American Impressionism Rockport Artist T.M. Nicholas Waterfront Scene
Located in Rockport, MA
T.M. Nicholas is a contemporary American painter known for his impressionistic landscapes and coastal scenes, particularly of New England. Following in the tradition of American Impr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Breathe Deep, Oil Painting
By Jesse Aldana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The setting sun transforms an evening walk in an average neighborhood into a vibrant light show. Whispy clouds spread across the sky, reflecting the soft yellow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinatown, San Francisco
By Edward Wilson Currier
Located in London, GB
'Chinatown, San Francisco', gouache on fine art paper, by Edward Wilson Currier (1903). Spofford Alley in San Francisco's Chinatown is best known for an address (number 36) where Dr. Sun Yat-Sen plotted the overthrow of China's last dynasty. During Prohibition, it was the site of turf battles over local bootlegging and protection rackets. Today it is lined with seniors' community centres. However, the quiet alley livens up in the evenings when a Chinese orchestra strikes up a tune, mah-jongg games begin with a cascade of clicking tiles, and barbers and florists use the pretence of sweeping their doorsteps to gossip. In this artist's depiction, a man smokes a long-stemmed Chinese pipe under the awning and colourful lanterns hanging from the wooden supports while a child looks on. The artwork is interesting from several standpoints including architectural, cultural and historical. Shortly after this work was painted, the neighbourhood was completely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake that levelled most of the city. From 1910 to 1940, Chinese immigrants were detained at the Angel Island...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$2,750 Sale Price
20% Off