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Head of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
was born in Peckham in Surrey in 1884, the 12th child of Arthur William Parsons (1838–1901), a foreign
Category

Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

William Shayer, Waiting For The Ferry
By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century oil painting by British artist William Shayer (1787-1879) depicts a
Category

1850s Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

William Frederick Foster ''Portrait of Youth'' Oil
By William Frederick Foster
Located in Dallas, TX
William Frederick Foster (1883-1953 American) ''Portrait of Youth'' Oil on Canvas 30''x25'' Image
Category

Antique 1890s American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

1992 "Milky Way" Fiber Prints by William T. Hillman
Located in New York, NY
A set of four fiber prints by the American paintor William T Hillman portraying the galactic Milky
Category

Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Textile

William Doezema for Mastercraft Hollywood Regency Burl and Brass Dining Table
By Mastercraft
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mid-Century Modern Hollywood Regency or Parsons style extension dining table By William
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass

Early Spring - Scottish Abstract Expressionist art landscape oil painting
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
An original oil on canvas by noted Scottish artist William Gear which dates to 1981. Entitled early
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Scottish 1949 Abstract - Interieur Forme Blanche - CoBrA art oil painting
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish Abstract oil painting is by much noted artist William Gear. It was painted
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape Element Dec '59 - Scottish Abstract Expressionist art oil painting
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish Abstract Expressionist oil painting is by noted Scottish artist William Gear
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Red Idol - British 50's art abstract oil painting - Modernist COBRA - provenance
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
An original oil on canvas by the noted Scottish artist William Gear. A fabulous painting. One of
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Yellow Spike - British 60's Abstract art blue red grey COBRA Scottish artist
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
An original silkscreen print by Scottish COBRA listed artist William Gear. An internationally
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Abstract Landscape Red Green - Scottish Abstract Expressionist art oil painting
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish Abstract Expressionist oil painting is by noted Scottish artist William Gear
Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Spring Passage - Scottish art Abstract Expressionist oil painting Cobra Paris
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish Abstract Expressionist oil painting is by noted Scottish artist William Gear
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

4 Cyanotypes of William Merritt Chase's Classes at Shinnecock Hills, Long Island
Located in Storrs, CT
William Merritt Chase's Classes at Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. Photographer not identified. 4
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Gray Kimono
By William Merritt Chase
Located in New York, NY
The Gray Kimono, 1901, by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches unframed
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Keying Up - The Court Jester
By William Merritt Chase
Located in Fairlawn, OH
placed under new management. It continued as the New York School of Art (changed to Parsons School of
Category

1870s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Standing Male Nude (recto) Study of the Head of the Standing Male Nude (verso)
By William Merritt Chase
Located in Fairlawn, OH
) Baker-Pisano Collection (the author of the William Merritt Chase Catalog Raisonne Project) References
Category

1870s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Portrait of a Man Facing Left
By William Merritt Chase
Located in Fairlawn, OH
) Reference: Ronald G. Pisano, Completed by D. Frederick Baker and Carolyn K. Lane, William Merritt Chase
Category

1890s Impressionist Portrait Prints

Materials

Monoprint

"A Tint Book Of Historical Colours Suitable For Decorative Work" 1961
Located in Bristol, CT
[73] pp. Containing 136 pasted-in paint swatches protected w/ tissue guards Thos. Parsons & Sons
Category

1960s More Art

Materials

Paper

1938 The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne
By Gilbert White
Located in Bath, GB
White, a "parson-naturalist", a pioneering English naturalist, ecologist, and ornithologist, best known
Category

Vintage 1930s British Books

Materials

Paper

Deep into Twilight
By Thomas Swanston
Located in Denver, CO
Thomas Swanston was born 1956 in Annapolis Md., Naval Hospital. He graduated from Hobart & William
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold, Silver

Cranes at Dusk
By Thomas Swanston
Located in Denver, CO
graduated from Hobart & William Smith Colleges 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts, with studies in London and at
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold, Silver

Fall Light III
By Thomas Swanston
Located in Denver, CO
Thomas Swanston was born 1956 in Annapolis Md., Naval Hospital. He graduated from Hobart & William
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Silver, Copper

Pair of Tessellated Horn Block Tables Designed by Thomas Britt
By Thomas Britt
Located in Rio Vista, CA
. Produced in Columbia by William Piedrahita for Thomas Britt in the 20th century. Each square block has
Category

20th Century Colombian Hollywood Regency Side Tables

Materials

Horn, Wood

Petite Fleur Suite I
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gunn was born in Rockville Center, New York, in 1951. From an early age both her father, William Neal
Category

1990s Impressionist Still-life Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Garden Moments II
Located in San Francisco, CA
father, William Neal Gunn, and her uncle, Howard Arnold, gave her extensive artistic training. Both men
Category

1990s Impressionist Still-life Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Garden Moments II
Garden Moments II
H 22 in W 26.75 in D 0.1 in
1962 Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting "Little Sun"
By Dorothy Heller
Located in Arp, TX
America,” adding that she exhibited with the Tibor de Nagy, Poindexter, and Betty Parsons Galleries
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Thomas Tom Swanston Encaustic Paint on Wood Titled Swimming in Tokyo
By Tom Swanston
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
was born 1956 in Annapolis Md., Naval Hospital. He graduated from Hobart & William Smith Colleges 1978
Category

Early 2000s Paintings

Materials

Paint

Wild Buffalo Nesting II
By Thomas Swanston
Located in Atlanta, GA
& William Smith Colleges 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts, with studies in London and at the Studio School in
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Farewell
By Thomas Swanston
Located in Atlanta, GA
& William Smith Colleges 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts, with studies in London and at the Studio School in
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Portrait of a Lady, Jane Wood in Blue Dress c.1750, Fine Carved Gilded Frame
Located in London, GB
Tacolneston Hall. They had one son together. She later met Dr William Compton (1733- 1824), who was
Category

18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Trembling Skies
By Thomas Swanston
Located in Atlanta, GA
1956 in Annapolis Md., Naval Hospital. He graduated from Hobart & William Smith Colleges 1978 with a
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Trembling Skies
Trembling Skies
H 26 in W 31 in D 2 in
1980's Mixed Media Painting Glitter Feminist Pop Art Miami Artist Sheila Elias
By Sheila Elias
Located in Surfside, FL
Santa Monica Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, Calif. Paula Allan Gallery, New York, NY. Otis Parsons School
Category

1980s Neo-Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Glitter, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Portrait of a Lady, Dorothy Wood in Blue Dress c.1750, Fine Carved Gilded Frame
Located in London, GB
(1760-1817) famously married Dr William Compton (1733-1824), the Chancellor of Ely and the next
Category

18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dennis Hopper Photographs 1961-1967 Limited Edition Hand Signed Monograph in box
By Dennis Hopper
Located in New York, NY
, Andy Warhol, Keith Richards, William S. Burroughs, Patti Smith, and Muhammad Ali. Walter Hopps (1933
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Herbert Ferber, Abstract Expressionist sculptural study signed framed Provenance
By Herbert Ferber
Located in New York, NY
influence from Henry Moore, is the drawing phase. Scholar William C. Agee goes so far as to call Ferber a
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Pastoral Landscape - British 18th century Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
through his career. Signed lower left on rocks. Provenance: Dr. and Mrs Parsons of St. John’s Wood
Category

1770s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Late 19th Century Berkshire Sunrise Landscape
By Susan Field Bissell
Located in Soquel, CA
Port Jefferson, Long Island. She was the possible twin sister to William Bissell. She attended the
Category

1890s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Vintage Poster Saul Steinberg Galerie Maeght Paris France
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Surfside, FL
affiliated with the Betty Parsons and Sidney Janis galleries in New York and the Galerie Maeght in Paris
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Guy Maccoy "City Beyond the Bluffs" Cityscape Oil on Board MCM
Located in Detroit, MI
Newman, Isamu Noguchi, Georgia O'Keeffe, Betty Parsons, Jackson Pollock, Fairfield Porter, Robert
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Up in Blue
By Thomas Swanston
Located in Denver, CO
in Annapolis Md., Naval Hospital. He graduated from Hobart & William Smith Colleges 1978 with a
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Gold Leaf

Red 2
By Thomas Swanston
Located in Denver, CO
Swanston was born 1956 in Annapolis Md., Naval Hospital. He graduated from Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Red 2
H 35 in W 55 in
Large Judaica Oil Painting Rabbi Rediscovered NY Artist Simchat Torah
By Jonah Kinigstein
Located in Surfside, FL
– which draw inspiration from classic satirical cartoonists like William Hogarth, James Gillray, and
Category

20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Connecticut Summer Fragments
By Lee Hall
Located in New York, NY
. She also wrote a biography of Parsons (as well as a biography of Elaine and William de Kooning
Category

1970s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Vintage Modern Lithograph Poster 1960s Pop Art Mod Figure
By Richard Lindner
Located in Surfside, FL
, interestingly, it was held at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York, a venue associated with the American
Category

1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Spirit (mid century modern abstract painting by artist daughter of MOMA founder)
Located in New York, NY
briefly attended Radcliffe College (1955–1956). Then she studied at the Parsons School of Design, and took
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Graphite

Orange To Violet, Oil on Canvas Painting by Michael Kidner, 1961
By Michael Kidner
Located in Kingsclere, GB
exhibition called The Responsive Eye organised by William Seitz at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Both
Category

20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Chandelier Arts and Crafts Attributed to Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1883
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Glasgow and died in London. Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born at 70 Parson Street, Townhead, Glasgow, on
Category

Antique 1880s Scottish Arts and Crafts Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bronze

A Pair of Antique Transitional Long Nose Golf Clubs, Woods.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
craftsmen of the time. Charles Ramage born 2nd September 1856 in North Berwick, son of William Ramage
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Wood, Beech, Hickory

Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Revolutionary War General Samuel Holden Parsons. Francis Lathrop's father was George Alfred Lathrop, the
Category

1890s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Offset Lithograph Poster Resistible Rise of Arturo, Bertold Brecht 1968 Pop Art
By Richard Lindner
Located in Surfside, FL
, interestingly, it was held at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York, a venue associated with the American
Category

1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Andrea #1", 1993
By Jose Picayo
Located in Hudson, NY
received a BFA from Parsons School of Design in 1983. José began his professional career in 1987, working
Category

1990s Minimalist Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Winter Light II
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gunn was born in Rockville Center, New York, in 1951. From an early age both her father, William Neal
Category

1990s Impressionist Still-life Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

St. Tropez Tulips
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gunn was born in Rockville Center, New York, in 1951. From an early age both her father, William Neal
Category

1990s Impressionist Still-life Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Petite Fleur Suite II
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gunn was born in Rockville Center, New York, in 1951. From an early age both her father, William Neal
Category

1990s Impressionist Still-life Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Old Roses
Located in San Francisco, CA
was born in Rockville Center, New York, in 1951. From an early age both her father, William Neal Gunn
Category

1990s Impressionist Still-life Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Old Roses
Old Roses
H 18 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
“Eden”
Located in Southampton, NY
art world since the 1970s. Trained as a designer at Parsons, she soon found the fashion industry too
Category

1980s Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

“Eden”
“Eden”
H 12.5 in W 10.5 in D 6 in
"In Foreign Parts" Eugene Higgins, Southwestern Pueblo, Modern Figurative
By Eugene Higgins
Located in New York, NY
inches Born William Victor Higgins in 1884 to a Shelbyville, Indiana farm family where the only art
Category

1910s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Reef Painting #7
By Melinda Hackett
Located in New Orleans, LA
born in and currently resides in New York. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Parsons/The New
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

Reef Painting #5
By Melinda Hackett
Located in New Orleans, LA
born in and currently resides in New York. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Parsons/The New
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

Reef Painting #3
By Melinda Hackett
Located in New Orleans, LA
born in and currently resides in New York. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Parsons/The New
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

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