$2,500
New Orleans, French Quarter, Brennan's Restaurant, L.O. Griffith, 1916-17
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Louis Oscar Griffith (1875-1956) The French Quarter: Current location of Brennan's Restaurant, New Orleans Graphite and watercolor on paper, 1916-1917 Signed in pencil lower left (se...
Watercolor
$7,500
Nashville at Sunrise, Oil on Canvas, Signed Indiana Impressionist
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nashville at Sunrise Oil on canvas, mounted to archival resin board Signed by the artist lower left Provenance: Estate of the artist By decent A gorgeous Indiana Impressionist oil painting, done "plein air" (on location, outdoors) Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop, Griffith was a member and president of the Chicago Palette and Chisel Club. He made his first trip to Brown County...
Oil
Standing Lincoln: The Man, Lincoln Park, Illinois
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Lincoln: The Man, Lincoln Park, Illinois Watercolor and graphite on paper , c. 1895 Signed in script lower right (see photo) The scene depicts the Augustus Saint-Gaudens bro...
Watercolor
Rustic Beauford S.C.
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Rustic Beauford S.C. Etching and drypoint on Vidalon paper, c. 1930's Created during the artist's two visits to South Carolina. Signed by the artist in pencil lower right Titled in p...
Etching
New England Impressionist Oil Painting, 1908, Framed Artwork
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
A Bit of New England Oil on canvas,, 1908 Signed lower left corner: L. O. Griffith Condition: Excellent Canvas size: 26 x 38 inches Frame size: 33 3/8 x 45 1/4 inches Note: origi...
Oil
Desolation, S.C. or Deserted Cabins, Beauford, S.C.
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Desolation, S.C. or Deserted Cabins, Beauford, S.C. Etching & Aquatint, c. 1930 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Annotated "Trial Proof" in pencil lower left corner of sheet Provenance: Estate of the artist By decent Note: An impression of this image is in the collection of the Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina Condition: Excellent Plate/Image size: 8 x 9 3/4 inches Sheet size: 12 7/8 x 15 inches Louis Oscar Griffith (1875-1956) Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop...
Aquatint
Untitled (Black smith in Charleston, South Carolina)
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Shoeing the Mule, Charleston, South Carolina) Etching, c. 1930 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Condition: Excellent Image/plate size: 8 x 10 inches S...
Etching
Sunbathing
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sunbathing Etching and color aquatint on watermarked Umbria Italy paper, c. 1915 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Annotated: "No. 6" in pencil lower left (see photo) An early color print by the artist Condition: Excellent Plate size: 11-3/4 x 15-7-8" (30 x 40.3 cm.) Frame size: 21 x 26 1/8 x 1 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist By decent Louis Oscar Griffith (1875-1956) Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop...
Etching
Preliminary Drawing for the color aquatint "New Orleans, Street Gossip"
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary Drawing for the color aquatint "New Orlaens, Street Gossip" Signed by the artist in pencil lower left Graphite on tracing paper, 1916-1917 An impr...
Graphite
Spring Landscape with house and figure
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Spring Landscape with house and figure A preliminary watercolor for a color aquatint, illustrated on line, title unknown Signed lower left in block letters (see photo) Watercolor and...
Watercolor
Brittany Landscape with Figure
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Brittany Landscape with Figure Etching & color aquatint, c. 1920 Signed lower right (see photo) Numbered lower left: "No. 21" (see photo) An early color etching by the artist, based ...
Aquatint
Carolyn (Arms raised to her head)
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Carolyn (Arms raised to her head) Graphite on laid paper Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist by descent to his Grandson Depicts the artist's wife Carolyn. Most probably created in Nashville, Indiana Related to the painting entitled "Maiden" in the Haan Museum, Lafayette, IN (see photo) Condition: Excellent Archival framing with TruVue Conservation Clear glass Image size: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches Frame size: 18 7/8 x 16 inches Louis Oscar Griffith (1875-1956) Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop, Griffith was a member and president of the Chicago Palette and Chisel Club. He made his first trip to Brown County...
Graphite
The Great Church, Nashville
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Great Church, Nashville Etching & aquatint, c. 1936 Signed in pencil lower right A very rare trial proof Annotated "2" lower left corner recto Three total impressions in the esta...
Etching
Arch Beach, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Arch Beach, California" c.1910 is an original etching on Wove paper by American artist Harley DeWitt Nichols, 1859-1939. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The plate mark (image) size is 6.5 x 9.5 inches, framed size is 13 x 17 inches. it is custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition, especially considering the age. About the artist: Born in the small rural Wisconsin town of Barton, Harley lived a peripatetic life. As a young child, he accompanied his family to Lincoln, Nebraska where he found great excitement in the roaming herds of buffalo and Native Americans. It was in these years that a talent for drawing was discovered. In 1870, after several years of hardship, his father moved the family back to Wisconsin. At the age of 11 he became a water boy...
Etching
$1,291
H 5.91 in W 7.88 in D 1.19 in
Landscape 07 - 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Landscape Painting
By Frank Dekkers
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frank Dekkers Landscape 07 15 x 20 cm (framed, included in price 20 x 25 cm) oil on Panel About the artist: Frank Dekkers, an outdoor painter, but not a "square painter" as we know...
Oil, Wood Panel
Moonlight and Mist
By Eliot Clark
Located in Greenville, DE
New York City artist Eliot Candee Clark was well known for his impressionist landscapes. He was the son of painter Walter Clark. Many of his paintin...
Canvas, Oil
$5,500
H 11.75 in W 14 in
"Old Mystic, Connecticut" Reynolds Beal, Atmospheric Sunset, Impressionist Scene
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
Reynolds Beal Old Mystic, Connecticut, 1900 Estate stamp on the reverse Oil on artist board 6 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches Provenance The artist Estate of the artist Royal Galleries, New Jers...
Oil, Board
$375
H 15 in W 21 in D 1 in
Vintage Sunset Seascape Watercolor Point Lobos, Carmel
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Scenic watercolor seascape of the Point Lobos, Carmel coast at sunset by California artist Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From...
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Crater Lake, Oregon
By Ted Lewy
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Crater Lake,Oregon" 1962 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Ted Lewy, 1912-1963. It is hand signed at the lower right corner by the artist, dated and t...
Watercolor
$1,800
H 7 in W 9 in D 0.75 in
"River Town New Hope PA, Bucks County" Impressionist Pastoral Scene Oil Painting
By Christopher Willett 1
Located in New York, NY
A charming Impressionist summer pastoral scene depicting the New Hope town near the lake in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. This piece is executed in an intimate yet energetic manner. Ch...
Oil, Board
$25,000
H 35 in W 43 in
"Stony Cove and Headland, " Henry Ward Ranger, Coastal Landscape, Seascape
By Henry Ward Ranger
Located in New York, NY
Henry Ward Ranger (1858 - 1915) Stony Cove and Headland, 1910 Oil on canvas 28 x 36 inches Signed lower right Provenance: McDonough Gallery, New York William Macbeth Galleries, New York American Art Association, The Completed Pictures Left by the Late Henry Ward Ranger, 1917, Lot 72 A key person in the establishment of the Old Lyme, Connecticut art colony in 1899, Henry Ward Ranger is regarded as the leader of the Tonalist movement in America and was a leading painter in this country in the late 19th and early 20th-centuries. He was born in Geneseo and raised in Syracuse, New York, and in 1873, enrolled in the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University, where his father was a professor of photography and drawing. Two years later, he became a re-toucher of paintings in his father's studio and did not earn a college degree. He also spent much time in New York City, where he was a writer of music criticism and visited galleries, where he had his first exposure to French Barbizon painting...
Canvas, Oil
$1,245
H 14 in W 18 in D 0.1 in
"Woman, Boy and Goats", Original Signed Etching by John E. Costigan
By John Costigan
Located in New York, NY
This original, limited edition etching, was realized by the esteemed American artist John E. Costigan, who is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Philips Memorial Gallery in Washington and the Brooklyn Museum, to name only a few of the many institutions that feature his work. This print, with its highly considered composition and its loose style of figuration- deftly balances realism and abstraction- helps to explain his acclaim. This etching features a mother walking with her child and two goats in a forested glen. It is a Classic pastoral scene rendered in Costigan's inimitable style- somewhere between Theodore Rousseau and Thomas Hart Benton. These offer a beautiful glimpse of a bygone American pastoral...
Etching
$5,500
H 18 in W 21.5 in D 1.5 in
“Venice, 1889” San Pietro di Castello Canals American Impressionist Watercolor
Located in Yardley, PA
“Venice, 1889” by Louis Ritter (American, 1854-1892). A fantastic example of Ritter’s renowned European watercolors. This beautifully poised composition captures the sun-washed faça...
Paper, Watercolor
"MAROON BELLS" ASPEN COLORADO MOUNTAINS
By Edward Lee Reichert
Located in San Antonio, TX
Edward Lee Reichert (1919-2011) Texas Artist Image Size: 12 x 18 Frame Size: 21 x 27 Medium: Watercolor Dated 2005 "Maroon Bells" Aspen CO Biograph...
Watercolor
$1,245
H 14 in W 18 in D 0.1 in
Signed Original Pastoral Etching by John E. Costigan
By John Costigan
Located in New York, NY
This original, limited edition etching, was realized by the esteemed American artist John E. Costigan, who is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Philips M...
Etching
Untitled (Charleston Doorways)
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Charleston Doorways) Etching, c, 1930 A lifetime impression printed by the artist, with estate authentication in the lower left margin edge by the artist's son. (see photo)...
Etching
Noon Time Lull (Charleston, South Carolina)
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Noon Time Lull (Charleston, South Carolina) Etching, c. 1930 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Note: An image done in South Carolina. An impression of this image...
Etching
Spring in Brown County
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Spring in Brown County Oil on canvas mounted on phenolic resin support, c. 1925 Signed lower right: L. O. Griffith (see photo) Condition: Excellent Painting size: 10 x 13 3/4 inches ...
Oil
Storms (At Sea)
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Storm (At Sea) Oil on board, c. 1908 Signed: L. O. Griffith lower left (see photo) Titled on label verso Image: 6 5/8 x 8 3/4" Frame: 10 x 12 x 1 1/2" Provenance: Estate of the Arti...
Oil
Nashville in Winter
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nashville in Winter Etching, c. 1928 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Very small edition A rare image of early Nashville, Indiana Excellent impression with plate tone in the sky First state before the aquatint depicting a winter nocturne with fall snow Printed on a fine laid paper with a Crown & Shield watermark Provenance: Estate of the artist By decent Louis Oscar Griffith (1875-1956) Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop...
Etching
Beauregard House, New Orleans
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis Oscar Griffith (1875-1956) was an American painter known for his etchings, paintings, and aquatints of landscapes, especially scenes of Brown County, Indiana, New Orleans, LA and Texas. Griffith was born in Indiana in 1875 but later moved to Dallas, TX with his family. As a teen, he took art lessons with acclaimed landscape artist, Frank Reaugh...
Paper, Graphite
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woodcut, preliminary drawing and posthumous proof of woodcut, c. 1930's A very rare work by the Chicago/Indiana/Texas painter and printmaker This rare process set includes the origin...
Pencil
Sardine Boats, Brittany
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed, titled, and editioned in pencil by the artist Edition: 80/100 From the Estate of the Artist By decent Sheet: 17 3/8 x 14 5/8"; Image: 11 1/8 x 10 1/2"; Bor...
Aquatint
Banana Toters, New Orleans
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Banana Toters, N.O. Etching & Color aquatint, 1916-1917 Signed, titled, and annotated "No. 2" in pencil by the artist Edition: Intended edition of 100 never realized -- Very rare Bor...
Etching, Aquatint
Normandy Cottages
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in pencil lower right; annotated "No. 21" in pencil lower left. This is an early color print by the artist, the spring coloration variant.