Arizona - Art

Blue Rain Glaze on White, Dutch Series (28.5 x 21.5 x 2.5 inches, each) Publication, Jun Kaneko, Dutch Series Between Light and Shadow, page 48 b. 1942, Nagoya, Japan Jun Kaneko’s ...

Mushroom ~ 4FU, 1931 Silver Gelatin Print Edward Weston Print signed: Cole Weston Image size: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in; 24.1 × 19.1 cm Unframed EDWARD WESTON (AMERICAN, 1886 - 1958) Edward...

This large 3D print is part of a series of organic abstractions inspired by ocean conches. 3D prints are especially suited to the computer aided design process used to create these ...

This is an original lithograph by Chicago/New York artist and illustrator Joseph Webster Golinkin (1896-1977). This print is no. 12 of the edition of 50. The print depicts the Joe Lo...

I have made this sculpture in several materials including the baltic birch shown here. The 60 pieces comprising the sculpture are 1/4 thick and pinned and glued to create the comple...

Lon Megargee 1883-1960 "Self Portrait" Wood block print Signed in plate, lower right Image size: 15.63 x 12 inches Frame size xx x xx inches Creator of S...

acrylic on raw canvas b. 1979, Poole, Dorset, UK In this new series of work, I explore the intersection of minimalist architecture, design, and the raw beauty of materials. Drawing ...

Lon Megargee 1883-1960 "The War Bonnet" Wood block print Signed: original pencil signature, lower right Image size: 11 x 11 inches Frame size 22 x 22 inches Creator of Stetson's hat logo "Last Drop from his Hat" Lon Megargee 1883 - 1960 At age 13, Lon Megargee came to Phoenix in 1896 following the death of his father in Philadelphia. For several years he resided with relatives while working at an uncle’s dairy farm and at odd jobs. He returned to Philadelphia in 1898 – 1899 in order to attend drawing classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Back in Phoenix in 1899, he decided at the age of 16 to try to make his living as a cowboy. Lon moved to the cow country of Wickenburg, Arizona where he was hired by Tex Singleton’s Bull Ranch. He later joined the Three Bar R. . . and after a few years, was offered a job by Billy Cook of the T.T. Ranch near New River. By 1906, Megargee had learned his trade well enough to be made foreman of Cook’s outfit. Never shy about taking risks, Lon soon left Cook to try his own hand at ranching. He partnered with a cowpuncher buddy, Tom Cavness, to start the El Rancho Cinco Uno at New River. Unfortunately, the young partners could not foresee a three-year drought that would parch Arizona, costing them their stock and then their hard-earned ranch. Breaking with his romantic vision of cowboy life, Megargee finally turned to art full time. He again enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art and then the Los Angeles School of Art and Design during 1909 – 1910. The now well-trained student took his first trip to paint “en plein air” (outdoors) to the land of Hopi and Navajo peoples in northern Arizona. After entering paintings from this trip in the annual Territorial Fair at Phoenix, in 1911, he surprisingly sold his first oil painting to a major enterprise – the Santa Fe Railroad . . . Lon received $50 for “Navajos Watching the Santa Fe Train.” He soon sold the SFRR ten paintings over the next two years. For forty years the railroad was his most important client, purchasing its last painting from him in 1953. In a major stroke of good fortune during his early plein-air period, Megargee had the opportunity to paint with premier artist, William R. Leigh (1866 – 1955). Leigh furnished needed tutoring and counseling, and his bright, impressionistic palette served to enhance the junior artist’s sense of color and paint application. In a remarkable display of unabashed confidence and personable salesmanship, Lon Megargee, at age 30, forever linked his name with Arizona art history. Despite the possibility of competition from better known and more senior artists, he persuaded Governor George Hunt and the Legislature in 1913 to approve 15 large, historic and iconic murals for the State Capitol Building in Phoenix. After completing the murals in 1914, he was paid the then princely sum of roughly $4000. His Arizona statehood commission would launch Lon to considerable prominence at a very early point in his art career. Following a few years of art schooling in Los Angeles, and several stints as an art director with movie studios, including Paramount, Megargee turned in part to cover illustrations for popular Western story magazines in the 1920s. In the 1920s, as well, Lon began making black and white prints of Western types and of genre scenes from woodblocks. These prints he generally signed and sold singly. In 1933, he published a limited edition, signed and hard-cover book (about 250 copies and today rare)containing a group of 28 woodblock images. Titled “The Cowboy Builds a Loop,” the prints are noteworthy for strong design, excellent draftsmanship, humanistic and narrative content, and quality. Subjects include Southwest Indians and cowboys, Hispanic men and women, cattle, horses, burros, pioneers, trappers, sheepherders, horse traders, squaw men and ranch polo players. Megargee had a very advanced design sense for simplicity and boldness which he demonstrated in how he used line and form. His strengths included outstanding gestural (action) art and strong figurative work. He was superb in design, originality and drawing, as a study of his prints in the Hays collection reveals. In 1944, he published a second group of Western prints under the same title as the first. Reduced to 16 images from the original 28 subjects, and slightly smaller, Lon produced these prints in brown ink on a heavy, cream-colored stock. He designed a sturdy cardboard folio to hold each set. For the remainder of his life, Lon had success selling these portfolios to museum stores, art fairs and shows, and to the few galleries then selling Western art. Drawing on real working and life experiences, Lon Megargee had a comprehensive knowledge, understanding and sensitivity for Southwestern subject matter. Noted American modernist, Lew...

encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...

Boxing subject original stone lithograph by Robert Riggs (1896-1970) Pencil titled lower left “Afternoon at Max’s” Pencil signed lower right “Robert Riggs” Image measures 15 1/8"h x ...

Ed Mell 1942-2024 Original signatures on stamps and envelope. Custom presentation frame. Arizona Centennial Commemorative Stamp, Arizona First Day of Issue by Ed Mell, 1942-2024. C...

oil and wax on canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school sh...

encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...

A unique white, purple and brown mixed media painting by Svetlana Shalygina. It embodies her signature abstract figures on a vibrant yellow/grey background, combined with a unique r...

Original color woodblock print by Werner Drewes. In excellent condition. Unframed. Image measures 11 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. Pencil Signed and Dated: Proof (15) R-364. Werner Drewes (1899-1985) Werner Drewes, painter, printmaker, and teacher was born in Canig, Germany in 1899. His father, a Lutheran Minister, hoped he would become and architect but Werner chose the life of an artist. After he served on the front line in France during the war, Werner was admitted to the Bauhaus in 1921 where he studied under Klee, Itten, and Muche. Later, he traveled through Europe to study such old masters as Tintoretto, Velasque, and El Greco. After marrying Margaret Schrobsdorff, they traveled throughout South America, North America, and Asia. In 1930, Werner immigrated to New York City with his family. In New York City, despite the Depression, Werner joined other Bauhaus artists such as Mondrian and Feininger to make a living as an artist. This group became the core of the American Abstract Artists group. Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building...

Focusing on painting as a space of exploration, Raphaëlle Goethals has worked with wax, resin, and pigments as her signature medium for over twenty years. She established her vocabul...

acrylic on canvas b. 1978 Chris Trueman is a Los Angeles-based artist. He graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2003, earning BFA degrees in Painting and Digital Media. ...

Minimalist in scale and composition, but this original painting adds a vibrant punch of color and brings a wow factor to your space with intriguing unique texture. **It is with a h...

This beautiful, limited edition original color woodblock is by the famous Showa Shin Hanga woodblock master Clifton Karhu (1927-2007). It bears the original frame and has a label on the back from a Tokyo gallery. The work is a beautiful impression with rich color. It and the frame are in excellent condition. The print measures 16 x 16 inches. The frame is 23 ½ x 23 ½ inches. It is numbered lower left as AP5 - Artist Proof #5 and is pencil signed and dated ‘74 lower right. An American of Finnish descent, Clifton Karhu was born in Minnesota in 1927. Raised together with his twin brother Raymond, Karhu was the son of painters Arne and Anna Karhu. After his graduation in 1946 he served in the military at an American Navy base in Japan. Returning to America following his military service in 1950, Karhu enrolled at the Minneapolis School of Art but quit two years later to pursue missionary work as a Lutheran minister. Karhu left the missionary work in 1958 and chose to move his new family to Gifu City, a small provincial town northwest of Kyoto, Japan where he set about returning to his art. Karhu soon found local success in 1961; obtaining first prize at the Chubu Taiheijo Bijutsu Kyokai Ten (The Middle Pacific Art Group Exhibition) and fixing his first single, professional exhibition at the Shin Gifu Gallery. In hopes of providing their three children with an international education, Karhu settled in Kyoto in 1963. The next few years proved heavily influential in Karhu’s work. Arguably forming the foundation for all his future success, Karhu found tutelage under recognized woodblock artist and gallery owner Tetsuo Yamada and colour theorist Stanton Macdonald-Wright. Responsible for shifting Karhu’s artistic doubts, Karhu proceeded to fulfill a very successful career in woodblock printing - carving his own works largely by himself. Clifton Karhu passed away in 2007 after an illustrious career that saw him viewed and celebrated as a local Kyoto celebrity, as well as having exhibited widely in many countries around the world. His woodblock prints have been collected by many famous museums including the Tokyo Modern Art...

Treva Wheete (1890-1963) Original Color Woodblock created 1936. The edition size is 13 of which this print is no. 5. The title is: “The 5 and 10" The image measures 8"h x 10"w. The...

oil and wax on canvas over panel Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of ligh...

Terracotta sculpture by French artist Georges Oudot (1928-2004). Bears his signature “Oudot” and the date ‘58. Beautiful work depicting a seated female with covered head. Measures:...

encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...

John Costigan (1888-1972) oil on canvas, circa: 1950s. In excellent condition. Exciting Expressionist Painting of a lively Carnival Scene. Signed lower right: ''J.E. Costigan", Title...

Joseph Hirsch (1910-1981) Philadelphia/New York artist - Pencil signed lithograph Title: The Toast. Signed lower right and numbered lower left 79 of 100. The tondo work is 11 1/2 inc...

Contemporary original textured abstract painting by Svetlana Shalygina. Uniquely minimalist & vibrant, with shades of blue ombre style details. Painting is gallery wrapped, archival ...

Original lithograph by Mexican artist Emilio Amero (1901-1976) created 1950. Titled: “Mujer Escuchando La Concha (Woman with Shell). Edition size is 15 of 125. Signed in pencil lower left. In excellent condition. Image size: 12 1/4"h x 9 3/4"w. Presents in a 4-ply museum mat measuring 20"h x 16"w. Born in the village of Ixtlahuaca, in the state of Mexico, Emilio Amero counts Spaniards and Otomi Indians among his ancestors. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Mexico City. In 1911 he began his studies in art at the Academy of San Carlos. He also studied drawing privately with Antonio Gomez, a family friend and well-known newspaper artist. At the academy in 1917, he became acquainted with Diaz de Leon, Rufino Tamayo, Ramon Alva de la Canal, Enrique Ugarte, and Leopoldo Mendez-all students there at the time. Later he joined the open air school in Coyoacan, founded and directed by Alfredo Ramos Martinez...

Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) wood engraving in excellent condition titled: Diver. Created 1931. Edition size: 150. Image measures: 7 7/8"h x 5 3/8"w. The print is unframed and presents ...

Clare Leighton (1819-1989) (Connecticut Artist) original wood engraving on paper. Copy number 14 of the edition of 50 signed and numbered by the ar...

ACRYLIC ON YUPO ON SINTRA with white frame b. 1978 I explore the temporality of representation through abstraction by constructing new systems and modes in which the material of pai...

This bold and unique geometric abstract painting is inspired by Svetlana Shalygina was inspired by the works of Franz Kline. It combines visually intriguing strokes with texture and incredible movement. A unique combination of mediums, this is a stunning statement piece, perfectly suited for a Contemporary and sophisticated space. **It is with a heavy heart...

Norma Bassett Hall (1889 - 1957) Original Serigraph, created circa 1940's. Pencil titled lower left “Sanctuario.” Pencil signed lower right. Measures 12 x 15 ½ inches. Sheet size is 14 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches. In very good condition consistent with age. The woodblock presents in a 2 ply 20 x 24 inch museum mat. Most remembered as a printmaker and one of the founding members of the Prairie Printmakers, Norma Bassett Hall was the only woman member of that group and the only one to establish a reputation exclusively with color prints. She was born in Oregon, and took her first art lessons at the School of the Portland Art Association. In 1915, she enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating in 1918. There she met her future husband, Arthur William Hall, who was also a student there. Her interest in woodblock printmaking dated from 1922 when she was on a Cannon Beach, Oregon honeymoon trip with Arthur. The couple decided to make a pictorial visit of their trip by making block prints. Around 1926, Norma learned the Japanese woodcut print method on rice paper involving transparent watercolors from Mable Royds. Using this approach exclusively, Hall printed with as many as six or seven colors, each requiring a separate handcut woodblock. In 1942, the couple moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where her reputation was established for her block prints of the Southwest, especially New Mexico. After a short time, the couple settled in Alcalde, New Mexico where the couple continued painting and also opened a summer art school. She began to devote a lot of time to serigraphs of local scenes and also did watercolors. The subjects of the totality of her work reflect the wide travels of the Halls and include Kansas-farm scenes, Oregon landscapes, European scenes and New Mexico pueblos.

Original color woodblock print by Werner Drewes. In excellent condition. Unframed. Image measures 18 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches. Pencil signed and dated lower right. Edition size in pencil lower left: #24 of 30. (11) R-308. Werner Drewes (1899-1985) Werner Drewes, painter, printmaker, and teacher was born in Canig, Germany in 1899. His father, a Lutheran Minister, hoped he would become and architect but Werner chose the life of an artist. After he served on the front line in France during the war, Werner was admitted to the Bauhaus in 1921 where he studied under Klee, Itten, and Muche. Later, he traveled through Europe to study such old masters as Tintoretto, Velasque, and El Greco. After marrying Margaret Schrobsdorff, they traveled throughout South America, North America, and Asia. In 1930, Werner immigrated to New York City with his family. In New York City, despite the Depression, Werner joined other Bauhaus artists such as Mondrian and Feininger to make a living as an artist. This group became the core of the American Abstract Artists group. Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building...

Alfredo Barbini beautiful bullicante Murano glass double fish figurine with bowl. This sculptural centerpiece is 24 inches tall and features a double Sommerso amber and green layer with hundreds of controlled glass bubbles throughout. It sits on a controlled bubble green charger...

Original vintage British Railways advertising poster "Progress: Every week British railways modernization plan goes further ahead." Print from a painting by Terence Cuneo for the cov...

Uniquely textured black & white abstract paintings by Svetlana Shalygina with (4) 60" x 12" x 2" gallery wrapped canvas. Each piece varies with intricate texture formations and each...

A stunning original abstract by the late Svetlana Shalygina with heavy texture on top and subtle dark grey crackle on bottom with a white band in the middle. This contemporary mixed ...

Wonderful woodblock by Taos artist Howard Cook (1901-1980). Titled: “Giant’s Thumb” (alternate title: Monument Rock).” Edition: 50. Image size: 14"h x 8 1/8"w. Sheet size: 14 1/2"h ...

This wonderful watercolor on board by Amedeo Simonetti (1874-1922) is signed lower left “A. Simonetti - Roma, 1900.” Measures 22 by 14 7/8 in. Frame measures 27 3/4 by 20 3/8 in. The...

Beautiful contemplative image by Polish New York artist Hyman Katz (1899-1970). The etching measures 9 5/8 x 11 3/4. It rests in a 16 x 20 inch museum mat and is unframed. The work i...

Hagenauer African woman, portrait in bronze. Beautiful patina. Black subject. Marked Atelier Hagenauer Wien, Made in Austria. Measures: 9" height x 5" width x 3.5" depth.

"Philosophical Reflection" is a unique figurative abstract combining textured white, purple, red and brown create a bold original work of art. There is a unique range of expressionis...

Fred Karoly (1897-1987) Oil on Canvas created 1963. In excellent condition. A very attractive abstract subject and typical for the artist. Signed and dated 1963 on the verso. Framed simply in a modern black wood frame. Measures 28"h x 24"w. Frame size: 29.5"h x 25.5"w x 1.25"d. Fredric Karoly was born in Budapest in 1897. According to Karoly's own vitae, his exhibition history began in New York in 1947, when at the age of 54 he took part in a four-person group show at Hugo Gallery. His involvement with visual art however was apparently lifelong. In a brief introduction to his solo show at Galerie Mai in Paris in June of 1949, Jen Luc de Rudder, reports that Karoly began painting at the age of 12 in Budapest. After several years of studying, then working in London, Paris and Berlin, Karoly emigrated to the United States in 1925 or 1926. In New York, Karoly worked in women's fashion as a designer. By the early 1950's, Karoly started experimenting with the drip...

Wonderful original color lithograph by Paul Berthon (1872-1909). In excellent condition with great color. Unframed. Presents in a 4-Ply Archival Mat. Titled: "Les Chrysanthemes.” Cre...

Beautiful etching by John Marin (1870-1953) created 1921. Title: Downtown, The El (From the New Republic Set) Medium: Etching Size: 6 7/8 x 8 5/8. Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14. Mat: 16 x 17 3...

Olin Dows Surrealist Subject Painting. Signed lower left and dated 1965. The work is in excellent condition and is unframed tempera on masonite. It measures 10 1/4"h x 13 1/2"w. This...

SIGNATURE AND YEAR ON VERSO b. 1942, Elgin, OK Jim Waid creates abstract worlds saturated with color, layered with mark, filled with rhythm and movement, and intricately textured. ...

acrylic on plywood With the series titled We Share the Same Sky and New Objects Same Sky, my choice of natural wood as a material is influenced by the rich heritage of my father and...

Joseph Hirsch (American, 1910-1981) original lithograph, pencil signed. Title: Coffee. Edition size: 250. Catalog raisonne reference: Cole 38. Image size: 13"H x 10"W. Published by A...

A truly special painting by the late Svetlana Shalygina. It's one of the the few oversized pieces left from her most popular minimalist blue abstract collection. Titled "Desert Sky",...

oil and wax on canvas 62 x 50 inches framed Neo-romantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with fl...

acrylic, soda ash, and christalina, Mylar mounted to aluminum

b. 1942, Elgin, OK Jim Waid creates abstract worlds saturated with color, layered with mark, filled with rhythm and movement, and intricately textured. His canvases barely contain ...

Original pen & ink drawing by well-known Cuban artist Victor Manuel (1897-1969). The subject is a man and woman seated near the water. This pen and ink drawing on graph paper bears a rubber stamp on the verso. Image measures: 10" H x 8" W image. Paper size 12" x 9.” The work presents in an archival mat and is unframed. Born in Havana, Victor Manuel began studying the arts at San Alejandro Art School at age 12. When he was 14, he started to act as unofficial professor of elementary drawing classes. He studied with Leopoldo Romañach, another famous Cuban painter, and performed his first personal exhibition in 1924. In 1925, he traveled abroad, visiting France. He returned home in 1927 and participated in an exhibition at the Painters and Sculptors Association of Havana. In this time, he dedicated himself, for almost two years, to train other Cuban painters free of charge. Afterwards, he returned to Europe, visiting Spain and Belgium, returning to Cuba again in 1929. It was in this year that he created his most famous painting: La Gitana Tropical ("The Tropical Gipsy"), popularly known as La Gioconda...

It is an ORIGINAL painting not a print or reproduction or mass produced art! I personally pack my artworks. All necessary arrangements are made to make sure your paintings arrive saf...

Stencil Print by Sadao Watanabe, hand colored on hand-made washi paper. This image depicts Adam & Eve with the snake in the garden of Eden from Genesis. Artist’s chop mark and penci...

Excerpts from William Peterson, Tom Waldron, 1985 They cut through space like beautiful and efficient tools. No bases or pedestals are required. They sit ...

Harriet Lumis (1870-1953) “River at Cummington” (Massachusetts) Oil on canvas signed lower left. Measures: 24" H x 28" W. Frame size: 31" H x 35" W. Excellent condition. Born in Sal...