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This beautifully matched pair of 19th c vases are cased in white crystal and cut to clear in an all-over pattern decorating the vases from the petal rims to the raised foot. Completi...

This extremely large Faience pottery plaque is the epitome of the "Aesthetic Movement" style at it's best! Thick impasto enamels create a 3-dimensional effect of flowers rising out o...

Yarnall Abbott American, 1870-1938 On the Dock Oil on canvas 28 ¼ by 36 ¼ in, w/ frame 37 ¾ by 46 in Signed lower right Yarnall Abbott achieved prominence as a painter, photographe...

Frank Will French 1900-1950 Place de la Madeleine Watercolor on paper 18 by 21 in. w/frame 25 by 27 in. Signed lower left Son of painter Frank Myers Boggs. A Figure from montmatr...

Jacques Bouyssou French, 1926-1997 Azay-Le-Rideau Oil on canvas 21 ⅜ by 25 ¾ in, w/ frame 29 ⅛ by 33 ¼ in Signed lower left Born near Honfleur in 1926, Jacques Bouyssou became ench...

A Fine Late Regency Rosewood Cabinet 19th Century Height 53.5 in. Width 43 in. Depth 17.5 in. Provenance: Property of a Lady, Greenwich CT...

Gen Paul French, 1895-1975 Harmonica Player Oil on board 13 by 21 ⅝ in, w/ frame 22 ¼ by 31 ½ in Signed upper left Eugene Paul, known as Gen Paul, was born in 1895 and raised in th...

George Frost America, 1843–1907 View of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Nizhny Novgorod Oil on Canvas 20 by 30 in. W/frame 28 by 38 in. Signed lower l...

Edward Francis Rook American, 1870-1960 Brittany Oil on Canvas 30 by 30 in. W/frame 38 by 38 in. Signed lower left Circa, 1898-1900 Item number: 01879 Rook, born in New York City on September 21, 1870, became one of the most original impressionists at Old Lyme. First he was a student of Benjamin Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian.  Life started out to be rather promising for Rook, around the turn of the century.  He exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, both in 1898, when his harbor scene, entitled Pearl Clouds — Moonlight was reproduced in International Studio, in April.  In addition, the PAFA presented him with the Temple Gold Medal for Deserted Street, Moonlight, which the Academy purchased.  Three years later, Rook was awarded a bronze medal at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, where he exhibited three landscapes.  Caffin (1902, p. xxxvi) praised the artist's "translucent quality of color," which suggests a study of color theory.  Also in 1901, Rook married Edith Sone.  For most of 1902, the Rooks were in Mexico. Rook came to Old Lyme in October of 1903.  The date is significant because Childe Hassam was also there that month.  Hassam would more or less re-orient the artists' colony from Tonalism to impressionism.  Rook would move there permanently two years later.  He took two medals at the St. Louis Universal Exposition (1904) where his landscapes from the Mexican trip were displayed.  More awards followed: a silver medal at the International Fine Arts Exposition in Buenos Aires, 1910, a gold medal at San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915,  a Corcoran Bronze Medal, and a William A. Clark Award in 1919 for Peonies.   By 1924, the artist was made a National Academician.  Despite all these awards and recognition, Rook did little in the way of selling his art and reportedly, his prices were too high.  His paintings were handled by Macbeth and Grand Central Art Galleries. Rook was active in Old Lyme's art community.  As stated above, he would have met Hassam that October in 1903 but Willard Metcalf had departed at the end of the summer.  As several writers have explained (Connecticut and American Impressionism, 1980, p. 123), Hassam "was the catalyst around whom [impressionism] coalesced."   Rook's niece, Virginia Rook Garver, who happened to be the grand-niece of Hassam, confirmed that Rook and Hassam knew each other in Europe — before they went to Old Lyme (Fischer, 1987, p. 19).  Rook was one of the relatively young painters to come to Old Lyme, along with Gifford Beal, William Chadwick, and Robert Nisbet, on the wave of impressionism, initiated there by Hassam and Metcalf.  Old Lyme became a center of American impressionism, and as Donelson F. Hoopes remarked, "under Hassam, the shoreline of Connecticut became a kind of Giverny of America."  Among Ranger's group, palettes started to become lighter, except those of the most determined tonalists.  Ranger himself, perhaps admitting defeat, moved to Noank in 1904.  Rook is best known for his views of Bradbury's Mill, which was soon called Rook's Mill, owing to the painter's many versions of the scene.  One, called Swirling Waters, dated ca. 1917, is in the Lyme Historical Society.  Even more famous is Rook's Laurel, dated between 1905 and 1910 (Florence Griswold Museum), in which a profuse laurel bush (the state flower), is set off by a spectacular Constable-like background.  But Swirling Waters could never be confused with Constable, with its violent brushwork, impasto-layered water, and bright, almost chalky, plein-air palette.  Gerdts (1984, p. 226) compares the paintings of Walter...

A Rare French Marble Relief of PuttiFragment Late 17th Century Century Height 14 in. Width 33 in. Carved throughtout with three putti figures Provenance: Private Collector, Bor...

The tray depicts a woman standing in a wooded landscape; it is also stamped on the back and dated 1885. The tray is set in a later steel and gilt bronze stand.

James George Weiland American, 1872-1968 Young Girl Resting in a Bed of Flowers Oil on canvas 24 by 30 in. W/frame 30 by 36 in. Signed lower left...

“I Will”, Marie-Joseph-Leon-Clavel French, 1850-1923 Septembre, La Meuse a Dordrecht Oil on canvas, Signed 13 ¼ by 19 ½ in. W/frame 23 ¼ by 29 ½ in. Item number: 01896 Marie-Jose...

Frank Hopkinson Smith American, 1838-1915 Woman Looking into the Water Oil on canvas 19 ⅛ by 25 ¼ in, w/ frame 28 ¼ by 34 ¼ in Signed lower left Frank Hopkinson Smith was born in 1...

A Pair of Large Italian Gilt and Painted Wood Figures of Candle bearing Angels 16th Century Each carved with long wavy hair, each clad in a long robe, with their heads slightly til...

William Wells Goodrich American, 1846-1906 Stream in the Woods Oil on canvas 11 by 16 in, w/ frame 17 ½ by 22 ¾ in Signed lower left

Each arched panel covered in fabric woven in shades of brown, off-white and blue incorporating stylized foliage and strapwork Height 89 1/4 in. Width of each panel 21 1/4 in. P...

George Loring Brown American, 1814-1889 A Coastal View Signed and dated 1878 Oil on canvas 22 by 36 in W/frame 30 by 44 in. Item number: 01922 Often re...

The shaped marble top above a bombe case with ormolu mounts, highly decorated throughout with marquetry with three drawers, on short cabriole legs. Provenance: Private collection...

A Russian Neoclassical Brass Mounted Mahogany Commode Early 19th Century The rectangular faux marble top with outset square corners, above a conforming case fitted with three long graduated drawers, flanked by fluted stiles headed by roundels and ending in tapering square feet. Height 31 1/4 in. Width 41 in. Depth 20 1/2 in. Provenance: Private Collection, New York Le Trianon Fine Art & Antiques...

A fine pair of George III side tables In Angelica Kauffman style 19th century Each oval shaped top decorated with a central mythological painte...

Each back with a stylized foliate crest rail above an elaborately carved splat, on a serpentine seat on cabriole legs terminating in carved pad feet, joined by shaped stretchers

Oil painting on canvas Ready for hanging :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: S...

Michael Gloeckner American, 1915-1989 Martinique No. 2 Oil on canvas 20 by 20 in. W/frame 25 by 25 in. Michael lived in NYC, he also had a home and studio in West Cornwall, CT....

With a circular white enamel dial, surmounted by swags and ending with a woman’s face. Morbiere Movement

John Warrington Wood English, 1839-1886 The gentleman wearing a moustache and sideburns Signed on verso of truncated shoulders J.Warrington Wood, Sculpt.Rome 1874

A Portuguese Baroque Polychrome & Giltwood Presentoir 18th Century With elaborate scroll and flower carved canopy and framework Height 30 in. Width 18 in. Depth 10 in. ...

Mabel Spencer Peterson American, 1886-1953 Tree In Winter Oil on canvas 16 by 20 ¼ in, w/ frame 24 by 28 in Signed lower right Born in Dunlap, Elkhart County, Indiana as the eldest...

Stamped A.Chertier Chertier, a specialist in ecclesiastical work in silver and bronze received a gold medal as coopirateur at the Exposition Universelle of 1855 while working as f...

The rectangular top over a frieze, all resting on a joint stretcher base

Of typical form with shaped wings and cabriole legs ending in pad feet

Height 49 in.

Lillian Burk Meeser American, 1864-1942 Still Life with Blue Drapery Oil on canvas 32 by 36 in, w/ frame 38 by 42 ¼ in Signed lower left Born at Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, on July ...

Early Spanish armchair, 17th century with leather upholstery.

Rudolf Hirth du Frenes German, 1846-1916 A Dog’s Trick Oil on panel 19 ⅜ by 14 ½ in, w/ frame 23 ⅜ by 18 ½ in Studied at the L’Ecole Des Beaux Art de Nuremberg under Kreling; he al...

Francois Gerome French, 1895 Parisian Lady with Tea Oil on canvas 9 by 12 in, w/ frame 15 by 18 in Signed lower right Francois Gerome was born in Budapest in 1895. He attended the ...

Itzhak Ofer (Polish, 1910-1988), sculpture, mahogany, “embracing couple”, signed on base, "OFER", 25" h. x 12 1/2" w. x 9 1/2" d. including base. Itzhak Ofer was a Sculptor. b. 1910, Poland. Immigrated 1935. Studies: 1941-45 American University, Cairo, plastic arts and drama. Prize: 1968 Public Council of Culture and Art for Best Play. 1981 Initiated and directed a competition of Environmental Sculpture, Ramat Gan...

An American Carved Walnut Stand With Marble Top Mid 19th Century The circular top carved with foliage with a marble insert on a tripod base ending in scrolled feet Height 34 in. ...

Fine & Rare Gilt-wood Mirror Mid 18th Century (possibly English ) The oblong arched mirror plate within a molded frame carved with C-scrolls and foliage, surmounted with an elaborat...

Everett Lloyd Bryant American, 1864-1945 Woman in Kimono Oil on canvas Signed lower right 30 by 25 in. W/frame 35 by 30 in. Everett studied wit...

Emory Ladanyi Hungarian, 1902-1986 Thunderous Mixed Media on Canvas Signed Lower Right Inscribed & titled on Verso 40 by 48 in. W/frame 42 by 50 in. Born November 8, 1902 in Kecskemet, Hungary, the child of Mihaly and Maria Ladanyi, Emory Ladanyi moved with his family to Eger, a town famous for its good wine. He studied at the High School of Science and Art. At fifteen, he discovered anatomy in a textbook and began to consider a career in medicine, and was accepted into the Medical School of The University of Budapest to become a medical student. He received his doctoral degree in 1927 and did his residency in dermatology in the largest hospital in Berlin, then one of the most prominent dematology centers of Europe. In Berlin, he was especially impressed by the works of Edvard Munch, forerunner of German Expressionism, who exerted a lasting influence on his work. Following medical residency in Vienna, he was also impressed by the works of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Kokoschka. In 1928 he returned to Budapest to continue postgraduate studies, also advancing his art education. His many friends were among the avant-garde poets and writers of that time. In March 1929, he arrived in New York. June of that year, he passed the medical boards, and in September received his license to practice medice in the State of New York. Outside of the medical profession which enabled him the livelihood to continue to paint, he moved exclusively in avant-garde circles of New York City. He was a close friend of the composer Edgar Varese. Others of his circle were poet Kenneth Patchen...

18 ft. 8 in. by 16 ft. 8 in.

A Fine Pair of Baroque Giltwood Two Arm Altar Sticks

A Fine Venetian Rococo Polychrome Open Armchair 18th Century With upholstered back and seat on cabriole legs ending in scrolled toes Height 41 ½ in. width 29 in. Depth 21 in. C...

Isabella Corwin b. 1933, American Abstract Oil on canvas 60 by 52 ¼ in. Signed & dated 6-74 on reverse Isabella Corwin, a graduate of Cooper Union, was an Associate Professor in t...

Finely decorated throughout

Myron Barlow American, 1873-1937 Woman with Strawberries Oil on canvas 29 by 29 in. W/frame 35 by 35 in. Unsigned Studied: Art Institution of Chicago; Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Gerome...

A Fine Pair of French Bronze Classical Figures Now Mounted as Lamps By Louis Valentin Elias Roberts French 1821-1874 Signed. L.V.E. Robert, each a ...

Each figure is painted and gilded, and each resting on painted and polychromed plinths

Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection Paris

A Bronze Figural Group of Rams Signed Jules Moignez The four figures standing on a naturalistic base having a golden patina Jules Moignez began...

Michael Gloeckner American, 1915-1989 After a Summer in the South of France Oil on canvas 20 by 20 in. W/frame 25 by 25 in. Michael lived in NYC, he also had a home and studio in ...

A Rare Solid Ebony Rococo Armchair Colonial Portuguese 19th Century The shaped back with a carved central floral design on the crest and a lower leaf design, with two scrolling arm...

Wilhelm von Gegerfelt Swedish, 1844-1920 Moonlight Over the Promenade Oil on canvas 27 by 45 in. W/frame 39 by 57 in. Signed lower right Wilh...

The figure is highly detailed on a pedestal with carved details throughout including three figural carvings on the tripod form base.

A Leather box with two decanters inside

Bencion (Benn) Rabinowitch Poland 1905 - Paris 1989 Dancing Girls Oil on Board 14 ½ in. by 21 in. W/frame 21 ½ in. by 28 in. He came from a rabbinic family, his father was an ar...

Daniel Wurtzel (American, b.1962) "Satyr-Boy," 1993. Carved Norway Maple. Signed with initials on right foot. Provenance: The Artist; Allan Stone Gallery, New York. This piece maint...

Émile Valentin Cardinal French, 1883–1958 Aux Cafe Oil on canvas 25 by 21 in. W/frame 34 by 30 in. Emile exhibited at the Salons in Paris b...

A wonderful egg tempera on board painting by American Artist Meng S. Choy. This item is signed and dated on the back of the board as well as the safety backing for the board itself. ...

This rare 19th c. hand painted cabinet plate is attributed to Minton and bears a mark for the renown London retailer A. B. Daniell & Son. The white ground provides a nice contrast an...