- Two Copenhagen B&G groups being
Two Copenhagen B&G groups being a boy and a girl sharing a book and a boy and girl embracing.
- * Attributed to Marc Chagall (French/Russian
* Attributed to Marc Chagall (French/Russian 1887-1985) Bird Figure with Lovers ink and pencil on paper signed Chagall (lower right) 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches.
- A quantity of guides
A quantity of guides
- After Louis-Charles Ruotte (French,
After Louis-Charles Ruotte (French, 1754-1806) "Love's Messenger", a printed oval silk panel, first quarter 19th century, signed at the basal edge, center, "L.C. Ruotte", presented in an attractive Restauration carved giltwood and plaster frame with a glazed oval aperture, h. 10", w. 11".
- Ben Wohlberg (American, b 1927)
Ben Wohlberg (American, b 1927) (2) Romance story illustrations, each depicting a couple embracing in a landscape, gouache on board, each signed, 20-1/4" x 30-1/4", good condition, damaged corners.
- 1918 Advertising Calendar Young
1918 Advertising Calendar Young Ladywith verse ''Every girl's a princess when love shines in her eyes''
- Important puzzle courtship fraktur,
Important puzzle courtship fraktur, bird's-eye plan with a grove of trees with rose garland and tulips with verse "I am constrained to plant a grove,/To entertain, the Maid I love,/This grove she says, must be compos';d,/Of ninteen trees and nine straight rows,/Five trees in every row must place,/Or never expect, to see her face,/Ye men of art, and knowledge crowned,/Help me to work, and try the ground,/That this fantastic grove may hide,/The blushes of my yielding bride.", watercolor and ink on double-page paper, Pennsylvania, circa 1780-1820, 11-7/8 x 15-1/8 in.; 19th century gilt wood frame. Splitting at top middle with minor loss at edge, toning, fading, stains; frame with abrasions. Frank L. Horton Collection, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- GOD IS OUR REFUGE BY ELIJAH PIERCE
GOD IS OUR REFUGE BY ELIJAH PIERCE (COLUMBUS OHIO 1892-1984). Wood signed and dated February 18 1960. Relief carved panel with verse and imagery. Original polychrome paint. In a frame with cardboard backing 14 1/2''h. 18''w. This plaque and lot 10 were both acquired from Pierce by the parents of the current owner. This plaque is inscribed on verso '' Mr + Mrs James Morgan Started feb. 18. 1860. God is our refuge and strength + Present Help in time of Trouble Psalms 46.1. Presented by Mrs + E. Pierce its A Part of me.'' There is a small repair to the frame.
- AN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT PAGE
AN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT PAGE Late 19th century, watercolor, ink and gouche on paper, two lovers wearing elaborate clothing and pearls embrace on a large pillow of finely decorated interior, hills and fauna under a darkening sky outside add to the intimacy of the scene, surrounded with a bronze metallic border with registers of text above and below, reverse side of paper is all text, framed loose above a fabric mat, ornate frame.
- Marc Chagall (French, 1887-1985)
Marc Chagall (French, 1887-1985) "Man's Steps Guided by the Lord", Isaiah 58:8-11, hand-colored etching, signed in pencil lower right with the artist's monogram "M. Ch", numbered in pencil lower left "2/100", from the Bible Suite, commissioned by Ambroise Vollard, published by Teriade, Paris, printed by Raymond Hassen, Paris, sheet 21" x 15-1/4". Glazed, matted and presented in a silver-leafed frame.
- Ben Wohlberg (American, b 1927)
Ben Wohlberg (American, b 1927) (2) Romance story illustrations, each depicting a couple kissing on a bed, gouache on board, each signed, 20" x 30", good condition, damage to blue gouache painting
- EUROPEAN SCHOOL: LOVING COUPLE
EUROPEAN SCHOOL: LOVING COUPLE Chalk on paper laid down. 17 3/8 x 13 7/8 in. (sheet).
- A Guardian Album of 50 greetings
A Guardian Album of 50 greetings and other cards
- George Wesley Bellows (American
George Wesley Bellows (American 1882-1925) "Amour" from the "Men Like Gods" series 1923 lithograph pencil signed titled and signed by printer Bolton Brown sheet 18 7/8 in. x 15 1/8 in. image 17 7/8 in. x 14 1/8 in. Provenance: The Estate of James R. Lamantia Jr. (1923-2011) New Orleans and New York. Reference: George W. Bellows: His Lithographs Alfred A. Knopf New York 1927 plate 93.
- GUSTAV KLIMT STONE LITHOGRAPHGUSTAV
GUSTAV KLIMT STONE LITHOGRAPHGUSTAV KLIMT (Austria/Germany, 1862-1918) stone lithograph, "Love" (Liebe), two figures in embrace with roses and figures looking on, from Klimt's second portfolio of works for Gerlach's Allegories and Emblems, circa 1895. Signed on the stone. Image measures 12" x 8-7/8", the paper measures 17-1/8" x 13-1/2". In a gilt wood frame; 20.25" x 16.25" overall.
- PR OF 19TH C. AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL
PR OF 19TH C. AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL SENTIMENTAL DRAWINGS Kate Greenaway influenced, both on chamfered hardboard with inked figures on paper glued to black with white ink surround and captions "I don't care what a daisy says, I'm sure to get married one of these days" & "Gin a body Kiss a body, Need a body cry?", unsigned, 7 1/4" x 3 3/4" each. Scuffed, corners bumped.
- SOL LEVENSON SURREALIST ROMANTIC
SOL LEVENSON SURREALIST ROMANTIC COUPLE PAINTING Vermont,1910-2006Surreal, vibrant depiction of a rocker couple surrounded by cherubs and a band floating amongst clouds.
- Joseph Christian Leyendecker (American
Joseph Christian Leyendecker (American 1874-1951) Courting Couple in a Glade gouache and ink wash on paper initialed J.L. (lower left) 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches.
- English School 20th Century The
English School 20th Century The Allure of Love
Estimate:$400-$600
- The College of Life or Practical
The College of Life or Practical Self-Educator for The Colored Race Forming an Educational Emancipator and a Guide to Success....by Northrop Gay and Penn Washington: Dyson & Company 1896. 4to 720 pp hardbound blue cloth with decorative embossed cover illustration with b/w images and with "hundreds" of engravings. Illustrating the Afro-American process giving example of achievements of successful men and women of the race.
- After Francois Boucher (French,
After Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770) "Cupid and Psyche", oval colored lithograph, fourth quarter 19th century, presented in a carved giltwood and plaster frame with a furled bowknot cresting in the Louis XVI style and glazed, h. 24-1/4", w. 17-1/2".
- Letterio Calapai (American 1902-1993)
Letterio Calapai (American 1902-1993) "Look Homeward Angel plate 24: The great stars rode proudly up into heaven . . ." Wood engraving signed in pencil at the lower right numbered 12/200 at the lower left from the set of 25 original wood engravings inspired by Thomas Wolfe's (1900-1938) "Look Homeward Angel" first published in 1929 with full margins matted but not framed paper size 14-5/8" x 10-1/2".
- Capodemonte Figure Group of a courting
Capodemonte Figure Group of a courting Couple Lampbase Lady with Dove and Man & Woman Clock (3)
- After Angelica Kauffman THE TRIUMPH
After Angelica Kauffman THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE Sepia stipple engraving
Estimate: $100 - $150
- PHELPS & ENSIGN’S TRAVELLERS’
PHELPS & ENSIGN’S TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE AND MAP TOTHE UNITED STATES, PUBLISHED 1840, ROLL UP MAP. ENGRAVED BY J WELLS, BROOKLYN, LONG ISLAND. CANVAS BACKED, SOME LOSS TO PAPER, WOODEN DOWELS. ETCHINGS OF PILGRIMS AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE SCENES AT BOTTOM. 41 1/4" X 31 1/2". SOME PAPER LOSS, CHIPS, DISCOLORATION, OVERALL WEAR CONSISTENT WITH USE.
- Greek lovers oil on canvas laid
Greek lovers oil on canvas laid down on board monogram signed approx. 45 x 35 cm.
- Mark Miller (American, 1919-2008)
Mark Miller (American, 1919-2008) Romance story illustration depicting a young couple kissing, 1960s, gouache on illustration board, signed "Mark Miller", 15" x 21", good condition. Mark Miller was a prominent and prolific American illustrator in the Golden Age of illustration in the 1940s-1960s. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute (now Cal Arts) and was hired as a wardrobe sketch artist for 20th Century Fox. He later became an advertising and magazine story illustrator with his work appearing in McCall?s, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Woman?s Day and Saturday Evening Post. Many of his works were handled by agencies in New York City including Charles E. Cooper, Harry Watts Inc., and American Artists Agency. He also created a partnership with artist Dan Crowley. In the 1960s he decided to set aside his art to become a winemaker. He was the founder of Benmarl Vineyards. All Illustrations are acquired from the artist?s collection.
- That Makes Us Strong, Join A War
That Makes Us Strong, Join A War Savings Group, Saving is Serving poster, approx 85cm x 74cm
- MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985) LE CIEL
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985) LE CIEL DES AMOUREUX, FROM: THE LITHOGRAPHS OF CHAGALL VOLUME II Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Le Ciel des Amoureux, from: The Lithographs of Chagall Volume IILithograph in colors, on Arches wove paper, 1964, signed in pencil, 'Marc Chagall' (lower right) and numbered 33/40. Published by A. Sauret, Paris.
- Follower of Francois Boucher (French,
Follower of Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770) "Love's Darts", an ultramarine blue and gray oil on panel supra-porta painting of an infant Eros shooting his arrow at a sleeping infant girl, unsigned, 18-5/8" x 31-1/4". Presented in a narrow antiqued giltwood frame in the neoclassical taste.
- Four Works by Eugene Fieldsall
Four Works by Eugene Fieldsall published by Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1896 small octavo matching light blue boards endpapers inscribed to Beatrice Scoellkopf (Betsy Penn) from her parents 1899. Titles include: THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF A BIBLIOMANIAC; THE HOLY CROSS AND OTHER TALES; SECOND BOOK OF TALES; A LITTLE BOOK OF WESTERN VERSE.Some bumps to spines else fine condition.
- Mark Miller (American, 1919-2008)
Mark Miller (American, 1919-2008) Romance story illustration depicting a young couple embracing, gouache on illustration board, signed "Mark Miller", 19-7/8" x 20-3/8", good condition, some spotting in image. Mark Miller was a prominent and prolific American illustrator in the Golden Age of illustration in the 1940s-1960s. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute (now Cal Arts) and was hired as a wardrobe sketch artist for 20th Century Fox. He later became an advertising and magazine story illustrator with his work appearing in McCall?s, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Woman?s Day and Saturday Evening Post. Many of his works were handled by agencies in New York City including Charles E. Cooper, Harry Watts Inc., and American Artists Agency. He also created a partnership with artist Dan Crowley. In the 1960s he decided to set aside his art to become a winemaker. He was the founder of Benmarl Vineyards. All Illustrations are acquired from the artist?s collection.
- Two Cement Composition Garden Cherubs
Two Cement Composition Garden Cherubs Facing Each Other Facing each other one holding a garland of flowers the other with flowing robes.
- A box of guide books etc.
A box of guide books etc.
- GEORGE ANDREAS (AMERICAN, B. 1938)
GEORGE ANDREAS (AMERICAN, B. 1938) 12" x 8" "Unity of Love", 1989. Gouache and ink on paper, signed and dated upper left, matted and framed under glass, overall 20 ¾" x 17". Label on verso with artist, title, medium, and date.
- ROBERT INDIANA, LARGE SCALE SILKSCREEN,
ROBERT INDIANA, LARGE SCALE SILKSCREEN, 2014 Robert Indiana (American,1928-2018), "Love is God", pencil signed, dated and numbered PP 3/4 (outside the edition of 25), published by Gary Lichtenstein Editions, MANA New Jersey, accompanied by artist signed certificate, loose and unframed, 84" x 84" (on the diagonal)