| Lot | Description | Estimate |
| 1045 |
MAURICIO ORTUZAR YELLOW TREES WATERCOLOR. 20th c. On paper. Signed. Comes with a custom made aluminum frame. Ortuzar is a listed artist. Provenance: originally it was a gift of Mr. Hunt of Alcoa Aluminum, Pittsburgh, PA to his secretary. Size: 12 1/2" h., 16" w., framed 23" h., 26 1/4" w. Condition: no major detractions. |
200 - 300 |
| 1048 |
G. CARMINATO CABINS OIL. 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. A tag on the back reads "Certificate of Authenticity, Collier's Art Corporation." The consignor relates that her family acquired it in the 1940's. Size: 20" h., 24" w., framed 26" h., 29" w. Condition: no visible detractions. |
300 - 450 |
| 1049 |
COPY AFTER REMBRANDT'S FLORA. 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right "S. Bertolucci." This is a modern copy after Rembrandt's portrait of his wife posing as Flora, Roman deity of flowers. Size: 36" h., 24" w., framed 45" h., 33" w. Condition: no detractions; must be shipped by a 3rd party due to its size. |
500 - 800 |
| 1050 |
EQUESTRIAN PAINTING. 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed T. Fillans. This is a modern painting after the subject matter and technique of English 19th c. painting. The image is of a redcoated Englishman on a horse. Size: 24" h., 20" w., framed 34" h., 29 1/2" w. Condition: no defects; it is made to resemble a painted surface that is slightly dirty but it is not. |
400 - 500 |
| 1073 |
SIGNED VAN BEEK DUTCH INTERIOR. Late 19th c./ early 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left "Van Beek." This shows a woman spinning yarn inside a typical blue and white tiled interior. Size: 17 1/2" h., 24" w., framed 25 1/2" h., 32 1/2" w. Condition: one unrepaired tear. |
1,200 - 1,600 |
| 1076 |
J. VAN GENT SOCIETY LADY PAINTING. 20th c. Oil on canvas wrapped on to masonite. Signed lower left in brown paint. Similar in style to Hulda's paintings (20th c. French). Size: 13 1/2" h., 10 1/4" w., framed 20 1/2" h., 17" w. Condition: needs to be cleaned but otherwise no visible defects. |
200 - 300 |
| 1078 |
CHERUB IN FLIGHT DECORATIVE O/C. 20th c. (within the last thirty years). Oil on canvas. Signed C. Newman in red, lower right. This may once have been part of a larger decoration and may have been cut down and stretched to bars. A cherub is shown with flowers in hand. Size: 20" h., 16" w., framed 27" h., 23" w. Condition: the linen canvas appears to be fairly new, no damage, pinholing, abrasions or mechanical damage to the canvas verso; the image continues to the edges of the canvas; the whole is set into a frame older than the painting; frame as is. |
250 - 325 |
| 1079 |
RICCI SIGNED SWAMPY LANDSCAPE. 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Sketchily painted rendering of a swamp or lake flanked by a two tree trunks. Size: 12" h., 16" w. Condition: unframed; light wear at the edges. |
75 - 100 |
| 1123 |
SIGNED SCORNAVALLA NUDE. 20th c. Oil on canvas. The signature is slightly illegible. Shows a blocky nude, done in a minimal style. Technique is peintre d'essence (oil thinned by turpentine). Size: 30" h., 24" w., framed 34" h., 28" w. Condition: no visible defects; frame is as is. |
400 - 500 |
| 1130 |
SIGNED DAVID ARAB SMILING MAN. 19th c? Paint on canvas. Signed "David" lower left. Size: 16 1/4" h., 13" w., framed 21" h., 17 1/2" w. Condition: flaking paint; frame as is. |
300 - 400 |
| 1171 |
SIGNED SUZUKI ORANGE MOUNTAINS. 20th c. (1950s or 1960s perhaps) Oil on canvas. Signed "Suzuki" lower left corner. This shows a mountain in a desolate landscape created out of strongly diagonal strokes in orange, yellow and brown. Expressionist on style. THere is also a Japanese (?) character stamped in purple ink on the stretcher bars. Size: 15" h., 18" w., framed 21" h., 24" w. Condition: some paint flaking in the center of the image; needs to be cleaned of chalky white striations; otherwise in good condition. |
250 - 500 |
| 1175 |
MOSHE MOKADY THE STROLLERS. 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed Mokady lower left. Mokady (Israeli, 1902-1975) is a listed Jewish artist who painted in the manner of the School of Paris; neo-expressionistic brushwork and bright color form this image of a woman and her companion in early 20th c dress. Ex. Coll. Donald Robinson, Pittsburgh, PA. Purchased at Gallery Hadassa "K" in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1971. Size: 35" h., 45" w., framed 43" h., 53" w. Condition: no detractions; must be shipped by a 3rd party due to its size. |
7,000 - 15,000 |
| 1176 |
M. ROSSETTI ITALIAN GYPSY. 19th c? Oil on canvas. Signed in sgrafitto, lower right. This woman is shown in peasant costume with her arms akimbo. Newly framed with a new title/name plate. Size: 24" h., 15 1/2" w., framed 29" h., 21" w. Condition: small lacuna lower left edge (1/8"); a little loose on its stretchers, otherwise it is in good condition. |
550 - 700 |
| 1178 |
MOSHE MOKADY SEATED WOMAN. 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed Mokady lower left. Moshe Mokady (Israeli, 1902-1975) is a listed artist, whose style is neo-expressionist. This portrait resembles the palette of Chaim Soutine, and that painter's influence upon Mokady's work is known. Mokady's palette of the 1920's has been described as dark and moody. (The date of this painting is unknown) Ex Coll.: Donald Robinson, Pittsburgh, PA. Purchased at Hadassa Gallery "K," Tel Aviv, Israel. Size: 29" h., 23 1/2" w., framed 38" h., 32" w. Condition: no visible detractions. |
5,000 - 8,000 |
| 1261 |
HERBERT ROYLE ON THE DOCHART KILLEN O/C. Early 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner and also indicated and titled on the frame plate. Royle (British, 1870-1958) is a listed landscape artist known for scenes of Yorkshire and the Scottish Highlands. This shows a stony, forested creekpath leading to a single span stone bridge. Size: 24" h., 20" w., framed 34" h., 30" w. Condition: no visible defects. |
12,000 - 16,000 |
| 1262 |
SIGNED LEON RICHET FLORAL OIL. 19th c.? Oil on canvas. Signed on the left side. Shows yellow, red and pink roses on a table top, that is decorated with an egg & dart decoration. Size: 12" h., 24" w., framed 19" h., 32" w. Condition: one unrepaired tear in an L shape in the middle of the image (2 1/2" x 1 3/4"), one puncture 1" long in the lower right that is partially obscured by overlaid gold paint; the canvas verso is backed by plastic adhesive tape and masking tape where the puncture occurs. |
500 - 700 |
| 1264 |
LUDWIG KNAUS PAINTING OF A GIRL AND FRUIT. Perhaps early 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed L. Knaus lower right. A girl holds onto a string attached to a bird, in an image perhaps redolent of symbols pertaining to youth and the evanescence of life. Size: 24" h., 18" w., framed 31" h., 24" w. Condition: lacuna on the left edge; the signature appears expunged and repainted smaller in size in the same spot; frame as is. |
1,500 - 3,000 |
| 1265 |
JOSE WEISS HARVEST SCENE. Late 19th /early 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Weiss (British, 1859-1929) is a listed landscape, farm & animal painter. This image is of a haycart making its way down a road, besides bales of hay. Size: 25" h., 30" w., 39" h., 44" w. Condition: dirty, a little loose. |
4,000 - 6,000 |
| 1266 |
M. ZIMMERMAN BAROQUE BUILDING. Dated '62 (1962). Watercolor on paper. Signed lower right. Shows a Baroque stone gate with an oxcart and people outside of it. Perhaps it shows a Mexican scene; it is painted in bright colors and with wet-in-wet technique. Ex Coll.: Donald Robinson, Pittsburgh, PA. Size: 19" h., 26" w., framed 28" h., 34" w. Condition: very slight buckling; otherwise no detractions. |
200 - 400 |
| 1267 |
E. LIFSHITZ ABSTRACT PAINTING. 20th c. (1966--marked 66 in the lower right) Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Shows slashing strokes in many colors. Ex Coll.: Donald Robinson, Pittsburgh, PA. Size: 30 1/2" square, framed 35" square. Condition: no visible detractions. |
400 - 600 |
| 1268 |
A. TENHAGEN WINE CELLAR SCENE. 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed on the recto and the verso. Entitled "Beim Kellermeister." Shows three men in antique Alpine costumes enjoying wine at a barrel while a smiling monk approaches. Tightly painted in an ilustrative manner. Size: 27" h., 39" w., framed 33" h., 44" w. Condition: very minor craquellure; otherwise no defects; must be shipped by a 3rd party due to its size. |
900 - 1,100 |
| 1269 |
SIGNED ROOS ALPINE LANDSCAPE. 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed "Roos" in the lower left. Misty mountains are the background for a lake and several cabins. Deep blue greens dominate the image; the paint texture is varied between impasto loaded brushwork and smoothly brushed sky and water effects. Size: 24" h., 36" w., framed 32" h., 44" w. Condition: inpainted area off center (in the lake) about 5" long where there is some wear due to abrasion or flaking; must be shipped by a 3rd party due to its size. |
600 - 800 |
| 1270 |
WOMAN WITH A SHEAF OF WHEAT. 19th c. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Shows a woman from the thighs up, holding a sheaf of wheat while the sun is setting. The manner and subject matter recall Jules Breton's similar peasant genre portraits in semi-nocturnal settings. Size: 27" h., 20" w., framed 33 1/2" h., 27 1/2" w. Condition: 3 small punctures in the center, top and bottom; one patched repair and two inpainted areas along the damaged spots indicated above; frame as is. |
400 - 500 |
| 1311 |
GIRL WITH A PEACOCK FEATHER. 19th c. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. This shows a young woman, in green, holding a peacock feather and a broom. This is a well done European genre portrait set in an old frame with a tag affixed to it that reads "....er & Holmes, Picture Frame Makers, Boston, Mass." Size: 30" h., 20" w., framed 37" h., 27" w. Condition: relined; some craquellure visible; frame as is. |
800 - 1,200 |
| 1351 |
EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE. 19th c.? Oil on canvas. Signed, but indistinct (A.J. Sunnig?) lower left. Shows two people walking down a path between houses, towards a lake or sea. The style and breezy brushwork include technical references to past landscape manners: Impressionist color, the thin paint and glazes of earlier eras, one point perspective, but the overall effect is a mix of all of these. Size: 22 1/2" h., 36" w., framed 34" h., 49" w. Condition: very fragile and flaking paint among the foliage imagery (varnish or varnish mixed with the paint); surface irregularities in the upper left corner including repainting over a small tearand warpage; must be shipped by a 3rd party due to its size. |
1,000 - 1,200 |
| 1356 |
FIELD AND TREE PASTEL. Late 19th c or early 20th c. Pastel on paper. Signed indistinctly (Bradley?). Shows a still pond on the right, a clump of trees to the left and a house in the flat landscape. Size: 7 1/2" h., 15 1/2" w., framed 11 3/4" h., 19 3/4" w. Condition: no visible defects; frame is as is. |
120 - 175 |
| 1501 |
DAZZA COLORFUL LADY PAINTING. 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed "Dazza" lower left. Shows a lady, garishly made up, perhaps being a performer or a prostitute. Size: 22" h., 18" w., framed 29" h., 24" w. Condition: no visible defects |
120 - 175 |
| 1506 |
TWO LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTINGS. Oil on canvas for each. One is signed and dated Hans Panik 1947. The other is early 20th c. and signed EA Theiss. The Theiss shows a bridge and a building and the Panik shows an Alpine village with typical buildings. Size: 21 3/4" h., 28" w. and 16" h., 12" w. Condition: each painting should be cleaned. |
120 - 180 |
| 1542 |
AUTUMN FOREST OIL. 20th c. Oil on canvas board. Signed S.M. ...(?)rita. Size framed: 27" h., 33" w. Condition: needs to be cleaned. |
100 - 200 |
| 1578 |
ANTIQUE FLORAL PAINTING. 19th c. Oil on canvas, mounted on board. Unsigned. Shows roses, lilies, jonny jump-ups, lupins, and unidentified blue flowers. Size: 11 3/4" h., 9" w., framed 17" h., 14" w. Condition: craquellure; frame as is. |
100 - 175 |
| 1579 |
CHARLES LEVIER LADY IN RED W/C. 20th c. Watercolor on paper. Signed lower left. Levier (French, 1920-) is a listed artist of figures and scenes. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, The Seattle MOA, and museums in Atlanta, Evansville, and San Diego. This shows a bored woman in a red dress along a typically French looking street. Size: 26" h., 19 1/2" w. Condition: no visible defects. |
400 - 500 |
| 1580 |
CICONERI WATERCOLOR OF PISA. 1957. Watercolor and ink on paper. Signed lower right. Marked "Pisa, Piazza de Miracol." Size: 11 1/2" h., 17 1/4" w. Condition: slightly yellowed at the edges. |
100 - 200 |
| 1633 |
VIEW OF PARIS COLORED LITHOGRAPH. 19th c. Black crayon lithograph, extensively colored with watercolor. A tag on the verso reads "Vue Generale de Paris." Also written in pencil are the following: Desin d'apres nature par Fechat (Drawing after nature by Fechat), Lith par Tho. Muller et Fechat (Lithographed by Tho. Muller and Fechat), Paris, publie .... Galerie D'Orleans. This shows a view of Paris of Second Empire period; the Louvre, the Ile de Cite de Paris with Notre Dame is also visible among many buildings. Size: 12" h., 17" w., framed 14 3/4" h., 19 3/4" w. Condition: slight foxing, damage to frame. |
300 - 500 |
| 1637 |
POLISH MADONNA PAINTING. 20th c. Oil on canvas (mounted to board). Unsigned. Various Polish words are: Matki Boskiej (God's mother), Kalwarii (Calvary), and Pamiatka. A crowned Mary and crowned Baby Jesus are shown in this primitively styled painting that also shows a church and a village. Size framed: 24" h., 19" w. Condition: no visible defects; frame as is. |
200 - 300 |
| 1640 |
DANIEL SHERRIN LANDSCAPE. Late 19th c./ perhaps very early 20th c. Signed D. Sherrin lower left. Sherrin (British, 1868-1915) is a listed landscape artist; this lot shows a stream and trees in the distance. Size: 19 1/2" h., 30" w., framed 26" h., 36" w. Condition: 3/4" square repair in the left side among the trees.; frame as is. |
4,000 - 6,000 |
| 1674 |
WINTER CARRIAGE OIL PAINTING. Late 19th c. Oil on canvas. Perhaps signed in the lower left, but nearly indistinct (Rudin?, Frudin?). This image shows top hatted teamsters directing a four horse carriage through deep snow. The old, plain joined stretcher bars bear a stamp "Harry Eichleay Art Co. 1606 Arlington Ave., Pittsburgh, PA." Size: 16" h., 24" w., framed 20" h., 28" w. Condition: in the lower right there is a 1 1/2" square inpainted area, inpainting in the carriage, the teamsters top hats and in the trees at the top of the image. |
1,500 - 2,000 |
| 1676 |
A. ROSSELLI PARIS #4 OIL. Mid 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed on the recto, lower right and written in pencil "Paris #4, by Rosselli." This shows a Parisian street, 2nd Empire buildings and the Eiffel Tower. Painted in a quasi-impressionist style. Size: 24" h., 48" w., framed 29" h., 53" w. Condition: needs to be cleaned; must be shipped by a 3rd party due to its size. |
250 - 400 |
| 1732 |
16TH C? LUCREZIA BORGIA PORTRAIT. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. The attribution of date and subject come from the late Dr. Paul Chew, former director of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, and relayed by the consignor. The exact date has not been determined or verified. The female sitter bears a resemblance to the infamous Lucrezia Borgia (died 1519), wife and consort several times over to various potentates and public figures in Renaissance Italy; accused of conspiracy to murder her second husband, purportedly incestuous with her brother, and the mother of a bastard child to the Pope Alexander (her father) she was a member of a notorious family. The attributes of this female image do not conclusively show this to be Borgia, but the manner is of the High Italian Renaissance. Size: 52" h., 37" w., framed 57 1/2" h., 43" w. Condition: craquellure among the red paint especially with paint film lifting from the canvas; two patched repairs; warped slightly concavely. Inpainting history: the face is almost entirely touched up; the hands, sleeves, and the entire mountain are inpainted; the red curtain and the curls of her hair are inpainted or repainted. |
20,000 - 30,000 |
| 1833 |
VICTORIAN MUSIC SCENE OIL PAINTING. Modern. Oil on board. Signed R. Wilson. Done in a late 19th c. style. This shows two women reading sheet music while a third sits at a piano. Size framed: 58" h., 46"w. Condition: no visible defects; must be shipped by a third party due to its size. |
750 - 1,000 |
| 1834 |
WOMEN AT A WELL, FAUX ANTIQUE. 20th c. Oil (?) on canvas. Unsigned. This image is produced in an 18th c. Italian manner; the subject matter and the composition support that. It is however a 20th c. creation--craquellure lines are painted in. Very decorative. Size: 16 1/2" h., 19 1/2" w., framed 26" h., 30 1/2" w. Condition: some true and very minor craquellure appears in the varnish layer; frame as is. |
300 - 500 |
| 1835 |
R. DE LA CORBIERE SEA AT SUNSET. 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Roger De La Corbiere (1893-?) is a listed artist of seascapes. This shows a sunset on a beach harbor in golden brown light. Size: 18" h., 22" w., framed 25" h., 29" w. Condition: pressure damage to canvas(scuffs and paint loss) and frame. As is. |
400 - 600 |
| 1838 |
A. VOLLON GRAND FLORAL BOUQUET. 19th c. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right A. Vollon in red paint. This shows an abundant floral display in a vase, centrally composed within the picture frame. Typical of late 19th c. tenebrist academic tradition. Antoine Vollon (French, 1833-1900) is a listed artist. This painting has been in the same family for several generations, originally coming from Holland. Size: 44" h., 33" w., framed 52" h., 42" w. Condition: craquellure throughout; relined; must be shipped by a 3rd party due to its size. |
10,000 - 12,000 |
| 1839 |
EUROPEAN MILL PAINTING. 19th c. Oil on academy board. Unsigned. Semi-primitive painting shows men getting into a boat along the shore of a creek. A mill appears behind. Size: 22" h., 27" w., framed 33" h., 39" w. Condition: the academy board is warped convexly; the opulent frame is as is. |
700 - 900 |
| 1872 |
G. COSTAKIS FLORAL TONDO. 20th c. Oil on board. Signed. Shows a rose bouquet painted on a round surface (tondo), and set in a carved frame. Size: 27" diameter. Condition: slight craquellure. |
300 - 450 |
| 1938 |
ROYAL HORSE GUARDSMAN OIL. Attributed to John Simken. Perhaps late 19th c. Oil on paper (?). Shows a mounted redcoated English member of the household cavalry. Size: 7 1/4" h., 4 7/8" w., framed 14 3/4" h., 12" w. Condition: no visible detractions to the art; frame as is. |
150 - 200 |
| 1939 |
CAVALRY HUSSAR ATTR. SIMKEN. Perhaps late 19th c. Attributed to John Simken. No signature visible. Oil on paper (?). Shows a blue coated hussar mounted soldier in a desert environment. Size: 7 1/2" h.,4 7/8" w., framed 14 3/4" h., 12" w. Condition: no visible detractions to the art; frame as is. |
150 - 200 |
| 1975 |
DOM CARLOS CASTLE WATERCOLOR. 19th c. Watercolor on oval shaped paper. Marked in the bottom "Gioherfeld, Nye." Marked on the mounting board "Palace of Dom Carlos, King of Portugal, Peua near Cintra." Size: 8 7/8" h., 7" w., framed 18 1/2" h., 16" w. Condition: some foxing marks. |
600 - 800 |
| 1976 |
PICARS GREEN LANDSCAPE. 20th c. Oil on canvas. Nightmarish landscape with a dead tree and a yellow and olive green sky. Signed Picars. Size framed: 38" h., 50" w. Condition: craquellure. |
100 - 150 |
| 1987 |
HAND PAINTED MINIATURE. Oval hand painted miniature under convex glass in incised and stained bone frame, miniature of man in 18th c. dress, signed "Bril". Miniature and frame backed with fragment of inconabula page printed in latin. Size: miniature: 2"H, 1 1/2"W, frame: 3 3/4"H, 3 1/4"W. Condition: cracks and splits in frame, metal tarnished. |
400 - 600 |
