| Lot | Description | Estimate |
| 2601 |
SPHINX CERCOPITHEQUE ENGRAVING. 19th c.? Black line engraving. From an Egyptian compendium with illustrations of these sphinxes by Beger, N. Cabinet, and Maffei. Size: 13" h., 7 1/2" w., framed 20" h., 13 1/2" w. Condition: no visible defects. |
60 - 80 |
| 2602 |
EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE BOOKPLATE. From a 19th c. volume. These illustrations are on an open leaf from a book and show the Great Pyramid of Cheops, a general view of the three great pyramids, Temple of Luxor, and the Temple of Khons at Karnak. Size framed: 17 1/2" h., 20" w. Condition: torn in four spots along the top and right edge; the glass is cracked in the upper right. |
40 - 60 |
| 2604 |
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES PRINT. 19th c. Black line engraving with color. This is a comprehensive illustration showing numbered examples of ancient Egyptian artifacts such as: mummified heads, sarcophagi, sphinxes, a view of a tomb in the Valley of the Kings(?), obelisks, and coptic jars. Size framed: 13 1/2" h., 17 1/2" w. Condition: no visible defects. |
60 - 80 |
| 2605 |
POSTER REPRODUCTION OF MIXED MEDIA. Offset litho of an image comprised of collaged colored Asian papers and embossed elements. Size framed: 33" h., 37" w. Condition: some knicks to frame. |
60 - 70 |
| 2606 |
MODERN MIXED MEDIA ASSEMBLAGE. 1993. Charcoal, collaged paper, and paint on paper. Signed in charcoal J. Ald (?). Dominant clors are teal and tan. Size: 14" square, framed 30" square. Condition: no defects. |
100 - 150 |
| 2654 |
DANGEROUS NAN MCGREW MOVIE POSTER. From the 1930 movie, published by Paramount Publix. This cartoonish poster is from the Helen Kane film ("The Boop-Boopa Doop Girl"). Features an original pocket reminder ticket for that show. Size: about 14" w., approx. 36" h., framed slightly larger. Condition: horizontal creases from folding and missing upper left corner with three punctures in the top; slight brown liquid stain at the edge-fair condition. |
80 - 100 |
| 2660 |
DESCENT FROM THE CROSS CURRIER & IVES. 19th c. Black lithograph on paper with hand coloring. Size: 14" h., 10" w., framed 15 1/2" h., 11 1/2" w. Condition: age appropriate paper yellowing; old glass and old frame. |
120 - 180 |
| 2682 |
ART DECO ADVERTISING. Art Deco advertising sign for Bobolink Hosiery for Misses. 1920's or 1930's style young women in landscape setting. No artist signature, silkscreen on board. Size: image: 28 3/4"H, 19 1/2"W. Frame: 30"H, 21"W. Condition: age appropriate wear, several tiny areas of loss. |
200 - 400 |
| 2732 |
ARTHUR COX MEZZOTINT. Dated 1935. Color mezzotint. Signed in pencil "Arthur Cox." This is after a William Shayler oil painting of the 18th c. It shows "The Swan Inn" where various people congregate outside as travelers. Appears to be printed a la poupee. Originally from Wunderly Bros. Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA. Size: 18" h., 22" w., framed 30 1/2" h., 27" w. Condition: acid burnt at the edges where the window mat contacts the print; frame as is. |
300 - 500 |
| 2739 |
LETICIA TARRAGO GRUPO DE FAMILIA. 20th c. Mixed process etching in color. Signed in pencil and titled. Numbered 13/100. Tarrago is a modern Mexican surreal printmaker and artist; this image shows a family with a male face watching over them. Size: 14 1/2" h., 19"w, paper size 19" h., 23 1/2" w. Condition: yellowed, unframed and unmatted. |
120 - 200 |
| 2740 |
LETICIA TARRAGO ANNUNCIO PARA DOCTOR. 20th c. Color etching and embossing. 45/50. Signed in pencil and titled. This shows two women in antiquated costume holding medical instruments, created by this listed Mexican female artist. Size: 11 3/4" h., 23" w., paper size 14 3/8" h., 23" w. Condition: slightly yellowed at the edges. |
120 - 200 |
| 2782 |
DAVID ROBERTS PRINT. From a bookplate (?) that shows the Temple of Edfou, Ancient Appolinopolis. Published in 1856. Lithograph with color. Size framed: 12 1/4" h., 14 3/4" w. Condition: no defects; not from Roberts lifetime. |
60 - 80 |
| 2783 |
WENCESLAUS HOLLAR ETCHING. Dated in the plate 1645. Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech, 1607-1677) the well known Baroque etcher. It is half of a Hollar etching that once included a bust length portrait of a Renaissance lady. That half contained Hollar's in-plate signature. Marked on the bottom left corner "3b." This shows a bald man after Leonardo da Vinci's grotesque heads. Marked in-plate in the upper left "do da Vinci, 1645." Touched with gray ink to strengthen weakly impressed lines in the breast, cheek wrinkles and the shoulder. Size: 3 3/8" h., 2 1/2" w., framed 14 1/2" h., 12 1/4" w. Condition: old hinging tape can be seen on the top edge verso; cut down from a larger sheet; frame as is. |
900 - 1,000 |
| 2789 |
TWO LITHOGRAPHS OF INDIANS. 19th c. Hand colored lithographs. THese show a portrait of a Brahman Canabady Soupraya and a Nambousi, Peon (a turbanned soldier). From French volumes, printed by the lithographer de Marlet. Size: 9 1/2" h., 8 1/2" w., framed 19 1/4" h., 16 1/4" w. Condition: foxing to each. |
60 - 100 |
| 2855 |
J. FARINGTON PRINT: VIEW OF CARFAX. Hand colored intaglio with aquatint. Published June 1793 by J & J Boydell. Printed by JC Stadler. Shows a large oak tree, under which a man in fine country dress sits viewing Carfax and Abingdon. Size: 8 3/8" h., 12 1/2" w., framed 17" h., 21" w. Condition: yellowed slightly; French mat has damage; frame as is, no glass. |
120 - 140 |
| 2856 |
ROUAULT PERE UBU IN THE LAND OF THE SOVIETS. Date unknown. Wood engraving. Monogrammed in the block only. Printed on the back of the sheet "Le Pere Ubu au pays des Soviets." Shows two men in conversation by the French expressionist. Size: 11 1/2" h., 7 1/2 w., paper size 14 1/2" h., 10 1/2" w. Condition: yellowed; masking tape has been used to adhere a window mat to the print. |
300 - 400 |
| 2857 |
LA GOULUE REPRINTED POSTER. Probably 20th c. Lithographic poster, now adhered to masonite. This is after, but not exactly a true copy, of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec's poster of Moulin Rouge star La Goulue doing the can-can; in the foreground is a male patron also famous for his snaky dancing. The original poster features the words "Mercredi, Samedi" (Wednesday to Saturday); this poster does not. Size: 36" h., 22 1/2" h. Condition: as is since it is adhered to masonite. |
60 - 80 |
| 2901 |
KEILA ETCHING, BROOKLYN. Dated 1932. Etching in brown-black ink. Signed in pencil and in the plate. Titled "Oaks, Prospect Park, Brooklyn." This is a very well rendered etching of a large oak tree and several smaller ones. No edition number. There is a listed New York sculptor and painter named Louis Keila, from whom this etching mat have derived. Size: 11" h., 10 3/4" w., framed 21" square. Condition: yellowed mat, slightly yellowed paper; frame as is. |
150 - 200 |
| 2902 |
GOTHIC CHURCH INTERIOR ETCHING. 20th c. Etching with aquatint in colors. Signed in pencil illegibly. Numbered 186. Marked in the plate lower right "Imp `La Tradition.'" Size: 23 1/4" h., 13 1/4" w., framed 33" h., 22 1/2" w. Condition: browning to the paper at its edges; early 20th c. gilded frame is as is. |
200 - 300 |
| 2907 |
THAI CRAYON RUBBING. 20th c. On tan handmade paper, framed. Shows two opposing dancing figures. Size: 21" h., 19" w. Condition: adhered to board; there are slight scuffs to the paper, scuffs in one of the figures. |
40 - 60 |
| 2965 |
FEMALE PORTRAIT. Appears to be afer a photograph, this image has been touched with color. Size: 19" h., 15" w. Condition: browned paper; frame as is. |
50 - 70 |
| 2966 |
PASTORAL SERIGRAPH BY ERICH. 20th c. Color silkscreen. Signed in the image "Erich." This very large and colorful print shows an array of landscape vistas and compositional cliches: a stone footbridge over a brook, a winding path through a thick copse of trees, a distant town, cultivated fields, and towering rock faces. Set in an unusual frame that is meant to be hung high to counteract the recessional effects of perspective. Size framed: 30" h., 37" w. Condition: minor wear to the frame; frame as is. |
140 - 200 |
| 2967 |
ARCH OF ST. LAZARE LITHOGRAPH. 19th c. Hand colored lithograph after Merrigot's Views of Rome. Shows the ruins in Rome. Size: 5 3/4" h., 8" w., framed 12" h., 14" w. Condition: the print appears to have no visible defects; the frame is as is. |
60 - 80 |
| 3012 |
TWO BERDANIER ETCHING REPRODUCTIONS. 20th c. (1942). Reproductions after hand tinted line and aquatint etchings by the American artist/illustrator Paul Berdanier (1879-1961). Berdanier was a United Features Syndicate cartoonist and etcher from Long Island, New York. This pair show trees entitled "The Old Oak Tree Sentinel" and "Early Autumn's Story." The titles and artist's name are pencil written. Size: 9" h., 13" w., 17 1/2" h., 21 1/2" w. Condition: both are age appropriately yellowed. |
60 - 80 |
| 3014 |
JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES ENGRAVING. This engraving by J. Carter is after the Baroque painting by the Italian artist Allori. Shows Judith holding Holofernes' head. Size: 7 1/4" h., 5 3/4" w., framed 20 1/2" h., 17 1/2" w. Condition: no visible defects. |
60 - 80 |
| 3016 |
MIHALY MUNKACZY PONTIUS PILATE POSTER. After the famous work by teh late 19th c. Hungarian painter. Size framed: 23" h., 29 1/2" w. Condition: water stained in the upper part. |
40 - 60 |
| 3018 |
SEMI-ABSTRACT SERIGRAPH OF A CITY. 20th c. Color silkscreen (or perhaps lithograph?) on paper. Signed in pencil illegibly. Size: image is 21 1/4" h., 14" w., framed 33" h., 27" w. Condition: shifted in mat. |
70 - 80 |
| 3057 |
FOUR ARTWORKS. Includes two R. Paleske taliochrome reproductions of western themed etchings; includes a photographic reproduction of a mounted Indian; includes a color print of a dog. Size: largest is 22 1/2" h., 17 1/2" w. Condition: all are worn, all are as is. |
25 - 50 |
| 3058 |
PAIR OF MODERN PRINTS. Includes a serigraph of umbrella carrying women on a beach (494/500, signature illegible) and also a signed "Greer" calla lily silkscreen with embossing. Sizes: 20" h., 14" w., and 27" h., 21" w. Condition: no visible defects to the umbrella print; the Greer is slightly buckled. |
80 - 100 |
| 3059 |
PAIR OF SCHOONER POSTERS. They show the Hudson River sloop and the "America" upon the ocean. Size: 20" h., 17" w., and 20" h., 23" w. Condition: the Hudson River sloop has water damage. |
25 - 50 |
| 3060 |
PAIR OF 1920S LADY POSTERS. Color lithographs. These show flapper era ladies: one holds a letter and another is being visited by a man (indicated by his shadow). Size each in frames: about 30" h., 12 1/2" w. Condition: the top of "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" (the visited lady) is acid burnt 1" down from the top edge. |
60 - 100 |
| 3192 |
NATURE'S MIRROR PHOTOGRAVURE. Late 19th c. After a L. Perrault painting, published by George Barrie, this shows two young women admiring themselves in a puddle in a forest. Size framed: 16" h., 13" w. Condition: no visible defects; frame as is. |
75 - 100 |
| 3193 |
PAUL AND VIRGINIA ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAVURE. Copyright 1882. Shows a man holding a woman and stepping on a stone in a creek. Published by George Barrie. Size framed: 17" h., 13" w. Condition: no visible defects. |
75 - 100 |
| 3194 |
THE QUADRILLE PHOTOGRAVURE. Late 19th c. Photogravure in brown ink from an A. Oca Bianca Dall painting; published by Goupil. Shows peasant types engaging in a dance that has the men facing the women. Size framed: 13" h., 17" w. Condition: no visible defects. |
75 - 100 |
| 3195 |
RICHARD BISHOP TALIOCHROME OF MALLARDS. Mid 20th c. After a 1938 original etching by Richard Bishop, this reproductive print faithfully mimics the effect of the etching. It shows Lake Erie Mallards. Size framed: 16 3/4" h., 13 3/4" w. Condition: a little yellowed. |
50 - 80 |
| 3196 |
HARRISONN KAY MILLER WOODCUT. 1987. Black woodcut on Japanese paper. Signed in pencil. Titled "Electra Seascape No. II." 9/10. This swirling modernist composition shows a bay, a man in a rowboat and emanating sunbeams that fill the sky. Size: 17 1/2" h., 24" w., framed 26" h., 31" w. Condition: no defects. |
200 - 400 |
| 3197 |
HARRISON KAY MILLER DRAWING. 1990. Ink and watercolor on paper. Signed lower right. Titled "Electra Truck Stop No 1." This shows, like the previous lot, geometrically packed, decoratively drawn sun beams and various other elements that illuminate and enliven two trucks that are shown. Size: 20" h., 27 1/2" w., framed 28" h., 34 1/2" w. Condition: no defects. |
200 - 400 |
| 3199 |
JESUS CHRIST PRINT. Chromolithograph. Shows Jesus with a flaming heart. Size framed: 44 1/2" h., 34 1/2" w. Condition: some scratches and scuffs to the print's surface; must be shipped by a 3rd party due to its size. |
75 - 100 |
| 3221 |
KATHY TRELEANI WORKER PRINT. Dated 1979. Offset litho after a graphite drawing. Treleani is a Pittsburgh artist who is known for her naturalistic pencil drawings. Among her creations was a series of "worker" portraits. This is no 24/100, and it shows an African American man leaning over a wooden gate. He appears to be a ranch hand. Size: image 23" h., 15" w., framed 30" h., 22" w. Condition: no defects. |
200 - 400 |
| 3228 |
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP ETCHING. Early 20th c. Black line etching. Signed in pencil Leon Veudic (?). This shows a shop and two people; very well executed and it is a fine impression. Size: 4 3/8" h., 5" w., framed 12 1/2" h., 11" w. Condition: the glass is broken at one edge; otherwise no defects. |
100 - 200 |
| 3229 |
VENETIAN BRIDGE ETCHING. Early 20th c. Black line etching. Signed in pencil illegibly (perhaps M... Jackson?). This shows gondoliers among the buildings that surround a small bridge. Size: 7 1/4" h., 4 7/8" w., framed 14 5/8" h., 11 1/2" w. Condition: no visible defects. |
100 - 200 |
| 3301 |
LAUS PICTORUM BY LEONARD BASKIN. This is a suite of fifteen original wood engravings and etchings, depicting 19th c. artists by the American artist Leonard Baskin. This folio is number 79/100. It comes with a COA from the Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head, NC. The portfolio of prints comes with an informative booklet and the folio itself is in decent condition. Size: each print is different, they all fit into a 16" x 12" portfolio. Condition: no defects to the prints. |
2,000 - 3,000 |
| 3302 |
SARGENT LITHO FROM JOSEPH PENNELL BOOK. Early 20th c. Mechanically printed lithograph. From a book the printmaker Joseph Pennell published about non-printmaking artists who made the occasional fine art print. This is a John Singer Sargent image of a draped male model. Size: 8 3/8" h., 6 3/8" w., framed 22" h., 19" w. Condition: no defects. |
200 - 300 |
| 3484 |
ROMAN RUINS AFTER A ROCOCO PAINTING. Color print with applied brush texture. Represents an ancient Roman basilica in ruins, created by an 18th c. artist (a popular theme among such artists as Hubert Robert, etc.) Size framed: 38" h., 32" w. Condition: no visible defects. |
60 - 100 |
| 3485 |
ROMAN RUINS AFTER A ROCOCO PAINTING. Color print with applied brush texture. This is after an 18th c. painting of a series of Roman arches and columns, which was a popular theme among such artists as Hubert Robert, etc. Size framed: 38" h., 32" w. Condition: no visible defects; frame as is. |
60 - 100 |
| 3486 |
SIGNED WALLACE NUTTING IMAGE. After a tinted photograph, this image shows trees and a railed dirt path near a rocky stream. Size framed: 23" h., 42 1/2" w. Condition: slightly yellowed; frame as is. |
140 - 180 |
| 3491 |
N. ROCKWELL FOUR SEASONS LITHOGRAPHS. Printed in 1974. Lithographs on Velin d'Arches paper. Signed in pencil by Norman Rockwell, lower right margin of each. This suite is #29/200. Pulled at the American Atelier, New York, NY, Dec. 1974. Published by Circle Gallery, Chicago. Spring shows two men and a beagle quizzically examining a woman's clothing left on a NO SWIMMING sign. Summer shows the three protagonists fishing on a pier. Autumn shows them in a hoe down. Winter shows them making music. Each print bears a Circle Gallery embossing in the lower left corner. Size: 20 1/2" h., 19 1/4" w. Condition: no defects, comes with a COA. |
6,000 - 8,000 |
| 3493 |
N. ROCKWELL PUPPIES. 20th c. Lithograph. Signed in pencil. 2/200. Embossed with the Circle Gallery embossing. Printed on Arches paper. This shows a family adoring a group of puppies, as done by Norman Rockwell. Size: 12 1/2" h., 17 1/2" w., paper size 20" h., 25 3/4" w. Condition: no defects; comes with a COA. |
1,200 - 1,600 |
| 3504A |
KERRY HALLAM RIVIERA REGATTA. 1990s. Color serigraph. Signed in pencil. Numbered 163/200. Mediterranean boating scene. Purchased at Martin Lawrence Gallery. Size: 31 1/2" h., 39 1/2" w., framed 50" h., 57" w. Condition: slight foxing marks among the left side; frame as is; must be shipped by a 3rd party due to its size. |
800 - 1,000 |
| 3561 |
61C CAFE PHOTO AND CUTOUTS. The black & white photograph shows the Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh) cafe and the cutouts are neoclassic decorations taken from a book and placed in a frame. Size: 11" h., 13" w. and 11 1/2" h., 15 1/2" w. Condition: no visible defects; frames are as is. |
40 - 50 |
| 3620 |
LUCK OF THE IRISH MOVIE POSTER, ETC. 20th c. The Luck of the Irish poster is from the 20th Century Fox production with Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter. The other poster is a reproduction of an old opera poster for Madame Butterfly. Size each framed: 28" x 22" and 30" x 24". Condition: very minor creases in the movie poster; frames are as is. |
125 - 250 |
