Antique & Estate Session 1 Auction Ending 5/29

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Book of Chen Chi paintings, some titles incl "On a Tightrope", "The Bowery, New York", "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn", "Winter", "Playing a Violin", "a Thread of Fire", "On The Stage", "The Canon of Tranquil Peace", etc., approx. 15.5" x 22.5". Bio from AskArt: Chen Chi (1912 - 2005) name means "journey achieved,". A painter with the mind of a philosopher and the soul of a poet. Primarily a landscapist and, above all, a watercolorist, there is in his work a sensitivity and reverence for nature that has only deepened since his early training in China. Chen Chi's "On a Tightrope" could well represent the artist himself. The Eastern "Master" is called so because he is first a man of virtue and his works are admired not only for their aesthetic value but for their virtuous character as well. Chi, the man "on a tightrope," hovering over East and West, feels that he never lost his balance, convinced today that he has successfully avoided the label of either by merging the two distinct influences in his art. This balancing between cultures seems to be reflected not only in Chi's approach to watercolor painting but also in his ability to thread a path between objective and non-objective work. Never totally figurative nor abstract, Chi's subjects, often Western, are thoroughly transformed by an Eastern turn of mind. His landscapes often with a figure or two unobtrusively included are less replications of a particular scene than distilled generalizations of a locale or motif. One must admit that for Chen Chi, this has been a highly successful approach. Not only has he exhibited in a great many group- and one-person shows in the great cities of both the United States and Asia, but he has long been gathering honors along the way. Among his gold medals and awards from many national annual exhibitions in the US are the 1955 American Watercolor Society's Special Award for the Watercolor of the Year, the American Watercolor Society's 99th Annual Grand Award with Gold Medal of Honor in 1966, the National Academy of Design's Samuel Finley Breese Morse Medal and Saltus Gold Medal of Merit, the American Watercolor Society's Bicentennial Gold Medal in 1976, the Artist's Fellowship's Benjamin West Clinedinst Medal in 1976, the Gold Medal from the National Arts Club, and the Medal of Honor in 1988 from the National Museum of History, Taiwan, Republic of China. Chen Chi's works are included in the collections of most of the major museums in the country as well as in the collections of universities, foundations, corporations and private individuals. He is a member of the National Academy of Design, the Century Association, the American Watercolor Society and the National Arts Club.

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Framed oil on canvas of two women sitting in landscape scene, 58" x 49.25". Pickup only.

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"A Moment of Reverence" print by Hisashi Otsuka of woman in dress robes with leaves signed lower left, having COA, 25" x 39".

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Bev Doolittle "Music in the Wind" framed and matted numbered print under glass signed lower right "887/43500 Bev Doolittle", 45" x 19". Bio from AskArt: Bev Doolittle (1947 - ) is a painter from California paints subjects of western wilderness from traveling the western United States and living outdoors for first-hand observation. She is noted for her careful attention to realistic detail of her wide-ranging western subjects including cowboys, Indians, horses and natural landscape. She has also built a career by having great success with the print market beginning in 1979. She studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, having earned a scholarship there while still in high school. Two years after graduation she married Jay Doolittle and their honeymoon was a painting trip to Bryce and Zion National Parks. Working on a series called "You and Me" paintings, they found moderate success with works that had Jay's semi-abstract background and Bev's detailed figures and animals. In 1973, they spent a year to backpack travel they went to National Parks including the Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Sequoia. Doolittle has also written and illustrated many books including Music in the Wind, The Spirit Takes Flight, and The Forest Has Eyes. Of her painting and writing, she says: "I try to look beyond the obvious and create unique, meaningful paintings that depict our western wilderness and its inhabitants."

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Bev Doolittle "Two More Indian Horses" framed and matted numbered print under glass signed lower right "11326/48000 Bev Doolittle", 37.5" x 11.5". Bio from AskArt: Bev Doolittle (1947 - ) is a painter from California paints subjects of western wilderness from traveling the western United States and living outdoors for first-hand observation. She is noted for her careful attention to realistic detail of her wide-ranging western subjects including cowboys, Indians, horses and natural landscape. She has also built a career by having great success with the print market beginning in 1979. She studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, having earned a scholarship there while still in high school. Two years after graduation she married Jay Doolittle and their honeymoon was a painting trip to Bryce and Zion National Parks. Working on a series called "You and Me" paintings, they found moderate success with works that had Jay's semi-abstract background and Bev's detailed figures and animals. In 1973, they spent a year to backpack travel they went to National Parks including the Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Sequoia. Doolittle has also written and illustrated many books including Music in the Wind, The Spirit Takes Flight, and The Forest Has Eyes. Of her painting and writing, she says: "I try to look beyond the obvious and create unique, meaningful paintings that depict our western wilderness and its inhabitants."

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Two framed and matted oriental portrait paintings under glass of a man and woman sitting on armchair wearing dress robes, both signed lower left, approx. 30" x 60". Pickup only.

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Oscar Brönner framed oil on canvas landscape scene with lake and mountains, signed lower right "O. Brönner", in gilt frame, 24.75" x 20.75".

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Acrylic on canvas painting of Hindu women and men in a circle having peacock and floral decoration throughout, approx. 62" x 73". Pickup only.

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Two Bev Doolittle framed and matted numbered titled prints under glass incl "Christmas Day Give of Take a Week" signed lower left "Bev Doolittle 4139/4581" 23" x 23" and "Whoo" signed lower right "615/1000 Bev Doolittle" 16" x 31.5". Bio from AskArt: Bev Doolittle (1947 - ) is a painter from California paints subjects of western wilderness from traveling the western United States and living outdoors for first-hand observation. She is noted for her careful attention to realistic detail of her wide-ranging western subjects including cowboys, Indians, horses and natural landscape. She has also built a career by having great success with the print market beginning in 1979. She studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, having earned a scholarship there while still in high school. Two years after graduation she married Jay Doolittle and their honeymoon was a painting trip to Bryce and Zion National Parks. Working on a series called "You and Me" paintings, they found moderate success with works that had Jay's semi-abstract background and Bev's detailed figures and animals. In 1973, they spent a year to backpack travel they went to National Parks including the Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Sequoia. Doolittle has also written and illustrated many books including Music in the Wind, The Spirit Takes Flight, and The Forest Has Eyes. Of her painting and writing, she says: "I try to look beyond the obvious and create unique, meaningful paintings that depict our western wilderness and its inhabitants." Pickup only.

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Hand painted four panel divider having Oriental style cobalt landscape scenes on porcelain, 40.75" x 34.5"T. Pickup only.

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Two framed and matted R. Bridgens lithographs under glass incl "Alexander 1st King of Scotland A. D 1107" and "David Earl of Huntington A. D 1120" marked on bottom "R. Bridgens sculpt", 14.5" x 17.5".

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Six framed pith paintings of Asiatic people incl one lighting fireworks, one having two people playing instruments and one wearing a mask, one person holding a sword, one of someone in front of a vase, etc., approx. 5.25" x 7.25".

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Four framed needle points matted under glass incl woman with dog and plants titled "Sweet Lavender", woman with donkey and vegetables titled "Turnips & Carrots Ho!", woman with child, dog and milk jugs titled "Milk Below, Maids", and older woman with fish and vegetables at younger woman's doorway titled "Fresh Mackerel", approx. 21" x 26". Pickup only.

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Framed and matted Richard Florsheim "Shore Line" lithograph under glass 20.75" x 16.5", also having framed and matted Andrew Borsari shore scene photograph under glass signed lower right "Andrew Borsari 27/50", 30.25" x 24".

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Four framed and matted artwork under glass incl lithograph of man on horse titled "Course Anglaise" by Carle Vernet (Antoine Charles Horace Vernet), snowy landscape scene with three men on horses signed lower right appearing to be "Tan V. Ghelminsku", lithograph of "The Defire one of Cavendish's Fleet in a Dangerous Storm near the Streights of Maghellan" by Carle Vernet, and lithograph titled "Director's Liability" signed lower right "Stuff Gownsman", sizes range from 13" x 17.75" to 20.5" x 17.75". Pickup only.

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Two framed prints under glass of people in bars dancing, both marked on lower left "Compliments of Jaburg Bros.", one marked lower right "Kaufmann & Strauss", 22.25" x 17.75".

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Six framed and matted Oriental style paintings under glass incl woman in dress robes with umbrellas, man with two Samuri swords wearing bird decorated robes, signed painting of a red-crowned crane, signed painting of two birds appearing to be cranes, and two paintings of people sitting or kneeling with symbols throughout, sizes range from 13" x 14.75" to 16" x 20.75". Pickup only.

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Two framed and velvet matted needle points of Victorian style man and woman under glass, approx. 18.5" x 22". Pickup only.

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Four framed and matted lithographs of maps under glass incl Palestine and Asia Minor by Pierre Duval # 143/308, map of Princeton University, map of Egypt believed to be a 1753 print by John Wilson having personal note on back, and "A Plan of the Town and Citadel of Fort Royal in Martinico", sizes range from 16.25" x 14.25" to 19" x 24". Pickup only.

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Two framed hand painted Limoges plates under glass signed lower right "Duval" of buildings by water 22" x 22", and mixed media of woman with four children and peacock marked "Harald Richter. FEC", 23" x 28.5". Pickup only.