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This is the best and most luminous midnight sun(set) painting by Laurence that I've ever seen. From the Anderson House Museum, Anchorage Family...Housed in period Schneider Seattle carved frame.
The Oregon Coast in Summer couldn't be nicer! Mint condition in period Jensen Seattle gilt/carved frame. Fitzgerald done wonderful work in the Pacific Northwest, his Oregon Coast paintings being perhaps his most desirable. Great carved, gilt Jensen period frame.
Exceptional image of a Supply Steamer & Off-Load Trolley Boat in Alaska's Cook Inlet...the smoke from the stack provides a wonderful contrast to the Great Alaskan sky and wilderness it's set against.
Bright painting of Lake Union Boats Docked with Gasworks Park (today) in background. Love the light & movement in the clouds & the reflection on the water. Can’t beat the exceptionally carved, silver metal leaf Newcomb-Macklin period frame to set off this view of a blustery Seattle Spring day.
Stunning nocturne of Native Alaskan by campfire under The Cache and the light of the moon & stars. Housed in the original Jensen Seattle carved/gilt frame.
Wonderful early, abstract expressionist work by Close, done the year he completed his undergraduate studies Magna Cum Laude at the University of Washington (Seattle). This work is compositionally similar to that of Willem DeKooning, whom he admired, and the work of his UW art instructor Alden Mason. The globbing of paint is reminiscent of the impasto Hans Hofmann created on canvas. The provenance of this piece is directly from a friend of Close at the UW. Upon meeting DeKooning late in his life, Chuck Close quoted himself as saying "Its finally nice to meet someone who's painted more DeKoonings that I have".
Stunningly precise rendition of this PNW classic, the Dandelion!
Fantastic Alaskan Imagery, by this Alaskan Master! You can see the influence of Maxfield Parrish in this special depiction of the American Idyll!
Classic pair of 1930s sumi Market Sketches of Women. Came in with several other signed NW Mystic paintings (Tobey, Graves, Callahan), including a signed Tobey market sketch.
Bahia are africans now native to Northwest Brazil. Very nice modern illustrative imagery from Sahlin's series of native people from Central and South America.
Engaging Alaskan Life subject matter.
Striking, highly sought after thick white crackle glaze on black ground, prime period charger wall sculpture by the Seattle great ceramic artist and teacher Robert Sperry. This piece depicts 4th of July Fireworks over Lake Union, where Bob Sperry's studio was in the 1980s.
Lovely, detailed Rockwell of the Oregon Coast, Near Pacific City
George Uchida, Seattle, widely exhibited photo of Mark Tobey 1963 on 20x16 backboard mount.... Arizona International Exhibition, Illinois International Exhibition, Oklahoma International Exhibition, & Seattle International Exhibition of Photography.
From his Long Beach, Washington period…which is my favorite! Power, Geometry, just enough color & tons going on in this Moonlit Beach depiction of the flotsam & jetsam along the coast at line.
Wonderful bright masterwork by this famous caricaturist. Studied alongside Norman Rockwell at the Art Students League in NYC. This is his 1949 National Academy Exhibited painting.
Stunning, colorful work of abstracted floral still life of red, yellow, green, blue, purple and orange in bright primary hues in white painted modern artist molding. Mid 20th C University of Washington Art Instructor. Tons of POP & Wall Presence in this painting!
This is my favorite Derbyshire painting & the finest Leon Derbyshire still life painting that we know of. The illuminating light & shading in this modern still life make it a special piece!
Striking iconic Pacific Northwest imagery of a burnt out ancient cedar tree from her trip out West with Louis Comfort Tiffany in August of 1916. This picture, and one very similar by Tiffany, were painted side-by-side in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC. Great frame and Provenance, as well.
Classic Large Scale Callahan Pacific Northwest Mountain in the Modernist Asian Painting style that his sumi ink works are so well known for.
Just look at this mountain lion proudly sitting with it's prey under it's giant paw...Striking example by Austin with the big cat's memorizing surreal green eyes! Housed in a fantastic Jensen Seattle carved, gilt frame. Mint condition.
Moving James Washington Jr Woodblock imagery
Masterful representation of the Grand Coulee Dam Construction 1933-42, done in 3 individually framed panels. The center image being 27x34 and the two outer images being 27x12. Exciting WPA-period piece of Classic American Scene 30s Regionalism.
Stunning floral watercolor of pink asiatic lilies in a glass vase by this early Seattle artist. Many Immel floral watercolors were marketed as prints in the 1930s-50s by Ashley & Co. NYC that were popular in many mid-century homes in the US. Incredible period, gilt carved Newcomb-Mackin frame.
Lovely, bright regional Pacific Northwest Farm Scene by this wonderful woman artist!
Extremely Rare and perhaps unique Red Nomad.
A stunning etherial, luminist view of Mt Rainier from Lake Washington, flanked by Mercer Island and Seward Park in the mid-ground. In period gilt American cove frame. Elliott painted in Yellowstone Park with Thomas Moran in 1871 and is associated with the conservation of the Alaskan fur seal.
Wonderful Central Oregon Snow scene of the Upper Deschutes River, near LaPine, Oregon. Framed in a period carved, gilt Jensen frame that highlights the painting exceptionally well!
Desert Masterwork by Hills...incredibly framed in 23K gold.
Very Distinguished 1930s Women's Head Shot in Tobey's Classic Sumi Style. Love the attenuated modernist facial features in this Pike Place Market Sketch!
Exhibited at Tacoma Art Museum 'Concise History of Northwest Art'. Depicts Ballard (Seattle) Marine scene. One of his best paintings for impasto, color & composition. In lovely condition in the original period Newcomb-Macklin frame. It's always been my favorite Forkner painting!
A wonderful, rare work by this Group of Twelve Woman Painter from Seattle. It clearly shows the influence of Lyonel Feininger mid 20th C. linear abstracted work.
Stunning Modern Realist Vermont town scene in snow melt by this woman artist from Washington State that exhibited at MOMA in NYC alongside the likes of Sheeler and Demuth in 1944 in the exhibit 'Realist and Magic Realists'. This piece has the Grand Central Gallery stamp on the reverse.
Wonderful classic Graves mystic bird on handmade paper in period Jensen Seattle carved frame mimicking bird’s prominent juvenile tail and flight feathers. Fresh to market, origin from Brian Callahan Collection 1970s.
Rare, early impression of this classic Gustin Seattle Waterfront, in addition to Gustin's wonderful classic Mt Rainier etching ed 8/60 from 1928.
Great Wieghorst drawing of Cowboy on Horseback…they don't get much better. I have 1970s gallery receipt.
Stunning, Bright Rare Alaskan watercolor by a pre WWII woman artist. White-line woodblocks included.
Wonderful still life with Cherries by this female that helped found the Seattle Fine Arts Society in the first part of the 20th C.
Striking Collage of contacting colors and emotions
This print was accepted for the National Print show in DC in 1945 and also exhibited at 'American Prints Today' in Indianapolis in 1946.
Great period carved frame with silk mat and uv-plexi. His best watercolor that I have seen.
As fine a Seattle Elshin as you'll ever see…in mint condition in original gilt modernist cove frame.
Catchy, industrial modern regionalist Pacific Northwest piece by Russian emigre Jacob Elshin of Brickyard between Bothell & Woodinville, WA on the Sammamish Slough that feeds into Lake Washington. This subject was painted by Guy Anderson, as well, in 1934.
Lovely version of this classic Ziegler Alaskan Native subject matter in the original period Newcomb-Macklin frame
Lovely, classic Callahan sumi of the majestic PNW mountain landscape done in his abstracted, modernist way!
Here's an exceptional 1955 31x43 inch Kenneth Callahan just in...Per inscription on the strecher, it was lent for exhibition to IX Premio Lissone (Museum of Contemporary Art near Milan, Italy) by owner actor Burgess Meredith ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgess_Meredith )via The Maynard Walker Gallery on East 57th in NYC for a museum competition in the 1950s-60s. Not that it makes a bit of difference as to the great quality of the picture, but its kind of cool that Burgess Meredith was the trainer in the original 'Rocky' movie with Sylvester Stallone, and 'The Penguin' in the original Batman.
The best quality Laurence I've ever seen in any size…in excellent original condition. Framed impeccably in period carved gilt Newcomb-Macklin frame.
Wonderful, early Western action watercolor. Original Calgary framer's label.
Rare Fidalgo Island, Washington oil of men fishing at Pass Lake, right before you get the famous Deception Pass Bridge on the HW 20 Scenic Byway! Great Newcomb-Mackin carved frame...
Lively view into Early Native Alaskan Life.
