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Rare Lambert Alaskan Masterwork depicting 'Passing Storm' in classic Alaskan Bush village with native mother & child in foreground dated 1936 front and back. Original carved/gilt Jensen Seattle framing and exhibition tag on reverse.
Very moving depiction of a moderne woman coming out of the art deco period in America...done is pastel & charcoal. Hart was an art instructor at the University of Oregon at this time.
Superb Helder piece of two barns Beverly, WA farm just above the Columbia River. Wonderful architectural, farm pics done in Helder's home state. Grand Central Gallery, NYC stamp. Helder exhibited at MOMA NYC in 1944 in the exhibit 'Realists and Magic Realists'. White gold modernist custom frame.
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.
Classic Large Scale Callahan Pacific Northwest Mountain in the Modernist Asian Painting style that his sumi ink works are so well known for.
This is a double-sided piece. Lovely Eucalytus Laguna Beach Cottage on front and Mission San Juan Capistrano on the reverse…in original carved, gilt frame.
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.
Lovely, classic Callahan sumi of the majestic PNW mountain landscape done in his abstracted, modernist way!
Fastastic, large image by the Pacific Northwest finest resident landscape painter of the 19th C. Canvas in mint, unlined condition. Fresh to the market from my own collection...originally from a Vermont Family Estate that probably had the painting since it was painted. Fantastic Period Frame.
This is a wonderful oil sketch that resulted in a finished painting supposedly representing the Woman Painters of Washington enjoying a warm Summer Day on Whidbey Island, where the Camffermans lived and has an art school/colony. Housed is a period silver cove molding. This is a double-sided piece with a great depiction of what is most likely her husband Peter digging in the Garden under a blossoming cherry tree. My third image shows the reverse & my fourth image shows the larger finished painting I spoke of above for comparison.
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.
Great Wieghorst drawing of Cowboy on Horseback…they don't get much better. I have 1970s gallery receipt.
Stunning PNW classic apple still life by RGP, master of the photo realist still life. The smooth, tight surface detail has to be seen to behold it's beauty!
Fantastic Alaskan Imagery, by this Alaskan Master! You can see the influence of Maxfield Parrish in this special depiction of the American Idyll!
Rare standing Falcon, reminiscent of Ancient Egyptian Falcon Sculpture.
One of Banks' finest exhibition pictures, with swirling visionary symbolism!
Very sharp depiction of a fruit processing barn/factory probably in Central, WA. This is a classic, prime period Helder architectural painting.
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.
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!
This is a rarer Ziegler drypoint image of the Alaskan Husky Dog & Team done in approximately 1939...this image is shown in the Frye Art Museum publication from 2002 on Ziegler's drypoints 'Capturing The Character of the Northwest, Drypoints by Eustace P Ziegler', plate 9 pg 15. I have the matching imagery by Ziegler depicted on the cover of an Alaska Steamship Company Menu for the July 17, 1939 voyage of the SS Columbia...& a very similar original Husky portrait in pastel by Josephine Crumrine Liddell (also on AskArt), who also illustrated color menu covers for the Alaska Steamship Company in the 1940s.
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.
Absolute GEM of a gouache by Sheffers of Oregon Coast near Sea Lion Caves, Florence, Oregon. Beautifully housed in period framed under UV plexi.
Very early sharp depiction of the Pacific Northwest Frontier by Butman. This painting is done on an oval wood panel, which makes for a nice painting surface and glow to the picture. This painting has been exhibited extensively as part of the Phelan Collection of Early Western Art.
This work will be featured in our current exhibit "HAPPY 50th ANNIVERSARY, ALASKA! Pre-Statehood Alaskan Art". Wonderful classic McKinley image with rare bald eagle. This picture combines natural beauty, quality, rarity, originality and wonderful provenance to make it one of Laurence's finest 1919 pictures...Straight from the original family that purchased it from the artist in 1920 at The Anchorage Hotel.
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!
Lots of PUNCH in this rare woodblock print by Paul Gustin, well-known for his paintings and etchings of Mt Rainier!
Very fresh color & brushstroke in this impressionist Northwest watercolor by this significant NW Woman artist...mint color & condition!
Rarely seen Peterson view of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She made the trip there in 1916 with Louis Comfort Tiffany.
A wonderfully rendered picture of the artist''s son right before embarking together on the artistic survey of the Gadsden Purchase in 1848-53, of the newly acquired territory in the Southwest US by the government. Beautiful unlined condition in original frame.
Bright & has a lot of POP! Charming Morgan with family authentication letter on reverse from artist's niece, Dana Morgan Sr in 1997.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Wonderful still life with Cherries by this female that helped found the Seattle Fine Arts Society in the first part of the 20th C.
Rare, early Mt Rainier, Washington image, as featured on the back cover of the artist's Catalog Raisonne by Whyte. Also, large Mt Shuksan from Mirror Lake, Washington etching from 1927.
Striking Snow scene by this Old Lyme Colony artist. Estate fresh, freshly cleaned, unlined condition.
Lively view into Early Native Alaskan Life.
Stunning Celentano Op-Art with mesmerizing POP for days! The best I've ever seen. From the same IOTA series of a maroon piece in the ground floor lobby hallway in The Four Seasons Seattle Hotel Pacific Northwest Art Collection.
Wonderful early example of Post's best work, with a wonderful jeweled surface character and texture.
Extremely rare, early symbolist Partridge done leading up to WWI in japanesque style, symbolically depicting the silencing of the delicate butterfly! Done in a edition of 40, of which is believed fewer than 15 survive.
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.
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.
Very rare, large Gill depicting a very desirable famous Oregon covered bridge scene with horse-drawn hay wagon & rural farm houses or the era. From artist's family.
Wonderful, early Western action watercolor. Original Calgary framer's label.
Dramatic early illustration with movement of the popular ''Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' scene of the Headless Horseman rearing back with his pumpkin to throw at Ichibad Crane''s Head.
Titled by the artist, this remarkable depiction is incredibly accurately rendered...I can smell the salt air at Cohasset, Beach, Washington each time I look at this painting. Housed is a beautiful and appropriate driftwood frame with silver gilt inner lip.
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.
Major Gollings unfinished painting listed & purchased directly from the artist's Sheridan, Wyoming estate. Very large scale, on its way to being one of his most important pieces. Great color, brushstroke, composition, subject matter & original period frame.
The best quality Laurence I've ever seen in any size…in excellent original condition. Framed impeccably in period carved gilt Newcomb-Macklin frame.
