Kou Hsiung (Original Wood-Engraving, Signed) by Lathrop, Dorothy - 1944

[Np: The Artist, ca. 1962].. Original watercolor on paper (13.5 x 8"; 345 x 200 mm). Signed by the artist in the left lower corner, and captioned in pencil on verso. About fine. A close-up full-body rendering of a pangolin next to a waterhole, with a suggestion of its focusing on its own reflection in the water. This watercolor was painted at the approximate time of Parker's work on the illustrations for the limited edition of Marianne Moore's EIGHT POEMS, published by the Museum of Modern Art. It is a much more detailed and finished piece than the drawings executed for that work.

Los Angeles: Pasquale Napolitano, 1935. Original Telegram . No Binding. Very Good. Approximately 26" X 18". Original Textile Designed By Pasquale G Napolitano, And Made By His Wife. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-925, Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire, Los Angeles City Hall, The Palm Beach Biltmore, Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny And Mural Painting In Germany 1929-1931, Returned To Architectural And Other Work In The U.S., Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1938 And Some Private Commissions, Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960, Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S, And Notably Did Church Art Work For The Next Twenty Years Including Full Church Interiors, Monumental Sculptures, Etc. He Is The Subject Of The Monograph "Napolitano", 1934, By Merle Armitage.

(Los Angeles Circa 1945?), 1945. Original Artwork . No Binding. Fine. Original Watercolor 9" X 6" On Much Larger Sheet, Titled And Signed By The Artist. Maria Augusta Ceritto (Also: Cerrito) Norins (1903-1989), Jamaican Artist, Had Settled In Los Angeles By The 1940'S. Source: Edan Hughes, Author Of The Book "Artists In California, 1786-1940" D

Los Angeles , 1934. Original Art Work . No Binding. Very Good. Original Sketch. Original Tempera On Paper, Image Approximately 24 1/2" X 17 1/2". Undated, Unsigned, Circa 1923-1936. Large Sketch Of A Reclining Nude Female Figure On Verso. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-1925, Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire, Los Angeles City Hall, The Palm Beach Biltmore, Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny In 1929, And Then Studied Mural Painting In Germany 1930-1931, Returned To Architectural And Other Work In Nyc 1931-1932, Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1936 And Some Private Commissions Including The Bel Air Bay Club Circa 1937, Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960 (Including A Book About Napolitano, 1935), Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S And Early 1950'S (The King And I, Etc.), Worked As A Designer-Craftsman For Judson… Read More

Los Angeles , 1934. Original Art Work . No Binding. Very Good. Original Sketch. Original Tempera On Paper, Image Approximately 35 1/2" X 27 1/2". Undated, Unsigned, Circa 1934. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-1925, Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire, Los Angeles City Hall, The Palm Beach Biltmore, Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny In 1929, And Then Studied Mural Painting In Germany 1930-1931, Returned To Architectural And Other Work In Nyc 1931-1932, Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1936 And Some Private Commissions Including The Bel Air Bay Club Circa 1937, Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960 (Including A Book About Napolitano, 1935), Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S And Early 1950'S (The King And I, Etc.), Worked As A Designer-Craftsman For Judson Studios, Worked With His Wife On Original Textiles, And Did… Read More

Paris, 1826. Original Art Work . Single Sheet. Fine. 22 3/4" x 15. Color Engraving. Engraving Of A Drunken Celebration In The Park, With About 100 Figures. Complete With Full Margins, With Title In French Below The Image, Which Is Approximately 44 X 26 Cm.. The Designer's Name And Date 1826 In The Plate, With Name Printed Below, And Engraver's Name "E. Massard" Is Also Present At Lower Right. Eleanor Massard (1790- ) Was A Daughter Of Artist Jean Massard And Sister Of Artists Jean B. C. Massard And J. B. R. Massard. One Of A Small Number Of Gifted Late Eighteenth Century To Early Nineteenth Century Female Artists, Most Of Whom Were Children Of Artists And Were French Or English. First Issued 1826, But Date Of This Printing Is Unknown.

[Np: The Artist, ca. 1962].. Original watercolor on paper (13.5 x 8.75"; 342 x 222 mm). Signed by the artist in the left lower corner, and captioned in pencil on verso. About fine. A lovely rendering of a Plumet Basilisk perched on a stalk, cast against an orange sun and sky. This watercolor was painted at the approximate time of Parker's work on the illustrations for the limited edition of Marianne Moore's EIGHT POEMS, published by the Museum of Modern Art. It is a much more detailed and finished piece than the drawings executed for that work.

Los Angeles: Pasquale Napolitano, 1935. Original Telegram . No Binding. Very Good. Approximately 73 X 38". Original Textile Designed By Pasquale G Napolitano, And Made By His Wife. Emmie Goetz Studied Textiles In Germany In 1930-1931, And Later Worked For Maria Kipp In Los Angeles. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-1925, Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire, Los Angeles City Hall, The Palm Beach Biltmore, Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny And Mural Painting In Germany 1929-1931, Returned To Architectural And Other Work In The U.S., Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1938 And Some Private Commissions, Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960, Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S, And Notably Did Church Art Work For The Next Twenty Years Including Full Church Interiors, Monumental Sculptures, Etc. He Is The Subject Of The Monograph… Read More

Los Angeles: Pasquale Napolitano, 1935. Original Telegram . No Binding. Very Good. Approximately 36" X 26". Original Textile Designed By Pasquale G Napolitano, And Made By His Wife. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-925, Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire, Los Angeles City Hall, The Palm Beach Biltmore, Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny And Mural Painting In Germany 1929-1931, Returned To Architectural And Other Work In The U.S., Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1938 And Some Private Commissions, Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960, Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S, And Notably Did Church Art Work For The Next Twenty Years Including Full Church Interiors, Monumental Sculptures, Etc. He Is The Subject Of The Monograph "Napolitano", 1934, By Merle Armitage.

Original Edith Oenone Somerville drawing in pencil on buff coloured paper, numbered '61' to lower left with 1968 Neptune Gallery monogram stamp "E OE S" to the lower right corner. Equine Studies of horse and groom. Undated (c 1900). Overall size 15 1/4" x 12 3/4" (Mount aperture Size 9" x 6"). Near Very Good condition. Framed and glazed. (Not removed from the frame). Auction labels and 1968 Neptune Gallery catalogue excerpt to board backing detailing the Provenance and that "All of these drawings, except those which bear a clear signature, have been marked by the Gallery with a monogram stamp with the initials E. OE S.".
Provenance;
From the Artist's Estate to Sir Patrick Coghill
Sold at Sotheby's, London in July 1968 to the Neptune Gallery, Dublin, with their label & Exhibition catalogue excerpt to reverse of frame.Private Collection.Offered for Sale at auction in 2005 (Whyte's, Dublin), with their label to reverse of frame.Private Collection.