Watercolor
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Nineteenth-Century Watercolors
by Finch, Christopher
"Explores the triumph of watercolor in the century of Blake, Girtin, Turner, Whistler, and Homer. It is a story that encompasses many styles."
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[S.S.] Monarch RA....in San Francisco.
by Faurot, Walter Lowell
San Francisco: 1947.. Watercolor. Matted. 8 x 11 inches. The ship is berthed at a pier in San Francisco. with the Bay Bridge and Oakland in the background. Signed , dated and annotated 'SF." Difficult to make out the name of the ship.
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$375.00
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[Manuscript Magazine] "P.R.M." (Three Volumes)
London, etc., 1891-1893. Pebbled Cloth. Very Good. Three years, and 36 issues, of a Pre-Raphaelite-inspired manuscript magazine, spanning 1891 through 1893, with a major contributor Gerald Moira (1867-1959). The majority of contributors were women, as were the two other most represented contributors, the sisters Nora Butson and Helen Susan Strange Butson, who also acted as the editor of the magazine. With about 250 full-page original artworks, mostly watercolors, and countless other vignettes, text...
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$12,500.00
Nineteenth-century watercolors / Christopher Finch
by Finch, Christopher
New York ; London : Abbeville Press Publishers, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 295 pages : 371 illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 34 cm. Notes; Spine title: 19th century watercolors. Includes bibliographical references (pages 289) and indexes. Contents; Introduction -- The origins of a tradition -- Girtin and Turner -- The...
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$36.00
Portrait of a Latin Woman Holding Fruit.
by Pencovic, Alexis
San Francisco, Calif., ca. 1938. . Watercolor painting. 12 x 9 inches. Signed. The artist was the Head of Conservation for the Avery Brundage Collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in the 1980s.
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$500.00
Racing Thoroughbreds. Rowney Colors.
by Brown, G. Turner
San Francisco, Calif.: Brown, 1937.. Watercolor painting. 10 x 25 inches. Two horses running left. Signed and dated 7-[19]37. Studio at 715 Bush St., San Francisco, Framed.
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$1,500.00
Children's Class.
by Ludwig, Helen
New York, 1945.. Watercolor and ink painting. 13 x 11 inches.
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$650.00
Century Tree.
by Kirby, Vesta
Greece: Vesta Kirby, 1964.. 7 x 9 inches. Watercolor on paper. Very Good. Notes & stamp on verso. Kirby, Vesta (1936-2016) Her paintings are included in private, public, museum and corporate collections. She participated in numerous juried exhibitions, group shows and solo exhibits, and was a member of the San Francisco Museum of Art Artists Gallery. Ms. Kirby taught at UC Berkeley Extension, San Francisco Art Institute Extension, The Academy of Art College and the College of San Mateo.Vesta’s...
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$150.00
Flower bouquet with fruit and a butterfly
by ANON
Watercolor and gouache on pith paper. Tipped onto a backing sheet at each corner and bordered by strips of embroidered fabric. A few splits in the corners but otherwise in good condition. 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches.<br/> <br/> Accomplished painting of a botanical arrangement, from China for the export market, undated but early 19th century. Beautifully painted with many flowers and a butterfly.<br/> <br/>
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$500.00
Autographed Letter Signed
by FLINT, William Russell (1880 - 1969)
London, 1931. unbound. 1 page, 10 x 8 inches, Campden Hill, London, February 1, 1931. In this letter, Flint complies with a request, in full: "Here at last I am posting you a copy of the book duly autographed. With my kind regards and good wishes. W. Russell Flint." Tiny crease and closed tear in the top margin; very good(+) condition.<br/><br/> Scottish artist and illustrator best known for his watercolor paintings of women.<br/><br/>
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$150.00
Collection of a Dozen Postcards Featuring Original Watercolors and Ink and Pencil Drawings
1903-1907. Very Good. An extraordinary group of original artwork from the early twentieth century, with short text written on a few of the cards. The artwork was all done by a B. Vinya and sent to a D. Enrique Montagut in Alicante, which is on the Mediterranean Coast of Spain. Subjects of the watercolors include an elderly guitarist, a young family looking off to the sea's horizon where there is the fishing craft of the father and husband, a picturesque old mill, two country landscapes, several...
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$670.00
Flower bouquet with fruit
by ANON
Watercolor and gouache on pith paper. Tipped onto a backing sheet at each corner and bordered by strips of embroidered fabric. A few splits in the right margin but otherwise in good condition. 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches.<br/> <br/> Accomplished painting of a botanical arrangement, from China for the export market, undated but early 19th century. Beautifully painted bouquet of flowers with many types of fruits intertwined.<br/> <br/>
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$500.00
The Death of a Tree
by FOLON, (Jean-Michel)
Milan: Alice Editions, 1974. Limited. paperback. fine/near fine. Folon. Original frontispiece lithograph by Max Ernst, and 24 color plates Thin oblong folio, stiff black card covers, thick pictorial dust wrapper, lightly toned. (Milan): Alice Editions, (1974). First Edition in English.<br/> <br/> Surrealistic watercolors. No. 266 of 1740 copies.<br/> <br/>
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$100.00
GROUP OF FIGURES
by STERN, MAURICE (1878-1957)
C. 1890. Pencil sketch on tissue. 11 ½ x 12. D.V. See Mayenpon, Charlotte Leon: Shadows and Light: Life friends and Opinions of Maurice Stern, 1965. Framed.
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$1,500.00
THE WATERCOLOR ARTIST'S BIBLE
by Scott, Marylin
Chartwell Books, Inc.. Fine. 2009. Fourteenth Printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 192 pages .
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$14.00
Winter Sports in Maine.
by Schoener, Jason
Robinhood, Maine: Circa 1950s.. Gouache .Signed lower right. 14 x 20 inches on heavy rag paper. Titled on the verso. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1919, Jason Schoener came from a family of distinguished American artists. He was the nephew of sculptor/painter William Zorach and his wife, painter Marguerite Zorach. Beginning in 1939, Schoener spent his summers at the Zorach family farm in Georgetown, Maine, where he studied art with his Uncle William. After service in the...
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$750.00
Monogram Album with Monograms Incorporated into 38 Watercolors and Ink Drawings
Full Morocco. Very Good Plus. A marvelous monogram album in which the monograms are creatively incorporated into charming watercolor and ink illustrations, with a few highly imaginative examples. 4to. 29 by 25 cm. 38 leaves. The most special of the plates include a painting of two women in eighteenth century gowns fanning themselves in a drawing room; a portrait of one of those two women; a seated elderly woman by a table of fruits, the woman and her pose bearing a resemblance to Whistler's...
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$7,500.00
Woman with a Fan.
by 1920s Artist
Circa 1920s.. Watercolor on paper cut-out . 11 x 8 inches at widest. Various tears.
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$150.00
Original Sketches
American. Half Morocco. Diagonal stripe textured cloth on boards. . Very Good. Sketches and watercolors, many portraits of a dwarfish man, skillfully rendered. N.d., mid-19th century. (A original poem in the back is dated 1869. We assume the poem was done by the artist.) Folio, 34 by 29 cm. 81 pages with original artwork, the majority of which can pass as finished. About 51 of these are primarily pen-and-ink or pencil drawings, 30 are filled out with watercolors or wash. Human studies,...
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$2,500.00
Coast Around Big Sur.
by Barrett, Richard F
Northern California, ca. 1990.. Watercolor and pencil on mould paper. 22.5 x 30". Signed by artist.
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$250.00
Design for Santa Rosa Savings, California.
by Sheets, Millard
1970s.. Watercolor painting. 24 x 39. inches. Unsigned by the artist. Probably a collaboration with Robert L. (Bob) Jackson. On board. Exhibited at: A Tapestry of Life. The World of Millard Sheets. The Millard Sheets Center for the Arts at Fairplex, Pomona, California. September 2007.
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$2,400.00
Cezanne's Watercolors: Between Drawing and Painting
by Simms, Matthew
New Haven & London: Yale University Press. 2008. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy in 'as new' condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. xi, 227 pages. A beautifully illustrated, informative examination of Cézanne's watercolours. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Like New. 1st Edition....
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$119.14
South of Market, San Francisco, from the Bay.
by Schoener, Jason
San Francisco: 1946.. Watercolor. Signed and dated lower right. 14.5 x 21 inches on heavy rag paper. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1919, Jason Schoener came from a family of distinguished American artists. He was the nephew of sculptor/painter William Zorach and his wife, painter Marguerite Zorach. Beginning in 1939, Schoener spent his summers at the Zorach family farm in Georgetown, Maine, where he studied art with his Uncle William. After service in the Pacific during...
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$650.00
Unlikely Warriors; General Benjamin H. Grierson and His Family
by LECKIE, William H. and Shirley A
University of Oklahoma Press, 1984. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Risley, C.A.. illustrated. xv, 368 pages. 8vo, cloth, d.w. University of Oklahoma Press, (1984). First Edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> With an original half page watercolor by C.A. Risley painted on the half-title. Depicted is a cavalry soldier on a horse. Presentation copy from C.A. Risley.<br/><br/>
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$300.00
