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# 4862. A oil on canvas. Signed Manuchehr Niazi and date 1967. Size: app. 5' x 7'. This large oil painting by Niazi depicts a forest in a snow storm. The artist is from Iran. Born in 1937, Niazi started painting when he was a child. He entered the Kamalolmolk School of Art in 1953 and went through the various classes of painting including Classic and Academic with well-known artists such as Mahmoud Olia, Hossein Sheikh, Mehdi Vishkaei and Mahmoud Javadipour. In 1961 the Iranian artist Manouchehr Sheibani taught him modern art and he then studied the history and theory of modern painting with David Morley, the American Art critic. In fact the development of his painting process began with academic art, and then through Impressionism, Futurism and compound Cubism, which culminated in Surrealism. Beside his painting efforts, Niazi also studied Classical music with Evelyn Baghcheban. His work is that of an unusual world and nature is pretext for him to express himself through forms and colors. Beyond all the movements of his brush, his aim is painting for art. There is no rest in his painting style and he is always in search, as must be the real character of a painter. He has a very sensitive nature inspired by the least movement to create a more profound work. This is sometimes quiet and sometimes full of excitement and rebellion. Niazi has held more than 120 solo exhibition and taking part in 283 group exhibitions. He has honored and got awards in Iran, USA and Paris. Condition: This oil needs to be re-stretched on the existing stretcher. Price: $4,500.00.
# 5298. A Genre portrait of a girl holding flowers: late 18th / early 19th century. Size: 37.5" x 49.5". Condition: relined; flaking to the left bottom quadrant. Unsigned and not attributed. From a Newport Estate. Price $5,000.00.
Item # 5306: A oil on canvas portrait. Attributed to William Allen Wall. Size: frame-30" x 34.5" canvas-25" x 30.5". Condition: tear above the head of the figure. The frame is period to the painting but it is a liner that fit inside a larger more fancy frame. The canvas is very dirty and probably has never been cleaned. When cleaned, it may reveal a signature and date. Age: circa 1830-40. Written on the back stretcher in pencil: " Decon James Tripp, New Bedford Mass died 1844 Painted by Wm A. Wall of the same place" This is a finely executed portrait reflecting Wall's exacting style. The following is from the New Bedford Whaling Museum information about the artist: William Allen Wall May 19, 1801-New Bedford September 6, 1885-New Bedford William Allen Wall was born to a prominent Quaker family of New Bedford. His father was the master of a Quaker school, ran a hardware store, and promoted cultural activities in the city. Wall seems to have inherited from his father an appreciation of art and may have received instruction from him in watercolor and pencil technique. His father passed away when Wall was fourteen years old. As one of the oldest of five children, it was necessary for him to take an apprenticeship to help his impoverished family. He became the apprentice of John Baily, a maker of watches and clocks in Hanover, Massachusetts. By 1822 Wall had established a business of making and selling clocks in New Bedford. He married Rhobe Taber Russell of the Russells Mills section of Dartmouth. In 1826 he endeavored to support himself and his family as an artist. He worked for Thomas Sully and Sully urged him to seek training in England. In 1832 Wall went to Europe and he traveled with Ralph Waldo Emerson on the continent. Emerson recorded in his journal their adventures in Italy, France, and Switzerland. Wall returned to New Bedford and renewed his work in portraiture. This form of art work was not the only type that intrigued him, however, he began to produce historical subjects and landscapes. In both of these interests he chose subjects predominantly related to New Bedford. Wall left an invaluable record of nineteenth century New Bedford. During his lifetime of eighty-four years, Wall never achieved recognition as an artist of great accomplishment, nor did he gain tremendous monetary reward for his work. Wall's greatest appreciation has come since his death. His paintings constitute a rich pictorial history of New Bedford's nineteenth-century past. Price: $1,250.00.
# 4632. A needle work rendering of an owl of which the original was executed by Bernard Buffet in 1969. Of the era. Frame size: 26.5" x 31". Needle work size 21" x 25.5". Condition: bright, no losses, framed with a period canvas wrapped frame. The needle work is hand wrought as shown on the detailed reverse side of the art. Price: $850.00.
Item Code: PAR. A small oil on board framed under glass. The title on the reverse states: "Old Fashioned Children" in hand written script. The Artist Board is made in Baltimore. Looks as if it is a study for a childrens book. Illustration style from the 1920's perhaps. Signed in the right. See hyperlink for detailed photos. From a Newport Rhode Island estate in storage for over 50 years. Price: $950.00.
# 5265. An Oil on Canvas by local Newport Artist Helena Sturtevant, signed and dated 1946 (the year she died). Frame Size: 35.5" x 30" and canvas size: 25" x 30". Signed in the lower left corner. Spring, probably late May; either Middletown or Portsmouth. American impressionist Helena Sturtevant, b 1872, Middletown, RI d 1946 Newport, RI Addresses: Newport, RI, Studied, BMFA School with E. Tarbell; Acad. Colarossi, Paris, with Blanche and L. Simon. Member: Newprt AA (director); AFA; College AA; NAWPS, AAPL. Exhibited: NAD, 1902, 1911, 1943; PAFA, fine annuals, 1905-17; Newport AA, 1912 (innaugural); AIC, 1913; Paris Salon, 1927; WFNY, 1939; GGE, 1939; Copley Gals., Bostom, MA. Work: Newport City Hall; NYPL (etching); Berkeley Mem. Chapel, Newport, RI "sister of Louisa" altar piece. Comments: Best known for her paintings of Newport historic buildings and the area coastline. Sources: WW40; Falk, Exh. Record Series. . See Who was Who in American Art page 3214. Condition: could be cleaned; original frame, no restorations. This painting has been sold: if you wish to sell a painting by Helena Sturtevant, please contact us: drawrm@hotmail.com
Item number 4221 is a pair (2) of 17th century Gothic carved wood figures in relief of two Saints. The figures are possibly from Central Europe; they were brought out of Hungary in the 1950's. Each is 7" wide and 18" tall. Originally polychromed. Paint and gesso loss and very fragile; worm holes. Very well carved. Price: $7,900.00 the pair. ( These carved figures were on loan the The Preservation Society of Newport to be displayed in the Gothic Room of Marble House till the end of the summer of 2010)
# 5231. An oil on canvas depicting the "Old Stone Mill" of Newport Rhode Island in the dead of Winter. Size of the canvas: 16" x 22". Signed: "Lewis" in the lower right corner. Metal stretcher braces are pat'd dated 1883 /1885. Painted sometime before 1900. Condition: cleaned and re-varnished some time in the past. With a full moon on the right side of the view, the Old Stone Mill ( the Viking Tower ) is shown surrounded by snow; barren trees laden with snow, clumps of field grass poking through the snow, a well trod path around the Mill; flakes of mica imbedded in the freshly painted surface by the artist add charm to this amateur painting. Seldom depicted as an oil painting, photographed scores of times for tourist post cards. Inquiries.
Twas the Night before Xmas, when all through The Hill
Not a creature was stirring around the Stone Mill
The Tourists were snug in the quaint B & B’s
The night was so cold afraid they would freeze
Police on duty performed all their rounds
When they got calls of complaints about unusual sounds
Strange noises were coming from the Old Stone Mill
In silent dispatch cars races through The Hill
Turning from Spring up Pelham they sped
The freshly laid snow caused a perilous dread
As the car reached the crest at the stroke of the hour
They said “It’s St. Nick taking a rest on the top of The Tower”
Blue lights flashing and reflecting all over the park
Santa sprang from his vantage up into the dark
The officer reported that what he had seen
Was Santa, a sleigh and a reindeer team
Passing over The Hill and gone out of site
With a voice calling out Merry Xmas to all, and to all a good night
" Xmas on the Hill" by Federico Santi 2009
# CS1. An Oil on Canvas: Artist Alison Hill Tihansky. Painted around 1990. Size: 40" x 54". Condition: poorly stretched; no frame; small tear to the white curtain to the left of the head of the figure. An attractive study of a young man in a lotus position while meditating. The artist lived at the time in Newport when this was painted. P.O.R.
# 2505. A small poster of depicting May Belfort holding a black cat. Size: app. 17" x 25" matted and framed ( 32" x 36"). From a Newport Rhode Island estate. Framed sometime in the 1950's. Signature on the lower left corner for Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Condition: excellent with no tears or discoloration. P.O.R,
# 5168. A Collage on stiff cardboard. Pre-1960. Size app. 19" x 23". Condition small loss to one of the applied decorative elements. Renaat Ivens (Belgium 1935-). Signed "R. Ivens".This particular work came down from the estate of Richard Banks. Banks lived in New York, Newport and Palm Beach and was well know in the artistic community with close friends and acquaintances in New York City. This work is titled on the back : " the road to heaven is a long hard road". Price: $400.00.
# 4865. A bronze head of "Pan". Signed N. Dimitrieff and dated 1937. Size: 11" tall. Very heavy cast bronze weighing 14lbs. Marked: Roman Bronze Works. (The following is the only other reference we can find about this artist: Dimitrieff, N. V., sculptor. Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry, founder. Title: Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), (sculpture). Dates: 1941. Dedicated 1949. Medium: Statue: bronze, painted black; Base: granite. Dimensions: Statue: approx. 4 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 5 x 5 ft. Inscription: N. V. Dimitrieff/1941 BEDI-RASSY FOUNDRY N.Y.C. (On front of base, raised:) PUSHKIN/1799 - 1837 signed Founder's mark appears. Description: A waist-length portrait of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, wearing long sideburns and dressed in traditional 19th century gentleman's clothes, including a cape which hangs over his proper right shoulder and flows around his back to his proper left side. He holds a scrolled paper with text inscribed into it in his proper left hand. His proper right hand is raised up to his chest. The portrait is painted black and is installed on top of a tapered stone base. Scroll Object Type: Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Cassville Sculpture Owner: Administered by Jackson Township, Department of Public Works, Jackson Township, New Jersey 08527 Located Pushkin Park, Rova Farm, Intersection of Route 571 & Perrineville Road, Cassville, New Jersey Remarks: Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, 1799-1837, a poet and dramatist, introduced Romanticism into Russian literature. The monument was erected on the 150th anniversary of Pushkin's birth. Repository: Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number: IAS NJ000261) Price $9,500.00.
# 4856. An oil on cradled board. A Grand Tour Copy of St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata (after Giotto). 19th Century. De-assessioned from the Fogg Museum. Size: (frame) 36" x 48". The art is about 5" smaller in size. Condition: flaking to the painted surface. The gilding is bright and intact. There is incised decoration behind the gilt halo of St. Francis and The Christ on the cross. The color of the flesh of the St. Francis figure is green. Price: $3,950.00.
LH3. A fine 18th century carved wood statue of a woman. Limewood with scuffed old painted surface; considerable worm hole damage. Structurally sound and will free stand. Size: 69" tall with the base app. 20" x 20". Probably French, possibly German or Austrian. Old breaks, fractures and some losses. A fine and unusual life size carved wood figure from Europe. Price: $19,500.00.
# 4567. An oil on canvas of a white peacock and flowers. Size of canvas: 19" x 50" in a very simple gold painted frame. Age: 19th century. Condition: crazing to the surface, probably needs minor cleaning and varnishing. Price: $2,850.00.
Item number 4645. An Oil on canvas painting. Size: app. 9.25" X 12". Condition: cut into an oval form from a larger work of art; glued onto a piece of card board; tear in the lower left corner. Age: the style of the work + the appearance of the canvas material shown in the tear indicate an earlier work of art, possibly early 19th century and possibly 18th century. Not overtly religious in nature, but who knows what was going on in the 'lost' areas. This painting needs cleaning and in the restoration process it can be removed from the cardboard. Price: $850.00.
# 4542. An Oil on Canvas. Signed Laszlo Zilahy. Hungarian. The style of this picture is the "Neogrady" style, but I believe that this artist predates those images by several years. We have never been able to find any information about Laszlo Zilahy. When we purchase this painting in Boston many years ago, it had its original large gold leaf frame with a Budapest Stamp on the frame dated 1876. The frame was too large for the area we were displaying the painting so we reframed the painting and sold the frame. Size: 23" x 34". Condition: original stretcher; flakes to the canvas as noted in the photos; crackelature to the surface. The work is stable, has never been cleaned and has not been relined. Price: $2,500.00.
# 4472. A dated 1830 Portrait Bust. Signed on the bust in large script: "R. Trentanove Fece Roma 1830". Size: 26 1/2" tall and 16" wide. Material: Carrara Marble. Condition: minor edge flakes to the toga; multiple tiny paint splatters to the surface; the sockel was neatly broken into and reglued. Please see detailed images below. This handsome classical portrait bust in typical of the era (1830's). Probably commissioned as a portrait bust by the sitter. In storage in a Newport warehouse since about 1925. Raimondo Trentanove, Italian 1792-1832; Initially a pupil of De Maria and Bartolini, Trentanove worked in Rome in close partnership with Canova. There he was involved in the execution of numerous works in his master's style, including direct copies after Canova, antique sculpture and portrait busts. Amongst the latter there exists a fine marble of Canova himself, now in the Galleria d'arte Moderna, Milan. Another version of the present impressive memorial bust of Napoleon may be found in the Museo del Risorgimento, Faenza. This portrait bust was completed two years before Trentanove's death in 1832. In the exhibition catalogue: " Art and the Empire New York 1825, 1861 " Edited by Catherine Hoover Voorsanger and John K. Howat ( ISBN 0-87099-957-5 ) on page 137 is mentioned: "Also in 1824 the (American) Academy elected as honorary member the Italian Raimondo Trentanove, a favored pupil of Canova . . . an act calculated to emphasize the institution's connections to Europe and to counter criticism of American cultural provincialism." This bust weighs 103 lbs. {It is possible that this may be a portrait bust of Charles Lucien (Carlo) Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (May 24, 1803 – July 29, 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithologist. He was the son of Lucien Bonaparte and nephew of Emperor Napoleon.} Price $30,000.00.
( A Trentanove bust of Napoleon sold recently at a Sothebys Auction for just over $53,000.00.
Information from a Sothebys Auction of a portrait bust by Trentanove of George Washington taking place in 2005: LOT 12 PROPERTY FROM THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS RAIMONDO TRENTANOVE (1792-1832) GEORGE WASHINGTON 8,000—12,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: $36,000 USD ; measurements height: 22.5 in. alternate measurements (57.2 cm) DESCRIPTION inscribed R. Trentanove. Fece. in Roma. 1824 white marble Executed in 1824. PROVENANCE Commissioned by James Lenox in Rome, 1824
# 4349. An oil on canvas. Probably from the 1940's. I believe a copy of a period piece. Size: 22" x 30". Signed: J. Werber. Not badly done. Needs a little cleaning. Simple gold (painted) frame. Price $750.00.
# 4223. Pictured is a watercolor att. to Moritz von Schwind. The image size is 14½" x 10¼". It is on paper. This work is a study for a mural. Schwind completed interior paintings for among other places the Vienna Opera House. The subject depicts Brunhilde & Siegfried. There was an exhibition at The National Gallery in Washington in 2001 titled: "Spirit of an Age" among other artist represented is quoted the following: "The exhibition features . . . two idealized canvases by Moritz von Schwind (1804-1871). In Von Schwind's The Rose, or The Artist's Journey (1846-1847), the painter fills the landscape with knights, maidens, and castles to evoke a medieval, fairytale mood." Brought out of Budapest in the 1950's. Price: $3,500.00
#3948.
SARAH BERNHARDT ( French, 1844-1923).
A portrait bust of an Actress
{This bust was sculpted by NOT of Ms. Bernhardt}
signed 'SARAH BERNHARDT'
25 1/2 " in.( 64.7 cm ) high, marble
{Probably dates from between 1885-1895}
"Alors découragée et dégoûtée du thèâtre, je me pris de passion poul la sculpture" - S. Bernhardt, 'Ma Double Vie' , Paris, 1907 , p.40.
Born Rosine Bernard, Bernhardt became one of the most famed actresses of nineteenth century Paris. She made her debut on the French stage in 1862, in Racine's 'Iphegnia.' By 1869, her fame ever increasing, Bernhardt began painting and sculpting. By 1874, she was exhibiting her sculpture at the Salon and continued to do so intermittently until 1886. In addition, Bernhardt had shows devoted to her work in London in 1879 and thereafter in New York and Philadelphia. the multi-talented Bernhardt even exhibited decorative works at the Exposition Universelle in 1900. Examples of her works are exhibited in museums all over the world including the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Price: $35,000.00.
# 2949. Pictured is a framed carved marble frieze. Mid 19th century. The flat marble is carved in relief depicting a vase filled with various flowers. Probably European, possibly Russian. Frame size : 24 1/2" x 29 ". Old restoration to the lower section . See darkened area bottom right. This item could date as early as the late 18th century. We suspect that it was removed from a palace and put into this frame sometime in the mid-nineteenth century. The frame dates from about 1820. The frieze is carved from one piece of marble. The detail is quite extraordinary. The break think may have taken place when it was removed from a wall before it was placed in this frame. Price. $12,500.00.
Oil on board by Mary E. Parrish. Titled "Autumn Landscape" with original exhibition label for the 6th annual exhibition, 1917, of the Art Association of Newport. Original frame. Size : 9" x 12". Price: $1,000.00.
# 3922. Oil on panel, signed: Imre Greguss (front and back), Hungarian, 1856-1910. A study for a large panel. Titled: Prince Rakoczi in Transylvania. Fully documented. 9½" X 13½". Greguss specialized in paintings with a military theme and his works hang in the Military Museum in Budapest. Price: $1,500.00.
# 3261. Oil painting on canvas. A self portrait with the artist holding his brush. Probably American. Size : 11" x 14". Sign on the paintbrush: " J E Landers 1875" We don't know if this is Jelanders or J Elanders or J E Landers. There was a James Ervin Landers ( James Ervin Landers Date of Birth: 9 May 1848 Place of Birth: McMinn Co., TN Date of Death: 4 Sept 1913 Place of Death: Okemah, OK Date of Marriage: 23 Sept 1869 Place of Marriage: Athens, McMinn Co, TN )who died in Okemah in 1915. Price: $3,000.00.
# RB9. An ink on paper of a lady. c. 1950-60. Unsigned but attributed to Richard Banks. Mr. Banks was a society portrait painter whose clients were in New York, Newport and Palm Beach. This delicately styled drawing we believe represents Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley know as Babe Paley. She was a "high priestess of the social arts, beauty, fashion and entertaining." Her good friend Truman Capote said of her: "She was perfect. Otherwise, she was perfect." About the artist Richard Banks:
A notice from 1962: "Lobster Pot Gallery Nantucket, Massachusetts Presents July 15-20 {1962}RICHARD BANKS. This is the frist Nantucket showing of paintings by the young Palm Beach Artist Richard Banks. Mr. Banks studied at the Norton Gallery of Art. His paintings are contemporary in spirit and arrestingly realistic. It is Mr. Banks' feeling that the grace and flow of line in his work can be attributed to his experience in musical composition. His talent for design and color are immediately evident. At present Mr. Banks' paintings are in many private collections including those of: Mr. and Mrs. Chester Dale, Mr. Carl Van Vechten, Mr. and Mrs. James Reid Parker, General William Young."
Mr. Banks was included in a Portraits in Review: 1962-1963 Portraits Inc.{Gallery}, 136 East 57th Street New York, New York - May 15 through May 29, 1963.
Some of his Exhibitions in the 1960's were: Palm Beach Galleries, Palm Beach 1962; Lobster Pot Gallery Nantucket 1961-62; Southampton Gallery, Southhampton, L.I. 1962; New York City Center, New York City 1963; Newman Art Gallery Philadelphia, PA 1963; Cushing Memorial Hall, Newport Rhode Island 1963; Galaxy Gallery, Phoenix Arizona 1964; Palm Beach Galleries, Palm Beach Feb 1964.
From and article in Dance Magazine March 1963 titled: "Impressions in Paint and Words": "Alicia Markova, who recently announced her retirement from active dance, continues her career as choreographer and lecturer. The lovely ballerina, famed for her delicate, Romantic style, is seen here, late January, with Richard Banks and his portrait-in-progress of her. 'I was unprepared and facinated by the directness of her gaze' says Mr. Banks, 'and how different she is on and off-stage.' 'Dancers,' says Richard Banks, 'are special people.' Allegra Kent 'is not flesh and bones - she's really air!' and Alicia Markova to the painter, is 'like Mt. Olympus.' Born and brought up in the elegant atmosphere of Palm Beach, Mr. Banks has been and commercial and fashion artist and more recently a successful society painter. With an ability to readily capture the likeness of a subject, he started with portraits in tempera and changed to oils. He has always admired the beauty of his dancer-friends, and so, with no thought of profit as motivation, he has focused his attention on making a record of their unique radiance. His portraits, most of which are life size - five or six feet, are accomplished in one or two sittings. He doesn't want the dancers to pose in movement. And yet, since a non-dancer pose might be static, he searches for a charasteristic stance. He uses color to catch what he considers the aura of the individual personality. March 12 - April 21, in conjunction with the N.Y.C. Ballet's spring season, City Center Galleries presents an exhibition of Richard Bank's portraits of dancers . . ."The size of this drawing is 19" x 24". Condition: unmounted, folding to the paper in the lower right hand corner. From the private collection of the artist. Price: $1,500.00.
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