American School, circa 1900

Industrial Mechanism Design

Pencil, watercolor and wash on heavy cream laid paper.

Sight size 15" x 8.25"
Frame size: 20" x 12.5"

Tylden Streett (Baltimore, born 1922)

Painted Plaster Wall Bracket of a Monk

Height: 10" Max. Width: 7"

The Maryland Institute College of Art alum is an artistic institution all by himself. Streett served as the director of MICA’s Rinehart School of Sculpture from 1959-60. In 2010, he was awarded the Medal of Honor—the College’s highest honor—for his dedication to teaching and excellence in the field. He is one of Maryland’s most prolific sculptors...

Street Scene in Tunisia

Porter Woodruff (American, early/mid-20th century)

Gouache on paper, inscribed: “To Ella, Porter Woodruff”.

Provenance: from the Estate of Ella Poe Burling, Washington, DC.

Woodruff, a painter and illustrator, exhibited at the Salons of America in 1934. He created a striking Art Deco cover for Vogue in 1928 and is listed in Who Was Who in American Art by Falk.

Sight size: 23.5” x 19”
Frame size: 31” x 25.5”

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Clark Marshall (American, 1862-1944)

Summer Landscape

Oil on canvas, signed lower right

Painting size: 14.5” x 22.5”
Frame size: 19” x 27”

A native of Talbot County on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Marshall became a highly regarded landscapist, painting mainly in the impressionist manner. Solo exhibitions of his work were held at the Peabody Institute and at The Baltimore Museum of Art. A student at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, he later ex...

Albert Southwick (American, b. 1872)

Sienna

Pen on paper, signed and inscribed “Siena (18)‘99”

Sight size: 4” x 4”
Frame size: 10.5” x 10.5”

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Southwick studied abroad in Paris at the Académie Julian, and also traveled abroad to Berlin.

Source:
Benezit, E. Dictonnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs. 1999.

William F. Walter (American, 1904-1977)

Bridge in Washington

Oil on canvas, signed.

Painting size: 20” x 24” Frame size: 27.75” x 31.5”

A Washington, DC native, Walter was a respected designer, cartoonist, teacher and painter during his lifetime. After completing his studies at the Corcoran School of Art, he continued his training under the instruction of Charles Hawthorne, W. Lester Stevens, Richard Meryman and B. Baker.

Walter was member of the ...

William Jurian Kaula (American, 1871-1953)

Landscape in Normandy

Oil on canvas, retaining a partial exhibition label with title, artist and the address: “311 Fenway Studios - Boston”. Also maintaining a partial "Paris" label on the stretcher.

Painting size: 23.5” x 28.75”
Frame size: 29.5” x 34.75”

A plein aire landscape artist, Kaula began his artistic training at the Massachusetts Normal Art School. He continued his education at the Cowles Art Sch...

Ruth Killick Morley  (American, b.1888)

Standing Nude

A Bronze Figure, signed

Height: 16.5”

Born in England in 1888, Morley settled in New York and was a sculptor, craftsperson and teacher. She was a member of the Allied Artists of America and exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She is listed in Falk, Who Was Who in American Art.

Couple with Doves

European School, late 19th century.

Oil on canvas laid down.

Painting size: 15.25" x 12.75"
Frame size: 20.25" x 17.25"

American School, Circa 1860

The White Mountains of New Hampshire

Oil on artist board, with the original frame having ears of corn decoration

Painting: 8" x 10"
Frame: 13.5" x 15.5"

Red Haired Girl on Leopard Skin Rug

Gertrude G. Grey (American, 19th/20th century)

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: "1909".

Provenance: the Estate of Virgil McMahan.
Illustrated: McMahan, The Artists of Washington, DC, 1796-1996 (Fig. 83)

Painting size: 20" x 24"
Frame: 29.5" x 33.5"

Grey was active in Washington, DC from 1905-1920 except for a brief period in Paris. She was a member and exhibitor with the Washington Watercolor Club and the Society of Was...

Fine small pair of antique French ormolu and marble candelabra, circa 1870, now wired as lamps.

Height: 8.25” (to candlecup)

Essex County, Massachusetts serpentine tea table in a good original state, having birch block and cleats, well formed snake feet. Approx. 28" high, 39" wide.

Rare diminutive Neo-Classical inlaid lady's desk with tambour cylinder section and fine inlay. Mirrored doors and writing section pulls out. 28" wide, 15" deep, 53" high.

Oil on paper, portrait of a yeshiva boy in Baltimore, monogrammed SB and dated 1903. Approx. 11" x 7.5" site size and about 17" x 14" framed. bio from ask art.com A native of Lithuania, Bernstein arrived penniless in the United States at the age of sixteen. He began to paint while employed as a clerk in a general store in West Virginia and later studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art and at the Art Students League in New York. While in Paris to complete his training at the Academie...

Fine antique gray and white marble pedestal with octagonal base, ring turned pillar and square, rotating top with cut corners. Circa 1860-1870, probably French.

Top: 9.75” x 9.75”
Height: 41”

William Aiken Walker (American, b. c.1838-1921)

Man in a Cottonfield

Oil on board, signed lower left.

$16,500. Painting Size: 8.25” x 4.25”
Frame Size: 12.5” x 8.5”

A lifelong artist, Walker exhibited his first painting at the age of twelve and continued to paint until his death 71 years later.

In the 1860’s Walker traveled to Dusseldorf for artistic training and remained for several years. Returning to Charleston, he joined the Confederate Ar...

Adelaide Deming (American, 1864-1956)

An Interior

Pastel on board, with an exhibition label on the reverse from the New Haven Paint & Clay Club.

Sight size: 10” x 14.25”
Frame size: 15.5” x 19.25”

Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, Deming was a painter, craftswoman and teacher. Her artistic studies took her to New York City where she studied at the NY Art Students League, and the Pratt Institute under the tutelage of William Merritt Chase and Arthur D...