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)

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...

Having gilt-bronze mounts and bearing label of the apparent maker in Florence, 53.5" wide, 23/34" deep,, 36.5" high, having laminated marble top.

William Lee (British 1810-1865)

Country Lovers

Watercolor on paper, signed lower right and dated “1847”

Sight Size: 17” x 22.5”
Frame Size: 29.5 ” x 35”

William Lee was a painter of rustic genre, often English or French figures in coastal scenes, usually in watercolor. He was a member and secretary of the Langham Sketching Club for many years. He was elected as an associate of the New Society of Painters in Watercolors in 1845, where he exhibited...

Max Weyl (American, 1837-1914)

Path through the Trees

Oil on canvas, signed.

Painting size: 22.5” x 19.25”
Frame size: 25.25” x 22.5”

Max Weyl was born Dec. 1, 1837, in Germany and immigrated with his family to Williamsport, PA in 1853. At this time and after his arrival in Washington, DC in 1861, Weyl earned his living as an itinerant watch repairman. At the relatively young age of 24, he had saved enough money to open his own jewelry shop at ...

Italian School (late 19th / early 20th C)

Fishermen in the Bay of Naples

Signed Indistinctly

Oil on Canvas laid down on panel and retaining an Export Seal on the Reverse

Painting: 8.5" x 13.75"
Frame: 11" x 16.75"

20" x 16" oil on canvas, no apparent signature. In the style of European masters, I assume a 19th C rendition by an American artist. Framed.

View of Laguna Beach

Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984)

Watercolor on paper, signed.

A painter and illustrator, Kinghan trained at the American Academy of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to his studio work, Kinghan began a career as an art teacher. In 1937, he first offered private instruction. While that continued throughout his life, he also worked for a time at the American Art Academy which was followed by a position at the Huguenot School of Art. ...

Backyard Birches

Nandor (Ferdinand) Katona (Hungarian, 1864-1932)

Oil on panel, with an estate label on the reverse.

Primarily a landscaper painter, Katona was well known for his works depicting the Tatra region of Slovakia. In 1900, he received an honorable mention at the Universal Exposition in Paris for a landscape painting. He also participated in various other exhibitions winning gold medals in 1911 and 1913.

His works are on display at the Strasky Castle in Slov...

View of a Chinese Harbor

Watercolor on paper, signed indistinctly. Circa 1900.

Painting size: 10” x 13.75”
Frame size: 20” x 24.75”