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E Cappiello, Dolce Vita, 1938

1938

Blue chalk Modernist drawing. Blue chalk on paper drawing in lucite box frame. United States, 1970’s. Dimensions in lucite frame: 24" H x 18" W x 1.5...

Four Horses, Grabsch 1923. Vintage oil on board painting of four horses in profile, under museum glass in antique Italian mahogany frame. Europe, 1923. Dimensions: 20.5" W x 15" H x ...

Silvio Bicchi (1874 Livorno-1948 Florence) La Mucca, The Cow. Pupil of G. Fattori. Charming pastel of a young cow in a gilt gesso and wood carved frame. Italy, first quarter twentie...

Nautical Driftwood Painting. Deftly rendered nautical diorama of three masted sailing vessel composed of carved driftwood pieces modeled as a sailboat set against a soft blue cloudy...

Abstract Modernist oil painting by Zoute dated 1951. Oil on Masonite. I believe the subject in the painting is the artist's wife Thelma Salter. Zoute used himself and his wife almost exclusively as models. Painted in 1951. Unframed. Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques. Zoute (Born-Leon Salter, 1903-1976) was self-taught and well exhibited during his lifetime. He painted from 1940-1954 (he stopped painting at this later date due to his wife's illness and death and never painted again) A self-taught artist, he was part of the great modern wave. He exhibited with many of the most notable artists of the day such as Picasso, Braque, Klee and others at the invitation only State University of Iowa International Show 1946-1947. He had numerous one man shows at NYC galleries, Mortimer Levitt / Joseph Heller...

Unknown School. Second half of the mid-20th Century. Charcoal, Oil Paint & Spray Paint On Plywood Panel. Signed Indistinctly. Image size 26.8 inches x 21.7 inches ( 68cm x 55cm )....

Patch of Cyan, Vintage Electric Blue Geometric Abstract by Eleanor Perry A bold modernist abstract painting by San Francisco, California artist Eleanor Perry (American, 20th Centu...

Signed lower right, 'Z. Kavin' for Zena Kavin (American, 1912-2003) and dated 1966. Born in Berkeley, California, Zena Kavin studied at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco and, privately, with Kravchenko in Moscow. She lived in Berkeley and in Oakland her entire life, except for four years spent in New Mexico in the late 1930s. In 1949, she married artist Jon Cornin and settled with him in Oakland. Under the peudonym Corka, the Cornins produced cartoons for the Saturday Evening Post and the New Yorker. Kavin worked in various media, including wood engraving, lithography and sculpture. She was a member of the San Francisco Artists Association and exhibited with them as well as at the San Francisco Museum of Art Inaugural (1935), the California–Pacific International Exposition, San Diego (1935), the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939). Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Davis Art Center, the New Mexico Museum of Art and the Oakland Museum of California. Reference: Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 1, page 610; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, page 1801; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Supplement, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith...