the tall triple-baluster lamps all in a white glaze with applied coral, black and mustard accents; excellent vintage condition with minor wear; no chips or cracks; rewired
nice collection of vintage Royal Haeger pottery vessels; marked 'Royal Haeger, USA' to underside; good vintage condition with overall minor wear, minor chipping to lower edge; some craquelure to glaze
with flaring neck above a portly body all in a fiery red-over-black glaze; raised mark to underside; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks
MADELEINE LIEPE (Oregon/Switzerland, 1929-2017) Signed lower right and dated 1970, signed again and titled verso; the serene charcoal drawing of lush trees surrounding a pond with a gently rolling lawn in the foreground; good clean condition with only minor discoloration; new acid-free matting with gilt fillet and ebonized wooden frame; Madeleine Liepe was a Postwar and Contemporary artist who spent her professional career in Oregon.
from the artist: I've long been inspired by old things. The texture and play of light on a weathered surface are the things that spark my imagination. I seek to capture a building's essence in my paintings, in a time less hurried with a calmness of spirit. Their strong simple shapes inspire me to try to somehow preserve their beauty captured at a moment in time.
Michael Dunlavey is a true watercolor master learning his craft first from his father as a boy then receiving his B.A. and Masters in Art from California State University, Sacramento
well-executed solid bronze sculpture of young boys on a seesaw; all resting on a solid onyx base; Curtis Jere was a metalwork company of wall sculptures and household accessories founded in 1963. Elle Decor referred to the works of Jere as 'vintage chic' in a 2010 article by Mitchell Owens; nice patina to bronze; minor chipping to edges of onyx base
Signed lower left; Paul Immel was born in Helena, Montana in 1864. Immel studied at the Ball School of Art in Minneapolis and in 1924 moved to Los Angeles where he further studied at Otis Art Institute, later moving to Seattle, Washington. Immel is known for his watercolor floral studies and was a member of the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters and the Northwest Watercolor Society; excellent condition with nice clear colors; some wear to blonde-stained wooden frame
each with tall padded rectangular back joined by downswept arms with scrolling terminals flanking a tight seat; raised on turned block-and-bulbous legs ending in compressed bun feet; joined by like stretchers; excellent restored condition with muslin upholstery
the richly-patinated bust of a young girl with serene direct gaze and soft wavy hair; raised on a green marble plinth; excellent condition.
with serene gaze turned to the right and looking downward above a voluptuous rough-hewed seated body; excellent condition.
a great statement piece or centerpiece of faceted and etched glass; excellent condition with no chips or cracks
the large hollowed-out burl root with outwardly twisting arms; overall wear and patina, professionally polished; one tip replaced
great set of American 1960's pottery, set of 3 vessels with mustard and brown glaze over an olive green ground; each with maker's marks to underside; excellent vintage condition with minor overall wear; no chips or cracks
each of robust scale all in a raku glaze of muted tones of green and blue; the western version of raku was developed in the 20th century by studio potters. typically fired at high temperatures, the wares are placed in an open-air container filled with combustible material, unlike the traditional Japanese method. the western process can give a variety and depth of colors and surface effects; good vintage condition with minor wear; re-wired
the gadroon lip above a cup-shaped bowl adorned with 4 masks joined by plump garland festoons all raised on a splayed base; minor wear; hairline crack to base.
with short flaring neck above a voluptuous body over a flared foot; excellent condition.
overall with blue and white floral and foliate decoration on a yellow ground
imported from France, the cylindrical pot with everted lip tapering to a short foot adorned with applied ring handles; minor over even wear
imported from France, the cylindrical pot with everted lip tapering to a short foot; adorned with applied lion mask motifs; some firing cracks to base
the recumbent bull dog with expressive face and brown glass eyes; overall wear and chipping to glaze
the richly-patinated bust of a young boy with serene direct gaze and short cropped hair; raised on a green marble plinth; excellent condition.
Bill Stanisich first encountered England’s Lake District through the poetry of Wordsworth and Coleridge. Upon visiting the area in the 1990's, Stanisich was stunned by the beauty and dramatic light, and the ever-present and often foreboding clouds. In these paintings, he was attracted to the play of light and shadow on the water - a theme he has often returned to.
milos series – watercolor on paper 2000-2013; a series inspired by the legendary greek island, milos, with a ‘kaleidoscope of minerals, colors and water caves’. san francisco painter, william stanisich, captures the sheer beauty of this island in these paintings and as the artist stated “i have allowed my imagination the freedom to create a realism more accurate than mere mimicry”.
Bill Stanisich first encountered England’s Lake District through the poetry of Wordsworth and Coleridge. Upon visiting the area in the 1990's, Stanisich was stunned by the beauty and dramatic light, and the ever-present and often foreboding clouds. In these paintings, he was attracted to the play of light and shadow on the water - a theme he has often returned to
