Abstract gouache painting attributed to Alan Waldie (English, 1940-2016). This painting was purchased from a double exhibit for Mr. Waldie and Michael Getgood at West Stoke House, Chichester, West Sussex. Excellent condition, professionally framed. The frame measures 12 x 5 inches and the painting measures 5.5 x 7.5 inches. From a Lyme, CT, estate.
F. Norton Robinson still life gouache on paper dated 1898. The view is of yellow roses in a glass bowl. The image is framed under glass. F. Norton Robinson (born 1860) was active/lived in Connecticut. He is known for portrait, landscape, and still life. The original frame measures 22.5 x 14.5 inches and the painting is 14 x 10 inches.
Ink on paper drawing of Elise by abstract expressionist artist Jon Schueler. Signed and dated 1965. Please see "The Sound of Sleat / A Painter's Life" by Jon Schueler, with an introduction by Russell Banks, and edited by Magda Salvesen and Diane Cousineau, 1999, to learn more about the artist. The image measures 22 inches high by 30 inches wide.
Antique oil on board painting of a man blowing soap bubbles for a fascinated little boy. This is probably a student copy of the 1735 original work by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, who painted 3 versions of this scene. The first version hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the other two are in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the National Gallery. Canvas measures 16 x 20 inches. Frame measures 18.75 by 22.75 inches. Excellent condition circa 1910-20.
Charming ink and watercolor of four roosters, signed at lower right Audrey Swanson. The frame is 12.5 x 16 inches, and the image is 7.5 x 10.5 inches.