Felix Ruvolo – ‘Black Birds’ ‘Black Birds’ 1949 Oil painting. Great condition. Housed in a period frame and bears a partial gallery Catherine Viviano Gallery label verso. Measures 15.75 x 11.25 inches sight size, and 23 x 18.5 x 3 inches overall including framing. Price $6500 Click on price to purchase or inquire.
Copper Clad Sculpture A quintessential totemic copper-clad sculpture by Melvin Schuler. Circa 1980 Measures 54.5 x 12 x 12 inches. Provenance: From the collection of San Francisco art dealer and collector, Claire Carlevaro. Some discoloration to some small areas, mostly around base. (please see images). Recently cleaned and waxed. Price – $7500 Click on price…
Richard Faralla – Exhibited Construction Exhibited construction. Painted wood. 1964 Great condition. Retains an exhibition label from the San Fransico Museum of Art, ‘Sculpture by Faralla’. Measures 14.5 x 12 x 2 inches. Price – $3500 Click on price to purchase or inquire.
Konrad Cramer – Farm Buildings Konrad Cramer – Farm Buildings Oil on artist’s board. c1930. Unsigned. (Signed and described by the son of the artist, verso. Two previous gallery labels verso). Excellent condition. Housed in a new frame. Provenance: The estate of the artist. Franklin Riehlman Gallery, NY, Helicline Fine Arts, NY, Swann’s Auctions. Measures…
James McCray – Biomorphic Abstraction An early abstract painting by San Francisco Area artist, James McCray. Early 1940s. Oil on stretched canvas. Signed lower right. Measures 19 x 25 inches sight size, and 21 x 27 x 2 inches overall including framing. Excellent condition. Price $4500 Click on price to purchase or inquire.
Leonard Edmondson – Flexible Field A great abstract etching by California artist Leonard Edmondson. Titled – ‘Flexible Field’ Excellent condition. Edition 11/50. Circa 1950. Purchased from the collection of a northern California art dealer. Measures 12 x 15 sight size, and 19 x 22.5 x 1.25 inches overall, including the framing. Price – $3000…
James McCray – Chain Reaction An early, exhibited abstract painitng by James McCray. Titled ‘Chain Reaction’ Dated 1948 Mixed media on canvas. Recently cleaned. Housed in the original frame. Bears a label from the San Francisco Museum of Art verso, and remnants of a second label. Measures 60 x 34 inches sight size, and 60.75…
Robert Bruce Tague – Abstraction 1947 Abstraction by robert Bruce Tague. A great 1940s abstract painting by a Chicago Bauhaus influenced artists and architect. Dated 1947. Oil on canvas. From the collection of a San Francisco art dealer and collector. Measures 15 x 10 inches sight size, and 20 x 15 x 1.5 inches overall…
Cleo Hartwig – Standing Figure Direct carving by Cleo Hartwig. In direct carving the artist rejects traditional methodology of working with a model, and by using clay or wax they create a maquette to then pass along to a foundry or professional carver. Direct carvers work spontaneously, cutting directly into stone or wood, and…
Morgan Russell – Baigneur Large male nude by a leading modernist painter of his time, Morgan Russell. Titled ‘Baignuer (Bather) 1924 Oil on canvas. Some waviness to canvas and mild crackalure due to heavy paint application. Measures 35.5 x 28.5 inches sight size, and 45.25 x 38.25 x 2.25 inches overall including framing. Price…
