Shaoul Smira

1980's Large Modernist Israeli Film Noir Figures Lithograph Neo-Expressionism

1985

Shaoul Smira (Israeli, b. 1939) City Light Publisher, San Francisco. (Lawrence Ferlinghetti) signed "SMIRA" in pencil l.r. and numbered "86/100" in pencil l.l., Color lithograph on ...

Shaoul Smira (Israeli, b. 1939) City Light Publisher, San Francisco. (Lawrence Ferlinghetti) signed "SMIRA" in pencil l.r. and numbered "86/100" in pencil l.l., Color lithograph on ...

Shaoul Smira (Israeli, b. 1939) City Light Publisher, San Francisco. (Lawrence Ferlinghetti) signed "SMIRA" in pencil l.r. and numbered "86/100" in pencil l.l., Color lithograph on ...

Julie Bozzi (American, b. 1943) Hephaestus, 1989 oil on panel signed and dated (lower right) Provenance: Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe The frame is just the panel painted in a f...

Mixed media on panel. Sprawling cat. Hand signed lower right. Dimensions: (Frame) H 8.25" x W 10.25" (Board) H 5" x W 7" Piero Aversa was born in Asmara, Eritrea, East Africa, educated at the Belle Arte in Rome, and lived and exhibited worldwide. He moved to the US in 1953. Piero Aversa was passionate about many facets of artistic expression. A larger than life Gay Artist, he enjoyed the company of many jet setters in New York City during his Fashion and Interior Design days. Originally from Italy he finally settled in Key West, Florida where the largest collection of his art is displayed. His talents span design in fabrics, wall covering, jewelry and films as well as the fine arts. The exhibition in Rome in 1959, of “The Most Beautiful Women of Rome”, catapulted him to international recognition. In New York, he designed celebrity mannequins for the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue. The depicted “New York's high-born, wealthy jet-setters” included Louise Savitt, Baby Jane Holzer and Wendy Vanderbilt. He is acknowledged for his sensitivity to the different lands he had been inspired by, from the primitive backdrops of Greek Mythology to the botanical lushness of Mexico, Italy, Greece and the Southern United States. He established his own line of wallpapers and fabrics, receiving praise for his interior design of suites at the historic Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Aversa was collected by actresses Katherine Hepburn and Agnes Moorehead; diplomat and prominent New York socialite, Francis Kellogg; gallery owner, Julius Fleischmann; society songstress and millionaire industrialist, Mr. & Mrs. David Muss; and American songwriter, Jule Styne. He was also collected by various Italian nobility, Count and Countess Scribani Rossi from Rome, Principessa Niky Boncompagni, and Countess Alicia Paolozzi from Rome. The arrival of Piero in Mykonos, Greece and opening of his bar in the early 70's began a somewhat historical era for the gay community of the time. His work has a Surrealist quality that reminds me of Van Eno another Key West art...

Artur Duch Puig, born 1951 in Sitges In 1971 he started studying at the St. Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. There he developed his artistic skills in the fields of sculptu...

"Un Apres Midi au Champs de Course" is original color lithograph signed by Francois Batet. A woman in a floral dress sits looking wistfully at the viewer. An autumn landscape is depicted behind her with a path line with trees and two figures on horseback. The woman is sitting at a tiny table with a cup of tea and a pot. Image: 18.25 x 23.75 in Francois Batet was born in 1921 in Barcelona, Spain. He studied painting at the School of San Jordi (Beaux Arts) and also at Tarrega Academy. When he lived in Madrid he studied the masters like Goya and Valasquez. He then moved to Paris and studied famous French impressionistic painters. He has lived and worked in France since 1950. Batet's classic School of Paris style recalls the spirit of Paris in the 1920's and 1930's. In addition to being a master print maker, he has illustrated over 100 books...

Exquisite, early original oil on canvas painting of a harlequin by the well known artist, Charles Levier. Titled verso “L’Babit Blanc” or the “The White Robe” and signed verso. Signed lower left on the front of painting as well. Circa 1955. Condition is excellent; recently professionally cleaned. No apparent restorations. Framed in a reproduction of the period wood frame. Overall framed dimensions are 38 by 32 inches. Provenance: A Greenwich Village, New York collector. Charles Levier. 1920-2003 – Artist Charles Levier, aka Maurice Verrier, was born in 1920 of a French father and an American mother in Corsica. He held a fascination with color and form that led him, at age seventeen, to the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs for private studies. World War II broke out and Levier served in the French army in North Africa, later becoming Liaison Officer with the U.S. Office of Strategic Services. Coming to America...

Chromogenic Print, Framed, ed. 5 Anne du Planty is a French artist born in 1953 who lives & works in Paris, France. Originally from North of France, she discovered lights of the So...

Here for your consideration is one of the last paintings done by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Acrylic on canvas; signed lower right and dated, 1980. Ti...

Acrylic on black paper showing the death of an individual, most likely the artist himself. The lead figure top right is his wife Irene. This is one of the artist's last paintings as ...

Oil on canvas painting by the famous Russian/American artist Ben Benn. Signed lower right and dated 1962. In fine original condition . Overall in contemporary gold gilt frame 48 by...