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  Giovanni Battista Filosa, In the Garden, Watercolor, 1884

  GIOVANNI BATTISTA FILOSA (1850-1935) Naples, Italy

  “In the Garden” 1884

  Watercolor, gilt frame and filet with silk mount.

  Signed: G Filosa '84

  ***Filosa exhibited at the Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia 1895 – La Biennale di Venezia, Venice

  An extremely fine and exquisitely painted watercolor “In the Garden” by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Filosa (1850-1935). It is a radiant painting with a wonderful subtle coloration and very charming late 19th century “en plein-air” imagery. Filosa's technique is similar in quality to the work of the 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite watercolorist, Albert Moore. Gilt frame and filet with silk mount. Signed: G Filosa '84 Filosa exhibited at the Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia 1895 – La Biennale di Venezia, Venice

  Watercolor: H: 7 1/2″ x W: 5 1/4″
  Framed: H: 14 1/2″ x W: 12″

  Price: $11,500

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  S O G A T A New York, NY, “Costume for a String Quartette” Watercolor and pencil on paper 1930

  S O G A T A   New York, NY

  “Costume for a String Quartette”   1930

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  Signed: COSTUME FOR A STRING QUARTETTE. SOGATA. LONDON: 1930. ESPECIALLY FOR CARL VAN V. with script signature (in pencil on lower left and beneath image)

  For contextual history and similar art see: Rhapsodies in Black : Art of the Harlem Renaissance,(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997); Harlem Renaissance Artists. Jordan, Denise (Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003).

  Paper H: 14 7/8″ x W: 10 7/8 ”

  Image H: 14″ x W: 10 1/2″

  Frame H: 20 1/2” x W: 17 1/4”

  *This SOGATA New York Watercolor and pencil on paper has been gifted to The Wolfsonian – FIU, Miami Beach, FL.

  Carl van Vechten (1880-1964), to whom this artwork is dedicated, was an influential novelist, critic, and photographer in New York during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. His role in the Harlem Renaissance is well-documented. Van Vechten also introduced Miguel Covarrubias, a caricaturist and contemporary of Sogata, to prominent Manhattan artistic and society circles.

   

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  Nile Behncke “Oshkosh, Wisconsin” Watercolor and pencil on paper c. 1935

  NILE BEHNCKE (1894-1954) USA

  Oshkosh, Wisconsin  c. 1935

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  Painting: H: 20 ¼” x W: 24 ¾”

  Framed: H: 33” x W: 37 1/2”

  Nile Juergen Behncke was a well-known Wisconsin watercolorist and the first director of the Oshkosh Public Museum, from 1924-1954.

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  Raymond Barger Post-War Polychrome wood Sculpture c. 1955

  RAYMOND BARGER (1906-2001) USA

  Sculpture c. 1955

  Polychrome contoured wood of interlocking circular forms in white, blue and pink on a bronze base.

  Signed: RB (artist initials), USA, Z0I

  H: 8 1/2” x L: 12 ¾” x D: 8

  Price: $5,800

  Raymond Granville Barger was a sculptor working in metal, plastelin, and bronze among other materials. Barger was educated at Carnegie Institute of Technology and Yale University School of Fine Art. He received a Winchester Fellowship from Yale, and a special fellowship from the American Academy in Rome. Barger moved to California, where he died in 2001.