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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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  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.

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  Charles Martin, “Bal Masque”, Pencil, ink, gouache and watercolor on paper 1927

  CHARLES MARTIN (1884-1934) France

  Bal Masque 1927

  Pencil, ink, gouache and watercolor on paper.

  Signed: Martin (lower right corner); A l’Ami Koval, l’Ami Martin, Bien Amicalement (upper left corner)

  H: 8” x W: 11 7/16”

  Price: $12,500

  Charles Martin was a notable French illustrator, graphic artist, posterist, fashion and costume designer. His drawings are charming, amusing and sophisticated. The artist studied at the Montpelier Ecole des Beaux Arts, Academie Julian and Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris. Throughout his career, Martin was also a contributor to the French fashion journals Gazette du Bon Ton, Modes et Manieres d’Aujourd’hui, Journal Des Dames et Des Modes, and Vogue. His illustrated books include the hat catalogue “Les Modes en 1912,” the erotic “Mascarades et Amusettes” 1920, and “Sports et Divertissements” 1919, written in collaboration with composer Erik Satie.

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  Joyce Francis “Banana Land Flowers” Bright Orange Box 2008

  JOYCE FRANCIS New York, NY

  “Banana Land Flowers” box 2008

  Cast and carved bright orange Lucite acrylic deeply incised and carved with three dimensional images of a monkey, a butterfly, a dragonfly and exotic flowers and foliage.

  The top cover dimension is 1 3/4″ thick and the four sides of the box are 1 1/4″ thick.

  Marks: Joyce Francis 08

  H: 6″ x W: 4 3/4″ x D: 4 3/4″

  Price: $3,750

  Joyce Francis is a native Manhattanite artist who specializes in sculptured acrylic jewelry, purses, sculpture, tables and coveted collection of exciting, passionately carved decorative boxes. All pieces have been painstakingly hand carved, hand dyed, illuminated and sometimes hand painted as well. There are no embedded objects. Her purses are part of the permanent collections of the New York Metropolitan Costume Institute (New York), The Victoria and Albert Museum (London), The Fashion Institute of Technology (New York) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland).

  Her work is in the collections of a number of stars and celebrities, including Hillary Swank, Phoebe Cates Kline, Emma Thompson, Cicely Tyson and Meryl Streep. Examples of her boxes and lamps are also owned by Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Steve Martin and Tom Hanks.