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Walter Klein / Erhard & Soehne Verdegreen patinated bronze box with a whiplash floral motif, c. 1900
ERHARD & SÖHNE Germany (founded 1844)
Verdegreen patinated bronze box with a whiplash floral motif, c. 1900
For more information see: Metallkunst: Silber, Kupfer, Messing, Zinn vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939), Band IV, Ingeborg Becker (Berlin: Bröhan-Museum, 1990)
H: 4″ x L: 8 3/4″ x D: 6 1/4″
Walter Klein / Erhard & Soehne Verdegreen patinated bronze box with a whiplash floral motif, c. 1900
EDMUND F. WARD (b. 1892 – 1991) USA
“The Swimming Hole” c. 1930
Oil on canvas
Marks: signed Edm. F. Ward (lower right); partial labels verso:Westchester Arts and Crafts Guild; 4 Edmund F. Ward
For more information on the artist see: Who Was Who in American Art,Peter Hastings Falk, ed. (Madison, Conn.: Sound View Press, 1985), p. 658.
Canvas H: 18” x W: 24”
Framed H: 27 9/16” x W: 33 9/16”
Price: $14,000
Ward studied at the Arts Student’s League with Edward Dufner, George Bridgeman, and Thomas Fogarty. He was an illustrator for several national magazines and books. In 1925, Ward exhibited an award winning work at the Art Institute of Chicago. He is perhaps best known for his WPA mural in the Federal Building, White Plains, New York.
ARCHIBALD KNOX (1864-1933) UK
LIBERTY & CO. London, UK
Hand mirror 1908
Sterling with large matrix cabochon turquoise
Marks: L & Co. cipher, Birmingham assay marks for 1908
Similar works with turquoise Illustrated: Archibald Knox, ed. by Stephen A. Martin (London: Academy Editions, 1995) ; Liberty Design 1874-1914, Barbara Morris (London: Pyramid Books, 1989) p. ; The Designs of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co., A.J. Tilbrook (London: Ornament Press Ltd., 1976)
L: 11″