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CHARLES JONES (1866-1959)
Pea Gardens
Vintage gold-toned gelatin silver print, 6 x 4 3/16 inches
Probably executed about 1895-1910
DLA-5802
WILSON A. BENTLEY (1865-1931)
Windowpane Frost
Vintage photograph on printing-out paper with gold chloride toning from glass plate negative
4 x 3 inches
Executed between 1885-1919
DLA-5106
AMERICAN (20th Century)
Ice Fishing Decoy: Ladybug
Painted wood and metal, 4 inches (length)
DLA-6014

Four peapods with the center right pod split with stems pointing up
The exhibition will consist of 45 British, American, and contemporary works of art. 

The American works include a painting by Ernest Lawson (1873 – 1939) and a drawing by George Luks (1867 – 1933), both members of The Eight; watercolors by Ashcan artists Ethel Myers (1881 – 1960) and Jerome Myers (1867- 1940); vintage photomicrographs by Wilson (“Snowflake”) Bentley (1865 – 1931); and works on paper by American modernists Elie Nadelman (1882 – 1946); Mark Tobey (1890 – 1976); and Charles Prendergast (1863 – 1948).

Contemporary American works include two paintings by Robert Kulicke (1924 – 2007); a watercolor by David Levine (1926 – 2009); an oil by John Heliker (1909 – 2000); and two paintings, one of them from the Mellon collection, by Lennart Anderson (born 1928).

Among the early 19th century British watercolors exhibited are those by Richard (“Mad”) Dadd (1817 – 1886); Edward Lear (1812 – 1888); John Varley (1778 – 1842); Cornelius Varley (1781 – 1873); and Peter De Wint (1784 – 1849).

20th century British Bloomsbury works include paintings by Vanessa Bell (1879 – 1961); works on paper by Duncan Grant (1885 – 1978); Roger Fry (1866 – 1934); and Dora Carrington (1893 – 1932). British modernism is represented by a drawing by Walter Richard Sickert (1860 – 1942); vintage photographs by Charles Jones (1866 – 1959); and watercolors by Gwen John (1876 -1939). 

Objects on display include 20th century American carved ice fishing decoys; and a 19th century French lay figure.

Frost in vertical rows with small pieces of frost
Purple, yellow, red, and white tulips in a white vase
ROBERT M. KULICKE (1924 – 2007)
Multicolored Tulips in Grey Vase on Black Background
Oil on silk mounted on cardboard, 8 15/16 x 9 13/16 inches (sight)
Signed, dated, and inscribed (at top center): Kulicke 62
Painted in 1962
This work is in a metal frame made by the artist.
Private Collection
Wooden ladybug on white ground facing bottom left
Wooden lay figure laid flat on white ground
FRENCH 
Lay Figure
Wood and metal, 19 inches (height)
Mark on back: MAQUETTE FRANCAISE/ [illeg]/ SUR ARMATURE ARTICULEE
Executed about 1880
DLA-5977

Pink house with red window, grass in front and blue bricks behind
GWEN JOHN (1876-1939)
House, Meudon
Gouache on paper, 3 3/4 x 5 inches
Stamped (on back): Gwen John [estate stamp]
Probably executed in the early 1930s
DLA-5349

Flowers in light blue vase with three fruits on green table and brown table behind
JOHN HELIKER (1909-2000)
Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
Oil on linen, 17 x 16 inches
Painted circa 1989
DLA-5746

Houses around canal with small figures and church in background
JOHN VARLEY (1778 – 1842)
View of St Mary, Redcliffe
Watercolor, pencil, and pen and grey-blue ink on paper, 
6 1/16 x 4 3/4 inches [sight]
Probably executed about 1828 - 1830
DLA-5598
Snowflake with six points on black circle on tan paper
WILSON A. BENTLEY (1865 – 1931)
Snowflake
Vintage photomicrograph on printing-out paper with gold chloride toning from glass plate negative, 
3 5/8 x 3 1/16 inches
Executed between 1885 - 1919
DLA-5130

Landscape with hedges in front, group of trees and lilac barn and water with mountains in background
LENNART ANDERSON (born 1928)
Landscape with Corner of Building
Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 7/8 inches
Signed (at lower right, in pen): Anderson
DLA-6019​
Abstract tan, red, and brown small circles on tan paper
MARK TOBEY (1890 – 1976)
Untitled 
Monotype: gouache on paper, 
6 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches [sight]
Signed, dated, and inscribed (in ballpoint pen, at lower left): For John/ Basle June 24-66; (at lower right): Tobey 64
Executed in 1964
DLA-3816

Blue plate with sun with small yellow circles on outer rim
QUENTIN BELL (1910-1996) 
Plate: Blue Sun
Fired, painted, and glazed clay, 7 3/4 inches (diameter)
Signed (on the back): B
DLA-6022

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