Sargent Sketch

John Singer Sargent

Candelabra with Roses, circa 1885

oil on board

image via Grogan & Company
Boston

Still Life - Silver & Gold

William Nicholson

The Lustre Bowl with Green Peas, 1911

National Galleries Scotland

Gold Jug, 1937

The Royal Collection

Color Theory - White

edmund de waal & josef albers

de waal's vessels and a selection of albers' homage to the square paintings

would make a great installation

-imo-

two nice books

the albers book includes some of his works on paper

Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

The Blackness of Black, 1958

oil and shellac on cardboard

11 x 14 inches

christies paris

sale on 6.8-9.16

lot 26

Lucian Freud, Paper

lucian freud

paper

1944

love the early work of this artist

Jan Mankes, Self Portraits

jan mankes
dutch 1889-1920
self portraits

wish the met would do a small exhibit
introducing this artist to the public

carriere cat on canvas

eugene carriere

french

le chat qui mange

oil on canvas laid down on board

6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches

christie's

london, south kensington

19th century european art

lot 29

Trees, Leonardo and La Farge

 

Birch Copse and Snow Field

Leonardo da Vinci

on paper

John La Farge

on panel

images here and here

Household Deities

barocci (circa 1528-1612)

italian

cat studies

images via google

Petaled Pot and Petaled Paper

images 1 & 3

rare

'ding' bowl

northern song dynasty (960-1270)

diameter 5 3/8 inches

sothebys

fine chinese ceramics & works of art

19 march 2013-20 march 2013

lot 94

images 2 & 4

charles rennie mackintosh

sketchbook of travels in scotland and a tour to kent, 1895

hunterian art gallery, university of glasgow

Peonies, Amon Carter

Joseph Stella

Peonies, circa 1919

metalpoint and crayon on prepared paper

23 1/8 x 18 1/2 inches

amon carter museum of american art

fort worth, texas

Hammershøi Interior

vilhelm hammershøi

(danish 1864-1916)

interior with two candles

oil on canvas

26 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches

image here

lot 31

european paintings

london

Van Dyck

sir anthony van dyck

(1599-1641)

study of a young man in profile, circa 1617

oil on paper laid down on canvas

15 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches

image via fergus hall master paintings

Grouse

thomas eakins

grouse, 1872

oil on canvas

image here

Still Life

lucian freud

rabbit on a chair, 1944

pencil and crayon on paper

sold at christies sale no. 7977

-and-

jan mankes

stoel, 1913

woodcut

image one here

image two here

Cat Study

jan mankes

twee poezen

image here

Daily Life

walter richard sickert

a french kitchen and venetian passeggiata

images from sothebys

20th century british art sale december 15, 2010

Cat as Muse

gwen john

-i love the sweet white ribbon-

davis and langdale

Degas Sketch

love this degas sketch

photo from noortman

Haiku

'the grebe

when it becomes lonely

dives into the water'-hino sojo

'the water fowl

lays its beak on its breast

and sleeps as it floats'-ginko

image via the guardian via the trustees of the british museum

anonymous

grebe on the water with irises, early 19th century

ink and colours on paper

-i love the writing in the upper right-