While it was published before many of my listeners were alive, Johnathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach was considered a transcendent meditation on life safe enough for the masses during the 1970s. It was “touchy feely” at its finest. I personally found the book more accessible than another work in the same genre’ around that time…
This tall, vertically oriented screen is hand painted on silk. The contrast of white and gold is highly pronounced and quite striking. This was the last important acquisition of my Mother, Ann Birt, before she left her position at Michael Dunn Antiques in Tokyo and moved back to the United States. Dimensions: 154 cm x 84 cm.
I recently photographed some lovely Sumi-e prints that my Mother had purchased 40 years ago. This technique, which can be self-taught, is very common in Zen art. Click on any of the images and they should appear in their own window for easy clipping. It is really hard to photograph art but these lent themselves…
” Hills In New Hampshire” an oil painted sometime in the early 1940s by Charles Curtis Allen. This pristine painting is mounted on a carved gilded frame. Stamped on back with Artists label. Dimensions: 12 in x 16 in. Considered a master of “plein air” painting, Allen applied rich direct strokes to his Impressionist paintings that conveyed…
This is a signed etching in black and white. It is referenced in Carl Larsson, Complete Graphic Works by Hjert & Hjert in Upsala, Sweden as one of only 112 signed copies. There were 500 unsigned copies printed in 1912 and a limited (366) edition run by Hjert & Hjert in 1983. This is the only Carl Larsson…
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This is a jazz trio from Minneapolis. Very groovy and a recent find–but only because we are slow on the take here.