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Purchasing and Sold Works

Vincent Vallarino Fine Art is always interested in acquiring quality artworks through purchase or consignment. A vast section of sold works by notable American and European artists spanning over a hundred-year reference. The following examples show the quality of paintings we have handled in the past. We are constantly purchasing fine paintings, drawings, and photographs by these and similar artists.

- Mary Abbott (b. 1921)
- Bill's Painting, 1951
- Oil on linen canvas
- 72 x 48 x inches
- Signed and titled verso
- SOLD
- Mary Abbott (b. 1921)
- Red Papers, c. 1950
- Oil on paper mounted to canvas
- 41 7/8 x 57 1/8 x inches
- Signed at lower right
- SOLD
- Mary Abbott (b. 1921)
- Untitled (Diptych), 1951
- Oil and oil stick on paper mounted to canvas
- 20 1/4 x 56 x inches
- Both panels signed at lower right and signed
- SOLD
- Claude Ronald Bentley (American, 1915 - 1990)
- Arcana #2, 1956
- Oil on canvas
- 50 x 42 x inches
- Signed and dated 1956 lower center
- SOLD
- Norman Bluhm (American, 1921 - 1999)
- Untitled , 1958
- India ink on paper
- 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 x inches
- Signed upper right and inscribed 'Vincent'
- Provenance: Vincent Warren
- SOLD
- Norman Bluhm (American, 1921 - 1999)
- Peinture, 1964
- Oil on canvas
- 52 x 32 x inches
- Signed and dated '64 lower right
- SOLD
- Hugh H. Breckenridge (American, 1870 - 1937)
- Still Life, #1A, circa 1917-18
- Oil on canvas
- 20 x 19 1/8 x inches
- Signed lower left
- SOLD
- Hugh H. Breckenridge (American, 1870 - 1937)
- Beneath the Sea, 1928
- Oil on canvas
- 32 1/8 x 40 1/4 x inches
- Signed lower left
- SOLD
- James Brooks (American, 1906 - 1992)
- Rosca, 1973
- Oil on canvas
- 18 x 25 x inches
- Signed lower left, Signed, titled and dated verso
- Provenance: gift to the artist's sister-in-law; then to Michael Brooks the artist's nephew
- SOLD
- James Brooks (American, 1906 - 1992)
- Untitled, 1961
- Mixed media on paper
- 12 x 16 x inches
- Signed and dated '61 lower right
- Provenance: The artist Private Collection, New York
- SOLD
- James Brooks (American, 1906 - 1992)
- Untitled, 1964
- Acrylic and gouache on Strathmore paper
- 23 x 29 x inches
- Signed and dated '64 at lower left
- Exhibited: Martha Jackson Gallery, NY (label) Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY (label) Provenance: James Brooks Charlotte Park, NY Tracy Harris, NY
- SOLD
- Byron Browne (American, 1907 - 1961)
- Blue Lion with Dancer
- Oil on canvas
- 46 x 36 x inches
- Signed and dated 1946 lower right
- SOLD
- Byron Browne (American, 1907 - 1961)
- Arena
- Oil on canvas
- 24 x 30 x inches
- Signed lower right
- SOLD
- David Budd (American, 1927 - 1991)
- T/W, 1958
- Oil on canvas
- 68 x 68 x inches
- Signed, dated and titled on verso
- Ex-Collection: Alfonso Ossorio, Exhib: The Persistence of Abstraction, Pushkin State Museum
- SOLD
- David Budd (American, 1927 - 1991)
- Untitled, 1955
- Oil on canvas
- 67 x 79 x inches
- Signed and dated verso
- Provenance: Estate of Alfonso Ossorio
- SOLD
- Alexander Calder (American, 1898 - 1976)
- Man & Woman, 1947
- Oil on canvas
- 29 x 23 x inches
- Signed, dated and inscribed
- SOLD
- Alexander Calder (American, 1898 - 1976)
- Four Planets, 1963
- Gouache on paper
- 15 x 15 x inches
- Signed lower right
- SOLD
- Alexander Calder (American, 1898 - 1976)
- Kakis III, 1969
- Gouache and ink on paper
- 29 1/4 x 43 1/4 x inches
- Signed and dated '69 lower right
- Calder application number a24550 Provenance: Perls Gallery, NY Frank Perls Galleries, LA Billie Wilder, LA
- SOLD
- Willem de Kooning (Dutch/American, 1904 - 1997)
- The Birds, 1972, February 17, 1972
- Oil on newspaper
- 23 1/4 x 30 x inches
- Signed lower right: De Kooning
- Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist; Property of Rainbow Art Foundation; Christie's, NY Contemporary Art Sale, May 13, 1981 Lot no. 52; Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles, CA; Private Collection, Beverly Hills, CA
- SOLD
- Willem de Kooning (Dutch/American, 1904 - 1997)
- Untitled, Woman Series, 1950
- Charcoal on paper
- 11 x 8 x inches
- Signed bottom right
- Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA Collection of Taylor Robinson, Columbus, Ohio (1986-2002) Robinson Family Trust, Austin, Texas (2002) Collection of Albert Allen, Manitou Springs, Colorado
- SOLD
- Willem de Kooning (Dutch/American, 1904 - 1997)
- Untitled, Woman Series, 1950
- Charcoal on paper
- 11 x 8 x inches
- Signed lower right
- Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA Collection of Taylor Robinson, Columbus, Ohio (1986-2002) Robinson Family Trust, Austin, Texas (2002) Collection of Albert Allen, Manitou Springs, Colorado
- SOLD
- Lynne Mapp Drexler (American, 1928 - 1999)
- The Concert, 1959
- Oil on canvas
- 46 x 53 x inches
- Signed, dated 1959 and titled verso
- SOLD
- Lynne Mapp Drexler (American, 1928 - 1999)
- Number One, ca. 1960-63
- Oil on canvas
- 66 x 85 1/2 x inches
- SOLD
- Lynne Mapp Drexler (American, 1928 - 1999)
- Redding, 1961
- Oil on canvas
- 16 1/4 x 17 3/4 x inches
- Signed, dated and titled verso
- SOLD
- Lynne Mapp Drexler (American, 1928 - 1999)
- Red Concerta, 1961
- Oil on canvas
- 15 1/4 x 18 x inches
- Signed, titled and dated 1961 verso
- SOLD
- Lynne Mapp Drexler (American, 1928 - 1999)
- Matoaka Woods VI, 1960
- Oil on canvas
- 70 1/2 x 85 1/4 x inches
- Signed, dated, and titled on verso
- SOLD
- Lynne Mapp Drexler (American, 1928 - 1999)
- New Kent, 1959
- Oil on canvas
- 31 1/4 x 37 3/4 x inches
- Signed, dated 1959, and titled on verso
- SOLD
- Lynne Mapp Drexler (American, 1928 - 1999)
- Untitled, ca. 1960
- Oil on canvas
- 48 x 66 x inches
- SOLD
- Lynne Mapp Drexler (American, 1928 - 1999)
- Virginia Spring, 1960
- Oil on canvas
- 30 1/2 x 36 x inches
- Signed, titled and dated verso
- SOLD
- Lynne Mapp Drexler (American, 1928 - 1999)
- Untitled, 1962
- Oil on canvas
- 20 x 24 x inches
- SOLD
- Michael Goldberg (American, 1924 - 2007)
- Untitled, 1958
- Oil on paper laid down on canvas
- 13 7/8 x 10 7/8 x inches
- Signed lower right Signed and dated on verso: "M. Goldberg, 1958, Oil on paper, $175"
- Provenance: The Artist Martha Jackson Gallery (label) Vincent Warren
- SOLD
- Michael Goldberg (American, 1924 - 2007)
- Untitled, 1962
- Oil on canvas
- 41 x 45 x inches
- Signed and dated on verso
- SOLD
- Michael Goldberg (American, 1924 - 2007)
- Untitled, 1954
- Oil on paper
- 14 x 11 x inches
- Signed lower right
- SOLD
- Michael Goldberg (American, 1924 - 2007)
- Untitled, 1960
- Oil and paper mounted to canvas
- 17 x 13 3/4 x inches
- Signed upper left
- Provenance: The Robert Keene Bookshop & Gallery, Southampton, NY; Private Collection, NY
- SOLD
- John Grillo (American, b. 1917)
- Untitled (Tondo), 1952
- Oil on board
- 20 inches x x inches
- Signed with monogram and dated 52 lower right
- SOLD
- John Grillo (American, b. 1917)
- Untitled, 1950
- Oil on canvas
- 12 x 26 1/4 x inches
- Signed and dated 1950 on verso
- Provenance: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1950 (label), Martha Jackson Collection (MKJ Collection stamp on verso)
- SOLD
- John Grillo (American, b. 1917)
- Untitled, 1960
- Oil on canvas
- 50 x 52 x inches
- Initialed at lower right, signed and dated 1960 verso
- Provenance: The Artist, The Olsen Foundation descended to Fred Olsen, CT
- SOLD
- John Grillo (American, b. 1917)
- Untitled, 1962
- Collage
- 20 x 31 x inches
- Signed and dated '62 lower left
- Provenance: The Artist, The Olsen Foundation, descended to Fred Olsen, CT
- SOLD
- John Grillo (American, b. 1917)
- Untitled, 1952
- Oil on canvas
- 11 x 14 x inches
- Signed and dated 1952 on verso
- Provenance: Private Collection, CA
- SOLD
- Jose Guerrero (Spanish/American, 1914 - 1991)
- Untitled, 1961, 1961
- Oil and mixed media on canvas
- 40 x 44 x inches
- Signed lower left
- Provenance: Purchased from the artist by private collection, New England; Thence by descent
- SOLD
- Harold Krisel (American, 1920 - 1995)
- Untitled, 1948
- Oil on board
- 16 x 20 x inches
- Signed and dated '48 lower right; Signed on verso: 'H. Krisel, 4730 N. Malden Chi. Ill.'
- SOLD
- Harold Krisel (American, 1920 - 1995)
- Untitled, 1948
- Oil on board
- 20 x 12 x inches
- Signed and dated '48 lower right
- SOLD
- Harold Krisel (American, 1920 - 1995)
- Untitled, 1956
- Oil on canvas
- 20 x 24 x inches
- Signed and dated 'Krisel 56' lower right
- SOLD
- Harold Krisel (American, 1920 - 1995)
- Untitled, c. 1960
- Oil on canvas
- 24 x 29 x inches
- Signed and dated on stretcher bar
- SOLD
- Harold Krisel (American, 1920 - 1995)
- Untitled, 1959
- Oil on panel
- 30 x 48 x inches
- Signed and dated at lower right, signed and dated verso
- Provenance: Private collection, Southampton, NY
- SOLD
- John Little (American, 1907 - 1984)
- Untitled, 1959
- Oil on canvas
- 39 1/2 x 44 1/2 x inches
- Signed, dated and titled verso
- Exh: The Persistence of Abstraction, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
- SOLD
- John Little (American, 1907 - 1984)
- Bowling Green, 1960, 1960
- Paper collage
- 17 1/2 x 28 1/2 x inches
- Signed and dated lower left; titled on verso
- SOLD
- John Little (American, 1907 - 1984)
- Vertical Passage, c. 1959
- Oil on canvas
- 42 x 36 x inches
- Signed at lower left Signed and titled verso
- Provenance: Estate of the Artist
- SOLD
- John Little (American, 1907 - 1984)
- Inside & Outside Worlds, 1958
- Oil on canvas
- 49 x 126 x inches
- Signed and dated lower left; Titled on Bertha Schaefer Gallery label on verso
- SOLD
- Michael Loew (American, 1907 - 1985)
- Reclining Nude with Still Life No. 1, 1946
- Charcoal on Strathmore
- 19 x 25 x inches
- Signed and dated lower right
- SOLD
- Jan Matulka (Czech/American, 1890 - 1972)
- Untitled (Woman with Gramaphone), 1929
- Gouache on paper
- 12 1/4 x 8 3/8 x inches
- Signed at lower margin; Estate stamped verso
- SOLD
- Jan Matulka (Czech/American, 1890 - 1972)
- Untitled (Heart, Star & Bird), 1929
- Gouache on paper
- 8 1/4 x 6 x inches
- Estate stamped verso
- SOLD
- Jan Matulka (Czech/American, 1890 - 1972)
- Untitled (Birdcage), 1929
- Watercolor on paper
- 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 x inches
- Estate stamped verso
- SOLD
- Robert Natkin (American, 1930 - 2010)
- Untitled, 1958
- Mixed media collage
- 38 x 30 x inches
- Signed at lower center
- Provenance: Estate of Paul Campagna
- SOLD
- Stephen Pace (American, b. 1918)
- 56, 1956
- Oil on canvas
- 49 x 38 x inches
- Signed and dated "Pace '56' on verso
- Ex-Collection: Spertus Museum, Chicago
- SOLD
- Melville Price (American, 1920 - 1970)
- The Chasm, 1960
- Oil on canvas
- 47 x 59 x inches
- Signed and dated on verso
- SOLD
- Milton Resnick (American, 1917 - 2004)
- Untitled, 1959
- Watercolor and gouache on paper
- 30 x 22 x inches
- Signed and dated '59 lower right
- SOLD
- Jack Roth (American, 1927 - 2004)
- Untitled, 1979
- Acrylic on canvas
- 70 1/2 x 80 1/2 x inches
- Signed and dated '79 lower left
- SOLD
- Jack Roth (American, 1927 - 2004)
- Metafour, 1980
- Acrylic on canvas
- 67 x 54 x inches
- Signed lower right; signed, titled, and dated '80 on verso; Knoedler & Co. label on verso
- SOLD
- Jack Roth (American, 1927 - 2004)
- Mirabile Dictu - 6, 1982
- Acrylic on canvas
- 90 x 36 x inches
- Signed, titled and dated '82 verso
- SOLD
- David Slivka (American, 1914 - 2010)
- Untitled, 1961
- Bronze sculpture
- 10 x 6 x 6 inches
- Signed and dated 1961
- Original wood base
- SOLD
- David Slivka (American, 1914 - 2010)
- Untitled, 1962
- Egg ink on paper
- 24 x 18 1/2 x inches
- Signed and dated '9-19-92' lower right
- SOLD
- Mark Tobey (American, 1890 - 1976)
- Transendence, 1966
- Watercolor on paper
- 8 1/8 x 5 3/4 x inches
- Signed lower left
- SOLD
- John Von Wicht (American, 1880 - 1970)
- Black Madonna, 1950, 1950
- Oil on canvas
- 36 x 19 1/2 x inches
- Signed lower left; signed, dated 1950, titled, and inscribed with artist's address on verso
- SOLD
- Abraham Walkowitz (American, 1880 - 1965)
- Cityscape, 1913
- Pencil and crayon on paper
- 20 x 15 x inches
- Signed and dated 1913 lower right
- Provenance: Private Collection, New York; Zabriskie Gallery, (early label on verso); Possibly Stieglitz’s Little Galleries, 1913
- SOLD
- Michael Corinne West (American, 1908 - 1991)
- June - Black & White, 1964
- Oil on canvas
- 60 1/4 x 47 3/4 x inches
- Signed at lower left; Signed, dated and titled on verso
- SOLD

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