B. J. O. Nordfeldt
1878-1955, Swedish/American

Williamsburg Bridge
1878-1955, Swedish/American
Williamsburg Bridge

Etching, image size 6 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches, pencil signed and titled.


Chicago - The Skeleton, Monroe St. and Michigan Ave.
1878-1955, Swedish/American
Chicago - The Skeleton, Monroe St. and Michigan Ave.

Etching, image size 11 7/8 x 7 inches, mid-1920s, pencil signed.


Chicago - The Calumet River, 106th St.
1878-1955, Swedish/American
Chicago - The Calumet River, 106th St.

Etching, image size 8 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches, mid-1920s, pencil signed.


Chicago - The Illinois Steel Co., 92nd Street
1878-1955, Swedish/American
Chicago - The Illinois Steel Co., 92nd Street

Etching, image size 8 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches, mid-1920s, pencil signed.


Chicago - Clark Street, Corner of Harrison St.
1878-1955, Swedish/American
Chicago - Clark Street, Corner of Harrison St.

Etching, image size 8 3/4 x 11 5/8 inches, mid-1920s, pencil signed and titled


Chicago - Bessemer Converters, Illinois Steel Co.
1878-1955, Swedish/American
Chicago - Bessemer Converters, Illinois Steel Co.

Etching, image size 7 7/8 x 10 inches, mid-1920s, pencil signed and titled


Chicago - Grain Elevators, South Deering
1878-1955, Swedish/American
Chicago - Grain Elevators, South Deering

Etching, image size 7 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches, mid-1920s, pencil signed


St. Paul's Church, Lower Manhattan
1878-1955, Swedish/American
St. Paul's Church, Lower Manhattan

Etching, image size: 12 3/4 x 10 5/16 inches, pencil signed

Painting

Setting Sail, Early Morning
1850-1921, American
Setting Sail, Early Morning

Oil on canvas, 12 x 20 inches, 1881, signed and dated, in a period gilt frame. As a young man, Johnson was a sailor and one of only twelve survivors aboard a ship that caught fire and sank of the coast of South Africa. He returned to his native Boston, Massachusetts, and studied art with marine painter William E. Norton. Johnson went on to become very well known for his nautical and marine paintings in the later part of the 19th century.

Print

Sheep
19th C.
Sheep

Etching, 5 5/16 x 9 1/16 in

Sculpture

Black and Iron Red Oxide - Linear
1965-, American
Black and Iron Red Oxide - Linear

Ceramic plate, 16 inches across