Waller-Yoblonsky Fine Art

Kaufman was an American pop art icon.  His silkscreens on canvases consisted of soup cans, comic characters, famous actors, and cigars.  His subject matters were not surprising considering his association with Andy Warhol and his work at the Factory, where Warhol produced his multi-numerous prints and works of art. Kaufman had a reoccurring theme in his work, off-limits Cuban Cohiba cigars.  He toyed with images of other cigars, but mostly stuck with Cohiba.  Likewise he did a limited edition portrait of Fidel Castro, perhaps playing with the untouchable subject matter.  Unlike his art contemporaries, he accomplished his hand pulled limited editions on canvas instead of paper.  On the reverse of each canvas, was his signature "SAK" initials for Steve Alan Kaufman.  His signature was mostly in black marker and the edition numbers.  "There's nothing like a fine cigar, a good bottle of wine and a beautiful...you know me," said American Pop Artis...

Russ Conn was a celebrated Boonton, NJ and Palm Beach, FL artist. His successful early years were tracked by his hometown, Boonton. After high school, he went off to college and participated in World War I. Upon returning home from the war he joined the family business of inventors bringing early automation to Wall Street. By age 40, retiring from his career he took up his passion for painting and art. He went off to Florida's Norton Gallery and School of Art, where he studied under the who’s who of great artists: Elliot O’Hara; Adolph Dehn; William Thon; Dong Kingman. Looking at Conn's work, you can see the influence of these teachers. With his fortune he traveled the world, and painted the locations that he visited. There has been an estimate that he might have painted more than 5,000 paintings during his life. In his watercolor, “The Japanese Market”, Conn illustrates his time in Japan. The large white sign above the shop is clearly in Japanese, a combination o...