ISSUE 30
Nov/Dec 2016
VOSE GALLERIES
Celebrating
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Monhegan
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Rockport
Gloucester
Boston
Provincetown
Old Lyme
Mystic
Marthas Vineyard
Cos Cob
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Shinnecock
Crosscurrents explores the tightly-knit communities of artists who synthesized their academic
instruction from the Art Students League of New York and the Boston Museum School with
their exposure to Impressionism in Europe to form a distinctly American style. This movement
was fostered by art colonies along the New England coastline reminiscent of those in France.
Crosscurrents includes over ninety artists active in these influential colonies, clubs and schools,
such as Henry Ward Ranger, Childe Hassam, William M. Chase, Frank V. Dumond, Theodore
Wendel, Charles Woodbury, Jane Peterson and many more. An eighty-page catalogue accompanies the exhibition, available for $25 p.p.
238 Newbury Street . Boston . MA . 02116 . 617.536.6176 . info@vosegalleries.com . www.vosegalleries.com
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Auction november 22, 2016
ViEWinG november 1821 20 Rockefeller Plaza new York, nY 10020
contAct Elizabeth Beaman ebeaman@christies.com +1 212 636 2140
EDITORS LETTER
f you are a collector or just a fan of historic American art do yourself a favor
and plan on attending American Art Week in New York City if you havent
gone before. Or, even if you have, just plan on attending. It is one of the only
true celebrations of historic American art in the country, and nowhere else will
one see so much wonderful, top-tier historic American art in one place.
This year things are a bit reconfigured. However, as always, the festivities
start with The American Art Fair, where top dealers from around the country
set up booths in the Bohemian National Hall on the Upper East Side and
make available the top works from their inventory to eager collectors. Galleries
such as Questroyal Fine Art, Avery Galleries, Thomas Colville and D. Wigmore
will be present this year and the event begins Friday, November 18, and runs
through Monday, November 21.
Then, on Monday, November 21, private dealers with spaces along Madison
Avenue have joined together once again to put on the event Just Off Madison.
This year, the event is a lunchtime activity and goes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
What is wonderful about Just Off Madison is that private dealers such as Debra
Force Fine Art, Betty Krulik, Meredith Ward and Conner Rosenkranz make
their appointment-only spaces open to the public. Its a great time to meet
dealers, mingle with collectors and museum professionals and, of course, see all
the current offerings.
Later in the day, at 4 p.m., Sothebys will host their American art auction,
which includes fine works from artists such as Milton Avery, Albert Bierstadt,
Thomas Moran, Grandma Moses and Edward Willis Redfield.
On Tuesday, November 22, at 10 a.m., American Art Week continues with
the Christies American paintings auction. This time around, the auction house
has managed to put together a fine collection of American impressionist works
including paintings by Frank Weston Benson, Frederick Carl Frieseke, Childe
Hassam and John Leslie Breck. Then, at 2 p.m., head a few blocks over to
Bonhams where their American art auction includes works by Paul Manship,
William Glackens, Martin Johnson Heade and Robert Henri.
There is nothing quite like American Art Week in New York City. And, then,
once it is all finished, head home to your families for Thanksgiving and discuss
everything you saw, and perhaps, purchased as well.
Sincerely,
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Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951), The Reader, 1906.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 29 in., signed lower left: F.W.
Benson. Estimate: $2.5/3.5 million Available at Christies
American Paintings sale on November 22, 10 a.m.
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AMERICAN ART
November 12, 2016 | Dallas | Live & Online
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Alissa Ford
Ext. 1926
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San Francisco
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Johann Berthelsen
(1883-1972)
Charles G. Shaw
(1892-1974):
Painting in an
American Rhythm
On view starting November 16
Holiday, 1940 16 x 12
Edward S. Curtis
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Melanie Enderle
Jay E. Cantor started the American Art Department for Christies in the late
70s, is on the board of the Winter Antiques Show, the Art Committee for
The Century Association, the board of directors of The Century Archives
Foundation, and recently retired as the chairman of the Collections
Committee and a member of the Steering Committee for Friends of
American Arts at Yale University. He also served as the founding president
of the Georgia OKeeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
James Balestrieri
John OHern
John OHern retired to Santa Fe, New Mexico, after 30 years in the museum
business, specifically as the Executive Director and Curator of the Arnot
Art Museum, in Elmira, New York. John was chair of the Artists Panel of
the New York State Council on the Arts. He writes for gallery publications
around the world, including regular monthly features on Art Market
Insights in American Art Collector and Western Art Collector magazines.
Francis Smith
Melanie Enderle
Melanie Enderle earned her Ph.D. in art history at University of Washington, and
her MA from Reading University, England. She specializes in 19th- and 20thcentury American art. Melanie lives in Seattle, and teaches at several of the areas
colleges, and at Chinas University of Sichuan. She has held positions at Seattle
Art Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Dallas Womens Museum. Papers
she has presented include those at St. Andrews University, Huntington Library,
and upcoming at Pantheon-Sorbonne University. Her awards include the Luce
American Art Research Grant and the Allan and Mary Kollar Endowed Fellowship.
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WINOLD REISS
WINOLD REISS
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(american 1886-1953)
MIKE LITTLE DOG (detail of triptych)
MIKE LITTLE DOG (detail of triptych)
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John Singer Sargent. OPPOSITE: Venetian Woman, c. 188081. Oil on board, 16 12 inches.
Bridge with Figures, c. 190204. Watercolor and pencil on paper, 10 14 inches.
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Worthington Whittredge
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Dennis Clive
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Falcon, 2005
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Bo Bartlett
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Lifeboat, 1998
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Hans Hofmann
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Ralph Albert Blakelock:
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Man Ray:
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THROUGH NOVEMBER 11
1960s American Op Art
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Everett Gee Jackson:
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NOVEMBER 1821
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Drip, Splatter, Wash:
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NOVEMBER 21
Just Off Madison
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Looking Out, Looking In:
Windows in Art
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NOV. 29-DEC. 4
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Audubon to Wyeth: Paintings,
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Now open at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, is Art of Disaster, a new exhibition
that focuses on disasters of all varieties. The exhibition, drawn primarily from the Farnsworth
collection, explores the universal world of natural and human-originated disasters. Works in the
exhibit include pieces by Washington Allston, Leonard Baskin, Harrison Bird Brown, Augustus
Buhler, Jonathan Fisher, Winslow Homer, James Hope, Waldo Peirce, and N.C. and Andrew
Wyeth. Images depict a host of disasters: drowning, floods, fire, hurricanes, shipwrecks and war; the
calamity of the aftermath: harrowing rescues, disease, death and destruction; and the cleanup that
ensued. The exhibition is on view through April 23, 2017.
Winslow Homer (1836-1910), The Life Line, 1884. Etching on vellum 127/8 x 17 in.
Collection of the Farnsworth Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1943.102.
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George Inness (1825-1894), Evening Glow, 1883.
Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in., signed and dated lower
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Right:
J.C. Leyendecker (1874-1951), To the
Vanquished, Saturday Evening Post cover, March
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left: JCLeyendecker. Available at the November
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Olana, the former home and studio of Frederic E. Church, which is now
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NEW ACQUISITION
Georgia OKeeffe
GEORGIA OKEEFFE MUSEUM
Georgia OKeeffe (1887-1986), The Barns, Lake George, 1926. Oil on canvas, 21 x 32 in. Image courtesy George OKeeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The cities of New York and Lake George are the focus of the
My New Yorks gallery, as well as their significance in OKeeffes
artistic and personal development. As the museum explains, the
barn subject matter is one that connects OKeeffe to members of
the Stieglitz Circle and to American modernists who were drawn
to national subjects. The Barns, Lake George is an outstanding
example from the series of less than 10 paintings of the barns at
Lake George made between 1921 and 1934, notes the museum.
OKeeffe also painted barns found in Canada and Wisconsin.
Cody Hartley, the museums director of curatorial affairs,
adds, This acquisition will strengthen and refine our
collection, furthering our goal to represent the full breadth of
Georgia OKeeffes artistic accomplishments. Hartley explains
that the museum aims to build a collection of works by the
artist, as well as photographs of and related to OKeeffe and
pieces by other artists that provide context to her artwork.
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NEW ACQUISITION
Edwin Dickinson
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Edwin Dickinson (1891-1978), Beatrice Zucker, 1914. Oil on Masonite, 36 x 36 in. Gift of Daniel W. Dietrich II, 2016.
American Art
Finds a Secure Place
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By Jay E. Cantor
garde ideas had appeared provincial
against Europes radical revolutions.
With American arts new celebrity
came the question of whether there
were historical antecedents in earlier
American art thus engendering a broad
based re-examination of the countrys
artistic past. American art had been
a stepchild in both the academic and
museum communities. Colleges and
universities might offer a course or two
in the subject. Encyclopedic museums
like the Metropolitan Museum in
New York, which had been a pioneer
in welcoming American arts into
the temple of high culture with the
establishment of the American Wing in
1924, had tended to isolate American
work in distant wings where painting,
sculpture, furniture and other decorative
arts were assembled in a nostalgic
treasure chest of Americas early elite.
Initially, the arts of early America had
been prized more for their antique value
or narrative interest rather than for their
MY VIEW
of Americanness rather than in the
context of the larger art movements of
their time.
Not surprisingly, there was an
upsurge of outdoor museums, historic
site restorations and reconstructions in
the post-war years following the lead of
Colonial Williamsburg in 1927 and the
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield
Village in 1929. Sturbridge Village
(1946), Shelburne Museum (1947),
The Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur
Museum (1951), and Old (now Historic)
Deerfield (1952), among others, began
to attract increasingly mobile Americans
through their displays and the organizing
of symposiums, collectors weekends
and craft demonstrations. Their message
was one of American uniqueness,
individuality and independencea
not so subtle propagandistic impulse
in those fearsome cold war years. They
all helped to initiate Americans into an
appreciation of native object culture
and domestic arts. On the scholarly
and academic side, it was at Winterthur
Museum, a predominantly decorative
arts collection, that the first dedicated
masters program in American arts and
material culture was established.
Simultaneously a new generation of
scholars, curators and collectors were
sharpening their view and interpretation
of historic American work, identifying
resonances of European influence as well
as local inflections that demanded deeper
examination. In addition, the narrow
time range that had focused attention
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Gassed, 1919. Imperial War Museum, London.
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Kraushaar Galleries
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KAYLA CARLSEN
Director of American Art
Bonhams
With deadlines for the fall
auctions in New York upon us,
I find myself ever impressed by
the quality of material still available
to buyers in the marketplace. In the auction
world, we offer our entire inventory in one
day, only to rebuild for the next sale, so
I am always relieved to discover top-quality
material that has been tucked away for
decades and hasnt yet been scooped up by a
major private or public institution.
In the last few years, thanks to universally
relatable genres such as illustration art,
American impressionism and 20th-century
realism, our traditionally domestic buying
base has expanded to encompass other areas
of the globe with buyers for select material in
Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
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Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847-1919), The Last Red Canoe. Oil on panel, 1478 x 21 in., signed lower right in arrowhead: R.A Blakelock.
Opus
and
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Fire
Darkness
by James D. Balestrieri
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Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847-1919), Eternal Orb. Oil on board, 5 516 x 3 916 in.
Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847-1919), Indian Encampment at Sunset. Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in.
Above:
Ralph Albert Blakelock
(1847-1919), Solitude
(The River), 1889. Oil on
panel, 11 x 16 in.,
signed lower right:
R.A. Blakelock; on
verso: Solitude by R.A.
Blakelock 1889.
Left:
Ralph Albert Blakelock
(1847-1919), Indian
Hunters. Oil on
panel, 11 x 15 in.,
signed lower right
in arrowhead: R.A
Blakelock.
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Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847-1919), Dream Within a Dream. Oil on panel, 518 x 878 in.
Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847-1919), Autumn Landscape. Oil on canvas, 1118 x 17316 in.,
signed lower right: R.A. Blakelock.
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Ralph Albert
Blakelock
(1847-1919),
Indian Madonna.
Oil on panel,
818 x 618 in.,
signed in
arrowhead
lower right: R.A.
Blakelock.
Images courtesy
Questroyal Fine
Art, LLC, New York,
New York.
November 11-December 10
Ralph Albert Blakelock:
The Great Mad Genius Returns
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC
903 Park Avenue, Third Floor
New York, NY 10075
t: (212) 744-3586
www.questroyalfineart.com
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Above the fireplace in the living room is Autumn River Scene, 1871, oil on canvas, by Jasper Francis
Cropsey (1823-1900). Fawns Leap, 1857, oil on artists board, by John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872),
hangs above an early-19th-century American side chair. On the rear wall are, top to bottom, Sandy
Beach, Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1844, oil on canvas, by Thomas Cole (1801-1848) and Autumnal
Landscape, circa 1876-1877, oil on canvas, by William Mason Brown (1828-1898).
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Inspired by Elegance
By John OHern Photography by Francis Smith
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Above the sideboard in the dining room is Summer Afternoon, Manchester-by-the-Sea, 1887,
oil on canvas by Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837-1908). Above the cherry American Federal period
card table, to the right, is On the Unadilla at New Berlin, Chenango County, N.Y., 1855, oil on canvas,
by David Johnson (1827-1908). Several pieces of 19th-century Chinese export porcelain are
displayed on the sideboard.
Daydreams, 1911, oil on canvas, by Lilian Westcott Hale (18811963), hangs above a mahogany American Federal period chest in the dining room.
On the chest is a Chinese export porcelain bowl. Above the staircase are, from left to right, Cavalier with a Pipe, pencil on paper, by George Sloane (18641942) and Wissahickon Creek, 1870, pencil on paper, by William Trost Richards (1833-1905). Above the fireplace in the living room is Autumn River Scene,
1871, oil on canvas, by Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900).
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Hanging on the left in the front hall is The Japanese Vase, 1877, oil on wood panel, by Charles Sprague Pearce (1851-1914). On the sideboard is
The Concord Minuteman, bronze, by Daniel Chester French (1850-1931), and a piece of mid-19th-century Chinese export porcelain. Above them is
Yosemite Valley, circa 1863-1872, oil on paper mounted on canvas, by Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902).
To the left in the library is A Sketch on the Nile, 1869, oil on canvas, by Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880). Above the mantel is Evening in Gloucester
Harbor, 1871, oil on canvas, by Francis Augustus Silva (1835-1886). To the right above the mahogany American Federal period side table is Newburyport
Meadows, 1876-1882, oil on canvas, by Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904). Joseph Anthony McDonnells bronze, Observer, 2011, is on the coffee table.
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Stalking Panther, 1891-1892, a bronze by Alexander Phimister Proctor (1860-1950), sits on a mahogany American Federal period chest in the living room.
Above it are three watercolors by William Trost Richards (1833-1905): top, Beach with Lighthouse, Atlantic City,1872; bottom left, Gull Rock, Newport,
Rhode Island, 1876; and Fishermen Mending Nets, Twilight, New Jersey. To the left of the doorway is a charcoal on paper, Harriet Blake #2, by Lilian
Westcott Hale (1881-1963). On the table beneath it is Stepping Stones, 1923, bronze, by Philip Sears (1867-1953). Hanging above the mahogany American
Federal period desk on the right is Kynance Cove, Cornwall, 1878, a watercolor by Richards. To the right is Hales Interior, oil on canvas. In front of the
desk is an American Centennial chair.
Still Life, 1887, oil on canvas, by John Frederick Peto (1854-1907), hangs in
the den. A 16th-century Dutch candlestick is on the shelf.
Still Life with Oranges, Grapes and Coconut, 1880, oil on canvas, by William
Michael Harnett (1848-1892) hangs above a mahogany American
Centennial chair in the master bedroom.
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Window Garden, charcoal and pastel on paper, by Lilian Westcott Hale (1881-1963), hangs above a mahogany American Centennial love seat in
the master bedroom. On the mantel, obscured by the bedpost is Waterlilies, etching, by John Henry Hill (18391922). Scene on the Chagres River,
1869, oil on canvas, by Norton Bush (1834-1894), is above the fireplace. To the left of the doorway is Hales, On Christmas Day in the Morning (The
Wreath), charcoal and colored pencil on paper. Above the mahogany American Federal Period chest is The Pink Ruff, circa 1905, oil on canvas, by
William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941).
Gallery Shows
Previews of upcoming shows of historic American art at galleries across the country.
William Sommer (1867-1949), The Fruit Jug (detail), 1929. Watercolor on paper, 11 x 14 in. Available at Kraushaar Galleries.
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Painting in an
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Intimate Spaces
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Modernism
Without Apologies
Hirschl & Adler Galleries presents 20 figure
paintings and landscapes by Everett Gee Jackson
from his years in Texas, Mexico and San Diego
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Charles Green Shaw (1892-1974), Three Pear Composition, 1934. Oil on canvasboard, 12 x 16 in., signed lower right.
Charles Green Shaw (1892-1974), Refraction, 1940. Oil on canvasboard, 12 x 16 in. signed and
dated verso.
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Charles Green Shaw (1892-1974), Day and Night Polygon, 1936. Painted wood relief,
123/8 x 95/8 in., signed and dated verso.
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Charles Green Shaw (1892-1974), Divided Planes, 1943. Oil on board, 12 x 157/8 in., signed and dated verso.
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Mexican painters Diego Rivera (18861957), Jos Clemente Orozco (18831949), David Siqueiros (1896-1974) and
other artists of the Syndicate of Technical
Workers, Painters and Sculptors, was more
gradual and more profound.
In 1930, having married and moved
to San Diego, he began working at San
Diego State College (now San Diego
State University), eventually becoming
chair of the art department. That same
year he wrote a short treatise on modern
art titled Modernism Without Apologies.
He wrote, Form is the material of
modernistsIt is the contention of
the modernist that, by the arrangement
of forms, colors and lines considered
abstractly, one may possibly express
objectively his emotional reaction to
experiences with nature.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries in New
York has assembled an exhibition of 20
figure paintings and landscapes from
Jacksons years in Texas, Mexico and San
Diego. The exhibition, Everett Gee Jackson:
Modernism Without Apologies, runs through
November 19.
The gallery notes, Under the influence
of the Mexican muralists, Jacksons
paintings quickly broke free from the
constraints of decorative impressionism
and morphed into sculptural
dimensionality. Jacksons figures suddenly
had tangible form, the same rounded
solidity seen in Rivera and Siqueiros. His
best figure paintings, such as the brilliant
Tehuantepec Women, 1927clearly show
Jacksons indebtedness to the Syndicate
muralists. The rounded figures of three
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Everett Gee Jackson (1900-1995), Women with Cactus, ca. 1928. Oil on canvas, 45 x 36 in., signed lower left: Everett Gee Jackson.
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of the elder Thomas Eakins (18441916), Henri did not cast such a strong
and unflattering light on his subjects
as did Eakins, a teacher who, either
directly or indirectly, influenced the
art of the succeeding generation of
American artists. Eakins paintings,
especially those of women, present
straightforward, unapologetic honesty.
Never praised for their prettiness, his
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Right: William
McGregor Paxton
(1869-1941), Woman
with Red Hair, 1922.
Oil on canvas,
30 x 25 in., signed
on verso stretcher
bar lower right:
PAXTON; titled on
verso stretcher bar
upper.
Far right: Thomas
Eakins (1844-1916),
Portrait of Lucy
Langdon Williams
Wilson, 1908. Oil on
canvas, 20 x 16 in.
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Man Ray (1890-1976), War, 1915. Ink on linen paper, 5 x 1038 in. 2016 Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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Man Ray (1890-1976), Flying Dutchman, 1920. Oil on board, 19 x 25 in. 2016 Man Ray Trust /
ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Man Ray (1890-1976), Moving Sculpture, 1920. Gelatin silver print, 6 x 8 in. 2016 Man Ray Trust /
ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Intimate Spaces
New exhibition at Kraushaar Galleries features around a dozen
early- to mid-20th-century artworks of interior scenes
November 3-December 16
Kraushaar Galleries
15 E. 71st Street, Suite 2B
New York, NY 10021
t: (212) 288-2558
www.kraushaargalleries.com
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William Sommer (1867-1949), The Fruit Jug, 1929. Watercolor on paper, 11 x 14 in.
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Steve Wheeler(1912-1992), Untitled, ca. 1960s. Oil and ink on canvas, 30 x 331/8 in.
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Steve Wheeler(1912-1992), Untitled 1, ca. 1960s. Oil and ink on canvas, 23 x 16 in. Images courtesy Meredith Ward Fine Art.
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Florence Miller Pierce (1918-2007), Untitled, ca. 1986. Resin relief, 32 x 62 in.
Beatrice Mandelman (1912-1998), Greece No. 12, ca. 1965. Watercolor with collage on paper,
18 x 193/8 in., signed lower right.
Beatrice Mandelman (1912-1998), Things That Happen at Night, 1955. Casein with collage on cardboard, 28 x 40 in., signed lower right.
mysterious source.
She had accidentally spilled resin
on a sheet of aluminum and was
fascinated by how it was translucent,
sitting above the shiny metal surface.
She began experimenting with resin
on mirrors capturing shifting, ethereal
light emanating from behind their
minimalist surface.
Mandelman began painting abstractly
in the 50s. She and the other artists of
the Taos Moderns ruffled the feathers
of the followers of the earlier and more
traditional Taos Society. She had been
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Beatrice Mandelman
(1912-1998), Sky,
ca. 1970s.Oil on
canvas panel,
8 x 10 in., signed
lower right.
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William Stanley Haseltine (1835-1900), Sunrise at Narragansett, Rhode Island (detail), 1863. Oil on canvas, 18 x 31 in. Courtesy Godel & Co. Available at The American Art Fair.
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An Art Destination
Hundreds of American 19th- and 20th-century
works from 17 dealers will be on display at
The American Art Fair
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An Opportunity
for Discovery
New Yorks galleries open their doors to collectors
and curators during American Art Week
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An Art Destination
Hundreds of American 19th- and 20th-century works from 17 dealers
will be on display at The American Art Fair
November 18-21
The American Art Fair
Bohemian National Hall
321 E. 73rd Street
New York, NY 10021
www.theamericanfair.com
George Henry Durrie (1820-1863), At the Mill, Winter, 1853. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Courtesy Menconi & Schoelkopf.
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John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872), New England Sunrise. Oil on canvas, 181/8 x 30 in. Courtesy Questroyal Fine Art, LLC.
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Frederick
Carl Frieseke
(1874-1939),
Women with
Parasols (Pollard
Willows), 1921.
Oil on canvas,
25 x 31 in.
Courtesy
Hirschl & Adler
Galleries, Inc.
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Irving Ramsey
Wiles (1861-1948),
Scallop Boats,
Peconic Bay,
ca. 1915. Oil on
panel, 10 x 14 in.
Courtesy Thomas
Colville Fine Art.
A.E. Gallatin (1881-1952), No. 52., 194243. Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 in. Courtesy
James Reinish & Associates, Inc.
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Marvin Cone (1891-1964), Rubber Plant, ca. 1930s. Oil on canvas, 20 x 18 in.
Courtesy Debra Force Fine Art, Inc.
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Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931), The Gold Chair, ca. 1900-11. Pastel
on canvas, 51 x 32 in., signed and inscribed: Alice Barney/Paris.
Courtesy Lois Wagner Fine Arts, Inc.
Avery Galleries:
50 E. 72nd Street,
Apt. 2A, New York,
NY 10021
5. James Reinish
& Associates:
25 E. 73rd Street,
2nd Floor, New York,
NY 10021
6. Meredith Ward
Fine Art: 44 E. 74th
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New York, NY 10021
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Rosenkranz, LLC:
19 E. 74th Street,
New York, NY 10021
8. MME Fine Art,
LLC: 74 E. 79th Street,
PH 18B, New York,
NY 10075
9. Jonathan Boos:
321 E. 73rd Street,
New York, NY 10021
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Allen Dean Cochran (1888-1971), The Beeches, 1913. Oil on canvas, 32 x 39 in., signed lower right: Allen D. Cochran. Courtesy MME Fine Art.
Museum Exhibitions
Insights from top curators about the major exhibitions of historic American art
being organized at key American museums.
Philo B. Ruggles (1906-1988) and John Ruggles (1907-1991), Steel Workers (detail), 1939, sketch for mural (unrealized), Post Office,
Bridgeport, Ohio. Gouache, watercolor and graphite on thick cardboard. On view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College.
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A Unique Vision
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Celebrating Heroes
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Extraordinary Return
A stunning John Singer Sargent portrait stars
in a focus exhibition now on view at the Jewish
Museum in New York City
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A Unique Vision
The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibits nearly 40 works
by Max Beckmann through February 20
Through February 20, 2017
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
t: (212) 535-7710
www.metmuseum.org
by James D. Balestrieri
Max Beckmann (1884-1950), Beginning (triptych), 1949. Oil on canvas, 69 x 125 in. overall. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Miss Adelaide
Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967, 67.187.53a-c. 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.
Opposite page: Max Beckmann (18841950), Self-Portrait in Blue Jacket, 1950. Oil on canvas, 551/8 36 in. Saint Louis Art Museum,
Bequest of Morton D. May, SL.9.2016.24.1. 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.
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Max Beckmann
(18841950),
Falling Man, 1950.
Oil on canvas,
55 x 35 in.
National Gallery of
Art, Washington,
Gift of Mrs. Max
Beckmann,
SL.9.2016.13.1.
2016 Artists
Rights Society
(ARS), New York
/ VG Bild-Kunst,
Bonn.
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Celebrating Heroes
New exhibition at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College
presents 47 mural studies from the 1930s and 1940s
Through December 18
The Frances Lehman Loeb
Art Center
Vassar College
124 Raymond Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
t: (845) 437-5632
www.fllac.vassar.edu
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Edward Chvez (1917-1995), Panorma of the Plains, 1942, color sketch for mural, Fort Warren,
Wyoming. Tempera, graphite and black ink on illustration board.
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Anton Refregier (1905-1979), Building the Union Pacific, study for mural, Rincon Annex Post Office,
San Francisco, California. Tempera, watercolor and graphite on Masonite.
Andre Ruellan (1905-2006), Farm at Harvesting Time, 1939, sketch for mural (unrealized) for Post Office, Delhi, New York. Oil over graphite on thick board.
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Philo B. Ruggles (1906-1988) and John Ruggles (1907-1991), Miners, 1939, sketch for mural (unrealized),
Post Office, Yerington, Nevada. Gouache, oil and gesso on paperboard.
go to a movie.
Phagan comments, Refregiers
mural studies on the history of
the city of San Francisco open the
exhibition and encapsulate several
of the heroic subjects in the mural
sketches by other artists. His themes
on Native Americans, settlers, the
history of the city, farming, industry
and opposition to forces undermining
a free society are all topics in the
other works on view, and those
themes guide the exhibition.
Andre Ruellans 1939 sketch for
a bucolic mural for a post office in
Philo B. Ruggles (1906-1988) and John Ruggles (1907-1991), Steel Workers, 1939, sketch for mural
(unrealized), Post Office, Bridgeport, Ohio. Gouache, watercolor and graphite on thick cardboard.
Images courtesy The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College.
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Extraordinary Return
A stunning John Singer Sargent portrait stars in a focus exhibition
now on view at the Jewish Museum in New York City
Through February 5, 2017
The Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10128
t: (212) 423-3271
www.thejewishmuseum.org
The dining room at Shortgrove with Sargents portrait Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children above the
mantel. Photograph reproduced in the Shortgrove sale catalog, July 28, 1924, Knight Frank and Rutley.
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Opposite page: John Singer Sargent (18561925), Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children, 1896.
Oil on canvas, 79 x 53 in. Tate Britain,
bequeathed by Adle, Lady Meyer 1930, with
a life interest for her son and grandson and
presented in 2005 in celebration of the lives
of Sir Anthony and Lady Barbadee Meyer,
accessioned in 2009, T 12988.
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Herbert von Herkomer (1849-1914), Carl Meyer, 1908. Oil on canvas, 56 x 44 in. Private collection,
United Kingdom.
Auctions
Major works coming up for sale at the most important auction houses dealing in historic American art.
Georgia OKeeffe (1887-1986), Sand Hill, Alcade, 1930. Oil on canvas, 16 x 30 in. Estimate $1.2/1.8 million Available at Christies American Art sale November 22. Image courtesy Christies Images Ltd. 2016.
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Icons of Impressionism
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Dynamic Offerings
Sothebys American Art sale on November 21 to
feature an array of major works in landscape,
impressionism and modernism
Well-balanced Selection
Approximately 100 lots of fine American
paintings and sculpture will cross during
Bonhams November 22 sale
American Views
Works from around the country available
in Freemans American Art & Pennsylvania
Impressionist sale on December 4
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Fresh Masterworks
Heritage Auctions November 12 sale of American
art features important examples across all
collecting categories
Exceptional Examples
Important paintings by leaders in Western and
wildlife art available at Santa Fe Art Auction
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Icons of Impressionism
Christies to focus on American impressionism during November 22
American paintings sale in New York
November 22, 10 a.m.
Christies
20 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
t: (212) 636-2000
www.christies.com
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Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Sunset: Ironbound, Mt. Desert, Maine, 1896. Oil on canvas, 26 x 30 in., signed and dated with artists crescent device lower
left: Childe Hassam 1986; signed again with initials and dated verso. Estimate: $1.5/2.5 million
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), The Piazza; On the Verandah, ca. 1921-22. Watercolor and pencil
on paper, 1558 x 21 in., signed and inscribed lower left: To my friend Dwight Blaney John S. Sargent.
Estimate: $700/1,000,000 Images courtesy Christies Images Ltd. 2016.
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Dynamic Offerings
Sothebys American Art sale on November 21 to feature an array of major works
in landscape, impressionism and modernism
November 21, 4 p.m.
Sothebys
1334 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
t: (212) 606-7000
www.sothebys.com
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Thomas Moran (1837-1926), Cascade Falls, Yosemite. Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 in., signed with artists
monogrammed signature and dated lower right: T Moran, 1905; inscribed verso: Cascade Falls,
Yosemite V./T. Moran 1906/for JC Moulton. Estimate: $800/1,200,000
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Well-balanced Selection
Approximately 100 lots of fine American paintings and sculpture
will cross during Bonhams November 22 sale
November 22, 2 p.m.
Bonhams
580 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022
t: (212) 644-9001, www.bonhams.com
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Paul Howard
Manship (18851966), Diana. Bronze
with brownish-green
patina and select
areas of silver plate,
38 in. high on 1
in. marble base.,
inscribed on base:
Paul Manship /
1912, Valsuani
Foundeur.
Estimate:
$400/600,000
Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904), Seascape at Sunset, ca. 1876-83. Oil on canvas, 10 x 20 in., signed lower right: M.J. Heade. Estimate: $120/180,000
William Glackens (1870-1938), Harbor Scene, Gloucester, Massachusetts, ca. 1918. Oil on canvas,
18 x 24 in., signed lower left: W Glackens. Estimate: $80/120,000
Robert Henri (1865-1929), Betalo, The Dancer, 1910. Oil on canvas, 32 x 26 in., signed lower right: Robert Henri; signed and inscribed verso: Robert
Henri / 65 / F. Estimate: $80/120,000
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Charles Schreyvogel
(1816-1912), The Last Drop.
Bronze with dark brown
patina, 12 in. high.,
inscribed on base:
Copyright 1903 by /
Chas Schreyvogel;
stamped along base:
ROMAN BRONZE
WORKS N-Y-;
numbered
underneath:
No 124.
Estimate:
$40/60,000
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American Views
Works from around the country available in Freemans American Art
& Pennsylvania Impressionists sale on December 4
December 4, 2 p.m.
Freemans
1808 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
t: (215) 563-9275
www.freemansauction.com
Winold Reiss (1886-1953), Mike Little Dog; Bob Riding Horse and Chief Shot Both Sides; Chief Buffalo Hide (triptych). Gouache on illustration board,
303/8 x 23 in. (left), 305/16 x 28 in. (center), 305/16 x 23 in. (right). Estimate: $70/100,000
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N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), The Departure of the Rose (The Mother of the Hero). Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in., signed bottom right: N.C. Wyeth; artist and
title on label verso. Estimate: $100/150,000
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Fresh Masterworks
Heritage Auctions November 12 sale of American art features
important examples across all collecting categories
November 12, 11 a.m.
Heritage Auctions
Design District Annex
1518 Slocum Street,
Dallas, TX 75207
t: (877) 437-4824
www.ha.com
George Inness (1825-1894), Evening Glow, 1883. Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in., signed and dated lower right: G. Inness 1883. Estimate: $120/180,000
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Theodore Robinson (1852-1896), Normandy Mother and Child (Marie Trognon and her baby, Giverny), 1892. Oil on canvas, 22 x 18 in.,
signed lower left: Theo Robinson. Estimate: $300/500,000
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Frederick Carl
Frieseke (18741939), Winter
Morning/Winter
Sunrise, 1931.
Oil on canvas,
25 x 31 in.,
signed and
dated lower left:
F. C. Frieseke
31. Estimate:
$70/100,000
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Frederic Remington (1861-1909), The Broncho Buster #17, cast ca. 1902.
Bronze with dark brown patina, 23 in. high, inscribed on base: Frederic
Remington / Copyright by / Frederic Remington 1895; stamped seal on
base: Roman Bronze Works / NY / Cire Perdue Cast; stamped on base: 17;
inscribed on underside: 17. Estimate: $200/300,000
Walter Ufer (1876-1936), A Ride in Autumn, oil on canvas, 20 x 25 in., signed lower right: W Ufer.
Estimate: $300/500,000
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John Marin (1870-1953), Region of Taos, New Mexico. Watercolor on paper, 15 x 20 in. Estimate: $250/400,000
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E. Martin Hennings (1886-1956), Pueblo Village. Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in. Estimate: $500/700,000
Leon Gaspard (1882-1964), Russian Peasants, Mountains and Snow, ca. 1935-45. Oil on board, 54 x 42 in. Estimate: $400/600,000
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NEW YORK, NY
SWANN AUCTION
GALLERIES
NOVEMBER 3
Old Master Through Modern
Prints
On November 3, Swann
Auction Galleries will host its
biannual Old Master Through
Modern Prints sale, with a
special section Featuring
Camille Pissarro, Impressionist
Icon that includes more than
60 etchings, aquatints and
lithographs from a private
collection. The majority of the
items are lifetime impressions
that are signed and annotated
by the artist.
Early works by 20thcentury American printmakers
are also standouts, including
two color woodblocks by
Gustave Baumann: Summer
Rain, 1926, which is estimated
at $8,000 to $12,000, and
the 1924 piece Cholla and
Sahuaro (est. $10/15,000). Last
spring the auction house set
a record for the artist with
his woodcut Summer Shadows,
1917, at $42,000. There
also will be Martin Lewis
drypoint Rain on Murray Hill
(est. $15/20,000) and Childe
Hassams 1915 etching Reading
in Bed (est. $5/8,000) that has
not been seen at auction in
the past 30 years.
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Gustave Baumann (1881-1971), Summer Rain, 1926. Color woodcut. Courtesy Swann
Auction Galleries. Estimate: $8/12,000
OAKLAND, CA
CLARS AUCTION
GALLERY
NOVEMBER 13
Fine Art Auction
LOS ANGELES, CA
BONHAMS
NOVEMBER 21
California and Western
Paintings & Sculpture
SANTA FE, NM
ALTERMANN GALLERIES
& AUCTIONEERS
DECEMBER 2-3
Santa Fe Sale
Martha Walter (1875-1976), Ladies and their Children at the Beach. Oil on canvas
board, 18 x 25 in. Courtesy Altermann Galleries & Auctioneers.
Estimate: $30/40,000
HILLSBOROUGH, NC
LELAND LITTLE
AUCTIONS
DECEMBER 2-3
The Winter Auction
PHILADELPHIA, PA
FREEMANS
DECEMBER 6
Modern & Contemporary Art
NEW ORLEANS, LA
NEAL AUCTION
COMPANY
DECEMBER 2-4
Louisiana Purchase Auction
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LOS ANGELES, CA
BONHAMS
AUGUST 2
California and Western
Paintings & Sculpture
$3.3 million
Bonhams California and
Western Paintings & Sculpture
sale on August 2 saw robust
results throughout the day as
more than 180 lots crossed the
block. The success started the
moment the auction kicked
off with Thomas Hills Riders
leaving the Yosemite Valley with
El Captain Bridalveil (est.
$8/12,000), which sold for
$16,250.
Starting off with the very
first lot, which had multiple
bids on it, it looked like it was
going to be a strong sale, says
Scot Levitt,Vice President
and Director of Fine Arts
at Bonhams in Los Angeles.
He adds, We set a couple of
records and a lot of things
I thought did strong.
The top lot of the sale was
Edgar Paynes Monument Valley,
Riverbed (est. $140/180,000)
that more than doubled its
low estimate when it brought
$323,000. The secondhighest earner was John
SANTA FE, NM
ALTERMANN
GALLERIES &
AUCTIONEERS
AUGUST 12-13
Santa Fe Sale
$1.5 million
by Cahoon, estimated at
$20,000 to $30,000, brought
$31,200. The Stuart, titled
Portrait of Mary Binney Sargent
(est. $20/30,000), was being
offered for the first time
publically. It yielded $25,200.
Also performing well
during the sale were C.H.
Giffords Clearing Storm, Grand
Manan at $24,000; Gerrit
EAST DENNIS, MA
ELDREDS
AUGUST 3-5
Summer Americana and
Paintings Auction
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FAIRFIELD, ME
JAMES D. JULIA
AUGUST 2426
Fine Art, Asian
& Antiques Auction
$5 million
More than $5 million in sales
was achieved during James.
D. Julias three-day Fine Art,
Asian & Antiques Auction, held
August 24 to 26. The sale,
which featured nearly 1,900
lots, saw three items break the
six-figure mark. Included in
the three were two important
American art items: Edward
Willis Redfields River
Decorations, which sold for
$148,125, and a Fitz Henry
Lane painting of New
Bedford Harbor that brought
$296,250.
THOMASTON, ME
THOMASTON PLACE
AUCTION GALLERIES
AUGUST 2729
Summer Feature Auction
$4 million
Maritime artwork was among
the strongest categories
during Thomaston Place
Auction Galleries threeday Summer Feature Auction,
held August 27 to 29, with
highlights including works
by Alfred Thompson Bricher,
William Trost Richards,
James Edward Buttersworth
and more. Thomaston Place
owner and auctioneer Kaja
Veilleux says, We represented
an exciting catalog of fresh,
unreserved material that
attracted bidders from all over
the world. The result was the
most intense bidding weve
seen in several years.
Topping the sale was a
ASHEVILLE, NC
BRUNK AUCTIONS
SEPTEMBER 1517
September Sale
$1.92 million
Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865), New Bedford Harbor. Oil on canvas, 20 x 29 in.
Courtesy James D. Julia. Estimate $300/500,000 SOLD: $296,250
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JACKSON, WY
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NEW YORK, NY
CHRISTIES
SEPTEMBER 16-22
American Art
Midseason Online
$2.31 million
During Christies American
Art Midseason Online sale,
bidders from 35 states and
five countries vied for
important works of art
across a number of collecting
categories. Of those
registered buyers, 48 percent
were brand-new visitors to
Christies who helped raise
the sales total to more than
$2.31 million.
Leading the sale was Alfred
Jacob Millers Wind River
Mountains Indians Chasing
Deer (est. $100/150,000) that
achieved a robust $185,000,
while Aiden Lassell Ripleys
Getting Ready (est. $8/12,000)
was the most competitive with
OAKLAND, CA
CLARS AUCTION
GALLERY
SEPTEMBER 17-18
September Sale
$2.1 million
On the second day of Clars
Auction Gallerys September
sale an array of fine art was
brought to market, including
post-war and contemporary
works that saw strong results.
In total, more than $2.1
million in sales was achieved.
Rick Unruh, vice president
and director of fine art, says,
We were quite pleased
with the results from the
exceptional works that were
featured from some very
important San Francisco Bay
area collectors, such as the late
Allan Stone and Allen Singer,
NEW YORK, NY
SWANN AUCTION
GALLERIES
SEPTEMBER 22
19th & 20th Century
Prints & Drawings
$2.56 million
Launching Swann Auction
Galleries fall auction
season was the successful
19th & 20th Century Prints &
Drawings sale on September
22. Yielding $2,559,287
in sales, the auction was
highlighted by works
from notable American
and European artists.
This sale saw increasingly
competitive bidding for
original works by influential
printmakers, ranging from
Camille Pissarro and Paul
Signac to Salvador Dal and
was an early-20th-century
Tiffany Studios New York
apple blossom lamp (est.
$15/25,000) that sold for
$35,650.
Other standout lots from
the sale included William
Aiken Walkers Seated Mammy
with Vegetables (est. $8/12,000)
that sold for $10,350; Antonio
Jacobsens Steamship Bengal
(est. $8/12,000) that achieved
$10,005; and Emile Albert
Gruppes Early Snow Vermont
(est. $5/8,000), which brought
in $5,175.
GENESEO, NY
COTTONE AUCTIONS
SEPTEMBER 23-24
Fine Art & Antique Auction
$2.1 million
More than 700 lots of fine
art, decorative arts and
jewelry came to market
during Cottone Auctions
September 23 and 24 Fine
Art & Antique Auction. Among
the noteworthy highlights
were two lamps from Tiffany
Studios. One example was
a rare Tiffany Studios New
York leaded glass geranium
lamp that brought $52,325,
coming in just above the
presale estimate of $30,000
to $50,000. There also
NEW YORK, NY
SWANN AUCTION
GALLERIES
SEPTEMBER 29
Illustration Art
$650,333
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Index
Artists in this issue
Alexander, John White
92
Dickinson, Edwin
40
Inness, George
Anderson, Troy
34
Dickinson, Sidney
72
109, 110
89
126
91
78
87
Remington, Frederic
Baumann, Gustave
130
Avery, Milton
122
68
113, 120
Refregier, Anton
100
Reiss, Winold
118
Duchoiselle
133
133
Robinson, Theodore
123
Beal, Gifford
78
Dufner, Edward
121
Lawrence, Jacob
37
Rockwell, Norman
112
Beckmann, Max
94
Lewis, Martin
Ruellan, Andre
100
Leyendecker,
Joseph Christian
Ruggles, John
101
Ruggles, Philo B.
101
107
86
Bertoia, Harry
131
Eakins, Thomas
74
88
Flannagan, John B.
50
92
107
135
Burchfield, Charles E.
87
Fortune, E. Charlton
130
132
75
Chvez, Edward
99
92
Cone, Marvin
90
120
Cornwell, Dean
134
134
130
Davis, Stuart
De Salazar y Mendoza,
Jos Francisco Xavier
89
131
Frieseke,
Frederick Carl
135
124, 135
Mandelman, Beatrice
82
114
Sargent,
John Singer
Marin, John
127
Schreyvogel, Charles
117
134
64
Sommer, William
79
32
Moran, Edward
109
Tarbell, Edmund C.
Gallatin, A.E.
89
Moran, Thomas
112
Ufer, Walter
125
Gaspard, Leon
129
104
115
Glackens, William
131
Hartley, Marsden
36
Nash, Willard
Walter, Martha
Wheeler, Steve
80, 92
Hassam, Childe
108
115
Hennings, E. Martin
128
Henri, Robert
Higgins,Victor
132
Homer, Winslow
34
127
OKeeffe, Georgia
39, 44
Parrish, Maxfield
117
74
132
88
89
37, 121, 131
Wyeth, N.C.
119
Zorach, Marguerite
79
35
49
82
Ray, Man
76
27
23
19
20
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Cover 3
11
21
8
16
136
24
31
2
17
18
Cover 2
William R. Leigh (1866-1955), Blind Hopi Girl Returning from a Desert Watering Hole
oil on canvas, 11 x 16 inches, $100,000-$150,000
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