Skinner American & European Paintings & Prints Auction 2507
Skinner American & European Paintings & Prints Auction 2507
Skinner American & European Paintings & Prints Auction 2507
AUCTION 2507
63 Park Plaza
Boston, Massachusetts
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12 to 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 20, 2010 12 to 8 p.m.
Friday, May 21, 2010 9 to 10:30 a.m.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
6 Provenance
63 Park Plaza
Boston, MA
R.S.V.P. 617.350.5400
Reservations are Limited
Laura Coombs Hills (American, 1859-1952), Rosy Morns Edward Hopper (American, 1882-1967), Night Shadows, 1921
Consignment Deadline:
June 30th, 2010
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Dean Cornwell (American, 1892-1960), Portrait of a Young
Woman Reading
Provenance
The Property of Samuel E. Codman, Charles G. Loring House, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts
Lot: 321
1. 3.
Yaacov Agam (Israeli, b. 1928) Ivan Le Lorraine Albright (American, 1897-1983)
Untitled. Signed “Agam” in blue ink l.r., inscribed and numbered Fleeting Time Thou Hast Left Me Old, 1945, edition of 250,
“H.C. 7/25” in blue ink l.l. Color agamograph, sight size 13 1/2 x 13 published by Associated American Artists (Grayson, 11). Signed
3/4 in. (34.2 x 34.9 cm), framed. “Ivan Le Lorraine Albright” in pencil l.r., titled in pencil l.l., identified on
Condition: Not examined out of frame. a label from AAA affixed to the mat. Lithograph on paper, image size
$600-800 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (34.8 x 24.7 cm), matted, unframed.
Condition: Margins 1 inch or more with three edges deckled,
unobtrusive toning.
2. $300-500
Anni Albers (German, 1899-1994)
Fox II, 1972, edition of 150. Signed and dated “Anni Albers 1972” in
pencil l.r., titled and numbered “...92/150” in pencil l.l. Screenprint in
brown and gray on paper, image size 13 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (33.7 x 37.4
cm), framed.
Condition: Margins over 2 1/2 inches, not examined out of frame.
$400-600
2 3
4.
Niels Yde Andersen (Danish/American, 1888-1952)
5.
James Aponovich (American, b. 1948)
6.
Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921-2006)
Untitled (Figure), 1976, edition of 99. Signed and dated “appel 76”
in pencil l.r., numbered “97/99” in pencil l.l. Color lithograph on
4 cream paper, image size 23 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (59.0 x 36.7 cm),
framed.
Condition: Margins over 1 1/2 inches, subtle toning/staining, not
examined out of frame.
$500-700
6
8
7. 8.
Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921-2006) Hans (Jean) Arp (French, 1886-1966)
Untitled (Two Figures), edition of 125. Signed “appel” in pencil l.r., Dreams and Projects, published in 1952 by Curt Valentin, New York,
numbered “41/125” in pencil l.l. Color lithograph on cream paper, edition of 320, unbound containing two sets of the twenty-eight
image size 28 3/8 x 20 7/8 in. (72.0 x 53.0 cm), framed. woodcuts (one printed on Arches, the other on Japan paper). Signed
Condition: Margins 2 inches or more with a deckled upper edge, “Arp-” in pencil and numbered “3” on the colophon, signed and
subtle toning/staining. numbered “Arp- Arp- 3/25” in pencil on the folder for the set on
$500-700 Japan paper. Sheet sizes 11 1/4 x 9 in. (28.5 x 22.8 cm), presented
in the original slipcover.
Condition: Extremely subtle toning, minor transfer staining to some of
the Arches sheets, ex libris label from Nelson A. Rockefeller to interior
folder of slipcase.
9.
Alexander Archipenko (Ukrainian/American, 1887-1964)
9
10
10. 11.
Alexander Archipenko (Ukrainian/American, 1887-1964) Georg Baselitz (German, b. 1938)
Torso in Space, 1952, edition of 50 (Karshan, 37). Numbered and Head, 1984, edition of 10. Numbered, signed, and dated “8/10 G
signed “11/50 Archipenko” in ink l.l. Color screenprint with Baselitz 84” in pencil l.r., identified on a label from The Alpha Gallery,
lithography and embossing on paper, image/sheet size 14 7/8 x 24 Boston, on the backing. Color woodcut on paper, image size 25 1/2
in. (37.8 x 61.0 cm), matted, unframed. x 19 5/8 in. (64.6 x 49.7 cm), framed.
Condition: Several small deformations to image, masking tape to Condition: Margins 1/2 inch or more, not examined out of frame.
some edges on the reverse. $3,500-4,500
$3,000-3,500
12.
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)
Lot of Eight Animal Images: Beetle, 1951, printed in red, for the
1961 edition (Fern & O’Sullivan, 100); Crows, 1951 (Fern &
O’Sullivan, 103); Flea, 1951, printed in red (Fern & O’Sullivan, 105);
Mandrill, 1951 (Fern & O’Sullivan, 111); Still Life/New Year’s
Greeting, 1953 (Fern & O’Sullivan, 227); Ex-Libris for Samuel D.
Lockshin, 1954, impression outside of the edition with letters, printed
in red-orange (Fern & O’Sullivan, 245); Boar, 1957 (Fern & O’Sullivan,
304); and Stag, 1957 (Fern & O’Sullivan, 306). Each signed “Baskin”
in pencil l.r. Wood engravings and linocuts on paper, sheet sizes
approximately 10 x 12 in. (25.0 x 30.5 cm), unmatted, unframed.
Condition: Good.
$500-700
12
11
14
13
13.
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)
14.
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)
15.
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)
15
16 17
16.
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)
17.
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)
18.
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)
20
19. 20.
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000) Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)
Indian Faces, 1974, edition of 100 (Fern & O’Sullivan, 642). Signed Isaiah, 1976, edition of 100 (Fern & O’Sullivan, 664). Signed
“Baskin” in pencil l.r., numbered “31/100” in pencil l.l., signed and “Baskin” in pencil l.r., numbered “89/100” in pencil l.l., signed and
dated in the matrix, dry stamp l.l. Color lithograph on paper, image dated in the matrix, dry stamp l.l. Color lithograph on paper,
size 26 1/2 x 34 3/4 in. (67.0 x 88.4 cm), unmatted, unframed. image/sheet size 41 3/4 x 29 1/4 in. (106.2 x 74.4 cm), unmatted,
Condition: Margins over 1 inch with deckled edges, subtle staining to unframed.
edges, very minor handling creases. Condition: Deckled edges to all but the right, very minor handling
$800-1,200 nicks and creases near edges.
$700-900
21.
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975)
Jesse James, 1936, final state of two, edition of 100 (Fath, 13).
Signed “Benton” in pencil l.r. and in the matrix. Lithograph on paper,
image size 16 x 22 in. (40.7 x 56.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Unobtrusive toning, subtle mat burn, rippling, not
examined out of frame.
$1,500-2,500
21
22.
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975)
22
23.
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975)
23
24.
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975)
24
25
25. 27.
Richard Bergere (American, b. 1912) Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947)
Twilight Over Brooklyn Bridge, edition of 250, published by Dingo, by Octave Mirbeau, published in 1924 by Ambroise Vollard,
Associated American Artists. Signed “Richard Bergere” in pencil l.r., Paris, bound with fifty-five etchings, total edition of 370. Identified
identified on a label from AAA affixed to the frame. Lithograph on and numbered “318” on the justification page. Sheet sizes 14 3/4 x
paper, image size 9 x 12 5/8 in. (22.7 x 32.0 cm), matted, unframed. 10 3/4 in. (37.4 x 27.2 cm), presented in a brown leather (morocco)
Condition: Margins over 1 inch with deckled lower edge, subtle binding with stamped decoration signed “FRANZ” and with gilded
toning. edges to pages.
$200-250 Condition: Wear to slipcase, ex libris label from Nelson A. Rockefeller
to inside cover.
26
27
28.
Georges Braque, illustrator (French, 1882-1963)
28
29.
George Elbert Burr (American, 1859-1939)
29
30
30. 32.
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
Untitled (Black Sun), 1968. Signed and dated in the matrix. Untitled (Lines and Circles), 1973. Signed and dated in the matrix.
Lithograph in black and red on paper, image size 23 1/4 x 32 in. Color lithograph on paper, sight size 30 x 22 1/2 in. (76.0 x 57.0 cm),
(59.2 x 81.3 cm), unmatted, unframed. framed.
Condition: Nicks and minor tears to edges, handling creases. Condition: Subtle toning, not examined out of frame.
$400-600 $600-800
31.
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
31
32
33
34
33. 34.
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
Untitled (Amorphous Shapes), edition of 100. Signed “Calder” in Untitled (Pyramid and Disks), edition of 100. Signed “Calder” in
pencil l.r., numbered “68/100” in pencil l.l. Color lithograph on paper, pencil l.r., numbered “62/100” in pencil l.l. Color lithograph on paper,
sight size 22 1/2 x 30 3/4 in. (57.0 x 78.0 cm), framed. sight size 30 x 22 1/2 in. (76.0 x 57.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Staining to lower edge, subtle rippling, unobtrusive toning, Condition: Staining to lower edge, subtle toning, not examined out of
not examined out of frame. frame.
$600-800 $600-800
35.
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
35
36 37
36. 37.
Leonetto Cappiello (French, 1875-1942) Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Maurin Quina, 1906. Signed and identified within the matrix. Color Lot of Two Images: Standing Nude, 1978, edition of 200; and
lithographic poster, sight size 63 x 46 1/2 in. (160.0 x 118.0 cm), Doorway, 1978, edition of 200. Both signed and dated “Clarence H.
framed. Carter 1978” in pencil l.r. and numbered in pencil l.l. Color
Condition: Subtle toning, pale staining, not examined out of frame. screenprints on paper, image sizes to 35 3/4 x 23 in. (90.7 x 58.0
$1,500-2,000 cm), unmatted, unframed.
Condition: Margins 1 1/2 inches or more.
$500-700
38.
Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985)
David Before Saul, plate 64 from BIBLE, 1956, total edition of 295
(Cramer, 29). Unsigned, identified on a label from the Retina Gallery,
Boston, on the backing. Etching on paper, plate size 12 1/4 x 9 1/4
in. (31.0 x 23.4 cm), framed.
Condition: Subtle rippling, margins 1/2 inch or more, not examined
out of frame.
$400-600
38
39 40
39. 41.
Samuel V. Chamberlain (American, 1895-1975) Samuel V. Chamberlain (American, 1895-1975)
Lot of Three Views of Boston: Mount Vernon Street, Boston, c. Lot of Two Proof Impressions of The Transept of the Cathedral of
1940, proof of the first state of three (Chamberlain & Kingsland, 262); Notre Dame, Paris, c. 1940, a first and a fourth state impression
The Tontine Crescent, Franklin Place, Boston, 1928, edition of 100 (Chamberlain & Kingsland, 266). Unsigned, both inscribed with state
(Chamberlain & Kingsland, 270); and Doorway of the Harvard Club, and numbered in pencil l.l. Drypoint on paper, plate sizes 6 3/4 x 4
Boston, c. 1948, edition of 100 (Chamberlain & Kingsland, 278). The 1/2 in. (17.0 x 11.3 cm), in a common mat, unframed.
third signed “Samuel Chamberlain” in pencil l.r., each numbered or Condition: Margins approximately 1 1/4 inches.
inscribed in pencil l.l. Drypoints on paper, plate sizes to 8 1/2 x 5 1/2
in. (21.5 x 13.8 cm), matted, unframed. Provenance: Through the family of the artist.
Condition: Margins over 1 inch, Crescent with tear to right margin, $200-250
tape and losses to corners, and annotations.
40.
Samuel V. Chamberlain (American, 1895-1975)
41
43
42
42. 43.
Samuel V. Chamberlain (American, 1895-1975) Samuel V. Chamberlain (American, 1895-1975)
Lot of Two Proof Impressions of Winter Evening on Beacon Mediterranean Village, Villefranche-sur-Mer, 1939, edition of
Street, Boston, c. 1940, both proofs of the third state (Chamberlain approximately 300 (Chamberlain & Kingsland, 272). Signed “Samuel
& Kingsland, 269). Unsigned, both inscribed “Third State.../VII” in Chamberlain” in pencil l.r. Drypoint on paper, plate size 8 1/4 x 11
pencil l.l. Drypoint with aquatint on paper, plate sizes 6 5/8 x 4 1/2 1/2 in. (20.8 x 29.2 cm), matted, unframed.
in. (16.8 x 11.4 cm), in a common mat, unframed. Condition: Margins over 1 1/4 inches with deckled edges,
Condition: Margins approximately 1 1/4 inches, annotations to lower annotations to lower margin.
margins.
Provenance: Through the family of the artist.
Provenance: Through the family of the artist. $150-200
$200-250
44.
Samuel V. Chamberlain (American, 1895-1975)
44
45
45.
Asa Cheffetz (American, 1897-1965)
46.
James Coignard (French, 1925-2008)
N.B. James Coignard lived and worked near Nice, where in 1950 he
became friendly with Braque, Matisse, and Chagall. He later
befriended the modernist painter, Henri Goetz, who in 1967 invented
the carborundum print (silicon carbide engraving). Goetz immediately
46 taught this medium to Coignard, Joan Miró, and Antoni Clavé. Miró
had a solo exhibition of his carborundum prints at MoMA in 1970.
Coignard, however, was the most compulsive of this group of early
experimenters with carborundum, and achieved critical acclaim for
creating prints that possessed all of the texture of a painting with
heavy impasto. Their painting-like appearance, marked by the deep,
heavy texture of a bas-relief was owed, in part, to his thick,
handmade papers. Coignard worked in vibrant primary colors—
dramatic swashes of blue, red, yellow, green, and black—which are
the signature accents of his abstract compositions.
$300-350
47.
James Coignard (French, 1925-2008)
Lot of Two Works: Etude masse bleue, 1988, edition of 95; and
Vecteur rouge, 1989, edition of 95. Numbered and signed “65/95 J.
Coignard” in pencil l.l. and l.r., respectively, identified on labels on the
reverse. Color carborundum on heavy paper, sheet sizes
approximately 19 x 26 in. (66.0 x 48.3 cm), framed.
Condition: Subtle rippling, not examined out of frames.
$500-700
47
48 49
48.
James Coignard (French, 1925-2008)
Lot of Two Works: Lumiere, 1990, edition of 95; and L’axe blanc,
1994, edition of 95. Both signed “...J. Coignard” in pencil l.r.,
numbered in pencil l.r. and l.l., respectively, identified on labels on the
reverse. Color carborundum on heavy paper, sheet sizes
approximately 19 x 26 in. (66.0 x 48.3 cm), framed.
Condition: Subtle rippling, not examined out of frames.
$500-700
49.
James Coignard (French, 1925-2008)
50.
Corneille (Belgian, b. 1922)
51.
Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican, 1904-1957)
52.
Robert Cottingham (American, b. 1935)
53.
John Steuart Curry (American, 1897-1946)
53
55
54
54.
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Statue of Liberty, from the NEW YORK CITY Suite, 1964, edition of
155 plus proofs (Field, 64-3D). Signed and dated “Dalí/1964” in
pencil l.r., numbered “21/125” in pencil l.l. Etching and engraving in
red and brown on paper, plate size 25 x 17 in. (63.4 x 43.1 cm),
framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
$1,000-1,500
55.
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)
56.
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)
The Menorah, 1980. Signed “Salvador Dalí” within the matrix on the
base, stamped “160/250...ISRAEL 50 c VAP” on the base. Gilt
metal, approximately 17 1/4 x 12 x 2 1/4 in. (43.8 x 30.5 x 5.7 cm),
mounted to a marble plinth.
Condition: Minor corrosion/oxidation.
Literature: Descharnes, Robert and Nicholas, Dali: The Hard and the
Soft, Spells for the Magic of Form, Sculptures & Objects (Azay-le-
Rideau: Eccart, 2004), p. 268, no. 688.
$5,000-7,000
56
57
57.
Ten Works + Ten Painters/A Portfolio
58.
Lot of Two Prints:
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59.
Jim Dine, illustrator (American, b. 1935)
59
60.
Jim Dine (American, b. 1935)
60
62
61
61.
Francisco Dosamantes (Mexican, b. 1911)
62.
Arthur Wesley Dow (American, 1857-1922)
63.
Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953)
The Angel with the Key to the Bottomless Pit, from the
Apocalypse, Latin edition, 1511 (Meder, 178; Bartsch, 75; Hollstein,
178). Monogrammed in the block. Woodcut on laid paper with six-
petal flower with pendant triangle watermark (Meder, 127), image size
15 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (39.3 x 28.2 cm), partially matted, unframed.
Condition: Thread margins.
$1,000-1,500
64
65.
Max Ernst (German, 1891-1976)
65
66.
Max Ernst, illustrator (German, 1891-1976)
67.
Max Ernst (German, 1891-1976), Joan Miró (Spanish,
1893-1983), and Yves Tanguy (French/American, 1900-
1955), illustrators
66
L’Antitête, by Tristan Tzara, published in three volumes in
1949 by Bordas, Paris, total edition of 200, each volume
unbound, one with eight hand-colored etchings by Ernst, one
with eight hand-colored etchings by Miró, and one with six
hand-colored etchings by Tanguy plus the same number of
etchings en suite plus a single cancelled plate by Ernst. Each
volume signed by the artist and the author in ink, the Ernst
volume with an inscription to Nelson A. Rockefeller in the
author’s hand and an inscription in the artist’s hand, each
numbered “11” on the justification page. Approximately 5 3/4
x 4 1/2 in. (14.5 x 11.5 cm), in vellum covers and together in
a single slipcase.
Condition: Wear to slipcase, each inscribed “ex libris Nelson
A. Rockefeller” to inside cover.
67
68.
Richard E. Filipowski (American, 1923-2008)
68
69.
Richard E. Filipowski (American, 1923-2008)
69
70.
Antonio Frasconi (Argentine, b. 1919)
70
71
71. 73.
Antonio Frasconi (Argentine, b. 1919) Jose Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)
Alhambra II, 1962, edition of 18. Signed, dated, and inscribed Lot of Three Plates from LOS CAPRICHOS: A Caza de Dientes;
“Frasconi 62 imp” in pencil l.r., titled and numbered “14/18...” in Al Conde Palatino; and Obsequio a el Maestro; all probably from
pencil l.l., identified on a label from the Franklin Siden Gallery, Detroit, the eighth edition, 1905-1907 (Harris, 47, 68, and 82). Each titled
on the backing. Color woodcut on paper, image size 19 x 34 1/8 in. within the plate. Etchings with aquatint on paper, sight sizes 8 1/8 x
(48.3 x 86.5 cm), framed. 5 7/8 in. (20.5 x 14.8 cm), framed.
Condition: Subtle toning and rippling, not examined out of frame. Condition: Subtle toning, and mat burn, not examined out of frames.
$200-300 $300-500
72.
Michiel Theobald Gloeckner (American, 1915-1989)
72 73
73A
73A.
George Ehrenfried Grosz (German/American, 1893-1959)
75.
David Hockney (British, b. 1937)
75
76.
David Hockney (British, b. 1937)
76
77.
Masuo Ikeda (Japanese, 1934-1997)
77
78
78.
Ilia Zdanevich, called Iliazd (Russian, 1894-1975)
79.
Bill Jensen (American, b. 1945)
79
80.
Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930)
Cup 2 Picasso, 1973, from the larger edition published for XXe
SIECLE. Signed and dated in the matrix. Color offset lithograph on
paper, image size 11 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (29.8 x 26.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
$300-500
81.
Jasper Johns, illustrator (American, b. 1930)
80
81
82
82. 83.
Mervin Jules (American, b. 1912) Luigi Kasimir (Austrian, 1881-1962)
Octipus [sic]. Signed “JULES” in pencil l.r., titled in pencil l.l. Color Lot of Two Views: Boston, State Capital, 1936 (Weiss, 519); and
screenprint on paper, image size 12 1/8 x 18 1/8 in. (30.7 x 46.0 cm), Philadelphia, Independence Hall (Weiss, 522), both possibly later
framed. impressions. Both signed “Luigi Kasimir” in pencil l.c. and identified
Condition: Not examined out of frame. in the plates. Color etchings with aquatint on paper, plate sizes
$200-300 approximately 18 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (46.3 x 31.1 cm), framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frames.
$300-500
82A.
Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944)
82A
83
84
85
84.
Luigi Kasimir (Austrian, 1881-1962)
85.
Tanna Kasimir-Hoernes (Austrian, 1887-1972)
Lot of Two New York Views: New York, Montaque [sic] Terrace,
1936 (Weiss, 551); and New York, Central Park (Weiss, 554), both
possibly later impressions. Both signed “T. K. Hoernes” in pencil l.c.
Color etchings with aquatint on paper, plate sizes approximately 15
1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (39.4 x 29.2 cm), framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frames.
$300-500
86.
Kaoru Kawano (Japanese, 1916-1965)
Lot of Three Images of Girls: Girls with Doves, Girl with Hair
Bow, and Girl with Four Cranes. The first two signed “Kaoru
Kawano” in pencil l.l., all three signed with red chop mark l.l. Color
woodcuts on paper, sight sizes to 14 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (37.4 x 23.4 cm),
framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frames.
$500-700
86
88
87
87.
Ellsworth Kelly (American, b. 1923)
88.
Marguerite Kirmse (American, 1885-1954)
89.
Oskar Kokoschka, illustrator (Austrian, 1886-1980)
90
91.
Max Kuehne (American, 1880-1968)
91
92.
Max Kuehne (American, 1880-1968)
92
93
93. 95.
Max Kuehne (American, 1880-1968) Jean-Emile Laboureur (French, 1877-1943)
Lot of Three Views of Spain: Basque Fishing Port, Ondarroa, La Promenade sur le port, 1933, total edition of 250, published by
Spain, Street in Toledo, and Puenta San Martin - Toledo. Each the Print Club of Cleveland (Loyer, 482). Signed “laboureur” in pencil
unsigned, stamped “Kuehne” in red on the reverse, and titled in l.l., monogrammed in the plate. Etching and engraving on paper,
pencil l.l. Etchings on laid paper, plate sizes to 6 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. (17.5 plate size 8 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (20.8 x 22.2 cm), framed.
x 24.8 cm), unmatted, unframed. Condition: Subtle toning, not examined out of frame.
Condition: Margins over 2 inches, subtle staining/soiling to edges. $200-300
$300-500
94.
Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Japanese/American, 1893-1953)
94 95
96A
95A
95A.
Carl Olof Larsson (Swedish, 1855-1919)
96.
Marie Laurencin (French, 1883-1956)
96A.
After Marie Laurencin (French, 1883-1956)
96
98
97.
97 Le Corbusier (Swiss/French, 1887-1965)
Femme à la main levée, 1954. Initialed and dated within the matrix,
identified on a label from the Obelisk Gallery, Chestnut Hill, on the
backing. Color lithograph on paper, image size 42 1/2 x 26 5/8 in.
(107.8 x 67.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Pale staining to edges, possible subtle fading, not
examined out of frame.
$500-700
98.
Fernand Léger, illustrator (French, 1881-1955)
99.
Clare Veronica Hope Leighton (Anglo/American, 1901-1989)
100.
Lucas van Leyden (Dutch, 1494-1533)
101.
Jack Levine, illustrator (American, b. 1915)
102.
Jack Levine (American, b. 1915)
103
103. 104.
Alexander Liberman, illustrator (American, 1912-1999) Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997)
Nostalgia for the Present, by Andrei Voznesensky, published 1979 As I Opened Fire.../A Triptych, 1966 (Corlett, app. 5). Unsigned.
by Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York, edition of 28 Offset color lithographs on paper, each sheet approximately 25 x 20
plus proofs unbound. Each of the seventeen plates signed and 3/4 in. (63.5 x 52.7 cm), presented in a common frame.
numbered “Andrei Voznesensky (in Cyrillic) 3/28” in pencil l.l., signed Condition: Handling creases, not examined out of frame.
and dated “Alexander Liberman 1977-79” in pencil l.r., with $600-800
publisher’s dry stamp l.l., and with plate number printed on verso,
identified on the colophon page. Lithographs on paper, sheet sizes
41 x 28 in. (104.0 x 71.0 cm), presented in the original lacquered folio 105.
box. Jan Lievens (Dutch, 1607-1674)
Condition: Minor cockling to edges of sheets, minor soiling/staining
to edges of title page. Large Oriental Head, Bust to Right, an 18th century impression
(Rovinski, 13). Signed in the plate. Etching on laid paper, plate size
Provenance: Purchased from the publisher, 1981, to the estate of approximately 10 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (27.0 x 22.3 cm), matted, unframed.
Mary Lee Ingbar, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Condition: Trimmed to or just within the plate mark, subtle staining
$700-900 (more visible to verso).
$250-300
104
106 108
106. 108.
Walter Ronald Locke (American, b. 1883) John Stockton De Martelly (American, 1903-1980)
Peace on the Amelote/A Florida View, 1937, edition of 250, Chore Boy, 1942, published by Associated American Artists, edition
published by Associated American Artists. Signed and dated “W.R. of 250. Signed “John S. de Martelly-” in pencil l.r., titled in pencil l.l.,
Locke ‘37” in pencil l.r., titled in pencil l.l., identified on a label from dedicated “To Miss Nellie Fletcher from the de Martellys - 42” in
AAA on the reverse. Etching on paper, plate size 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. pencil l.c. Lithograph on paper, image size 9 x 12 1/8 in. (22.8 x 30.7
(22.4 x 30.0 cm), framed. cm), framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame. Condition: Subtle toning, not examined out of frame.
$400-600 $300-500
107.
Galerie Maeght, editor (French, 20th Century)
107
110
109
111
109. 110.
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) Michael Mazur (American, 1935-2009)
Nu au bracelet, published by Chalcographie du Louvre, Paris Tree, Norfolk, 1963 (Hansen, 116). Signed “Mazur” in pencil l.r.,
(Duthuit, 725). Unsigned, publisher’s dry stamp l.c. Linocut on titled and dated “Pines #1 Norfolk - 1963” in pencil l.l., numbered
paper, image size 9 5/8 x 7 in. (24.2 x 17.6 cm), framed. “1/50” in pencil l.c. Etching on heavy cream wove paper, plate size
Condition: Margins approximately 1 1/4 inches with two deckled 17 3/4 x 23 5/8 in. (45.1 x 60.2 cm), unmatted, unframed.
edges, masking tape to edges, soiling and annotations to lower Condition: Margins approximately 1 1/2 inches, scattered fox marks
margin. (primarily to margins and verso), tape residue to upper edge on the
$800-1,200 reverse, minor nicks and tears to upper edge.
$200-300
111.
Michael Mazur (American, 1935-2009)
113.
Paul Raphael Meltsner (American, 1905-1966)
114.
Paul Raphael Meltsner (American, 1905-1966)
114
113
115
115. 116.
Paul Raphael Meltsner (American, 1905-1966) Paul Raphael Meltsner (American, 1905-1966)
Lot of Three Images of Factory Workers: Death of a Striker, The Lot of Four Industrial and Train Yard Views: Tank Cars,
Lockout, and The Outcast. Each signed “Paul R. Meltsner” in pencil Excavation, The Iron Horse, and Industrial Center. Each signed
l.r. and titled in pencil l.l. Lithographs on paper, image sizes to 10 3/4 “Paul R. Meltsner” in pencil l.r. and titled in pencil l.l. Lithographs on
x 14 3/8 in. (27.3 x 36.5 cm), unmatted, unframed. paper, image sizes approximately 10 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (26.0 x 37.0
Condition: Margins over 1/2 inch, some edges deckled, unobtrusive cm), unmatted, unframed.
soiling and toning, some margins with minor nicks to edges. Condition: Margins over 1/2 inch, some edges deckled, soiling,
$250-350 toning, some margins with tears or losses (none into the images).
$250-350
116
118
117 (2 views)
117. 118.
Joan Miró, illustrator (Spanish, 1893-1983) Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)
La Bague D’Aurore, by René Crevel, published in 1957 by Louis Ceramiques monumentales de Miró et Artigas, from DERRIERE
Broder, Paris, total edition of 130, with one drypoint and 5 color LE MIROIR, deluxe hard-cover edition, 13 Juin, 1963, number 84,
aquatints. Signed “Miró” in pencil and numbered “88” on the edition of 150. Signed “Miró” in pencil on the colophon page. Sheet
colophon. Sheet sizes 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (16.5 x 13.4 cm), pages with sizes 15 x 11 in. (38.0 x 27.8 cm), with slip cover.
gilded edges, calf binding with multicolored inlaid panels, signed and Condition: Very minor wear to slip cover.
dated “P.L. MARTIN 1961,” presented in the binder’s chemise and $1,000-1,500
slipcase.
Condition: Minor wear to case.
119.
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)
120.
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)
121.
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)
120 122.
No lot.
123
123. 124.
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983) Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986)
Lot of Three Volumes: MIRO LITHOGRAPHS, volumes I, II, and III, Group of Reclining Figures from the RECLINING FIGURES
by Fernand Mourlot et al., various publishers, 1972, 1975, and 1977, Portfolio, 1973, total edition of 80 (Cramer et al., 241). Signed and
respectively, each with the original color lithographs intact. Sheet dated “Moore 73” in pencil l.r., numbered “23/50” in pencil l.l. Color
sizes 12 3/4 x 10 in. (32.5 x 25.4 cm), with jackets and slip covers, lithograph on paper, image size 18 1/8 x 15 1/2 in. (50.0 x 39.5 cm),
cloth bound. framed.
Condition: Wear and annotations to slip covers, soiling to bindings. Condition: Not examined out of frame.
$2,000-3,000 $1,000-1,500
125.
Lot of Two Horse Subjects:
124 125
126.
Reuben Nakian (American, 1897-1986)
126
127.
Jackson Lee Nesbitt (American, 1913-2008)
127
128.
Ernst Neumann (Canadian, 1907-1956)
128
129.
Jules Olitski (Russian/American, 1922-2007)
130.
Roi Partridge (American, 1888-1984)
131.
Gabor F. Peterdi (American, 1915-2001)
129 Arctic Night I, 1964, edition of 25. Signed, dated, and inscribed
“Peterdi 64 Imp” in pencil l.r., titled in pencil l.c., numbered “3-25” in
pencil l.l. Color etching and aquatint on paper, plate size 23 7/8 x 35
5/8 in. (60.5 x 90.4 cm), framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
$200-300
131
130
133
132
132.
After Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
133.
After Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
134.
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
134
135.
Pablo Picasso, illustrator (Spanish, 1881-1973)
136.
After Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
137.
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
136 137
138
138. 140.
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Robert Rauschenberg, illustrator (American, 1925-2008)
Portrait de famille, six personnages, 1962, edition of 50 (Bloch, Traces suspectes en surface, by Alain Robbe-Grillet, published in
1031). Signed “Picasso” in green crayon, numbered “17/50” in pencil 1978 by Universal Limited Art Editions, Bay Shore, New York, edition
l.l. Lithograph on paper, image size 18 1/4 x 24 1/2 in. (46.3 x 62.3 of 36 plus proofs, unbound with forty-one color lithographs. Each
cm), framed. numbered, signed, and dated “15/36 Robbe-Grillet
Condition: Not examined out of frame. RAUSCHENBERG 72-78” in pencil l.c., and with publisher’s and
$5,000-7,000 pagination dry stamps. 26 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (67.5 x 52.0 cm),
presented in the original cloth-covered folio box.
Condition: Good.
139.
Provenance: Purchased from the publisher, 1978; the estate of Mary
Scott Prior (American, b. 1949) Lee Ingbar, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
$7,000-9,000
Tents, 1986, artist’s proof edition of 3. Signed and dated “Scott Prior
1986” in pencil l.r., titled in pencil l.c., inscribed “A.P.” in pencil l.l.,
identified on a label from The Alpha Gallery, Boston, on the backing.
Etching with hand-coloring on paper, plate size 6 x 6 in. (15.2 x 15.2
cm), framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
$500-700
139
140
141.
Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008)
142.
Emmanuel Radensky, called Man Ray, illustrator
(French/American, 1890-1976)
142
144
143.
143 Emmanuel Radensky, called Man Ray, illustrator (American,
1890-1976)
144.
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
145.
Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
146. 147.
Robert Riggs (American, 1896-1970) Larry Rivers, illustrator (American, 1923-2002)
Club Fighter, c. 1933-1934, edition of approximately 50 (Bassham, Stones, by Frank O’Hara, published in 1959 by Universal Limited Art
35). Signed “Robert Riggs-” in pencil l.r. and within the matrix, titled Editions, New York, total edition of 30, unbound with thirteen
in pencil l.l., identified on a label from the Discovery Gallery, Inc., lithographs. Each image signed and dated “Rivers ‘5...” in pencil l.r.,
Santa Fe, on the backing. Lithograph on paper, image size 14 x 18 numbered and signed “XXIV O’HARA” in pencil l.l., and with
1/8 in. (35.5 x 46.0 cm), framed. publisher’s dry stamp, identified and numbered on colophon page
Condition: Scattered fox marks, rippling, not examined out of frame. and numbered on wrapper. Sheet sizes 18 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (47.0 x
$3,000-5,000 59.5 cm), in the original folder with interior blue paper wrapper.
Condition: Wear to folder.
147
148
148.
Larry Rivers, illustrator (American, 1923-2002)
149.
Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958)
149
151
150
150. 151.
Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937)
Lot of Two Images: Dors, mon amour, 1935, from CIRQUE DE Kansas/Oklahoma, 1978, edition of 35 plus proofs, published by the
L’ETOILE FILANTE (Wofsy, 335); and Aide-Borreau portant un des Hartford Art School (Engberg & Phillpot, 101). Signed and dated
bois de la Croix, ves la gauche, 1936, from PASSION (Wofsy, 353). “Edward Ruscha 1978” in pencil l.r., inscribed “B.A.T.” in pencil l.l.,
Both initialed and dated within the plates. Color etchings with dry stamps to both of the lower corners, titled within the matrix.
aquatint on paper, plate sizes approximately 12 x 8 1/2 in. (30.4 x Color lithograph on paper, image size 3 1/2 x 27 5/8 in. (8.8 x 70.0
21.5 cm), framed. cm), framed.
Condition: Unobtrusive toning, scattered foxing (primarily to the Condition: Minor crease to lower corners, gentle rippling, not
latter), not examined out of frames. examined out of frame.
$1,000-1,500 $800-1,200
152.
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937)
152
153
154
153. 154.
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) Toko Shinoda (Japanese, b. 1913)
Kay-Eye-Double-S, 1978, edition of 35 plus proofs, published by the Voice of the Moon, edition of 30. Numbered, titled, signed and
Hartford Art School (Engberg & Phillpot, 103). Signed and dated inscribed “4/30...Toko Shinoda...” in pencil l.l. Color lithograph on
“Edward Ruscha 1978” in pencil l.r., inscribed “B.A.T.” in pencil l.l., paper, image size 22 1/2 x 16 in. (57.0 x 40.5 cm), framed.
dry stamps to both of the lower corners, titled within the matrix. Condition: Not examined out of frame.
Color lithograph on paper, image size 6 x 27 1/4 in. (15.2 x 69.1 cm),
framed. Provenance: From the estate of Mary Lee Ingbar, Cambridge,
Condition: Minor handling creases, gentle rippling, not examined out Massachusetts.
of frame. $700-900
$800-1,200
155.
John French Sloan (American, 1871-1951)
155
156 156A
156.
Raphael Soyer (American, 1899-1987)
156A.
Benton Murdoch Spruance (American, 1904-1967)
157.
Harry Sternberg (American, 1904-2002)
158. 160.
Andrew Stevovich (American, b. 1948) Andrew Stevovich (American, b. 1948)
Lot of Two Images: Smoker #1, 1981, edition of 25; and Woman with Suitors #1, 1984, edition of 45. Signed and dated
Handsome Eddie, 1990, edition of 75. Both signed and dated “Andrew Stevovich 1984” in pencil l.r., titled in pencil l.c., numbered
“Andrew Stevovich 19...” in pencil l.r., titled in pencil l.c., and “2/45” in pencil l.l. Etching on paper, plate size 11 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.
numbered in pencil l.l. Etchings, the latter with aquatint, on paper, (30.0 x 40.0 cm), unmatted, unframed.
plate sizes to 8 x 9 1/4 in. (20.3 x 23.4 cm), unmatted, unframed. Condition: Margins over 3 inches with deckled edges, minute
Condition: Margins 2 1/2 inches or more. handling marks/creases at upper corners.
$200-250 $200-250
159.
Andrew Stevovich (American, b. 1948)
159
161.
Andrew Stevovich (American, b. 1948)
161
162.
Andrew Stevovich (American, b. 1948)
162
163.
Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899-1991)
163
164
164.
Yves Tanguy, illustrator (French/American, 1900-1955)
165.
Albert Urban (German, 1909-1959)
Lot of Three Images, 1948. Each signed and dated “Albert Urban
48” in ink beneath the image and with artist’s estate stamp verso.
Screenprints in black and tan on paper, image sizes 11 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.
(30.0 x 20.8 cm), framed.
Condition: Margins over 3 inches, estate stamp visible on recto, not
examined out of frames.
$400-600
165
166
166. 168.
Albert Urban (German, 1909-1959) Victor Vasarely (French, 1908-1997)
Lot of Three Images, 1953. Each signed, dated, and numbered Erebus, edition of 2000. Etched signature “Vasarely-” on the reverse
“Albert Urban 53...” in ink within the image. Color screenprints on l.r., identified and numbered “...2000/1649” on a label from Rosenthal
paper, image sizes 24 1/4 x 30 3/4 in. (61.5 x 78.0 cm), framed. Studio-linie, Germany, beneath the plinth. Molded crystal, 13 x 9 1/2
Condition: Not examined out of frames. x 1 in. (33.0 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm), set in a slotted chrome and wood
$600-800 plinth.
Condition: Good.
167
168
169.
Esteban Vicente (American, 1903-2001)
170.
Jacques Villon (French, 1875-1963)
171.
169 Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876-1958)
171
170
172
172. 172A.
Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876-1958) Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Le pont sur l’Oise à Méry (I), c. 1925 (Walterkirchen, 187 [I]). Lincoln Center Ticket, 1967, edition of 500 (Feldman & Schellmann,
Signed “Vlaminck” in pencil l.r., inscribed “Essai” in pencil l.l. II.19). Unsigned, identified within the matrix. Color screenprint on
Lithograph on paper, image size 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (24.0 x 34.2 cm), paper, sight size 44 x 23 3/8 in. (111.8 x 59.4 cm), framed.
framed. Condition: Not examined out of frame.
Condition: Not examined out of frame. $1,000-1,500
$500-700
173.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
173
172A
174
175
174.
Samuel Johnson Woolf (American, 1880-1948)
175.
Ossip Zadkine (Russian/French, 1890-1967)
176.
Anders Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920)
Colonel Lamont III, 1904, final state of four (Asplund, 178). Signed
“Zorn” in pencil l.r., signed and dated in the plate. Etching on paper,
plate size 7 7/8 x 6 in. (20.0 x 15.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Margins 1/2 inch or more, toning, not examined out of
frame.
$300-500
176
177
179
177.
Anders Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920)
Self Portrait 1916, 1916, final state of three (Asplund, 270). Signed
“Zorn” in pencil l.r., signed and dated in the plate, label from M.
Knoedler & Co., New York, on the backing. Etching on laid paper,
plate size 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (17.5 x 12.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Margins 1 inch or more, toning, not examined out of
frame.
$300-500
178.
Anders Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920)
Gulli II, 1919, final state of three (Asplund, 280). Signed “Zorn” in
pencil l.r., signed and dated in the plate. Etching on paper, plate size
7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (19.6 x 14.6 cm), framed.
Condition: Margins 1/2 inch or more, toning, unobtrusive mat burn
and fox marks, not examined out of frame.
$250-350
Photography
178
179.
Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)
182
181
180. 182.
Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903-1990) Sandi Fellman (American, b. 1952)
Basketball Player Dribbling. Unsigned. Silver gelatin print, sheet Peonies. Unsigned on recto. Color photograph, sight size 23 3/4 x
size 8 1/8 x 10 in. (20.5 x 25.4 cm), unmatted, unframed. 20 1/2 in. (60.2 x 52.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Minute nicks to edges, staining to corner l.l. Condition: Not examined out of frame.
$700-900 $600-800
181.
Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)
Grand jeté. Unsigned. Silver gelatin print, sheet size 8 x 10 1/8 in.
(20.3 x 25.5 cm), unmatted, unframed.
Condition: Minute nicks to edges.
$700-900
184
183
185
183. 184.
Sandi Fellman (American, b. 1952) John S. Johnston (British/American, born c. 1839-1899)
Flowers and Hands. Unsigned on recto. Color photograph, sight Lot of Five Yachting Images: Carmita, Tomahawk, Dungeness,
size 23 3/4 x 20 1/2 in. (60.2 x 52.0 cm), framed. Utowana, and Two-Masted Steam Screw, Possibly the Narwhal.
Condition: Not examined out of frame. Unsigned, three titled within the image, one identified in an inscription
$600-800 on the reverse. Albumen prints on paper, approximate sizes 6 1/2 x
8 1/4 in. (16.5 x 21.0 cm), unframed.
Condition: Minor wear/nicks to edges, subtle toning, mild rippling.
$600-800
185.
John S. Johnston (British/American, born c. 1839-1899)
186. 188.
John S. Johnston (British/American, born c. 1839-1899) O. Winston Link (American, 1914-2001)
Lot of Five Yachting Images: Colonia, Columbia, Jubilee, Alert, Train 1241 Coming Through the Westbound Montgomery
and Helen. Each vessel identified within the matrix, Jubilee inscribed Tunnels, c. 1957, probably a later printing. Purportedly signed on
“COPYRIGHT 1893, BY J.S. JOHNSTON, N.Y.” l.r. Albumen prints the reverse. Silver gelatin print, sight size 19 1/8 x 15 in. (48.5 x 38.0
on paper, approximate sizes 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (16.5 x 21.0 cm), cm), framed.
unframed. Condition: Not examined out of frame.
Condition: Minor wear/nicks to edges, unobtrusive toning, mild $4,000-6,000
rippling and handling creases.
$700-900
End of Session I
187.
O. Winston Link (American, 1914-2001)
187 188
Session II
Paintings & Sculpture
Lots 200-580
200.
Flemish School, 16th Century Style
201.
Italian School, 18th Century
202.
Attributed to Cherubino Alberti (Italian, 1553-1615)
202
203
203.
Flemish School, 16th Century
The Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist and St.
Elizabeth
Initialed “AvD I fc...” l.r.
Graphite and whiting on laid paper, sight size 14 3/4 x 18 in. (37.5 x
45.7 cm), framed.
Condition: Laid onto panel, foxing, small tear l.l. corner, restored tear
in u.r. quadrant, acid burn.
$4,000-6,000
204.
Italian School, 16th Century Style
204
205
205.
School of Leonardo Coccorante (Italian, 1700-1750)
206. 207.
School of Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793) School of Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793)
View of the Grand Canal Ponte di Rialto and The Grand Canal
Unsigned. Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 23 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (59.1 x 74.5 cm), framed. Oil on canvas, 23 5/16 x 29 3/8 in. (59.5 x 74.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Surface grime, craquelure. Condition: Retouch, possible skinning, craquelure.
$2,000-3,000 $2,000-3,000
207
208
208. 209.
Dutch School, 17th Century Dutch School, 19th Century
Panoramic River Valley with Wayfarers and Villagers Animated Shore View with Figures and Windmill
Unsigned. Unsigned, inscribed “25 - Ap 6th” in a period hand on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 12 7/8 x 17 in. (32.8 x 43.4 cm), framed. Watercolor on paper, 7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (19.5 x 24.4 cm), framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure, surface grime. Condition: Toning, scattered fox marks, affixed to mat at edges on
$1,500-2,000 the reverse.
$300-500
209
210
210.
Follower of Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, c. 1628-1682)
211.
Continental School, 19th Century
212.
Dutch/Flemish School, 17th Century Style
212
213
213.
Manner of Melchior de Hondecoeter (Dutch, 1636-1695)
214.
No lot.
215.
Spanish Colonial School, 19th Century
215
216.
Spanish Colonial School, 19th Century
216
217
217.
Spanish Colonial School, 19th/20th Century
N.B. San Camilo de Lelis, the patron saint of the infirm and
infirmaries, is also known as the “Red Cross Saint.” His iconography
typically includes devils, angels, and a skeleton, as the scene depicts
the dying man’s last hour. San Pascual Bailon, the patron saint of
cooks and the kitchen, is typically depicted with his cooking
accoutrements and cat.
$600-800
218
218.
William Alexander (British, 1767-1816)
Chinese Barges of the Embassy Preparing to Pass Under a Bridge, plate XL from Sir
George Staunton’s An Authentic Account of An Embassy from the King of Great
Britain to the Emperor of China…
Signed and dated “Wm. Alexander f 1793.” l.l., identified on a label on the reverse.
Watercolor on paper/board, sight size 11 x 17 3/4 in. (27.9 x 45.1 cm), framed.
Condition: Toning, staining, foxing, not examined out of frame.
N.B. William Alexander traveled in the first English embassy to China, which was led by
George Lord Viscount Macartney. It sailed out of Portsmouth on September 26th, 1792.
The secretary to the embassy was Sir George Staunton, who wrote a careful account of
the journey that was illustrated by engravings created after Alexander's watercolors. The
first version of the Account was published in 1797 in two volumes plus a folio of plates by
W. Bulmer & Co. in London. Alexander documented the people, architecture, and
customs of all of the cultures encountered during the voyage, although the published
plates pertain solely to the Chinese. His drawings, as can be seen here and in lot 219,
are highly detailed and his observations of both the Chinese and British in these settings
are carefully rendered.
$1,000-1,500
219
219.
William Alexander (British, 1767-1816)
A View of Part of the Great Wall of China, Called by the Natives Van-lee-ching, or Wall of Ten
Thousand Lee, Taken Near the Pass of ‘Cou-Pe-Koo,’ plate XXIV from Sir George Staunton’s An
Authentic Account of An Embassy...
Signed and inscribed “Alexander/delr.” l.r., identified on labels affixed to the reverse.
Watercolor on paper/board, sight size 11 x 17 3/4 in. (27.9 x 45.1 cm), framed.
Condition: Toning, foxing, light abrasion l.c., not examined out of frame.
N.B. The watercolor presented here shows several differences from the published engraving: the horse in
the right foreground lacks a rider in the engraved version, and the figures by the base of the near tower
are removed in the plate. The description for the plate in Staunton’s Account indicates how amazed the
British were with the wall. The folio describes the wall as follows: “At this place the wall is carried over the
summits of the highest mountains, some of which are not less than three thousand feet in perpendicular
height, and appear to be almost inaccessible... This wall, according to the charts of the empire made from
actual surveys, is more the fifteen hundred miles in length, and in many places it is double, and even triple,
for the better defence of the passes. The masonry and brickwork in the towers alone exceed those of all
London.” (volume I, page xxii).
$1,000-1,500
220.
Dutch School, 19th Century
220
221.
Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756-1827)
221
222.
Attributed to Philippe Tidemann (German, 1657-1705), After
Gérard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1641-1711)
N.B. This drawing is probably a study for an engraving that was used
on the title page of Groot Schilderboek, published in 1712.
$500-700
222
223.
Anglo/American School, 18/19th Century
223
224.
Continental School, 19th Century
224
225.
Arthur David McCormick (British, 1860-1943)
225
226
226.
Henry Herbert La Thangue, R.A. (British, 1859-1929)
N.B. The British art materials supplier Lechertier Barbe & Co.
operated under this name between 1859-1897.1
228.
Jean-Antoine-Simeon Fort (French, 1793-1861)
227
228
229
229.
Johannes Josephus Destrée (Belgian/Dutch, 1827-1888)
230.
Henry Hillier Parker (British, 1858-1930)
231.
Constant Troyon (French, 1810-1865)
Provenance: Sedelmeyer, Paris; Weeks, Brookline, Massachusetts; Walter P. Chrysler, Jun..; Hazlitt Gallery, London; Leggatt
Brothers, London; The Earl of Inchcape; Artemis Fine Arts (UK) Ltd., London; Edward J. Searles, Toledo, Ohio; by descent
in the family to the current owner.
N.B. Constant Troyon was born in Sèvres and began his career as a painter of porcelain, following family tradition. By the
1830s he had abandoned this path for a life as a landscape painter, making his debut at the Salon of 1833. Troyon became
one of the central artists of the Barbizon school. By 1840 he was painting with Théodore Rousseau and Jules Dupré, and in
1844 he submitted two views of Fontainebleau to the Salon. Troyon enjoyed great success as a painter, winning acceptance
into many expositions in France and abroad. In 1847 Troyon made a seminal trip to Holland, which would change the
course of his art. Inspired by the Dutch artists, Troyon refocused his work on animals painted in the natural landscape, and
he earned renown as an animalier. He was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1849. He lived mostly in Normandy and
Paris, except for short trips to England and the Low Countries, where this scene is located. The painting Le Canal is also
described as La Petite Écluse. Constant Troyon died unexpectedly in 1865, and the Salon of 1866 paid tribute to his career.
232
233.
Ernest De Nagy (American, 1881-1952)
233
234.
Leon Jean Basile Perrault (French, 1832-1908)
234
235.
Luigi Bechi (Italian, 1830-1919)
235
236
236.
Alfred Arthur Brunel de Neuville (French, 1851-1941)
237.
Continental School, 19th Century
237
238
238.
Philipp Arons (German, 1821-1902)
240
239. 240.
Hendrick Savry (Dutch, 1823-1907) British School, 19th/20th Century
241.
Albert Babb Insley (American, 1842-1937)
Lady on a Riverbank
Signed “ALBERT INSLEY.” l.l.
Oil on board, 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm), framed.
Condition: Signature reinforced, scattered surface rubs/losses, break
to support l.c.
$800-1,200
242.
Manner of Jules Dupré (French, 1811-1889)
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243
243.
Georg Anton Rasmussen (Norwegian, 1842-1914)
244.
Attributed to Andries Vermeulen (Dutch, 1763-1814)
Condition: Retouch, varnish inconsistencies, craquelure, scattered surface losses, surface grime.
N.B. Andries Vermeulen was born in Dordrecht. He was taught to paint by his father, Cornelis Vermeulen
(1732-1813), an art dealer and a painter specializing in copies of old masters. Andries was active in
Amsterdam. He painted landscapes emulating the style of 17th century Dutch models, and he is chiefly
known for his winter scenes, often based on the compositions of Isack van Ostade.
$3,000-5,000
245
245. 246.
British School, 19th Century Thomas Bush Hardy (British, 1842-1897)
246
247
247.
William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
Provenance: Skinner, Inc. auction #2387 of American & European Paintings & Prints, November 16, 2007, lot
76.
N.B. William Bradford, one of the preeminent Marine painters of the 19th century, was born and raised near the
harbor town of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Against the wishes of his strict Quaker parents, he pursued a
career in painting. Initially self-taught, Bradford began to study with Dutch painter Albert Van Beest in the late
1850s, and the two artists frequently collaborated. Starting in 1861, Bradford made a series of trips to Labrador
and the Arctic, where he was profoundly influenced by the bright light and vivid colors of the region. His
paintings of the Arctic contain rich detail in sailing vessels and fishermen while at the same time they capture the
expressiveness of the clouds, water, and ice formations. This rich scenery and atmospheric light remained a
constant source of inspiration for Bradford throughout his career.
We wish to thank Richard C. Kugler for his assistance in the cataloging of this work.
$25,000-35,000
248
248. 249.
Edmund Darch Lewis (American, 1835-1910) George Arthur Hays (American, 1854-1945)
Coastal View Lot of Two Landscapes: Lincoln Reservations and At the Maine
Signed and dated “Edmund D Lewis/1907” l.r. Coast
Watercolor with whiting on paper/board, sight size 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. Both signed “G A HAYS” l.r. or l.l., both titled in a later hand on labels
(49.5 x 59.7 cm), framed. affixed to the reverse, Lincoln dated “July 5, 1923” in a later hand on
Condition: Toning, not examined out of frame. label affixed to the reverse.
$1,000-1,500 Gouaches on paper/board, approximate sight sizes to 9 1/2 x 13 1/2
in. (24.1 x 34.3 cm), framed.
Condition: Soiling/staining, craquelure, not examined out of frames.
$600-800
249
250
250.
William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905)
Crashing Breakers
Signed and dated “Wm T. Richards.02.” l.l.
Watercolor on paper, 23 1/8 x 40 1/8 in. (58.8 x 101.8 cm), framed.
Condition: Scratches and old repairs, paper is reinforced with
another layer of paper, lined with canvas, and tacked to a wooden
stretcher.
$3,000-5,000
251
251.
William Formby Halsall (American, 1841-1919)
252.
American School, 19th Century
253. 254.
William Frederick De Haas (American, 1830-1880) Attributed to Harrison Bird Brown (American, 1831-1915)
254
254A
254A.
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)
Literature: Abel Letalle, Palettes d’artistes, Paris, 1912, pp. 37-38 as Marine, executé sur une palette; Robert Fernier, La vie et l’oeuvre
de Gustave Courbet: catalogue raisonné, Geneva: Fondation Wildenstein; Lausanne: Bibliotèque des Arts, 1977-1978, v.2 peintures
1866-1877, no. 978.
Provenance: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 123 palettes d’artistes peintes, June 10, 1911, no. 29; The Estate of Sir Edwin A.G.
Manton.
N.B. “In the second half of the 19th century in Paris, a fashion appeared for artists to paint an image on a palette, intended as a gift
and often so inscribed. It might be said that the responsibility for this taste can be attributed at least in part to the activities of an
American man named George Lucas. Lucas lived for many years in Paris, acting as an agent for the many American collectors in the
city of that time. He was very successful in bringing artists and patrons together, and the artists often expressed their gratitude in the
form of the painted and dedicated palettes—no doubt often encouraged by Lucas to do so. Ultimately his collection held 71 works on
palette, now in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Though Courbet did not have a special relationship to Lucas, he would have been fully aware of the fashion. The inscription on the
palette under review includes the phrase “souvenir d’exil.” When Courbet left France for Switzerland in mid-1873, to remain there until
his death in 1877, he considered himself to be in exile; not officially so, but self-exiled because he had to escape from the vengeance
of the government towards him in the aftermath of the Commune. Thus, though the identity of M. Fuchs is not known, we can be sure
that the palette was painted while Courbet was in Switzerland, and most probably given to a fellow exile of some kind, as Switzerland
was known at the time as a political haven.
The inscription and signature on this painting appear to me to be characteristic of the artist’s style. The painting itself shows under
magnification the kind of varied, energetic activity of paint handling that is characteristic of Courbet’s work. He chooses a familiar
subject, stormy waves racing in to a rocky shore, but he does not choose familiar composition. Rather than the typical straight-on
view which puts the viewer head-on to the waves, he invents a left-to-right composition dominated by high cliffs filling the larger left
side of the palette space, while waves and sky fill the narrower space at the right. In short, he used the vagaries of the palette shape
to create a new type of composition.” –Sarah Faunce, Courbet Critical Catalogue, New York, April 2010
We wish to thank Sarah Faunce for her assistance with cataloguing this lot.
$20,000-30,000
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255. 256.
Frederick John Widgery (British, 1861-1942) Robert Douglas Hunter (American, b. 1928)
Lot of Two Views of Bigbury Bay, West Bantham Two Landscapes: BIRD SANCTUARY - WELLFLEET MASS. and
One signed “F J Widgery” in pencil l.l., the other signed “F. J. VIEW FROM THE BIRD SANCTUARY - WELLFLEET MASS.
WIDGERY” l.l., both identified in inscriptions on the reverse. Both signed “HUNTER” l.r., titled on the frame, and dedicated “TO
Watercolors on paper, sight sizes to 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (24.1 x 34.9 GEORGE AND NANCY/FROM BOB CHRISTMAS 1963” on the
cm), framed. backing.
Condition: Foxing/staining, subtle rippling, one with repaired tear u.l., Graphite on paper, sight sizes to 3 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (8.9 x 23.5 cm),
not examined out of frames. framed.
$600-800 Condition: Not examined out of frames.
$400-600
256
257
257.
William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905)
258.
Alvan Fisher (American, 1792-1863)
259.
Attributed to Thomas Hewes Hinckley (American, 1813-1896)
Cows Watering
Unsigned, identified on a label from the Vose Galleries, Boston, on
the backing.
Oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 28 5/8 in. (54.7 x 72.8 cm), framed.
Condition: Retouch.
$6,000-8,000
260.
Arthur Quartley (American, 1839-1886)
260
261.
Joseph Antonio Hekking (American, 1830-1903)
Fishing in a Marsh
Signed “J A Hekking” l.r.
Oil on canvas, 11 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (30.2 x 46.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Scattered retouch, scattered craquelure with
flaking and minor loss u.c., mild wear to edges, surface
grime.
$700-900
261
262.
Henry Ward Ranger (American, 1858-1916)
Summer Landscape
Signed and ciphered “RANGER NAD D13” l.l., identified on
a presentation plaque, inscribed “...REGISTERED BY
NATIONAL ACADEMY...” in pencil and identified on a label
from David David Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the
reverse.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite, 18 1/4 x 25 3/4 in.
(46.3 x 64.1 cm), framed.
Condition: Craquelure, retouch, varnish inconsistencies.
$2,200-2,800
262
263
263. 264.
George M. Hathaway (American, 1852-1903) Milton H. Lowell (American, 1848-1927)
264
265
265. 266.
James Fairman (American, 1826-1904) Edwin Graves Champney (American, 1842-1899)
Cows Along the Riverbank at Sunset, a Luminist Landscape View of Cows by a River, Possibly New Hampshire
Signed “J. FAIRMAN” l.r. Signed and dated “EG Champney.67” l.c.
Oil on canvas, 19 x 32 in. (48.3 x 81.3 cm), framed. Oil on canvas, 8 x 14 in. (20.3 x 35.6 cm), framed.
Condition: Retouch, scattered surface losses, craquelure with Condition: Surface grime, craquelure, subtle pigment fluorescence.
scattered separating and lifting, surface rubs. $800-1,200
$1,000-1,500
266
267
267. 268.
Samuel W. Griggs (American, 1827-1898) C. Myron Clark (American, 1858-1925)
268
269
269. 270.
George Arthur Hays (American, 1854-1934) American School, 19th Century
270
271
271. 272.
Thomas Hewes Hinckley (American, 1813-1896) Albert Thompson (American, b. 1853)
272
273
273. 274.
George Frank Higgins (American, b. 1850) Attributed to Richard William Hubbard (American, 1816-1888)
Summer on an Oxbow Lake Landscape with Lake and Distant Mountains, Possibly Lake
Signed “G.F. Higgins” l.r. George
Oil on canvas, 30 x 45 in. (76.2 x 114.3 cm), framed. Unsigned, inscribed “from Hubbard/1876.” in a period hand on the
Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure. reverse.
$3,000-5,000 Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm), framed.
Condition: Scattered retouch, fine scattered craquelure, surface
grime.
$800-1,200
274
275
275. 276.
John White Allen Scott (American, 1815-1907) John White Allen Scott (American, 1815-1907)
View from the top of Jackson Falls, N.H. October Morning Lake View at Sunset
Monogrammed signature “JWAScott.” l.l., artist’s label affixed to the Signed “...Scott” l.l.
reverse, titled on a label affixed to the reverse. Oil on canvas, 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm), framed.
Oil on canvas, 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm), framed. Condition: Craquelure, retouch, minor abrasions.
Condition: Retouch, minute punctures l.c., craquelure, surface grime. $700-900
$1,000-1,500
276
277.
John White Allen Scott (American, 1815-1907)
278.
Franklin Stanwood (American, 1852-1888)
277
278
279
279.
Levi Wells Prentice (American, 1851-1935)
280.
William Louis Sonntag (American, 1822-1900)
The composition contains several elements characteristic of
Eagle Rock on the Potomac Sonntag’s paintings in the 1850s. The spatial organization is typical
Signed and titled “W. L. Sonntag...” on the reverse, with a stenciled of the period, with the jutting rock filling the foreground and creating a
label from Edward Dechaux, New York, on the reverse. focal point, while the other side opens up to a wide landscape. Small
Oil on canvas, 11 1/8 x 18 in. (28.3 x 45.8 cm), framed. figures are included, often in pairs, with a touch of red in their jackets
Condition: Paint loss c.l., minor retouch. or hats. Sonntag typically did not include animals, only an occasional
flock of birds, as seen here on the left.
N.B. This landscape by William Louis Sonntag was probably painted
in the late 1850s. It is unusual insofar as Sonntag titled the painting We would like to thank Nancy Dustin Wall Moure for her assistance in
on the back of the canvas. In his early years, Sonntag painted in the cataloging this lot.
areas of Cincinnati, Ohio, northern Kentucky, and northern West $2,000-3,000
Virginia. There is an Eagle Rock in the Potomac State Forest in
western Maryland, which may be the site of this painting. Sonntag
was raised in Cincinnati, and, despite his family’s wishes to the 281.
contrary, began the study of art in 1842. His career in Cincinnati American School, 19th Century
reached its height in the 1850s, with frequent exhibitions and sales.
During this time Sonntag was commissioned by the director of the Plains Indian Encampment
Baltimore and Ohio railroad to paint the scenery along their new line Signed indistinctly l.l.
across the Alleghenies. It is possible that Eagle Rock was accessible Oil on panel, 14 1/2 x 20 7/16 in. (36.8 x 51.9 cm), framed.
to Sonntag via river travel or perhaps via railroad. Condition: Surface irregularities, scattered abrasions, small area of
lifting u.l., surface grime.
$1,000-1,500
281
282
282.
Alexander Francois Loemans (c. 1816-1898)
283.
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (Anglo/American, 1819-1905)
N.B. Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait was born in Liverpool, however, as a child moved to the
English countryside near Lancaster where he first became interested in nature,
animals, hunting, and fishing. By the 1840s Tait relocated to Manchester where he
worked at Agnew’s Repository for the Arts, and discovered the work of Edwin
Landseer and John Frederick Herring. Herring’s use of color, in particular, inspired
the young artist. In 1850, Tait, after viewing an exhibition of George Catlin’s
paintings of the American West, decided to move to America. He settled in New
York where he painted views of the surrounding Adirondacks. He purchased a farm
in Westchester Country, which offered the opportunity to paint animals in their
natural environment. Tait is best known for these realistic, narrative scenes, often
featuring animals and huntsmen, using rich natural colors.
$8,000-12,000
284.
American School, 19th Century
284
285.
Joseph H. Greenwood (American, 1857-1927)
Haystacks
Faintly signed “J H Greenwood” l.l.
Oil on canvas, 10 x 13 7/8 in. (25.4 x 35.2 cm), framed.
Condition: Skinning/surface rubs, retouch.
$1,000-1,500
285
286.
American School, 19th/20th Century
286
288
287
287.
American School, 19th Century
288.
American School, 19th Century
289.
William Ongley (American, 1836-1890)
289
290
290. 291.
Harrison Bird Brown (American, 1831-1915) Attributed to Francis Seth (Shedd) Frost (American, 1825-1902)
291
292.
Jonathan Bradley Morse (American, 1834-1898)
Woodland Stream
Signed “J. B. Morse” l.r., artist identified in a pencil
inscription in a later hand on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 22 x 13 1/2 in. (55.9 x 34.3 cm), framed.
Condition: Flaking/losses, retouch, craquelure, subtle
canvas deformations, surface grime.
$700-900
292
293.
American School, 19th Century
293
294.
George Albert Frost (American, 1843-1907)
Woodland View
Incised signature and date “G.A. Frost/1894” l.l.
Oil on canvas, 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm), framed.
Condition: Surface grime.
$300-500
294
295.
Ernest Walbourn (British, 1872-1927)
295
296.
Charles Warren Eaton (American, 1857-1937)
Evening Glow
Signed “CHAS WARREN EATON” l.l., titled on the stretcher bar,
inscribed “EATON 12 x 16” on the tacking edge.
Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Craquelure, varnish inconsistencies, retouch, patch
reinforcements.
$3,000-5,000
297.
Edward Mitchell Bannister (American, 1828-1901)
Forest Interior
Unsigned, estate stamped on the reverse, incised “G.A. Foster”
beneath multiple estate stamps on the reverse.
Oil on artist board, 18 3/16 x 12 1/8 in. (46.1 x 31.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Wear to edges of artist board, tack hole in each upper
corner, minor paint losses along left edge at center, fine craquelure.
This oil sketch was made on a 1/2 sheet of academy board that
bears a partial Frost & Adams label. The light, disposable academy
board was popular among professional artists in the late 19th century
for rapid oil sketch and studies, particularly for en plein air painting.
The majority of works on academy board within Bannister’s oeuvre
tend to be loose, compositionally less formal sketches and studies,
and the absence of a signature is unsurprising in the case of a plein
air oil sketch on academy board. The iconographic and
methodological factors discussed above make it extremely likely that
the painting was executed between 1881 and 1901, probably in the
early 1890s, by Edward Mitchell Bannister.
297
298.
John La Farge (American, 1835-1910)
N.B. The work was included in the late Henry A. La Farge’s Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of John La Farge, and we wish to thank Dr. James L.
Yarnall for updating and supplementing the information for inclusion in this catalog entry.
La Farge moved from New York to Newport in the spring of 1859 to study painting with William Morris Hunt. He nonetheless frequently visited Glen
Cove, Long Island, where his family had a large summer property that had been purchased by his father sometime before 1835. The impressive Glen
Cove estate, extending over some fifty acres, could be accessed directly by boat from both Hempstead Harbor and Glen Cove Bay.
On October 15, 1860, La Farge married Margaret Mason Perry in Newport after a year-long courtship that had been complicated by differences
between her Episcopalian faith and his Roman Catholic religion. The couple apparently spent time at Glen Cove after the wedding as a means of
reconciling the marriage with La Farge’s mother, who had been widowed in 1858.
La Farge painted a handful of small oils during this stay at Glen Cove. They depict the lush woods and rolling hillsides surrounding the La Farge
country house. All are small plein-air exercises executed on wood panels (La Farge’s preferred medium at the time). All were intended to capture the
light conditions and naturalistic features of the terrain in the spirit of French Realist or Barbizon art. These paintings reflect La Farge’s disenchantment
with his training in the studio of William Morris Hunt, where La Farge criticized Hunt’s “formulas” and forged a self-proclaimed “programme” to study
“realistic painting” as a fresh start.
Exhibited at Leonard’s Gallery in 1879 as “1860. Autumn: October. Edge of a wood, late afternoon. Glen Cove, L.I. Panel. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2,” Higginson
evidently purchased the picture at the auction. When Higginson lent this picture in late 1910 to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for the La Farge
Memorial Exhibition, he registered it as “Autumn, edge of wood, Long Island,” a title very similar to that assigned by the catalogue of the 1879
Leonard’s Gallery exhibition/auction. A registration photograph taken at the time of the Memorial Exhibition also identifies this as the work loaned by
Higginson.
A comparable work, Autumn: October. Hillside, Noonday, Glen Cove, Long Island, 1860, is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, bequeathed by Mrs. Henry Lee (Ida Agassiz) Higginson in 1935.
$15,000-25,000
299
299.
Joseph H. Greenwood (American, 1857-1927)
300.
Thomas Bowler Norris (American, 1866-1927)
Winter Walk
Signed and dated “T. B. Norris ‘01” l.r.
Oil on board, 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm), framed.
Condition: Retouch, craquelure.
$700-900
300
301
301. 302.
John Joseph Enneking (American, 1841-1916) Henry Ward Ranger (American, 1858-1916)
302
303
303. 304.
Frank Clifton Brown (American, 1883-1969) Richard La Barre Goodwin (American, 1840-1910)
Still Life with Peaches Still Life with Peaches, Pears, and Grapes
Signed “F.C. Brown” l.r. Signed and dated “Richard LaBarre Goodwin 1884” l.r.
Oil on canvas, 14 1/8 x 18 1/8 (35.8 x 46.0 cm), framed. Oil on artist board, 14 x 17 3/8 in. (35.6 x 44.1 cm), framed.
Condition: Retouch, paint losses, craquelure, varnish inconsistencies, Condition: Scattered retouch, varnish inconsistencies, subtle bowing.
surface grime. $800-1,200
$2,500-3,000
304
305
305.
Robert Spear Dunning (American, 1829-1905)
306.
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a Gentleman
Unsigned, with a label from James S. Earle & Sons, Philadelphia, on
the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 25 in. (75.6 x 63.5 cm), in a period frame.
Condition: Craquelure, alligatoring, minor abrasions, subtle varnish
inconsistencies.
$1,000-1,500
307
307.
Thomas Sully (American, 1783-1872)
Portrait of a Terrier
Signed “John B. Johnston” l.l.
Oil on canvas, 22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm), unframed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, tear to u.r. quadrant, losses, abrasions,
surface grime.
$800-1,200
308
309.
Marcus A. Waterman (American, 1834-1914)
309
310.
Alphonse Jongers (American, 1872-1945)
311.
Thomas Hewes Hinckley (American, 1813-1896)
310
311
312
312.
Burr H. Nicholls (American, 1848-1915)
313.
John O’Brien Inman (American, 1828-1896)
313
314
314.
Matilda Browne (American, 1869-1947)
Provenance: Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, New York, until 1948; M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1948-1949; Worth Avenue Gallery,
Palm Beach, Florida, 1949; acquired by either Madelaine Francis (née Laughlin) Alexander (aka Mrs. Maitland Alexander, wife
of Reverend Maitland Alexander) originally of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and then by marriage of Poplar Hill, Sewickley Heights,
Pennsylvania and Dark Harbor, Maine, or by her son Alexander Laughlin Alexander, Palm Beach, Florida; gift to Anne (née
Paul) (Clark) (Alexander) Owsley, Delray Beach, Florida, and Islesboro, Maine (wife of Maitland A. Alexander Jr., M.D.); estate
of Anne P. Owsley.
N.B. We wish to thank Kathleen M. Burnside for her assistance in cataloging this lot; the work will be included in the
forthcoming Childe Hassam catalogue raisonné by Stuart Feld and Kathleen M. Burnside.
Frederick Childe Hassam worked in pastel for a brief period in the late 19th century, and was one of the last new members
admitted to the Society of Painters in Pastel in 1890.1 Hassam’s earliest known work in pastel dates to 1887 when he was in
Paris studying at the Académie Julian, and he is believed to have made approximately eight pastels between 1887 and
1889.2
The present work was likely one of three “very spirited little pictures representing scenes at the Grand Prix de Paris” reviewed
in The Art Amateur for the fourth and last exhibit of the Society of Painters in Pastel held May 1890 at the Wunderlich Gallery
in New York.3 The existence of two other small pastels of the Grand Prix are known: Watching the Grand Prix, Longchamps,
1889, 14 x 10 in., location unknown, and At the Grand Prix in Paris (Au Grand Prix de Paris), 1887, 18 x 12 in., Corcoran
Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. According to Kathleen Burnside, the present work may also have been exhibited at Doll &
Richards in Boston, February 1891.
The Paris Grand Prix Day parades ushered in the beginning of each horse racing season, and were spectacles of power and
elegance. In 1887, Hassam created two, nearly identical large-scale compositions of the Grand Prix procession in oil, one of
which was shown at 1888 Paris Salon and described as “a very brilliant picture, full of life and light and movement, and
instinct with the gayety of the bright French capital.”4 The two works—at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and New Britain
Museum of American Art, respectively—depict rows of carriages on a boulevard near the Champs-Élysées and couples in
fashionable dress, executed with his characteristically tight brushwork and dappled light effects.
By contrast, the present work imparts a softer, more relaxed mood, owing largely to the looseness of the medium. The
scene depicted as well is more relaxed—the race-goers have finally arrived at the course in the Bois de Boulogne where they
are less implicitly “on display” and focused on watching the race from their carriage. In capturing the stray glance of the one
young lady in the present work, Hassam creates a sense of intimacy for the viewer and individualizes his subject.
1. Pilgrim, Dianne H., “The Revivals of Pastels in Nineteenth-Century America: The Society of Painters in Pastel,” American Art Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2 (November 1978),
p. 60.
2. Conrads, Margaret C., American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1990, p. 60.
3. “The Pastel Exhibition,” The Art Amateur: A Monthly Journal Devoted to Art in the Household, June 1890, p. 4.
4. Hiesinger, Ulrich W., Childe Hassam: American Impressionist, New York: Prestel, 1994, p. 39.
$150,000-200,000
316.
Paul Howard Manship (American, 1885-1966)
1. Murtha, Edwin, Paul Manship (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957), p. 15.
$12,000-18,000
316
317.
Esther Anna Hunt (American, 1875-1951)
317
318.
Attributed to Lilian Westcott Hale (American, 1881-1963)
Portrait of a Girl
Unsigned.
Pencil on paper, 22 7/8 x 17 3/8 in. (58.0 x 44.1 cm), framed.
Condition: Affixed to window mat with paper tape, toning, acid burn,
rippling along lower edge, staining to the reverse.
$1,000-1,500
318
319.
Sarah De St. Prix Wyman Whitman (American, 1842-1904)
319
320
320. 322.
Irving Ramsey Wiles (American, 1861-1948) Edwin Austin Abbey (Anglo/American, 1852-1911)
The Sewing Lesson Young Lady Walking in the Woods, an Illustration for Song: O
Signed “I.R.Wiles” l.r. Roses for the Flush of Youth by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Watercolor (en grisaille) and graphite on paper/board, 13 x 21 1/2 in. Signed and dated “EAAbbey1877” l.l., poem inscribed l.c.
(33.0 x 54.6 cm), framed. Wash, graphite, charcoal, and whiting on paper mounted onto board,
Condition: Glued in margins to window mat, margins over 1/4 in. sight size 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (50.2 x 34.9 cm), framed.
$3,000-5,000 Condition: Losses to support, toning, staining/soiling, surface
abrasions/rubs, craquelure with flaking and losses, creases, not
examined out of frame.
321. $1,000-1,500
Edith Widing Yaffee (American, 1895-1961)
Portrait of a Woman
Signed, inscribed, and dated “Edith L. Widing...1915” l.r.
Graphite on board, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (24.1 x 16.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Staining, toning.
321 322
323
323.
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)
Provenance: From the estate of Henry Lee Higginson and Ida Agassiz, by descent through the family to the current owner.
N.B. John Singer Sargent remained in great demand throughout his career as a portrait artist for the leading individuals of his
day. Over time Sargent came to prefer making charcoal drawings of his subjects. He could complete these portraits relatively
quickly, often in one sitting, and the medium was very well suited both to his technical virtuosity and his adeptness at capturing
his subject. Between 1910 and 1925 Sargent made over 500 such portrait drawings, while limiting his oil portraits to under
thirty.1 The subject of this charcoal portrait, Henry Lee Higginson II (1900-1981), was the grandson of Henry Lee Higginson and
Ida Agassiz Higginson.2 Henry Lee Higginson was a businessman and philanthropist, the founder of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, and a benefactor of Harvard University. Ida Agassiz Higginson was the daughter of Louis Agassiz and was a founder
of Radcliffe College. Sargent’s charcoal portraits of Henry Lee Higginson (done in 1911) and Ida Agassiz Higginson (done in
1917) are in the collection of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University.
1. Sargent Portrait Drawings, Forty-two Works by John Singer Sargent, Selected and with an introduction by Trevor J. Fairbrother, Dover Publications, New York, 1983.
2. Descendants of the Reverend Francis Higginson, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Privately Printed, 1910.
$50,000-70,000
324
324.
American School, 19th/20th Century
325.
Frederick Ballard Williams (American, 1871-1956)
325
326
326.
American School, 20th Century
Figures on a Beach
Unsigned.
Oil on panel, 13 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (34.3 x 25.1 cm), framed.
Condition: Surface grime.
$800-1,200
327
327.
Charles Courtney Curran (American, 1861-1942)
The Sirens
Signed and dated “CHARLES C. CURRAN 1893” l.r.
Oil on canvas, 18 x 32 in. (45.7 x 106.7 cm), within a probable Stanford White frame.
Condition: Lined.
Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Stanford White, National Academy of Design Exhibition, 1893; Old and Modern Paintings Belonging to
the Estate of the Late Stanford White, American Art Galleries, Mendelssohn Hall, New York, April 11, 1907, lot no. 49; …; gift from an architect
to apparel designer Beatrice Donin (1893-1981), c. 1940s-60s, New York City and New Rochelle, New York; by family descent to nephew Ralph
Donin, New Rochelle, New York; by family descent to a private New England collection.
Literature: Charles Courtney Curran artist record book, no. 141-8; Catalogue of Old and Modern Paintings, Water Colors and Drawings
Exclusively the Property of the Estate of the Late Stanford White, New York: American Art Association, 1907 [not illustrated, descriptive text];
Levy, Florence, ed., American Art Annual, Second Edition Including Paintings Sold at Auction, Volume VI, New York: American Art Annual, Inc.,
1908, p. 36; “Low Prices Paid for White Pictures,” New York Times, April 12, 1907; Naylor, Maria, The National Academy of Design Exhibition
Record, 1861-1900, Volume I, New York: Kennedy Galleries, Inc. 1973, p. 208.
N.B. We wish to thank Kaycee Benton for her assistance with cataloguing the lot; the work will be included in her forthcoming catalogue
raisonné on Curran.
The present work was the Thomas B. Clarke prize winner at the National Academy of Design in 1893, when Stanford White acquired the work.
White was a renowned architect but also a “consummate designer, enthusiastic and willing to work in any medium” from metalsmithing to
woodworking.1 White’s foray into frame design may have sprung as a diversion from his architectural renderings, but it became an integral part
of his interior designing. He sourced Old Master and contemporary paintings for both his own collection and those of his clients. Of the frames
that White designed from scratch, there is a “common decorative motif that he enhanced with combinations of different moldings to make
frames of different widths.”2 He was also known to make custom frames for particular works of art. The frame on the present work is
reminiscent of the Stanford White frame on Portrait of Helen Sears by Abbott Thayer, dated 1892, which shows comparable abutting S-scrolls
throughout. The S-scrolls in the present frame, however, are broader and wave-like, to complement the subject of Curran’s work. The cresting
wave motif is repeated again in the ornament band surrounding the work.
1. Gray, Nina, “Within Gilded Borders: The Frames of Stanford White,” The Gilded Edge: The Art of the Frame (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000), p. 83.
2. Ibid., p. 86.
$18,000-22,000
328
328.
Edward Dufner (American, 1872-1957)
Twilight Bather
Signed “Edward Dufner N.A.” l.r., signed or inscribed and titled “...by
Edward Dufner N.A.” on the reverse.
Oil on canvasboard, 24 x 20 in. (61.0 x 50.8 cm), framed.
Condition: Minor surface grime.
$15,000-20,000
329
330
329. 330.
Charles E. Prendergast (American, 1863-1948) Roland Francis Cosimini (American, b. 1898)
Floral and Geometric Motif Arts & Crafts Picture Frame The Broken Wing
Signed and dated “····Prendergast····/··1907····” on the reverse. Signed and dated “Roland F. Cosimini/Sept. 2-3-1923” u.l., with a
Gilt over gesso and red clay bole hand-carved and tooled wood label from the Massachusetts Normal Art School (see below) affixed
picture frame, rabbet size 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (47.0 x 57.2 cm). to the backing.
Condition: Retouch, minor losses/abrasions, craquelure. Pastel on paper, 39 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (100.3 x 74.9 cm), framed.
$6,000-8,000 Condition: Not examined out of frame.
331.
Manner of Charles E. Prendergast (American, 1863-1948)
331
332
332.
Paul Howard Manship (American, 1885-1966) and Gaston Lachaise (American, 1882-1935)
N.B. The present model represents a proposal for the crowning element of the John Pierpont Morgan
Memorial, a commission awarded to Paul Manship in 1914 and partly designed and executed by Gaston
Lachaise (Manship’s studio assistant by 1914 until 1921). The model was made by casting a hollow-backed
triangular shape in plaster, then carving on the face, in low relief, a border featuring an anthemion with
acanthus-scroll ornament and graceful, buoyant figures, and within, a sleeping lion about to awaken to a new
dawn—suggesting perpetual renewal.
One of many plaster studies for the project, it is the only known example now extant, and it documents the
artistic interaction between these sculptors in about 1916, when the memorial’s uppermost component was
envisaged as a low-pitched gable. Several of its features—such as the foliate decoration and the levitating
figures rendered in Lachaise’s personal style—reappear in the full-scale plaster model, carried out with
Lachaise’s significant participation from February 1917 to September 1918 (cover illustration, V. Budny, New
York’s Left Bank: Art and Artists off Washington Square North, 1900-1950, New York, 2006), and in turn in
the limestone memorial, carved entirely by him during the next two years. Installed in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, in 1920, the work commemorates John Pierpont Morgan (1827-1913), a titan of
finance and the museum’s former trustee, benefactor, and president.
We are grateful to Virginia Budny for her assistance in preparing the catalog entry for this work.
$4,000-6,000
333
333.
Anton Otto Fischer (American, 1882-1962)
334.
John Butler Yeats (American, 1839-1922)
Harriet Bryant
Signed and dated “J. B. Yeats/Sept__1910” c.r., inscribed “Harriet
Bryant-/by W.B. Yeats’s father- J.B.” on the reverse.
Pencil on paper, 19 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (50.2 x 37.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Toning, mild acid burn, repairs at the lower corners.
$800-1,200
334
335
335.
Irving Ramsey Wiles (American, 1861-1948)
N.B. Irving Ramsey Wiles was born in upstate New York. He was introduced to painting by his father, artist Lemuel
Wiles (1826-1905), but it was not until he studied at New York’s Arts Students League that he determined to make
his father’s profession his own. It was here that Wiles first met his mentor, William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), and
the two remained lifelong friends. After two years at the Arts Students League Wiles went to Paris to study at the
Académie Julian, perhaps at the suggestion of another of the League’s teachers, Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-
1938).
Like many of his late 19th century contemporaries, Wiles used the “new” vitality of the Impressionist brush stroke and
palette to express the beauty of the world around him. Not unlike Chase, Wiles was known for his dexterous and
energized portraits, which often idealized his subjects by placing them in elegant attire and settings. Wiles often
depicted his female subjects in white dresses. Out of doors, they were frequently drenched in warm sunlight and
dashed with blue brushstrokes of shadow, a technique regularly employed by Chase, as well as John Singer Sargent
(1856-1925) and Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951).
Although portraiture was considered his forté, Wiles also painted the hills and shores of Long Island. In the late
1890s Wiles built a studio and cottage on the shores at Peconic, and he summered there regularly with his family.
Here he found painting the out-of-doors a pleasant change from the bustle of portrait painting in the city. The work
presented here reflects both aspects of his career, as we see an elegant young woman in white strolling the shore,
while the breeze and sun of a blustery morning enliven both the figure and her surroundings.
$50,000-75,000
336.
Irving Ramsey Wiles (American, 1861-1948)
The Actor
Signed “Ir...g R Wiles” l.r., identified on a period label and two labels
from Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., New York, (see below) affixed
to the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x 27 in. (87.0 x 68.6 cm), in a period carved
wood frame incised “ALBERT MILCH/CARVED WOOD FRAMES/78
WEST 55. ST N.Y” c.l.
Condition: Lined, retouch, varnish inconsistencies, surface rubs,
surface grime.
336
337.
Eastern European School, 20th Century
337
338.
Elizabeth Grandin (American, 1889-1970)
338
339.
Louis Kronberg (American, 1872-1965)
The Favorite
Signed and dated “Louis Kronberg/-1904.-” l.l., identified on a partial
period label on the stretcher, inscribed “LEE.” on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 18 x 12 in. (45.7 x 30.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Retouch, small scratch u.r.
$1,000-2,000
339
340
340.
Karl Heilmayer (German, 1829-1908)
341.
Continental School, 19th Century
Woman in Cairo
Unsigned, possibly inscribed indistinctly l.l.
Oil on canvas, 14 x 10 in. (35.5 x 25.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Small paint loss and lifting u.c., surface grime, retouch
and/or varnish inconsistencies.
$800-1,200
341
342
342.
D. Jerome Elwell (American, 1847-1912)
343. 344.
Lillian Mathilde Genth (American, 1876-1953) Max Kuehne (American, 1880-1968)
344
345
345. 346.
Walter Maclaren (British, fl. circa 1869-1903) Otto Büngner (Brazilian, 19th/20th Century)
346
347
347.
John La Farge (American, 1835-1910)
Stable of the Sacred Horses in the Temple Grounds of Iyeyasu, Nikko, c. 1888
Unsigned.
Ink wash on paper, sheet size 8 3/16 x 9 7/8 in. (20.8 x 25.1 cm), unframed.
Condition: Glue and cloth tape hinge residue to the reverse, subtle toning, minor foxing.
Provenance: Henry Lee Higginson, Boston, until d. 1919; by descent in the Higginson family.
Literature: Cook, Clarence, “Paintings, Sketches, and Studies by John La Farge,” Studio n.s. 5, April 26, 1890, pp. 205-206; La Farge,
Bancel, “[List of Lenders, Durand-Ruel Exhibition],” New Haven, Connecticut, unpublished manuscript, La Farge Family Papers, 1895; La
Farge, Henry A., “Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of John La Farge,” New Haven, Connecticut: Unpublished card file, La Farge Family
Papers, c. 1934-74.
Exhibitions: Reichard and Co., New York, Catalogue of Drawings, Water Colors, and Paintings by Mr. John La Farge, N.A., 15 Apr.-1 May
1890, no. 12 (under heading “Japanese”); Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, Paintings, Studies, Sketches and Drawings, Mostly Records
of Travel 1886 and 1890-91 by John La Farge, 25 Feb.-25 Mar. 1895, no. 5; Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, Études,
esquisses, dessins: Souvenirs et notes de voyage (1886 et 1890-91) par John La Farge, 24 Apr.-May 1895, [no. 5].
N.B. The work was included in the late Henry A. La Farge’s Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of John La Farge, and we wish to thank Dr.
James L. Yarnall for updating and supplementing the information for inclusion in this catalog entry.
Like many of La Farge’s Japanese sketches, this evidently was based upon an as-yet unlocated photograph and was executed around
1888 in preparation for the publication of his travel journals as a series of travel articles in Century Magazine. A wood engraving after this
drawing appeared in La Farge’s article “Shrines of Iyeyasu and Iyemitsu in the Holy Mountain of Nikko. An Artist’s Letters from Japan,”
Century Magazine, vol. 39 (Apr. 1890), p. 862. It was republished in book form in John La Farge, An Artist’s Letters from Japan (New
York: Century Association, 1897), p. 61, and was exhibited at Durand-Ruel in New York in 1895 as Stable of the Sacred Horses in the
Temple grounds of Iyeyasu, Nikko.
$7,000-9,000
348
348.
John La Farge (American, 1835-1910)
Provenance: Henry Lee Higginson, Boston, c. 1893-d. 1919; by descent in the Higginson family.
Literature: “Pictures by John La Farge,” New York Times, Feb. 26, 1895, p. 3; John La Farge, Reminiscences of the South Seas (New York:
Doubleday and Company, 1912), ill. opp. p. 86 (as The Flute Player. Samoa); Bancel La Farge, “[List of Lenders, Durand-Ruel Exhibition],” (New
Haven, Connecticut: Unpublished Ms., La Farge Family Papers, [1895]), no. 180; Elizabeth Hutcheson Carrell, “John La Farge: Renaissance
Spirit in America,” (Austin, Texas: Unpublished M.A. thesis, University of Texas, May 1972), p. 106 (ill. p. 127); Prints and Drawings Department,
Loan Card No. 1769.10 (1910); Archives of American Art, Macbeth Papers (not microfilmed), Stockbook 1922-1954, 22 no. 84 (1 Jan. 1943).
Exhibitions: Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, Paintings, Studies, Sketches and Drawings, Mostly Records of Travel 1886 and 1890-91 by John
La Farge, 25 Feb.-25 Mar. 1895, no. 180; Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, Études, esquisses, dessins: Souvenirs et notes de
voyage (1886 et 1890-91) par John La Farge, 24 Apr.-May 1895, no. 179; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, La Farge Memorial Exhibition, 1-31
Jan. 1911 [no catalogue].
N.B. This work was included in the late Henry A. La Farge’s Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of John La Farge, and we wish to thank Dr.
James L. Yarnall for updating and supplementing the information for inclusion in this catalog entry.
Exhibited at Durand-Ruel in New York in 1895 as Himene at Fara. Tahiti. Midday. At the queen’s home. 1891. This was followed by the note:
“This was a group of young men, a choir, who sang alternately with others, seated on either side of the verandah during our lunch. They are in a
faint sunlight, which falls more distinctly in the back-ground.”
$25,000-35,000
349
349. 350.
Charles Nicolas Sarka (American, 1879-1960) Carel Lodewijk Dake the Younger (Dutch, 1886-1946)
350
351
351. 352.
American School, 20th Century Arthur Merton Hazard (American, 1872-1930)
South Pacific Landscape with Net Menders Cuban Beach, Lucero Cuba
Unsigned. Signed “Arthur M. Hazard.” l.r., titled on the reverse.
Oil on canvas tacked onto panel, sight size 35 1/2 x 59 1/2 in. (90.2 Watercolor on paper, sheet size 13 3/4 x 18 in. (34.9 x 45.7 cm),
x 151.1 cm), in an applied bamboo strip frame. framed.
Condition: Retouch, scattered flaking/losses, surface grime. Condition: Taped to front mat u.r. and u.r. verso, toning, light
$800-1,200 scattered staining.
$600-800
352
353
353. 354.
Paul Cornoyer (American, 1864-1923) Marcus A. Waterman (American, 1834-1914)
Provenance: Through the family of Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Oakes Jr., Exhibitions: Sunlight and Shadow: American Impressionism 1885-
Brookline, Massachusetts, by family descent. 1945, Krasl Art Center, Michigan, October 3 to November 21, 1999;
$1,000-1,500 Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Florida, December 11, 1999 to
January 30, 2000; Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona, February 19 to
April 2, 2000).
$800-1,200
354
355
355.
John Joseph Enneking (American, 1841-1916)
N.B. We thank Patricia Jobe Piece for her assistance with cataloging
this lot.
$5,000-7,000
356
356. 357.
Joseph Eliot Enneking (American, 1881-1942) Wayne Beam Morrell (American, b. 1923)
357
358
358. 359.
Robert Emmett Owen (American, 1878-1957) George Victor Grinnell (American, 1878-1946)
359
360
360. 361.
Wayne Beam Morrell (American, b. 1923) Wayne Beam Morrell (American, b. 1923)
361
362
362. 363.
Wayne Beam Morrell (American, b. 1923) Wayne Beam Morrell (American, b. 1923)
363
364.
Aiden Lassell Ripley (American, 1896-1969)
364
365.
Aiden Lassell Ripley (American, 1896-1969)
365
366
366.
Aiden Lassell Ripley (American, 1896-1969)
367. 368.
American School, 20th Century Thomas Russell Dunlay (American, b. 1951)
368
369
369.
American School, 20th Century
370.
Attributed to Oscar Fehrer (American, 1872-1958)
371.
Robert E. Schulz (American, 1928-1978)
372. 373.
Svend Svendsen (Norwegian/American, 1864-1930) Sheldon Parsons (American, 1866-1943)
373
374
374. 375.
Robert Hogg Nisbet (American, 1879-1961) Svend Svendsen (Norwegian/American, 1864-1930)
375
376
376. 377.
Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978) James King Bonnar (American, 1883-1961)
377
378
378. 379.
Attributed to Robert Emmett Owen (American, 1878-1957) William Lester Stevens (American, 1888-1969)
379
380
380. 381.
Antonio Cirino (American, 1889-1983) William Lester Stevens (American, 1888-1969)
381
382
382. 383.
Wayne Beam Morrell (American, b. 1923) Winfield Scott Clime (American, 1881-1958)
383
384
384.
Allen Dean Cochran (American, 1888-1971)
385.
Allen Dean Cochran (American, 1888-1971)
386. 387.
John Franklin Waldo (American, 1835-1920) Henry Ward Ranger (American, 1858-1916)
387
388
388.
Arthur Clifton Goodwin (American, 1864-1929)
389. 390.
Carol Owen (British, b. 1948) Hamilton Hamilton (American, 1847-1928)
390
391.
Anne Cary Bradley (American, 1884-1956)
391
392.
Robert Emmett Owen (American, 1878-1957)
392
393.
Manner of Selden Connor Gile (American, 1877-1947)
393
394.
Nicolai S. Cikovsky (American, 1894-1987)
394
395.
Carl William Peters (American, 1897-1980)
395
396.
Philip Little (American, 1857-1942)
397.
Helen Alton Sawyer (American, 1900-1999)
396
397
398.
Wayne Beam Morrell (American, b. 1923)
N.B. The artist confirmed the title of this painting and dated it to
1986.
$700-900
398
399.
Dana Ripley Pond (American, 1881-1962)
399
400
400.
Samuel Barber (American, b. 1943)
401.
Carlos Pablo Ripamonti (Argentine, 1874-1968)
Shore View
Signed “C. P. RIPAMONTE” l.l.
Oil on canvas mounted onto Masonite, 10 3/4 x 13 in. (27.3 x 33.0
cm), framed.
Condition: Light scattered retouch, surface rubs, surface grime.
$600-800
402
402.
Thomas Russell Dunlay (American, b. 1951)
403. 404.
Anton Otto Fischer (American, 1882-1962) William Columbus Ehrig (American, 1892-1973)
Trimming the Sails, possibly an Illustration for The Saturday Crashing Surf
Evening Post Signed “Wm C. Ehrig” l.r.
Signed and dated “ANTON OTTO FISCHER ‘24” l.r., a partial label Oil on canvas, 28 x 38 in. (71.1 x 96.5 cm), framed.
affixed to the stretcher. Condition: Light scattered surface rubs, minor area of craquelure l.r.
Oil on canvas, 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm), framed. $1,000-1,500
Condition: Abrasions with losses, light retouch, craquelure, surface
grime.
$800-1,200
404
405
405. 406.
Wayne Beam Morrell (American, b. 1923) John Whorf (American, 1903-1959)
406
408
407
407.
Henry Webster Rice (American, 1853-1934)
408.
Henry Webster Rice (American, 1853-1934)
Old Church
Signed “Henry Webster Rice” l.l., inscribed and titled “Haley &
Steele...Mr. Ferguson...” on the reverse, inscribed “Dorothy Dunn
Dempsey” in pen and with a label from Haley & Steele Art Dealers,
Boston, on the backing.
Watercolor on paper/board, 10 7/8 x 14 in. (27.6 x 35.6 cm), in a
period frame.
Condition: Subtle toning.
$250-350
409.
James King Bonnar (American, 1883-1961)
409
410
410. 411.
James King Bonnar (American, 1883-1961) Charles M. Cox (American, 1883-1918)
411
412
412.
Joseph Eliot Enneking (American, 1881-1942)
Gray Day
Signed “J. Eliot Enneking” l.l., identified on exhibition labels from the
Rockport Art Association and from the North Shore Arts Exhibition of
Gloucester (see below) on the reverse.
Oil on canvasboard, 7 15/16 x 10 in. (20.2 x 25.4 cm), framed (under
glass).
Condition: Slight bowing to the support, surface grime.
413.
Otis Pierce Cook (American, 1900-1980)
413
414
414.
Joseph Eliot Enneking (American, 1881-1942)
415. 416.
Otis Pierce Cook (American, 1900-1980) Max Kuehne (American, 1880-1968)
416
417.
James Jeffrey Grant (American, 1883-1960)
417
418.
Joseph Eliot Enneking (American, 1881-1942)
418
419.
Sandor Bernath (American, 1892-1984)
419
420
420. 421.
Helen Florence Newton (American, 1878-1970) Attributed to Anne Ramsdell Congdon (American, 1873-1958)
421
422
422. 423.
Samuel Burtis Baker (American, 1882-1967) Paul Harvey (American, 1878-1948)
423
424
424. 425.
Wayne Beam Morrell (American, b. 1923) Henry Eugene Fritz (American, 1875-1956)
425
426
426. 427.
Wayne Beam Morrell (American, b. 1923) Andre (Gittelson) Gisson (American, 1929-2003)
427
428
428. 429.
Robert F. Glidden (American, 1926-1992) Attributed to Gerrit Albertus Beneker (American, 1882-1934)
429
430
430. 431.
Anthony Thieme (American, 1888-1954) Henry Webster Rice (American, 1853-1934)
Sand Dunes North Shore View, Possibly Marblehead and Visitor at the Door/A
Signed “A. Thieme” l.r., titled on the reverse. Double-sided Composition
Oil on board, 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm), framed. Shore signed “Henry Webster Rice” l.l., Visitor unsigned, inscribed
Condition: Area of craquelure u.c. “#507...View...” faintly in pencil u.l., inscribed “Dorothy Dunn
$3,000-5,000 Dempsey” in pen and with a label from Haley & Steele Art Dealers,
Boston, on the backing.
Watercolor and graphite on paper, sheet size 13 5/8 x 19 in. (34.6 x
48.3 cm), in a period frame.
Condition: Subtle toning.
$300-500
431
432
432.
Eduards Kalnins (Latvian, 1904-1988)
433.
George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882-1925)
Provenance: Estate of the artist, 1925; Emma S. Bellows, his wife; Estate of Emma S. Bellows, 1959; H.V.
Allison & Co., New York, New York; Carl Augustus Weyerhaeuser (1901-1996), Milton, Massachusetts,
1963; by family descent, private New England collection.
Literature: George Bellows Record Book A, p. 106; George Bellows Online Catalogue Raisonné
(http://hvallison.com/).
N.B. We wish to thank Glenn C. Peck for his kind assistance with cataloguing the lot; the work is no.
1911-031a in the George Bellows catalogue raisonné compiled by H.V. Allison & Co.
Carl A. Weyerhaeuser was the grandson of Frederik Weyerhaeuser, lumber magnate and founder of the
Weyerhaeuser Company, and the son of Charles A. Weyerhaeuser, president of the Potlach Lumber
Company, and Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser, a soprano soloist. Under his mother’s artistic influence, the
young Weyerhaeuser began collecting from an early age.1 He is best remembered as the founder of the
Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, which houses his diverse lifetime collection, including several works by
Bellows.
434. 435.
Louis Paul Dessar (American, 1867-1952) Léon Reni-Mel (French, 1893-c. 1960)
435
436
436. 437.
Walter L. Greene (American, 1870-1956) Alfred Bryan Wall (American, 1861-1935)
437
438
438.
Hermann Hesse (Swiss/German, 1877-1962)
Lot of Two Works: Ticino Lake View, Probably Lake Lugano, Montagnola, Switzerland and Summer Garden,
Casa Rossa, Montagnola
Lake inscribed, dated and initialed “Skizze 1926 HH.” in pencil l.l. and l.c., respectively, inscribed “Hermann Hesse” in
pencil on the reverse, watercolor on Ingres laid paper, sheet size 9 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (23.5 x 19.7 cm); Garden initialed
and dated “H. VII. 34” in pen l.l., also initialed “H.” in pen l.r., inscribed “Hermann Hesse” in pencil on the reverse, ink
on PMF Italia laid paper (probably Ingres), sheet size 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (24.1 x 31.1 cm); both unframed.
Condition: Lake with tape residue to u.r. and u.l. corners, subtle handling creases.
Provenance: Gift from the late collection of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Polk, Long Island, New York, and Midwale, New
Jersey, to the present owner.
N.B. Best-known as the author of Steppenwolf and Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse began painting in watercolor as
early as 1916, and with vigor by 1919. Hesse sought refuge in Montagnola in 1919, after suffering some political
pressure from German nationalists, the loss of his father, and his wife’s onset of schizophrenia. He settled into
several rooms at the Casa Camuzzi, a country house with an exotic garden which inspired his short story, Klingsor's
Last Summer, as well as his work in watercolor. After 1931, Hesse moved to the neighboring estate of Casa Rossa,
where he lived with his third wife, Ninon Dolbin, until his death. At Casa Rossa, he had a large plot of land for
gardening, and he devoted himself to cultivating it. He came to regard gardening as a meditative practice, and this
experience informed his serial-turned-novel, The Glass Bead Game.
We wish to thank Regina Bucher of the Fondazione Hermann Hesse Montagnola for her assistance with cataloging
the lot.
$4,000-6,000
439.
Colin Campbell Cooper (American, 1856-1937)
439
440.
Luigi Lucioni (American, 1900-1988)
440
441
441.
Melville F. Stark (American, 1903-1987)
Woodland View
Signed “M. STARK” l.l.
Oil on board, 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm), framed.
Condition: Surface grime.
$1,200-1,800
442.
Alice Worthington Ball (American, 1869-1929)
442
443
443.
Armand Avril (French, b. 1926)
Montmartre, 1926
Signed, dated, inscribed “F. LAVAL/1926·MONTMARTRE/
MATINS-SEPT” l.r.
Oil on fiberboard mounted to panel, 26 x 21 3/4 in. (66.0 x
55.2 cm), framed.
Condition: Surface grime.
$1,000-1,500
445.
Hughes Claude Pissarro (French, b. 1935)
444
445
446
446.
Arthur Clifton Goodwin (American, 1864-1929)
447.
Fernand Laval (French, 1886-1966)
Montmartre, 1928
Signed, inscribed, and dated “F. LAVAL MONTMARTRE. 1928.”
l.r.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 19 3/4 in. (61.0 x 50.2 cm), framed.
Condition: Surface grime.
$1,000-1,500
447
448
448.
Arthur Clifton Goodwin (American, 1864-1929)
N.B. H.C. Speed was a restorer, framer, and close friend of A.C.
Goodwin, who sold his works in his gallery on La Grange Street.
$4,000-6,000
449
449.
Arthur Clifton Goodwin (American, 1864-1929)
1. Giese, Lucretia H., “Notes on Goodwin’s Style,” A.C. Goodwin: 1864-1929 (Boston:
Museum of Fine Arts, 1974).
2. Ibid.
$8,000-12,000
450.
Johann Berthelsen (American, 1883-1972)
N.B. This snowy street scene shows St. Mark’s Church in-the-
Bowery, located on Tenth Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
The historic church is the burial place of Peter Stuyvesant. The
painting was done by Berthelsen in the 1930s or the early 1940s.
We wish to thank Lee Berthelsen, son of the artist, for his assistance
with cataloging this lot.
$4,000-6,000
450
451.
Johann Berthelsen (American, 1883-1972)
N.B. The Little Church Around the Corner is located at 29th Street
between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue in New York City. This
view of the church in snow was likely painted by Berthelsen in the late
1930s, or perhaps the early 1940s.
We wish to thank Lee Berthelsen, son of the artist, for his assistance
with cataloging this lot.
$4,000-6,000
451
452
452.
Johann Berthelsen (American, 1883-1969)
N.B. This view is painted from the Brooklyn side of the bridge, a
favorite location for Berthelsen.
We wish to thank Mr. Lee Berthelsen, son of the artist, for his
assistance with cataloging this lot.
$3,000-5,000
453
453. 454.
Arthur Clifton Goodwin (American, 1864-1929) George H. Wimpenny (British, 19/20th Century)
454
455
455.
Frank Henry (Hector) L. Tompkins (American, 1847-1922)
Shantytown
Signed and indistinctly dated “Gordon Steele/...” l.l., inscribed His legacy continues as the Syracuse Arts Association has named the
“GORDON STEELE/SYRACUSE N.Y.” possibly in the artist’s hand, on the top prize in their for their Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition the
the stretcher, identified on two exhibition labels from Terry National Art Gordon Steele Best in Show award.
Exhibit, Miami, affixed to the reverse, inscribed “HONORABLE
1. Bridgman, Ann, “Two Artists in Show Offer Comparison in Manner of Approach,” The
MENTION/TERRY NATIONAL ART EXHIBIT/1952” on a presentation
Norwalk Hour, July 9, 1957, p. 4.
plaque.
$1,500-1,800
Oil with tooling on canvas, 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Area of pentimento (including a faint, partial signature) l.l.,
scattered craquelure, mild surface grime. 457.
John Paul Manship (American, 1927-2000)
N.B. Gordon Steele lived and worked in Syracuse, New York.
Predominately self-taught, Steele usually worked without any sort of West Village Roofs
preliminary sketches. With an ever-evolving technique, Steele often Signed and dated “JPMANSHIP/MAY ‘70” l.r., identified on a label
used a dark color palette and created compositions that incorporate from the Quarry Gallery, Gloucester, Massachusetts, affixed to the
elements of abstraction. Many of his paintings address the stretcher.
relationship between man and his environment.1 Throughout his Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61.0 cm), framed.
career, Steele exhibited his work frequently and won numerous Condition: Craquelure with lifting, flaking and minute losses u.r.,
awards. pigment fluorescence, mild surface grime.
$800-1,200
457
458
458. 459.
Alex Tschernjawski (Yugoslavian/American, b. 1933) Gordon Steele (American, 1906-1961)
City Street The Edge of Town, alternatively titled After the Storm
Signed “A. Tschernjawski’ l.r., figure sketch in pencil on the reverse, Signed and dated “Gordon Steele/50” l.l., identified on a label affixed
inscribed “AlexanderTschernjawski” on the stretcher, labels from The to the reverse.
Athena Gallery, New Haven, and George Mladinich, New Haven, Oil on Masonite, 24 1/2 x 42 in. (62.2 x 106.7 cm), framed.
affixed to the reverse, stamped “ATHENA GALLERY INC...” four times Condition: Retouch, varnish inconsistencies, minor scattered surface
and “ALEX MINEWSKI...” on the reverse. losses (predominately at edges), mild surface grime.
Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61.0 cm), framed. $1,000-1,500
Condition: Varnish inconsistencies, craquelure, mild surface grime.
$700-900
459
460
460. 461.
Arthur Oliver Biehl (American, b. 1926) Gordon Steele (American, 1906-1961)
Pasture Docks
Signed and dated “BIEHL ‘64” l.r., identified on labels from Banfer Signed and dated “Gordon Steele/58” u.r., identified on a label affixed
Gallery, New York, and The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, to the reverse.
D.C., affixed to the reverse. Oil on Masonite, 23 1/4 x 43 1/8 in. (59.1 x 109.5 cm), framed.
Tempera on board, 23 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (59.7 x 59.7 cm), framed. Condition: Retouch, scattered surface losses (predominately at
Condition: Surface grime, extremely minor wear to edges. edges), mild surface grime.
$400-600 $1,000-1,500
461
462
462.
Gordon Steele (American, 1906-1961)
463.
Rolland Harve Golden (American, b. 1931)
Autumn Splendor
Signed and dated “Golden ‘88” l.r., titled on a label affixed to the
backing.
Gouache on paper, sight size 29 x 21 in. (73.7 x 53.3 cm), framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
463
464
464. 465.
Paul Kirtland Mays (American, 1887-1961) Laurence Philip Sisson (American, b. 1928)
465
466
466. 467.
Laurence Philip Sisson (American, b. 1928) Paul Kirtland Mays (American, 1887-1961)
467
468.
Louis Kronberg (American, 1872-1965)
469.
Henry Davenport (American, b. 1882)
470.
468 Louis Kronberg (American, 1872-1965)
469 470
471
471. 473.
Louis Kronberg (American, 1872-1965) Louis Kronberg (American, 1872-1965)
Signed “Louis Kronberg.” l.l. and monogrammed “L✡K” u.l., titled, Signed, dated, and inscribed “1914/LOUIS KRONBERG ✡” l.r.,
No. 1. Dancer in Rose at the Barre Ballet Girl
dated, and inscribed “...Mlle Jose Lorre...Paris 1954...” on the identified on a label from The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art
backing. Gallery, Buffalo, New York, affixed to the backing.
Pastel on paper/board, sight size 19 x 25 in. (48.3 x 63.5 cm), Oil on paper/board mounted to cloth, 25 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (64.8 x 47.0
framed. cm), framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame. Condition: Tacks and abrasions to the margins, not examined out of
$800-1,200 the frame.
472 473
474
474. 476.
Robert Moore Kulicke (American, 1924-2007) Helen Van Wyk (American, 1930-1994)
475.
Franz Lex (Austrian, 1895-1959)
475 476
477.
Thalia Wescott Malcom (French/American, b. 1888)
477
478.
Frederick W. Oliver (American, b. 1876)
Still Life
Signed “F.W. OLIVER” u.l.
Oil on canvas, 18 x 14 1/4 in. (45.7 x 36.2 cm), framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch (including repaired tear l.c.), craquelure.
$800-1,200
478
479.
Virginia Berresford (American, 1902-1995)
Colorful Bouquet
Signed “Berresford” l.r.
Oil with tooling on canvasboard, 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm), framed.
Condition: Bowing to support, scattered craquelure.
$1,000-1,500
480.
Doris Emrick Lee (American, 1905-1983)
Grapefruit in Bowl
Signed “Doris Lee” l.c., identified on an Associated American Artists,
New York, label affixed to the reverse.
Oil on canvasboard, 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm), framed.
Condition: Retouch and varnish inconsistencies, signature possibly
reinforced.
$1,000-1,500
479
480
481
481.
Nicolai S. Cikovsky (Russian/American, 1894-1987)
482.
Ernest Fiene (American, 1894-1965)
White Roses
Signed “E. Fiene.” l.r., titled, signed, and dated “...ERNEST FIENE
1927” on the reverse, a partial period label from the Museum of
Modern Art, New York, affixed to the reverse.
Oil on board, 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (36.2 x 26.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Mild wear to edges, fine craquelure.
$800-1,200
482
483
483.
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971)
Literature: Vanity Fair, January 1916, p. 50; Chappell, George S., A Basket of Poses, New York: Albert and Charles
Boni, 1924.
N.B. The drawing of a busy city avenue scene––replete with cold-weather-bundled dainties and a gendarme directing a
bustle of sport cars, buses and limousines––first appeared as an illustration to George S. Chappell’s “poetic panorama,”
“Th’ Avenue.” The published caption for this illustration is partially incorrect in that it refers to the drawing as “a rare
wood engraving” by William Hogarth, Jr. Although the attribution to William Hogarth, Jr.––Rockwell Kent’s
pseudonym––is correct, the illustration is indeed a brush (possibly pen as well) and ink drawing. (Kent’s drawings were
often misidentified as wood engravings or woodcuts.)
Kent collaborated with George S. Chappell on numerous publication ventures throughout the second and third decades
of the twentieth century, many of which appeared in Vanity Fair and Puck. Kent and Chappell knew each other from
professional architectural circles; the Ewing and Chappell architectural firm, based in New York City, began as the result
of a commission from Kent’s mother, Sarah––a house designed by her architecturally trained son; Kent worked off and
on as a draftsman for Ewing and Chappell (during the first two decades).
This particular illustration, and the poem “Th’ Avenue,” was reprinted in A Basket of Poses – an anthology of Kent’s and
Chappell’s satirical collaborations.
We wish to thank Scott R. Ferris for his assistance with cataloging the lot.
$1,000-1,500
484
484.
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop (American, 1891-1981)
485.
Maxfield Parrish Jr. (American, 1906-1983)
N.B. John Haven “Jack” Emerson was the cousin of Maxfield Parrish
Jr. through his mother, and the grandnephew of poet Ralph Waldo
Emerson through his father. A designer of scientific instruments and
medical equipment, he is best known as the inventor of an improved
iron lung, which he unveiled in 1931. The design was based on the
work of Philip Drinker and Dr. Louis Agassiz Shaw, but was a more
efficient and economical version.1 Drinker sued Haven for patent
infringement, but the courts sided with Haven. Parrish Jr., who had
helped Haven with illustrations for his company publications, provided
illustrations of the iron lung that were used in the suit. The topic of
the lawsuit and iron lung is depicted with levity on pages 3 and 4 of
the bound letter, which depicts Justice casting a mean gaze on
Drinker.
486.
Indian School, 20th Century
487.
Frank Albert Mechau Jr. (American, 1903-1946)
Darien Lovers
Signed and dated “mechau -44” l.r., titled and identified on labels
affixed to the backing.
Pencil on paper, sight size 28 1/4 x 21 5/8 in. (72.0 x 55.0 cm),
framed.
Condition: Toning, not examined out of frame.
487
488
488.
I.W.J. Munut (Indonesian, b. 1941)
Feast Day
Signed “IW. MUNUT.” l.r.
Acrylic on cloth, 35 1/2 x 66 1/2 in. (90.2 x 168.9 cm), framed.
Condition: Subtle staining.
$800-1,200
489.
Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978)
490.
Henri Robert Brésil (Haitian, 1952-1999)
489
490
491
491.
Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978)
Le Barque Brumeaux
Signed “Bulman” l.r., titled on a label affixed to the frame liner.
Oil on canvas, 22 x 24 in. (55.9 x 61.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Craquelure, surface grime, pigment fluorescence.
$10,000-15,000
492.
Attributed to John French Sloan (American, 1871-1951)
492
493.
Raphael Soyer (American, 1899-1987)
493
494
494.
Aristide Maillol (French, 1861-1944)
495
496.
Sergei Yurievich Soudeikine (Russian, 1883-1946)
496
497
497.
Adolf Arthur Dehn (American, 1895-1968)
Harlem Orchids
Signed and dated “Adolf Dehn ‘30” l.r., cancelled composition verso.
Ink on paper, sight size 12 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (32.4 x 49.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Mat burn, toning, staining, subtle rippling, mat boards
adhered together so that the entire sheet cannot be viewed.
498. 499.
Charles Dixie Jarrett (American, 1893-1947) Tom Lovell (American, 1909-1997)
Enjoy More Leisure, Let White King’s Longer Lasting Suds Do The Bridge
the Work, Probably a Design for a Billboard Signed and dated “TOM LOVELL ‘47” l.r., stamped “BY THE ARTIST/
Signed “CHAS A./JARRETT.” l.r. TOM LOVELL” on the stretcher, inscribed “TOM LOVELL” and
Oil on canvas, 22 x 42 1/2 in. (55.9 x 107.9 cm), framed. “COMP. THE BRIDGE” on the stretcher, identified on a presentation
Condition: Lined, retouch, surface grime. plaque, inscribed “PROPERTY OF MICHAEL D. DINGMAN” on a label
$500-700 affixed to the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 25 x 36 in. (63.5 x 91.4 cm), in a frame with a label
from House of Heydenryk, New York, affixed to the reverse.
Condition: Scattered retouch, fine scattered craquelure, mild surface
grime.
$600-800
499
500
500.
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
Portrait of Alice
Titled, signed, and dated “...Norman/Rockwell/1966” l.r.
Graphite and colored pencil on paper, sight size 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x
25.4 cm), framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
501. 502.
Walt Disney Studios (American, 20th Century) Joe Mathieu (American, 20th/21st Century)
Figaro/An Animation Cel from Pinocchio, c. 1940 Book Cover Illustration for Big Bird Plays the Violin
Unsigned, titled on the mat in pencil l.l. Signed “Joe Mathieu” in pencil l.r., identified and inscribed with
Gouache on celluloid with a painted presentation background, sight production marks in pencil l.l.
size 3 3/8 x 3 5/8 in. (8.6 x 9.2 cm), unframed. Luma dye and colored pencil, sheet size 17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm),
Condition: Good. unframed.
$800-1,200 Condition: Crop marks to the margins.
N.B. A copy of Big Bird Plays the Violin accompanies the lot.
$1,000-1,500
503.
Walt Disney Studios (American, 20th Century)
503
504
505
504. 505.
Claude Dixon Coats (American, 1913-1992) Walt Disney Studios (American, 20th Century)
Background Scene for Walt Disney’s Lady and the Tramp The Queen/An Animation Cel from Snow White and the Seven
Unsigned, production marks in the margins. Dwarfs, c. 1937
Gouache and graphite on paper, sheet size 12 x 40 in. (30.5 x 101.6 Unsigned, titled on the mat in pencil l.l., with a label from Albert
cm), unframed. Roullier Art Galleries, Chicago, on the backing.
Condition: Tape residue to the margins, minor tears to edges, subtle Gouache on celluloid with a painted presentation background,
handling creases. probably Courvoisier, sight size 11 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (28.6 x 27.0 cm),
framed.
Provenance: Ex-collection of Disney artist Ralph Kent.
Condition: Rippling, not examined out of frame.
Literature: “Claude Coats: Prototypical Imagineer,” The ‘E’ Ticket, $1,000-1,500
Issue #31, Spring 1999, p. 6 (illustrated).
1. “The Passing of a Legend-Claude Coates Dies at Age 78,” It Takes People, Disney
Newsreel, January 17, 1992.
$1,000-1,500
506
506.
Cecil Kennedy (British, 1905-1997)
507. 508.
Charles Whedon Rain (American, 1911-1985) Robert Douglas Hunter (American, b. 1928)
508
509.
American School, 20th Century
Two Figures
Indistinctly signed and dated “...1931” l.r.
Watercolor over graphite on paper laid down onto board, sight size
17 1/2 x 13 in. (44.5 x 33.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Mat burn, not examined out of frame.
$600-800
510.
Hazel Janicki Teyral (American, 1918-1976)
The Gathering
Signed and dated “Hazel Janicki Teyral 1946” l.r., signed or inscribed
“HAZEL JANICKI TEYRAL/CLEVELAND 1946” on the reverse.
Tempera on Masonite, 12 x 20 in. (30.5 x 50.8 cm), framed.
Condition: Surface grime.
$400-600
509
510
511
511. 512.
Continental School, 20th Century Maurice Compris (French, 1885-1939)
512
513
513. 514.
Channing Weir Hare (American, 1899-1976) Paul Bough Travis (American, 1891-1975)
514
515.
Alexandre Evgenievich Iacovleff (Russian, 1887-1938)
Paysage Fantastique
Stamped indistinctly l.r., identified on a label from Robert C. Vose,
Boston, affixed to the backing paper.
Gouache on paper, 22 x 14 1/8 in. (55.9 x 35.8 cm), framed.
Condition: Toning, mild acid burn, soiling, foxing to the reverse.
$1,000-1,500
515
516.
Lawrence Edward Kupferman (American, 1909-1982)
516
517.
Howard Rose (American, 20th/21st
Century)
517
518.
Hal Singer (American, 1919-2003)
518
519
519.
R.C. Gorman (American, 1932-2005)
520.
Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886-1957)
521.
Giorgio De Chirico (Italian, 1888-1978)
Untitled Landscape with Petrified Boat and Figures [The Dioscuri], c. 1925 and Untitled Portrait of Gala Dali, c. 1924-25/A
Double-sided Work
Landscape signed “G. de Chirico” in pencil l.r., Portrait signed and inscribed “Le retour a une suite...G. de Chirico” l.r. and
inscribed “Madame Gala Dali” in a later hand l.c.
Graphite on paper, sight size 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm), framed.
Condition: Subtle foxing, pinhole u.c.
Provenance: From the Hillman Family Collection by descent to Alex Hillman; private collection c. 1990s.
Literature: Emily Braun, Manet to Matisse: The Hillman Family Collection, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994, pp. 54-57
(illus.).
N.B. In Emily Braun’s analysis of the landscape composition of the present work, she notes that the two figures depicted in the
foreground may allude to the twin sons of Zeus, Castro and Polydeuces—also known as the Dioscuri—but may also represent the
artist and his brother, Alberto Savinio.1 Supporting this interpretation, Braun cites the depiction of eyes in the lower left, which
commonly represented for De Chirico “the visionary powers of the artist” or “the omnipotence of the gods.”2 Of the portrait
composition on the reverse, Braun contextualizes the work within the Parisian surrealist circle of Paul Eluard, Gala Dali’s first
husband. She notes that Eluard was a patron of De Chirico c. 1923, and that De Chirico associated with the couple through
1926.3
1. Emily Braun. Manet to Matisse: The Hillman Family Collection. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994, p. 54.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid., 55.
$5,000-7,000
522
522.
George Ehrenfried Grosz (German/American, 1893-1959)
Provenance: Purchased from Galleria dell’Obelisco Rome, Italy; collection of Melvin B. Nessel, Boston,
Massachusetts.
N.B. We wish to thank Ralph Jentsch who kindly confirmed the authenticity of the lot and assisted with its
cataloging. The work is registered as no. 3-10-2 with the George Grosz Estate, and will be included in
Ralph Jentsch’s forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist.
The present work is a preliminary drawing related to a published work of the same year, which has been
reproduced under the titles, “Gottes sichtbarer Segen ist bei mir.,” from Friedrich Schiller, Die Raüber (Act II,
Scene 3), Plate 6, Der Malik-Verlag, Berlin, 1922; “Ein trautes Weib, ein herzig Kind, das ist mein Himmel auf
der Erde.,” from George Grosz, Abrechnung folgt!, Der Malik-Verlag, Berlin, 1923, p. 31; and “Gottes
sichtbarer Segen ruht auf uns,” from George Grosz, Die Gezeichneten, Der Malik-Verlag, Berlin, 1930, p. 43.
A single plate from the portfolio Die Raüber has appeared annotated by Grosz with the same title of the
present work.
$6,000-8,000
523
523.
George Ehrenfried Grosz (German/American, 1893-1959)
Acrobatentänzer, 1915
Unsigned, with stamp from the George Grosz Nachlass on the reverse, inscribed “TR
1479.186” in pencil l.r. and “LyNr 1248” in pencil on the reverse, identified on a
partial label from Retina Gallery, Inc., Boston, on the backing.
Ink on laid paper, sheet size 11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (28.9 x 22.5 cm), unframed.
Condition: Subtle handling creases, tape hinged to backing mat.
N.B. We wish to thank Ralph Jentsch who kindly confirmed the authenticity of the
lot and assisted with its cataloging. The work is registered as no. 3-40-4 with the
George Grosz Estate, and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of
the artist.
$3,000-4,000
524
524. 525.
Jean Dufy (French, 1888-1964) Jean Dufy (French, 1888-1964)
525
526
526.
Jean Dufy (French, 1888-1964)
528.
Reuben Tam (American, 1916-1991)
527
528
529
529.
Bao Lede (Chinese, b. 1959)
N.B. Bao Lede received his fine arts degree from Tianjin Academy of
Fine Arts, where he taught for a brief period after graduation. In
1989, he came to the United States to pursue his MFA at Pittsburgh
State University, and has been working on Cape Cod for over a
decade.
$2,000-2,500
530.
Gabor F. Peterdi (American, 1915-2001)
530
531 532
531.
Michiel Theobald Gloeckner (American, 1915-1989)
Lot of Two Works: Two Lovers in the Yellow House and Untitled
Lovers initialed “MTG” l.r., titled and dated “...1963” on the stretchers,
Untitled initialed “MG” l.r., signed and dated “Michiel Gloeckner 70”
on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, sizes to 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm), framed.
Condition: Lovers with minor surface grime.
$800-1,200
532.
Michel Moreno (French, b. 1945)
Composition-Syntho-Chromisme
Titled, inscribed, and signed “...M-Moreno” in pen on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 39 1/2 x 32 in. (100.3 x 81.3 cm), framed.
Condition: Craquelure, minor losses/abrasions.
$1,000-1,500
533.
Michiel Theobald Gloeckner (American, 1915-1989)
Untitled
Unsigned, inscribed “Michiel Gloeckner” in pen on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm), framed.
Condition: Subtle warping.
$800-1,200
533
534
534.
Lyonel Feininger (American, 1871-1956)
Provenance: Mr. Edward C. Mack and Mrs. Ruth C. Mack, New York City and New Rochelle,
New York; gift to their daughter, Mary Lee Ingbar, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Literature: Yves Tanguy [November 7 to December 7, 1974] (New York: Acquavella Galleries, Inc.,
1974), no. 23 (illus.); Yves Tanguy: Un Recueil de ses oeuvres (New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery,
1963), no. 259 (illus.), p. 120; European Artists in America, Whitney Museum of American Art,
March 13 to April 11, 1945, (exh. cat., no. 130).
Exhibitions: Yves Tanguy, November 7 to December 7, 1974, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New
York, no. 23; European Artists in America, Whitney Museum of American Art, March 13 to April
11, 1945; Exhibition of Paintings by Yves Tanguy, Pierre Matisse Gallery, April 21 to May 9, 1942.
Tanguy left France for the United States in 1939, where he developed a new painting vocabulary.
He noted “a feeling of greater space here—more ‘room’” and an “intensification of color” which
the art historian Roland Penrose described as Tanguy’s substitution of earth tones for “more
strident reds and blues.”1
Of Tanguy’s work of the 1940s, the poet John Ashbury observed forms of “new bulk and density”;
“The [depicted] universe is no longer exclusively mineral; some of its tenants appear to be made of
wood, paper or cloth. There are strange tissue-like folds, bones creatures not only colored like
jellyfish but of some viscous milky white/or magenta pulp, weeping, burning to the touch like
sodium. And these forms have begun to proliferate, pullulate, assuming ever more complex,
incestuous relationships.”2 What Ashbury alludes to is the way that Tanguy’s compositions can be
at once animate and static, organic and inorganic, whole and fragmented, nature-sprung and
man-made. In the present work, simply in the way he aggregates forms, Tanguy evokes an
absurd notion of hierarchy amongst what are essentially automatons. There are human-like
appendages that suggest the potential for movement but little sense of a motive for action. Even
though the cast shadows convey solidity, each aggregate can also be reduced to a precarious pile
of parts. The scene can be interpreted as both desolate and fanciful—a wasteland of parts as
much as a quixotic landscape with figures on a journey.
We wish to thank the Yves Tanguy Committee of the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation for their
assistance with cataloging the lot. It is the Yves Tanguy Committee’s intention to include this oil
on canvas in the revised edition of the Yves Tanguy catalogue raisonné.
1. Sweeney, James Johnson, “Eleven Europeans in America,” The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, Vol. 13, No. 4/5 (New
York: The Museum of Modern Art), 1946, p. 23.
2. Ashbury, John, “Tanguy-The Geometer of Dreams,” Yves Tanguy [November 7 to December 7, 1974] (New York: Acquavella
Galleries, Inc., 1974).
$300,000-500,000
536.
Richard E. Filipowski (American, 1923-2008)
536
537.
Edmondo Bacci (Italian, 1913-1978)
B-5
Signed “BACCI” l.c., signed and titled “E. BACCI...” on
the reverse, inscribed “...F.C. Matthae,/1025 5th
Avenue/New York 28/N.Y. U.S.A.” on a period label
affixed to the reverse.
Mortar with ink and tempera on board relief mounted
onto Masonite, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (8.9 x 8.9 cm), framed
(under glass).
Condition: Surface dust/grime, not examined out of
frame.
$600-800
537
538
538.
Richard E. Filipowski (American, 1923-2008)
539. 540.
Richard E. Filipowski (American, 1923-2008) Richard E. Filipowski (American, 1923-2008)
Abstract Glasses and Bottles, a Composition in Red, Yellow, and Abstract Composition
Black Initialed and dated “F/48” l.r., dedicated, signed, and dated “Happy
Signed and dated “Filipowski 45” l.r., stamped “Richard Filipowski” on Birthday to/Ann/Filip. 6/17/61” on the backing.
the reverse. Ink, gouache, and pastel on paper, sheet size 8 5/8 x 11 in. (21.9 x
Gouache and graphite on Crescent Illustration Board, board size 15 x 27.9 cm), sandwiched between glass and backing board.
20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm), unframed, wrapped in Cellophane. Condition: Toning, staining, rippling, not examined out of
Condition: Bowing to support, scattered soiling/staining, toning, not glass/backing.
examined out of Cellophane (with tears/losses to Cellophane wrapper $600-800
at corners).
540
541
542
541.
Josef Scharl (German/American, 1896-1954)
Lot of Five Works: Ascending Moon, 1st Version; Sketch for Econ-Verlag, 1967, a copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, published by
Gethsemane; Nude IV; Harvest Time; and Still Life Pantheon Books, New York, and photographs after works by Josef
Moon signed and dated “Jos. Scharl/1954” l.l.; Gethsemane signed Scharl accompany the lot.
and dated “Jos. Scharl/1944” in pen l.r., titled l.l.; Nude signed, dated $1,000-1,500
and titled “Jos. Scharl/1952...” in pen l.l.; Harvest signed and dated
“Jos. Scharl/1949” in pen l.l., titled l.r.; Still Life signed “Josef Scharl” 542.
in pencil l.r.; Moon tempera on paper, Gethesmane, Nude IV, and Richard E. Filipowski (American, 1923-2008)
Harvest Time, ink on paper, Still Life screenprint on paper, sheet sizes
to 17 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (45.1 x 60.3 cm), Moon and Still Life framed, Abstract with Yellow and Blue Discs
others unframed. Signed and dated “Filipowski ‘96” l.r., inscribed “Richard E.
Condition: Moon with minor losses to edges, not examined out of Filipowski/10 Round Hill Road/LEXINGTON MA” in the artist’s hand
frames. on the reverse.
Ink and gouache on paper, sheet size 15 x 22 1/2 in. (38.1 x 57.0 cm),
Provenance: Gift from the late collection of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Polk, framed.
Long Island, New York and Midwale, New Jersey, to the present Condition: Tape residue u.r. and u.l., deckled edges, mild scattered
owner. soiling/staining, not examined out of frame.
N.B. Three Josef Scharl exhibition booklets from Galerie St. Etienne, Provenance: Gift from the artist.
New York; a copy of the book Josef Scharl, published by Nierendorf $800-1,200
Editions, 1945 (edition of 1000 unnumbered copies), a copy of the
journal Print, Volume 9, No.4, March-April 1955, a copy of the book
Funfzig Zeichnungen zum Alten und Neuen Testament, published by 543.-545.
No lots.
546.
José Guerrero (Spanish/American, 1914-1992)
Untitled, 1956
Signed and dated “Jose Guerrero 1956” l.l.
Ink on paper, 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (64.8 x 49.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Subtle toning, subtle rippling, paper loss l.l., not examined
out of frame.
N.B. We wish to thank the Centro José Guerrero for their assistance
with cataloging the lot; the work will be included in their forthcoming
digital catalogue raisonné.
$2,500-3,500
547.
José Guerrero (Spanish/American, 1914-1992)
Untitled, 1960
Signed and dated “Jose Guerrero 1960” l.l.
Ink on paper, 26 1/4 x 40 in. (66.7 x 101.6 cm), framed.
Condition: Subtle toning, minor paper loss, not examined out of
frame.
N.B. We wish to thank the Centro José Guerrero for their assistance
546 in cataloging the lot; the work will be included in their forthcoming
digital catalogue raisonné.
$3,000-5,000
547
548
548.
José Guerrero (Spanish/American, 1914-1992)
Untitled
Signed “Jose Guerrero” l.l., dedicated “...ON HIS DAY OF BIRTH NOVEMBER 18, 1961/FROM HIS MOTHER
AND FATHER.” on the reverse.
Oil and mixed media on canvas, 40 x 44 in. (101.6 x 111.7 cm), framed.
Condition: Craquelure, lifting, alligatoring, canvas deformations, surface grime.
Provenance: Purchased from the artist, by family descent to a private New England collection.
N.B. Spanish-born José Guerrero first arrived in New York in 1950 with his American wife, Roxane Whittier
Pollock. The couple settled in Greenwich Village (with Guerrero setting up a studio in the adjacent SoHo
District), but also passed summers at a rental house on Martha’s Vineyard. Guerrero remained in New York
for the next eight years, where on the introduction of his dealer Karl Bucholz, he was introduced to Betty
Parsons. Through Parsons’ circle, Guerrero met fellow abstract expressionist artists Franz Kline, Mark Rothko,
and Robert Motherwell.1 Guerrero’s work of the 1950s through mid-1960s is characterized by his use of
industrial materials, including silicate, to call attention to the materiality of the two-dimensional surface.
We wish to thank the Centro José Guerrero for their assistance with cataloging the lot; the work will be
included in their forthcoming digital catalogue raisonné.
1. http://www.centroguerrero.org/index.php/1947/122/0/?&L=undefined
$10,000-15,000
549.
Leonardo M. Nierman (American, b. 1932)
Column of Light
Signed “Nierman” l.r.
Oil on Masonite, 31 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (80.0 x 59.7 cm), framed.
Condition: Minor surface abrasions.
549
550.
Paul Henry Brach (American, 1924-2007)
550
551
551.
Jon Kuhn (American, b. 1949)
552. 553.
Kahlil George Gibran (American, 1922-2008) Paul Nash (British, 1889-1946)
Lot of Two Works: Untitled [Sculpture] and Study for Untitled Landscape
Sculpture stamped “K.GIBRAN” l.r., Study signed “Kahlil Gibran” in Signed “Paul Nash” l.r., identified on labels including one from the
pencil u.r., dedicated and inscribed “SIDNEY/HAPPY BIRTHDAY-...” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., affixed to the backing.
l.l. Watercolor and pencil on paper, sight size 10 1/2 x 19 in. (26.7 x
Sculpture carved mahogany wood and metal, mounted to a wood 48.3 cm), framed.
plinth, 72 x 9 x 9 in. (182.9 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm), Study graphite and Condition: Not examined out of frame.
conté crayon on paper, sheet size 20 1/8 x 23 7/8 in. (51.1 x 60.6
cm), unframed. Exhibitions: Summer’s Lease [Loan by Washington Area Collectors],
Condition: Sculpture good; Study with handling creases. Corcoran Gallery of Art, June 13 to August 31, 1972.
$4,000-6,000
Provenance: Commissioned of the artist, February 1961; from the
estate of Mary Lee Ingbar, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
553
554.
Peter Blume (American, 1906-1992)
Tree in Snow
Signed “P. BLUME” u.r.
Ink, charcoal, and pastel on paper, sheet size 20 x 17 1/4 in. (50.8 x
43.8 cm), framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
555.
Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889-1981)
Büffelkuh, 1953
Ciphered and stamped “...RICH. BARTH BLN. MARIENDORF” on the
underside.
Bronze with dark brown patina, 14 3/16 x 20 7/8 x 6 in. (36.0 x 53.0
x 15.2 cm).
Condition: Minor abrasions.
554
Literature: Rudloff, Martina, Gerhard Marcks, 1889-1981:
Retrospektive, Munchen: Hirmer, 1989, p. 307 (illus.); Blaum, Rudolf,
et al., Gerhard Marcks Und Die Antike, Heidelberg: Edition Braus,
1993 (illus.); Marcks, Gerhard and Martina Rudloff, Gerhard Marcks:
Das Plastische Werk, Frankfurt: Propylaen Verlag, 1977 (illus. pl. 52),
no. 609.
N.B. Animals were an early subject for Marcks, and one he revisited
after World War II. In an essay on his work between the years of
1951 to 1961, Marcks recalls Myron’s Cow, which was praised by
both Pliny and Goethe as expressing qualities above mere naturalistic
representation—balance and harmony—in discussing his own
complicated feelings about animals as his muse. “Animals were my
first friends and models,” he writes, noting that when life was difficult
“I again escaped to the [Berlin] Zoo, fancying that I could find peace
only with animals—creatures who wanted nothing of me, and of
whom I wanted nothing but permission to admire them.”1 It was his
growing empathy with animals, however, that lead him eventually to
disregard the zoo as “imprisonment.” “I saw them now exactly in
correspondence to ourselves, often cruelly deformed by slavery...but
always undisguised, in their unambiguous expressive power.”2
1. Marcks, Gerhard, “Gerhard Marks on his Life and Work,” The Massachusetts Review, Vol. 2,
No. 3 (Spring 1961), p. 519.
2. Ibid.
$6,000-8,000
555
556
556. 557.
Jan Matulka (Czechoslovakian/American, 1890-1972) Suzanne Roger (French, 1899-1986)
Still Life with Conch Shell and Portrait Bust of Voltaire La salle à manger, 1950
Signed “Matulka” in ink l.l., with a label from Mrs. E. Ives Bartholet, Signed “Suzanne Roger” l.l., identified on a label from Saidenberg
Art Consultant, on the reverse. Gallery, New York, on the backing, titled on the stretcher in pencil,
Oil on canvas, 20 x 23 1/2 in. (50.8 x 59.7 cm), framed. stamped “Galerie Louise Leiris” on a label from Galerie Simon, Paris,
Condition: Craquelure, lined, surface grime. affixed to the stretcher.
$3,000-4,000 Oil on canvas, 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (22.2 x 27.3 cm), framed within a
liner.
Condition: Subtle canvas deformations.
$700-900
557
558
558.
Graham Vivian Sutherland (British, 1903-1980)
N.B. The present work is an example of Sutherland’s lifelong fascination with organic forms and
fragments found in nature, particularly roots and branches. For Sutherland, these subjects are
not simply cold specimen studies, though depicted close-up. In the present work, energetic lines
create stark contrasts between surfaces and recesses, giving the object a sense of twisting in
space. Sutherland spoke of dwarf oaks as having “the most extraordinary beautiful, varied and
rich shapes which detach them from their proper connotation as trees. One does not think of
them so much as trees, more as figures; they have the same urgency that certain movements of
figures can have in action.”1 Sutherland frequently used his sketchbook studies to develop
finished compositions in the studio, and the present work, as evidenced by a spiral bound
margin, was presumably one.
1. Alley, Ronald, Graham Sutherland, exh. cat., Tate Gallery, London, 1982.
$6,000-8,000
559.
Edgar Iené (German/Austrian, 1904-1984)
559
560.
Marcel Gromaire (French, 1892-1971)
Femme Nue
Signed and dated “Gromaire/1957” l.r., with a label from Kravetz
Gallery, Rochester, New York, on the backing.
Ink on paper, sheet size 12 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (32.4 x 25.1 cm), framed.
Condition: Masking taped to backing mat, losses to sheet along
bottom margin.
560
561
561.
Keith Vaughan (British, 1912-1974)
Pupitre, 1945
Signed “Keith Vaughan” in ink l.r., inscribed, titled, and dated
“...1945” on the backing.
Ink and crayon on paper, sheet size 6 1/2 x 8 in. (16.5 x 20.3 cm),
framed.
Condition: Paper pitting/losses, rippling.
$3,000-5,000
562
562.
Tony Agostini (Italian, 1916-1990)
Le chevalet rouge
Incised signature “Tony Agostini” l.r., titled and signed “...Tony
Agostini” on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm), framed.
Condition: Good.
$500-700
563
563.
Marcel Mouly (French, 1918-2008)
Nutcracker Illustration
Signed “Lettick” twice l.r., inscribed and stamped “PLEASE RETURN
PAINTING TO: BIRNEY LETTICK, 121 E. 35th ST. NY.C.” on the
reverse, annotations in the margins.
Oil on paper mounted onto Bainbridge board, 15 x 10 3/4 in. (38.1 x
27.3 cm), unframed.
Condition: Support slightly warped, retouch and pigment
fluorescence, residue and surface grime to the margins, mild wear to
corners.
$1,000-1,500
564
565.
Scott Prior (American, b. 1949)
565
566
566.
John Stephens (American, b. 1945)
567.
Elena Borstein (American, b. 1946)
Lavender Gate II
Signed, dated, and titled “Elena Borstein 1992...” on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 42 x 54 in. (106.7 x 137.2 cm), framed.
Condition: Good.
568.
Elena Borstein (American, b. 1946)
569.
Wolf Kahn (American, b. 1927)
570. 571.
Wolf Kahn (American, b. 1927) Wolf Kahn (American, b. 1927)
571
572
572. 573.
American School, 20th Century Henry Schwartz (American, 1927-2009)
573
574
574. 575.
Henry Schwartz (American, 1927-2009) Joseph Piccillo (American, b. 1941)
575
576
576. 577.
Katherine Page Porter (American, b. 1941) Aaron Fink (American, b. 1955)
Lot of Three Works: Untitled [#101], Untitled [#131], and Untitled The Beach Chair
[#132] Signed and dated “Aaron Fink ‘81” l.r.
#101 signed and inscribed “Katherine Porter/Sept 2 thday” in pencil Acrylic on paper mounted to paper/board, 41 3/4 x 52 3/4 in. (106.0
l.r. and dated “1970” in pencil l.l., inscribed “531” in pencil on the x 134.0 cm), unframed.
reverse and “Parker Street 470...” on a label affixed to the backing, Condition: Minor tears/losses to edges, mounting bubbles.
#131 signed “KPorter” in pen l.r., inscribed “#1/#131/#1017” in pencil $800-1,000
on the reverse, #132 unsigned, inscribed “#2/#132/#1018” in pencil
on the reverse.
Watercolor on paper, sheet sizes to 11 x 16 1/2 in. (27.9 x 41.9 cm),
framed.
Condition: #132 tape hinged to backing mat, subtle rippling, subtle
toning.
$400-600
577
578
578.
Sven Dalsgaard (Danish, 1914-1999)
579.
Hung Liu (Chinese/American, b. 1948)
N.B. Hung Liu grew up under the Maoist “Cultural Revolution,” where she was trained to paint murals in
the Socialist Realist tradition. After having completed fine art degrees in Beijing, she immigrated to the
United States to obtain her MFA at the University of California, San Diego.
Hung Liu’s works, which take on the large scale of both mural and history paintings, are personal in content
but necessarily informed by politics. Her works engage with the idea of repressed individual expression
under the Communist regime, but also explore the power of images as icons. They frequently depict
Chinese countrymen and women (based on historical photographic portraits) against an abstracted
background which allows her to show relationships between the past and present synoptically.
Hung Liu spent time in the Gobi Desert along the Silk Road while studying the devotional and monumental
Buddhist murals at Dunhuang, and was deeply influenced by the early art she saw and the local history.1 In
the present work, the image of a woman holding a fan in a sedan chair is “twice-removed” in that she is a
silkscreen from a photograph. In this way, the truth-value of the photograph is diluted, making the image
function more as a memory than a presence. The silk that the silkscreen is printed on calls attention to the
work’s own manufacture but also lends realism to the silk robe in the background, evoking the history of
the silk trade and alluding to possible transgressions along it.
1. Lippard, Lucy R., Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America (New York: Pantheon Books, 1990), p. 144.
$7,000-9,000
580
580.
Hung Liu (Chinese/American, b. 1948)
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Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Prudential/Copley exit located in the Prudential tunnel.
Once on the exit ramp, stay in the right hand lane and follow the signs for Copley.
The ramp exits onto Stuart Street. Drive straight through five sets of lights and take a left onto
Charles Street South. Take your first left off of Charles St. South onto Park Plaza.
Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.
From the South:
Take 93-N to Exit 20 for I-90 W toward Worcester. Follow signs for Chinatown/South Station.
Bear left at the fork to continue towards Kneeland Street. Turn left onto Kneeland Street. Kneeland
Street becomes Stuart Street. Turn right onto Charles Street South. Turn left onto Park Plaza.
Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.
From Logan Airport:
Take the Ted Williams Tunnel. Take Exit 25 toward South Boston and bear left at the fork in the
ramp. Bear right onto B St. Turn left onto Northern Ave which becomes Seaport Blvd. Turn left
onto Surface Rd. Turn right onto Kneeland Street which becomes Stuart Street. Turn right onto
Charles Street South. Turn left onto Park Plaza.
Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.
From the North:
Take I-93 South towards Boston. Take exit 26 towards Storrow Drive. Merge onto MA-28 South
via the ramp on the left. Turn left onto Beacon Street. Turn right onto Arlington Street. Turn
left onto Boylston Street. Turn right onto Hadassah Way. Skinner is on the right at 63 Park Plaza.
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