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Fine American and European Paintings Drawings Prints and Sculpture Milford Connecticut May 4 2017
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finE AMEriCAn A n D EuropEAn pAinTingS DrAWingS A n D SCulpTurE AUCTION INFORMATION Thursday May 4 2017 6 00p m PREVIEW DATES TIMES April 24 May 3 April 29 Weekdays 11 a m 6 p m Saturday 10 a m 3 p m Closed Sundays May 4 Thursday 12 p m 5 30 p m The sale will begin at 6 00 p m EDT on Thursday May 4 2017 for future consignments please contact gene Shannon or Sandra germain Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers 354 Woodmont road Milford CT 06460 www shannons com email info shannons com 203 877 1711 fax 203 877 1719 front cover illustration 35 detail Back cover illustration 50 20 CELEBRATING
1 JOHANN BERTHELSEN American 1883 1972 BROOKLYN BRIDGE IN WINTER oil on canvas board 16 x 12 inches signed Johann Berthelsen lower right PROVENANCE Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 29 2009 lot 242 private Collection new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 1 2 JOHANN BERTHELSEN American 1883 1972 51ST ST LOOKING WEST ROCKEFELLER CENTER CARDINAL HOUSE ST PATRICK S CATHEDRAL oil on canvas 16 x 12 inches signed Johann Berthelsen lower left signed titled and dated 1937 on the stretcher PROVENANCE private Collection Michigan Estimate 3 000 5 000 2 2
3 EVERETT LONGLEY WARNER American 1877 1963 OLD NEW YORK EMPIRE STATE BUILDING oil on board 17 5 8 x 13 3 4 inches signed Everett Warner lower right signed titled and inscribed Corner of West and Dey Streets on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection St paul Minnesota Estimate 5 000 7 000 3 4 ARTHUR J LAWS American 1894 1960 MADISON SQUARE NEW YORK oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches signed lower left PROVENANCE Sotheby s September 26 1990 lot 165 private Collection long island new York EXHIBITED Salmagundi Club 1935 new York new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 4 3
5 JOHANN BERTHELSEN American 1883 1972 ENTRANCE TO THE ANIMALS CENTRAL PARK N Y oil on canvas 16 x 12 inches signed Johann Berthelsen lower right signed titled and dated 1937 on the stretcher PROVENANCE private Collection Michigan Estimate 3 000 5 000 5 6 RACHEL HARTLEY American 1884 1955 LOWER EAST SIDE MARKET oil on board 24 x 18 inches signed lower right PROVENANCE private Collection long island new York EXHIBITED impressionism and post impressionism Transformation in the Modern American Mode 1885 1945 grand Central Art galleries inc new York new York March 29 to May 14 1988 catalog number 85 Estimate 5 000 7 000 6 4
7 JOHN R GRABACH American 1886 1981 IN THE RIGGING oil on wood panel 42 x 36 inches signed John r grabach lower left center signed on the reverse PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist Sotheby s May 15 1991 lot 238 private Collection new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 7 8 GEORGE PEARCE ENNIS American 1884 1936 INDUSTRIAL SCENE oil on canvas 40 x 46 inches signed Ennis lower left PROVENANCE Doyle october 21 1987 lot 172 private Collection new York possibly one of at least eight oil paintings after sketches and watercolors done by Ennis at Bethlehem Steel Works in 1918 These works were created to highlight the role of American industry in World War i Estimate 5 000 7 000 8 5
9 9 HENRY GASSER American 1909 1981 GLOUCESTER VISTA watercolor on paper 14 7 8 x 22 inches signed H gasser lower right signed and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Estimate 3 000 5 000 10 6 10 HENRY GASSER American 1909 1981 WINTER GREY oil on canvas 25 1 8 x 30 1 4 inches unsigned PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist private Collection north Carolina Sotheby s March 1988 lot 335 private Collection new York There is a James graham Sons new York new York label on the reverse Estimate 3 000 5 000
11 11 RICHARD HAYLEY LEVER American 1876 1958 MARBLEHEAD MASS oil on canvas 10 x 12 inches signed Hayley lever lower right titled on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 6 000 8 000 12 EMILE ALBERT GRUPPE American 1896 1978 AT THE DOCK oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches signed Emile A gruppe lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Washington D C Estimate 7 000 9 000 12 7
13 13 PAULINE LENNARDS PALMER American 1867 1938 AFTERNOON SUN PROVINCETOWN oil on board 19 1 2 x 23 7 8 inches signed pauline palmer lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut EXHIBITED The Arts Club of Chicago Annual Exhibit 1936 provincetown Art Association inc Annual Exhibit 1936 no 21 The Art institute of Chicago American paintings and Sculpture forty Sixth Annual Exhibit Estimate 15 000 25 000 8
14 14 DANIEL PUTNAM BRINLEY American 1879 1963 GLOUCESTER HARBOR oil on canvas 26 x 24 inches signed D putnam Brinley and dated 11 lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 7 000 10 000 9
15 MARCEL DYF french 1899 1985 JARDIN DES TUILLERIES oil on canvas 18 x 21 3 4 inches signed Dyf lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Scarsdale new York This painting is registered in the Dyf records under the number n iD 5133 Estimate 5 000 7 000 16 MARCEL DYF french 1899 1985 PLAGE DE TROUVILLE oil on canvas 18 x 21 1 2 inches signed Dyf lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Scarsdale new York This painting is registered in the Dyf records under the number n iD 5134 Estimate 7 000 10 000 15 16 10
17 17 MARCEL DYF french 1899 1985 CHEMIN TOURNANT EN BRETAGNE oil on canvas 18 1 8 x 21 3 4 inches signed Dyf lower right PROVENANCE Ench res pays de loire Angers france This painting is listed in the artist s inventory being compiled by Mrs Claudine Dyf iD number 5151 Estimate 7 000 10 000 18 MARCEL DYF french 1899 1985 18 PIVOINES oil on canvas 21 3 4 x 18 1 4 inches signed Dyf lower right PROVENANCE Hotel Des Ventes de laval france This painting is listed in the artist s inventory being compiled by Mrs Claudine Dyf iD number 1053 Estimate 5 000 7 000 11
19 19 JANE PETERSON American 1876 1965 VENICE LATE AFTERNOON gouache on paper 17 1 2 x 17 1 2 inches sight signed Jane peterson lower right PROVENANCE H V Allison galleries new York new York private Collection new York Estimate 12 000 18 000 12
20 20 JANE PETERSON American 1876 1965 AT THE FOOT OF THE RIALTO BRIDGE VENICE gouache on paper 17 1 2 x 17 1 2 inches sight signed Jane peterson lower right PROVENANCE H V Allison galleries new York new York private Collection new York Estimate 15 000 25 000 13
21 21 DAVID BURLIUK American russian 1882 1967 EVENING PROCESSION oil on canvas 30 x 40 3 8 inches signed Burliuk lower left PROVENANCE raymond C ingersoll Duck island new York private Collection great neck new York Estimate 25 000 35 000 14
22 22 DAVID BURLIUK American russian 1882 1967 PEASANT WITH RED HORSE oil on canvas 8 x 10 inches signed Burliuk lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new York To be included in the forthcoming Burliuk Catalog raisonne by Howard Brassner Estimate 3 000 5 000 23 DAVID BURLIUK American russian 1882 1967 PICNIC BY THE WATER oil on canvas board 14 x 18 inches signed Burliuk lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 5 000 7 000 23 15
24 24 ERIC SLOANE American 1905 1985 COWBOYS OVERLOOKING THE HORIZON oil on board 20 x 24 inches signed Eric Sloane nA lower left PROVENANCE The artist private Collection Connecticut Estimate 3 000 5 000 25 16 25 ANN LOFQUIST American b 1964 CROSSING OVER oil on canvas 30 x 68 inches initialed Al and dated 00 lower left signed titled and dated on the reverse PROVENANCE Hackett freedman gallery San francisco California private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 4 000 6 000
26 26 ANN LOFQUIST American b 1964 THE ISLAND oil on canvas 23 x 73 inches initialed Al and dated 2001 lower left signed titled and dated on the reverse PROVENANCE Hackett freedman gallery San francisco California private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 4 000 6 000 27 ANN LOFQUIST American b 1964 PINE AND SYCAMORE II oil on canvas 38 x 76 inches initialed Al and dated 2001 lower right signed titled and dated on the reverse PROVENANCE Hackett freedman gallery San francisco California private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 4 000 6 000 27 17
Alexander Calder is one of the most well known American contemporary artists His large scale public sculptures are visible in cities around the world Calder s poetic arrangements of boldly colored shapes and lines have become iconic in the history of American Art Modernism and 20th Century contemporary art Calder was born in 1898 to artist parents his mother was a painter and his father was a sculptor The family lived in philadelphia pennsylvania oracle Arizona and pasadena California When Calder was a teenager they settled back in pennsylvania He did not initially set out to be an artist and in 1919 enrolled at the Stevens institute of Technology He earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering and worked in a variety of different jobs in 1923 Calder joined the Art Students league in new York City as a student of John Sloan guy pene du Bois and Boardman robinson in 1926 Calder moved to paris to pursue his career as an artist He stayed on for seven years surrounded by other leading avant garde artists including piet Mondrian Jean Arp and Marcel Duchamp He started making wire sculptures and by 1932 his first mobile was exhibited in the united States one year later Calder returned to the States and purchased a home in roxbury Connecticut where he lived for the rest of his life He was remarkably productive after the war and in 1943 the Museum of Modern Art MoMA in new York City hosted a retrospective of his work Calder continued to exhibit in france and in 1950 he was the subject of yet another retrospective at galerie Maeght The gallery became his exclusive parisian dealer representing Calder for over 26 years in 1968 galerie Maeght hosted an exhibition of works by Calder titled fl ches The frontispiece for the exhibition featured a similar composition to the present lot fleurs d t The bold use of red and black and the pure geometric abstraction is consistent with other works from the period He had another exhibition of gouaches and drawings at perls gallery the same year in 1976 the Whitney Museum of American Art in new York City opened Calder s universe a comprehensive retrospective of his prolific career Just a few weeks later Calder died at seventy eight ending one of the most successful and innovative artistic careers of the twentieth century 18
28 28 ALEXANDER SANDY CALDER American 1898 1976 FLUERS D T gouache on paper 24 x 20 inches signed and dated 68 lower right PROVENANCE galerie Maeght paris france private Collection new York A photo certificate from Daniel lelong galerie Maeght accompanies the lot Estimate 50 000 75 000 19
29 ALFRED JENSEN American 1903 1981 UNTITLED acrylic and pencil on paper 11 x 11 inches sight signed A Jensen lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Massachusetts Estimate 8 000 12 000 29 30 ARTHUR DOVE American 1880 1946 STUDY FOR 04 crayon and pencil on paper 5 3 8 x 5 1 8 inches signed Dove and dated 9 24 41 lower center PROVENANCE private Collection rhode island ILLUSTRATED 04 Morgan 42 23 A label from The Downtown gallery new York new York is on the reverse This work is a preliminary study for the oil painting 04 percent Morgan 42 23 Special thanks to Andrew Dintenfass of Terry Dintenfass inc for his assistance cataloging this lot Estimate 7 000 10 000 30 20
31 31 ROLPH SCARLETT American 1889 1984 UNIVERSE oil on board 48 x 72 inches signed Scarlett lower right and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE Harriet Tannin Woodstock new York private Collection new York Estimate 8 000 12 000 21
32 ROLPH SCARLETT American 1889 1984 UNTITLED oil on masonite 48 x 40 inches signed Scarlett lower right PROVENANCE Harriet Tannin Woodstock new York private Collection new York Estimate 2 500 3 500 33 SAMUEL SYDNEY FULLBROOK Australian 1922 2004 MARINE WITH FIGURE FISH AND FRUIT oil on canvas 27 x 29 inches signed S fullbrook and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection north Haven Connecticut Estimate 12 000 18 000 32 33 22
34 34 SALLY MICHEL AVERY American 1902 2003 WOMAN WITH CAT oil on canvas 50 x 40 inches signed Sally Michel and dated 1974 lower right PROVENANCE fox gallery new York new York private Collection new York Estimate 10 000 15 000 23
Farm life was all I knew for the first 20 years of my life In painting these canvases I felt again the vastness of endless skies experienced again the penetrating cold of Nebraska winters lived again as farmers live in spirit I am very much a farmer Dale nichols Dale nichols was born in rural David City nebraska in 1904 His early life had a profound influence on his paintings which centered on the recreations of the farm life The search for pure American Art was growing and the public was interested in scenes of American life nichols emerged as an artist when regionalism and rural regionalism was growing as a collecting genre His paintings are classified as a succession from grant Wood Thomas Hart Benton and John Stuart Curry nichols studied in Chicago at the Academy of fine Arts and the Art institute with Carl Wentz He became a successful illustrator watercolorist designer writer lecturer block printer and painter from 1942 1948 he succeeded grant Wood as art editor of the Encyclopedia Britannica During his career he had eighteen solo exhibitions and exhibited in more that eighty regional and national exhibitions The present painting dated 1967 comes from a desirable period in the artists career Mid Nation W inter is a typical scene by nichols featuring a Midwestern farmhose barn and windmill it is among the finest of his snowscenes to come to market in recent history American collector s in the 1930s looked to buy rural regionalist art to capture the disappearing idyllic agricultural lifestyle nichols work has been avidly collected and is represented in numerous public and private collections throughout the country including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in new York 24
35 35 DALE NICHOLS American 1904 1995 MID NATION WINTER oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches signed Dale nichols and dated 1967 lower left PROVENANCE Sotheby s September 26 1990 lot 195 private Collection Massachusetts This painting was reproduced as the cover illustration for the issue of Missouri Medicine Magazine Estimate 50 000 75 000 25
Daniel ralph Celentano is considered an important American Scene or regionalist artist alongside contemporaries Thomas Hart Benton grant Wood and John Steuart Curry These artists celebrated rural life in America by realistically depicting everyday subjects He is also aligned with contemporary Social realism for his depictions of urban life from the Manhattan neighborhood where he grew up Celentano was born in new York City in 1902 to neapolitan immigrants He was the fifth of fifteen children The family lived in what was once called italian Harlem on the upper East Side Many of Celentano s paintings depict street scenes and personalities from this neighborhood At the age of 12 Celentano became Thomas Hart Benton s first and youngest student He assisted Benton with the execution of several murals and the two remained lifelong friends By the time he was 16 Celentano had studied at the Cape Cod School of Art under Charles W Hawthorne at the new York School of fine and Applied Arts with Howard giles and at the national Academy of Design He first exhibited his work in 1930 at Alfred Stieglitz s opportunity gallery following the success of this show Celentano s works were exhibited in other museum exhibitions including those at the Corcoran gallery of Art The pennsylvania Academy of fine Arts The Whitney Museum of American Art the Brooklyn Museum the Detroit institute of Art and the Carnegie institute in 1938 he had his first one man show at the Maynard Walker s gallery in new York Walker represented many regionalist artists during the 1930s and 1940s including John Steurt Curry The present canvas depicts a regionalist agrarian scene of African American farmers reaping the harvest A partial label on the reverse indicates this work was exhibted at the Carnegie institute s interntaional Exhibition in 1943 According the record of the exhibtions that year Celentano exhibted a work titled Homage probably the artist conceived the composition as an Homage to his teacher Thomas Hart Benton in the 1920s Benton visited Arkansas Mississippi Alabama and georgia where he sketched studies from life in the 30s and 40s he revisited these sketches for the A merican T oday mural and for a series of paintings depicting cotton pickers Celentano would have been familiar with the paintings and the sketches from working with Benton 26
36 36 DANIEL RALPH CELENTANO American 1902 1980 THE POTATO PICKERS HOMAGE oil on canvas 26 x 24 inches unsigned PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut EXHIBITED Carnegie institute pittsburgh pennsylvania 1943 remnant label on the reverse Estimate 20 000 30 000 27
guy C Wiggins is one of the most iconic new York City impressionist painters His snowy scenes of the city have captured audiences since the 1920s Wiggins was a successful and prolific artist He operated an art school in old lyme Connecticut and divided his time between there and new York City Born in Brooklyn new York in 1883 Wiggins started his formal training in architecture By 1919 however he had transferred to the national Academy of Design to study painting under the tutelage of William Merritt Chase and robert Henri Henri encouraged his students to look to the streets of Manhattan for subjects from everyday life Wiggins remmebering his early architectural training took to cityscapes and depicting new York City s famous architecture He quickly established a national reputation and by age 20 his work was included in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in new York City Wiggins father Carleton Wiggins was a painter in the Barbizon style The Wiggins family would spend their summers in old lyme and in 1915 the family relocated there permanently Carleton became an active member of the old lyme Art Association however his style remained predominantly tonalist guy on the other hand learned from the artists in old lyme He absorbed their style of impressionism employing a bright color palette and American painting techniques Wiggins was an active member of the national Academy of Design elected a full academician in 1919 He exhibited regularly with the old lyme artists and earned prizes for his work from the Connecticut Academy of fine Arts the Salmagundi Club and the Art Club of philadelphia in 1917 he won the prestigious norman Wait Harris Bronze Medal from the Art institute of Chicago Throughout his life Wiggins would continue to paint scenes of new York City as a favored subject in late 1930s and 40s he maintained a studio in new York overlooking Washington Square park The present canvas is a quality example of one of his Washington Square paintings with bright white snow and bustling pedestrians 28
37 37 GUY CARLETON WIGGINS American 1883 1962 WINTER WASHINGTON SQ oil on canvas 25 x 30 1 4 inches signed guy Wiggins nA lower right signed and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE Mystic fine Arts october 6 1994 lot 152A private Collection Connecticut Estimate 50 000 75 000 29
38 38 GUY CARLETON WIGGINS American 1883 1962 SNOW STORM AT THE PLAZA oil on canvas board 15 7 8 x 11 3 4 inches signed guy Wiggins nA lower right signed and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 8 000 12 000 30
39 39 EDMUND WILLIAM GREACEN American 1873 1951 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY oil on canvas mounted on board 26 x 32 inches signed lower right PROVENANCE private Collection long island new York Estimate 12 000 18 000 31
40 BRUCE BRAITHWAITE American b 1950 SIXTH AVENUE LOVE oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches signed Bruce Braithwaite lower right numbered 503 inscribed love sculpture by robert indiana Sixth Ave nYC titled and signed on the reverse Estimate 4 000 6 000 41 KEN KEELEY American b 1934 CARNEGIE DELI oil and acrylic on canvas 46 x 62 inches signed and copyrighted 85 left center PROVENANCE private Collection long island new York Estimate 6 000 8 000 40 41 32
42 42 LEROY NEIMAN American 1921 2012 WINE GODDESS oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches signed leroy neiman and dated 80 lower left PROVENANCE private Collection georgia This work was commissioned by Caesar s palace as part of an exhibited collection called The girls of Caesar s palace Estimate 40 000 60 000 33
raoul Dufy was born in le Havre normandy where he first attended art school There he became friends with painter othon friesz and the two studied the works of Eugene Boudin in the museum of la Havre in 1900 Dufy received a grant to study at the Ecole nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in paris in paris he studied at the studio of leon Bonnat He became familiar with the works of the impressionists but was particularly attracted to Henri Matisse and fauvism He saw Matisse s Luxe C alme et V o lupte at the Salon des independants in 1905 and was deeply impressed initially Dufy s work emulated the fauvist style After the war he developed his own unique style with pure color free flowing lines and varying perspectives The present example nature Morte au Jardin comes from a series of works Dufy did of this scene depicting a still life composition in front of a garden The varying perspectives suggest a nearby table top or an interior scene with a window looking out in 1935 arts patron Alice Warder garrett purchased 10 watercolors from Dufy including a watercolor from the nature Morte au Jardin series garrett s collection of Dufy s which formed the Evergreen Museum and library at John s Hopkins was exhibited in 2007 A review noted Evergreen s Dufy paintings all made during the period between the two World Wars chronicle a prolific period of stylistic growth when the artist s thorough academic training experiments with impressionism and fauvism and experiences in book illustration and textile design coalesced into a fully mature a highly personal style of supple line limpid color and saturated light Heather Egan Stalfort A Celebration of raoul Dufy Johns Hopkins university Museum 2007 Dufy was highly prolific and became best known for his scenes of Mediterranean landscapes sea goddesses italian ruins and lighthearted views of leisure and spectacle His paintings captured 20th french living and appealed to both European and American collectors Time Magazine called Dufy the granddaddy of modern chic after his visit to America in 1950 1951 34
43 43 RAOUL DUFY french 1877 1953 NATURE MORTE AU JARDIN watercolor on paper 22 x 29 1 2 inches sight signed raoul Dufy lower right PROVENANCE private Collection florida Estimate 30 000 50 000 35
44 44 LE PHO french Vietnamese 1907 2001 COMPOSITION oil on board 19 1 4 x 28 1 2 inches signed le pho lower right PROVENANCE Wally findlay galleries Chicago illinois private Collection Minnesota Estimate 15 000 25 000 36
45 45 LE PHO french Vietnamese 1907 2001 MOTHER AND CHILD IN A GARDEN LE FEMME ET LES SERINGAS oil on canvas 26 x 32 inches signed le pho lower right PROVENANCE Wally findlay galleries Chicago illinois Jackson s Auctioneers June 4 2014 lot 722 private Collection greenwich Connecticut Estimate 25 000 35 000 37
A s for the horse I really like this animal as much for its beauty as for the harmony that it has with nature In nature the horse gives a sense of scale It provides interesting proportions with the sea and the sky for example I love life and horses with their forms and their ardour delight and intrigue me Andre Brasilier s dreamy surreal canvases have appealed to international audiences for decades Drawing from modern European art movements and Japanese prints Brasilier has achieved his own widely appealing unique style often inspired by music Brasilier uses color to create a harmony on the canvas The surreal landscapes evoke a peaceful dreamy place far away from the trivial problems of everyday life Brasilier was born in Anjou france the son of two painters in 1949 he began his formal artistic education at the Ecole nationale des Beaux Arts in paris where he studied under Maurice Briancon in 1952 he was awarded a prix florence Blumenthal and in 1953 he was awarded a grand prix de rome following his trip to rome he spent three years living at the Villa di Medici sponsored by the french Academy When he returned to paris he exhibited in major group shows throughout the 1950s and 60s He also had several independent exhibitions at notable galleries in france and at David B findlay gallery in new York Brasilier continues to have a very successful artistic career with active collector s in America Europea and Japan When asked why his work is particularly appealing to a Japanese audience Brasileir noted his preference for simplicity and his attention to composition Brasilier has been the subject of two major retrospectives at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint petersburg 2005 and at the Museum Haus ludwig fur Kunstausstellungen Saarolis in germany 2007 His works are in museums and private collections worldwide including The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the State Hermitage Museum 38
46 46 ANDRE BRASILIER french b 1929 CAVALIERS SOUS LES BRANCHES A FERE EN TARDENOISE 1970 oil on canvas 38 1 2 x 51 inches signed Andre Brasilier lower left center signed titled and dated on the reverse PROVENANCE David findlay galleries new York new York private Collection new York Estimate 40 000 60 000 39
47 47 LOUISE NEVELSON American 1899 1988 SCULPTURE IN TWO PARTS painted wood 10 1 2 H signed nevelson PROVENANCE private Collection guilford Connecticut Estimate 12 000 18 000 40
48 48 ALICE L MATTERN American 1909 1945 ALLEGRO oil on canvas 42 1 4 x 39 inches signed Alice Mattern and dated 43 lower left PROVENANCE A Connecticut Estate EXHIBITED Solomon guggenheim foundation Carnegie Hall october 15 1943 April 15 1944 Cazenovia Junior College Art Department Cazenovia new York november 15 December 15 1944 forth Worth Art Association fort Worth Texas february 1945 Memorial Exhibition of the Artist 1946 The Museum of non objective Art new York new York 30 Estimate 15 000 25 000 41
49 49 RALPH ALBERT BLAKELOCK American 1847 1919 WESTERN LANDSCAPE oil on panel 6 1 2 x 11 7 8 inches initialed rAB lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Chapel Hill north Carolina EXHIBITED The great Mad genius returns nov 11 Dec 10 2017 Questroyal gallery new York new York in its original Eastlake frame Estimate 12 000 18 000 42
50 50 JOSEPH MCGURL American b 1958 VIEW OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM CADILLAC MOUNTAIN oil on canvas 20 1 2 x 36 inches signed Joseph Mcgurl and dated 1994 lower right signed titled dated and numbered 19 on the reverse PROVENANCE Walker Cunningham fine Art Massachusetts private Collection Connecticut Estimate 10 000 12 000 43
51A 51B 51 WILLIAM M HART American 1823 1894 CATTLE BY A RIVER ROWBOAT ON A RIVER A PAIR both oil on paper on panel 5 x 11 inches each a initialed lower left b unsigned PROVENANCE Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers May 1 2008 lot 257 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 10 000 15 000 44
52 52 HENDRICK DIRK KRUSEMAN VAN ELTEN American Dutch 1829 1904 SUMMER AFTERNOON oil on canvas 14 1 2 x 22 1 2 inches signed Kruseman Van Elten lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Massachusetts Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 25 2007 lot 25 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 8 000 12 000 45
53 53 JOHN WILLIAMSON American 1826 1885 LAKE GEORGE oil on canvas 20 1 2 x 30 1 2 inches initialed JW and dated 1874 lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Maryland EXHIBITED Washington D C Adams Davidson galleries The legacy of the Hudson river School American landscapes 1860 1880 october 15 november 21 1981 illus exh cat p 16 Estimate 20 000 30 000 46
54 54 MAURITZ FREDERICK H DE HAAS American 1832 1895 LIGHTHOUSE ON THE SHORE oil on canvas 17 x 30 inches signed M f H De Haas and dated 1865 lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new England Estimate 8 000 12 000 47
55 55 ARTHUR HOEBER American 1854 1915 SUNSET ON THE MARSHES CAPE COD oil on canvas 12 x 30 inches signed Arthur Hoeber lower right signed and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 4 000 6 000 56 48 56 HENRY HAMMOND AHL American 1869 1953 REPOSE NEW SPRINGFIELD MASS oil on canvas 22 x 36 inches signed Henry H Ahl lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 20 2005 lot 242 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 3 000 5 000
57 57 EMIL CARLSEN American 1848 1932 BY THE SHORE oil on canvas 15 x 18 inches signed Emil Carlsen lower left PROVENANCE The estate of the artist irma rudin new York new York 1980s property of a Southern Collection Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers April 28 2011 lot 40 private Collection Connecticut Estimate 8 000 12 000 49
58 58 JULIAN ALDEN WEIR American 1852 1919 LADY IN WHITE oil on canvas 16 1 4 x 13 1 8 inches signed J A Weir lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Beverly Hills California Estimate 7 000 10 000 50
59 59 LILLA CABOT PERRY American 1848 1933 MOTHER AND BABY ALICE GREW AND ANITA oil on canvas 25 3 4 x 31 3 4 inches unsigned PROVENANCE The artist Estate of the above Hirschl Adler galleries inc new York private collection florida Christie s new York november 30 2006 lot 3 Acquired by the present owner from the above private Collection new York new York ILLUSTRATED M l Soderman olson reconstructing lilla Cabot perry 18891933 A Study in Class and gender ph D dissertation The graduate School of the university of Minnesota 2000 pp 114 582 illustrated Estimate 15 000 25 000 51
60 60 F LUIS MORA American 1874 1940 FEEDING ROSEMARY oil on canvas 29 3 4 x 24 3 4 inches signed f luis Mora lower left estate stamp on the reverse PROVENANCE Estate of the artist perth Amboy nJ stored by the Compton family the artist s in laws private Collection Connecticut EXHIBITED Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center f luis Mora and the Expression of Beauty September 25 2009 february 7 2010 Waterbury Connecticut ILLUSTRATED Baron lynne pauls f luis Mora America s first Hispanic Master 2008 falk Art reference page 232 A copy of the book f luis Mora America s first Hispanic Master and a letter from the author lynne Baron accompany the lot Estimate 5 000 7 000 52
61 61 F LUIS MORA American 1874 1940 SELF PORTRAIT oil on canvas 42 x 42 inches signed Mora lower left and estate reference number 980 lower right PROVENANCE Estate of the artist perth Amboy nJ stored by the Compton family the artist s in laws private Collection Connecticut ILLUSTRATED Baron lynne pauls f luis Mora America s first Hispanic Master 2008 falk Art reference Cover and page 110 A copy of the book f luis Mora America s first Hispanic Master and a letter from the author lynne Baron accompany the lot Estimate 12 000 18 000 53
georges d Espagnat was born in Melun france in 1870 His family moved to paris when he was eighteen D Espagnat was independent from the start rejecting traditional artistic education at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and choosing instead classes at the Academie Colarossi He spent most of his time at the louvre drawing from the works of Delacroix rembrandt and rubens in 1890 he travelled to italy to see firsthand Venetian masterworks by Titian and Tintoretto in 1891 D Espagnat exhibited his work for the first time at the Salon des refusees He would later exhibit at the Salon of the Societe nationale and the Salon des independents All of these venues were known for their avant garde exhibitions and openness to modern trends in 1895 he participated in his first solo exhibition at the galerie Durand ruel in paris where he continued to exhibit thorughout his life in 1902 he would have a solo exhibition at Durandruel in new York City in 1903 D Espagnat together with architecht frantz Jourdain and critic ivanhoe rambosson founded the Salon d Autumne The Salon d Autumne promoted the work of young modern artists and hosted retrospectives of modern artsits whose work had been rejected in the second half of the 19th century D Espagnat was closely acquainted with many of the impressionists and postimpressionists including renior Vuillard Andre Bonnard and Denis from 1900 1910 he visited renoir on numerous occasions in the Cote d Azur their friendship and artistic exchage is well documented le repos probably dates to the early 1900s when D Espagnat was particularly influenced by renior and other late impressionists The patterened interior flatness and dark outlines reflect works by contemporary initimist painters Vuillard and Bonnard The softness and dreamy restful pose of the woman alludes to renoir s figures D Espagnat works are collected in numerous museums and public collections including the Museum of fine Arts Boston the Mus e royal des Beaux Arts Brussels the Metropolitan Museum of Art new York the Art institute Chicago indianapolis Museum of Art the pushkin Museum Moscow the Mus e d orsay the Mus e d Art Moderne Mus e Eug ne Delacroix Bibliotheque nationale and palais de l institut paris Mus e de l Annonciade Saint Tropez Mus e d Art Moderne et Contemporain Strasbourg Mus e lambinet Versailles Mueso Thyssen Bornemisza Madrid and the national Museum of Western Art Tokyo The robert lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum in new York City contains more paintings by georges D Espagnat than any other 19th or 20th century artist 54
62 62 GEORGES D ESPAGNAT french 1870 1950 LE REPOS oil on canvas 36 1 4 x 28 3 4 inches signed with initials upper left PROVENANCE private Collection florida Estimate 40 000 60 000 55
lovell Birge Harrison trained with some of the best artists of the day and became an influential teacher and co founder of the Art Students league Summer School in Woodstock new York As a painter he is best known for his tonalist landscapes and cityscapes of Quebec and new York City Art historian David Adams Cleveland noted of Harrison perhaps no painter of his generation was able to combine such finesse of design acuity of execution and depth of emotion The present canvas is a masterwork by the artist synthesizing his understanding of Tonalism and impressionism in Bryant Park at Evening New Y ork Harrison captures a rare moment of quiet in the city The cool serene scene is brought to life with the warm glow from the lights of the El and in the apartment windows Harisson captures the period architecture of new York City drawing the viewer into the painting as if one were walking on the sidewalk The beautifully painted sky above with flashes of orange hints at the coming sun after the storm Harrison was born in philadelphia in 1854 His father was a wealthy and cultured man who appreciated the arts but wanted his children to pursue more lucrative careers Despite this Harrison enrolled at the philadelphia Sketch Club under the tutelage of Thomas Eakins and the pennsylvania Academy of fine Arts At the pAfA in 1876 he met John Singer Sargeant who advised Harrison to pursue studies under Carolus Duran in parris Harrison left for paris that year and studied with Carolus Duran Jules Bastien lepage and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts The french government recognized Harrison by purchasing one of his paintings from the Salon in 1881 The painting November was among the first American paintings purchased by france While abroad Harrison travelled extensively in france and in Europe and to india Australia Asia and Africa He did illustrations for Scribner s C entury and Harper s magazines When he retured to the united States he moved first to California After the death of his first wife Eleanor ritchie he moved back to the east coast in 1904 he met ralph Whitehead and worked as an instructor at Byrdcliffe He soon moved to nearby Woodstock and eventually became the head of the Woodstock Art Colony Harrison taught his students what he valued in his own paintings soft lighting muted colors and emotion Harrison s paintings are in numerous public and private collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum the national Academy Museum the fine Arts Museum of San francisco and the Musee d orsay 56
63 63 BIRGE HARRISON American 1854 1929 BRYANT PARK AT EVENING NEW YORK oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches signed Birge Harrison lower right PROVENANCE private Collection since the early 1900s descended in the family to the great great grandson EXHIBITED Twenty first Annual Exhibition Art institute of Chicago no 123 1908 label on the reverse Estimate 60 000 80 000 57
guy C Wiggins was born in Brooklyn new York in 1883 His father Carleton Wiggins was an accomplished landscape artist who enjoyed a successful career as an artist According to an article on the Wiggins family written in 2011 He Carleton Wiggins pressed a palette and paints into his young son s hands By age 4 guy Carleton Wiggins was churning out watercolors that foreshadowed a talent greater than his father s Ann farmer new York Times A family of painters is Having its Moment Jun 6 2011 Wiggins first studied architecture at Brooklyn polytechnic institute then left to pursue fine arts training at the national Academy of Design The architectural cityscape of new York City became his muse and he started painting famous buildings in an impressionistic style He once said if you want to sell paintings it helps if it s recognizable to many people He became highly successful in the 1920s and 30s selling views of new York City architecture particularly in the snow in 1912 he became the youngest artist represented in the Metropolitan Museum s collection with a painting titled Metropolitan Tower He painted the Executive Mansion from the White House lawn a painting that hung in president Eisenhower s office The great Depression took a toll on sales and Wiggins struggled in the years following the war He moved with his family permanently to Essex Connecticut and started the guy Wiggins Art School He became an active member of the old lyme Art Academy He started to paint landscapes however he continued to paint new York City as a preferred subject Wiggins legacy was preserved in the history of American Art and his works are included in numerous public and private collections including the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford Connecticut the Metropolitan Museum of Art the Brooklyn Museum the national gallery in Washington D C and the Art institute of Chicago 58
64 64 GUY CARLETON WIGGINS American 1883 1962 CITY HALL PARK oil on board 16 x 20 inches guy Wiggins nA lower right titled and signed on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 30 000 50 000 59
65 65 GEORGE OBERTEUFFER American 1878 1940 VIEW FROM STUDIO WINDOW NEW YORK oil on canvas 36 x 29 3 4 inches signed oberteuffer and dated 31 lower left PROVENANCE The estate of the artist graham gallery new York new York private Collection Connecticut Estimate 7 000 10 000 60
66 66 GUY CARLETON WIGGINS American 1883 1962 WASHINGTON SQUARE oil on board 12 x 9 inches signed guy Wiggins nA lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 10 000 15 000 61
67 67 ROBERT SPEAR DUNNING American 1829 1905 STILL LIFE WITH PEACHES AND GRAPES oil on canvas 7 x 9 inches signed r S Dunning and dated 1900 on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Estimate 4 000 6 000 62
68 68 PAUL LACROIX American 1827 1869 FRUIT AND WINE GLASS ON MARBLE TABLETOP oil on canvas 27 3 8 x 34 1 4 inches signed p lacroix lower right PROVENANCE private Collection north Carolina Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers April 26 2007 lot 109 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 15 000 25 000 63
69 69 WILLIAM MASON BROWN American 1828 1898 A DAY ON THE WATER LAKE GEORGE oil on canvas 12 x 18 inches initialed lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Cincinnati ohio Estimate 12 000 18 000 64
70 70 WORTHINGTON WHITTREDGE American 1820 1910 A HUNTER AND HIS DOG IN AN AUTUMN LANDSCAPE oil on canvas 11 1 8 x 18 5 8 inches signed W Whittredge lower right PROVENANCE Eleanor Schnabell richmond Virginia Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers April 26 2007 lot 124 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 15 000 25 000 65
71 71 FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA American 1835 1886 THE DAY S CATCH oil on canvas 23 3 8 x 18 1 2 inches signed f A Silva lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers May 1 2008 lot 84 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 40 000 60 000 66
72 72 DANIEL HUNTINGTON American 1816 1906 LANDSCAPE LAKE MOHONK 1899 oil on canvas 56 x 44 inches signed D Huntington inscribed Mohonk and dated lower right PROVENANCE possibly lee B Anderson new York by 1967 Babcock galleries new York Mr and Mrs randolph J Agley 1990 2009 EXHIBITED The Tree in America Vareika fine Art July December 2015 newport rhode island ILLUSTRATED The Magazine Antiques 137 no 4 April 1990 770 71 Kenneth Myers Suburban Wilderness Whittredge gifford and the Tradition of landscape painting in the Shawangunk Mountains of new York unpublished paper presented at the Sanford gifford Conference Metropolitan Museum of Art new York winter 2004 n p featured in the review of the Vareika Exhibition new England Art Journal Estimate 30 000 50 000 67
73 73 HAROLD C DUNBAR American 1882 1953 IN THE GARDEN OF THE HOTEL CHEVILLON GREZ oil on canvas board 10 1 2 x 13 3 4 inches signed H C Dunbar and inscribed grez sur loing lower right titled on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection rhode island Estimate 5 000 7 000 68
74 74 FRANK C PENFOLD American 1849 1921 CONVERSATION IN THE GARDEN oil on canvas 21 3 4 x 18 inches signed f C penfold and dated illegibly possibly 92 lower left PROVENANCE private Collection pittsburgh by descent to private Collection Sarasota florida Estimate 6 000 8 000 69
75 75 HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY American 1873 1952 PORTRAIT OF A LADY oil on canvas 36 x 73 1 2 inches signed Howard Chandler Christy and dated 1902 lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new York new York Estimate 10 000 15 000 70
76 76 CHARLES WEBSTER HAWTHORNE American 1872 1930 MOTHER AND CHILD oil on wood panel 36 x 24 inches unsigned PROVENANCE Babcock galleries new York new York C Duncan Connelly Atlanta georgia private Collection new York new York Estimate 20 000 30 000 71
77 77 HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH American 1880 1980 CREST OF THE WAVE bronze 21 3 4 H signed Harriet W frishmuth and dated 1925 and inscribed f gorham founders QfHl PROVENANCE private Collection ohio Estimate 15 000 25 000 72
78 78 FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES American 1863 1937 PAN OF ROHALLION bronze 30 H signed frederick MacMonnies on base inscribed paris Copyright 1890 dated 1891 and E gruet foundry mark inscribed Anno DoMini MCDCCClXl on base PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 12 000 18 000 73
79 79 ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY American 1926 2011 BICYCLES AND RICKY tempera on board 8 x 12 inches signed robert Vickrey lower right PROVENANCE Midtown galleries new York new York private Collection new York Estimate 2 500 3 500 80 74 80 ROBERT VICKREY American 1926 2011 HAWK ROCK 1972 tempera on board 28 x 43 3 4 inches signed robert Vickrey lower left PROVENANCE Shannon s April 29 2010 lot 74 private Collection florida This painting was executed near golden Colorado at Mosquito gulch Vickrey was the guest artist for a summer workshop and he was intrigued by the ambiguities of the rock formations As an accomplished photographer he shot a series of images and then developed the painting in the fall of 1972 at his studio in orleans Massachusetts Estimate 7 000 10 000
81 MARK TANSEY American b 1949 ALLEGORICAL PAINTING ETCHING CA 1970 a oil on masonite 14 x 10 inches b 10 3 4 x 10 inches sheet unsigned etching signed M Tansey lower right and numbered 1 50 lower center PROVENANCE gift from the artist private Collection oregon A letter from the owner describing the provenance accompanies the lot This painting is a reference to gustav flaubert s Salammbo and the cult of Tanit At the top of the painting Tansey included the symbol of Tanit goddess of the city of Carthage The accompanying etching is the first strike of the plate signed and numbered by the artist The image on the etching appears in the painting verifying the artist Estimate 25 000 35 000 81A 81B 75
82 82 GIFFORD BEAL American 1879 1956 PLUM COVE ANNISQUAM C 1925 oil on canvas 20 x 30 inches signed gifford Beal lower right PROVENANCE Kraushaar galleries new York new York Tom Colville fine Art guilford Connecticut private Collection Washington State EXHIBITED rhode island School of Design providence rhode island 1936 Kraushaar galleries new York gifford Beal A Centennial Exhibition november 6 December 1 1979 Estimate 8 000 12 000 76
83 83 FRANK WESTON BENSON American 1862 1951 THE THOROUGHFARE watercolor on paper 13 3 4 x 19 7 8 inches signed f W Benson and dated 22 lower left PROVENANCE The artist to Mrs Edward Alford Ms Muriel g Saltonstall private Collection new York Estimate 25 000 35 000 77
84 84 GASPARD LATOIX British American 1858 1918 NATIVE AMERICAN ON HORSEBACK oil on canvas 24 x 18 inches signed latoix lower right PROVENANCE A new York estate private Collection new York Estimate 10 000 15 000 78
OGDEN MINTON PLEISSNER American 1905 1983
An avid hunter and angler ogden Minton pleissner fluidly translated the sport into his art His most succesful compostions including the present example realistically depict the landscape and figures to evoke the action and feeling of the hunt As an artist he is best remembered for his realistic sporting scenes and his adept handling of watercolor pleissner painted in America Europe and Bermuda pleissner was born in Brooklyn in 1905 and took an interest in painting at a young age His parents encouraged his artistic endevours His father was intersted in arts and music and his mother was an accomplished violinist As an adolescent he studied at the Art Students league in Manhattan in the summer pleissner visited dude ranches and youth camps in DuBois Wyoming There he sketched the images of the American West landscapes animals native Americans and cowboys His experiences sketching outdoors would influence his later works painted en plein air As a young emerging artist pleissner initially struggled to find gallery representation His work was exhibited at Harlow MacDonald s fifth Avenue gallery where it sold well from then on he became a successful artist and his work is still highly sought after by collectors today in 1932 the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased one of his paintings Backyards Brooklyn making him at the time the youngest artist represented in the collection During World War ii pleissner served as an artist illustrating for the united States Air force and life Magazine He used watercolors because they were a portable and quick drying medium This experience undoubtedly contributed his facility with watercolors and his aptitude for drawing figures in action After the War pleissner continued to paint using watercolor as a preferred medium pleissner excelled at illustrating sporting scenes As a sportsmen himself he knew the correct postures apparal and equipment He sketched on site and traveled extensively in search of new subjects and in pursuit of the sport His biographer peter Bergh noted one can always sense in pleissner s sporting pictures that he is paintng the things he likes to look at in the places he likes to be The present lot G rouse Hunt is a remarkable example of pleissner s adept handling of watercolor and his aptitude for depicting sporting scenes in the composition pleissner captures the fleeting moment when the grouse crosses the firing line The hunter his dog a short haired pointer and the grouse are frozen in those few suspenseful seconds the most exciting moment of the hunt 80
85 85 OGDEN MINTON PLEISSNER American 1905 1983 GROUSE HUNT watercolor on paper 17 3 4 x 27 3 4 inches sight signed pleissner lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 25 000 35 000 81
86 DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT American 1839 1924 GATHERING LEAVES watercolor on paper 13 x 10 1 8 inches sight signed ridgway Knight and dated 1883 lower right PROVENANCE Christie s May 30 1986 lot 94 Sotheby s March 14 2001 lot 20 private Collection new York new York Estimate 5 000 7 000 86 87 DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT American 1839 1924 THE LITTLE SHEPHERDESS watercolor with gouache on paper 16 3 8 x 13 1 4 inches sight signed ridgway Knight and inscribed paris lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Chappaqua new York Estimate 3 000 5 000 87 82
88 88 JOHN GEORGE BROWN American 1831 1913 SHOESHINE BOY oil on canvas 24 x 16 inches signed J g Brown n A and inscribed Copyright lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Texas Estimate 8 000 12 000 83
89 89 EMILE ALBERT GRUPPE American 1896 1978 MT MANSFIELD EARLY MORNING VERMONT oil on canvas 30 1 2 x 36 inches signed Emile A gruppe lower right titled on the stretcher PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 15 000 25 000 84
90 90 HARRY LEITH ROSS American 1886 1973 DIBBLE S FARM oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches signed leith ross lower left titled on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection Maryland EXHIBITED providence Art Club prize Annual Exhibition 1932 Estimate 15 000 25 000 85
91 91 GEORGE LAFAYETTE CLOUGH American 1824 1901 A VIEW ON THE LAKE oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches signed g l Clough lower left PROVENANCE Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 26 2006 lot 85 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 12 000 18 000 86
92 92 CHARLES HARRY EATON American 1850 1901 REFLECTIONS LATE AUTUMN oil on canvas 16 x 24 inches signed C Harry Eaton lower left PROVENANCE Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 26 2006 lot 37 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 6 000 8 000 87
93 93 GEORGE CURTIS American 1826 1881 NEAR THE DOVER CLIFFS oil on panel 10 x 14 inches signed geo Curtis and dated 1878 lower right PROVENANCE A new Hampshire estate Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers May 1 2008 lot 18 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 5 000 7 000 94 88 94 EDWARD MORAN American 1829 1901 SAILING IN THE MOONLIGHT oil on canvas 20 x 30 inches signed Edward Moran lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 10 000 15 000
95A 95B 95 ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER American 1837 1908 MAINE COASTAL SCENES GROUP OF FOUR watercolor en grisaille with Chinese white on paper 4 x 7 3 4 inches and smaller sight signed with monogram lower right PROVENANCE These drawings were purchased as an intact sketchbook from his niece by Clayton liberatore gallery of new York City and Bridgehampton long island private Collection Connecticut Estimate 2 000 3 000 95C 95D 89
96 ANDREW JOHN HENRY WAY American 1826 1888 GRAPES ON THE VINE oil on canvas 20 x 14 inches signed A J H Way lower left PROVENANCE private Collection California private Collection new Jersey Estimate 3 000 5 000 97 BRYANT CHAPIN American 1830 1889 STILL LIFE WITH PEACHES AND GRAPES oil on canvas 13 x 17 inches signed Bryant Chapin lower left signed and dated 1924 on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection rhode island Estimate 2 500 3 500 96 97 90
98 MORSTON REAM American 1840 1898 FRUIT AND GLASS ON A MARBLE TABLETOP oil on canvas 12 x 10 1 8 inches signed MC ream and dated 1872 lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new York Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers May 1 2008 lot 211 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 2 500 3 500 99 RICHARD LA BARRE GOODWIN American 1840 1910 CURRANTS oil on canvas 4 1 2 x 6 3 4 inches signed goodwin and dated 95 upper left PROVENANCE D Wigmore fine Art new York private Collection new York Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers May 1 2008 lot 43 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 5 000 7 000 98 99 91
100 100 ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER American 1837 1908 DISTANT BEACON oil on canvas 9 x 14 inches signed A T Bricher lower left PROVENANCE ira Spanierman inc new York new York Sotheby s 1997 private Collection California private Collection Arizona Estimate 6 000 8 000 101 92 101 CHARLES H GIFFORD American 1823 1880 A SUNLIT SHORE oil on artist board 9 x 13 inches signed C H gifford and dated 96 lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Massachusetts Estimate 3 000 5 000
102 102 CHARLES H GIFFORD American 1823 1880 COASTAL SUNSET oil on canvas 8 x 12 inches signed C H gifford and dated lower right PROVENANCE Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 26 2006 lot 151 private Collection pennsylvania EXHIBITED new Bedford Massachusetts Charles Henry gifford 18391904 an Artist s Journey new Bedford Art Museum May 31 August 31 2007 Estimate 12 000 18 000 93
103A 103 ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER American 1837 1908 MAINE COASTAL SCENES GROUP OF FOUR watercolor en grisaille with Chinese white on paper 3 1 4 x 7 3 4 inches and smaller sight signed with monogram lower right PROVENANCE These drawings were purchased as an intact sketchbook from his niece by Clayton liberatore gallery of new York City and Bridgehampton long island private Collection Connecticut Estimate 2 000 3 000 103B 103C 103D 94
104 104 WARREN SHEPPARD American 1858 1937 LUMINOUS COASTAL SUNSET oil on canvas 20 x 30 inches signed Warren Sheppard lower left PROVENANCE Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers May 1 2008 lot 37 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 8 000 12 000 95
105 105 CHARLES COURTNEY CURRAN American 1861 1942 106 YOUNG WOMAN IN WHITE oil on canvas 22 1 4 x 18 1 4 inches signed Charles Curran 1919 lower left PROVENANCE Hoover gallery San francisco California W S Budworth Son new York new York private Collection Texas Estimate 8 000 12 000 106 CHARLES COURTNEY CURRAN American 1861 1942 STUDY FOR ACADIA oil on canvas 21 x 13 1 8 inches signed Chas C Curran and dated 1899 lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Bryn Mawr pennsylvania Estimate 5 000 7 000 107 AMERICAN SCHOOL 19th 20th Century PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN oil on board 10 1 8 x 7 inches unsigned PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 2 000 3 000 96 107
108 108 ELIHU VEDDER American 1836 1923 PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN oil on canvas 14 1 4 x 14 1 4 inches signed Elihu and dated 189 lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Arizona private Collection California in a florentine frame possibly made by the artist Estimate 10 000 15 000 109 AMERICAN c 1880 1890 ANTIQUE PATTERNED COVE FRAME WITH MIRROR 29 3 8 x 24 1 4 inches rabbet 9 inches frame width PROVENANCE private Collection California Estimate 1 000 1 500 109 97
110 JAMES MCDOUGAL HART American 1828 1901 ROAD FROM THE VILLAGE ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK oil on canvas 14 x 24 inches signed James M Hart and dated 1875 lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new York private Collection Washington Estimate 2 000 3 000 110 111 WILLIAM M HART American 1823 1894 ALONG THE ESOPUS RIVER KINGSTON NEW YORK oil on canvas initialed lower left 8 1 4 x 15 3 4 inches signed Wm Hart and dated 1874 on the stretcher PROVENANCE A new England Estate Susan powell new York A J Kollar fine paintings llC Seattle Washington private Collection Burien Washington Estimate 2 500 3 500 111 112 GEORGE HENRY SMILLIE American 1840 1921 MILL POND AT RIDGEFIELD CONNECTICUT oil on canvas 15 x 24 inches signed geo H Smillie and dated 1917 lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new York new York Kenneth lux gallery new York new York private Collection louisiana richard York gallery new York new York Vose galleries Boston Massachusetts private Collection pennsylvania EXHIBITED World Columbian Exposition Chicago illinois 1893 no 921 Estimate 3 000 5 000 112 98
113 113 JOHN BUNYAN BRISTOL American 1826 1909 SAILING IN THE ADIRONDACKS oil on canvas 13 x 24 inches signed JB Bristol lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new England Joe Berlin polson Montana private Collection Seattle Washington Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 26 2006 lot 71 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 7 000 10 000 99
114 114 GEORGE LAFAYETTE CLOUGH 115 DAVID JOHNSON ATTRIBUTED EAST SIDE OF OWASCO LAKE DURHAM NY oil on canvas 12 x 30 inches signed g l Clough lower left PROVENANCE private Collection indiana Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers May 5 2006 lot 5 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 10 000 15 000 VIEW NEAR WEST POINT oil on panel 8 1 2 x 10 5 8 inches unsigned PROVENANCE Kennedy galleries new York new York private Collection Cleveland ohio Estimate 5 000 7 000 American 1824 1901 115 100 American 1827 1908
116 116 HERMANN HERZOG American german 1832 1932 SQUALL OVER THE OLD MILL oil on canvas 22 x 27 inches signed H Herzog lower left PROVENANCE Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 20 2005 lot 103 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 15 000 25 000 101
117 JOHANN BERTHELSEN American 1883 1972 UNION SQUARE oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches signed Johann Berthelsen lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Alabama Estimate 4 000 6 000 118 JOHANN BERTHELSEN American 1883 1972 SUMMER EVENING THE PLAZA NEW YORK CITY oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches signed Johann Berthelsen lower right signed titled and dated 1948 on reverse PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 5 000 7 000 117 118 102
119 119 LEE LASH American 1864 1935 WALL STREET oil on canvas 50 x 60 inches signed lower right PROVENANCE Sotheby s november 30 1989 lot 292 private Collection long island new York Estimate 25 000 35 000 103
120 JOHN C TERELAK American b 1942 THE VILLAGE oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches signed J C Terelak and inscribed 87 lower right PROVENANCE Arlene McDaniels gallery Simsbury Connecticut private Collection florida Estimate 2 500 3 500 120 121 LUDOLFS LIBERTS latvian American 1895 1959 PARIS AT NIGHT oil on canvas 30 x 36 inches signed l liberts lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 5 000 7 000 121 122 BRUCE BRAITHWAITE American b 1950 MERCER STREET NEAR HOUSTON NYC oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches signed B Braithwaite lower right numbered 502 titled and signed on the reverse Estimate 2 000 3 000 122 104
123 THOMAS HEATON COOPER American 20th Century PROSPECT AVE CLEVELAND oil on canvas 19 x 14 inches signed T H Cooper lower left and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 2 000 3 000 123 124 LANDRY American 20th Century CONNIE S LUNCH PHILADELPHIA oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches signed landry lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 3 000 5 000 124 105
125 MARY PERKINS TAYLOR American 1875 1931 LOWER EAST SIDE FRUIT MARKET oil on canvas laid down on board 5 1 2 x 4 inches initialed lower left center and dated 1917 on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 1 500 2 500 126 MARY PERKINS TAYLOR American 1875 1931 42ND STREET AND FIFTH oil on canvas 5 x 6 1 2 inches unsigned PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 2 500 3 500 125 126 106
127 JOHANN BERTHELSEN American 1883 1972 UNION SQUARE oil on canvas board 9 x 12 inches signed Johann Berthelsen lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Alabama Estimate 3 000 5 000 127 128 JOHANN BERTHELSEN American 1883 1972 LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER oil on canvas 12 x 9 inches signed Johann Berthelsen lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 128 107
129 DAVID JOHNSON American 1827 1908 NEW WARWICK ORANGE COUNTY N Y oil on canvas 15 x 12 inches initialed DJ lower right signed David Johnson and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 10 000 15 000 129 130 DAVID JOHNSON American 1827 1908 BASH BISH FALLS oil on canvas 11 3 4 x 10 1 2 inches initialed D J lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new York Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 29 2009 lot 62 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 5 000 7 000 130 108
131 131 HENDRICK DIRK KRUSEMAN VAN ELTEN Dutch 1829 1904 BERRY GROUNDS ULSTER COUNTY NY oil on canvas 26 x 40 1 4 inches signed Kruseman Van Elten lower right PROVENANCE An illinois estate Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers May 5 2006 lot 107 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 10 000 15 000 109
132 132 WILLIAM TROST RICHARDS American 1833 1905 VIEW OF CANAAN MOUNTAINS CONNECTICUT C 1895 oil on paper on board 8 5 8 x 16 inches unsigned PROVENANCE godel Co new York new York private Collection larchmont new York Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers May 5 2006 lot 4 private Collection pennsylvania This painting has been verbally authenticated by linda ferber Estimate 5 000 7 000 133 110 133 WILLIAM TROST RICHARDS American 1833 1905 THYME FIELD AND CEDAR SWAMP MATUNUCK RI oil on board 10 x 16 inches unsigned titled and dated 1905 on the reverse PROVENANCE godel Co new York new York private Collection larchmont new York Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers May 5 2006 lot 6 private Collection pennsylvania This painting has been verbally authenticated by linda ferber Estimate 5 000 7 000
134 134 FRANK C PENFOLD American 1849 1921 COWS GRAZING BY THE STREAM oil on canvas 20 x 30 inches signed f C penfold and dated 1882 lower left PROVENANCE Heritage Auctions graham D Williford Collection new York new York private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 2 000 3 000 135 HUGH BOLTON JONES American 1848 1927 SUMMER LANDSCAPE oil on canvas 16 x 24 1 4 inches signed H Bolton Jones lower left PROVENANCE James D gill Springfield Massachusetts private Collection Washington D C Estimate 5 000 7 000 135 111
136 136 GEORGE CURTIS American 1826 1881 SUNSET ALONG THE SHORE oil on panel 10 x 14 inches signed g o Curtis lower left PROVENANCE A north Carolina estate Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers April 26 2007 lot 81 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 5 000 7 000 137 112 137 BRUCE CRANE American 1857 1937 THE AFTER GLOW oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches signed Bruce Crane and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE A Virginia estate painted c 1890 Estimate 3 000 5 000
138 138 ALICE WORTHINGTON BALL 139 ALFRED HEBER HUTTY SUNDAY ON THE OLD PLANTATION SAVANNAH GEORGIA 1923 oil on board 15 3 4 x 19 5 8 inches signed A Worthington Ball lower right PROVENANCE Casson galleries Boston Massachusetts EXHIBITED Casson galleries Boston november 1923 Allied Artist of American Thirteenth Annual Exhibition fine Art galleries new York new York ILLUSTRATED The Work of Art Sketches in oil Boston Herald november 11 1923 p 42 Estimate 2 000 3 000 RED ROOFS oil on board 11 3 4 x 15 3 4 inches signed Alfred Hutty lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 6 000 8 000 American 1869 1929 American 1877 1954 139 113
140 140 SAMUEL COLMAN American 1832 1920 LANDSCAPE WITH COWS oil on canvas 25 x 42 inches signed Sam Colman lower left PROVENANCE Swann galleries new York new York private Collection California Estimate 10 000 15 000 114
141 141 ALBERT BIERSTADT American 1830 1902 LANDSCAPE WITH MOUNTAIN AND TREES oil on canvas 13 x 17 1 4 inches unsigned PROVENANCE private Collection Massachusetts Estimate 20 000 30 000 115
142 142 ALDRO THOMPSON HIBBARD 143 WALTER EMERSON BAUM MARTHA S VINEYARD oil on canvas board 8 x 9 1 2 inches signed A T Hibbard and dated 15 lower left PROVENANCE Collection of a Wellesley gentleman John g Hagan fine Art gallery Wellesley Massachusetts Hayden Studio Belmont Massachusetts Estimate 4 000 6 000 COUNTRY ROAD IN WINTER VILLAGE CLUSTER oil on canvasboard 13 x 20 inches signed Baum lower right PROVENANCE Vose galleries Boston Massachusetts private Collection pennsylvania Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 26 2006 lot 237 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 6 000 8 000 American 1886 1972 143 116 American 1884 1956
144 144 GIFFORD BEAL American 1879 1956 HOUSES IN SUNLIGHT GLOUCESTER C 1925 oil on canvas 28 x 36 inches unsigned PROVENANCE Estate of the artist Kraushaar galleries new York new York private Collection new York Estimate 8 000 12 000 117
145 RICHARD HAYLEY LEVER American 1876 1958 TREES IN BLOOM FRANCE 1910 oil on canvas 16 x 12 inches signed Hayley lever lower right PROVENANCE Clayton liberatore gallery Bridgehampton new York private Collection new York Estimate 2 500 3 500 145 146 WINFIELD SCOTT CLIME American 1881 1958 NEW ENGLAND FARM IN SNOW oil on masonite 20 x 24 inches signed Winfield Scott Clime lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers April 30 2009 lot 274 private Collection Connecticut Estimate 2 000 3 000 146 147 WILLIAM CHADWICK American 1879 1962 AUTUMN MORNING oil on board 14 x 18 inches signed W Chadwick lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 1 500 2 500 147 118
148 148 RICHARD HAYLEY LEVER American 1876 1958 HARBOR SCENE oil on panel 24 1 8 x 29 3 8 inches signed Hayley lever lower right PROVENANCE Spanierman gallery new York new York Doyle new York May 8 2013 lot 259 private Collection new York new York Estimate 5 000 7 000 149 PETER BELA MAYER Hungarian American 1887 1993 149 VILLAGE BY THE COAST oil on canvas 36 x 40 inches signed lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new York new York private Collection Connecticut The painting is in a Heydenryk frame Estimate 3 000 5 000 119
150 150 ROBERT CASPER 151 ROBERT CASPER THE WAVE MONHEGAN ISLAND 1972 oil on canvas 40 x 52 inches signed r Casper and dated 72 lower right PROVENANCE Estate of the artist private Collection new York Estimate 2 000 3 000 RECLINING NUDE 1978 oil on canvas 40 x 52 inches signed r Casper and dated 78 lower right PROVENANCE Estate of the artist private Collection new York Estimate 2 000 3 000 American 1928 2012 151 120 American 1928 2012
152 152 RALPH EUGENE CAHOON JR American 1910 1982 MOTHER S LITTLE HELPERS oil on masonite 14 x 18 inches signed r Cahoon lower right PROVENANCE private Collection California Estimate 10 000 15 000 121
153 153 CHARLES ROBERT KNIGHT American 1874 1953 ELEPHANTS AND RHINOS oil on canvas 15 x 38 inches signed Chas r Knight lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 154 154 CHARLES ROBERT KNIGHT American 1874 1953 MASTODONS oil on canvas 14 x 30 inches signed Chas r Knight lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 3 000 5 000 155 LEN CHMIEL American b 1942 155 122 END OF NOVEMBER oil on masonite 24 x 23 3 4 inches signed l Chmiel lower right PROVENANCE The artist Curt gowdy Denver Colorado private Collection new York EXHIBITED Equus Brown palace Hotel December 1977 A letter from the artist detailing the provenance accompanies the lot Estimate 1 500 2 500
156 PETER BEARD American b 1938 TSAVO RHINO ROPING polaroid 5 5 8 x 4 1 8 inches signed peter Beard and titled lower center PROVENANCE peter Beard Studio new York new York private Collection new York Estimate 5 000 7 000 156 157 PETER BEARD American b 1938 LOLIONDO 1964 FOR THE END OF THE GAME polaroid 5 5 8 x 4 1 4 inches signed peter Beard lower right and titled lower center PROVENANCE peter Beard Studio new York new York private Collection new York Estimate 5 000 7 000 157 123
158 PAUL N MORAN American 1864 1907 FLOWER ON THE GARDEN PATH MORAN ESTATE EASTHAMPTON NY oil on canvas 30 x 16 inches signed twice paul n Moran and p n Moran lower right PROVENANCE private Collection rhode island Estimate 5 000 7 000 158 159 LOUIS KRONBERG American 1872 1965 THE ROSE pastel on paper mounted on canvas 24 1 4 x 18 1 4 inches signed louis Kronberg dated 1908 and inscribed paris lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Massachusetts Estimate 4 000 6 000 159 124
160 DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT American 1839 1924 LA BELLE JARDINIERE oil on canvas 14 x 10 inches signed ridgway Knight lower right PROVENANCE private Collection newport rhode island EXHIBITED Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati ohio Cincinnati Collects paintings March 31 May 15 1983 Estimate 5 000 7 000 161 JULIEN DUPRE STUDIO OF french 1851 1910 HAYING oil on canvas 18 x 21 1 2 inches signed Julien Dupre lower left PROVENANCE A Washington estate our thanks to Howard rehs for his assistance cataloging this lot Estimate 3 000 5 000 160 161 125
162 162 JOHN FRANCIS MURPHY 163 JOHN BUNYAN BRISTOL LANDSCAPE WITH BOAT AND HOUSE oil on board 6 1 4 x 10 inches signed lower right PROVENANCE Babcock galleries new York new York Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers April 26 2007 lot 92 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 4 000 6 000 AN AUTUMN VISTA oil on canvas 12 x 18 inches unsigned PROVENANCE Estate of the artist Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 26 2006 lot 308 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 2 500 3 500 American 1853 1921 163 126 American 1826 1909
164 164 CHARLES H GIFFORD American 1839 1904 SUNSET NEW BEDFORD HARBOR oil on canvas 5 1 4 x 11 1 2 inches signed C H gifford and dated 1875 lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Massachusetts Estimate 4 000 6 000 165 SAMUEL COLMAN American 1832 1920 OFF THE COAST OF VENICE oil on canvas on board 7 x 12 inches signed Sam Colman lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Vermont label from Modern Art gallery new York new York is on the reverse Estimate 3 000 5 000 165 127
166 OLIVE PARKER BLACK American 1868 1948 BROOK IN WINTER oil on board 9 x 7 1 4 inches signed olive p Black lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Boston Massachusetts Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers May 1 2008 lot 238 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 2 500 3 500 167 JOHN FRANCIS MURPHY American 1853 1921 EVENING oil on canvas 8 1 2 x 11 inches signed J f Murphy lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Arizona Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers April 26 2007 lot 91 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 6 000 8 000 166 167 128
168 168 JOHN BUNYAN BRISTOL 169 FREDERICK RONDEL FARM IN THE FOOTHILLS oil on board 12 x 18 inches unsigned PROVENANCE Estate of the artist Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 26 2006 lot 306 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 2 500 3 500 DUCKS BY A POND oil on canvas 10 x 16 inches signed f rondel lower left PROVENANCE Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 26 2006 lot 201 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 3 000 5 000 American 1826 1909 American 1826 1892 169 129
170 FRANCIS COATES JONES American 1857 1932 A YOUNG GIRL READING oil on canvas 18 x 10 inches signed frances C Jones lower left PROVENANCE private Collection philadelphia pennsylvania Estimate 4 000 6 000 170 The Pro perty o f Tennessee W esleyan University to Benefit Scho larship Funds 171 MARTHA SUSAN BAKER American 1871 1911 INSOUCIANCE CAREFREE oil on canvas 44 x 30 inches signed Martha S Baker and dated 1906 lower right PROVENANCE The artist The artist s family Chicago illinois Art institute of Chicago gift of the above 1913 Tennessee Wesleyan College Athens Tennessee acquired directly from the above 1949 EXHIBITED Art institute of Chicago An Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists Jan 30 feb 25 1906 p 12 no 11 illus Art institute of Chicago A Memorial Exhibition of Works by the late Martha S Baker oct 1 23 1912 n p no 3 illus Estimate 3 000 5 000 171 130
172 MARCEL DYF french 1899 1985 PORTRAIT JEUNE FEMME ROUSSE oil on canvas 21 1 2 x 18 1 4 inches signed Dyf lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Scarsdale new York This painting is registered in the Dyf records under the number n iD 5132 Estimate 5 000 7 000 172 173 GEORGES D ESPAGNAT french 1870 1950 JEUNE FILLE ASSISE DANS UN JARDIN oil on canvas 31 1 2 x 25 1 4 inches signed with initials lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 7 000 10 000 173 131
174 174 CHARLES COURTNEY CURRAN American 1861 1942 CONVERSATION BY THE RIVER oil on board 17 7 8 x 21 3 4 inches signed Charles C Curran nA and dated 1928 lower left PROVENANCE private Collection north Carolina Estimate 4 000 6 000 175 132 175 FRANK VINCENT DUMOND American 1865 1951 ROUGE RIVER OREGON C 1925 oil on canvas 30 x 36 inches signed frank V DuMond lower left PROVENANCE Elizabeth DuMond perry daughter of the artist private Collection Connecticut Estimate 3 000 5 000
176 PAULINE LENNARDS PALMER American 1867 1938 THE RED PARASOL PROVINCETOWN MA oil on panel 23 3 4 x 19 7 8 inches signed pauline palmer lower left PROVENANCE Estate of gary M Bloom private Collection new York Estimate 6 000 8 000 177 EMMA FORDYCE MACRAE American 1887 1974 GLOUCESTER GARDEN oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches unsigned PROVENANCE The estate of the artist private Collection new York new York Estimate 3 000 5 000 176 177 133
178 MARINO MARINI italian 1901 1980 GIOCOLIERE E CAVALLO 1946 gouache 13 1 4 x 10 1 2 inches signed Marino upper center PROVENANCE Marvin Small new York new York descended in the family to the present owner Connecticut There is a drawing of a silhouette of a woman by pompeo Borra on the reverse This work is sold with a photo certificate from the fondazione Marino Marini no 744 Estimate 12 000 18 000 179 MISHA REZNIKOFF American ukrainian 1905 1971 178 179A 134 16 WORKS charcoal on paper five works signed 13 7 8 x 9 3 4 inches and smaller PROVENANCE private Collection new York Born in the ukraine Misha reznikoff emigrated with his family to the united States in 1921 At 22 he enrolled at the rhode island School of Design There he met Arshile gorky who would become a lifelong friend until gorky s death in 1948 in the 1930s reznikoff moved to new York where worked as an art instructor at the Art Students league and the new School for Social research in 1935 he joined the WpA and worked alongside artists including Willem de Kooning Mark rothko Jackson pollock Ad reinhardt and Diego rivera please see our website for additional photos Estimate 3 000 5 000 179B
180 JOAN MIRO Spanish 1893 1983 COMPOSITION I FROM LA SPIRAL 1979 etching printed in colors on Arches paper 11 1 4 x 7 1 2 inches signed Miro lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut from Andre pieyre de Mandiagues la Spirale paris 1979 Edition 200 Estimate 1 500 2 500 180 181 ILYA BOLOTOWSKY American russian 1907 1981 UNTITLED oil on canvas 12 x 3 7 8 inches initialed i B and dated 79 lower right center PROVENANCE A Brooklyn new York estate Estimate 1 500 2 500 182 JOAN MIRO Spanish 1893 1983 181 AU PORTAIL COUVERT DE NEIGE 1967 color lithograph 12 1 8 x 9 inches signed Miro lower right and numbered 61 100 lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut from Hai Ku a set of seven lithographs illustrating sixteen Japanese three line poems translated into french by philippe Jaccottet published by Maeght paris 1967 Estimate 2 000 3 000 182 135
183 gerald Johnson b 1944 2009 played a dynamic role in the Brooklyn art scene from the late 1960s through the late 1980s After graduating from pittsburgh State he established a studio on green Street and became right hand to Steve poleskie at the famed Chiron press in 1967 There he formed creative relationships many of the artsits Andy Warhol roy lichtenstein Thomas Wesselman Victor Vasarely richard Anuskiewicz etc in 1970 through his work at Chiron he started printing Tondos and Diamonds for ilya Bolotowsky The conversations between the two about art and transcendence began a life long friendship Johnson became ilya s studio assistant and chief creative collaborator that same year A full scale exhibition of the works of ilya Bolotowsky and gerald Johnson side by side was mounted at the Williamsburg Art Historical Center in Brooklyn Bolotowky s influence is apparent when viewing the works together Johnson s work is included in the collections of prospect Hospital Bronx rockefeller Collection new York and university of new York pottsdam 136 183 GERALD JOHNSON American 1944 2009 UNTITLED oil on canvas 31 1 2 x 48 1 2 inches unsigned PROVENANCE Estate of the artist Artist s catalog stamp number 17207803 on the reverse Estimate 2 500 3 500
184 GERALD JOHNSON American 1944 2009 TONDO oil on canvas 39 1 2 inches diameter signed gerald Johnson on the stretcher dated Ap May 82 on the reverse PROVENANCE Estate of the artist Artist s catalog stamp number 17207804 on the reverse Estimate 1 500 2 500 184 185 GERALD JOHNSON American 1944 2009 UNTITLED oil on canvas 60 x 36 inches unsigned dated July 1982 on the reverse PROVENANCE Estate of the artist Artist s catalog stamp number 17207802 on the reverse Estimate 2 500 3 500 185 137
186 186 DANIEL PUTNAM BRINLEY American 1879 1963 LANDSCAPE WITH TREES oil on canvas 24 x 26 inches signed D putnam Brinley and dated 29 lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 2 000 3 000 187 138 187 WILSON HENRY IRVINE American 1869 1936 ALONG THE EIGHT MILE RIVER oil on canvas 24 x 27 1 8 inches signed irvine lower left PROVENANCE The Cooley gallery old lyme Connecticut private Collection Connecticut Estimate 3 000 5 000
188 188 ANDRE HAMBOURG french 1909 1999 TEMPS DOUX POUR LES YACHTS DEAUVILLE oil on canvas 18 x 21 5 8 inches signed A Hambourg lower left signed and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection Wellington florida Estimate 7 000 10 000 189 PIERRE BITTAR french b 1934 SAILBOATS oil on canvas 36 x 46 inches signed Bittar lower left PROVENANCE Wally findlay galleries new York new York private Collection new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 189 139
190 JAMES E BAMA American b 1926 PORTRAIT OF ROBERT KENNEDY mixed media on board 13 1 2 x 8 3 8 inches sight signed Bama lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new York ILLUSTRATED Brian M Kane James Bama American realist illustrated page 105 used as frontispiece of robert Kennedy A Memoir by Jack newfield Estimate 5 000 7 000 191 HOWARD GILES American 1876 1955 YALE BASEBALL TEAM watercolor on board 11 1 8 x 26 1 2 inches signed Howard giles lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new York new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 190 192 JAMES E BAMA American b 1926 THE TEMPLE OF GOLD KNOCK AND WAIT AWHILE TOOLS GROUP OF THREE mixed media on board titled on the reverse a b 11 x 7 1 2 inches and smaller unsigned PROVENANCE private Collection new York ILLUSTRATED a Brian M Kane James Bama American realist illustrated p 91 used as the frontispiece for the Temple of gold by William goldman Estimate 1 500 2 500 191 192A 140 192B 192C
194 193 193 BLANCHE LAZZELL 194 BLANCHE LAZZELL ABSTRACT COMPOSITION pencil on paper 9 3 4 x 7 3 4 inches unsigned PROVENANCE Martin Diamond fine Art new York new York private Collection Connecticut Estimate 2 500 3 500 UNTITLED ABSTRACT pencil on paper 10 1 4 x 8 1 4 inches signed lazzell lower center and dated May 30 lower right PROVENANCE Martin Diamond fine Art new York new York private Collection Connecticut Annotated in the margins by lazzell s teacher Albert gleizes Estimate 2 000 3 000 American 1878 1956 195 LOUIS J BORGO American 1878 1956 American b 1876 SCENES OF NEW YORK THREE WORKS mixed media on paper 13 1 4 x 15 3 4 inches and smaller sight a initialed lJB lower right center b unsigned c signed lJ Borgo dated 1987 and inscribed nY lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 800 1 200 195A 195B 195C 141
196 MARTHA WALTER American 1875 1976 SUMMER FLOWERS oil on masonite 26 x 21 inches signed Martha Walter lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 3 000 5 000 196 197 MARTHA WALTER American 1875 1976 BOWL OF FLOWERS oil on canvas 22 x 18 inches signed Martha Walter lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 2 000 3 000 197 142
198 MIGUEL PADURA Cuban b 1957 ARCHIMEDES oil on canvas 34 x 28 inches signed padura upper left PROVENANCE Moss gallery San francisco California Abell Auction June 1 2012 lot 451 private Collection new York new York Estimate 5 000 7 000 198 199 ANDREW HEMINGWAY British b 1955 STILL LIFE WITH APPLE FEBRUARY RED FLOWER ORANGE FLOWER PINK FLOWER A GROUP OF FOUR pastel on paper a 9 1 2 x 14 inches sight b c d 8 x 8 inches a signed Andrew Hemingway and dated MMiii lower left b initialed A H and dated MMiV lower left c initialed A H and dated MMiV lower left d initialed A H and dated MMiV lower left PROVENANCE Hammer galleries new York new York private Collection florida Estimate 2 500 3 500 199A 199B 199C 199D 143
200 ROLAND DORCELY Haitian b 1930 MARKET SCENE oil on board 59 x 47 inches signed r Dorcely and dated 50 upper right PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist private Collection new Jersey private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 5 000 7 000 201 CLAUDE VENARD french 1913 1999 ABSTRACT STILL LIFE oil on canvas 15 x 18 inches signed C Venard and dated 57 lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 200 201 144
202 GEORGE Z CONSTANT American 1892 1978 CROWS oil on wood panel 29 3 4 x 24 inches signed g Constant lower right PROVENANCE Alfredo Valente gallery new York private Collection new York Estimate 3 000 5 000 203 PAUL RAPHAEL MELTSNER American 1905 1966 BATHING IN THE HARBOR oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches signed paul Meltsner lower left PROVENANCE Sotheby s June 22 2005 lot 324 property of The Boston Art Club Estimate 5 000 7 000 202 203 145
204 PENELOPE JENCKS American b 1936 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT sculpture maquette 15 H signed p Jenks dated 93 inscribed Eleanor roosevelt and numbered 25 PROVENANCE Collection of a Wellesley Massachusetts gentleman ILLUSTRATED penelope Jencks Eleanor roosevelt on riverside Drive one of 25 bronze maquettes commissioned in 1993 to raise funds for the full scale sculpture installed at riverside park november 1996 A copy of the artist s book describing the creation of the sculpture is included with the lot Estimate 1 500 2 500 204 205 MARIO KORBEL Czech American 1882 1954 THREE GRACES bronze 11 1 2 H signed and inscribed foundry roman Bronze nY PROVENANCE private Collection ohio Estimate 3 000 5 000 205 206 VASSILI YACOVLEVITCH GRACHEV russian 1831 1905 THE MILEPOST bronze 11 1 2 H x 16 1 4 l signed and inscribed Woerffel at base PROVENANCE private Collection ohio Estimate 4 000 6 000 206 146
207 ALEXANDER F HARMER American 1856 1925 PORTRAIT OF A PLAINS CHIEF oil on wood panel 18 x 12 inches unsigned PROVENANCE Hirum Beales Collection private Collection new York This work was acquired by the owner with another bust portrait of an Apache male The Apache portrait was sold to the Arizona Historical Society who confirmed the authenticity of both works documentation available upon request acc no 04 30 1 The present plains male portrait was deemed to be outside of the geographical collecting scope of the Society please visit our website for additional information Estimate 6 000 8 000 208 STEVE WHEELER 207 American 1912 1992 UNTITLED tempera on board 19 5 8 x 14 7 8 inches initialed S W on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 3 000 5 000 208 209 STEVE WHEELER American 1912 1992 UNTITLED mixed media on board 14 7 8 x 19 7 8 inches signed Wheeler lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 3 000 5 000 209 147
210 211 JULES HERVE 210 LENNART ANDERS ANDERSON french 1887 1981 American 1928 2015 BEACH SCENE BALLET SALON SCENE A PAIR a oil on board signed Jules r Herve on the reverse a signed lower left b signed lower right a 8 5 8 x 10 3 4 inches b 8 1 2 x 10 5 8 inches PROVENANCE private Collection Scarsdale new York Estimate 1 500 2 500 UNTITLED oil on canvas 28 x 32 inches unsigned PROVENANCE Meredith long Co Houston Texas private Collection florida Estimate 2 500 3 500 211A 148 211B
212 212 GIFFORD BEAL American 1879 1956 INTERIOR WITH PIANO oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches unsigned PROVENANCE Estate of the artist Kraushaar galleries new York new York private Collection new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 213 LOUIS EILSHEMIUS American 1864 1941 FEMALE NUDES BY A RIVER oil on board 30 x 39 3 4 inches signed Eilshemius and dated 1916 lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Estimate 6 000 8 000 213 149
214 CARL WUERMER American 1900 1981 VILLAGE IN WINTER oil on canvas 30 x 36 inches signed Carl Wuermer lower left PROVENANCE grand Central Art galleries inc new York new York private Collection Buffalo new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 214 215 BRUCE CRANE American 1857 1937 SPRINGTIME oil on canvas 30 x 22 inches signed Crane inscribed nY and dated 1879 lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Wellington florida The work was probably painted in East Hampton new York Estimate 8 000 12 000 215 216 CARL WUERMER American 1900 1981 216 150 AUTUMN TRANQUILITY oil on canvas 25 x 36 inches signed Carl Wuermer lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Buffalo new York Estimate 2 500 3 500
217 217 LAWRENCE MAZZANOVICH 218 PAUL TURNER SARGENT LANDSCAPE BY THE WATER oil on canvas 21 3 8 x 29 inches signed Mazzanovich lower left PROVENANCE A Maryland estate Estimate 3 000 5 000 HAYSTACK WITH BOY AND A DOG oil on canvas 14 1 4 x 20 inches signed paul T Sargent and dated 34 lower right PROVENANCE nancy Alexander gray Charleston illinois descended to the present private Collection north Carolina Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers April 26 2007 lot 202 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 2 500 3 500 American 1872 1959 American 1880 1946 218 151
219 CHAUNCEY FOSTER RYDER American 1868 1949 LANDSCAPE oil on canvas 12 x 16 inches signed Chauncey f ryder lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Massachusetts EXHIBITED rockport Art Association paul Strisik n A The Artist and His Collection october 4 november 16 2014 rockport Massachusetts Estimate 2 000 3 000 219 220 ARTHUR HOEBER American 1854 1915 LATE AFTERNOON NUTLEY N J oil on canvas 20 1 4 x 30 inches signed Arthur Hoeber lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Estimate 1 500 2 500 220 221 CHAUNCEY FOSTER RYDER American 1868 1949 TRYINGHAM VALLEY oil on canvas 24 3 4 x 29 3 4 inches signed Chauncey f ryder lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 4 000 6 000 221 152
222 CHARLES WARREN EATON American 1857 1937 VIEW OF LAKE COMO oil on board 13 7 8 x 10 1 2 inches signed Chas Warren Eaton lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Estimate 1 500 2 500 223 CHARLES WARREN EATON American 1857 1937 BRUGES oil on canvas 16 x 18 inches signed Chas Warren Eaton lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Estimate 2 000 3 000 222 223 224 CLAIRE SHUTTLEWORTH American 1868 1930 CITY LANDSCAPE oil on board 13 1 4 x 11 inches signed Claire Shuttleworth lower left PROVENANCE A florida estate private Collection florida Estimate 2 500 3 500 224 153
225 KENZO OKADA American Japanese 1902 1982 UNTITLED collage on canvas 41 3 4 x 41 3 4 inches signed okada lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new York new York Estimate 7 000 10 000 225 226 TOKO SHINODA Japanese b 1913 DAWN mixed media silver and gold leaf oil on canvas backed by panel 15 3 4 x 9 3 8 inches signed T Shinoda and artist s monogram lower left signed titled and dated 70 on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 226 227 JAPANESE SCHOOL 20th Century UNTITLED oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches signed Masaaki on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection new York new York Estimate 3 000 5 000 227 154
228 ISMAEL GONZALEZ DE LA SERNA Spanish 1898 1968 FISH MARKET oil on masonite 35 1 4 x 27 1 2 inches signed De la Serna lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Estimate 4 000 6 000 229 SAM FRANCIS American 1923 1994 FIRST STONE color lithograph 24 3 4 x 35 inches signed Sam francis lower right and numbered 36 65 lower left PROVENANCE Marine Midland Bank Collection private Collection new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 228 229 155
230 230 ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER 231 MAURITZ FREDERICK H DE HAAS THE BILLOWING SEA oil on panel 10 1 2 x 21 inches signed AT Bricher and dated 79 lower left PROVENANCE Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 20 2005 lot 185 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 6 000 8 000 ROCKY COAST NEW ENGLAND oil on canvas 18 x 29 5 8 inches signed MfH De Haas nA lower right PROVENANCE Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers october 20 2005 lot 39 private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 7 000 10 000 American 1837 1908 231 156 American 1832 1895
232 232 WILLIAM M HART American 1823 1894 SUNRISE AT GRAND MANAN oil on canvas 14 x 24 inches signed W M Hart lower left center titled on the stretcher PROVENANCE private Collection Baltimore Maryland Estimate 4 000 6 000 233 GRANVILLE PERKINS American 1830 1895 ISAAC EDGES WINDMILL JERSEY CITY 1815 oil on canvas 30 x 50 inches signed granville perkins and dated 1881 lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Bucks County pennsylvania Estimate 6 000 8 000 233 157
234 DAVID MAITLAND ARMSTRONG American 1836 1918 BAKERS SHOP AT PONT AVEN oil on canvas 15 x 22 inches signed Maitland Armstrong inscribed pont Aven and dated 1878 lower right PROVENANCE Mark Murray fine paintings llC new York new York private Collection pennsylvania EXHIBITED pennsylvania Academy of fine Arts Exhibited 1881 no 537 Estimate 1 000 1 500 234 235 EDMUND JOHANN NIEMANN British 1813 1876 ON THE RIVER oil on canvas 30 x 50 inches signed niemann lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 2 000 3 000 235 236 EDMUND JOHANN NIEMANN British 1813 1876 ON THE WHARF oil on canvas 30 x 50 inches signed and titled lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 2 000 3 000 236 158
237 JAMES MC DOUGAL HART American 1828 1901 AT THE FARM oil on canvas 6 1 4 x 10 1 4 inches signed J M Hart lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Estimate 2 000 3 000 237 238 GEORGE W DREW American 1875 1968 DUCKS IN A POND oil on canvas 20 x 30 inches signed george W Drew lower left PROVENANCE private Collection until 2000 private Collection San Diego California Vose galleries Boston Massachusetts private Collection pennsylvania Estimate 2 000 3 000 238 239 ANNA RICHARDS BREWSTER American 1870 1952 DEVONSHIRE FARM HOUSE oil on canvas 13 x 16 inches signed A richards and dated 1894 lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 1 000 1 500 239 159
240 CAMILLE BOMBOIS french 1883 1970 FIGURE IN THE FOREST oil on canvas 16 x 13 inches signed Bombois C lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 4 000 6 000 240 241 241 JUDITH SOBEL polish 1924 2012 WOODSTOCK IN SPRINGTIME oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches signed J Sobel lower left PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist private Collection new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 242 JUDITH SOBEL polish 1924 2012 242 160 OVERLOOK MOUNTAIN FROM THE ARTIST S LIVING ROOM oil on canvas 36 x 30 inches signed J Sobel lower right PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist private Collection new York Estimate 5 000 7 000
243 ANATOLY BELKIN russian b 1953 FISH oil on board 31 7 8 x 37 1 2 inches signed A Belkin and dated 88 lower left signed titled and dated on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection new York A label on the reverse in russian reads The Art fund of the russian Soviet federative Socialist republic Accepted by art council of gallery store protocol 4 Date 21 07 91 Estimate 4 000 6 000 243 244 JUDITH SOBEL polish 1924 2012 STILL LIFE WITH YELLOW FLOWERS oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches signed J Sobel lower right PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist private Collection new York Estimate 3 000 5 000 244 245 MAX SCHNITZLER American 1903 1999 BEFORE THE STORM oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches signed Schnitzler lower right titled on the reverse PROVENANCE Alfredo Valente gallery new York private Collection new York Estimate 2 500 3 500 245 161
246 F LUIS MORA American 1874 1940 BOYS FISHING oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches signed f luis Mora lower right artist s estate stamp on the reverse PROVENANCE Estate of the artist Barridoff galleries october 23 2013 lot 91 property of The Boston Art Club Estimate 1 200 1 800 246 247 GEORGE BENJAMIN LUKS American 1867 1933 WALK HOME watercolor and charcoal on paper 7 x 8 1 4 inches sight signed george luks and dated 1925 upper right inscribed A Happy new Year To friend f Crowinsheild upper left titled lower left signed lower right PROVENANCE Art Students league of new York new York new York private Collection Connecticut Estimate 1 500 2 500 247 248 EMMA FORDYCE MACRAE American 1887 1974 BOATING IN CENTRAL PARK oil on board 14 x 18 inches unsigned PROVENANCE Estate of the artist Debra force fine Art new York new York property of The Boston Art Club A label from grand Central Art galleries new York new York is on the reverse Estimate 2 000 3 000 248 162
249 ALICE JUDSON American 1876 1948 RIVER MAINE oil on canvas 30 x 36 inches signed Alice Judson lower left titled on the stretcher PROVENANCE Cincinnati Art galleries Cincinnati ohio private Collection new York Estimate 4 000 6 000 249 250 GEORGE BRAINARD BURR American 1876 1950 LEAPING ROCK oil on canvas 32 x 37 1 4 inches signed g Burr lower right PROVENANCE The estate of the artist private Collection Connecticut A letter of authenticity from the artist s daughter patricia Burr Bott on A M Adler fine Arts inc letterhead accompanies the lot Estimate 3 000 5 000 250 251 HERBERT CYRUS FARNUM American 1866 1925 VIEW OF PROVIDENCE oil on canvas 14 x 20 inches signed H C farnum and inscribed providence lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Estimate 1 500 2 500 251 163
252 WOLF KAHN American b 1927 THE CONNECTICUT NEAR PUTNEY VERMONT pastel on paper 11 1 4 x 17 1 4 inches sight signed W Kahn lower left PROVENANCE D C Moore gallery new York new York private Collection florida Estimate 2 500 3 500 252 253 JEAN XCERON American greek 1890 1967 COMPOSITION A 2 PERSONNAGES 1931 oil on canvas 18 1 4 x 15 inches signed Xceron and dated 31 lower left signed inscribed paris dated and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection france Estimate 2 000 3 000 253 254 ATTILIO SALEMME American 1911 1955 ABSTRACT FIGURES oil on canvas 15 x 21 inches signed Attilio Salemme and dated 51 lower right PROVENANCE private Collection new York new York Estimate 2 000 3 000 254 164
255 MARCEL DYF french 1899 1985 DANSEURS DE FLAMENCO oil on canvas 21 5 8 x 18 inches signed Dyf lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Scarsdale new York This painting is registered in the Dyf records under the number n iD 5135 Estimate 1 500 2 500 255 256 256 EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish 1911 1975 257 EMILIO GRAU SALA GIRL WITH TEACUP AND COFFEE POT oil on canvas 13 x 16 1 4 inches signed grau Sala lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Scarsdale new York Estimate 2 000 3 000 Spanish 1911 1975 TWO GIRLS ONE WITH BLACK BOW TWO GIRLS WITH CHECKER SET A PAIR oil on panel 8 1 2 x 10 5 8 inches each both signed grau Sala one dated 58 and inscribed paris on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection Scarsdale new York Estimate 2 000 3 000 257A 257B 165
258 FREDERIK HENDRIK KAEMMERER Dutch 1839 1902 THE FLOWER SELLER oil on canvas 32 x 21 1 4 inches signed f H Kaemmerer lower right PROVENANCE M Knoedler Co new York new York Christie s April 19 2006 lot 181 private Collection new York Estimate 7 000 10 000 258 259 W SAVAGE COOPER British 1880 1926 YOUNG WOMEN IN A FLOWER GARDEN oil on canvas 33 x 26 inches signed and dated illegibly lower left PROVENANCE Shannon s fine Art Auctioneers April 28 2011 lot 32 private collection new Jersey Estimate 4 000 6 000 259 166
260 ALICE BROWN CHITTENDEN American 1859 1944 FLORAL STILL LIFE oil on canvas 27 x 25 1 2 inches signed Alice B Chittenden lower right floral still life on the reverse PROVENANCE private Collection California by descent to the present owner Estimate 3 000 5 000 261 JULIAN ALDEN WEIR American 1852 1919 ROSE ON THE VINE oil on panel 5 1 8 x 11 7 8 inches signed J Alden Weir upper right PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey private Collection California A letter from the Weir farm discussing the painting accompanies the lot Estimate 2 000 3 000 260 261 262 MARGUERITE STUBER PEARSON American 1897 1978 DAFFODILS AND HYACINTHS oil on canvas board 15 3 4 x 20 inches signed M S pearson lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 800 1 200 262 167
263 KARL HEFFNER german 1849 1925 CONVERSATION ON THE RIVER oil on canvas 31 3 4 x 19 3 8 inches signed K Heffner lower right PROVENANCE private Collection Boca raton florida Estimate 6 000 8 000 263 264 BURR H NICHOLLS American 1848 1915 VIEILLE MAISON A PONT AVEN oil on canvas 36 3 4 x 28 3 4 inches signed Burr H nicholls and dated 1882 lower right PROVENANCE Samuel T freeman Co philadelphia pennsylvania private Collection pennsylvania EXHIBITED paris Salon 1882 pAfA Annual 1882 Estimate 3 000 5 000 264 168
265 RICHARD HAYLEY LEVER American 1876 1958 FAIRFIELD CONNECTICUT FARM SHEDS 1913 oil on board 12 x 15 1 2 inches signed Hayley lever lower right titled and dated on the reverse PROVENANCE Clayton liberatore gallery Bridgehampton new York private Collection new York Estimate 3 000 5 000 265 266 HENRY GASSER American 1909 1981 VINEYARD HARBOR MARTHA S VINEYARD oil on masonite 9 x 12 inches signed H gasser lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Estimate 1 000 1 500 266 267 HENRY GASSER American 1909 1981 HEADING HOME oil on board 10 1 2 x 14 inches signed H gasser lower left PROVENANCE private Collection new Jersey Estimate 1 200 1 800 267 169
268 268 CHARLES W TICE American 1810 1870 THOMAS POWELL STEAMSHIP oil on canvas 24 x 17 inches signed C W Tice lower center PROVENANCE The artist Homer ramsdell newburgh new York descended in the family to the present owner Visit our website for the history of the ship Estimate 2 000 3 000 269 170 269 HENRY FARRER American 1843 1903 SUNRISE ON THE HARBOR watercolor on paper 22 x 36 inches signed H farrer and inscribed Copyright 1907 by J W Crane lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Connecticut Estimate 3 000 5 000
270 270 SAMUEL COLMAN American 1832 1920 SUNRISE ON THE ADRIATIC oil on canvas on board 8 1 2 x 9 1 4 inches signed Sam Colman lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Vermont A label from Modern Art gallery new York new York is on the reverse Estimate 1 500 2 500 271 271 JOHN JOSEPH ENNEKING American 1841 1916 SUNSET oil on artist board 9 x 12 inches signed Enneking and dated 73 lower left PROVENANCE private Collection Virginia Estimate 1 500 2 500 End of Sale 171
A Ahl Henry H 56 Anderson lennart Anders 210 American School Armstrong David M Avery Sally Michel B Baker Martha S Ball Alice W Bama James E Baum Walter E Beal gifford Beard peter Belkin Anatoly Benson frank W Berthelsen Johann Bierstadt Albert Bittar pierre Black olive p Blakelock ralph A Bolotowsky ilya Bombois Camille Borgo louis J Braithwaite Bruce Brasilier Andre Brewster Anna r Bricher Alfred T Brinley Daniel p Bristol John B Brown William M Brown John g Burliuk David Burr george B 172 107 109 234 34 171 138 190 192 143 82 144 212 156 157 243 83 1 2 5 117 118 127 128 141 189 166 49 181 240 195 40 122 46 239 95 100 103 230 14 186 113 163 168 69 88 21 22 23 250 inDEX C Cahoon Jr ralph E 152 Carlsen Emil 57 Calder Alexander Casper robert Celentano Daniel r Chadwick William Chapin Bryant Chittenden Alice Chmiel len Christy Howard C Clime Winfield S Clough george l Colman Samuel Constant george Z Cooper Thomas H Cooper W Savage Crane Bruce Curran Charles C Curtis george D 28 150 151 36 147 97 260 155 75 146 farnum Herbert C 251 francis Sam 229 farrer Henry frishmuth Harriet W 269 77 105 106 174 goodwin richard la Barre 137 215 93 136 54 231 238 Dyf Marcel f 8 101 102 164 Drew george W Dupre studio of Julien Ennis george 271 gifford Charles H 200 Dunning robert S Enneking John J 259 123 Dorcely roland Dunbar Harold C 213 222 223 9 10 266 202 228 Dumond frank V Eilshemius louis Eaton Charles W gasser Henry 140 165 270 De la Serna ismael g Dufy raoul 92 33 62 173 Dove Arthur Eaton Charles H fullbrook Samuel S 91 114 D espagnat georges De Haas Mauritz f H E 30 43 175 73 67 161 15 16 17 18 172 255 Essays written by Alizzandra Baldenebro g giles Howard 267 191 99 grabach John r 7 grau Sala Emilio 256 257 grachev Vassili Y greacen Edmund W 206 39 gruppe Emile A 12 89 Harmer Alexander f 207 Hambourg Andre 188 Harrison Birge 63 Hart James M 110 237 Hart William M Hartley rachel Hawthorne Charles W 51 111 232 6 76 Heffner Karl 263 Herve Jules 211 Hemingway Andrew Herzog Hermann Hibbard Aldro T 199 116 142
Hoeber Arthur 55 220 Hutty Alfred H 139 Huntington Daniel i irvine Wilson H J Japanese School Jencks penelope Jensen Alfred Johnson David Johnson gerald Johnson Attr David Jones Hugh B Jones francis C Judson Alice K 72 187 227 204 29 129 130 183 184 185 115 135 170 249 Kaemmerer frederik H 258 Keeley Ken 41 Kahn Wolf Knight Daniel r Knight Charles r Korbel Mario Kronberg louis Kruseman Van Elten H D l 252 86 87 160 153 154 205 159 52 131 lacroix paul 68 lash lee 119 landry latoix gaspard laws Arthur J lazzell Blanche leith ross Harry lever richard Hayley liberts ludolfs lofquist Ann 124 84 4 193 194 90 11 145 148 265 121 25 26 27 luks george B 247 Macmonnies frederick W 78 Marini Marino 178 M Macrae Emma f Mattern Alice l Mayer peter B Mazzanovich lawrence 177 248 48 149 217 Mcgurl Joseph 50 Miro Joan 180 182 Meltsner paul r Mora f luis Moran Edward Moran paul n Murphy John f n 203 60 61 246 94 158 162 167 neiman leroy 42 nicholls Burr H 264 nevelson louise nichols Dale niemann Edmund J o oberteuffer george okada Kenzo p 47 35 235 236 65 225 padura Miguel 198 pearson Marguerite S 262 palmer pauline l 13 176 penfold frank C 74 134 perry lilla C 59 perkins granville peterson Jane pho le pleissner ogden M r 233 19 20 44 45 85 ream Morston 98 richards William T 132 133 reznikoff Misha rondel frederick 179 169 ryder Chauncey f 219 221 Salemme Attilio 254 Scarlett rolph 31 32 S Sargent paul T Schnitzler Max Sheppard Warren Shinoda Toko Shuttleworth Claire Silva francis A Sloane Eric Smillie george H Sobel Judith T 218 245 104 226 224 71 24 112 241 242 244 Tansey Mark 81 Terelak John C 120 Taylor Mary p Tice Charles W V 125 126 268 Vedder Elihu 108 Vickrey robert r 79 80 Venard Claude W 201 Walter Martha 196 197 Way Andrew J H 96 Warner Everett l Weir Julian A Wheeler Steve Whittredge Worthington 3 58 261 208 209 70 Wiggins guy C 37 38 64 66 Wuermer Carl 214 216 Williamson John X Xceron Jean 53 253 173
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CONDITIONS OF SALE Shannon s llC fine Art Auctioneers acts solely as an agent for various owners and consignors it exercises care in describing all items listed and uses judgment in attributing authorship but offers no guarantee regarding authenticity condition or description The items described in this catalog which description may be amended by notice or announcement at sale time are offered for sale by Shannon s llC as agent for various owners or others authorized to sell the items Hereinafter Shannon s llC is referred to as the Sellers agent The owners or others authorized to sell the items are hereinafter referred to as Sellers The person or persons acknowledged by the auctioneer to be the highest bidder on an item shall be hereinafter referred to as the Buyer or Buyers Shannon s llC reserves the right to change the terms of sale by oral announcement Any such change shall become part of the Conditions of Sale By placing of a bid whether present at the sale in person or by agent by written or oral bid by telephone or other means the Buyer agrees to be bound by these conditions of sale 1 The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be the Buyer in the event of any dispute between bidders the auctioneer has the absolute discretion to determine which bidder is the successful Buyer or to re offer the item in dispute and resell it 2 in the event of any dispute after the sale Shannon s llC s record of the final sale price and of the successful buyer shall be conclusive Shannon s llC reserves the right to withdraw any item before or during the sale 3 Shannon s llC reserves the right to sell items which are not listed in the catalogue 4 items in the auction are sold subject to a reserve Such reserve is confidential but in no case will the reserve exceed the low estimate The auctioneer may reject any bid or increment not commensurate with the value of the lot 5 order bids are accepted A deposit may be required Absent parties may place bids by mail email fax or in person prior to the sale order bids must be placed 24 hours prior to the day of sale Shannon s llC will execute such bids up to the maximum amount specified phones must be reserved 24 hours prior to the day of sale phone bidders are encouraged to leave a cover bid in case of technical failure Shannon s is not responsible for errors or omissions in the execution of these bids 6 A premium of 20 of the successful bid up to and including 500 000 and 12 on any amount exceeding 500 000 per lot will be applied to the individual hammer price of all lots sold to be paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price payment may be made by cash check or wire transfer Visa or MasterCard may be used up to the amount of 10 000 per auction purchases are subject to 6 35 CT sales tax 176 All iTEMS MuST BE pAiD for WiTHin 14 DAYS of THE SAlE AT WHiCH poinT THEY Will BE rElEASED for SHipMEnT or DEliVErY 7 limited Warrantee Although Shannon s llC exercises due care in describing the items listed and use good judgment in attributing authorship it does not make any express or implied warrantee as to such authorship notwithstanding Shannon s llC may but shall have no obligation to consider any reasonable request for refund on the grounds of authenticity of authorship only and only under the following conditions A notification must be made to Shannon s in writing within 7 days of receipt of the item B The items must be returned within 28 days of the sale accompanied by written testimony from a recognized authority that the lot in question is a forgery C The limited warrantee does not extend to the lots identified as attributions school circle manner or after D The limited warrantee is applicable only to the original Buyer 8 All property is sold as is 9 As a convenience to the Buyer Shannon s llC will make a referral for packing and shipping This is at the request expense and risk of the Buyer and Shannon s assumes no responsibility for the items or the timing of delivery insurance for in transit items is the responsibility of the buyer 10 Shannon s has retained the Art loss register to check all uniquely identifiable items offered for sale in the catalog that are estimated for 5 000 or more against the computerized database of stolen or lost artwork maintained by the Art loss register A search certificate can be provided by the Art loss register for an additional fee The Art loss register does not guarantee the provenance or title of any catalogued item against which they search and will not be liable for any direct or consequential losses of any nature howsoever arising The statement is not to affect detract from or override Shannon s Conditions of Sale and in the event of any conflict Shannon s Conditions of Sale will take priority to the terms of this statement BiDDing AT THiS AuCTion WHETHEr in pErSon BY AgEnT orDEr BiD TElEpHonE inTErnET or oTHEr MEAnS ConSTiTuTES Your ACKnoWlEDgEMEnT AnD ACCEpTAnCE of THESE ConDiTionS of SAlE
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