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“Alphonse Mucha: Master Of Art Nouveau” Comes To Reading Public Museum More Than 70 Works On Display Including Some Of His Most Famous Posters FRIDAY OCTOBER 30, 2020 • VOL. 51, NO. 44
Hattie Brunner Watercolor Sells For $18,000
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Bull Market Continues To Heat Up For Reinhold’s Self-Taught Painter By Karl Pass Horst Auction Center in Ephrata, Pa., held a two-day multi-consignor sale Oct. 2 and 3 consisting of 598 lots grossing a total of $204,425. Horst does not charge a buyer’s premium for in-house bidders. Absentee and online bids are charged 10 percent. Much of session one came Hattie Brunner did not produce many large paintings in her career. from the estate of Measuring 33.25-by-25 inches framed, the summer farm scene with Peggy and Harlan red covered bridge and cows in foreground sold for a new record Greenly. Local col- price of $18,000. lector/dealers, the couple were fixtures at most Horst sales for decades. They had an extensive collection of quality contemporary folk art, much of it by Luke and Fannie Gottshall of nearby Reinholds. Luke (1899-1993) and Fannie (1891-1976) made an array of fascinating folk art in different mediums, a lot of which was marketed and sold in Hattie Brunner’s shop. Hattie and Fannie were sisters. Luke was a woodcarver, and Fannie made fabric birds. The two also made folky bird tree collages using a combination of watercolors and cut-out fabric. Both painted. Much of the market has cooled since the Greenlys were actively buying. Like some specialized categories, the market fluctuates given The trade bought this paint-decorated Soap many factors, namely who is cur- Hollow sewing caddy with dowel scroll top rently active at any given time. Case spool rack, drawer, and cut-out bracket feet in point, remember when Oprah for $11,500. Stencil dated “1872” on one Winfrey was briefly in the Shaker side, it had some restorations. market in the 1980s? Luke’s handmade wagons aren’t $200. A blue “Stone” cart pulled by bringing what they used to. Seven a single horse sold for $140, and were sold in this sale. A Gottshall one of Luke’s horse drawn hearses blue Conestoga wagon with a team went for $160. It had a tag from The of two horses brought $190. It had a Tulip Shop that read “For Paul D. Reamstown Fair (1983) blue ribbon. Gerhart.” A Gottshall folk carving of A similiar Conestoga wagon sold for a pigpen with a farmer and pigs sold for a low $140 to a local collector, and a dated 1979 fabric cut-out collage of cardinals brought $150. Mixed in on day one was a collection of early baseball cards. “All of the cards came from a single consignor,” mentioned Brent Horst. A 1909-11 Polar Bear T-206 Ty Cobb, ungraded, realized $2,500. A group of 18 various Piedmont T-205 cigarette baseball cards, some with diamond background, some gold border, $1,200; and 18 Old Mill T-210 The small bird tree on stand by Luke cigarette minor league baseball Gottshall brought $625. Continued on page 2
Through Jan. 3, 2021, the Reading Public Museum is presenting, “Alphonse Mucha: Master of Art Nouveau,” which includes more than 70 original works by the artist many consider the creator of the Art Nouveau style. From 1895 to 1910, Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) was one of the most significant artists in all of Europe. His work became synonymous with the international Art Nouveau style, popularly called “le style Mucha” in Paris at the turn of the century. With a focus on the works
created during the 1890s, this exhibition shows a creative man exploring possibilities when the emphasis was on defining a new art, fit for the new century. Mucha’s designs for posters, calendars, books and advertising labels circulated widely throughout Europe and America, and his Art Nouveau style dominated visual culture and graphic design for years. Highlights of the exhibition include four versions of a monumental poster Mucha created in 1894 for actress
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Washington, D.C., Modernism Show Goes Online Longtime Show Benefits Nonprofit Art Deco Society Of Washington For the first time in its 37 years, the Washington, D.C., Modernism Show will be held online rather than in person. After two attempts to schedule an in-person show at a historic site in Alexandria, Va., were unsuccessful, the Art Deco Society of Washington (ADSW) decided “the show must go on, but online!,” said show chairman, Jim Linz. The Art Deco Society of Washington is a nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation of the architectural, industrial, decorative, and cultural arts of the Art Deco era. The Modernism Show provides funding to support ADSW’s mission. The online show will be held in
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partnership with Ruby Lane and will go 24/7 beginning at 8 a.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 31, through 12 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1. An early buyers preview will take place Friday, Oct. 30, beginning at 8 a.m. ET. The early buyers preview will cost $20, but there will be no fee for shoppers during the regular two show days. Customers can access the show and buy tickets to the preview through either the Modernism show’s website, www.washington modernism2020.com, or through the Art Deco Society’s partner page on the Ruby Lane website at www.rubylane.com/partners. Special content is also planned for both websites in advance of the show. Initially known as the Exposition of 20th Century Decorative Arts, or simply the Art Deco Expo, the show gradually Continued on page 10
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In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 4 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 8 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 5
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