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Signs Show Good Direction For New Operation, Route 32 Auctions Inaugural Auction For Midwest Company Was Held In Indianapolis FRIDAY JANUARY 19, 2018 • VOL. 49, NO. 3
Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings Exhibition Marks 200th Anniversary Of The Artist’s Arrival In America Celebrated as one of America’s preeminent landscape painters, Thomas Cole (1801-48) was born in northern England at the start of the Industrial Revolution, emigrated to the United States in his youth, and traveled exten- Thomas Cole’s (1801–48) “View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, sively through- Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm-The Oxbow” (detail), from 1836, out England and is an oil-on-canvas, 51.5-by-76 inches, courtesy of The Metropolitan Italy as a young Museum of Art, New York, gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1908 (08.228). artist. He returned to America to create some learned from contemporary painters of his most ambitious works and in England, including Turner, inspire a new generation of American Constable, and John Martin, and furartists, launching a national school thered his studies in landscape and of landscape art. Opening Tuesday, figure painting in Italy. By exploring Jan. 30, at The Metropolitan Museum this formative period in Cole’s life, the of Art, the exhibition “Thomas Cole’s exhibition will offer a significant reviJourney: Atlantic Crossings” will sion of existing accounts of his work, examine, for the first time, the artist’s which have, until now, emphasized transatlantic career and engagement the American aspects of his formawith European art. With Cole’s mas- tion and identity. The exhibition will terwork “The Oxbow” (1836) as its also provide new interpretations of centerpiece, the exhibition will fea- Cole’s work within the expanded conture more than three dozen exam- texts of the history of the British ples of his large-scale landscape Empire, the rise of the United States, paintings, oil studies, and works on the Industrial Revolution and the paper. Consummate paintings by American wilderness, and Romantic Cole will be juxtaposed with works by theories of history. Upon his return to America, European masters including J. M. W. Turner and John Constable, among Cole applied the lessons he had others, highlighting the dialogue learned abroad to create the fivebetween American and European part series “The Course of Empire” artists and establishing Cole as a (1834–36). These works reveal a defmajor figure in 19th-century land- inition of the new American scape art within a global context. The Sublime that comes to its fullest exhibition marks the 200th anniver- expression in “The Oxbow” (1836). Finally, the exhibition concludes sary of Cole’s arrival in America. The exhibition follows the with an examination of Cole’s legachronology of Cole’s life, beginning cy in the works of the next generawith his origins in recently industri- tion of American landscape alized northern England, his arrival painters whom Cole personally in the United States in 1818, and his mentored, notably Asher B. Durand embrace of the American wilder- and Frederic E. Church. The exhibition is made possible ness as a novel subject for landscape art of the New World. Early by The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation. works by Cole will reveal his prodi- Additional support is provided by gious talent. After establishing him- the Henry Luce Foundation, White self as the premier landscape & Case LLP, the Enterprise Holdings painter of the young United States, Endowment, and the Terra Foundation for American Art. It is he traveled back to Europe. The next section will explore in supported by an Indemnity from depth Cole’s return to England in the Federal Council on the Arts and 1829–31 and his travels in Italy in the Humanities. It is organized by 1831–32, revealing the development The Metropolitan Museum of Art, of his artistic processes. He New York, and The National Gallery, embraced the on-site landscape oil London. The exhibition location is The study and adopted elements of the European landscape tradition reach- Met Fifth Avenue, Floor 1, Gallery 746, ing back to Claude Lorrain. He The Erving and Joyce Wolf Gallery.
A rare early Sinclair Opaline Motor Oil one-gallon oil can with a detailed race car graphic sold for $2,520.
Advertising memorabilia showed strong prices at Route 32 Auctions’ debut auction on Nov. 25, held at Christy’s of Indiana in Indianapolis. Bidders were in attendance at the venue as well as on the internet and the phones. Route 32 Auctions is headquartered in Crawfordsville, Ind., and specializes in petroliana, automobilia, and general store memorabilia. Nearly 350 lots of original advertising memorabilia, such as gas station and automobile dealership signs, gas pump globes, oil cans and more, were consigned in what Kevin Parker, president and
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Michener Art Museum Will Present Major Exhibition On Henriette Wyeth And Peter Hurd on page 4
The En-Ar-Co White Rose double-sided porcelain sign, 48 inches in diameter and still in its original frame, realized $6,480.
A Fisk “Time to Re-Tire” single-sided tin sign with yawning boy graphic, 41-by-52 inches, sold for $3,565.
British East Indian And China Trade Paintings Soar At Clars Rare Huanghuali Furniture Achieves Over Quarter-Million Dollars Clars Auction Gallery hosted their monthly Fine Art, Decorative Art, Furniture, Jewelry/Timepieces and Asian Art Auction on Dec. 17 at their Oakland, Calif., gallery and saleroom. Asian art and antiques were expected to highlight the sale, and the results did not disappoint. In fine art, one of the most important global collections of 19th century British East Indian and China trade paintings were offered, and
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Firearms Auctions In Fairfield, Maine, Gross More Than $18.3 Million Combined on page 14
This huanghuali mixed wood clothing cabinet sold for $48,420.
From the estate of Thomas Williamson (Orinda, Calif.), this rare gouache from 1830 titled “Portrait of Sir David Ochterlony” (1758-1825) sold for $19,360.
Morphy Auctions’ Gold Rush, Western, And Native American Sale Set For Jan. 26
the prices realized were over the top. Overall, the collections and property offered in this sale fueled it to be the strongest December auction in the firm’s history. Highlights in Asian Art and Antiques A collection of Chinese huanghuali furniture commanded well over estimate prices, realizing over $250,000. Fueled by the workmanship and limited supply of Continued on page 2
Palm Beach Modern Auctions Holds $1.6 Million Sale Of Mid-Century, Contemporary Art And Design on page 16
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 7 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 7
FEATURED AUCTION: Morphy’s Gold Rush, Western, and Native American Auction - Jan. 26 in Las Vegas, Nev. - Page 12
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 8 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 19