American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists 12/07/14
MILTON AVERY (american 1885-1965) A COUPLE WATCHING A CHILD BATHING Signed ‘Milton Avery’ bottom right, oil on canvas 28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4cm)
American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists
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Sale 1507 Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 2:00pm 1808 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19103
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American Art lots 1-114
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1 142045/1 THOMAS HART BENTON (american 1889-1975) “THE RACE” (HOMEWARD BOUND) 1942. Edition of 250. Pencil signed in the margin, lithograph 8 5/16 x 13 3/16 in. (21.2 x 33.6cm) Associated American Artists, publisher. [Fath 56] provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $5,000-8,000
2 141674/26 PAUL CADMUS (american 1904-1999) “THE FLEET’S IN!” 1934. Edition of 50. Signed ‘Paul Cadmus’ in margin bottom right and inscribed ‘’The Fleet’s In!’ Ed of 50 1934’ in margin bottom left, etching Image Size: 7 1/2 x 14 in. (19.1 x 35.6cm) Sheet Size: 9 1/2 x 16 in. (24.1 x 40.6cm) [Johnson 79] provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. literature: Paul Cadmus, Una E. Johnson and Jo Miller (editors). Paul Cadmus/Prints and Drawings 1922-1967. Brooklyn Art Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 1968. no. 76, n.p. (illustrated). $2,000-3,000
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3 142119/1 THOMAS HART BENTON (american 1889-1975) “ISLAND HAY” 1945. Edition of 250. Pencil signed in the margin, lithograph 9 7/8 x 12 9/16 in. (25.1 x 31.9cm) Associated American Artists, publisher. [Fath 68] provenance: Associated American Artists Galleries, New York, New York. Private Collection, New Jersey. $1,000-1,500
4 142119/2 THOMAS HART BENTON (american 1889-1975) “LOADING CORN” 1945. Edition of 250. Pencil signed in the margin, lithograph 9 5/8 x 12 13/16 in. (24.2 x 32.5cm) Associated American Artists, publisher. [Fath 65] provenance: Associated American Artists Galleries, New York, New York. Private Collection, New Jersey. $1,500-2,500
5 142155/1 JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER (american 1834-1903) “THAMES POLICE” (WAPPING WHORF) 1859. With butterfly monogram in the margin, etching and drypoint Image size: 5 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (14.9 x 22.5cm) Sheet size: 8 1/16 x 11 1/16 in. (20.4 x 28cm) [Kennedy 44] provenance: Max Williams Gallery, New York, New York. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. exhibited: PA Museum, 1927. $3,000-5,000
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6 141688/2 JOHN HESSELIUS (american 1728-1778) PORTRAIT OF LYNFORD LARDNER Signed ‘Jno Hesselius pinx’ center right (on column), oil on canvas 39 x 32 in. (99.1 x 81.3cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. exhibited: ‘Exhibition of Portraits Presented by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America’ Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1958 - January 11, 1959 (as Robert Feke). “Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art.” The Philadelphia Museum of Art. April 11- October 10, 1976, no. 37. note: This portrait has been in the collection of the same family since the 18th century. $6,000-10,000
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7 142229/1 WILLIAM TROST RICHARDS (american 1833-1905) WAVES POUNDING THE COAST Signed and dated ‘Wm. T. Richards 1876 Phila’ bottom left, watercolor and bodycolor on paper 9 1/8 x 14 1/2 in. (23 x 36.8cm) provenance: Private Collection, Scotland. $5,000-8,000
8 141756/1 THOMAS BIRCH (american 1779-1851) SHIP IN DISTRESS Signed and dated ‘T. Birch 1836’ bottom left, oil on canvas 20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2cm) provenance: Private Collection, Florida. $5,000-8,000
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9 141931/2 JOHN JOSEPH ENNEKING (american 1841-1916) LIVESTOCK AT DUSK Signed and dated ‘Enneking 05’ bottom right, oil on canvas 22 x 30 in. (55.8 x 76.2cm) provenance: Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $2,500-4,000
10 141931/1 WILLIAM LOUIS SONNTAG (american 1822-1900) RIVER THROUGH THE FOREST Signed ‘W.L. Sonntag’ bottom right, oil on canvas 12 1/4 x 20 in. (31.1 x 50.8cm) provenance: Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $2,000-3,000
11 148016/1 WILLIAM FREDERICK DE HAAS (american 1830-1880) LANDSCAPE WITH RIVER Signed and dated ‘WM de Haas 6*’ bottom right, oil on canvas 21 x 36 in. (53.3 x 91.4cm) provenance: Private Collection, Connecticut. $4,000-6,000
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12 142295/4 WILLIAM MASON BROWN (american 1828-1898) STILL LIFE WITH PEACHES ON A TAPESTRY Signed ‘W.M. Brown’ bottom right, oil on canvas 16 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (40.9 x 51.6cm) provenance: Christie’s, New York, sale of May 21, 1998, lot 110. Private Collection, Newport, Rhode Island. $15,000-25,000
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13 142295/3 PETER BAUMGRAS (american 1827-1904) STILL LIFE Signed and dated ‘Peter Baumgras 1898’ bottom right, oil on canvas 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1cm) provenance: Henry H. Glassie, Washington, DC. Private Collection, Newport, Rhode Island. $2,500-4,000
14 148071/1 NICHOLAS ALDEN BROOKS (american 1840-1904) “READING TABLE” Signed ‘NA Brooks Esq.’ on envelope lower center, oil on canvas 9 x 11 in. (22.9 x 27.9cm) provenance: Christie’s East, New York, sale of March 14, 1991, lot 31. Private Collection, Florida. $12,000-18,000
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15 142293/1 CHRISTOPHER H. SHEARER (american 1840-1926) FALLS Signed and dated ‘C.H. Shearer 1906’ bottom left, oil on canvas 48 1/8 x 72 1/2 in. (122.1 x 184.2cm) provenance: The Gibbs Estate, Reading, Pennsylvania. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $2,000-3,000
16 142237/1 EDWARD MORAN (american 1829-1901) “STROLLING IN THE WOODS, ALONG THE WISSAHICKON” Signed ‘Ed Moran’ bottom left, oil on canvas 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (26.7 x 39.4cm) provenance: Godel and Co., New York, New York. Private Collection, Maryland. $4,000-6,000
17 142295/10 EDITH M.W. HOWES (american ACTIVE 1879-1903) DISTANT VIEW OF BOSTON Signed and dated ‘Edith M. Howes/1891’ bottom right, oil on canvas 14 x 24 in. (35.5 x 61cm) provenance: Private Collection, New England. $2,000-3,000
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18 141754/5 HENRY H. CROSS (american 1837-1918) “PONY BOB” (ROBERT HASLAM) Signed ‘H. H. Cross’ twice bottom right, with artist and title verso, also with unidentified partial label verso, oil on canvas 20 1/8 x 30 in. (50.9 x 76.2cm) provenance: Private Collection, New York, New York. note: With frame plate that reads “Robert Haslam, better known as “Pony Bob” carrying the election returns of Abraham Lincoln to the first Telegraph Station at the Overland Pony Express, Riding 120 miles in 8 hours and 10 minutes from Smith Creek to Fort Churchill, Nevada, in the year 1860, using 13 California Mustangs. Was Ambushed by Piute Indians, between the sink of the Carson River and Fort Churchill and shot with Flint Head Arrows through the lower jaw, fracturing it on both sides and knocking out five teeth.” $4,000-6,000
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19 141857/1 SUSAN CATHERINE WATERS (american 1823-1900) SQUIRRELS EATING STRAWBERRIES WATCHED BY A CAT Signed ‘S. C. Waters’ bottom right, oil on canvas 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6cm) provenance: “Fine American & European Paintings.” Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 24, 2001, lot 47. Private Collection, Nantucket, Massachusetts. exhibited: New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey, 1979. $8,000-12,000
20 141857/2 SUSAN CATHERINE WATERS (american 1823-1900) “NATURE’S BOUNTY” Signed and located ‘Mrs. Susan C. Waters/ Bordentown N.J.’ bottom right, with partial unidentified label verso, oil on canvas 18 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (46.4 x 31.1cm) provenance: Skinner Auction, Marlborough, Massachusetts, sale of May 5, 1995, lot 66. Private Collection, Nantucket, Massachusetts. $3,000-5,000
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21 142295/12 ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM TAIT (american 1819-1905) CHICKENS AND ROOSTER ON SMITH FARM Oil on panel 7 x 11 3/4 in. (17.8 x 30cm) 1872. provenance: Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts. Skinner Auction, Marlborough, Massachusetts, sale of November 11, 1994, lot 66. Private Collection, Newport, Rhode Island. $2,000-3,000
22 142211/3 LOCKWOOD DE FOREST (american 1850-1932) PALM TREES AT THE OASIS Signed and dated bottom left, oil on board 6 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (15.9 x 26cm) provenance: The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut. Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $1,200-1,800
23 142295/11 AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th century) “TAPPAN ZEE” (HUDSON RIVER) Signed and dated ‘F.C.’ 1867’ bottom left; also inscribed with initials, titled and dated ‘May 1867’ verso, oil on canvas 17 x 27 1/2 in. (43.2 x 70cm) provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, New England. $2,000-3,000
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24 142295/5 FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (american 1835-1886) MOONRISE ON THE NEW ENGLAND COAST Signed and dated ‘F.A. Silva/79’ bottom left, also inscribed with artist and title verso, oil on canvas 18 1/8 x 34 1/8 in. (45.9 x 87.1cm) provenance: Edward T. Wilson, Bethesda, Maryland. Mark Murray Fine Paintings, New York, New York. Acquired from the above, 1994. Private Collection, New York, New York. literature: Mark D. Mitchell, Francis A. Silva: In His Own Light, New York, 2002, p. 134, no. 47, (illustrated). $40,000-60,000
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25 141409/2 JOSEPH RUSLING MEEKER (american 1827-1889) HERON ON THE BAYOU Signed and dated ‘JR Meeker 77’ bottom left, oil on canvas laid to panel 20 x 36 in. (50.8 x 91.4cm) provenance: Selkirk’s, St. Louis, Missouri. Acquired from the above, May 17, 1986. Private Collection, The Main Line, Pennsylvania. $15,000-25,000
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26 142295/6 JOHN GEORGE BROWN (american 1831-1913) FIELDHAND WITH SCYTHE Signed and dated ‘J. G. Brown N.A./ Copyright 1909’ bottom left, oil on canvas 40 1/8 x 31 1/2 in. (101.9 x 80cm) provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, sale of November 30, 1989, lot 40. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. note: A genre painter originally from England, Brown painted many scenes of street children, capturing the spirit of pulling oneself up by the bootstraps. Brown claimed that he was a poor lad once, like his subjects. These scenes were extremely popular and often reproduced as lithographs. In addition to the street urchins, Brown liked to paint rural farm scenes like his contemporaries Winslow Homer and Eastman Johnson. $20,000-30,000
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27 142295/7 HENRY BACON (american 1839-1912) FEEDING THE PIGEONS Signed ‘Henry Bacon’ bottom left, oil on canvas 28 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (71.8 x 50cm) provenance: Private Collection, Arizona. $7,000-10,000
29 141650/4 EDWARD LAMSON HENRY (american 1841-1919) SOLDIERS ON THE STEPS Signed and dated ‘E L Henry 1875’ top right, oil on board with: INDIAN HEAD AND HOUSE verso, pencil sketch on board 11 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (29.2 x 21.7cm) provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts. $4,000-6,000
28 142246/1 KARL WITKOWSKI (american 1860-1910) SHOE SHINE BOY WITH CHERRY BRANCH Signed ‘K. Witkowski’ bottom right, oil on canvas 24 x 16 in. (61 x 40.6cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $5,000-8,000
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30 142295/1 RALPH ALBERT BLAKELOCK (american 1847-1919) “ENCAMPMENT” Oil on panel 7 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (19.7 x 28.5cm) provenance: William Macbeth Gallery, New York, New York. Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts. Private Collection, Newport, Rhode Island. note: This work is recorded as no. 1233 in the University of Nebraska Blakelock Inventory. $4,000-6,000
31 142249/3 JAMES HAMILTON (american 1819-1878) "NEAR POINT PEDRO BELOW THE GOLDEN GATE" (CALIFORNIA) Signed 'J. Hamilton' bottom right; also inscribed with artist, title and date '1877' verso, oil on canvas 16 1/8 x 27 in. (40.8 x 68.6cm) provenance: Private Collection, Maryland. $3,000-5,000
32 142295/8 NORTON BUSH (american 1834-1894) A TROPICAL SUNSET Signed and dated ‘N Bush 79’ bottom right, oil on canvas 9 x 14 1/4 in. (23.2 x 36cm) provenance: Butterfield’s, San Francisco, California, sale of December 13, 2000, lot 3015A. Private Collection, Arizona. $4,000-6,000
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33 142055/1 WILLIAM LAMB PICKNELL (american 1853-1897) MOUNTAN LANDSCAPE WITH COACH Signed ‘W. L. Picknell’ bottom left, oil on canvas 24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4cm) provenance: Private Collection, Connecticut. Doyle, New York, New York, sale of October 1987. Private Collection, New Jersey. note: A plein-air painter, Picknell grew up in New England but traveled extensively, including a two year stay in Rome, studying under George Inness. Picknell primarily painted landscapes. Like his most famous works, The Road to Concarneau in the Corcoran Gallery and The Banks of the Loing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Mountain Landscape With Coach" features the same low horizon line and deep recession of space, accentuated by a dirt road. $25,000-40,000
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34 141735/1 FRANKLIN DEHAVEN (american 1856-1934) “AUTUMN LANDSCAPE” Signed ‘DeHaven’ bottom right 36 x 26 in. (91.4 x 66cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $2,000-3,000
35 142250/14 JAMES BRADE SWORD (american 1839-1915) TEA TIME Signed and dated ‘J.B. Sword 93’ bottom right, oil on canvas 35 x 25 in. (88.9 x 63.5cm) provenance: Private Collection, Maryland. $3,000-5,000
36 142295/9 AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th century) GIRL BY THE WINDOW Oil on canvas 20 x 12 in. (51 x 30.5cm) provenance: Private Collection, New England. $2,000-3,000
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37 142295/2 GEORGE INNESS (american 1825-1894) “AFTER THE STORM” Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8cm) c. 1887-1890. provenance: Garzoli Gallery, San Rafael, California. “Estate of Joseph A. Montgomery” Christie’s, New York, January 21, 1987, lot 69. William Postar, Boston, Massachusetts,1987. Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, Alexandria, Virginia, 1988. Weschler’s, Washington, DC, sale of October 20, 1990, lot 51. Private Collection, Connecticut.
Borghi & Co., New York, New York. William Doyle Galleries, sale of May 4, 1994, lot 15. Private Collection, Newport, Rhode Island. exhibited: “George Inness: The Spiritual Landscape.” Borghi & Co., New York, 1991. literature: Antiques. July 1985, pg. 83, (illustrated). Marilyn Kushner, George Inness: The Spiritual Landscape. Borghi & Co, New York, 1991, pp 40-41, (illustrated). Michael Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné. New Brunswick, New Jersey and London, 2007, vol 2, pp 218-219, no. 921, (illustrated). $12,000-18,000
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38 141703/1 AUGUSTA SAVAGE (american 1900-1962) “GAMIN” Inscribed ‘Savage’ on base verso, also inscribed ‘Gamin’ bottom center, bronze with brown patina Height: 8 3/4 in. (22.2cm) provenance: The Estate of David Copley, former publisher of the San Diego UnionTribune. Private Collection, California. $12,000-18,000
39 142126/1 STELLA ELKINS TYLER (american 1884-1963) STANDING FEMALE NUDE Inscribed ‘S.E. Tyler 34’ on base, also stamped ‘Roman Bronze Works, NY’ on base, bronze with brown patina Height: 14 1/2 in. (36.8cm) provenance: Private Collection, Washington. $1,000-1,500
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40 142179/2 BESSIE POTTER VONNOH (american 1872-1955) “THE SCARF” Inscribed ‘Bessie Potter Vonnoh no XII’ and ‘Roman Bronze Works NY’ on base, bronze with brown & green patina Height: 13 in. (33cm) provenance: Private Collection, New York. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. literature: J. Aronson, Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955) and Small Bronze Sculpture in America, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Delaware, 1995, pp. 265-73, 498. J. Aronson, Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women, exhibition catalogue, Athens, Ohio, 2008, pp. 139, 141-43, 159, 161, 243, (another example illustrated). $8,000-12,000
41 141927/1 STELLA ELKINS TYLER (american 1884-1963) “LITTLE MOLLY” AND A COMPANION Inscribed ‘Stella E.Tyler 34’ on base and stamped ‘Roman Bronze Works, NY’ on base Height: 11 7/8 in. (30.4cm) (2) provenance: Mr. H.F. West. Private Collection, New Jersey. exhibited: Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, April 22 - May 4, 1935. literature: Roberta A. Mayer. Stella Elkins Tyler: A Legacy Born of Bronze. Bucks County Community College. 2004, pg 56, (illustrated). $1,500-2,500
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42 142179/1 ROBERT WILLIAM VONNOH (american 1858-1933) HOUSES IN THE LANDSCAPE Signed ‘Vonnoh’ bottom left, oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2cm) provenance: Private Collection, New York. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $8,000-12,000
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43 142290/2 BRUCE CRANE (american 1857-1937) “THE OAT FIELD, NEWPORT” Signed ‘Bruce Crane’ bottom right, with title and date ‘1912’ verso, oil on panel 10 x 12 7/8 in. (25.4 x 32.6cm) provenance: American Tradition Gallery of Fine Art, Greenwich, Connecticut. The Crane Collection, Boston, Massachusetts. An Estate, Massachusetts. $1,500-2,500
44 142290/1 GEORGE GARDNER SYMONS (american 1863-1930) “VILLAGE, BERKSHIRE MOUNTAINS” Signed ‘G. Symons’ lower left, with two estate stamps verso, oil on canvas 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (24.1 x 29.8cm) provenance: The Crane Collection, Boston, Massachusetts. An Estate, Massachusetts. $1,500-2,500
45 142257/2 ROBERT HENRI (american 1865-1929) LUXEMBOURG GARDENS Signed ‘Robert Henri’ bottom right, oil on canvasboard 6 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.(15.9 x 21.9cm) provenance: By descent in the family. Private Collection, The Netherlands. $5,000-8,000
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46 142257/1 FRANK MILTON ARMINGTON (CANADIAN 1876-1941) “PONT STE MARIE A PARIS” Signed and dated ‘Frank M. Armington 1916’ bottom right; also inscribed ‘Pont Ste Marie, 1916, Paris, Par Frank Armington’ verso, oil on canvas 36 1/4 x 29 in. (92.1 x 73.7cm) provenance: By descent in the family. Private Collection, The Netherlands. note: A Canadian from Ontario, Armington traveled to Paris in 1899 to study at the Académie Julian. He returned in 1905 and would live in the city until 1939. Armington painted numerous scenes from around the city, including the Tuileries Garden and the Boulevard de la Madeleine. In many instances, the artist painted from an elevated viewpoint, reminiscent of Monet’s Boulevard des Capucines. $12,000-18,000
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47 141781/1 FREDERICK CARL FRIESEKE (american 1874-1939) SPRING LANDSCAPE, CAGNES Signed and dated ‘FC Frieseke 19’ bottom left, oil on canvas 25 x 32 in. (63.5 x 81.3cm) provenance: Private Collection, Alabama. note: This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Frieseke’s work being compiled by Nicholas Kilmer, the artist’s grandson, and sponsored by Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York. $12,000-18,000
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48 141603/5 ANTHONY THIEME (american 1888-1954) IN THE HARBOR Signed ‘A Thieme’ (scratched out) bottom right, oil on canvas 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $8,000-12,000
49 142016/1 ROBERT FREDERICK BLUM (american 1857-1903) “SAN FRANCISCO BAY” Signed ‘R. Blum’ bottom right, watercolor on paper 9 x 12 in. (22.8 x 30.4cm) provenance: Paul Magriel Collection of American Drawings, New York, New York. “Fine Paintings and Artists of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,” Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 5, 2004. Private Collection, New Jersey. exhibited: “American Drawings.” Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona. (n.d.) The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. (n.d.) Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, April 14-May 15, 1963. $2,500-4,000
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50 142109/1 EMILE ALBERT GRUPPE (american 1896-1978) BOATS IN A HARBOR, GLOUCESTER Signed and dated ‘Emile A. Gruppe 1935’ bottom right, oil on canvas 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2cm) provenance: The Collin’s Family, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $6,000-10,000
51 142122/6 THOMAS RATHBONE MANLEY (american 1853-1938) “NEAR PLUCKEMIN, NEW JERSEY” Signed ‘TR Manley’ bottom left, also titled in pencil verso, oil on board 10 1/2 x 14 in. (26.7 x 35.6cm) provenance: Private Collection, Indiana. $1,500-2,500
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52 142122/9 EDWARD CHARLES VOLKERT (american 1871-1935) CHICKEN AND SHEEP IN THE SHADE Signed ‘EWC Volkert’ bottom left, oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61cm) provenance: Private Collection, Indiana. $3,000-5,000
53 141880/1 RICHARD BLOSSOM FARLEY (american 1875-1951) LOW TIDE WITH STARLINGS Signed and dated ‘Farley 1920’ bottom right; also inscribed in pencil ‘R.B. Farley Newtown Bucks Co. PA’ verso, oil on board 16 x 11 3/4 in. (40.6 x 29.9cm) provenance: Private Collection, Washington, DC. $2,000-3,000
54 142250/16 EDMUND WILLIAM GREACEN (american 1877-1949) “STANDING BALLERINA” Signed ‘Edmund Greacen’ bottom right and indistinctly bottom left; also with estate stamp verso, oil on canvas, unframed 46 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (117 x 76.4cm) provenance: RH Love Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Private Collection, Maryland. $3,000-5,000
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55 141912/3 WILLIAM SERGEANT KENDALL (american 1869-1938) RECLINING NUDE Signed and dated ‘Sergeant Kendall 1932’ top left, oil on canvas 22 1/4 x 32 in. (56.5 x 81.3cm) provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey. $7,000-10,000
56 141674/24 JOHN WHORF (american 1903-1959) “TWO WOMEN IN A ROWBOAT” Signed ‘John Whorf’ bottom left, mixed media on paper 19 1/8 x 16 1/4 in. (48.4 x 41.3cm) provenance: Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Acquired from the above. From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $2,000-3,000
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57 142055/2 FREDERICK CARL FRIESEKE (american 1874-1939) “DRESSED FOR THE EVENING” Signed ‘F.C. Frieseke’ bottom right, oil on canvas board, circa 1919 19 x 15 1/2 in. (48.3 x 39.4cm) provenance: The Estate of the Artist. David David Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York, New York. Private Collection, New Jersey. exhibited: “Chamber Works by Frederick C. Frieseke.” Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York. November 28, 2000January 13, 2001, no. 110. note: This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Frieseke’s work being compiled by Nicholas Kilmer, the artist’s grandson, and sponsored by Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York. $12,000-18,000
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58 142301/5 FREDERICK CARL FRIESEKE (american 1874-1939) RECLINING NUDE Indistinctly signed bottom right, oil on canvas 19 3/4 x 24 in. (50.2 x 61cm) provenance: Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. note: This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Frieseke’s work being compiled by Nicholas Kilmer, the artist’s grandson, and sponsored by Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York. $10,000-15,000
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59 148111/1 OGDEN MINTON PLEISSNER (american 1905-1983) FISHERMEN IN THE RIVER Signed ‘Pleissner’ bottom right with: HUNTING SCENE verso, watercolor on paper 16 x 23 in. (40.6 x 58.4cm) provenance: A gift from the Artist. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Virginia note: It has been suggested that one of the two fishermen pictured in this piece is the present owner's grandfather, a friend and fishing partner of the artist. The work was most likely painted just prior to World War II. $20,000-30,000
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60 142258/1 GEORGE GARDNER SYMONS (american 1863-1930) CREEK IN WINTER Signed ‘Gardner Symons’ bottom right; also inscribed ‘1919 20 x 25’ in ink verso, oil on canvas 20 x 25 in. (50.8 x 63.5cm) provenance: Private Collection, Virginia. $10,000-15,000
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61 142321/1 GEORGE GARDNER SYMONS (american 1863-1930) “HILLSIDE AND DEEP RAVINE” Signed ‘Gardner Symons’ bottom right; also inscribed with artist and title verso, oil on canvas 20 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. (51.1 x 63.8cm) provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey. $5,000-8,000
62 141529/5 ARTHUR CLIFTON GOODWIN (american 1866-1929) “TRINITY CHURCH, COPLEY SQUARE, BOSTON” Signed ‘AC Goodwin bottom right, titled verso, oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61cm) provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts. $7,000-10,000
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63 142037/1 CARL WUERMER (american 1900-1981) “LATE AFTERNOON, MELTING SNOW” Signed and dated ‘Carl Wuermer Feb. 1925’ bottom right; also titled in pencil on stretcher verso, oil on canvas 28 x 30 in. (71.1 x 76.2cm) provenance: Private Collection, North Carolina. $10,000-15,000
64 142211/1 MARTIN LEWIS (american 1881-1962) “TOTTENVILLE- STATEN ISLAND” Inscribed with artist and title verso, oil on board 12 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (30.6 x 23.5cm) provenance: Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $2,500-4,000
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65 142199/1 NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (american 1882-1945) “HE TURNED AND FACED THE RISING SUN, THE LIGHT FULL ON HIS FACE” Signed and dated ‘N.C. Wyeth 1910’ bottom right, oil on canvas 47 1/2 x 38 1/4 in. (120.7 x 97.2cm) provenance: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. The Artist. Given as a gift from the above. Sidney M. Chase. Mrs. Sidney M. Chase. Mrs. N.C. Wyeth. By descent in the family. Carolyn Wyeth. Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, Delaware (as "The Poet"). Collection of John Edward Dell, c. 1992-1995. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, New Jersey. literature: C.B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. one, London, 2008, pg. 216, no. I.321, (illustrated). Dorothy Canfield. “The Artist.” Scribner's Magazine, March, 1911, pg 288. (illustrated). note: One of America’s greatest illustrators, N.C. Wyeth garnered considerable renown for his work with Scribner’s, particularly his illustration of the Scribner Classics. The present painting illustrates a fantastic yarn about an unknown artist, a farmer in fact, painting in the Pennsylvania country side. A very respected picture-dealer in London tells the tale of discovering the artist among the Quakers. The picture-dealer had just wandered far through field and forest before dawn, stopping to lean on a tree as the artist brought his cows out to graze as the sun rose beyond the hills. When the picturedealer’s guests saw the farmer’s painting, he drew comparisons to Vermeer and Leonardo Da Vinci. It seems only fitting that Wyeth would be asked to illustrate a story of an exceptional artist working in rural Pennsylvania. $120,000-180,000
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66 142108/1 NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (american 1882-1945) “I STOOD LIKE ONE THUNDERSTRUCK, OR AS I HAD SEEN AN APPARITION” Signed ‘N C Wyeth’ bottom right, oil on canvas, unframed 40 1/2 x 30 in. (102.9cm x 76.2cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1923. Property from the Wilmington Institute Library. exhibited: “The Classic Illustrations of N.C. Wyeth,” Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, January 12 - May 19, 1985. “N.C. Wyeth: An Exhibition of Illustrations for Children’s Classics,” The Wilmington Library, Wilmington, Delaware, April 24 - May 31, 1981. “Sights of the Sea,” Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, September 9 - November 19, 1978. (Possibly) Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1923. Exhibition of Illustrative Paintings by N.C. Wyeth, Boston City Club, Boston, Massachusetts, December 11, 1922 - January 9, 1923. Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ? - October 25, 1921. “Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts,” Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, Wilmington, Delaware, April 26-30, 1921, no. 83 (as Robinson Crusoe discovers footprint). literature: C.B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. one, London, 2008, pp. 406-07, no. I.819 (illustrated). K.F. Jennings, N.C. Wyeth, New York, 1992, p. 59 (illustrated). C. Billman, “N.C. Wyeth,” American History Illustrated, 20, no. 10, February 1986, p. 30 (illustrated). “The Stouthearted Heros of a Beloved Painter, Life Magazine, December 9, 1957, p. 95 (illustrated). D. Allen and D. Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 203. Sunday Herald, Boston, Massachusetts, December 24, 1922, n.p., (illustrated) (as The Discovery of the Footprint). Transcript, Boston, Massachusetts, “Wyeth’s Illustrations,” November 28, 1921. New York Herald, “Wyeth Illustrates the Classics,” December 5, 1920, p. 7 (illustrated). D. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, New York, 1920, opp. p. 204 (illustrated). $150,000-250,000
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67 142108/2 NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (american 1882-1945) “AND NO SOONER HAD HE THE ARMS IN HIS HANDS BUT, AS IF THEY HAD PUT NEW VIGOR INTO HIM, HE FLEW UPON HIS MURDERERS LIKE A FURY” Signed ‘N C Wyeth’ lower left, oil on canvas, unframed 40 1/2 x 30 in. (102.9 x 76.2cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1923. Property from the Wilmington Institute Library. exhibited: “N.C. Wyeth: An Exhibition of Illustrations for Children’s Classics,” The Wilmington Library, Wilmington, Delaware, April 24-May 31, 1981. (Possibly) Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1923. Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,? - October 25, 1921. literature: C.B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. one, London, 2008, p. 408, no. I.823, (illustrated). D. Allen and D. Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 203. D. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, New York, 1920, opp. p. 312, (illustrated). $120,000-180,000
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68 142221/1 FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (american 1877-1972) “THE VALLEY OF THE SAW CREEK” Signed and dated ‘Frank E. Schoonover 1958’ bottom right, inscribed with artist, title, and date verso, oil on canvas 25 1/4 x 32 in. (64.1 x 81.3cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above. Jesse Thaler, a student of the artist. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Delaware. literature: John Schoonover, Louise Schoonover Smith, and LeeAnn Dean, Frank E. Schoonover Catalogue Raisonné, Oak Knoll Press, 2009, no. 2491. note: The present painting is the third in a series of five of the Monroe Heller Homestead in Pike County, Pennsylvania. $8,000-12,000
69 142102/2 MARY LOUISE FAIRCHILD (american 1858-1946) “CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE STUDIO” Signed and dated ‘Mary Fairchild Low 1911’ bottom right, also signed and dated ‘****child Low 1911’ bottom left, oil on canvas 32 x 24 in. (81.3 x 61cm) provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts. $5,000-8,000
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70 142210/1 ENOCH BOLLES (american 1883-1976) “UP TO THE MINUTE!” Signed ‘Enoch Bolles’ lower center left, oil on canvas 20 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (50.9 x 35.7cm) provenance: Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. note: We would like to thank Dr. Jack Raglin, author of a forthcoming publication on Enoch Bolles, for his assistance in cataloguing this painting. This composition appeared on the cover of the March 1925 issue of JUDGE magazine. $8,000-12,000
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71 141834/2 ANDREW WYETH (american 1917-2009) TREASURE ISLAND Signed ‘A Wyeth’ bottom left, watercolor on paper 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2cm) provenance: Private Collection, Media, Pennsylvania. The Collection of Bob & Kay Timberlake, Lexington, North Carolina. “The Bob Timberlake Collection,” Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, July 15, 2006, lot 260. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. exhibited: “Andrew Wyeth/Bob Timberlake: Painting on Familiar Ground” Saint John’s Museum, Wilmington, North Carolina, 2000. “Wyeth/Three Generations.” High Point University, High Point, North Carolina. May 1 - June 15, 2006. note: This watercolor will be included in Betsy James Wyeth’s forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work. $20,000-30,000
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72 141834/3 JOHN W. MCCOY (american 1910-1989) “THUNDERSTORM BREWING” Signed ‘John W. McCoy’ bottom right, mixed media on paper 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2cm) 1979. provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $2,000-3,000
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73 148107/4 JOHN WHORF (american 1903-1959) FARMHOUSE Signed ‘John Whorf’ bottom right with: “MAY” verso, watercolor on paper 15 1/4 x 22 7/8 in. (38.7 x 58.3cm) provenance: Private Collection, Florida. $1,500-2,500
74 148107/3 JOHN WHORF (american 1903-1959) “SUMMER” (THE COURTYARD) Signed ‘John Whorf’ bottom right; also titled verso, watercolor on paper 15 1/4 x 21 7/8 in. (38.7 x 55.7cm) provenance: Milch Galleries, New York, New York. Private Collection, Florida. $2,000-3,000
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75 141674/50 JOHN WHORF (american 1903-1959) THE HUDSON (FROM THE NEW YORK SKYLINE) Signed ‘John Whorf’ bottom left; also inscribed ‘Hudson’ in pencil verso, watercolor on paper 14 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (36.8 x 52.1cm) provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $1,500-2,500
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76 142249/4 DEWITT PARSHALL (american 1864-1956) “CALIFORNIA HILLS” Signed ‘DeWitt Parshall N.A.’ bottom right; also with artist, title and date ‘1926’ verso, oil on board 24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2cm) provenance: Private Collection, Maryland. $2,500-4,000
77 142258/2 WILLIAM M. STANDING (american 1904-1951) SNOWED IN Signed and dated ‘William M. Standing 1940’ bottom right, oil on canvasboard 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8cm) provenance: Private Collection, Virginia. $3,000-5,000
78 142121/1 GEORGE MORRISON (american 1919-2000) RED AND PINK FLOWERS Signed ‘Morrison’ bottom right, oil on canvas 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, California. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $2,000-3,000
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79 141529/1 ROBERT GWATHMEY (american 1903-1988) “THE MANSION” Signed ‘Gwathmey’ upper right (on shelf), oil on canvas 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6cm) provenance: Labyrinth Gallery, New York, New York. Private Collection, Massachusetts. $8,000-12,000
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80 142323/1 MILTON AVERY (american 1885-1965) A COUPLE WATCHING A CHILD BATHING Signed ‘Milton Avery’ bottom right, oil on canvas 28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4cm) provenance: The Honorable Lawrence Meredith Clemson Smith, Former Board of Trustees President of the American Federation of Arts, 1948-1951. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. note: A leading American Modernist, Milton Avery’s work stands out for his commitment to representation and his celebrated use of color. His subjects were often pulled from daily life: his family, objects around the studio, and the surrounding landscape when he escaped the city. Painted in the late 30’s or early 40’s, the present work illustrates a period of transition for the artist as he began a departure from a more expressionist style to his signature figurative style of even, broad fields of color contained by firmly delineated lines. This work has been examined by The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation and will be accompanied by the Foundation's official letter. $200,000-300,000
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81 141529/2 MILTON AVERY (american 1885-1965) “GRAPES” Signed and dated ‘Milton Avery 1949’ bottom right, oil on canvasboard 14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7cm) provenance: Alpha Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts. Private Collection, Massachusetts. note: The artist spent the summer of 1949 recovering from a heart attack suffered earlier in the year. A collector was kind enough to offer his country house in Millbrook, New York to the artist and his family for the summer as Milton recovered. Avery took a keen interest in the objects decorating the home and chose a select few to depict in “Grapes.” This work has been examined by The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation and will be accompanied by the Foundation's official letter. $25,000-40,000
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82 141674/5 BLANCHE LAZZELL (american 1878-1956) UNTITLED (ABSTRACT) Signed and dated ‘Blanche Lazzell 1946’ bottom right with: UNTITLED (ABSTRACT) verso, inscribed ‘1946’ in pencil bottom right, watercolor on paper 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (24.1 x 33.7cm) provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $1,000-1,500 83 141674/27 BLANCHE LAZZELL (american 1878-1956) “WATERCOLOR NO. 3” Signed and dated ‘Blanche Lazell 1946’ bottom right; also inscribed with artist, title and ‘New York Society Women Artists National Academy of Design NYC. May 12-26, 1946’ on backing board verso, watercolor on paper 11 1/2 x 10 in. (29.2 x 25.4cm) provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $1,000-1,500 84 141618/1 MILTON AVERY (american 1885-1965) “YOUNG ORCHARD” Signed and dated ‘Milton Avery 1954’ bottom left; also inscribed ‘“Young Orchard” Milton Avery W.C.’ in pencil verso, watercolor on paper 8 7/8 x 24 in. (22.8 x 61cm) provenance: Private Collection, Maryland. note: This work has been examined by The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation and will be accompanied by the Foundation's official letter. $3,000-5,000
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85 142301/1 GEORGE COPELAND AULT (american 1891-1948) VEGETABLES Signed and dated ‘G.C. Ault ‘44’ bottom left, watercolor on paper Image size: 11 3/8 x 17 5/8 in. (29 x 44.6cm) Sheet size: 13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (34.9 x 50.2cm) provenance: Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $4,000-6,000
86 142301/2 GEORGE COPELAND AULT (american 1891-1948) “TWILIGHT” (WOODSTOCK NOCTURNE) Signed and dated ‘G.C. Ault 1940’ bottom right, also inscribed with artist, title and measurements verso, watercolor on paper 11 x 20 3/4 in. (27.9 x 52.7cm) provenance: Zabriskie Gallery, New York, New York. Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. exhibited: “George Ault Nocturnes.” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York. December 6, 1973 - January 6, 1974. $5,000-8,000
87 142301/3 ARTHUR DOVE (american 1880-1946) UNTITLED (THE RED BARN) Indistinctly inscribed in pencil lower center left, oil and gouache on paper 3 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (8.4 x 14cm) 1932. provenance: Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, New York. Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $6,000-10,000
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88 142301/4 JOHN MARIN (american 1870-1953) “HARBOR I, DEER ISLE, MAINE” Signed and dated ‘Marin 27’ bottom right, watercolor and pencil on paper 16 3/4 x 22 in. (42.5 x 55.9cm) [Reich 27.40] provenance: The Downtown Gallery, New York, New York. Forum Gallery, New York. Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Aaron Payne Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Owen Gallery, New York, New York. Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
exhibited: “Abstract Painting In America.” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. February 12 - March 22, 1935, no 74. literature: Sheldon Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. The University of Arizona Press, 1970. Part II, pg 584, no 27.40, (illustrated). $15,000-25,000
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89 141674/4 RAPHAEL SOYER (american 1899-1987) WOMAN SMOKING Signed ‘Raphael Soyer’ bottom left and inscribed ‘for J(?)irca’ bottom right, also dated ‘1942’ verso, oil on canvas 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6cm) provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $1,500-2,500
90 141674/51 NANCY WHORF (american 1930-2009) “THREE MEN ON DECK” Signed ‘N. Whorf’ bottom left, titled verso, oil on board 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1cm) provenance: Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts. From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $1,000-1,500
91 141674/16 NANCY WHORF (american, 1930-2004) “MACHO MAN, PROVINCETOWN CARNIVAL” Signed ‘N. Whorf’ bottom right, with unidentified label verso, oil on board 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61cm) provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $1,000-1,500
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92 142242/3 DAVID A. LEFFEL (american b. 1931) “RADISHES AND ROSE JAR” Signed with monogram and dated ‘84’ bottom left, oil on board 13 1/4 x 12 in. (33.7 x 30.5cm) provenance: Private Collection, New York, New York. $3,000-5,000
94 142242/1 DAVID A. LEFFEL (american, B. 1931) “SECKEL PEARS AND DAMSON PLUMS” Signed with monogram and dated ‘84’ bottom right, oil on board 11 x 12 in. (27.9 x 30.5cm) provenance: Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York. Private Collection, New York, New York. exhibited: “Oil Painting from a Master.” Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York, November 15, 1984. $3,000-5,000
93 142242/2 DAVID A. LEFFEL (american b. 1931) “WHITE VASE AND ORANGES” Signed with monogram bottom left; also inscribed with artist and title verso, oil on board 11 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (29.8 x 41.9cm) provenance: Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York. Private Collection, New York, New York. exhibited: “Life and Still Life.” Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York, November 5 to 26, 1986. $3,000-5,000
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95 142093/2 GRIGORY GLUCKMANN (russian 1898-1973) TORSOS Signed ‘Gluckmann’ lower right, oil on board 24 x 19 in. (61 x 48.3cm) provenance: Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California. Private Collection, Florida. $8,000-12,000
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96 142093/1 GRIGORY GLUCKMANN (russian 1898-1973) “ROBERTA” Signed ‘Gluckmann’ (scratched out) bottom right, oil on panel 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5cm) provenance: The Milch Galleries, New York, New York. Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California. Private Collection, Florida. $8,000-12,000
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97 142093/3 GRIGORY GLUCKMANN (russian 1898-1973) “NUDE” Signed ‘Gluckmann’ bottom right, oil on panel 15 x 9 7/8 in. (38.1 x 24.8cm) provenance: Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California. Private Collection, Florida. exhibited: “Grigory Gluckmann: Contemporary Classicist”, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California, November 3 - December 3, 1972. $8,000-12,000
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98 141529/6 DAVID DAVIDOVICH BURLIUK (american/ukranian 1882-1967) PEASANT WOMAN WITH HORSE Signed ‘Burliuk’ lower center and dated ‘1948’ bottom right, oil on panel 13 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (33.2 x 28.6cm) provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts. $4,000-6,000
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99 141674/91 DAVID DAVIDOVICH BURLIUK (american/ukranian 1882-1967) “FLOWERS ON THE SHORE” Signed and dated ‘Burliuk 1949’ bottom right, oil on canvas 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61cm) provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. exhibited: "Professional Artists of Eastern Long Island First Annual Exhibition." Parrish Museum of Southampton, Southampton, New York. (n.d.) $15,000-25,000
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100 141529/7 DAVID DAVIDOVICH BURLIUK (american/ukranian 1882-1967) “FLOWERS AND FISHERMEN” Signed and dated ‘Burliuk 1947’ bottom left, oil on canvas 25 1/8 x 22 1/4 in. (63.7 x 56.5cm) provenance: ACA Galleries, New York, New York. Private Collection, Massachusetts. $8,000-12,000
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Freeman's is pleased to offer a fine group of Teresa Ferber Bernstein paintings from the estate of Dr. Daniel Lovette. Dr. Lovette and Ms. Bernstein developed a friendly rapport during the 1980s and 1990s. During that time, Dr. Lovette purchased a large number of works by Bernstein, as well as a few by her husband, William Meyerowitz. The two exchanged letters and phone calls, as well as meeting in person, probably in Provincetown, Massachusetts. An avid collector, Lovette's collection also includes John Whorf and Nancy Whorf, as well as many other American artists, including David Davidovich Burliuk. 101 141674/11 THERESA FERBER BERNSTEIN (american 1890-2002) “WAITING FOR THE VETERANS” Signed ‘Bernstein’ bottom right, oil on canvas 26 x 33 in. (66 x 83.8cm) 1944. provenance: The Funks Gallery, Maryland. From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $2,500-4,000
102 141674/7 THERESA FERBER BERNSTEIN (american 1890-2002) LUNCH ON THE DOCK Signed ‘Bernstein’ lower right, oil on canvas 24 x 29 in. (61 x 83.8cm) provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $2,500-4,000
103 141674/10 THERESA FERBER BERNSTEIN (american 1890-2002) “THE HOME OF JAMES MONROE, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA” Signed ‘Bernstein’ bottom right, oil on canvas 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9cm) 1930. provenance: The Funks Gallery, Maryland. From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $2,000-3,000
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104 141674/19 THERESA FERBER BERNSTEIN (american 1890-2002) “RIVER INDUSTRY” Signed ‘T Bernstein’ bottom right; also titled verso, oil on canvasboard 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8cm) provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $1,500-2,500
105 141674/54 THERESA FERBER BERNSTEIN (american 1890-2002) “THE REHEARSAL AT CARNEGIE HALL” Signed ‘Bernstein’ bottom right, oil on canvas 25 x 29 in. (63.5 x 73.7cm) 1948. provenance: The Funks Gallery, Maryland. From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. note: In a letter dated January 19, 1989 from Teresa Bernstein to Dr. Daniel Lovette, Bernstein references this painting and explains that one of the people featured in the composition represents Bernstein’s husband, William Meyerowitz, who was a fellow artist and a musical performer. She also mentions the piece the group is rehearsing is a musical work by composer Jascha Heifitz. $2,000-3,000
106 141674/17 THERESA FERBER BERNSTEIN (american 1890-2002) HARBOR FROM THE HILL Signed and inscribed ‘Bernstein’ bottom right, oil on canvas laid to board 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8cm) provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $1,500-2,500
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107 141674/6 THERESA FERBER BERNSTEIN (american 1890-2002) “REGATTA” Signed and inscribed ‘Bernstein’ bottom right; also inscribed with artist and title verso, oil on canvasboard 21 x 28 1/2 in. (53.3 x 72.4cm) provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $2,000-3,000
108 141674/12 THERESA FERBER BERNSTEIN (american 1890-2002) “MARKET SCENE” Signed ‘Bernstein’ bottom right, oil on canvas 16 x 25 in (40.6 x 63.5cm) 1922. provenance: The Funks Gallery, Maryland. From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $2,000-3,000
109 141674/52 THERESA FERBER BERNSTEIN (american 1890-2002) “KATY IN YELLOW KIMONO” Signed ‘T Bernstein’ bottom left, oil on canvas 24 x 22 in. (61 x 55.9cm) 1918. provenance: The Funks Gallery, Maryland. From the Collection of Dr. Daniel Lovette. $1,500-2,500
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110 132344/1 ARTHUR BEECHER CARLES (american 1882-1952) “HARLEQUIN” Oil on canvas 56 1/4 x 44 1/2 in. (142.9 x 113cm) c. 1932 provenance: Estate of the Artist. The Artist’s daughter, Mercedes Matter. William O’Reilly Fine Arts, New York, New York. Private Collection, New York, New York. exhibited: Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York. (n.d.) Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975, no. 11. Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York, New York. (n.d.) Debra Force Fine Art, New York, New York. (n.d.) note: It has been suggested that the sitter for this painting was the artist’s daughter, Mercedes Matter. $25,000-40,000
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111 142211/2 MARTHA WALTER (american 1875-1976) “ROCKY NECK, MASSACHUSETTS” With estate stamp and title verso, oil on board 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.6 x 26.7cm) provenance: The Estate of the Artist. David David Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $3,000-5,000
112 141928/1 MARTHA WALTER (american 1875-1976) “GARDEN IN FRENCH ALGIERS” With title and estate stamp verso, watercolor on paper 7 1/4 x 9 1/16 in. (18.4 x 22.9cm) provenance: The Estate of the Artist. Private Collection, Ohio. $2,000-3,000
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113 142161/1 WALTER STUEMPFIG (american 1914-1970) “BACCHANAL” Signed ‘W Stuempfig’ on post at left, oil on canvas 29 x 50 in. (73.7 x 127cm) provenance: Olympia Galleries, Glenside, Pennsylvania. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $2,500-4,000
114 142112/1 MAURICE MOLARSKEY (american 1885-1950) “LOVERS IN THE PARK” (FAIRMOUNT) Signed ‘M Molarsky’ bottom center, oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2cm) provenance: Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania. Acquired from the above by the present owner. $3,000-5,000
Pennsylvania Impressionists lots 115-166
Lot 132 (detail)
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115 141900/1 FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (american 1888-1951) LUMBERVILLE Signed ‘Fern I. Coppedge’ bottom right and located ‘Lumberville’ on stretcher bar verso, oil on canvas 14 x 16 in. (35.6 x 40.6cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. note: Fern Coppedge (along with Mary Elizabeth Price) is considered the most significant female artist of the New Hope School. Best known for her winter scenes of Bucks County, she also painted numerous scenes of Gloucester
Harbor, as she was known to summer there. Born in the Midwest, Coppedge first came to New Hope in 1917, eventually settling in a studio in Lumberville, just up the river from New Hope, in 1920. Coppedge would travel frequently between Lumberville, New Hope and Philadelphia. She was part of “The Philadelphia Ten,” a group of female artists that included Price, Harriet Frishmuth and Theresa Bernstein. Coppedge’s style of Impressionism was most notable for its bright palette. $25,000-40,000
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116 141910/1 FREDERICK R. WAGNER (american 1864-1940) “TROUT STREAM, WINTER” Signed ‘F Wagner’ bottom left, oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2cm) provenance: Private Collection, New York, New York. exhibited: “One Hundred and Thirty Fourth Annual Exhibition.” Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1939, no. 245. $7,000-10,000
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117 142102/1 JULES SCALELLA (american 1896-1976) “ON THE DELAWARE, NEW HOPE, PA” Signed ‘Jules Scalella’ bottom right, titled in pencil on stretcher verso 30 1/4 x 36 1/4 in. (76.8 x 92.1cm) provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts. $3,000-5,000
118 141912/4 WALTER EMERSON BAUM (american 1884-1956) “AUTUMN” Signed ‘Baum’ lower left, with artist and title verso, oil on canvas 24 x 40 1/2 in. (61 x 102.9cm) provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey. $5,000-8,000
119 142065/1 GIOVANNI MARTINO (american 1908-1997) “MONUMENT ROAD” Signed ‘Giovanni Martino’ bottom right, with artist and title inscribed on stretcher verso, oil on canvas 20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2cm) provenance: Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $2,000-3,000
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120 142171/1 MARY ELIZABETH PRICE (american 1877-1965) “DAHLIAS AND LUSTRE” Signed ‘M Elizabeth Price’ bottom right, inscribed with artist, title, and location verso, oil and gold leaf on board, oval 16 1/2 x 22 in. (41.9 x 55.9cm) provenance: Ferargil Gallery, New York, New York. Private Collection, Florida. note: Raised on a Solebury farm outside New Hope, Mary Elizabeth Price was, along with Fern Coppedge, the best known of the female Pennsylvania Impressionists. A floral still life with a brilliant gold leaf background, “Dahlias and Lustre” is a quintessential example of Price’s most celebrated work. This painting came through Ferargil Gallery, a New York gallery owned by her brother, F. Newlin Price. The Price family was well represented in the art world as her other brother, R. Moore Price, was a known frame-maker and her brother-in-law was the Pennsylvania Impressionist Rae Sloan Bredin. $10,000-15,000
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121 141653/1 MARY ELIZABETH PRICE (american 1877-1965) “ZINNIAS & MARIGOLDS” Signed ‘M. Elizabeth Price’ bottom right; also inscribed ‘140 W. 57 / New York, New York’ verso, oil and gold leaf on board 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6cm) provenance: Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York. Private Collection, Connecticut. note: Best known for works similar to “Zinnias & Marigolds,” Price also produced celebrated Impressionist landscapes, capturing places around Buck’s County like her fellow Pennsylvania Impressionsts. She exhibited with the Philadelphia Ten for over twenty years. She also had numerous solo exhibitions in New York city including at Grand Central Art Galleries, where this painting was acquired. $8,000-12,000
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122 141912/1 GEORGE WILLIAM SOTTER (american 1879-1953) “THE HILL ROAD, WINTER” Signed ‘G W Sotter’ lower right, with unidentified label verso, oil on canvas 36 x 40 in. (91.4 x 101.6cm) In a Bernard Badura frame, with frame incised ‘B Badura New Hope, PA’ provenance: Private Collection, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, New Jersey. note: Painted on an unusually large scale, "The Hill Road, Winter" is an excellent example of Sotter's most celebrated subject, the winter nocturne. $100,000-150,000
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123 141533/1 CHARLES JAC YOUNG (american 1880-1940) “WINTER MORNING” Oil on canvas 31 1/4 x 39 3/4 in. (79.4 x 101cm) provenance: Christie’s, New York, sale of November 30, 1990, lot 132. Skinner Auction, Marlborough, Massachusetts, November 23, 2003, lot 500. Private Collection, New Jersey. Questroyal Fine Art, New York, New York. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, New York, New York. exhibited: (Possibly) “The One Hundred and Eleventh Annual Exhibition.” Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1916, no 412. $20,000-30,000
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124 142062/1 ARTHUR MELTZER (american 1893-1989) “SEASON’S MELODY” Signed and dated ‘Arthur Meltzer 28’ bottom right, with unidentified label verso, oil on canvas 32 x 36 in. (81.9 x 91.4cm) provenance: The Artist. Macbeth Gallery, New York, New York. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. exhibited: “First Exhibition of Paintings by Arthur Meltzer.” Macbeth Gallery, New York. April 2-13, 1929, no 5. $15,000-25,000
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125 142172/2 WALTER EMERSON BAUM (american 1884-1956) “WINTER IN SELLERSVILLE” Signed ‘W E Baum’ bottom left, oil on board 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3cm) provenance: Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut. Acquired from the above, 2004. Private Collection, New Jersey. $5,000-8,000
126 142194/1 FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (american 1888-1951) FARMS IN THE VALLEY Signed ‘F. Coppedge’ bottom right, oil on board 8 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (21.5 x 26cm) provenance: Private Collection, Westchester County, New York. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Maryland. $5,000-8,000
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127 141840/1 WALTER ELMER SCHOFIELD (american 1867-1944) “HILLSIDE FARM, CORNWALL” Signed ‘Schofield’ bottom left; also titled ‘Hillside Farm, Cornwall’ verso; with State Fair of Texas, Dallas label (detached), oil on canvas 25 3/4 x 29 7/8 in. (65.4 x 76cm) provenance: Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York. Private Collection, California. exhibited: Loan Collection of American Paintings, State Fair of Texas, Dallas, October 13-28, 1923.
note: Philadelphia born, Schofield studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under Thomas Anshutz. Schofield moved to England in 1901, spending his summers in Cornwall and the rest of the year in the United States. Exhibited in 1923, “Hillside Farm, Cornwall” may be an early example of Schofield using a high horizon line and elevated viewpoint, similar to Daniel Garber’s “stacked composition” technique that he was using contemporaneously. Schofield used this technique to paint many scenes of the Cornish countryside in the 20’s and 30’s. $20,000-30,000
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128 141512/1 FREDERICK R. WAGNER (american 1864-1940) “THE MILL STREAM” Signed ‘F. Wagner’ bottom left; also titled in pencil on stretcher verso, oil on canvas 35 1/4 x 43 in. (89.5 x 109.2cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, New Jersey. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $2,500-4,000
129 141512/4 FREDERICK R. WAGNER (american 1864-1940) BOATS IN A HARBOR Signed ‘F*. Wagner’ bottom right, oil on canvas 35 x 43 in. (88.9 x 109.2cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, New Jersey. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $2,500-4,000
130 141512/3 FREDERICK R. WAGNER (american 1864-1940) HARBOR SCENE WITH TUG BOAT Signed ‘F. Wagner’ bottom right, oil on canvas 30 x 35 in. (76.2 x 88.9cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, New Jersey. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $2,500-4,000
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131 141877/1 EDWARD WILLIS REDFIELD (american 1869-1965) WINTER BROOK LANDSCAPE Signed ‘E W Redfield’ bottom left, indistinctly inscribed in pencil on stretcher bar verso, oil on canvas 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2cm) provenance: Alderfer Auction Company, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, sale of June 8, 2005, lot 405. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. note: This painting will be accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Dr. Thomas Folk and included in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné. $50,000-80,000
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132 142262/1 FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (american 1888-1951) “THE OPALESCENT SEA” Signed ‘Fern I Coppedge’ bottom right; also inscribed ‘The Opalescent Sea/ Fern I Coppedge’ in pencil on stretcher bar verso, oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61cm) provenance: Oscar T. Cropper, Topeka, Kansas. Private Collection, Arizona. $25,000-40,000
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133 141900/2 FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (american 1888-1951) BUCKS COUNTY LANDSCAPE IN AUTUMN Signed ‘Fern I. Coppedge’ bottom right, oil on canvas 14 x 16 in. (35.6 x 40.6cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $25,000-40,000
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134 141851/1 HARRY LEITH-ROSS (american 1886-1973) “SHOT AT SUNDOWN” Signed ‘Leith-Ross’ bottom left, oil on board 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6cm) provenance: Fall Auction, Salmagundi Club, New York, New York, 1961. Private Collection, North Carolina. exhibited: “Fall Auction Sale and Exhibition.” Salmagundi Club, New York, New York, 1961. $10,000-15,000
135 141653/2 MARY ELIZABETH PRICE (american 1877-1965) FLOWERS IN A CHINESE VASE Signed ‘M Elizabeth Price’ bottom right; also inscribed ‘M. Elizabeth Price 607 5th Avenue’ verso, oil and gold leaf on board, unframed 12 x 13 3/4 in. (30.5 x 34.9cm) provenance: Private Collection, Connecticut. $5,000-8,000
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136 141930/1 GEORGE WILLIAM SOTTER (american 1879-1953) BARN ON A WINTER NIGHT Inscribed ‘To Rev. & Mrs. DeChant from the Sotters’ bottom right, oil on board 13 3/8 x 16 in. (34.2 x 40.6cm) provenance: The Reverend & Mrs. DeChant. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. note: A quintessential Sotter nocturne, “Barn on a Winter Night” features an illuminated night sky in the dead of winter. Perhaps a portrait of the DeChant’s home, Sotter likely painted this plein air as he often did with smaller works that he executed on board. $40,000-60,000
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137 141913/3 ARTHUR MELTZER (american 1893-1989) “WINTER’S MIRROR” Signed ‘Arthur Meltzer’ lower left; also titled and dated ‘1945’ in pencil verso, oil on canvasboard 12 x 14 in. (30.5 x 35.6cm) In an Arthur Meltzer frame. provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above. Mary Braid Hartman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, New Jersey.
note: The previous owner of this painting, Mary Braid Hartman, was a well known textile artist in Philadelphia. She had a successful career as a designer at Joseph Bromley’s lace factory and eventually led the Technical and Decorative Design Class at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art and Design) under her married name, Mary Braid Hartman, and continued to teach at PSDW as the head of the Design Department until 1947. Hartman knew some of the Pennsylvania Impressionists, including Arthur Meltzer and Henry Bayley Snell and acquired a number of works from them directly. $8,000-12,000
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138 141913/2 ARTHUR MELTZER (american 1893-1989) FARMS IN WINTER Signed ‘Arthur Meltzer’ bottom left, oil on canvasboard 12 x 14 in. (30.5 x 35.6cm) In an Arthur Meltzer frame. provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above. Mary Braid Hartman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, New Jersey. $8,000-12,000
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139 142197/1 MORGAN COLT (american 1876-1926) SAILBOAT ON THE SEA Signed ‘Morgan Colt’ bottom left, oil on canvasboard 9 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. (25.3 x 35.5cm) provenance: Private Collection, Ontario, Canada. $8,000-12,000
140 142298/1 JOHN FULTON FOLINSBEE (american 1892-1972) “WESTPORT” Signed ‘John Folinsbee’ bottom right; also inscribed with title and artist verso, oil on canvasboard 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above, circa 1940. Private Collection, New York. note: The present painting will be added to the online catalogue raisonné for the artist, prepared by Dr. Kirsten Jensen. $5,000-8,000
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141 142241/2 RAE SLOAN BREDIN (american 1881-1933) NAPLES STREET SCENE Signed ‘R.S. Bredin’ lower center right; also inscribed with artist and location twice verso, oil on canvas 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6cm) c. 1914. provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, New Jersey. exhibited: Phillips Mill, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1933 (possibly). note: Bredin married Alice Price, the sister of Mary Elizabeth Price in 1914 and they honeymooned in France and Italy. Ever the artist, Bredin painted while abroad including, in all likelihood, the present painting. Another painting by Bredin, "Italian Steps," was executed on the trip. When they returned home they settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania, near the Price family farm. $12,000-18,000
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142 141526/1 DANIEL GARBER (american 1880-1958) “UP JERICHO” Signed ‘Daniel Garber’ bottom right; inscribed ‘Up Jericho by Daniel Garber’ on stretcher bar verso, also inscribed ‘Over at the Farm by Daniel Garber’ and ‘For Milch’ on vertical stretcher bar verso, oil on canvas 22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7cm) December 1930 [Humphries P598] In a Harer frame with incised signature ‘HARER’ provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above, after 1945. Suzanne S. Comly, Morrisville, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. The Estate of Suzanne S. Comly, Pennsylvania, c. 1994. By descent in the family. Private Collection, New Jersey. exhibited: “Daniel Garber, Retrospective Exhibition: Paintings, Drawings, Etchings.” Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 329, 1945, no. 93. literature: Lance Humphries. Daniel Garber: A Catalogue Raisonné. Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, 2006. vol II. pg. 217, no. 598. (illustrated). $150,000-250,000
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143 142001/3 WALTER EMERSON BAUM (american 1884-1956) SELLERSVILLE IN SNOW Signed ‘W E Baum’ bottom right, oil on board 16 x 33 in. (40.6 x 83.8cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $3,000-5,000
144 142001/2 WALTER EMERSON BAUM (american 1884-1956) “ALLENS LANE” Signed ‘W E Baum’ lower right, also inscribed ‘Allens Lane/ Germantown PA/ W E Baum/ 4/14/49’ in pencil verso, oil on board 10 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (26 x 36.8cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $1,000-1,500
145 141512/2 FREDERICK R. WAGNER (american 1864-1940) BOATS ON THE BEACH Signed ‘F. Wagner’ bottom left, oil on canvas 36 x 43 in. (91.4 x 109.2cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, New Jersey. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $2,500-4,000
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146 142259/1 WALTER ELMER SCHOFIELD (american 1867-1944) “SPRINGTIME” Signed ‘Schofield’ bottom right, oil on canvas 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1cm) provenance: Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York. Private Collection, Princeton, New Jersey. $12,000-18,000
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147 142298/2 WILLIAM FRANCIS TAYLOR (american/CANADIAN 1883-1970) CUTTALOSSA ROAD Signed ‘Wm Francis Taylor’ bottom left, oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2cm) provenance: Jim’s of Lambertville, Lambertville, New Jersey. Private Collection, New Hope, Pennsylvania. $12,000-18,000
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148 141933/1 KENNETH R. NUNAMAKER (american 1890-1957) CENTER BRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA Signed ‘K R Nunamaker’ bottom right, inscribed ‘K R Nunamaker Center Bridge, Pennsylvania’ on stretcher bar verso, oil on canvas 22 x 24 in. (55.9 x 61cm) provenance: Gift from the Artist to the present owner's mother-in-law. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. note: Nunamaker moved from Ohio to the greater Philadelphia area in 1918, eventually settling in Center Bridge, in 1923. Particularly influenced by the work of Edward Redfield, Nunamaker painted landscapes around Bucks County in all seasons, using a thick impasto and blended colors to convey activity in an otherwise static scene. This can be seen in the present painting which has the hallmarks of a canvas most likely executed in the first few years after he settled in Bucks County. $25,000-40,000
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149 142172/1 JOHN FULTON FOLINSBEE (american 1892-1972) “ROCKPORT HARBOR” Signed ‘John Folinsbee’ bottom left, oil on canvas laid to board 8 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (21 x 26.6cm) c.1925-1928 provenance: Private Collection, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. “Fine American and European Paintings.” Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December 9, 2001, lot 135. Private Collection, The Main Line, Pennsylvania. Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Private collection, Pennsylvania. Questroyal Fine Art, New York, New York. Private Collection, New Jersey. note: This painting is number 877 in the John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné prepared by Dr. Kirsten Jensen. $12,000-18,000
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150 142298/3 JOHN FULTON FOLINSBEE (american 1892-1972) “THE DELAWARE” (SKETCH FOR THE RIVER WALL) Signed ‘John Folinsbee’ bottom left; also inscribed in pencil with artist and title verso, oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8cm) In a Bernard Badura Frame incised ‘F 55’. provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above, circa 1940. Private Collection, New York. note: The present painting will be added to the online catalogue raisonné for the artist, prepared by Dr. Kirsten Jensen. $15,000-25,000
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151 141436/2 RAE SLOAN BREDIN (american 1881-1933) “POLLY STANDING” Signed ‘R S Bredin’ bottom left, oil on canvas 36 1/2 x 30 in. (92.7 x 76.2cm) provenance: Bianco Gallery, Buckingham, Pennsylvania. Private Collection, Princeton, New Jersey. $10,000-15,000
152 141933/2 KENNETH R. NUNAMAKER (american 1890-1957) GARDEN GATE Signed ‘K Nunamaker’ bottom left, inscribed ‘K. R. Nunamaker Center Bridge, PA’ twice verso, oil on board 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4cm) provenance: Gift from the Artist to the present owner's mother-in-law. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania.. $6,000-10,000
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153 142298/4 EDWARD WILLIS REDFIELD (american 1869-1965) “SUNLIGHT AND SHADOWS” Signed and dated ‘EW Redfield 99’ bottom right, oil on canvas 21 1/2 x 29 in. (54.6 x 73.7cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above. By descent in the family. Private Collection, South Carolina. exhibited: St. Louis Art Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri. note: This painting will be accompanied by a copy of a letter of authenticity from Dr. Thomas Folk and included in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné $25,000-40,000
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154 142172/3 LILIAN AMY MONTAGUE (american b. 1868) NEW HOPE BRIDGE Signed and dated ‘L.A. Montague 1930’ bottom right, oil on canvas 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66cm) In a Raymond Vanselous frame incised with initials ‘R.V.’ provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts. “Fine Paintings and Artists of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.” Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 5, 2004, lot 145. Private Collection, New Jersey. exhibited: Phillips Mill Annual Art Exhibition, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1930. $10,000-15,000
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155 142241/1 KENNETH R. NUNAMAKER (american 1890-1957) EARLY SPRING LANDSCAPE Signed ‘K. Nunamaker’ bottom right, oil on canvas 16 1/8 x 20 1/4 in. (41 x 51.4cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above as a gift, Private Collection, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, New Jersey. $12,000-18,000
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156 141960/1 ATTRIBUTED TO FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (american 1888-1951) HOUSES ALONG THE CANAL IN WINTER Oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2cm) provenance: Received as a gift, c. 1947-1952. Private Collection, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Nevada. $20,000-30,000
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157 142279/1 GEORGE WILLIAM SOTTER (american 1879-1953) “EVENING” Signed ‘G.W. Sotter’ bottom right, oil on canvas 22 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. (56.5 x 66.7cm) c. 1928. provenance: Jim’s of Lambertville, Lambertville, New Jersey. Acquired from the above, 2006. Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. literature: Jim Alterman, New Hope for American Art, Lambertville, New Jersey, 2005, p. 510, (illustrated). note: The house depicted in this painting is apparently 'Log End,' the former home and studio of the illustrator Charles Hargens, a friend of the artist. $50,000-80,000
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158 141603/4 DANIEL GARBER (american 1880-1958) “THE RIVER ROAD” Signed ‘Daniel Garber’ bottom left, oil on canvas 30 x 28 in. (76.2 x 71.1cm) ca 1940 [Humphries P728] In a Bernard Badura frame incised ‘BB New Hope, PA’ provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above. Elizabeth Strode, Passmore, West Chester, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. The Estate of J. Horace, Passmore, West Chester, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. literature: Pennsylvania Department of Commerce, The National Geographic Magazine, vol. 80, no. 1, July, 1941, (illustrated on back cover). Lance Humphries. Daniel Garber: A Catalogue Raisonné. Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, 2006. vol II. pg. 258, no. 728. (illustrated). $150,000-250,000
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159 142292/1 ARTHUR MELTZER (american 1893-1989) HOUSE AND GARDEN IN A LANDSCAPE Signed and dated ‘Arthur Meltzer ‘30’ bottom right, oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, California. $6,000-10,000
160 142172/4 LILIAN AMY MONTAGUE (american b. 1868) VILLAGE AT DUSK Signed ‘LA. Montague’ bottom right, oil on canvas 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66xm) In a Newcomb Macklin frame. provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey. $5,000-8,000
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161 142001/1 WALTER EMERSON BAUM (american 1884-1956) “NEAR QUAKER MEETING HOUSE” Signed ‘W E Baum’ bottom right, also titled verso, oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $2,000-3,000
162 142072/1 ANTONIO PIETRO MARTINO (american 1902-1989) “MORNING LIGHT” (HOLY FAMILY CHURCH, MANAYUNK) Signed ‘Antonio P. Martino’ bottom left, inscribed with artist and title on stretcher verso, oil on canvas 24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4cm) provenance: The Artist. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $4,000-6,000
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163 142059/1 ARTHUR MELTZER (american 1893-1989) HOUSE IN A VERDANT LANDSCAPE Signed and dated ‘Arthur Meltzer ‘27’ bottom right, incribed ‘To our very dear friend Annie Gates’ verso, with partial artist’s label affixed verso, oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2cm) provenance: Collection of Annie Gates, Stonington, Connecticut. Collection of Robert Delson, New York, New York. By descent in the family. Private Collection, New York, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner. note: Originally from Minnesota, Meltzer came to the Philadelphia area to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Daniel Garber. Meltzer eventually settled in Trevose, Buck’s County, with his wife, fellow artist Paulette Van Roekens. In addition to painting, Meltzer was also an accomplished frame maker. $8,000-12,000
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164 142300/1 SAMUEL GEORGE PHILLIPS (american 1890-1965) “SPRING ALONG THE DELAWARE” Inscribed ‘Spring Along The Delaware “To my fellow artist Charles Diletto” by GS (sic)Phillips’ on stretcher bar verso, oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2cm) provenance: The Artist. Given as a gift from the above. Charles Diletto, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Acquired from the above. Private Collection, Maryland. $12,000-18,000
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165 141913/1 HENRY BAYLEY SNELL (american 1858-1943) “OFF THE AZORES” Signed ‘Henry B. Snell’ bottom left, with two unidentified labels verso, oil on canvas 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61cm) provenance: The Artist. Acquired from the above. Mary Braid Hartman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, New Jersey. note: Originally from England, Snell came to the United States as a teenager. One of the oldest Pennsylvania Impressionists, Snell was a good friend of William Lathrop and finally settled permanently in New Hope in 1925, though he continued to travel extensively. In addition to scenes of Bucks County, Snell painted his surroundings while he traveled, whether in Gloucester, Massachusetts, the artist's colony of St. Ives or even off the coast of the volcanic archipelago, The Azores. $8,000-12,000
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166 142253/1 FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (american 1888-1951) GLOUCESTER HARBOR Signed ‘Fern I. Coppedge’ bottom left, oil on board 10 x 11 3/4 in. (25.4 x 29.8cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. $10,000-15,000 END OF SALE
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Index American School, 23, 36 Armington, F.M., 46 Ault, G.C., 85, 86 Avery, M., 80, 81, 84 Bacon, H., 27 Baum, W.E., 118, 125, 143, 144, 161 Baumgras, P., 13 Benton, T.H., 1, 3, 4 Bernstein, T.F., 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109 Birch, T., 8 Blakelock, R.A., 30 Blum, R.F., 49 Bolles, E., 70 Bredin, R.S., 141, 151 Brooks, N.A., 14 Brown, J.G., 26 Brown, W.M., 12 Burliuk, D.D., 98, 99, 100 Bush, N., 32 Cadmus, P., 2 Carles, A.B., 110 Colt, M., 139 Coppedge, F.I., 115, 126, 132, 133, 156, 166 Crane, B., 43 Cross, H.H., 18
Garber, D., 142, 158 Gluckmann, G., 95, 96, 97 Goodwin, A.C., 62 Greacen, E.W., 54 Gruppe, E.A., 50 Gwathmey, R., 79 Hamilton, J., 31 Henri, R., 45 Henry, E.L., 29 Hesselius, J., 6 Howes, E.M.W., 17 Inness, G., 37 Kendall, W.S., 55 Lazzelle, B., 82, 83 Leffel, D.A., 92, 93, 94 Leith-Ross, H., 134 Lewis, M., 64 Low, M.L.F., 69
De Forest, L., 22 De Haas, W.F., 11 Dehaven, F., 34 Dove, A., 87
Manley, T.R., 51 Marin, J., 88 Martino, A.P., 162 Martino, G., 119 Mccoy, J.W., 72 Meeker, J.R., 25 Meltzer, A., 124, 137, 138, 159, 163 Molarskey, M., 114 Montague, L.A., 154, 160 Moran, E., 16 Morrison, G., 78
Enneking, J.J., 9
Nunamaker, K.R., 148, 152, 155
Farley, R.B., 53 Folinsbee, J.F., 140, 149, 150 Frieseke, F.C., 47, 57, 58
Parshall, D., 76 Phillips, S.G., 164 Picknell, W.L., 33 Pleissner, O.M., 59
Price, M.E., 120, 121, 135 Redfield, E.W., 131, 153 Richards, W.T., 7 Savage, A., 38 Scalella, J., 117 Schofield, W.E., 127, 146 Schoonover, F.E., 68 Shearer, C.H., 15 Silva, F.A., 24 Snell, H.B., 165 Sonntag, W.L., 10 Sotter, G.W., 122, 136, 157 Soyer, R., 89 Standing, W.M., 77 Stuempfig, W., 113 Sword, J.B., 35 Symons, G.G., 44, 60, 61 Tait, A.W., 21 Taylor, W.F., 147 Thieme, A., 48 Tyler, S.E., 39, 41 Volkert, E.C., 52 Vonnoh, B.P., 40 Vonnoh, R.W., 42 Wagner, F.R., 116, 128, 129, 130, 145 Walker, M., 111, 112 Waters, S.C., 19, 20 Whistler, J.A.M., 5 Whorf, J., 56, 73, 74, 75 Whorf, N., 90, 91 Witkowski, K., 28 Wuermer, C., 63 Wyeth, A., 71 Wyeth, N.C., 65, 66, 67 Young, C.J., 123
Silver & Objets de Vertu Auction 12/16/14 Exhibition opens Thursday, December 11 at 10am David Walker 267.414.1216 dwalker@freemansauction.com Sarah Blattner 267.414.1225 sblattner@freemansauction.com Catalogue 267.414.1256 catalogues@freemansauction.com
Fine French silver centerpiece, Paris, second half 19th century, possibly Maison Odiot $10,000-15,000
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European Art & Old Masters Auction 01/27/15 Exhibition opens Thursday, January 22 at 10am
David Weiss 267.414.1214 dweiss@freemansauction.com
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IVAN FEDOROVICH CHOULTSÉ (russian 1877-1932) “SOIR D’AUTOMNE (BOIS DE BOULOGNE)” Signed ‘Iw F Choultsé’ bottom right, titled in pencil on stretcher verso, oil on canvas 25 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (64.8 x 64.8cm) $30,000-50,000 (detail)
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The unique and the exceptional… at Freeman’s Main Line For more than 200 years, Freeman’s auctions have been a venerable Philadelphia tradition, and our Eagle Village Shops location offers you unprecedented local access to the international art market. Stop by to preview an exhibition, attend an evening gallery talk, or make an appointment for our monthly “What’s It Worth?” evaluation day—all are free and open to the public. For more information about exhibitions and events: Gabrielle Aruta 610.254.9700 garuta@freemansauction.com
Impressive lady’s platinum and 10.8 carat diamond dinner ring Sold for $482,500
503 West Lancaster Ave Eagle Village Shops, Wayne Tuesday–Friday 10am–4pm Saturday 10am–3pm Sunday & Monday by appointment
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Art In Transit Nick Clarke 314 North 12th Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 540.550.7080 nclarke@artintransit.net
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Aiston Fine Art Service* Mark Aiston P.O. Box 3434 Grand Central Station New York, NY 10163 212.715.0629 | Fax: 718.361.8569 info@aistonart.com
UPS Store* John Bohach 51 North 3rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 215.629.4990 | Fax: 215.629.4992 store4242@theupsstore.com
Cadogan Tate Fine Art* Stacey Ferguson Cadogan House 41-20 39th Street Sunnyside, NY 11104 718.706.7999 | Fax: 718.707.2847 s.ferguson@cadogantate.com Mr. C’s Charles Cohen 1615 North 10th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 267.977.9567 mrcees61@gmail.com Malca Amit* Christine Duke 153-66 Rockaway Blvd New York, NY 11434 718.525.6100 | Fax: 718.425.3703 maa.nyc@malca-amit.com
U.S. Art* Jessica Pierce 37-11 48th Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101 800.472.5784 | Fax:718.472.5785 jpierce@usart.com VG Packaging LLC* Gordon G Murray II 12 Salem Road Schwenksville, PA 19473 484.552.8741 | Fax: 484.552.8744 quotes@vgpackagingllc.com FURNITURE & LARGE ITEMS For larger pieces when delivery time is not a rush, we suggest: www.plyconvanlines.com www.nwdelivery.com www.freightquote.com * Shippers that can fulfill international deliveries
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DANIEL GARBER (american 1880-1958) “THE RIVER ROAD” Signed ‘Daniel Garber’ bottom left, oil on canvas 30 x 28 in. (76.2 x 71.1cm) ca 1940 [Humphries P728] In a Bernard Badura frame incised ‘BB New Hope, PA’
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