AMERICAN ART

Opposite Lot 24 Marvin Cone Cloud Patterns

American Art | Lots 1 - 130

Monday 24 September | 12PM

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3 1* Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) W.C. Fields and Carol Dempster in Sally of the Sawdust charcoal and ink on paper signed Reginald Marsh (lower right) 10 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois

Provenance: Senator William Benton, New York, New York By descent to the present owner

Exhibited: Storrs, Connecticut, University of Connecticut Museum of Art, November 1972- January 1973 $4,000-6,000

2* Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) Eleanor Boardman and John Gilbert in Barkleys the Magnificent charcoal on paper signed Reginald Marsh (lower right) 14 x 18 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois

Provenance: Senator William Benton, New York, New York By descent to the present owner

Exhibited: Storrs, Connecticut, University of Connecticut Museum of Art, November 1972-January 1973 $3,000-5,000

3* Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) Chester Morris & Regis Toomey in ‘Alibi’ ink and charcoal on paper signed R. Marsh (lower right) 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois

Provenance: Senator William Benton, New York, New York By descent to the present owner

Exhibited: Storrs, Connecticut, University of Connecticut Museum of Art, November 1972-January 1973 $2,000-4,000

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4 Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) Tug Boat, 1936 watercolor signed Reginald Marsh and dated (lower right) 14 x 20 inches.

Provenance: Sold: Sotheby’s, New York, January 30, 1987, lot 205 Acquired by the present owner at the above sale $6,000-8,000

5 Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965) Five Sketches, 1955 mixed media on paper signed Milton Avery and dated (lower left) 8 1/2 x 11 inches.

Provenance: David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $3,000-5,000 6 Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965) Two Afghans ink on paper signed Avery (lower right) 8 1/2 x 11 inches. $1,500-2,500

7* Jack Levine (American, b. 1915) Six Studies for the Judgement of Paris ink on paper each signed J. Levine Each: 11 x 16 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois

Provenance: The Alan Gallery, New York, New York Senator William Benton, New York, New York By descent to the present owner $2,000-4,000

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8 Raphael Soyer (American, 1899-1987) Woman Sleeping oil on canvas signed Raphael (lower right) 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

9* Lew Davis (American, 1910-1979) Eight Figures, 1935 oil on masonite signed Lew E. Davis, titled and dated (upper left) 30 x 48 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois Provenance: Senator William Benton, New York, New York By descent to the present owner

Exhibited: Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 15th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, March-May 1937 Chicago, Illinois, The Art Institute of Chicago, 48th Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, January-March 1944 Chicago, Illinois, Terra Museum of American Art, Solitude: Inner Visions in American Art, September-December 1982, no. 33 New York, Gallery 1199; Boston, Massachusetts, Boston University Art Gallery; Anchorage, Alaska, Achorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum; Laurel, Mississippi, Lauren Rogers Library and Museum of Art; Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art; and West Palm Beach, Florida, Norton Gallery and School of Art, Social Concern and Urban Realism: American Painting of the 1930s, 1983-1984, no. 6, illustrated p. 39 $8,000-12,000

10 Oscar Florianus Bluemner (American, 1867-1938) RR Tracks and Towers, Little Ferry, NJ, 1915 pencil on paper with ink notations titled and dated (lower edge) 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches. $300-500 11 William Samuel Schwartz (American/Russian, 1896-1977) Lighthouse Bay oil on canvas signed William S. Schwartz (lower right); titled and signed (verso and stretcher) 30 x 40 inches. $10,000-15,000

12 12* Preston Dickinson (American, 1891-1930) Still Life with Flowers oil on cardboard signed P. Dickinson (upper right) 19 x 13 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. Andrew Greenstein, Hilton Head, South Carolina

Provenance: Louis Bouche, New York, New York (acquired directly from the artist), ca. 1925 Kraushaar Galleries, New York, New York (acquired from the above) S. Brody, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (acquired from the above), ca. 1954 By descent in the family $5,000-7,000

13 Alfred Henry Maurer (American, 1868-1932) Still Life with Apple oil on board 7 1/2 x 9 inches.

Provenance: Salander O’Reilly Gallery, New York, New York $5,000-7,000

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14 Arnold Friedman (American, 1874-1946) Still Life with Sugar oil on masonite signed Friedman (upper left) 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches.

Provenance: Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, New York $800-1,200

15 Alice Schille (American, 1869-1955) Still Life with Flowers oil on board signed A. Schille (lower right) 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. $800-1,200 16* Eugene Edward Speicher (American, 1883-1962) Peonies in a Pottery Vase oil on canvas signed Eugene Speicher (upper right) 22 x 19 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Sold to Benefit its Acquisition Fund $800-1,200

17 Frederick Milton Grant (American, 1886-1959) Still Life with Flowers oil on canvas signed Frederick M. Grant (lower right) 30 x 30 inches. $1,500-2,500 18 Jessie Arms Botke (American, 1883-1971) Bouquet and Cockatoo (a pair of works) oil and goldleaf on canvasboard signed Jessie Arms Botke (lower right); titled (verso) Each: 18 1/2 x 15 inches. $10,000-15,000

19* Leota Williams Loop (American, 1893-1961) Still Life with Flowers oil on canvas signed Leota Williams Loop (lower left) 24 x 24 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. Arthur Nash, Tampa, Florida $700-900

20 20 Adolfo Felice Müller-Ury (American/Swiss, 1862-1947) Still Life with Pink Roses oil on canvas signed Muller Ury (lower right) 24 x 20 inches. $1,500-2,500

21 Martha Walter (American, 1875-1976) Bathers along the River watercolor on paper signed Martha Walter (lower left) 18 1/2 x 25 inches. $4,000-6,000

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22 Fairfield Porter (American, 1907-1975) The Bridge, 1928 watercolor signed Fairfield Porter and dated (lower right) 12 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches.

Provenance: Sold: Sotheby’s New York, May 30, 1990, lot 244 Acquired by the present owner from the above $3,000-5,000

23 George Elmer Browne (American, 1871-1946) Rolling Green Hills oil on canvas signed Geo. Elmer Browne (lower center) 26 x 26 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. H.M. Barbour, Chicago, Illinois $6,000-8,000

24* Marvin Cone (American, 1891-1964) Cloud Patterns, 1952 oil on canvas signed Marvin Cone (lower left) 24 x 30 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allen M. Taylor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Provenance: By descent in the family to the present owner

Literature: Joseph Czestochowski, Marvin D. Cone - Art as Self-Portrait, Cedar Rapids Iowa, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, no. 512

Exhibited: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Coe College, West Gallery, Exhibit of Paintings by Marvin Cone, Centennial Exhibition, March-April 1952, no. 16

This painting will be included as no. 1952.004 in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work being compiled by Joseph Czestochowski and published by International Arts. $40,000-60,000

25 Edward Steichen (American, 1879-1973) Seascape watercolor on paper signed Steichen (lower left) 6 x 8 inches. $6,000-8,000

26 Carl William Peters (American, 1897-1980) Albion Farm in Winter, 1942 oil on canvasboard signed Carl W. Peters and dated (verso) 16 x 20 inches. $1,000-2,000

27* Claire Shuttleworth (American, 1868-1930) Niagra Falls oil on canvas signed Claire Shuttleworth (lower right) 9 1/2 x 12 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Krister Kuhlwein, Reftele, Sweden $800-1,200

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28 Sarah E. Melendy Westcott (American, 19th/20th century) A Village Along a River in Spring: Chicago, 1853 oil on canvas signed S.E. Melendy Westcott and titled (lower right) 29 3/4 x 46 1/2 inches. $6,000-8,000

29 Theodore Clement Steele (American, 1847-1926) Autumn Forest oil on canvas signed T. C. Steele (lower right) 18 x 24 inches. $10,000-15,000

30 Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880) Hunter Mountain at Twilight, c. 1865 oil on canvas stamped Gifford sale (verso) 7 x 11 3/4 inches. Property from the Family of Sanford Robinson Gifford

Provenance: Estate of the artist By descent in the family of the artist to the present owner

Literature: Memorial Catalogue of the Paintings of Sanford Robinson Gifford, N.A., 1881, p. 31, no. 406 $150,000-200,000

31 Alexander Helwig Wyant (American, 1836-1892) A Vista oil on canvas signed A.H. Wyant (lower left) 12 x 15 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. H.M. Barbour, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance: Mrs. Alexander H. Wyant William S. Hurley A. Somers, New York B.H. Jones, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Helen E. Cowell, San Francisco, California $2,000-3,000 32* Patrick Vincent Berry (American, 1852-1922) Landscape with Cattle oil on canvas signed P.V. Berry (lower left) 26 x 22 inches. Property from the Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Sold to Benefit its Acquisition Fund $700-900

33 Robert Crannell Minor (American, 1839-1904) Fisherman in a Landscape oil on masonite signed RC Minor (lower right) 9 3/4 x 15 3/8 inches. $600-800 34* Edward Moran (American, 1829-1901) The Bell-Buoy oil on canvas signed Edward Moran (lower left) 26 x 36 inches. Property from the Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Sold to Benefit its Acquisition Fund $800-1,200

35 Hudson Mindell Kitchell (American, 1862-1944) Moonlit Night, 1921 oil on canvas signed H.M. Kitchell and dated (lower right) 14 x 20 1/4 inches. $700-900 36 Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848-1907) William Evarts Beaman in his fourth year bronze Diameter: 19 inches. $15,000-25,000

37* Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848-1907) Robert Louis Stevenson, 1887 bronze Diameter: 11 7/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois $8,000-12,000

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38 Walter Winans (American, 1852-1920) Buffalo Bill Mounting His Horse bronze inscribed Walter Winans Height: 14 inches. Property from a Midwest Museum $3,000-5,000

39 Isidore Bonheur (French, 1827-1901) The Buffalo Hunt bronze Height: 16 1/2 inches. Property from a Midwest Museum $4,000-6,000

40 Jerzy Kossak (Polish, 1886-1955) Cowboy, 1939 watercolor signed Jerzy Kossak and dated (lower left) 11 x 9 inches. $1,000-2,000

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41* Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) A Straight Arrow, 1926 oil on canvas signed E.I. Couse, N.A. (lower right) 24 x 29 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Holler, Maitland, Florida

This painting will be included in Virginia Couse Leavitt’s forthcoming catalogue raisonne of the artist’s work. $150,000-250,000

42 Bettina Steinke (American, 1913-1999) Indian Girl and Indian Boy (a pair of works) oil on canvas first signed Bettina Steinke (lower right) 20 x 16 inches. $1,000-2,000

43* Robert William Wood (American/British, 1889-1979) Mountain Glory oil on canvas signed Robert Wood (lower left) 25 x 30 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Holler, Maitland, Florida $3,000-5,000

45 44* Fletcher C. Ransom (American, 1870-1943) Men in a Canoe oil on canvas signed Fletcher C. Ransom (lower left) 26 x 20 inches. Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William F. Heatley, Marco Island, Florida $1,000-2,000

45* Fletcher C. Ransom (American, 1870-1943) Two Boys and a Dog oil on canvas signed Fletcher C. Ransom (lower left) 40 x 26 inches. Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William F. Heatley, Marco Island, Florida $3,000-5,000

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46* John Elwood Bundy (American, 1853-1933) Fall Day in the Forest oil on canvas signed J. E. Bundy (lower left) 36 1/4 x 40 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois $5,000-7,000 47* Fred De Forrest Schook (American, (1872-1942) Babcock’s Grove, 1913 oil on canvas signed FDF Schook and dated (lower left) 22 x 36 1/2 inches. Property of Ms. Shannon Sullivan, Carol Stream, Illinois

Provenance: By descent through family to present owner $2,000-4,000

48* Edward Loyal Field (American, 1856-1914) A Day in November oil on canvas signed E. Loyal Field (lower left) 30 x 25 inches. Property from the Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Sold to Benefit its Acquisition Fund $700-900 49* Chauncey Foster Ryder (American, 1868-1949) By the Lake oil on canvas signed Chauncey F. Ryder (lower left) 12 x 16 inches. Property from the Estate of Ms. Ingred W. Hibbeler, Chicago, Illinois $1,500-2,500

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54 50* American School (20th century) Seascape oil on canvas signed illegibly (lower right) 16 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Ms. Helen C. Leonard, Rockford, Illinois $500-700

51* American School (20th century) Autumn oil on canvas signed illegibly (lower left) 16 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Ms. Helen C. Leonard, Rockford, Illinois $500-700

52 Norman MacLeish (American, 1890-1975) P.R. Simmons and Sons, 1946 watercolor on paper signed N. MacL. and dated (lower right) 15 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches. $500-700

53 Frank Boggs (American, 1855-1926) L’Opera oil on canvas 25 1/2 x 31 3/4 inches. $4,000-6,000

54 George Oberteuffer (American, 1878-1940) Les Quais de la Seine, Paris oil on canvas signed Oberteuffer (lower right) 19 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches. $2,000-4,000

55 George Benjamin Luks (American, 1867-1933) Sheridan Square oil on canvas signed George Luks (lower right) 12 1/2 x 16 inches.

Provenance: By descent in the family to the present owner $60,000-80,000

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56 George Benjamin Luks (American, 1867-1933) Country Home, 1923 oil on canvasboard signed George Luks (lower right); signed and dated (verso) 9 x 13 inches. $7,000-9,000

57 Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978) Cloudy Spring oil on canvas signed Emile A. Gruppe (lower right) 25 x 30 inches. $5,000-7,000

58 Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978) Lobster Shacks oil on canvas signed Emile A. Gruppe (lower right); signed and titled (stretcher) 25 x 30 inches. $3,000-5,000

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60 59* Ernest Lawson (American, 1873-1939) Canal View, Mexico oil on canvas 14 x 17 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Ms. Katheryne Mitchell, Chester, Nova Scotia

Provenance: By descent through the family of the artist $5,000-7,000

60 William Edward Norton (American, 1843-1916) On the Thames oil on canvas signed William E. Norton (lower right) 12 x 16 inches. $3,000-5,000

61 Charles Vickery (American, 1913-1998) Breaking Clouds over the Harbor oil on canvas signed Vickery (lower right) 22 x 30 inches. $3,000-5,000

62 Charles Vickery (American, 1913-1998) In the Tradewinds - The Red Jacket, c. 1975 oil on canvas signed Charles Vickery (lower right) 16 x 20 inches.

Provenance: Arthur & Company, Ltd., Douglas, Michigan $2,000-4,000

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63 Dwight William Tryon (American, 1849-1925) Autumn River oil on panel signed W. Tryon (lower left) 10 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. H.M. Barbour, Chicago, Illinois $8,000-12,000

64 Emil Carlsen (American, 1835-1913) Hills Past the Field oil on board signed Emil Carlsen (lower right) 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. H.M. Barbour, Chicago, Illinois $3,000-5,000

65* Adam Emery Albright (American, 1862-1957) Children in a Field oil on canvas signed Adam Emery Albright (lower right) 24 x 30 inches. Property from the Estate of Ms. June S. Zimmerman, Park Ridge, Illinois

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist By descent in the family to the present owner $6,000-8,000

66 De Scott Evans (American, 1847-1898) City Cousins, 1892 oil on canvas signed De Scott Evans and dated (lower right) 24 x 36 inches. $3,000-5,000

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67 Robert Lewis Reid (American, 1862-1929) Lady with Fan oil on canvas signed Robert Reid (verso) 36 x 24 inches. $2,000-4,000

68 Norman MacLeish (American, 1890-1975) Portrait of a Boy in Blue, 1932 oil on canvas signed Norman MacLeish and dated (lower right) 28 x 22 inches. $1,000-2,000

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69* Ernest Lawson (American, 1873-1939) Portrait of Walter Mitchell, the Artist’s Nephew oil on canvas 17 x 12 inches. Property from the Estate of Ms. Katheryne Mitchell, Chester, Nova Scotia

Provenance: By descent through the family of the sitter and artist $1,000-2,000

70* Ernest Lawson (American, 1873-1939) Convalescence oil on paper signed E. Lawson (lower left) 16 x 13 inches. Property from the Estate of Ms. Katheryne Mitchell, Chester, Nova Scotia

Provenance: By descent through the family of the artist $1,000-2,000

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71 Frederick Hart (American, 1943-1999) Eye of the Flame, 1986 acrylic resin edition 1/300, inscribed © F.H. B.C. and dated Height: 16 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000

72 Frederick Hart (American, 1943-1999) Cross of the Millienium acrylic resin Height: 12 inches. $800-1,200

73 Frederick Hart (American, 1943-1999) Exaltation, 1999 acrylic resin editioned 188/300, inscribed F. Hart CAI and dated Height: 22 1/2 inches. $1,500-2,500

74 Frederick Hart (American, 1943-1999) Light Whispers, 1985 acrylic resin edition 74/300, inscribed F.H. and dated Height: 15 inches on 2 inch acrylic resin base. $2,000-4,000

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77 75 John James Crawley (American, 18th/19th century) Countryside Lake oil on canvas signed J. Crawley (lower center) 20 x 30 inches. $1,000-2,000

76* American School (19th century) The Paddleboat Gazelle (together with another) oil on canvas 20 3/8 x 32 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Greg Baron, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

77 American School (19th century) Portrait of a Lady oil on canvas 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches. $1,500-2,500 78 Abel Buell Moore (American, 1806-1879) Portrait of a Lady, 1834 oil on canvas signed A.B. Moore and dated (verso) 30 x 23 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

79 American School (19th century) Two Girls oil on canvas 20 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

80 American School (19th century) A Man and his Pipe and A Woman Knitting (a pair of works) oil on canvas Each: 21 x 18 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

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81* Grandma Moses (American, 1860-1961) The Hospital, 1948 tempera on masonite signed Moses and dated (lower right); also dated April 30, 1948,, number 155, and titled The Hospital on an original Grandma Moses label affixed to the reverse (copyright reserved to Grandma Moses Properties, New York) 29 1/2 x 35 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois

Provenance: Chester La Roche Senator William Benton, New York By descent to the present owner

Exhibited: Suita, Osaka, Japan, Encyclopaedia Britannica Pavilion, Expo ‘70, March 14-September 13, 1970 Batavia, Illinois, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermilab Gallery, From the Collection of Marjorie and Charles Benton II, July-August 1983, no. 11 (as The Country Hospital)

Literature: United Hospital Fund, Christmas card, 1948 Otto Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 302, no. 754, illustrated $70,000-90,000

82* Martha Farham Cahoon (American, 1905-1999) Shorebirds on the Marsh (a pair of works) oil on masonite each signed Martha Cahoon (lower right) Each: 11 x 11 inches. Property from the Estate of Ms. Helen Ramsdell Bingham, West Palm Beach, Florida $1,000-2,000 83 Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978) Son Dernier Voyage, 1961 oil on canvas signed Bulman (lower right); signed, titled and dated (verso) 20 x 22 inches. $15,000-25,000

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84 George Rodrique (American, b. 1944) Les Compositieurs en Acadiana, 1985 oil on canvas signed Rodrique (lower left); signed, titled and dated (verso) 40 x 30 inches. $12,000-18,000

85 George Rodrique (American, b. 1944) The Fiddler pastel on rice paper signed Rodrique (lower left) 34 x 22 3/4 inches. $1,500-2,500

86 Xavier J. Barile (American, 1891-1981) Portrait of Ella Jean oil on canvas signed Xavier J. Barile (lower right) 20 x 16 inches. $700-900

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88* Louis Michel Eilshemius (American, 1864-1941) Nymph with Pink Scarf, 1916 oil on board signed Eilshemius (lower right) 30 3/4 x 40 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Sold to Benefit its Acquisition Fund $1,500-2,500

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89 Albert Edward Sterner (American, 1863-1946) Nude Awakening, 1923 pencil and watercolor on paper signed Albert Sterner and dated (lower left) 24 x 18 inches. $600-800

90 Louis Ritman (American, 1889-1963) Self Portrait oil on canvas stamped (verso) 35 x 29 inches.

Provenance: R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, Illinois Sale: Sotheby’s New York: Wednesday, December 15, 2004, lot 122. Acquired from the above sale by the present owner $1,500-2,500

91 Earl Steffa Moran (American, 1893-1984) Portrait of Jean Harlow pastel signed Earl Moran (lower left) 12 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches. $800-1,200

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