AMERICAN FURNITURE, FOLK & DECORATIVE ARTS MARCH 9-10, 2021
AMERICAN FURNITURE, FOLK & DECORATIVE ARTS March 9-10, 2021 | 10am ET Cincinnati | Live + Online
PRE VIE W B Y APPO I NT MENT O NLY PROPE RTY PICK UP HO UR S Monday - Friday | 9:00am - 4:30pm By Appointment FRONT C OVER Alonzo Chappel (American, 1828-1887) George Washington at Princeton, 1777 INS IDE FRONT C OV E R A Rare Midwestern Manganese-Glazed “Temperance” Pitcher, 19th Century INS IDE BAC K C OVER A Tennessee Carved and Painted Red Oak Bust of a Mustachioed Gentleman, circa 1860 BAC K C OVER Stag Weathervane, manner of E.G. Washburne & Co., New York City, circa 1890 LEFT A Painted Wood and Tin Barber Pole, American, Early 20th Century
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AMERICAN FURNITURE, FOLK & DECORATIVE ARTS HIGHLIGHTS
Left Carved Wood Alligator in the manner of Augustus “Gus” Wilson, 1939 $2,000 - $4,000 VIEW THE COMPLETE CATALOGUE AT COWANS.COM
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PAUL M. BENTLEY, OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN Paul Bentley was a lifelong collector of idiosyncratic Americana and folk art, who, along with his wife Judith, built a one-of-a-kind collection which they installed in their equally interesting home. Nestled on the western shore of Lake Michigan and designed by renowned Chicago architect Margaret McCurry, the home was nicknamed “The Crayola House.” During the planning stages, Paul wrote an essay for McCurry about the life of a retired ship captain. The essay was prompted by Paul’s encyclopedic knowledge of pirate history and his 30 years diving Lake Michigan shipwrecks, especially as a volunteer with the Wisconsin Historical Society Underwater Archaeology team. It sparked the architect’s imagination and ultimately inspired the design for the one-of-a-kind home. Paul’s impressive collection of American folk art includes carved wood figures, carnival toys, a Popeye riding toy, trade figures and signs, and several other rare and unusual examples. His life was full of exploration and curiosity, which is so clearly represented in the objects he acquired.
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A Finely Carved Pine Sternboard Portrait Bust of Daniel Webster, Sag Harbor, New York, Circa 1850 Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, The Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection, Part I, December 11-12, 1981, sale 4758, lot 506; William Greenspon, New York; Sotheby’s, New York, Important Americana, January 22-23, 2010, sale 8608, lot 518; Allan Katz, Woodbridge, Connecticut; Sotheby’s, New York, Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin, October 10, 2019, lot 212. Literature: Holly Solomon and Alexandra Anderson, Living with Art, (New York: Rizzoli International, 1988), p.96. Exhibited: New York, Museum of American Folk Art, The Hunt for the Whale, 1967. $6,000 - $9,000 VIEW THE COMPLETE CATALOGUE AT COWANS.COM
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Two Herschel Painted Wood and Cast-Metal Carousel Panels, 20th Century $400 - $600
A Cut and Colored Glass Mounted Lighted Apothecary Sign, Late 19th/Early 20th Century $1,000 - $2,000
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A Large Carved and Painted Miss Martin Ship Form Bird House, American, 20th Century $2,000 - $4,000
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A Carved and Painted Wood Pig’s Head Butcher Sign with Glass Eyes, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
A Carved and Painted Wood Popeye Torpedo Riding Toy, 20th Century
$800 - $1,200
$1,500 - $2,500
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THE COLLECTION OF NOEL AND KATHRYN DICKINSON WADSWORTH, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Noel and Kathy Wadsworth’s appreciation of American history was captured through their fine art, furniture and decorative arts collection. Noel and his late wife, Kathy, are among the original founders of the Auburn Fine Arts Museum, contributing the gallery that bears their name: The Noel and Kathryn Dickinson Wadsworth Gallery. A portion of their art collection was loaned to the museum and featured in the exhibition, Auburn Collects. The Wadsworth’s curated collection was also featured in Time magazine in the early 1980s. The couple met at Auburn University and were members of the first graduating class in June 1960. Following graduation, they moved to Dalton, Georgia, the epicenter of the American Carpet Industry, where Noel’s career and their family thrived. Philanthropic and community-minded, they eventually settled in Atlanta, Georgia and filled their Marietta home with a collection that spanned from the American Colonial period through Art Nouveau. An interest in American art grew after traveling to exhibitions, fairs and auctions in New York, New Orleans, London, and Paris. The couple collected mostly American fine art from the late 19th and early 20th century with a focus on Ashcan school artists. The Wadsworth’s, however, felt important European artists who were friends of the American artists represented in their collection were also needed to convey the full story of the period. The result became a lifelong decorative and fine art collection that reflects the eye of discerning collectors and will be offered through multiple auctions at Hindman this spring.
After Sir Francis Chantrey (British, 1781-1841) Terracotta Figure of George Washington $500 - $700
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Alonzo Chappel (American, 1828-1887) George Washington at Princeton, 1777 1857 oil on canvas signed Chappel and dated 57 (lower right) 24 x 18 inches. Exhibited: Auburn, Alabama, The Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, Auburn Collects: The Noel and Kathryn Dickinson Wadsworth Collection, March 13-May 21, 2004. This painting by Chappel is one of his most well-known works. The painting was so well received that it was printed by New York publishing firm Johnson, Fry & Company, within the year that it was executed. $5,000 - $7,000 VIEW THE COMPLETE CATALOGUE AT COWANS.COM
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JAMES A SANDERS, EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. Hindman is honored to present property from the Estate of James A. Sanders, including his collection of American Furniture, Glazed Pottery and Folk Art. Born in 1938 in Evansville, Indiana, Mr. Sanders dedicated his life to education, historic preservation, and the arts. Well-respected and a friend to many, Mr. Sanders built an impressive collection across many categories including Rockingham pottery, early lighting, American and English paintings, toys and banks, and American vernacular furniture. He spent his time between Evansville and his family farm in New Harmony, Indiana. It was here at the family home where his collection grew. Following his career as an educator, Mr. Sanders further pursued his interest in historic preservation. In 1985, he became the University of Southern Indiana’s first director of Historic New Harmony. His enthusiasm and general interest in history was reflected in how he put together his collection, and the wide variety of objects with which he surrounded himself. Mr. Sanders’s passion for the arts was a common theme throughout his life. Along with his career, he supported numerous foundations and institutions such as Decorative Arts Trust, Evansville Preservation Alliance, Evansville Museum of Arts, Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, and many others. His collection was a reflection of his life, loved and accomplished.
A Guy Daugherty Stoneware Face Jug, Bethune, South Carolina, Circa 1950 initialed on underside. Height 3 7/8 inches. $1,000 - $2,000
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A Country Grain-Painted Pine Stepback Cupboard, Likely Pennsylvania or Ohio, 19th Century with later paint. $1,000 - $2,000
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A Cast Iron M&L Jarmulowsky Banking House Architectural Bank, American, Early 20th Century modeled as the M & L Jarmulowsky Banking House, with inscription to each side reading Deposit Your Money / With / Banking House / 165 East Broadway / M & L / Jarmulowsky / Where It Is Safe. $3,000 - $5,000
A Pieced and Woven Table Covering, Circa 1820 48 x 46 inches. $400 - $600
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An Indiana Agricultural Carved Wood and Iron Corn Sheller Patent Model, attributed to Berthold Kamp, Evansville, Indiana, Circa 1879 $1,000 - $2,000
Attributed to Jacob Maentel (American, 1763-1863) Portraits of Bernardus Garritson Hageman (1810-1874) and Benjamin Bernardus Hageman (1812-1890), 1814 and 1820 respectively each watercolor, pen and pencil on paper each image 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 inches. A label on the verso of the backing indicates that the two works were on display at the Evansville Museum of Arts and Science during the 1989 Simplicity, A Grace: Jacob Maentel in Indiana exhibition. $1,000 - $2,000
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THE KAREN TOSTERUD COLLECTION We are pleased to offer the collection of Karen Renae Tosterud (1947-2020) of Bellaire, Michigan. A Minnesotan by birth and Swedish by heritage, Karen was naturally drawn to Scandivanian antiques, particularly Dala horses, and this sale offers a remarkable range of examples of this traditional child’s toy. But Karen also collected a range of other children’s items and the sale is replete with German pull-toys, Teddy Bears, child’s furniture and folk art, all chosen with a keen eye. While Bob, her husband of 52 years and a collector himself, liked to call her finds “Karen’s obsessions,” he had a special affection for her acquisitions and is pleased to share her obsessions through this Cowan’s auction. Here’s to you both! Wes Cowan
A Running Horse Hooked Rug, American, 1889 dated on front ‘89. $200 - $400
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A Federal Red-Painted Pine Tall Case Clock, Garry Lewis, Trumbull County, Ohio, Circa 1820 The painted wood dial signed G. LEWIS, together with Rebecca M. Roger’s Trumbull County Clock Industry, 1812-1835. Height 83 1/2 x width 19 1/4 x depth 14 1/4 inches. Garry Lewis, brother of Lambert and Wheeler, born in 1800, was brought west to Warren, Trumbull County, by his brother Wheeler in 1816. While his name appears on many wooden works clock dials from Trumbull County, there is no record to verify that he manufactured any parts himself. Instead he was largely a financier for pedlars, supplying various lumber, making contracts with large clock factories, assembling hordes of horses, mules and cattle for drovers, also buying tea and other luxury items of pedlars.1 1 Rebecca M. Rogers, Trumbull County: Clock Industry, 1812-1835, (Ohio: self-published, 1991), p 21.
$1,000 - $2,000
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Seven Swedish Dala Horses $250 - $500
A Glass-Inset Carved and Painted Wood Turtle $200 - $400
Two Carved and Painted Wooden Shorebird Decoys, Early 20th Century the smaller possibly from Walpole Island, Ontario. $300 - $500
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A Large Wooly Sheep Pull Toy $400 - $600
A Country Red-Painted Pine Diminutive Step-Back Cupboard, Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-to-Late 19th Century $500 - $700
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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS CONSIGNERS
A Queen Anne Carved Walnut Spade Foot Dressing Table, Possibly Virginia, Circa 1770 appears to retain its original brasses. $2,000 - $3,000
A Federal Fan Inlaid Cherrywood Chest of Drawers, Probably Greene County, Tennessee, Circa 1840 $4,000 - $8,000 opposite page
Joseph Whiting Stock (American, 1815-1855)
Portrait of a Boy in Red with Dog and Hoop Toy, Circa 1840 oil on canvas 40 x 30 inches. Provenance: Private Collection, Geneva, New York The Caldwell Gallery, Manlius, New York This work was featured in Select Works: Fine American and European Paintings, (Manlius, NY: The Caldwell Gallery, 1990s). $10,000 - $20,000
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Attributed to Rembrandt Peale (American, 1778-1860) Portraits of Robert Henry and Sarah Ann Hodges Boorman oil on canvas Each 30 x 25 inches. Provenance: By descent to the present owner. Robert H. Boorman (1790-1861) and Sarah Hodges Boorman (1807-1886) were married in 1828 in County Kent; he was 38, and she was 20. They came to New York the same year, settled, and were the parents to ten children. James Boorman (1783-1866), brother to Robert H. Boorman, in partnership with John Johnston, formed the firm of Boorman & Johnston, which almost entirely controlled the Dundee linen trade from Scotland. The firm was one of the major exporters in New York of Virginia tobacco and one of the largest iron importers into the United States from Sweden and Russia. Boorman & Johnston later focused on Manhattan land development, and were responsible for Washington Square North, and the Tenth Street Studio Building, the first modern facility designed solely to serve the needs of artists. The building became the center of the New York art world for the remainder of the 19th century. 22
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Boorman served as director, vice-president and president of the Hudson River Railroad Company. He was also one of the founders of the Bank of Commerce, and was one of the original stockholders of New York University. He retired from active business in 1855. The Institution for the Blind, the Protestant Half-Orphan Asylum, the Southern Aid Society, and the Union Theological Seminary were among the recipients of his benevolence. Other portraits of the Boorman families were painted by John Wesley Jarvis (17811840), C.R. Parker (1799-1849) and Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827). A portrait of James Boorman by Thomas Prichard Rossiter (American, 1818-1871) is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Charles Coleman Sellers, great grandson of Charles Willson Peale, was the librarian of the Waldron Phoenix Belknap Jr. Research Library of American Painting in Winterthur, Delaware, from 1956 to 1959, after which he became editor of the American Colonial Painting magazine. Sellers consulted for the 1983 exhibition Charles Willson Peale and His World at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He wrote in 1979 that he was in agreement with Dr. Cook with the attribution of the present portraits of Robert Henry Boorman and Sarah Ann Hodges Boorman to the hand of Rembrandt Peale. $8,000 - $12,000
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A Country Snake and Tulip Decorated Red-Washed Pine Two-Door Jelly Cupboard, Mid 19th Century the reverse inscribed in black paint Baily and Fields... $500 - $700
A Chippendale Tiger Maple and Pine Slant Front Desk, New England, Late 18th Century Provenance: Bernie Plum Antiques $600 - $800
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A Southern Relief Carved Yellow Pine Memorial Silhouette, Dated 1782 the reverse of the panel incised K WOOD / 1782. $1,000 - $2,000
A Federal Grain-Painted Tall Case Clock, wooden works by Eaton Sanford, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Circa 1775 and Later with wooden works, the painted dial inscribed E. SANFORD PLYMOUTH, the proper right case board inscribed F. Watson 1896, grain-paint is later, lacking finials. Height 86 inches. Eaton Sanford is listed on page 299 of Wallace Nutting’s The Clock Book (1924). He is listed as being an active clockmaker in Plymouth, Connecticut from 1770-1776. $3,000 - $5,000
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A Bennington Pottery Lion by Lyman Fenton & Co., Mid 19th Century
A Hood Rubber Company Wood and Cast Aluminum Advertising Sign, American, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
$800 - $1,200
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A Cobalt Decorated New Jersey Stoneware Jar, Attributed to Warne and Letts, Late 18th/Early 19th Century Height 9 ž inches. $400 - $600
An American Carved and Polychrome Painted Pine Native American Squaw Cigar Store Figure in the manner of Samuel Anderson Robb, Likely Mid-Atlantic States, Circa 1900 Property from a Robert Metzger-designed interior, Maryland $3,000 - $5,000
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COWAN’S IS PLEASED TO OFFER PROPERTY FROM THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PAUL M. BENTLEY, OOSTBURG, WI PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RICK AND BARBARA FRANK, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOSEPH H. AND JUNE S. HENNAGE, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DONNA M. KELLEY, ST AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARK AND PATRICIA MCGRATH, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ALEXANDER MORRIS FAMILY, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN AND PATRICIA PEMBER, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN PROPERTY OF THE LATE KAREN TOSTERUD, BELLAIRE, MICHIGAN PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NOEL AND KATHRYN WADSWORTH, ATLANTA, GEORGIA PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JEFFREY ZENO, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A GENTLEMAN, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS PROPERTY FROM A ROBERT METZGER-DESIGNED INTERIOR, MARYLAND PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT AND MIRIAM SCHALLMAN, SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JAMES A. SANDERS, EVANSVILLE, INDIANA 28
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A Banknote Engraver Scrimshaw Whale’s Tooth, Circa 1835-45, featuring a depiction of The Constitution in Close Action with the Guerriere, Hammer $19,000
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contained therein to make business decisions regarding my participation in the bidding process. For all new and international bidders, Cowan’s may also authorize credit cards By submitting Bid Form, I authorize Cowan’s a copy my to individual consumer credit and authorize with a this nominal hold for up to 7 days prior to obtain the auction in of order determine the validity of report the card and bidder. Cowan’s, at its sole discretion, to use the information contained therein to make business decisions regarding my participation in the bidding process. For all new and international bidders, Cowan’s may also authorize credit cards If my bid is successful, I understand thatauction the purchase for each the lot will be the of the hammer with a nominal hold for up to 7 days prior to the in orderprice to determine validity of sum the card and bidder.price, the buyer’s premium, sales tax and all packing, handling, insurance and shipping costs (the “purchase price”). I understand that I will be invoiced within 5 days after the auction and that I will be responsible for paying Cowan’s the full purchase price If my bidimmediately is successful, I understand thatinvoice. the purchase price forbe each lot by willcash, be the sum of thetransfer, hammerorprice, buyer’s premium, sales tax and allsurcharge). packing, handling, insurance upon receipt of the Payment can made check, wire creditthe card (credit cards are subject to 3% By signing this bid form I and shipping costsCowan’s (the “purchase price”). I understand thatbelow I will be within 5 days thelot auction and my thatbid I will be responsible for paying Cowan’s full purchase price authorize to charge the credit card listed for invoiced the full purchase price after of each for which is successful, unless payment in full orthe alternative payment immediately upon receipt of the invoice. Payment can made bythe cash, check, transfer, or credit (credit are subject 3% surcharge). signing this bid I instructions are received by Cowan’s within 14be days after date of thewire auction. Cowan’s maycard impose latecards charges of 1.5%to per month (or the By highest interest rateform allowed) on any authorize Cowan’s to charge the credit card listed below for 30 thedays. full purchase price of each lot for which my bid is successful, unless payment in full or alternative payment amount owed to Cowan’s that remains unpaid after instructions are received by Cowan’s within 14 days after the date of the auction. Cowan’s may impose late charges of 1.5% per month (or the highest interest rate allowed) on any amount owed to Cowan’s that remains unpaid after 30 days.
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