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AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISTS in the GARDEN

A LOOK INSIDE 3 COLLECTORS’ HOMES

FOCUS on CHARLESTON: ART, ANTIQUES, ARCHITECTURE & INTERIORS

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WILLIAM M ASON BROWN 1828 –1898 Still Life with White Cherries and Wine Glass Oil on canvas, 14 x 12 in.

Signed (at lower left): WMBrown [initials conjoined] Painted about 1865–70

C. L. PRICKETT Fine Authenticated American Antiques

Benjamin Frothingham, Jr. (1734–1809) Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts Fine Chippendale Carved Walnut Block-Front Bonnet-Top Chest-on-Chest attributed to Benjamin Frothingham, Jr. (1734–1809) of Charlestown having a broken arch top, original cork-screw and urn-turned finials, above three short drawers, the center with a carved shell, over four graduated long drawers, all flanked by fluted pilasters, original brasses; all over a lower case with four long blocked and graduated drawers and straight bracket feet centered by a dropped pendant.

Retains an outstanding old mellow patina.

Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1780.

Height 89 ¼", width 40 ½", depth 21 ½".

Provenance: Ex-collection of Tom Devenish, New York.

930 Stony Hill Road Yardley, (Bucks Co.), PA 19067 Telephone: (215) 493-4284 Website: www.clprickett.com Email: info@clprickett.com

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Peter H. Tillou - Works of Art 17th- and 18th-century American and European Furniture, Antique Carpets, American Folk Art, Arms and Armor, Early African Sculpture, Chinese Han and Tang Dynasty Pottery, Pre-Columbian Art, European Old Master Paintings, American Paintings and Sculpture, Classic Cars 1928 –1934, Rare Coins and Medals, Early American Blown Glass, and Native American Art.

Two Latin American Colonial Gold 8 Escudos 1776 and 1797 Selected from our gallery collection.

Pre-Columbian Gold and Jade Necklace Costa Rica Original strand Gold Nugget 3 ½ oz. South America

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SPECIALISTS IN ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR AND RELATED OBJECTS

Our ninth catalogue is now available.

All the items are illustrated in colour and described by acknowledged experts in their field. Please contact us if you would like to order a copy.

We are interested in purchasing single items or complete collections of antique guns, pistols, swords, armour and cannon in any quantity.

We travel the world in our search for fine examples.

We are exhibiting at the following shows: The Winter Antiques Show, New York, January 21–30, 2011 The American International Fine Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, February 5–13, 2011

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A Highly Rare and Important Composite South German Stechzeug Armour, circa 1490–5

An Exceptionally Fine and Rare North German Field Armour with Etched Decoration, from the Armoury of Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Brunswick, circa 1560–5

on[the[cover (Detail) Charles Courtney Curran (1861–1942), In the Luxembourg, 1889. Oil on panel, 16⅝ x 195⁄16 inches. Courtesy, Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Daniel J. Terra Collection. Full image illustrated in American Impressionists in the Garden, pages 248–255.

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Table of Contents 11th Anniversary 2011 Volume X, Issue 6

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Advertiser Index

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Editor’s Letter

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Noteworthy Sale

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Contributors

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Highlights

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330 Back Room

A Cradle of Chinese Civilization Along the Yangzi River: Bronze Treasures from Hunan

By Willow Weilan Hai Chang winter[antiques[show[loan[exhibit

features

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Dali Dreamstones: Revival of an Ancient Art Form

By Michael C. Teller IV museum[focus

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By Katharine S. Robinson

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lifestyle

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By Mary Edna Sullivan discoveries[from[the[field

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By Johanna McBrien Photography by Ellen McDermott

300 The Rivers Collection, Charleston, South Carolina

“A Rare Opportunity for a Residence”

By Johanna McBrien Photography by Paul Costello and Rick McKee

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Period Rooms in the New Art of the Americas Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

By Dennis Carr

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Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

The New “Delineating Pencil”: Silhouettes by William Jennys

By Michael R. Payne and Suzanne Rudnick Payne

By David C. Ward

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Thornton Dial

A Metamorphosis: The Changing Nature of Fraktur Studies

By Emily Christensen

By Joan Irving and Lisa Minardi

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Victorian Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen

By Vanessa Remington

The American Impressionists in the Garden

By Jack Becker

Outside Perspectives: Visiting Artists in Charleston

By Pamela Wall and Sara Arnold

Charleston Calling

By Johanna McBrien Photography by Rick McKee

Soulfully Sold

By J. Grahame Long

lifestyle

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Recent Additions at Middleton Place

Devotion

lifestyle

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The Material World of John Drayton: International Connections to Wealth, Intellect, and Taste

By Carter C. Hudgins

By Brittany Good

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Preserving Historic Charleston’s Architecture

By Winslow Hastie

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The Morgan Library & Museum

Charleston’s Master Works Presented

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Adelson Galleries, Inc. .................................7 American Garage......................................141 American Marine Model Gallery .............152 Andersen & Stauffer Furniture Makers, LLC. ..............156–157 Anderson Ltd., Stephen T. .......................159 Antique American Wicker......................... 80 The Antiques Council, Inc. ......................137 Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, Inc. ...................................118 Arader Galleries..........................................33 Archibald Portrait Miniatures, Christine...158 Arons at The Gilded Lion, Leo ................150 Artfact, LLC .............................................172 Ashley John Gallery ............................ 54–55 Asiantiques .................................................81 Avery Galleries .............................................9 Babcock Galleries .......................................11 Bertoia Auctions .......................................165 Blum, Mr. & Mrs. Jerome ........................144 Bradley Co. Antiques, Philip H. ............... 99

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Brock & Co. ........................................ 26–29 Brownstein American Folk Paintings, Joan R. ................................105 The Caldwell Gallery .................................62 Chalfant Antiques, H.L. .......................... 119 Chatellier Fine Art, Jay.................... 132, 134 Childs Gallery ..................................... 94–97 Classic Gallery and Cortez Art.................182 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation .........188 Constant, Inc., Douglas ................... 116–117 Cowan’s Auctions, Inc..............................176 Dallas Auction Gallery.............................177 De Ru’s Fine Arts .......................................85 Dianni Antique Marine Art, Louis J. .......168 Dowling Walsh Gallery ...................... 89, 114 DuMouchelle, Joseph ...............................173 Eaton Antiques, Inc., Peter H. .................105 Equinox Antiques .....................................149 Evans & Associates, Jeffrey S. ..................178 Finer, Peter .............................................. 4–5 Finkel & Daughter, M. .................... 107, 109 Fisher Antique Quilts, Laura....................148 Flather & Perkins, Inc. ...............................98 Fletcher/Copenhaver Fine Art .................132 Force Fine Art, Inc., Debra ........................21 Freitas, Roberto ........................................108 Garth's Auctions, Inc. ..............................175 Gill & Lagodich Gallery ..........................138

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Glazer, James & Nancy ..............................37 Godel & Co. Fine Art, Inc. ........................15 Graham & Sons, James ..............................12 Grand Circle Corporation ........................180 Gratz Gallery ..............................................65 Hagan, John G. ......................................... 48 Hall Antiques, Victor ...............................153 Hamilton Jewelers ..................................... 60 Haradin Toys of Yesteryear, Ray .............. 155 Harmon-Meek Gallery .............................. 88 Harvey Art & Antiques ............................108 Heller Washam Antiques........................... 90 Henry Auctions, Willis ............................174 Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc. ............... IFC Historic New Orleans Collection ............ 200 Holland Antiques & Art, Raymond ....86–87 Huber, Stephen & Carol ........................... 36 Hyland Granby Antiques .................... 34–35 Jackson Hole Art Auction ........................169 Jere’s Antiques ..........................................152 Jewett-Berdan Antiques............................120 Jim’s of Lambertville ............................52–53

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Julia, Inc., James D...................................174 Just Folk ...................................................106 Kahn Fine Antiques .................................143 Kaplan Ltd., Leo ....................................... 30 Kaplan, Arthur Guy .................................147 Katz Americana, Allan ........................ 50–51 The Kendall Collection ..............................75 Keno Auctions ..........................................164 Kilvington, James M. .................................49 King Gallery of Fine Art, Roger .................91 Kinzle Antiques, Kelly ..............................125, 127, 129, 131, 133 Kollar Fine Paintings, LLC, A.J. ................61 Latham Asian Art, Polly ...........................147 Lazare Gallery ..........................................139 Levy, Inc., Bernard & S. Dean ...................13 Little Auction & Estate Sales, Leland ......179 Lloyd, Inc., Robert ............................... 76-77 Lowy...........................................................63 The Mackey Martin Group......................180 Madron LLC ............................................. 64 Maine Antiques Digest.............................170 Malcolm Franklin, Inc. ..............................98 Manhattan Art And Antique Center........113 Manko American Folk Art ...............123, 145 McClard Americana & Folk Art, Peggy...148 McCoy, Mary Helen ..................................59 McNaught Fine Art ..................................136 Mennello Museum of American Art ........183

Miller American Antiques, Inc., Austin T. ......................................... 56–57 MME Fine Art, LLC ..................................23 Moore House American Antiques ............101 Morris & Whiteside Galleries .................. 115 The Naples Museum of Art ......................166 Neal Auction ............................................171 Newman, Ronnie .....................................135 Northeast Auctions ..........................160–161 The Old Print Shop, Inc...................... 38–39 Olde Hope Antiques, Inc. ......................... 40 Oriental Rugs, Ltd. ..................................121 Outsider Folk Art Gallery ........................110 Overseas Adventure Travel .............. 204–205 Pantry & Hearth at the 1775 Barn...........150 Pashby Antiques, Michael ....................... 134 Pollack, Frank & Barbara .......................... 43 The Potomack Company..........................181 Preservation Society of Newport County 201 Prickett, C.L. ...............................................1 Priddy III, Inc., Sumpter ............................16 Puckett, Charles Edwin............................147

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Purtell, Jeffrey F. ......................................152 Quester Gallery ................................... 92–93 Questroyal Fine Art, LLC ..........................17 Rago Arts & Auction .......................162–163 Rau Antiques, M.S. ............................. 70–71 Rebollo, Christopher T...............................41 Reeves Fine Art, Alexander ......................100 Ricco/Maresca Gallery............................. 111 Riehlman Fine Art, Franklin .....................16 Rothstein & Co., Richard ............... 202–203 Rubin, Stella .............................................106 Sawyer Antiques, Peter .............................. 84 Schorsch American Antiques, David– Eileen M. Smiles American Antiques ....45 Schwarz Gallery ........................................ 42 Schwenke, Inc., Thomas ............................31 Shaia Oriental Rugs .................................158 Shreve, Crump & Low ............................. BC Shushan, Elle ........................................25, 47 Skinner, Inc. .............................................167 Slotin Folk Art Auctions ..........................176 Snyder Antiques, Elliott & Grace ............. 46 Spanierman Ltd., Gavin .............................19 Sullivan Antiques, Gary ...........................103 Thomaston Place Auction Galleries .........180 Thomsen Asian Art, Erik .......................... 20 Tillou Antiques, Jeffrey ............................. 44 Tillou Gallery ...............................................3 Tillou Works of Art, Peter............................2

TK Asian Antiquities .................................79 The Tolman Collection ............................158 Vallejo Gallery ..................................... 72–73 Vareika Fine Arts, Ltd., William......... 82–83 Walker-Cunningham Fine Art .................. 88 Weiss Collection, Stanley .................... 66–67 Wheeler’s Art and Antique Silver Gallery 154 Whitlock Textiles & Interiors, Jan ...........122 Willauer Antiques, Lynda ..........................78 Wilson Antiques and Folk Art, Charles ... 151 Winterthur Museum & Country Estate ..190 Woodbury Antiques Dealers Association .150 Worth Antiques, Inc., R.M. .....................138 Wunderlich & Co., Gerold ........................24 THE BACK ROOM 54 Objects Priced-to-Sell ................ 330–335 UPCOMING SHOWS The 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show ..199 The American Antiques Show ..................104 Americana & Antiques at the Pier ............185

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Antiques at the Armory ............................185 Antiques in Alexandria .............................194 BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair..............195 Baltimore Summer Antiques Show ..........336 Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show .....................................188 Charleston International Antiques Show .197 Chester County Antiques Show ...............194 Dallas International Art, Antique & Jewelry Show ....................IBC Ellis Antiques Show..................................146 The Historic Alexandria Antiques Show ..188 Hunt Valley Antiques Show .....................196 Los Angeles Art Show ..............................187 New York Antiquarian Book Fair ............198 New York Ceramics Fair ..........................184 The Original Miami Beach Antique Show ......................................189 Outsider Art Fair ......................................191 Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show....................... 68–69 Philadelphia Antiques Show .....................124 The Pier Antiques Show ...........................185 San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia Show ...186 San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show ............................................186 Winter Antiques Show ...............................32

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he historic structures that create our architectural timeline are precious; they connect us with our past and provide a frame of reference for our future. Many of the prime movers in preserving our built environment have been women or women’s organizations, such as The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association (founded in 1854), which purchased and reclaimed George Washington’s Virginia home, and the Colonial Dames, active in preserving and restoring houses since 1897.

Charleston, South Carolina, resident Susan Pringle Frost, a founder and first president of the Society for the Preservation of Old Dwellings (now the Preservation Society of Charleston) was instrumental in saving a section of eighteenth-century townhouses in Charleston in the 1920s. These buildings were later purchased by another leading preservationist, Dorothy Porcher Legge, who painted them in pastel colors reminiscent of the Caribbean. Known as “Rainbow Row,” with subsequent additions, they are now one of the city’s most recognizable hallmarks. One of the houses along Rainbow Row is featured on pages 236–247. Another Charleston historic property, shown on pages 222–235, is the 1843 William C. Gatewood House. One of the few remaining Greek Revival residences in Charleston that retains its period interiors, it has been meticulously restored by its present owners and is a showcase for historic preservation efforts.

Both houses have preservation easements through Historic Charleston Foundation (HCF), founded in 1947 to “preserve and protect the integrity of Charleston’s architectural, historical, and cultural heritage.” Executive Director Katharine S. Robinson, a nationally noted preservation advocate, and her team, are sharing some of the rich history and collections of Charleston in the loan exhibit at this January’s Winter Antiques Show. HCF also invited a number of other Charleston museums and historic properties to contribute to the exhibit in celebration of the city and its cultural heritage. We are happy to introduce you to these various institutions in a series of articles on pages 272–309.

Spreading the word is what we are also doing in this, our 11th Anniversary issue, and our largest ever––a whopping 336 pages! The magazine contains a four-page gatefold promoting www.afamag.com, our online digital library, where every issue of Antiques & Fine Art as well as dealer and show catalogues are available. With this site, AFA consolidates it commitment to promoting the world of fine and decorative arts and to increasing interest in our decorative and historic past.

Miniature portrait by John Brewster Jr. (1766–1854) Probably coastal Massachusetts, 1807–1809 Signed in paint at lower right edge: Brewster Watercolor on ivory, in oval, 2½ x 2⅛ inches Original rose gold pendant mount Retains its original silk-lined red leather oval box Sold to a private collector by David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles

Only a very small number of miniature locket portraits bearing the signature of John Brewster Jr. are presently known. In 1809, Brewster placed the following advertisement in the Newburyport Herald: “JOHN BREWSTER, Portrait and Miniature PAINTER, Informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Newburyport, that he has commenced the Business of his profession in this town, and has taken lodgings for a few weeks at Capt. Benjamin Gould’s, Federal Street, where he will gratefully receive and punctually attend any orders with which they may please to honor him; and wait on them at their own lodgings if agreeable. Prices—Portraits 15, and Miniatures 10 dollars Newburyport, November 17.”

The gentleman depicted in this newly discovered signed Brewster miniature wears a dark navy blue coat with rows of gold and silver buttons that may indicate that the sitter was a Sea captain, a common occupation in the prosperous coastal Massachusetts communities where this celebrated limner sought commissions during the first decade of the nineteenth century. In addition to its importance as a rare signed example is the exceptional facial detailing, which has a richer saturation of color than is usually seen in Brewster’s other known miniatures on ivory.

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www.jamesgrahamandsons.com Isidore Jules Bonheur (French 1827–1901) Bull and Bear Bronze 7 ½ × 15 ½ × 8 ¾ inches

contributors Sara Arnold, Curator of collections, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, S.C. Page 302.

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Jack Becker, Executive director and CEO, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE. Page 248.

Dennis Carr, Assistant curator, decorative arts and sculpture, Art of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.

Page 312.

Willow Weilan Hai Chang, Director, China Institute Gallery, China Institute in America, NYC. Page 268.

Emily Christensen, Gallery director, Outsider Folk Art Gallery, Reading, Penn.

Page 265.

Brittany Good, Editorial assistant and dealer relations coordinator, Antiques & Fine Art Magazine. Page 207.

Winslow Hastie, Director of Preservation & Museums, Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, S. C. Page 280.

Carter C. Hudgins, Director of preservation, Drayton Hall, Charleston, S.C. Page 289.

Joan Irving, Paper conservator, Winterthur Museum; adjunct assistant professor, Winterthur and University of Delaware Art Conservation Program, Winterthur, Del. Page 327.

J. Grahame Long, Curator of history, The Charleston Museum, Charleston, S.C. Page 298.

Lisa Minardi, Assistant curator of furniture, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Del. Page 327.

Michael R. Payne and Suzanne Rudnick Payne, Researchers, early American folk artists. Page 320.

Vanessa Remington, Assistant curator of paintings, Royal Collection, England.

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Katharine S. Robinson, Executive director, Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, S.C. Page 272.

Mary Edna Sullivan, Curator, Middleton Place Foundation, Charleston, S.C. Page 296.

Michael C. Teller IV, Founder and president, TK Asian, NYC; chairman, International Dali Dreamstone Association.

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Pamela Wall, Curator of exhibitions, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, S.C. Page 302.

David C. Ward, Historian/curator, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Page 256.

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THE JOHN LORING BONNET TOP HIGHBOY AND MATCHING LOWBOY Made and Signed by John Jarvis Boston, Massachusetts Circa 1767 Primary wood: Walnut Secondary wood: White Pine Height: 91 inches [highboy], 30 ½ inches [lowboy] Width: 41 ¼ inches [highboy], 33 ¼ inches [lowboy] Depth: 21 ½ inches [highboy], 20 inches [lowboy] Provenance: Descended in the John Loring family, Boston Reference: For information on John Jarvis please see Boston Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, appendix A., page 285.

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George Ault, The Cable Station, 1944. Oil on canvas.

Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Museum Purchase with funds from the Blue Bell Foundation and NCNB.

George Ault, Memories of the Coast of France, 1944. Oil on canvas.

Manhattan Art Investments, LP Photo by David Heald

Rockwell Kent, December 8, 1941, 1941. Oil on canvas.

Plattsburgh State Art Museum, Gift of Sally Kent Gorton

To Make a World George Ault, Bright Light at Russell’s Corners, 1946. Oil on canvas.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lawrence

George Ault and 1940s America March 11–September 5, 2011 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. For information visit www.amaricanart.si.edu or call 202.633.7970

During the turbulent 1940s, artist George Ault (1891-1948) created precise, yet eerie pictures— works of art that have come to be seen, following his death, as some of the most original paintings made in American in those years. The beautiful geometries of Ault’s paintings make personal worlds of clarity and composure to offset a real world he felt was in crisis.

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much has been written about the triumph of the Second World War, what has dimmed over time are memories of the anxious tenor of life on the home front. Viewers will be brought back into the world of the American 1940s, not through grand actions, cataclysmic events, posters, or headlines, but through the least likely of places and spaces. The exhibition centers on paintings Ault made between 1943 and 1948, with additional works by twenty-two other artists, some as celebrated as Edward Hopper and Andrew

Wyeth, and others scarcely known to today’s audience. From their remote corners of the country, these artists conveyed a still quietude that seems filled with potentialities.

The exhibition will travel to the NelsonAtkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, where it will be on view from October 8 to December 13, 2011, and then to the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia, from February 18 to April 16, 2012. An illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.

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Woodcock Hunting, 1938 Watercolor on paper, 19 ½ x 15 ¾ inches Signed and dated lower left: A. Lassell Ripley 1938

39A East 72nd Street, New York, NY 10021 (212) 288-7272 info@godelfineart.com www.godelfineart.com Monday – Friday, 10 – 6; Saturday & Sunday by appointment

Franklin Riehlman Fine Art 24 East 73rd Street, #4F New York, NY 10021 212-879-2545 nycpaintings.com

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GEORGE AULT (1891-1948) Provincetown Roofs Watercolor on paper 15 ½ x 19 ½ inches Signed and dated at lower left: G.C. Ault ‘21 Titled, signed, inscribed, and dated on the reverse: Title: Provincetown Roofs By: Geo. C. Ault / 1921

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Card Table, Washington, D.C. or Maryland, 1795–1805, mahogany, mahogany veneer with light and dark wood inlay; with ash, poplar, yellow pine, white pine secondary.

H. 29 ¼", W. 38", D. 17 ⅜"

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Great Art Speaks for Itself

Abbott Fuller Graves (1859–1936), Azaleas, oil on canvas, 30 ¼ x 45 ¼ inches, signed and inscribed lower right: Abbott Graves Paris

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highlights Exhibition Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the Twenty-first Century Milwaukee Art Museum February 12–May 15, 2011 For information call 414.224.3200 or visit www.mam.org

Taliesin, built in 1911 in Spring Green, Wisconsin, was Wright’s home, office, and school— where he lived and taught until his death in 1959.

During his seventy-year career Wright designed 1,141 works all over the world. This exhibit pays homage to his accomplishments and Taliesin’s centennial with 150 architectural models, illustrations, furniture, and photography of many of his important projects, reflecting on their impact Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West, 1955. Image courtesy of the Milwaukee Art Museum. during his lifetime and significance today.

The Taliesin Preservation, on, Inc., which maintains the Taliesin site, will honor the history of Taliesin and the legacy of Wright’s professional life with concerts, lectures, workshops, www.taliesinpreservation.org. kshops, exhibits and special tours. For information call 608.588.7090 or visit www.taliesinpreser

George Nelson for Herman erman Miller, Marshmallow Sofa, 1956.

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Photo: Vitra Design Museum.

George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher

Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller

February 3–May 8, 2011

January 29–April 3, 2011

Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 451 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, OK

Woodson Art Museum, 700 N. 12th St., Wausau, WI

For information call 405.236.3100 or visit www.okcmoa.com

For information call 715.845.7010 or visit www.lywam.org

As design director at Herman Miller, a leading US manufacturer of modern furniture design, Nelson had a major influence on the product line and public image of the company for over two decades. He played an essential role in bringing the company together with designers such as Charles Eames, Alexander Girard, and Isamu Noguchi. Nelson’s office produced numerous furnishings and interior designs that became modern classics, including the Coconut Chair (1956), the Marshmallow Sofa (1956), the Ball Clock (1947) and the Bubble Lamps (1952 onwards). The exhibition is the first comprehensive retrospective of Nelson’s work.

Herman Miller, Inc. transformed the office furniture industry, invented and refined ergonomic work seating, and reinvented the geometry of systems furniture. Through preliminary drawings and sketches, artwork, interactive media, concept models, and original works of decorative art and furnishings from the Herman Miller Collection, Good Design encourages thinking conceptually about what furniture design can be.

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L ouis R itman (1889–1963) Girl in a Garden (detail), ca. 1916. Oil on canvas, 36 × 36 inches. Signed lower left: L Ritman

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Erik Thomsen Asian Art

Bamboo by Bamboo Fence Edo Period (1615 – 1868), 18th C, Japan Detail from a six-panel folding screen Ink, mineral colors, gofun and gold wash on paper with gold leaf Size: H 70" × 144" (178 × 366 cm) Exhibiting: Japanese Folding Screens 23 East 67th Street, NYC

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January 12 – March 12, 2011

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February 18 – 22, 2011

bamboo baskets, and tea ceramics

JADA 2011: An Exhibition by the Japanese Art Dealers Association Ukrainian Institute, 79th Street at Fifth Avenue, NYC March 19 – 22, 2011 Golden Treasures: Japanese Gold-Lacquer Boxes 23 East 67th Street, NYC March 22 – May 28, 2011

Debra Force

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Everett Shinn (1876–1953) The Prune Hater’s Daughter, signed Everett Shinn and dated 1915, lower left, charcoal, watercolor, gouache, and pastel on paper, 28¾ ⳯ 22⅜ in.

Based on a play written by Shinn, and created on the occasion of its production, The Prune Hater’s Daughter features George Bellows in the role of Doc Allen, the villain.

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Famille Rose wine coolers with scalloped rim and elegant floral decoration. Small chip to tip of one handle of each, otherwise very fine condition. 5½" tall, circa 1750–60. Polly Latham, Boston, MA. Image courtesy of Caskey Lees (The New York Ceramics Fair).

A Portrait of Ann Miller Tompkins (1813–1894) by Ammi Phillips (1788–1865).

Joan R. Brownstein: American Folk Paintings. Image courtesy of TAAS.

An art deco period luxury automobile mascot (hood ornament) in the form of a stylized, airborne peacock by G. Poitvin, in nickel plated bronze, French, circa 1925.

Image courtesy of Stella Show Management (Antiques at the Armory Show).

Americana Week Antiques Shows New York Ceramics Fair, January 18, 2011 Bohemian National Hall 321 East 73rd Street, NYC For information call 310.455.2886 or visit www.caskeylees.com The American Antiques Show, January 20–23, 2011; Preview: January 19, 2011 The Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, NYC For information call 860.434.1167 or visit www.theamericanantiquesshow.org

Winter brings an influx of art and antiques shows to New York in January. Boasting a new venue for 2011, this year’s New York Ceramics Fair will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Bohemian National Hall. Drawing exhibitors from England, Europe, and across America, the Ceramics Fair offers a wide-range of “fired” works including porcelain, pottery, glass, cloisonné and enamels.

A lecture series covering such topics as 18th century tableware and drinking vessels, Chinese armorial porcelain, and the importance of the turning lathe, will be held in the Hall’s cinema/ 22

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Winter Antiques Show, January 21–30, 2011 Park Avenue Armory, 67th Street and Park Avenue, NYC For information call 718.292.7392 or visit www.winterantiquesshow.com See page 24 for more information.

Antiques at the Armory, January 21–23, 2011 69th Regiment Armory, Lexington at 26th Street, NYC Americana & Antiques at the Piers, January 22–23, 2011 Pier 92, 12th Avenue at 55th Street, NYC For information call 973.808.5015 or visit www.stellashows.com

lecture hall during the run of the show.

The American Antiques Show (TAAS), now in its tenth year, is an annual benefit for the American Folk Art Museum. Works include folk art, furniture, fine and decorative arts, jewelry, ceramics, silver, arts and crafts, and American Indian art.

Part of Americana Week in New York since 1995, Antiques at the Armory features nearly 100 dealers specializing in fine and affordable American and European antiques, furniture, Americana, folk art, fine art, and prints. Antiques

at the Armory overlaps with another New York mainstay, Americana at the Piers; both shows are organized by Stella Show Management.

Known for its boldness, Americana at the Piers includes outsider art, art glass, industrial design and furniture, art deco furnishings, and mid20th century works as well as more traditional pieces. With 200 exhibiting antiques dealers, it is the largest and most expansive show at Americana Week.

For more information on the Winter Antiques Show, see page 24.

11th Anniversary

Edward H. Potthast

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(1857 – 1927) Breakfast table, Charleston, South Carolina, 1765-1775.

On exhibit at the loan show. Courtesy, The Historic Charleston Foundation.

57th Annual Winter Antiques Show January 21–30, 2011; preview party January 20; Young Collectors Night January 27 Park Avenue Armory, 67th Street and Park Avenue, NYC For information call 718.292.7392 or visit www.winterantiquesshow.com

Bathing Beach – Low Tide, ca. 1910–20 Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches Signed lower left: E Potthast Living in New York, Potthast had easy access to the surrounding beaches and the joys of the newly found leisure life. Bathing Beach – Low Tide is by far one of the finest examples of the artist’s devotion to life along the summer seashore. Here, adults and children alike, stand bathed in sunlight among gleaming waters and sea air. The subject does not tell a story or relay a moral, rather it captures a moment in time recognizable by all who hold a memory of days spent at the beach.

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Every January, antiques and art collectors make their way to the prestigious Winter Antiques Show, the highlight of Americana Week in New York. A benefit for the East Side Settlement in the South Bronx, the fully vetted show features seventy-four of the finest dealers, with specialties ranging from arms and armor to American Impressionist paintings, antique to mid-twentieth century furniture, and folk art to North American Indian art. This year, Richard Philip of London, Christopher Rebollo of Pennsylvania, and Carlton Rochell Asian Art in New York join the show as new exhibitors.

This year’s loan show, Grandeur Preserved: Masterworks Presented by Historic Charleston Foundation, highlights more than fifty objects in an unprecedented collaboration among Charleston’s leading cultural institutions and private collectors. The exhibition has been organized

by Historic Charleston Foundation, established in 1947 as an educational non-profit dedicated to the preservation of buildings, landscapes, and cultural resources in Charleston, South Carolina, and its historic surroundings. A five-part lecture series related to the loan exhibition will be presented during the Show.

Additional events include a guest lecture presented by Vanessa Remington, assistant curator of paintings at the Royal Collection. She will speak on the nineteenth-century portrait miniature collection of Queen Victoria at a lecture in the Tiffany Room, and then hold a book signing at the booth of exhibitor Elle Shushan, also a specialist in portrait miniatures. Other lectures during the show include interior designer Thomas Jayne speaking on his new book The Finest Rooms in America, Pauline C. Metcalf, and Peter Pennoyer. The traditional Young Collectors Night, held Thursday, January 27, will include a “Meet the Designers” reception.

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Edward Emerson Simmons (1852‒ 1931)

Hudson River in Winter, 1894 Oil on canvas 9 x 7 inches Unsigned Period gilded oak frame Recorded: Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York, The Kennedy Quarterly, Volume XV, Number Four, September 1977, illustrated, p. 207.

Exhibiting at the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show West Palm Beach, Florida, February 18–22

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James Gale Tyler (1855 ‒ 1931)

Ship in Calm Waters, n.d.

Oil on board 12 x 9 inches Signed at lower left : Jas. G. TYLER Period fluted cove frame

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Paul Starrett Sample (1896 ‒ 1974)

The Story of a Winter’s Night, 1955 Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed at lower right: PAUL SAMPLE Inscribed on canvas verso: Paul Sample / The Story of a Winter’s Night / December 1955 P82 / J3020-1 American Modernist frame A letter from the artist dated 1967 accompanies this painting.

Recorded: Ladies Home Journal, December 1955, p. 82.

Exhibiting at the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show West Palm Beach, Florida, February 18–22

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Paul Starrett Sample (1896 ‒ 1974)

Old Ledyard Bridge, 1954 Oil on canvas 22 x 30 inches Signed at lower right: PAUL SAMPLE American Modernist frame

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Important three color Thomas Webb & Sons cameo glass vase with birds and flowers, 19" high.

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