Ashley John Gallery

ASHLEY JOHN GALLERY

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ASHLEY JOHN GALLERY Over 200 Fine Paintings on Display Specializing in 20th-Century American Art, Sculpture, Estate Jewelry and Fine Watches 410 South County Road At the northwest corner of Worth Avenue and South County Road Palm Beach, FL 33480 Tel: 561.429.8454 Email: ashleyjohngallery@comcast.net

RALPH FASANELLA (1914 – 1997) Queen City, c. 1965 Oil on canvas, 50 x 70 inches

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REPRESENTED ARTISTS: Vaclav Vytlacil Hilla Rebay Martha Walter Eric Sloane Edward Redfield Daniel Garber Tobias Musicant JIM ALTERMAN

Gardner Symons John Grabach George L. Noyes Joseph Newman John F. Carlson Joseph Meierhans Harry Leith-Ross Fern Coppedge Walter Baum Josef Zenk John Falter B. J. O. Nordfeldt

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ocated a few steps from the hustle and bustle of Palm Beach’s Worth Avenue, the Ashley John Gallery is modeled after owner Jim Alterman’s flagship gallery, Jim’s of Lambertville (Lambertville, NJ). Named after his five-year-old twins,

Ashley and John, the gallery boasts 2,000-square feet of exhibition space and consistently maintains two-hundred works on view with prices and descriptions listed alongside each work. “It’s for accessibility with no pressure,” Alterman says. “We hang a lot, offering our collectors a broad variety of art with an emphasis on quality, providing something for everyone. For those who are not art connoisseurs, they can come in, let their eyes wander, and determine what appeals to them. Our friendly and competent staff are always available to answer questions and assist clients without making them feel uncomfortable.”

Focusing mainly on twentieth-century American art and sculpture, there is a strong presence of Pennsylvania Impressionists — an area of Alterman’s expertise and about which he wrote in the book New Hope for American Art. Included among the 165 artists in his book are Edward Redfield, George Sotter, William Lathrop, Daniel Garber, Fern Coppedge,

Walter Schofield George Sotter

M. Elizabeth Price, and Walter Baum, all of whom were members of the influential New Hope Art Colony.

A corner of the gallery is dedicated to the works of Vaclav Vytlacil

Robert Spencer

(1892 – 1984), a prominent American modernist painter and instructor

Ralph Fasanella

at the Art Students League in New York. The gallery represents the

partial listing

estate of Vytlacil. Other artists included in the gallery’s collection are John Carlson, Max Weber, Levi Wells Prentice, Jamie Wyeth, and the contemporary Brandywine artist, Peter Sculthorpe. After years in the

ON THE COVER

M. ELIZABETH PRICE (1877 – 1965) White Poppies, 1925 Oil and gold leaf on board, 32 x 24 inches

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wholesale jewelry business, Alterman will offer estate jewelry in the gallery as well. The selection is eclectic and includes both antique and modern pieces as well as high-end watches.

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HENRY GASSER (1909 – 1981)

NANCY MAYBIN FERGUSON (1872 – 1967)

Preparing the Boat (Gloucester), c. 1940 Oil on board, 20 x 28 inches

Days of Pleasure, c. 1915 Oil on board, 12 x 12 inches

ALFRED HUTTY (1877 – 1954)

WILLIAM L. LATHROP (1859 – 1938)

Old Mill, c. 1920 Oil on board, 10 x 12 inches

The Green Swale, c. 1915 Oil on canvas, 25 x 22 inches

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JOSEPH NEWMAN (1890 – 1979) The Red Dress, c. 1930 Oil on canvas, 40 x 32 inches

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WALTER E. BAUM (1884 – 1956) Huff’s Church Village, c. 1930 Oil on canvas, 29 x 37 inches

ARTHUR MELTZER (1893 – 1989) Byways of Pennsylvania, c. 1938 Oil on canvas, 32 x 36 inches

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PAULETTE VAN ROEKENS (1896 – 1988)

GEORGE LOFTUS NOYES (1864 – 1954)

Family Reunion, c. 1940 Oil on canvas, 12 x 14 inches

Gloucester Harbor, c. 1915 Oil on board, 12 x 16 inches

ROBERT SPENCER (1879 – 1931) Village Lane, c. 1919 Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches

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GEORGE W. SOTTER (1879 – 1953) Moonlight Stream, c. 1928 Oil on canvas, 22 x 26 inches Original period Stanford White frame

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JOHN F. CARLSON (1874 – 1945) Towering Steeps (Colorado), c. 1922 Oil on canvas, 49 x 59 inches

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MARTHA WALTER (1875 – 1976) Crowded Beach, c. 1920 Oil on board, 14 x 18 inches

EDWARD W. REDFIELD (1869 – 1965) Boothbay Harbor, 1904 Oil on canvas, 18 x 26 inches

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NANCY MAYBIN FERGUSON (1872 – 1967)

JAMIE WYETH (b. 1946)

Girls Love Tea Dresses, c. 1920 Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches

Andy Warhol Gouache, graphite and watercolor on paper, 16 x 14 inches

MAX WEBER (1881 – 1961) Music, c. 1935 Oil on canvas, 32 x 40 inches

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TOBIAS MUSICANT (1921 – 2004)

ROBERT GWATHMEY (1903 – 1988)

House in Fragments, c. 1945–1950 Oil on board, 24 x 20 inches

Toiling Farmer, c. 1945 Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches

MERCEDES MATTER (1913 – 2001)

HILLA REBAY (1890 – 1967)

Still Life, c. 1952 Oil on canvas, 40 x 35 inches

Catch a Flying Bunny, c. 1930 Cut paper collage, 16 x 14 inches

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JOSEPH MEIERHANS (1890 – 1980)

JOHN PHILIP FALTER (1910 – 1982)

Noetic, c. 1946 Oil on canvas, 32 x 40 inches

No More Mr. Nice Guy, c. 1945 Oil on canvas, 37 x 36 inches

JOHN R. GRABACH (1886 – 1981) Preparing to Sail, c. 1940 Oil on panel, 36 x 42 inches

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JOHN GRABACH (1886 – 1981)

ALLEN G. NEWMAN (1875 – 1940)

The Lawman, c. 1930 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches

Rough Rider, c. 1904 Bronze, 29 inches high

PETER SCULTHORPE (b. 1948 ) Twillingate at Low Tide Oil on canvas, 20 x 40 inches

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VACL AV V Y TL ACIL

(1892 – 1984)

Vaclav Vytlacil was one of the forerunners of American modernism, working hard to bring autonomy to contemporary art forms like Abstract Expressionism in the United States.

As a student of Hans Hofmann and a teacher to such famous artists as Robert Rauschenberg, Vytlacil was at the center of a revolutionary assemblage of talented painters, all of whom contributed immensely to the progress of American art in the twentieth century. Ashley John Gallery is proud to represent the estate of Vaclav Vytlacil introducing works to our gallery never before offered for sale.

VACLAV VYTLACIL (1892 – 1984) Pipe Smoker, c. 1958 Oil on board, 36 x 24 inches

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VACLAV VYTLACIL (1892 – 1984) Roman Delight, c. 1940 Oil on canvas, 29 x 39 inches

VACLAV VYTLACIL (1892 – 1984)

VACLAV VYTLACIL (1892 – 1984)

Still Life with Fish, c. 1964 Oil on board, 20 x 28 inches

The Three Graces, c. 1940 Oil on board, 14 x 18 inches

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VACLAV VYTLACIL (1892 – 1984) Manhattan Night Life, c. 1932 Oil on canvas, 29 x 39 inches

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VACLAV VYTLACIL (1892 – 1984)

VACLAV VYTLACIL (1892 – 1984)

Classic Female Figure, 1954 Oil on canvas, 57 x 24 inches

Classic Male Figure, 1954 Oil on canvas, 57 x 24 inches

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MARTHA WALTER (1875 – 1976) Under the Large Striped Umbrella on a Foggy Day, c. 1916 Oil on board, 14 x 18 inches

ASHLEY JOHN GALLERY 410 South County Road At the northwest corner of Worth Avenue and South County Road Palm Beach, FL 33480 Tel: 561.429.8454 Email: ashleyjohngallery@comcast.net

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