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Color and Controversy Prendergast in Italy

Capturing Sunshine The Artists of Old Lyme

Artist, Thief, Villain Unveiling the Life of a Folk Artist

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thomas hicks (1823–1890), (detail) The Sisters, 1874. Oil on canvas, 27⅛ x 20⅛ in. Signed and dated (at lower center): T. Hicks / 1874 21 East 70th Street Tel: 212.535.8810 Fax: 212.772.7237

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Outstanding Chippendale Mahogany and Gilt Looking Glass ass having a phoenix silhouetted in the he crest, a gilded inside mirror border er and beautifully executed scrollwork rk throughout.

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Circa 1775.

Height 41½", width 25".

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Frederick William MacMonnies (American, 1861–1939) Self Portrait, c. 1925 Oil on canvas, 21½ x 15 inches Signed

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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.

Chippendale Curly Cherry Bonnet Top Chest on Chest With an oxbow lower case, shell carved center drawer with shaped side drawers conforming to the bonnet design.

Probably Massachusetts, c. 1770–90.

Period brasses and pine secondary wood.

Height: 6'10"; upper case: 37", lower case: 39"; depth: 19½"

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New Mexico Museum of Art

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Prendergast in Italy Painting in the Present in the Land of the Past

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The Colby Museum of Art at Fifty

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Lyme in Mind The Clement C. Moore Collection and the Florence Griswold Museum

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Samuel Jordan: Artist, Thief, Villain

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A Crowing Achievement The Newbury Church Weathercock

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Decoding A Historic Map

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Adelson Galleries, Inc. . . . . . .4–5 Alexander Ltd., John . . . . . . . .28 Americana Antiques . . . . . . . . .92 American Spirit Antiques . . . . .58 Andersen & Stauffer Furniture Makers, LLC . . . . .84 Anderson, Marna . . . . . . . . . .89 Arader Galleries . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Archibald Portrait Miniatures, Christine . . . .108 Arons at The Gilded Lion, Leo . .66 Artfact, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Asiantiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Avery Galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Bertoia Auctions . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Brock & Co.

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DuMouchelles Fine Art Appraisers & Auctioneers . .101

Kinzle Antiques, Kelly . . . . . . .77

Tillou Works of Art, Peter . . .2–3

Lloyd, Inc., Robert . . . . . .70–71

Vareika Fine Arts, Ltd., William .69

Eaton Antiques, Inc., Peter H. 64

Madron LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Weiss Collection, Stanley . . . .33

Eldred’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Manko American Folk Art . . .103

Weissman Antiquarian, Ed . . .63

The Englishman . . . . . . . . . . . .81

McCarty Gallery . . . . . . . . . . .86

Willauer Antiques, Lynda . . . .67

Equinox Antiques . . . . . . . . . . .94

Mellin’s Antiques . . . . . . . . . . .78

Willin Specialized Services, Inc. .102

Evans, Jeffrey S. . . . . . . . . . . .105

MME Fine Art, LLC . . . . . . . .21

Finer, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Nichols American Antiques, Thurston . . . . . . .43

Woodbury Antiques Dealers Association . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Finkel & Daughter, M. . . . . . .65 Flather & Perkins, Inc. . . . . . . .78 Fontaine's Auction Gallery . . .107 Freitas, Roberto . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Glass International . . . . . . . . .108 Glazer, James & Nancy . . . . . .31 Godel & Co. Fine Art, Inc. . . .13

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Nolan, Hilary & Paulette . . . .61 Olde Hope Antiques, Inc. . . . .25 Ophir Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Oriental Rugs, Ltd. . . . . . . . . .75 Outsider Folk Art Gallery . . . .88 Pantry & Hearth at the 1775 Barn . . . . . . . . .109

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Worth Antiques, Inc., R.M. . .94 THE BACK ROOM

72 Objects Priced-to-Sell . . . .184–191 UPCOMING SHOWS

The ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . .111 Baltimore Summer Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . .IBC

William Vareika Fine Arts 69

Goldberg Fine Arts, LLC, Bernard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BC

Pap Oriental Rugs, Inc., Peter .11

Blum, Mr. & Mrs. Jerome . . . .32 Bradley Co. Antiques, Philip H. . .12

Gordon, Elinor . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Pickwick Antiques . . . . . . . . .109

Brock & Co. . . . . . . . . . . .18–19

Hagan, John G. . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Pine Acres Realty . . . . . . . . . .115

Brownstein American Folk Paintings, Joan R. . . . . . . . . .64

Haradin Toys of Yesteryear, Ray . .95

Buscemi, Michael . . . . . . . . . .93

Heller Washam Antiques . . . . .50

Bush, Inc., G.K.S. . . . . . . . . . .29

The Herrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Chait Gallery/Auctioneers, I. M. 99

Hill Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Clark Point Gallery . . . . . . . . .86 Constant, Inc., Douglas . . . . .88

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IFC

Creech Antiques & Fine Art, M. Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Holland Antiques & Art, Raymond . . . . . . . . . . . .52–53

Sallea Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Crocker Farm, Inc. . . . . . . . . . .98

Huber, Stephen & Carol . .26–27

Shushan, Elle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Czerny’s International Auction House . . . . . . . . . . .91

Jere’s Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Skinner, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Julia, Inc., James D. . . . . . . .112

Dail Fine Art, Catherine . . . . .35

Katz Americana, Allan . . . . . . .23

Sloans & Kenyon Auctioneers & Appraisers . . . . . . . . . . . .100

DeRu’s Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . .37

Kendall Fine Art . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Sullivan Antiques, Gary . . . . . .36

Donovan Antiques, Colette . . .60

Kilvington, James M. . . . . . . .44

Thanas Fine Art . . . . . . . . . . .108

Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show . . . . . .40

Dowling Walsh Gallery . . . . . .55

King Gallery of Fine Art, Roger .51

Tillou Antiques, Jeffrey . . . . . .38

Princeton Fall Antiques Show . .113

Bittel, Diana H. . . . . . . . . . . .73

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Heller Gallery, Julie . . . . . . . . .83

Peabody Essex Museum . . . . . .90

Pollack, Frank & Barbara . . . .39 Prickett, C.L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Puckett, Charles Edwin . . . . . .74 Questroyal Fine Art, LLC . . . . .15 RGL Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Ryder Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Score, Inc., Stephen . . . . . . . . .59

California Country & Folk Art Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . .112 Dallas International Art, Antique & Jewelry Show . .192 The Delaware Antiques Show. . . . . . . . . . .110 Houston Antiques Dealers Association Antiques Show & Sale . . . . . . . . . . . .102 The Manchester Pickers Market Antiques Show . . . . .56 Mid-Week in Manchester Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . . .56 Nantucket Historical Society Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . . .68 New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association Show . . .62 The Newport Antiques Show . .68

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Bidjar, Persia, Fourth Quarter 19th century, 6' 6" x 11' 7"

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The sun struck in horizontally…flashing upon weathervanes—brass cocks and arrows, here a glass-eyed Indian, there, a copper grasshopper—and the bells in the steeples cling-clanged, telling the people, it was time to be up and about.”

In Johnny Tremain (1943), Esther Forbes’ narrative tale of the years leading up to the American Revolution, the author described the rooftop landscape of the City Upon a Hill.

Though many of the characters are fictional, the tale was woven around historic figures and local landmarks. The grasshopper certainly describes the famous copper vane made for the cupola of Faneuil Hall, and the glass-eyed Indian weathervane seemingly describes the vane mounted on the now demolished 1679 Province House, seat of the Royal Governors. Both vanes were made by Deacon and tinplate worker Shem Drowne (1683–1774). The Indian vane, now in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society, is illustrated and discussed in Gerald Ward’s article “A Crowning Achievement, The Newbury Church Weathercock” (pages 154–157). Drowne’s son Thomas (1715–1796) was also a weathervane maker, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has recently acquired, with the help of Olde Hope Antiques, an important example of Thomas’ work.

In Marblehead, Massachusetts, a colonial gilt codfish weathervane, said to be made by Paul Revere, sits atop the First Church, now Old North Congregational. The presence of a fish symbolizes both Christianity as well as the town’s principle colonial industry. Among those to prosper from the codfish trade was Colonial Jeremiah Lee (1721–1775), who soon after the erection of his opulent mansion in 1768 was recorded as the wealthiest man in Massachusetts. As a man of distinction, his home was a showplace. In her article (pages 168–173), Judy Anderson, curator of the Marblehead Museum & Historical Society, discusses the important scenic and block-printed wallpapers that comprise “the largest collection of mid-eighteenth-century English papers from a single American house.” An incredible survival, these papers provide insight into the range and combination of patterns and the aesthetics of the period.

Colonel Lee was brother-in-law to Robert “King” Hooper, also of Marblehead and a leading Massachusetts fish merchant.

Hooper’s drawing room, from his Danvers country estate, has recently been conserved, repainted, and reinstalled in the new Sarah and Landon Rowland American Art Galleries at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Authors Margaret Conrads and Catherine Futter discuss the important interior and other key collections in their article on the galleries (pages 174–181), which display material from the colonial era to World War II.

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contributors Judy Anderson, Curator, Lee Mansion, Marblehead, Mass.

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Rebecca E. Beall, Collections Manager, Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Mass. Page 161.

Catherine Bindman, Art critic, New York. Page 132.

Circa 1815. Ht. 102 in.

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Amy Kurtz Lansing, Curator, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Conn. Page 140.

Deborah M. Child, Independent art historian and museum consultant, Portsmouth, N.H. Page 146.

Nancy Mowll Mathews, Eugénie Prendergast Senior Curator of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American and European Art, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Mass.

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Frances J. Folsom, Freelance journalist, Cambridge, Mass.

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Chris Ohrstrom, Co-owner, Adelphi Paper Hangings, The Plains, Va. Page 48.

Margaret Conrads, Samuel Sosland Curator of American Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO. Page 174.

Gerald W. R. Ward, Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Page 154.

Allan Breed, Cabinetmaker, Rollinsford, N.H. Page 118.

A Cherry Scrolltop Corner Cupboard, Bethlehem, Pa.,

Catharine Dann Roeber, Lunger Project Associate, Winterthur Museum and Ph.D. candidate, William and Mary. Page 182.

Catherine Futter, Helen Jane and R. Hugh “Pat” Uhlmann Curator of Decorative Arts, NelsonAtkins Museum, Kansas City, MO. Page 174.

Leslie and Peter Warwick, Collectors and authors, New Jersey. Page 158.

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