Modern & Contemporary Works of Art | Skinner Auction 3830B

Fine Art in November 3830B Modern & Contemporary Works of Art | November 12, 2021 3825T European Works of Art online | November 11–18

November’s Fine Art Auctions 3830B: Modern & Contemporary Works of Art: Friday, November 12 | 10AM | Marlborough We are pleased to present a carefully curated auction focusing on Modern & Contemporary art. The sale features diverse groups of artists and media: landscape paintings by Wolf Kahn, Maurice Utrillo, and Lee Gatch, and more abstract works by Thaddeus Strode, Gyorgy Kepes, and George Noel. Works on paper include drawings, collages, and pastels from Georges Seurat to Claudio Bravo, Gustave Klimt to James Rosenquist. Sculpture by Dimitri Hadzi, Lionel Smit, Bryon Hunt, and Yayoi Kusama round out the auction. We welcome you to join us in the auction room for live bidding.

3825T: European Works of Art online : November 11–18 | www.skinnerinc.com This auction, devoted to European art, features elegant portraits, including works by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Jean Béraud. Old Master drawings by Guercino, Hubert Robert, and others highlight the early works. 19th century life and all of its great varieties are depicted in works by Charles Joseph Frédéric Soulacroix, John Frederick Herring Jr., Edgar Hunt, Adolf Schreyer, and Filippo Indoni. Barbizon landscapes by Victor Jean Baptiste Barthelemy Binet and Henri-Joseph Harpignies are also featured.

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front cover, sale 3830B: Claudio Bravo (Chilean, 1936-2011), Untitled, pastel on paper, (detail) $20,000-40,000

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Hans Zatzka (Austrian, 1859-1945), Floral Still Life with Insects and Birds in a Nest, oil on canvas $1,200-1,800

Charles Joseph Frédéric Soulacroix (French, b. 1825), A Peek Behind the Curtain, oil on canvas $20,000-30,000

Robert Salmon (American/ Scottish, 1775-1844), Vessel Naomi off the Port of Liverpool, oil on canvas $15,000-25,000 Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, 1591-1666), God the Father, brown ink on antique laid paper $10,000-15,000

Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723-1792) Portrait of George, The First Marquess of Townshend, Wearing a Scarlet Coat over a Steel Cuirass, oil on canvas $50,000-70,000 Harold Speed (British, 18721957), Tea in the Garden: A Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, oil on canvas $6,000-8,000

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The Hunt Equestrian painting has a rich and long tradition in British sporting art. The genre encompassed hunting and racing pictures, steeplechase and coaching pictures, and portraits of thoroughbreds, as perfected by generations of British artists over four centuries. These canvases filled country houses across England.

Coined “The Sport of Kings,” horse racing had its start in England under James I, who was both an advocate and a rider. Charles I was the first racehorse breeder. His son Charles II, a breeder, trainer, and owner, has been called “the father of British turf.” The earliest English racing scene, painted by Francis Barlow in 1687, shows Charles II at a race meeting in Dorsett Ferry.

While George Stubbs stands as the leading British animal painter of the 18th century, the field flourished among many artists. During this era John Wootton developed the genre of racehorse portraiture, becoming one of the highest paid artists in England. In addition to the careful portrayal of the equine subject, precise attention was paid to the details of saddlery and clothing, such that their technical improvements can be used to date the works of art. Equestrian paintings from several generations of the Sartorius family span the 18th century, and the close of the century witnessed the rise of other sporting art dynasties, with the birth of patriarchs Henry Alken Senior (b. 1756) and John Frederick Herring Senior (b. 1795).

In late 18th century Britain, fox hunting gained popularity that reached its apogee in the first thirty years of the 19th century. The genre was seasoned with humor in the hunting caricatures of artists such as James Leech, but the sporting tradition was carried proudly into the modern era by internationally respected artists such as Sir Alfred James Munnings, who in turn inspired a new generation of sporting artists working today.

Attributed to John Frederick Herring the Elder (British, 1795-1865), “Theodore” Jackson up, oil on canvas $15,000-20,000

John Frederick Herring Jr. (British, 1815-1907), Farmyard with Horses, Piglets, and Fowl, oil on prepared mill-board $3,500-5,500

Edgar Hunt (British, 1876-1955), Fowl in a Barn Interior, oil on canvas $8,000-12,000

3830B | Modern & Contemporary Works of Art

Bryan Hunt (American, b. 1947), Untitled, bronze with a reddish brown patina $15,000-25,000

Calvin Burnett (American, b. 1921), Self Portrait as a Teenage Girl, charcoal $300-400

Donald Evans (American, 1945-1977), Nadorp 234 (Musical Instruments), watercolor on registered cover $2,000-3,000

Maurice Utrillo (French, 1883-1955), Street Scene, oil on canvas $40,000-70,000

Barkley L. Hendricks (American, 1945-2017) Leaf Study, signed “B. Hendricks” l.r., watercolor and pencil on Arches dry stamped paper $8,000-12,000

Nancy Chu Woo (Chinese, b. 1942), Untitled, ink and gouache on handmade paper mounted to silk $800-1,200

Gyorgy Kepes (Hungarian/American, 1906-2001), Abstract Black, Gold, Orange, oil and sand on canvas $4,000-6,000

Claudio Bravo (Chilean, 1936-2011), Untitled, pastel on paper $20,000-40,000

James Castle (American, 1899-1977), Dolls in Rows, mixed media including soot on paper $5,000-9,000 Wolf Kahn (German/American, 1927-2020), Whose Woods These Are I Do Not Know, oil on canvas $30,000-50,000

Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891), Cinq soldats en capote et képi, signed “s” l.c., pencil and colored pencil on paper $5,000-7,000 John Pasche (British, b. 1945), Rolling Stones Logo, gouache and charcoal on paper $8,000-10,000

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