Lot 51, "War
Path," by Alfred Jacob Miller, oil, pencil and ink on paper 9
by 12 1/4 inches
One
of the earliest fine artists to travel to the West, Alfred Jacob Miller
had an extraordinary excellent eye for detail and a very sweet,
romantic style. Lot 51 is an excellent, oil, pencil and ink
on
paper by him that measures 9 by 12 1/4 inches. It has an
estimate
of $150,000 to $250,000. It
sold for $365,000.
Lot 52, "Two
Indians Killing a Buffalo," by Alfred Jacob Miller, watercolor, gouache
and pencil on paper, 9 1/4 by 14 3/4 inches
Lot52 is a
watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper by Miller that is entitled "Two
Indians Killing a Buffalo." It measures 9 1/4 by 14 3/4
inches.
Detail
of Lot 52
It has
an an estimate of $100,000 to $150,000. It sold for $161,000.
Lot
53, "Departure of the Caravan at Sunrise," by Alfred Jacob Miller, oil,
ink, pencil and watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard, 8 by 14 1/4
inches
Lot 53 is
entitled "Departure of the Caravan at Sunrise" by Miller and
it is an oil, ink, pencil and watercolor on paper mounted on
paperboard. It measures 8 by 14 1/4 inches. It has
an estimate of $120,000 to $180,000.
It sold for $185,000.
Lot 50,
"Yosemite Valley," by William Keith, oil on canvas, 48 1/4 by 80 1/4
inches, 1876
William Keith
(1839-1911) is a major Western artist who was based in California but
is relatively little known in the east. Lot 50 is an
excellent scene by him of Yosemite Valley that was painted in 1876.
An oil on canvas, it measures 48 1/4 by 80 1/4 inches and it
was consigned by Twin Towers, a life enriching community in Cincinnati.
It has an estimate of $70,000 to $90,000. It sold for $755,000!
Lot 31,
"Waiting," by Winslow Homer, graphite and watercolor on paper, 8 by 13
3/4 inches, 1884
Lot 31 is a nice
sepia graphite and
watercolor on paper entitled "Waiting" by Winslow Homer (1836-1910).
It measures 8 by 13 1/4 inches and was drawn in 1884.
It is property
of the collection of David C. Copley of La Jolla, California.
It has
an estimate of $70,000 to $90,000. It
sold for $125,000.
Lot 15, "Two
Girls," by Winslow Homer, pencil on paper, 10 by 10 1/2 inches, 1879
Lot 15 is a
lovely pencil on paper sketch of "Two Girls" by Winslow Homer.
It measures 10 by 10 1/2 inches and is dated 1879.
It was once owned by Arthur B. Davies, a member of the Ash
Can School and an organizer of the 1913 Armory Show. It has
an estimate of $50,000 to $70,000. It sold for $106,500.
Lot 12,
"Indians at Sunset (Sunset in the Wilderness)," by Sanford Robinson
Gifford, oil on canvas, 8 1/2 by 14 1/2 inches, circa 1859
Lot 12 is a
pleasant sunset scene of two Indians standing by a lake by Sanford
Robinson Gifford (1823-1880). An oil on canvas, it measures 8
1/2 by 14 1/2 inches and was painted circa 1859. It has an
estimate of $80,000 to $120,000. It sold for $173,000.
Lot 49,
"Perugian," by George Inness, oil on canvas, 72 by 54 inches,1872
Lot 49 is a
large and very good Italian scene by George Inness (1825-1894) entitled
"Perugia." An oil on canvas, it measures 72 by 54 inches and
was painted in 1872. It has an estimate of $250,000 to
$350,000. It
was passed at $140,000.
Lot 46, "The
Corner Table," by Irving Ramsey Wiles, oil on canvas, 20 by 26 inches,
1886
Lot 46 is a lovely oil on
canvas by Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861-1948) entitled "The Corner Table."
It measures 20 by 26 inches and was painted in 1886.
It has an estimate of $300,000 to $500,000. It sold for $635,000.
Lot 32,
"Study for 'Francoise in a Round-Backed Chair, Reading'" by Mary
Cassatt, oil on canvas, 18 by 15 inches, circa 1909
Lot 32 is a very
pleasant study for "Francoise in a Round-Backed Chair, Reading" by Mary
Cassatt (1844-1926). An oil on canvas, it measures 18 bt 15
inches and was painted circa 1909. It is property from the
collection of David C. Copley of La Jolla, California. It has
an estimate of $120,000 to $180,000. It sold for $317,000.
Lot 35,
"Prometheus," by Maxfield Parrish, oil on panel, 31 by 21 1/4 inches,
1919
Lot 35,
"Prometheus," an oil on panel by Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was
commissioned by the General Electric Company in 1919 and the top of the
painting has a banner for "Edison Mazda," one of the company's
products. The painting is an oil on panel that measures 31 by
21 1/4 inches. It has an estimate of $200,000 to $300,000.
It sold for
$845,000.
Lot 7,
"Sunlit Surf," by George Bellows, oil on panel, 15 by 19 1/2 inches,
1913
Lot 7 is a
wonderful coastal oil on panel by George Bellows (1882-1925) that was
painted at Monhegan Island in Maine in 1913. Entitled "Sunlit Surf," it
measures 15 by 19 1/2 inches.
Detail of Lot
7
The lot has an
estimate of $300,000 to $500,000. It
failed to sell and was passed at $260,000.
Lot 10, "At
Home in New York," by Nicolai Fechin, oil on canvas laid down on board,
18 by 22 inches, 1924
The best
painting in the auction in terms of virtusoity and painterliness and
color is Lot 10, "At Home in New York," by Nicolai Fechin ((1881-1955).
Born in Kazan near the Volga River, Fechin came to
New York in 1923 and painted this work the following year.
His wife, Alexandra, known as Tinka, was the model.
An oil on canvas laid down on board, it measures 18 by 22
inches.
Detail of Lot
10
The painting is
property of the collection of David C. Copley of La Jolla,
California. It has a modest estimate of $100,000 to $150,000. It sold for $413,000.
Lot 8,
"Summer Landscape #2," by Stuart Davis, oil on canvas, 8 by 12 1/4
inches, 1940
Lot 8 is a
superb and extremely colorful small oil on canvas by Stuart Davis
(1892-1964) entitled "Summer Landscape #2." It measures 8 by
12 1/4 inches and was painted in 1940. It is belongs to the
Nevada Museum and was exhibited in the retrospective on the artist at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art in 1991 and 1992. It has aa modest estimate of $200,000
to $400,000. It
sold for $461,000.
Lot 9,
"Trumpet Flowers," by Stanton Macdonald-Wright, oil on canvas, 18 1/8
by 13 1/8 inches, 1919
Lot 9 is an
important and lovely oil on canvas by Stanton Macdonald-Wright
(1890-1973) and has been exhibited in several major retrospectives on
the artist. Entitled "Trumpet Flowers," it measures 18 1/8 by
13 1/8 inches and was painted in1919.
In 1913, Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell founded Synchronism and
the catalogue entry notes that it "existed in relatively obscurity for
many years" but MacDonald-Wright "contributed immensely to the dialogue
on abstraction in the first decades of the 20th century."
"The Synchronist reverence of color as the most fundamental means of
expression would prove profoundingly influential on the development of
modern art in the United States," the catalogue noted, adding that
Macdonald-Wright met Russell in 1911 and Russell introduced him to the
ideas of Percyval Tudor-Hart, a Canadian painter and color theorist
working in Paris at the time. Tudor-Hart shared the painters'
interest in exploring the musical character of color, and designed a
complex system of relating specific colors to specific musical notes in
varying octaves. In 1913, Macdonald-Wright and
Russell held exhibits in Munich and Paris and they received wide
critcal and public attention and Macdonald-Wright went to New York were
he exhbited at Alfred Stieglitz's 291 Gallery."
The lot has an estimate of $400,000 to $600,000. It sold for $785,000.
Lot 43, "Snow," by John Henry Twachtman, oil on canvas, 26 by 32 inches, circa 1895Lot
43, "Snow," is a very beautiful and quite abstract snow landscape by
John Henry Twachtman, the most poetic of American Impressionists.
An oil on canvas, it measures 26 by 32 inches and was painted
circa 1895. It is property from the collection of Edward P. Evans
and was formerly in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection in Washington, D.C.
It has a modest estimate of $200,000 to $300,000. It sold for $269,000.
