Ernest T. Fredericks (Arkansas/Illinois, 1877-1959) oil on canvas painting titeld "Pennsylvania Landscape, Near Bedford" depicting a hilly spring landscape, a cabin visible in the middle ground before a mountain range. Signed "Ernest Fredericks" lower right. Excerpt from The Chicago Daily News, dated Saturday, June 8, 1940, describing one of Frederick's exhibitions with artist information, with […]
Lot 928: Erwin Lauffer Oil on Canvas Farm Landscape
Erwin Otis Lauffer (Ohio, 1889-1977) oil on canvas impressionistic painting depicting a rural landscape with a figure in the foreground before a stone bridge, houses and other buildings in the midground, and mountains in the background. Signed "Erwin O. Lauffer, 1942" lower right. Original purchase receipt attached en verso. Housed in a contemporary giltwood frame […]
Lot 929: 2 O/B Landscapes: Nelson Wilson & Robert Weisman, Exhibited
Two (2) oil on board impressionist paintings, including Nelson Wilson of Indiana and Robert Weisman of Chicago. 1st item: Nelson D. Wilson (Indiana,1880-1950) oil on board painting depicting two hunting dogs in a wooded landscape. Signed "Nelson B. Wilson, '29" lower right. Housed in a painted frame. Sight: 11 1/8" H x 15" W. Framed: […]
Lot 927: Cornelius Zwaan O/B Landscape Painting, Brown County, Indiana
Cornelius Christiaan (Christian) Zwaan (Illinois/Michigan/Netherlands, 1882-1964) oil on board landscape painting depicting a gray barn or mill in Brown County, Indiana with a partially visible water wheel alongside the bank of a narrow creek with a simple wooden bridge traversing the water in the foreground and a fecund forest filling the background. Signed "Cornelius Ch. […]
Lot 925: Attr. Margaret Tuthill O/B Painting, Chicago Street Scene
Attributed to Margaret H. Tuthill (Illinois, early 20th Century) oil on board painting depicting a view of downtown Chicago with the "L" train passing over a bustling street, surrounded by urban architecture. Unsigned. Attribution information compiled by a representative from the Art Institute of Chicago with notes on the artist's past exhibitions affixed en verso. […]
Lot 926: Samuel Chamberlain Mixed Media Cityscape Painting
Attributed to Samuel V. Chamberlain (Massachusetts/Iowa, 1895-1975) drawing and watercolor on heavy paper painting depicting a cityscape with figures under a cloudy sky rendered in varying brown saturations. Unsigned but label en verso states the work is by Chamberlain and gives a date of 1917. Float mounted and matted in a contemporary frame. Sight: 13 […]
Lot 923: 2 American or English School O/C Landscape Paintings
Two (2) American or English School oil on canvas landscape paintings. 1st item: Landscape fox hunt painting depicting figures in red coats atop horseback accompanied by hounds across wide, rolling fields with a sparsely leaved tree to the left under a blue sky largely filled by cirrus clouds. Illegibly signed lower left. Paper label with […]
Lot 924: John Henry Niemeyer W/C Painting, Young Women w/ Flowers
John Henry Niemeyer (Connecticut/New York/Germany, 1839-1932) watercolor and gouache on paper painting depicting an allegorical mourning scene of two young women standing before a white surface covered with flowers, possibly a crypt, the woman in a white dress receiving a bouquet of flowers from the woman in a navy blue dress, set against a landscape […]
Lot 921: William Ralph Watson O/C, A Lake in Autumn
William Ralph Watson (Connecticut/Canada, 1881-1968) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a lake surrounded by trees with autumn foliage, the scene cast in the late afternoon sun. Signed "R.W. Watson" lower right. Suder's Art Store, Cincinnati, OH label with two additional numeral labels en verso. Housed in an Arts & Crafts style carved giltwood frame. […]
Lot 922: Gladys Emerson Cook O/B Landscape Painting, Country Cottage
Gladys Emerson Cook (American, 1899-1976) oil on board painting depicting two-story country house with yellow paneling, green shutters and roof, and white trim and fencing illuminated by the mid-day sunlight through the leaves of a tree by the front door. Signed "Gladys Emerson Cook" lower left. Grogan & Company sticker label as well as The […]