Henry (Hy Jr.) Hintermeister (New York, 1897-1970) oil on canvas illustration landscape painting depicting a farmer pausing in the act of plowing a field to wave at a passing airplane, foreground, with fields and blue mountain ranges surmounted by the monumental image of the Statue of Liberty against a cloudy blue sky in the background. […]
Lot 112: Joseph Vorst WPA Mural Study, O/B – Hutchinson's Wheatbelt
Joseph Paul Vorst (Missouri, 1897-1947) WPA era oil on board mural study painting titled "Hutchingsons Wheatbelt" depicting several workers processing bundles of wheat with a grain elevator and industrial facilities in the background. Signed "J. Vorst" lower left. Housed in a molded giltwood frame with a trapezoidal artist and title placard, lower center. Sight – […]
Lot 111: Clyde Singer O/C Painting, Masterpiece at the Met
Clyde Singer (Ohio, 1908-1999) oil on canvas painting titled "Masterpiece at the Met" depicting two women and an elderly man viewing an old master painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Signed "C. Singer" lower right. Label en verso or The Bonfoey Company, Cincinnati, OH, with title, artist's name, and date "1969" […]
Lot 109: U. Brunelleschi O/C, Serenading Musicians
Umberto Brunelleschi (France/Italy, 1879-1949) large oil on canvas painting depicting two male and female musicians in the foreground, playing their instruments, positioned alongside a mother and baby. The male musician peers directly at the viewer, while the female musician appears to gaze wistfully at a European village set in the center background. The baby wears […]
Lot 110: Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer Oil, Nude Woman
Maude or Maud Kaufman Eggemeyer (American/Indiana, 1877-1959) oil on canvas portrait of a nude woman, seated across a sheet-draped chair with her back to the viewer, her long brunette hair flowing across her open arms. Signed lower right "Maud K. Eggemeyer." Additionally signed en verso. Later giltwood molded frame. Canvas – 30" square. Framed – […]
Lot 107: William Oliver O/C Painting, Spanish Lovers
William Oliver the Younger (France/United Kingdom, 1823-1901) oil on canvas painting depicting a smiling, dark haired young beauty, seated upon a bench and attired in a white dress with an elaborate black lace wrap, with a pink rose behind her left ear and a holding a fan in her left hand; a man attired in […]
Lot 108: Camille Pissarro Etching, Three Women Bathing
Camille Pissarro (Danish/French, 1830-1903) etching on laid paper, titled Les Trois Baigneuses (Three Women Bathing, 1895). Depicts three women bathing in an outdoor setting. Artist ink stamp lower left and pencil numbered 13/20 lower right of etching. Additionally pencil numbered and inscribed "D 117 Les trois baigneuses" lower left of sheet (probable reference to Delteil […]
Lot 106: 18th c. English School Portrait of a Woman, O/C
18th century English school oil on canvas half length portrait of a woman, formerly attributed to William Hogarth (British, 1697-1764) and titled “Portrait of Mrs. Hogarth.” Depicts a young dark haired woman seated and attired in a fine burgundy dress with lace fichu, cap, and bell sleeves, wearing a taupe silk wrap and set against […]
Lot 105: Illuminated Miniature Painting on Vellum, The Nativity
The Nativity, illuminated Renaissance manuscript on vellum. Framed full page miniature leaf, from a Book of Hours, with ruled Latin text en verso, with initials, paragraph markers and endings illuminated by hand in gold, on grounds of blue and/or magenta. Depicts the Holy Family of the Bible with newly born Christ Child, watched over by […]
Lot 103: Albrecht Durer Woodcut, Christ Before Herod
Albrecht Durer (German, 1471-1528), "Christ before Herod" from the "Small Passion," circa 1511, woodcut on laid paper, depicting Christ being brought before the ruler Herod Antipas after his arrest. Artist monogram and date 1509 lower left, in image. Stamp en verso of paper backing for Whitehead & Mangan Rare Prints, New York, with label dating […]