Walter Farndon (New York, 1876-1964) oil on board plein-air abstract painting titled "View of the Boatyard" depicting boats around the pylons of an unfinished bridge, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Vose Galleries, Boston, MA label with artist, title, medium, and additional information, lower center, with a black Estate of Walter A. Fardon stamp, lower […]
Lot 471: Henry Ward Ranger oil, "Stormy Day"
Henry Ward Ranger (New York/Connecticut, 1858-1916) oil on board landscape with gray, clouded sky. Signed "To J.H.R. / H.W.R." lower left; estate stamp lower right. Title en verso on paper label for Sessions Hootsell American Paintings, Natchez, MS. Later giltwood frame with linen liner. Sight – 11 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W Framed – […]
Lot 470: Aiden Lassell Ripley, Watercolor of Mother and Child Stroll
Aiden Lassell Ripley (Massachusetts/New York, 1896-1969) watercolor on paper impressionist painting depicting a mother and child strolling through a village on a sunny day. Signed and dated "A. L. Ripley 33" lower left. Housed and matted under glass in a gilt wood frame with bead course running pattern and gilt wood rabbet edge. Sight – […]
Lot 467: Xanthus Smith Oil on Canvas Landscape
Oil on canvas landscape painting by Xanthus Smith (American, 1839-1929), inscribed en verso "Fresh Water Cove and Robin Inn, Biley Island, Maine", "View from Smith Cottage". Signed and dated "1914" lower right. Vose Galleries of Boston label en verso. Housed in a molded gilt wood frame. Sight – 13 1/2" H x 17 1/4" W. […]
Lot 468: Henry Dearth, O/C, "Autumnal Hues"
Henry Golden Dearth (American, 1864-1918) oil on canvas luminist landscape titled "Autumnal Hues" depicting a group of structures and grove of trees set between a broad horizontal expanse of grass and a clouded sky. Signed "H. Dearth" lower right. Paul Foinet artist supplier stamp en verso of canvas; back board with M.A. Newhouse St. Louis […]
Lot 466: Hudson River landscape, manner of De Grailly
Hudson River Landscape, manner of Victor de Grailly (France/New York, 1804-1889). Oil on canvas landscape depicting figures on a bridge overlooking the river, with sailboats and a steamship passing below. 14" x 20" canvas. 17 1/2" x 23" framed. Housed in an antique giltwood molded frame. Mid to Late 19th century. CONDITION: Two 1/2" areas […]
Lot 465: American Oil on Canvas Portrait of Two Girls
Mid-19th century American oil on canvas portrait depicting two young girls seated against a landscape backdrop with a tree. The older darkhaired girl is attired in a period dark velvet dress, the younger girl attired in a blue dress with lace trim and holding a bouquet of wildflowers. Signed and dated en verso "CR Palmer/Painter/Wilmington/Oct […]
Lot 464: 19th C. American Portrait, Woman with Coral Necklace
American School, 19th century folk art oil on canvas portrait of a young brunette woman wearing a brown dress and a coral necklace, against a brown background. Unsigned. Housed in a later frame with grain painted faux rosewood veneer and gilt wood rabbet edge. Sight – 19 1/2" H x 15 5/8" W. Framed – […]
Lot 463: 18th C. American Portrait of a Clergyman
American School, 18th century, oil on canvas 3/4 length portrait depicting a clergyman standing and holding a book, presumably a Bible, with a classical colonnade background. Painting is housed in a molded giltwood frame. Sight – 29 1/4" H x 24 1/2" W. Framed – 32 1/4" H x 27 3/4" W. Provenance: Collection of […]
Lot 461: Thomas Campbell Watercolor Landscape
Thomas Campbell (Tennessee, 1834-1914) European watercolor depicting a young peasant girl in a meadow, surrounded by sheep, with trees and mountains in the background. Signed lower left "T. Campbell". Housed in a contemporary gilt and ebonized frame. Sight – 8 1/4" H x 13" W. Framed – 14 7/8" H x 19 3/4" W. Biography: […]