Frank Handlen (Maine/New Jersey, b. 1916) oil on board Luminist style painting depicting a river scene with a moored boat, under a luminescent sky. Signed and dated "Handlen 1970" lower right. Housed in a gilded American 20th century style frame. Sight – 17 1/8" H x 13" W. Framed – 24 3/4" H x 20 […]
Lot 145: Everett Shinn Watercolor, Southern Landscape
Everett Shinn (New York/Pennsylvania, 1876-1953) watercolor and pencil on paper, Southern landscape titled at lower edge in pencil, Memory sketch from a train to Florida (note label en verso states the title as "Georgian Shack from a Train to Florida"). The painting, possibly a study, depicts a run-down shack or cabin with palm tree at […]
Lot 146: George W. Whitaker, O/C, Barbizon School Landscape
George William Whitaker (Rhode Island/New York/Massachusetts, 1841-1916) oil on canvas Barbizon School landscape depicting a sparse field with trees against a small range of mountains and an overcast sky. Signed, G. W. Whitaker, lower right. Housed in a decorative carved gilded frame. Sight – 21 1/2" H x 27 1/2" W. Framed – 34 /4" […]
Lot 143: Thomas Meteyard Watercolor, Pastel Coastline
Thomas Buford Meteyard (Massachusetts/Illinois, 1865-1928) watercolor painting on wove paper painting a rocky coastline, rendered in pastel colors. Signed, T.B. Meteyard, lower right. Artist name and information labels, en verso. Hinge mounted in an off white matte, unframed. Sight – 14 5/8" H x 10 1/2" W. Matte – 21 1/4" H x 16 1/2" […]
Lot 144: 2 Xanthus Russell Smith Pencil Drawings
Two (2) Xanthus Russell Smith (Pennsylvania/Maine, 1839-1929) pencil on paper drawings. 1st item: Pencil on paper drawing titled FARMSTEAD AT SHOEMAKERTOWN depicting a small farmstead and large trees. Titled, signed with monogram. and dated ,X.S. Aug 15th 1876, lower right. Dated, Aug 22d 1876, lower left center. Copy of Schwarz, Philadelphia, PA gallery label with […]
Lot 140: Victor C. Anderson Oil on Canvas & Studies, Barn Swallow
Victor Coleman Anderson (Texas/New York, 1882-1937) oil on canvas painting, together with three pencil studies for this work. 1st item: Victor Anderson oil on canvas titled “Barn Swallow – Children Playing in Hay Loft”, circa 1935. Depicting children swinging from the rafters of a barn onto the hay below, signed lower right, Victor C. Anderson. […]
Lot 141: J. Francis Murphy Landscape Oil on Canvas
John Francis Murphy (American/New York/Illinois, 1853-1921) oil on canvas tonalist landscape painting titled, A Summer Afternoon, depicting a summertime meadow with a cluster of trees left forefront against an open field backdrop. Signed and dated, J. Francis Murphy – 1913, lower right. Housed in a heavily carved gilt wood Louis XIV style frame with shell […]
Lot 142: John Frederick Kensett Oil, Contentment Island
John Frederick Kensett (New York/Connecticut, 1816-1872), “Early Autumn,” oil on board Luminist landscape painting depicting sunrise or sunset over Contentment Island, site of Kensett’s studio, near Darien, Connecticut. Circa 1872. Unsigned. Titled verso, with 1960s-1970s exhibition labels for Wickersham Gallery, New York. Housed in a giltwood Hudson River School style frame. Sight – 13 1/2″ […]
Lot 139: Andrew Wyeth Book w/ Authenticated Andrew Wyeth Sketch
ANDREW WYETH, published by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1970, by Frederick A. Sweet (Editor), David McCord (Introduction), with a signed Andrew Newell Wyeth (Pennsylvania/Maine, 1917-2009) sketch depicting the dog Nell Gwyn on the title page, signed lower right. This sketch is based on the 1974 tempera painting titled "The Ides of March" that depicts […]
Lot 138: John McCoy Watercolor, Clam Diggers
John W. McCoy (II) (Pennsylvania/California, 1910-1989), watercolor on paper painting titled, Clam Diggers, depicting two figures on a shore, digging in sand, with a small boat in the water. Signed John W. McCoy, lower right. Gilt plaque with title and artist name, lower center of frame. Housed in a contemporary gilt wooden frame. Sight – […]