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Opposite Lot 241 Jan Matulka Loading Logs, 1923

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169* Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908) Cloud Shadows, Southhampton watercolor signed A.T. Bricher (lower right) 13 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mark F. Arendt, Munster, Indiana

Provenance: Sold: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, September 19, 2004, Lot 1552 $3,000-5,000

170 Charles Warren Eaton (American, 1857-1937) The House Across the Field oil on canvas 16 x 12 inches.

Provenance: Sold: Skinner, Boston, May 6, 1994, Lot 85 $2,000-4,000

171* Aldro Thompson Hibbard (American, 1886-1972) Landscape with Lake oil on canvas signed A.T. Hibbard and dated illegibly (lower right) 8 x 18 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of the American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

172* George Inness (American, 1825-1894) Lake Nemi, 1874 oil on canvas signed G. Inness and dated (lower right) 20 1/4 x 30 1/2 inches. Property from the Hugh Johnston Hubbard Trust, Lake Forest, Illinois

Provenance: (possibly) Doll and Richards, Boston, 1876, no. 5 (incorrectly titled in that sale as Lake Nemi, from Tivoli) Mr. Hugh McBirney Johnston Thence by descent to the present owner

A detailed compositional study for this work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It is also titled Lake Nemi, and is included in Michael Quick’s book, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonne (2007), as #470.

This work is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Mr. Michael Quick, dated July 10, 2008. $30,000-50,000

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173 Otto Sommer (American, 1811-1911) Moonlit Landscape oil on board signed Otto Sommer (lower left) 29 1/2 x 45 1/4 inches. $2,000-4,000

174* Attributed to Ralph Albert Blakelock (American, 1847-1919) Landscape at Dusk oil on canvas signed illegibly (lower left) 16 x 22 inches. Property from the Abbie Lukens Trust, Burr Ridge, Illinois $1,500-2,500 175 Carl Henrik Jonnevold (American, 1856-1955) Landscape oil on canvas signed C. Jonnevold (lower left) 20 1/2 x 17 inches. $800-1,200

176 John Fery (American/Austrian, 1859-1934) Woodland Interior oil on board signed J. Fery (lower left) 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. $2,000-4,000

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177 Gregory Hull (American, b. 1950) Autumn oil on canvas signed Hull (lower left) 23 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches.

Provenance: Wally Findlay Galleries, Chicago $800-1,200

178 Walter Joseph Phillips (Canadian, 1884-1963) Landscape watercolor signed W.J. Phillips (lower right) 9 x 9 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000 179 Cullen Yates (American, 1866-1945) Autumn Landscape oil on canvas signed Cullen Yates (lower left) 12 1/8 x 16 1/4 inches. $2,000-4,000

180 Cullen Yates (American, 1866-1945) Spring Landscape oil on canvas signed Cullen Yates (lower left) 12 x 16 inches. $3,000-5,000 181 William C. Emerson (American, b. 1865) Landscape oil on board 28 x 36 inches. $1,000-2,000

182 Fremont F. Ellis (American, 1897-1985) Time of Autumn oil on canvas signed Fremont Ellis (lower right); titled (verso) 25 x 30 inches. $15,000-25,000

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183* Joseph Pierre Birren (American, 1864-1933) Rocky Landscape oil on board signed Joseph Birren (lower left) 15 1/2 x 20 inches. Property from the Collection of Brian Neher, Charlotte, North Carolina $1,500-2,500 184 A. John Pelletier (American, 20th century) Lions on the River oil on canvas signed A. John Pelletier (lower left) 28 x 41 inches.

Provenance: Wally Findlay Galleries, Chicago Sold: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, October 23, 2005, Lot 742 $800-1,200 185 A. John Pelletier (American, 20th century) Elephants oil on canvas signed A. John Pelletier (lower right) 26 1/8 x 39 1/4 inches.

Provenance: Wally Findlay Galleries, Chicago Sold: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, October 24, 2005, Lot 741 $800-1,200

186 Alexis Jean Fournier (American, 1865-1948) The Pool, 1906 oil on canvas signed Alex Fournier and dated (lower right) 18 x 21 inches. $2,000-4,000

187 George Henry Bogert (American, 1864-1944) Silvery Moonlight oil on canvas signed Bogert (lower right) 28 x 36 inches. $1,000-2,000

188* Anthony Thieme (American, 1888-1954) Resting in a Canoe oil on canvas signed A. Thieme (lower right) 25 1/4 x 30 inches. Property from the William S. Block Trust, Peoria, Illinois $4,000-6,000

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189* Anthony Thieme (American, 1888-1954) Horse Drawn Cart on a Forest Path oil on canvas signed A. Thieme (lower right) 30 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches. Property from the William S. Block Trust, Peoria, Illinois $3,000-5,000

190 Augustus Dunbier (American/German, 1888-1977) Picnic at the Park oil on board signed Augustus W. Dunbier (lower left) 14 x 17 3/4 inches. $1,000-2,000 191 Anna Lee Stacey (American, 1865-1943) Woman in Wooded Garden, 1920 oil on board signed Anna Lee Stacey and dated (lower left) 13 x 15 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

192 Louis Ritman (American, 1889-1963) French Village watercolor 14 x 18 inches.

Provenance: MOHN Art Gallery, Springfield, Illinois $1,000-2,000 193* Francis Chapin (American, 1899-1965) Town View watercolor signed Francis Chapin (lower right) 18 1/2 x 27 inches. Property from the Estate of Ernest Wentcher, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

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194 Peter Schnore (American, 20th century) The Maidstone Club oil on board signed Schnore (lower left) 8 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches. $800-1,200

195 Boris Izrailovich Anisfeld (Russian/American, 1879-1973) Stony Point, New York, 1925 oil on canvas signed Boris Anisfeld, dated and inscribed (lower left); titled (verso) 24 1/4 x 30 inches.

The grandson of the artist has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work. $12,000-18,000

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196 Kathryn E. Bard Cherry (American, 1880-1931) Floral Still Life oil on canvas signed Kathryn Cherry (lower right) 30 x 25 inches. $3,000-5,000

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197 Jane Peterson (American, 1876-1965) Vase of Flowers oil on canvas signed Jane Peterson (lower left) 20 3/4 x 30 inches. $4,000-6,000 198 Harry Roseland (American, 1866-1950) Roses oil on canvasboard signed Harry Roseland (lower left) 12 x 16 inches.

Provenance: Herbert Roman, Inc. Fine Art, New York $800-1,200

199 Eugene Francis Savage (American, 1883-1978) Feast on Mount Olympus, 1926 (study for the Grand Reception Hall mural of the Elks Veterans Memorial and Headquarters, Chicago) watercolor, gouache, and pencil signed Eugene Savage (lower right) 42 x 29 1/2 inches.

A late proponent of the allegorical school of painting, Eugene Savage is best known for the murals executed for the Works Progress Administration. With a prolific career spanning nearly a half-a-century, Savage’s Art Deco masterpieces don the walls of major institutions and memorials throughout the United States, including the Great Hall at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, and the Elks National Veterans Memorial in Chicago. The present work is a study for the mural of the ceiling of the Grand Reception Hall of the Elks National Veterans Memorial. The mural, in its completion, shows a feast on Mount Olympus, which, in-situ, is situated above a series of vignettes depicting virtues, such as Brotherly Love, Fidelity, and Justice.

Built in 1926 to honor the veterans of the fraternity of the Elks, the monument sits prominently at the edge of Chicago’s Lincoln Park and is one of the most dominant features of the city’s near north side. Savage executed not only the Classical murals of the Reception Hall, but also the memorial’s expansive rotunda, which features the figures of service men and women, depictions of war by air, land and sea, and representations of the Beatitudes.

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202 200 Glenn C. Sheffer (American, 1881-1948) Psyche oil on cardboard signed Glenn C. Sheffer (lower left) 12 x 10 inches. $800-1,200

201* Frank H. Desch (American, 1873-1934) Nude oil on canvas signed Frank H. Desch (lower right) 22 x 18 inches Property from the William S. Block Trust, Peoria, Illinois $2,000-4,000

202 Louis Kronberg (American, 1872-1965) Dancers in Rose Costume oil on canvas signed Louis Kronberg (lower right) 37 x 31 inches. $3,000-5,000

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203* Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) Girl Walking on the Brooklyn Bridge watercolor signed Reginald Marsh (lower right) 14 x 19 inches. Property from the Collection of Dr. Donald Miller, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance: Mr. John Sullivan, New York Mr. Daniel Ryan, Brockton, Massachusetts Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts Mr. William Young, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts Steven Straw Company, Newburyport, Massachusetts Signature Galleries, Chicago Acquired from the above by the present owner $3,000-5,000 204 Isabel Bishop (American, 1902-1988) At the Counter, c. 1952 ink on paper signed Isabel Bishop (lower right) 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches.

Provenance: Midtown Galleries, New York Signature Galleries, Chicago MOHN Art Gallery, Springfield, Illinois $800-1,200

205 Johann Berthelsen (American, 1883-1972) New York oil on canvasboard signed Johann Berthelsen (lower right) 16 x 12 inches. $1,500-2,500

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206 206* Peter Ellenshaw (American, 1913-2007) Saint Inez Mountains, Montecito, California, 1991 oil on canvas signed Peter Ellenshaw and dated (lower left) 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton, Boca Raton, Florida $1,000-2,000

207* Peter Ellenshaw (American, 1913-2007) Grand Canyon, 1992 oil on canvas signed Peter Ellenshaw and dated (lower left) 19 x 29 inches. Property from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton, Boca Raton, Florida $2,000-4,000

208* Peter Ellenshaw (American, 1913-2007) Nepal, 1985 oil on canvas signed Peter Ellenshaw and dated (lower left) 30 x 48 inches. Property from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton, Boca Raton, Florida $2,000-4,000

209 Dawson Dawson-Watson (American/British, 1864-1939) Lake oil on canvas signed Dawson-Watson (lower right) 18 1/2 x 22 inches. $3,000-5,000

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210 Michael Coleman (American, b. 1946) The Provo Utah Landscape, 1973 oil on board signed Michael Coleman and dated (lower right) 18 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches.

Provenance: Knox-Campbell Galleries, Tucson, Arizona $3,000-5,000

211 Carl Sammons (American, 1883-1968) California Landscape pastel on cardstock 11 x 17 inches. $800-1,200 212 Mary DeNeale Morgan (American, 1868-1948) Desert Near Palm Springs watercolor signed M. DeNeale Morgan (lower right) 15 x 19 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Zionsville, Indiana $1,500-2,500

213 Charles S. Stobie (American, 1845-1931) Landscape with Bear oil on canvas signed C.S. Stobie (lower right) 26 x 42 inches. $2,000-4,000

214 Frederic Remington (American, 1861-1909) The Hunt watercolor and gouache on paper signed Frederic Remington (lower right) 20 x 28 inches.

Provenance: A.T. “Cap” McDannald, Hartsel Ranch, Hartsel, Colorado Purchased from the above by the present owner $30,000-50,000

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215 215 Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Shooting Fish, 1917 oil on canvas signed E.I. Couse (lower right) 23 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches.

Provenance: A.T. “Cap” McDannald, Hartsel Ranch, Hartsel, Colorado Purchased from the above by the present owner

This painting will be included in Virginia Couse Leavitt’s forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work. $150,000-250,000

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218 216 Attributed to Henry H. Cross (American, 1837-1918) Portrait of Uncapapa Sioux Honorary High Chief, Sitting Bull oil on canvas 15 x 12 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

217 Attributed to Henry H. Cross (American, 1837-1918) Portrait of an Indian Chief oil on canvas 15 x 12 inches. Property from the Collection of the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

218 Attributed to Henry H. Cross (American, 1837-1918) Portrait of an Indian Chief oil on canvas laid to panel 13 x 10 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

219 Attributed to Henry H. Cross (American, 1837-1918) Portrait of an Indian Chief oil on canvas laid to panel 12 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

220 Attributed to Henry H. Cross (American, 1837-1918) Portrait of Ta-Tay-Hac-Don, Sioux Indian Chief oil on canvas laid to panel 16 x 13 inches. Property from the Collection of the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

221 Attributed to Henry H. Cross (American, 1837-1918) Portrait of Uncapapa Sioux Indian Chief, Rain in the Face oil on canvas 15 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

222 Arthur Ernst Becher (American, 1877-1960) Two Gentlemen on Horseback oil on canvas signed Arthur E. Becher (lower left) 35 x 20 inches. $1,000-2,000

223 Arthur Ernst Becher (American, 1877-1960) The Duel oil on canvas signed Arthur E. Becher (lower right) 35 x 20 inches. $1,000-2,000 224 Robert Street (American, 1796-1865) Portrait of Zachary Taylor, 1851 oil on canvas signed Robt Street, dated and inscribed (lower center) 30 x 25 inches. Property from the Collection of the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000 225* Charles Rollo Peters (American, 1862-1928) Custom House Monterey oil on canvas signed Charles Rollo Peters (lower left) 18 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Beth Cotner, Sarasota, Florida

Provenance: Leries, San Francisco Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco $7,000-9,000

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227 226 Oscar E. Berninghaus (American, 1874-1952) Barn oil on canvasboard signed O.E. Berninghaus (lower left) 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. $5,000-7,000

227 William Cather Hook (American, b. 1948) Bishop’s Lodge Road acrylic on canvas signed W.C. Hook (lower right) 24 x 30 inches. $1,500-2,500

228 Grant MacDonald (American, b. 1944) Chamisa and Roses, 1993 oil on canvas signed Grant MacDonald and dated (lower right) 24 x 30 inches. $3,000-5,000

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229 Kevin MacPherson (American, b. 1956) La última luz de taos oil on canvas signed Kevin MacPherson (lower left); signed and titled (verso) 24 x 30 inches. $3,000-5,000

230 Artist Unknown (American, 19th century) Portrait of a Man oil on panel 15 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches. $1,000-1,500

231 Cardicius P. Ream (American, 1837-1917) Consolation oil on canvas signed C.P. Ream (lower right) 9 1/4 x 6 inches. $600-800 232 M. Hottes (American, 19th century) Provisions from Nature oil on canvas signed M. Hottes (lower right) 40 1/2 x 72 inches.

Provenance: Beadleston Gallery, New York, 1998 $1,000-2,000

233 Charles Harry Eaton (American, 1850-1901) Landscape with Bridge and House oil on canvas signed C. Harry Eaton (lower right) 16 1/4 x 24 inches. $1,000-2,000 234 Thomas Harris Robinson (American, 1834-1888) Sheep in Farmyard oil on canvas signed T. Robinson (lower left) 19 3/4 x 26 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

235 Carl Rudolph Krafft (American, 1884-1938) Abounding in Snow oil on masonite signed Carl R. Krafft (lower right) 23 3/8 x 29 3/8 inches. $1,500-2,500

236 Eda Elisabeth Sterchi (American, 1885-1969) Tunisian Street Scene oil on bristol board signed Eda Sterchi (lower right) 17 x 14 inches. $1,000-2,000

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237* Dale Nichols (American, 1904-1995) Sunset on the Farm, 1944 oil on canvas signed Dale Nichols and dated (lower left) 30 x 40 inches. Property from the Emile H. Mathis II Family Trust, Racine, Wisconsin $30,000-50,000

238 Eric Sloane (American, 1905-1985) Evening Quiet oil on board signed Eric Sloane NA (lower left); titled (verso) 19 x 38 inches.

Provenance: Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe $10,000-15,000 239 Robert Kipniss (American, b. 1931) Backyard Breeze oil on canvas signed Kipniss (lower right); signed and inscribed (verso) 47 1/2 x 40 inches.

Provenance: Merrill Chase Galleries, Chicago $3,000-5,000 240 Edith Mae Brisac (American, 1894-1974) Village Scene watercolor on paper signed Edith M. Brisac (lower right) 22 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

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241 Jan Matulka (American/Czech, 1890-1972) Loading Logs, 1923 oil on canvas signed Matulka (lower right) 25 1/8 x 29 1/2 inches. Property from an Important Chicago Area Collector

Provenance: Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York Graham Gallery, New York Thomas McCormick, Chicago $8,000-12,000 242 Helen Louise Beccard (American, 1903-1994) Roll Dem Barrels, 1938 oil on paper signed Helen Louise Beccard and dated (lower right) 21 1/2 x 15 inches. Property from an Important Chicago Area Collector

Provenance: Estate of the artist Aaron Galleries, Chicago $800-1,200 243* John Sloan (American, 1871-1951) Woman with Seated Man, 1913 charcoal signed Joan Sloan and dated (lower left) 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of M. Faletti Anderson, Clarendon Hills, Illinois $800-1,200

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244 David Pryor Adickes (American, b. 1927) Three Figures acrylic on canvas signed Adickes (lower right) 40 x 29 1/2 inches. $1,500-2,500

245 Masood Ali Wilbert Warren (American, 1907-1995) Two clothbound sketchbooks, 1940-41 pencil on paper each inscribed and dated Each: 7 1/8 x 5 inches. $800-1,200 246* William Carter (American, b. 1934) Portrait of Woman, 1985 oil on canvas signed W. Carter and dated (lower right) 24 x 20 inches. Property from the Collection of Jonathan Alter, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

247 Frederick Milton Grant (American, 1886-1959) Market at the Habor oil on canvas signed Frederic M. Grant (lower right) 36 1/4 x 40 1/8 inches. Property from Hands of Hope, Barrington, Illinois $2,000-4,000 248* George Hitchcock (American, 1850-1913) Rowing to Shore watercolor signed G. Hitchcock (lower left) 8 x 13 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Paul Lucero, Littleton, Colorado $800-1,200

249* Charles Courtney Curran (American, 1861-1942) Boy in Fishing Boat, 1895 pastel signed C. Curran and dated (lower right) 14 1/4 x 29 inches. Property from the Estate of Rita Brugioni, Peoria, Illinois $2,000-4,000

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250 Warren W. Sheppard (American, 1859-1937) Untitled oil on canvas signed Warren Sheppard (lower left) 18 x 28 1/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Zionsville, Indiana $2,000-4,000

251* Charles Vickery (American, 1913-1998) Three Masted Ship at Sea oil on canvas signed Vickery (lower right) 21 3/4 x 27 1/2 inches. Property from the Abbie Lukens Trust, Burr Ridge, Illinois $2,000-4,000

252 Charles Vickery (American, 1913-1998) Seas and Skies oil on canvas signed Vickery (lower right) 28 x 38 inches. $1,000-2,000 253 Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1888-1951) Rockport, Mass. oil on canvasboard signed Fern I. Coppedge (lower left) 6 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches. $5,000-7,000

254 John Whorf (American, 1903-1959) Coastal Scene oil on canvasboard signed John Whorf (lower right) 12 x 16 inches. $1,500-2,500

255 John Whorf (American, 1903-1959) Harbor Scene watercolor signed John Whorf (lower right) 11 x 14 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

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256 Louise Upton Brumback (American, 1872-1929) Gloucester, Massachusetts oil on canvas signed L. Upton Brumback (lower left) 20 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches. $800-1,200

257 Joseph Eliot Enneking (American, 1881-1942) Wily Sheet, East Gloucester, Mass., 1941 oil on canvasboard signd J. Eliot Enneking (lower right); titled and dated (verso) 12 x 16 1/2 inches.

Provenance: Sold: Skinner, Boston, September 17, 1993, Lot 224 $1,000-2,000

258* Tunis Ponsen (American, 1891-1968) Harbor Scene oil on canvas signed Tunis Ponsen (lower right) 35 x 36 inches. Property from the Collection of Ms. Cheryl Tully, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000

259 Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978) Pier from 13th Ave, Naples oil on canvas signed Emile A. Gruppe (lower right); titled (verso) 24 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches. $8,000-12,000 260 Emmett Fritz (American, 1917-1995) St. Augustine oil on canvasboard signed Emmett Fritz (lower left) 16 x 20 inches. $800-1,200

261 Sally Michel Avery (American, 1902-2003) Deserted Beach, 1945 watercolor signed Sally Michel and dated (lower right) 15 x 22 inches.

Provenance: Childs Gallery, New York $3,000-5,000

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