american lots 139-197

Opposite Lot 148 Joshua Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Hilmer Schumacher (a pair of works)

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141 139 George Hetzel (American, 1826-1899) Woodland Road oil on canvas signed G. Hetzel (lower left) 14 1/2 x 23 inches. Property from a Private Collection

Provenance: Sold: Abandoned Acres Gallery, New Castle, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1989, Lot 362 Acquired from the above by the present owner $1,000-2,000

140 Alexander Helwig Wyant (American, 1836-1892) Landscape oil on canvas signed (verso) 8 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

141 William Keith (American, 1838-1911) Forest Path oil on board signed W. Keith FS (lower left) 25 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches. $3,000-5,000

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142 Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823-1900) River Landscape, 1855 oil on canvas signed J.F. Cropsey and dated (lower left) 12 1/4 x 18 inches. Property from a Private Collection

Provenance: Zeniar Kizer Edwards Dwaine & Don Bauer Auctioneers, Windsor, Illinois Acquired from the above by the present owner

The Newington-Cropsey Foundation has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work and will include it in any forthcoming supplements to their catalogue raisonné of the artist. $40,000-60,000

146 143 Hudson Mindell Kitchell (American, 1862-1944) Landscape, 1928 oil on canvas signed H.M. Kitchell and dated (lower left) 16 x 24 inches. $1,000-2,000

144* Nelson Augustus Moore (American, 1824-1902) Woodland Scene, 1890 oil on canvas signed Moore and dated (lower right) 12 x 14 3/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Paul Youmara, Chicago, Illinois $1,500-2,500

145 Robert Emmett Owen (American, 1878-1957) Monadnock, Evening oil on canvasboard signed R. Emmett Owen (lower right); titled (verso) 12 x 16 inches. $800-1,200

146 Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902) A Ride in the Country, 1867 oil on board initialed A. B. and dated (lower right) 19 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches. Property of a Gentleman, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance: M. Knoedler & Co., 1949 Kennedy Galleries, New York

Exhibited: The Brooklyn Museum, New York $15,000-20,000

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147 Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902) By the Seaside oil on board signed A. Bierstadt (lower right) 15 x 20 inches. $15,000-25,000

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148* Joshua Johnson (American, 1765-1830) Mr. and Mrs. Hilmer Schumacher (a pair of works), c. 1808-1810 oil on canvas Each: 22 x 18 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seff, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance: Mrs. Henry William Huntmuller Thence by descent to Buckner Hollingsworth Sold: Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, New York, January 30, 1985 Michael Birdsall Art and Antiques, St. Paul, Minnesota Acquired by the present owner from the above Literature: Carolyn J. Weekley, et al., Joshua Johnson: Freeman and Early American Portrait Painter, Maryland Historical Society, 1987, pp. 143-144, no. 52 & 53, illus. Carolyn J. Weekley, “Joshua Johnson,” The Magazine Antiques: Folk Art, September 1987, p. 526, pl. III, fig. 1, illus.

Exhibited: Baltimore, Maryland, The Maryland Historical Society, Joshua Johnson: Freeman and Early American Portrait Painter, September 26, 1987-January 3, 1988; Williamsburg, Virginia, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, January 17-May 15, 1988; New York, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, June 18-August 25, 1988; Stamford, Connecticut, The Whitney Museum of American Art, September 9-November 9, 1988

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In the December 19, 1798 issue of the Baltimore Intelligencer, the artist, Joshua Johnson, describes himself as a “self-taught genius” who could “execute all commands with an effect, and in a style, which must give satisfaction.” Known as the earliest documented African-American painter active in the United States, Johnson was first listed as a portraitist in the Baltimore city directories in 1796. Long thought to be a slave belonging to the artist families Peale and Polk, he was in fact the son of a white man and a black slave, who was given his freedom in 1782 and whose independent career flourished until 1824.

The present pendant portraits were executed during Johnson’s period of greatest activity, from 18031814, when he became more assured in his painterly skills. Both Mr. Hilmer [Helmer] Schumacher and his wife, Rachel, are painted in three-quarter view and with straightforward gazes, typical techniques of the artist. The taupe background set against Mr. Schumacher’s vibrant yellow waistcoat and the intense green of the spandrels in both portraits signal the artist’s preference for the use of complimentary background colors.

The Schumacher’s portraits were first documented in the private collection of descendants in 1943 by the art historian and genealogist J. Hall Pleasants. Records show Hilmer Schumacher living in Baltimore as early as 1810, the year of his marriage to Rachel Cloberg; the couple had one son, Frederick, who was born in 1812. Baltimore city directories list Hilmer working as a sugar refiner and grocer until 1831.

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149 Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906) Portrait of Mrs. Brownley Brown oil on canvas signed D. Huntington (lower left) 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches.

Provenance: The Collection of Laura Davidson Sears Academy of Fine Arts of The Elgin Academy, Elgin, Illinois Sold: Lenz Art Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1968, Lot 22

Sold: Cohen Fontaine Fine Art Auctions, Woodstock, Connecticut, November 3, 2001, Lot 16 $2,000-4,000 150 Manner of Thomas Sully (American, 1783-1872) Portrait of a Woman oil on canvas 24 x 21 inches. $1,000-2,000

151 Samuel Lovett Waldo (American, 1783-1861) Portrait of Cornelius Heyer oil on canvas 30 x 25 1/2 inches. $1,000-1,500

152 Ivan Gregorewitch Olinsky (American/Russian, 1878-1962) Kip Family Portrait, 1922 oil on canvas signed Ivan G. Olinsky (upper right) 30 x 36 inches

Provenance: Commissioned by the family of the present owner By descent to the present owner $8,000-12,000 153 Edward Percy Moran (American, 1862-1935) Mother and Child, 1891 watercolor signed Percy Moran and dated (lower right) 18 1/2 x 28 inches. $1,000-2,000 154 Edward Percy Moran (American, 1862-1935) A Mother’s Goodbye oil on canvas signed Percy Moran (lower left) 30 x 40 inches. Property from a Private Collection

Provenance: Sold: Abandoned Acres Auction Gallery, New Castle, Pennsylvania, January 13, 1990, Lot 291 Acquired by the present owner from the above $2,000-4,000

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157 155* George Henry Story (American, 1835-1923) Girl with Mandolin oil on canvas 21 x 13 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Little, Centennial, Colorado $1,000-2,000

156* Thomas Waterman Wood (American, 1823-1903) At the Cobbler’s oil on canvas signed T.W. Wood (lower right) 13 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Paul Youmara, Chicago, Illinois $7,000-9,000

157 Jessie Arms Botke (American, 1883-1971) Goose and Gate oil on board signed Jessie Arms Botke (lower left); titled (verso) 16 x 13 3/4 inches.

Provenance: Chicago Galleries Association, Chicago $3,000-5,000 158* David B. Bechtel (American, 1895-1960) Chickens oil on canvas signed D.B. Bechtel and dated illegibly (lower right) 29 1/4 x 24 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Anne Clarke, Evanston, Illinois $800-1,200 159 Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses (American, 1860-1961) In the Camp, 1950 oil on canvas signed Moses (lower right) 12 1/2 x 16 inches.

Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gelles

Literature: O. Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 308, no. 928, illus. $50,000-70,000

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160 Alexis Jean Fournier (American, 1865-1948) Wet and Windy oil on board signed Alexis J. Fournier (lower right); signed and titled (verso) 25 1/2 x 34 inches.

Provenance: Knoke Fine Arts, Marietta, Georgia $7,000-9,000

161 Robert Kipniss (American, b. 1931) Blue Distances oil on canvas signed Kipniss (lower right); titled (stretcher) 28 x 22 inches. $3,000-5,000

162* Warren W. Sheppard (American, 1858-1937) Venice oil on canvas signed Warren Sheppard (lower right) 20 x 30 inches. Property from the Estate of Mary Anne Kirchschlager, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000

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163 James Jeffrey Grant (American, 1883-1960) Gloucester Harbor Scene oil on canvasboard signed J. Jeffrey Grant (lower right) 16 x 11 1/2 inches.

Provenance: Richard Norton Gallery, Chicago $1,500-2,500 164 Robert Franz Curry (American, 1872-1945) Harbor Scene oil on canvas signed R. F. Curry (lower left) 23 1/2 x 30 inches. $1,000-2,000

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165* James Gale Tyler (American, 1855-1931) Sailing at Night oil on canvas signed James G. Tyler (lower right) 30 x 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Little, Centennial, Colorado $800-1,200

166 Charles Vickery (American, 1913-1998) Schooner Through the Mist oil on canvas signed Vickery (lower right) 18 x 24 inches. $800-1,200

167 Charles Vickery (American, 1913-1998) Rockport, Mass, 1969 oil on board signed Vickery (lower right) 12 x 16 inches. $600-800

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171 168 Byron Wolfe (American, 1904-1973) Hold Up at Sundown, 1964 oil on canvas signed Byron B. Wolfe and dated (lower right) 22 x 16 inches. $1,000-2,000

169* Paul Salisbury (American, 1903-1973) Along the Creek, 1970 oil on canvas signed Paul Salisbury (lower right) 24 x 36 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Syer-Bailar, Lake Forest, Illinois

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist $2,000-4,000

170* Paul Salisbury (American, 1903-1973) Strangers (Moonlit Adobe Scene) oil on canvas signed Paul Salisbury (lower left) 26 1/2 x 41 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Syer-Bailar, Lake Forest, Illinois

Provenance: Kachina Galleries, Santa Fe $2,000-4,000

171* William Acheff (American, b. 1947) Taos Pot oil on canvas signed Wm. Acheff (lower left) 12 x 16 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Syer-Bailar, Lake Forest, Illinois $5,000-7,000

172 Robert William Wood (American/British, 1889-1979) A Country House oil on canvas signed Robt Wood (lower right) 30 x 36 1/2 inches. $15,000-25,000

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173 Edgar Alwin Payne (American, 1883-1947) Mountain Canyon de Chelly oil on canvasboard signed Edgar Payne (lower right) 13 x 18 inches. $7,000-9,000

174 Edgar Alwin Payne (American, 1883-1947) Le château oil on canvas signed Edgar Payne (lower left) 29 1/4 x 29 inches. Property from the Cavanagh Family Collection, Chicago, Illinois $25,000-35,000

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175* Peter Ellenshaw (American, 1913-2007) Road to Caragh Lake Kerry, Ireland, 1987 oil on canvas signed Peter Ellenshaw and dated (lower left) 24 x 36 inches. Property from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton, Boca Raton, Florida $3,000-5,000 176* Peter Ellenshaw (American, 1913-2007) Hampstead Heath London, 1987 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 $3,000-5,000

177* Peter Ellenshaw (American, 1913-2007) Romantic Lane, Adare Castle, Ireland, 1994 oil on canvas signed Peter Ellenshaw and dated (lower left) 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton, Boca Raton, Florida $1,000-2,000 178* Peter Ellenshaw (American, 1913-2007) Piglets Rescue oil on canvas signed Peter Ellenshaw (lower left) 19 x 29 inches. Property from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton, Boca Raton, Florida $2,000-4,000

179 William Samuel Horton (American, 1865-1936) Snow at Gstaad, 1922, The Valley oil on board signed Horton (lower left); inscribed, titled and dated (verso) 25 x 30 inches. $3,000-5,000 180 Eric Sloane (American, 1905-1985) Alpine Sun oil on board signed Sloane (lower right) 24 x 18 inches. $5,000-7,000 181 Robert Addison (American, 1924-1988) Winter Night, Chicago, 1950 oil on canvas signed R. Addison and dated (lower left) 20 1/2 x 28 inches.

Provenance: Sold: Bunte Auction Service, Elgin, Illinois, October 1, 2006, Lot 1422 $2,000-4,000

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182 Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978) Study for How Goes the War on Poverty, c. 1965 oil, watercolor, and pencil on paper signed Norman Rockwell (lower right) 21 x 19 inches. Property from a Private Florida Collection

The present work is a study for Rockwell’s painting, How Goes the War on Poverty, which appeared in Look Magazine on July 27, 1965. It accompanied an article on Lyndon B. Johnson’s legislation program to address the nation’s high poverty level. Lettered over the two symbolic clasping hands is a quote from a speech President Johnson delivered the year before: “Hope for the poor, achievement for yourself, greatness for your nation.”

The finished painting is currently in the collection of Look Magazine and is reproduced in Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator, New York: Abrams, 1970, no. 592.

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183 Ernest Lawson (American, 1873-1939) Covered Bridge oil on canvas signed E. Lawson (lower left) 14 x 9 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Collection

Provenance: Sold: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, December 11, 1994, Lot 1058 Acquired from the above by the present owner $15,000-25,000 184 Edward Henry Potthast (American, 1857-1927) Old Mill on Brandywine oil on canvas signed E. Potthast (lower right); titled (stretcher) 24 x 30 inches. Property from a Private Collection $15,000-25,000

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185 Edward Henry Potthast (American, 1857-1927) Children in Meadow oil on board signed E. Potthast (lower right) 20 x 24 inches. Property from a Private Collection

Provenance: Row House Gallery, Milford, Ohio $50,000-70,000

186 Edward Henry Potthast (American, 1857-1927) The Bathers oil on canvas signed E. Potthast (lower left) 20 x 24 inches. Property from a Private Collection

Provenance: Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco Knoke Galleries, Marietta, Georgia R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago Sold: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, December 12, 1993, Lot 266 Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited: The Hunter Museum of Art, Important 19th and Early 20th Century American Paintings, May 18 - July 7, 1988 $80,000-120,000

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188 187 Joe Bowler (American, b. 1928) A Cool Read, 2009 oil on canvas signed and dated J. Bowler (lower left) 18 x 24 inches. Property from the Private Collection of a Lady, Naples, Florida

Provenance: Sold: Charleston Art Auction, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, November 7, 2009, Lot 36 $2,000-4,000

188 Joseph Tomanek (American, 1889-1974) Nude with a Hand Mirror oil on canvas signed Jos. Tomanek (lower right) 30 x 36 inches. Property from an Important Chicago Collector

Provenance: Estate of Elaine O’Reilly, Elmhurst, Illinois Sold: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, September 12, 2010, Lot 363 $1,500-2,500

189 John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925) Dancing Girl bronze initialed J.S.S. (base) Height: 10 1/2 inches. $1,500-2,500

190 Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock (American, 1868-1942) Spectators, 1902 grisaille on board signed Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock and dated (lower left) 20 1/2 x 14 inches. $1,000-2,000

191 Alfred Heber Hutty (American, 1877-1954) Woman with Three Baskets watercolor signed Alfred Hutty (lower right) Overall: 20 1/2 x 20 inches. $6,000-8,000

192* Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926) Figural Sketch pencil estate stamped (lower right) 14 x 10 inches. Property from the Collection of Lawrence S. Goldworm, St. Louis, Missouri $1,000-2,000

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193* Jane Peterson (American, 1876-1965) Still Life oil on canvas signed Jane Peterson (lower right) 24 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Margaret Keir, Bloomington, Illinois $2,000-4,000 194* Walter Alexander Bailey (American, 1894-1989) Still Life with Flowers oil on canvas signed Walter A. Bailey (lower right) 25 1/2 x 30 inches. Property from the Collection of Randall Pugsley, Jay Em, Wisconsin $800-1,200 195 Gustave Cimiotti (American, 1875-1969) In a California Garden, c. 1920s oil on canvas signed Cimiotti (lower right) 20 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches.

Provenance: D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York $2,000-4,000

196 André Gisson (American, 1921-2003) Dans le jardin oil on canvas signed Gisson (lower left) 36 x 24 inches. $1,000-2,000

197 André Gisson (American, 1921-2003) Mother and Child by a River with Wooden Boat oil on canvas signed Gisson (lower left) 22 3/4 x 29 3/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

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