AMERICAN ART LOTS 177 – 304

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179 177 George Loring Brown (American, 1814-1889) The White Mountains oil on canvas signed Geo. L. Brown and dated illegibly (lower left) 20 x 36 inches. $1,000-2,000

178 Albert Insley (American, 1842-1937) Untitled Landscape oil on canvas signed Albert Insley (lower left) 7 x 13 inches. $800-1,200

179* Jonh Joseph Enneking (American, 1841-1916) Landscape with Sheep, 1893 oil on canvas signed Enneking and dated (lower right) 18 x 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Edward Brennan, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000

180* John Joseph Enneking (American, 1841-1916) Summer House, Hyde Park oil on canvas signed Enneking (lower right) 16 x 20 inches. Property from the Collection of Edward Brennan, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance: Vose Galleries, Boston $1,500-2,500

181 William Lamb Picknell (American, 1854-1897) Pastoral River Scene oil on canvas signed Wm. L. Picknell (lower left) 36 x 28 inches. $10,000-15,000

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182 Robert Emmett Owen (American, 1878-1957) Sunset Landscape oil on canvas signed R Emmett Owen (lower right) 12 x 16 inches. $800-1,200 183 Frank Barney (American, 1862-1954) Road through the Woods oil on board signed F.A. Barney (lower left) 12 x 16 inches. $700-900

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185* Paul Cornoyer (American, 1864-1923) River Through the Woods oil on canvas bears estate stamp (verso) 18 1/4 x 24 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri $2,000-3,000 186* Attributed to Paul Cornoyer (American, 1864-1923) Boating oil on canvas signed indistinctly Paul Cornoyer (lower left) 13 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri $1,000-2,000

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187* John Francis Murphy (American, 1853-1921) Landscape oil on canvas signed J. Francis Murphy (lower left) 12 1/4 x 24 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: Hirsch & Adler, New York

Exhibited: St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Art Museum, Impressionism Reflected: American Art, 1890-1920, May 6-June 27, 1982 $1,000-2,000

188* Bruce Crane (American, 1857-1937) Crown Valley, November, 1904 oil on canvas signed Bruce Crane and dated (lower left); signed, dated, and titled (stretcher) 20 x 26 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri $2,000-4,000 189* Robert William Vonnoh (American, 1858-1933) The Mill oil on canvasboard signed Vonnoh (lower left) 16 x 20 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: Sold: Sotheby’s New York, March 15, 1986, Lot 159 $3,000-5,000

190* Eliot Candee Clark (American, 1883-1980) Winter Scene with Mountains oil on masonite monogrammed (lower right) 18 1/4 x 29 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: Sold: DuMouchelles, Detroit, Michigan, June 13, 1988, Lot 2226 $1,000-2,000

191* Louis Benton Akin (American, 1868-1913) Grand Canyon, 1909 oil on canvas laid to masonite signed Louis Akin and dated (lower left) 23 7/8 x 36 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: Kodner Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri $10,000-15,000

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192* Astley David Middleton Cooper (American, 1856-1924) Two Indians Viewing Mountain, 1924 oil on canvas signed A.D.M. Cooper and dated (lower left) 12 x 16 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri $2,000-4,000 193 Oscar Berninghaus (American, 1874-1952) Taos Indians and the Sangre de Cristos, 1915 oil on panel signed Berninghaus and dated (lower left) 20 x 16 inches.

Provenance: Sold: Altermann Galleries, Dallas, May 18, 2002, Lot 37 $80,000-120,000

194* Leonard Reedy (American, b. 1899-1956) Buckboards watercolor signed Leonard Reedy (lower right) 8 x 11 inches. Property from the Estate of Denise Selz, Chicago, Illinois $600-800 195 Victor Higgins (American, 1884-1949) Meadow with Cattle oil on panel signed Victor Higgins (lower left) 12 x 17 inches.

Provenance: Sold: Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Reno, July 24, 2004 $70,000-90,000

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196 Frank Hoffman (American, 1888-1958) By the Light of the Moon oil on academy board signed Hoffman (lower left) 22 x 17 inches.

Provenance: Sold: Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, July 25, 2009, Reno, Lot 61 $10,000-15,000 197* Francis Beaugureau (American, 1920-2001) Hemis Kachina oil on canvas signed Beaugureau (lower right) 36 x 40 inches. Property from the Collection of Fred M. Levin, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

198* Ray Swanson (American, 1937-2004) The Sheepshearers oil on canvas signed Ray Swanson (lower right) 23 1/2 x 35 inches. Property from the Estate of Allen Lasky, St. Louis, Missouri $10,000-15,000

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201 199* Edward James Fraughton (American, b. 1939) A Pair of Bears, 1989 bronze signed Height: 7 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Robert P. Stupp, St. Louis, Missouri $1,000-2,000

200* George Elmer Browne (American, 1871-1946) Landscape with Haywagon and Barn oil on board signed Geo. Elmer Browne (lower left) 11 x 14 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri $700-900

201 Marie Lokke (Norwegian, 1876-1948) Bales of Hay oil on canvas signed Marie Lokke (lower right) 18 x 24 inches. $700-900

202* Arthur Burdett Frost Sr. (American, 1851-1928) Farmer and the Chicken ink on paper signed A.B. Frost (lower right) 10 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $500-700

203* Henry Golden Dearth (American, 1864-1918) Moonlight oil on canvas signed H. Dearth (lower right) 10 x 18 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: The artist Mrs. Florence Gotthold, purchased from the above Mrs. Myer Cohen, given by the above By descent to Mrs. A.C. Robeson Veerhoff Galleries, Washington, D.C. Purchased from the above by the present owner, 1976 $800-1,200

204* Henry Golden Dearth (American, 1864-1918) The Breakers oil on canvas signed H. Dearth (lower left); titled and number 118 (verso) 18 x 24 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Dearth, the artist’s wife Hammer Galleries, New York

Exhibited: (possibly) Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Henry Golden Dearth Memorial Exhibition of Paintings, October 7-26, 1919, no. 55 (possibly) Detroit, Detroit Musuem of Art, Henry Golden Dearth Memorial Exhibition of Paintings, February 16-March 17, 1919, no. 56 $1,000-2,000

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205 Lemuel D. Eldred (American, 1848-1921) Seascape with Gulls, 1874 oil on canvas signed Lemuel D. Eldred and dated (lower right) 18 x 31 inches. $3,000-5,000 206 Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902) By the Seaside oil on board signed A. Bierstadt (lower right) 15 x 20 inches. $8,000-12,000

207* Thomas Sully (American, 1783-1872) Portrait of Mrs. Lee, 1835 oil on canvas laid to board 20 1/4 x 17 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: Albert Rosenthal, Philadelphia Childs Gallery, Boston Sold: Doyle, New York, April 20, 1983, Lot 26

Literature: E. Biddle and M. Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872), Philadelphia, 1921, no. 1042, p. 207 $2,000-3,000

208* Mary Curtis Richardson (American, 1848-1931) Mother and Child oil on canvas signed Mary Curtis Richardson (lower right) 30 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mary Jean Jones, Riverside, Illinois $6,000-8,000

209 Letitia Bonnet Hart (American, b. 1867) Lady in Salon oil on canvas signed Letita B. Hart (lower left) 16 x 12 inches. $1,000-2,000

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One of the most original and influential artists of his time, James McNeill whistler was a leader of the late 19th century Aesthetic movement. with his cultivated color harmonies and simplified shapes that exemplified his belief of “art for art’s sake,” whistler had a profound impact on both American and European artists working in the late nineteenth century. His radical leadership and art was a catalyst for those who wanted to break with traditional academic methods, and his work often garnered both the praise and vitriol of critics.

Throughout his career, whistler endlessly refined and adjusted his prints, paintings, and drawings, often revisiting and changing compositions long after their initial conception. Parasol: red note, is one such example. According to the whistler catalogue raisonné, this work was most likely first executed in 1884, with the model wearing much less than in the current composition. In an 1884 article, a writer from the Kensington News commented, “I don’t admire the young lady who considers a parasol full dress costume,”1 while the art critic Frederick wedmore asked, “Is there much suggestion of the real figure in the young woman dressed in a parasol and a red head-gear? It appears not a fortunate transcript but an imperfect and graceless recollection.”2 Clearly the critics, and most likely the art-going public, were offended by the model’s nudity.

perhaps in response to the criticism, whistler drastically changed the pastel and dressed the model. The modifications in no way alter the sensuousness of the nude, and in fact enhance the figure’s seductiveness, with the twist of the body and gauzy drapery emphasizing breasts and hips. when whistler exhibited the reworked pastel in 1889, the critics responded positively. One review describing the pastel as “…a figure of a young girl charmingly draped, and holding a Japanese parasol. The figure has great swing in it, and is full of life. The colours are beautifully balanced, and the drawing is splendid.”3 Other critics admired the gracefulness of the figure, as well as the red ‘note’ of her headwrap, and compared the model to Classical figures. with his revisions to the pastel, the artist successfully shows that a clothed figure can be just as captivating as a nude.

1 Kensington News, May 29, 1884. 2 Frederick wedmore, “Mr. whistler’s Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Gray,” Academy, xxVII, May 24, 1884, p. 374. 3 Cited in whistler Collection, Glasgow University Library, pc 10, p. 101,

210* James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903) Parasol; red note, c. 1884 pastel on brown paper signed with artist’s device (lower right) 11 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Joan McKelvy Taft, Lake Forest, Illinois

Provenance: The artist (probably) Carmen Rossi, the artist’s model Sold: Drouot, Paris, November 25, 1903, lot 2, illus., as La Femme a L’Ombrelle ‘Anson,’ acquired from the above sale (probably) Jules Chavasse, Paris Sold: Lair Dubreuil, Paris, June 22, 1922, lot 50, as Draped model with sunshade M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1922 C.S. Carstairs, New York, acquired from the above, 1926

Literature: F. Wedmore, “Mr. Whistler’s Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Gray,” Academy, XXVII, May 24, 1884, p. 374 Standard, May 19, 1884 Kensington News, May 29, 1884 Fun, June 4, 1884 Revue Independente, 1886, illus. News of the World, April 14, 1889 Daily Telegraph, April 19, 1889 Man of the World, April 27, 1889 Athenaeum, 1903, p. 761 A. Graves, “James Abbott McNeill Whistler,” Printseller and Print Collector, I, August 1903, pp. 341-5 E. R. Pennell and J. Pennell, The Whistler Journal, Philadelphia, 1921, pp. 5, 243-4 C. Carstairs, Postscript to Criticism, London, 1921, no. xxv, illus. M. F. McDonald, James McNeill Whistler: drawings, pastels, and watercolours: a catalogue raisonne, New Haven, 1994, no. 957, pp. 365-366; 616

Exhibited: London, Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell’s Gallery, Notes--Harmonies--Nocturnes, May 1884, no. 65 (probably) London, Dudley Gallery, Egyptian Hall, New English Art Club, AprilJune 7, 1889, as Rose and Red London, William Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes by British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works By H.B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, December 1903, no. 167, additional works added January 15-January 30, 1904, no. 6, as Femme a l’ombrelle New York, Carroll Carstairs Gallery, Whistler Pastels and Water Colours, January 12-February 5, 1938, no. 16, illus., as Draped Figure Holding Parasol

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211 Albert Goodwin (British, 1845-1932) Venice- Midsummer Dawn, 1878 oil on canvas signed Goodwin and dated (lower right) 40 x 60 inches. $15,000-20,000

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212 Louis Aston Knight (American, 1873-1948) Rio San Trovaso, Venice gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper signed Aston Knight and inscribed (lower right); titled (verso) 32 x 25 5/8 inches. $2,000-4,000 213* Elbridge Wesley Webber (American, 1839-1914) Venice Scene oil on canvas signed Wesley Webber (lower left) 32 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Sarah Wood, Chicago, Illinois $1,500-2,500 214* Frank Boggs (American, 1855-1926) Pont-Audemar-La-Place, 1921 watercolor signed Frank Boggs and dated (lower right) 12 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Denise Selz, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

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216 215* Charles Allen Winter (American, 1869-1942) Gloucester oil on board 16 x 17 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Exhibited: St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Art Museum, Impressionists Reflected: American Art, 1890-1920, May 6-June 27, 1982 $1,000-2,000

216* Richard Hayley Lever (American, 1876-1958) Early Morning, Gloucester, Mass. oil on canvas signed Hayley Lever (lower left); signed and titled (verso) 24 x 30 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: Sold: Sotheby’s, New York, January 30, 1985, Lot 334 $1,000-2,000

217* Richard Hayley Lever (American, 1876-1958) High Bridge, Harlem River, New York oil on canvas signed Haley Lever (lower left); titled (verso) 16 x 20 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: ACA Galleries, New York $1,500-2,500

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218* Jonas Lie (American, 1880-1940) New York Harbor oil on canvas signed Jonas Lie (lower left) 24 x 30 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri $3,000-5,000 219* Attributed to Jonas Lie (American, 1880-1940) Sailing Ships in Open Sea oil on canvas signed Jonas Lie (lower left) 11 7/8 x 16 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: Sold: C.G. Sloan & Company, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, 1989, Lot 1113 $1,000-2,000

220 Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978) Harbor Scene oil on canvas signed Emile A. Gruppe (lower left) 14 x 16 inches. $1,500-2,500 221 Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978) Loading the Nets oil on canvas signed Emile A. Gruppe (lower right) 30 x 36 inches. $6,000-8,000 222* Leon Dabo (American, 1868-1960) The Thousand Islands oil on canvas monogrammed and signed Leon Dabo (lower left) 27 1/4 x 36 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: William Doyle Galleries, New York $2,000-4,000

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223* Frederick Judd Waugh (American, 1861-1940) Rocky Seascape after the Storm oil on board signed Waugh (lower right) 30 x 39 7/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Alice Ann Hunzicker Weckbaugh, Denver, Colorado $8,000-12,000

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227 224 James Jeffrey Grant (American, 1883-1960) The Pier watercolor signed J. Jeffrey Grant (lower left) 13 3/4 x 16 inches. $700-900

225 James Jeffrey Grant (American, 1883-1960) The Pier oil on canvas signed J. Jeffrey Grant (lower left) 15 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches. $800-1,200

226 James Jeffrey Grant (American, 1883-1960) Closing the Gate oil on canvas signed J. Jeffrey Grant (lower right) 16 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

227 James Jeffrey Grant (American, 1883-1960) Houses by the Shore watercolor signed J. Jeffrey Grant (lower left) 13 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches. $700-900

228 James Jeffrey Grant (American, 1883-1960) Lobster Traps oil on canvas signed J. Jeffrey Grant (lower right) 26 1/4 x 30 inches. $1,000-2,000 229 James Jeffrey Grant (American, 1883-1960) Harbor Scene oil on canvas signed J. Jeffrey Grant (lower left) 15 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches. $800-1,200 230 James Jeffrey Grant (American, 1883-1960) Unloading at the Dock oil on canvas signed J. Jeffrey Grant (lower right) 26 x 30 inches. $1,000-2,000

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231* Frank Handlen (American, b. 1916) Sailing Ship oil on board signed Handlen (lower right) 15 1/2 x 19 inches. Property from the Collection of Mary Jean Jones, Riverside, Illinois $800-1,200 232* Hernando Gonzallo Villa (American, 1881-1952) The Enchanted Cove, 1918 oil on canvas signed H.G. Villa and dated (lower right) 23 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Mary Jean Jones, Riverside, Illinois $1,000-2,000 233* Michael B. Karas (American, b. 1954) Sail Boats oil on canvas signed Michael B. Karas (lower right) 27 1/2 x 34 inches. Property from the Collection of Edward Brennan, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

234* David Bareford (American, b. 1947) Boston Harbor oil on canvas signed David Bareford (lower right) 30 x 40 inches. Property from the Collection of Edward Brennan, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

235* David Bareford (American, b. 1947) Harbor oil on canvas signed David Bareford (lower right) 28 x 38 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Edward Brennan, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

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237 236* Attributed to Ernest Lawson (American, 1873-1939) New Foundland Coast oil on board 16 1/2 x 20 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: Sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, New York, November 17, 1977, Lot 591 (as Lawson) $1,500-2,500

237 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 sale by the present owner $7,000-9,000

238* Edgar Alwin Payne (American, 1883-1947) Study for a Sierra Landscape oil on canvas laid board signed Edgar Payne (lower right) 7 x 9 inches. $4,000-6,000

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239 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 $20,000-40,000

240 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 $8,000-12,000

241 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 sale by the present owner

Exhibited: The Hunter Museum of Art, Important 19th and Early 20th Century American Paintings, May 18 - July 7, 1988 $40,000-60,000

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242 242* Adam Emory Albright (American, 1862-1957) Two Boys on Rock Cliff, Maine Coast oil on canvas signed Adam Emory Albright (lower left) 20 x 26 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Mark R. Harms, Winnetka, Illinois

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, 1953 Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited: Association of Chicago Painters and Sculptors Exhibition $4,000-6,000

243* Adam Emory Albright (American, 1862-1957) Two Boys at Harbor Hill, Booth Harbor Maine oil on canvas signed Adam Emory Albright (lower left) 20 1/2 x 30 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Mark R. Harms, Winnetka, Illinois

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, 1953 Thence by descent to the present owner $4,000-6,000

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244* Adam Emory Albright (American, 1862-1957) Boys at Laguna Beach, CA oil on canvas signed Adam Emory Albright (lower right) 36 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Mark R. Harms, Winnetka, Illinois

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, 1953 Thence by descent to the present owner $4,000-6,000

245* Richard Edward Miller (American, 1875-1943) The Necklace (La Femme au Collier), c. 1913 oil on canvas 36 x 28 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: Sold: Bayeux Auction House, Bayeux, France, July 14, 1991, Lot 42

Exhibited: New York, The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc., A Bright Oasis: The Paintings of Richard E. Miller, 1997

Literature: The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc., A Bright Oasis: The Paintings of Richard E. Miller, New York, 1997, pl. 30, illus.

$150,000-250,000 Recognized as one of the leading members of the American art colony in Giverny, France at the turn of the 20th century, Richard Miller garnered widespread acclaim for his depictions of female figures in sunlit interiors. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Miller traveled to paris in 1899 where he enrolled at the Académie Julian. He remained in paris, and found success through regular exhibitions at the paris Salon, as well as numerous locations abroad including the pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New york and the Venice Biennale. By 1907, the artist was summering in Giverny where his association with fellow American artists, including Frederic Frieseke, Guy Rose, and Louis Ritman, lightened his palette and his aesthetic became distinguished by an emphasis on pattern, line, and bold color contrasts.

During the summers of 1912 and 1913, Miller spent time in St. Jean du Doigt, a small coastal town in Brittany, France. Given its stylistic similarity to other paintings from this time, it may be surmised that The Necklace (La Femme au Collier) was painted during one of these trips. Marie Louise Kane writes, “A series of women-in-interiors painted around 1913…are among Miller’s most inventive works. By placing his figures indoors in front of windows overlooking gardens, as he increasingly did, Miller could combine the play of natural light with complex patterns created by man-made objects, like shutters, blinds, wicker chairs, striped and tiered fabrics, and French doors. …Using the same model, costume, setting, accessories and palette, Miller painted three closelyrelated versions of the same theme. …The degree to which Miller succeeded in establishing a quiet, meditative mood amidst the profusion of pattern and color in these paintings is another measure of his skill.”1

In The Necklace (La Femme au Collier), patterns dominate, with the play of the wicker armchair’s diamond weave against the woman’s striped dress, which in turn plays against the horizontal blinds and vertical balcony railing. Quick, short brushstrokes delineate these varying lines and contrast against the smooth application of paint that describes the woman’s face, décolletage, and hands. The sitter appears tranquil as she contemplates a length of green beads, unaware of the riot of pattern and color within her chamber and outside her window in the garden. The cool palette of green and purple, a favorite of the artist’s, adds a sense of calm to the otherwise energetic composition, and provides a further contrast against the sunlit garden. with its strong sense of design and color contrast, this work exemplifies Miller’s belief that “art’s mission is not literary, the telling of a story, but decorative, the conveying of a pleasant optical sensation.”2

Miller left for the United States in 1915 following the outbreak of world war I, and, though he intended to return to France, he instead settled among the artist’s colony in provincetown, Massachusetts in 1919 where he remained thereafter until his death in 1943.

1 Mary Louise Kane, A Bright Oasis, The Paintings of Richard Edward Miller, New york, 1997, 41. 2 Cited in Michael David Zellman, editor, American Art Analog (New york: Chelsea House publishers, 1986), 764.

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247 246 Walter Emerson Baum (American, 1884-1956) Landscape with Pond oil on canvas signed W.E. Baum (lower right) 12 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. $1,500-2,500

247 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 $1,000-2,000

248 Boris Izrailovich Anisfeld (Russian, 1879-1973) Horses at the Stream, 1934 oil on board signed Boris Anisfeld and dated (lower right) 20 x 25 inches.

The present work had been authenticated by Boris Anisfeld’s grandson and recognized expert on the artist, Charles Chatfield-Taylor, and is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Shepherd Gallery. $15,000-25,000

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251 249 Edgar Spier Cameron (American, 1862-1944) The Northern Prairies oil on canvas signed E Cameron (lower left) 15 1/4 x 18 inches. $1,000-2,000

250 Greogory Orloff (American/Russian, b. 1890) Michigan Dunes oil on canvasboard 20 x 24 inches. $800-1,200

251 Frank V. Dudley (American, 1868-1957) A Truant Cloud oil on canvas signed Frank V. Dudley (lower right) 20 1/4 x 22 inches. $6,000-8,000

252* Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) Pennsylvania Hills Near New Hope oil on canvas signed Fern Coppedge (lower right) 20 x 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Schrank, Kildeer, Illinois

Provenance: Sold: Christie’s, New York, September 30, 1988, Lot 331 $25,000-35,000

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253 Carl Rudolph Krafft (American, 1884-1938) Towards Home oil on board signed Carl R. Krafft 24 x 27 inches. $3,000-5,000

254* Charles Henry Gifford (American, 1839-1904) Landscape with Barn oil on canvas signed C.H. Gifford (lower left) 6 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Lon Dames, Villa Ridge, Missouri $600-800 255* Charles Henry Gifford (American, 1839-1904) Alpine Landscape oil on canvas signed C.H. Gifford (lower left) 6 x 10 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Lon Dames, Villa Ridge, Missouri $600-800

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258 256 Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) Male Torso, c. 1930 pencil on paper 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

257* Johann Berthelsen (American, 1883-1972) Washington Square in the Snow oil on canvas signed Johann Berthelsen (lower right) 21 x 30 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: Sold: Sotheby’s, New York, December 10, 1981, Lot 116 $2,000-4,000

258 Will Shuster (American, 1893-1969) The Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center oil on board signed Will Shuster (lower right) 18 x 24 inches. $1,000-2,000

259* George Brehm (American, 1878-1966) Snowball oil on board signed Geo Brehm (lower right) 24 x 32 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $800-1,200

260 Grandma (Anna Robertson) Moses (American, 1860-1961) Bringing in Tree, 1944 oil and glitter on Masonite signed Moses (lower left) 8 x 10 inches.

Provenance: Mrs. O.W. Leibiger

Literature: O. Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 296, no. 447, illus. $8,000-12,000

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262 261 Attributed to George Benjamin Luks (American, 1867-1933) The Wrestlers oil on panel 10 x 9 3/4 inches.

Provenance: Sold: Bunte Auction Services, Elgin, May 21, 2006, Lot 1400 $1,000-2,000

262 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 $2,000-4,000

263* Malvina Hoffman (American, 1885-1966) Paderewski the Statesman, 1923 bronze signed and dated at the back Height overall 76 inches. Property of the High Museum of Art sold to benefit the Acquisitions Fund

Provenance: Estate of the artist Charles Lamson Hoffman Family Gifted by the above to the High Museum of Art in 1986

In 1922 Malvina Hoffman, who had previously observed Ignacy Jan Paderewski at the League of Nations and playing the piano with friends, completed three bronze portrait busts of the pianist, separately titled Paderewski the Man, Paderewski the Artist, and Paderewski the Statesman. The artist and her sitter established a strong bond in the following years. Paderewski lent significant moral support, especially during an extensive commission from The Field Museum of Chicago for the Hall of Man; so much so that Hoffman dedicated her book Heads and Tales of Many Lands (New York, 1937) to Paderewski, writing that “the magical influence of his friendship at these dangerous curves of my existence could never be realized by him ...”

All three sculptures were exhibited at Knoedler’s Gallery in 1923 where Paderewski attended the opening himself. Paderewski the Man is currently in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (accession no. 1985-73.1), and Paderewski the Artist is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession no. 40.99).

Two life-size bronze casts of the Statesman were made. The first cast was exhibited by the Painters’ and Sculptors’ Gallery Association at Grand Central Art Galleries in New York City, at the City Art Museum in St. Louis, the Fine Arts Academy in Buffalo, the Baltimore Museum of Art and Carnegie Hall. It was eventually purchased by a group of friends and displayed at Steinway Hall in New York City. In 1952 it was moved to the permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The present lot was the second cast, created in 1931 by the Alexis Fudier Foundry in Paris. It was exhibited in 1962 at the National Arts Club in New York City. $5,000-7,000 264* Robert Henri (American, 1865-1929) Portrait of a Girl, Along the River, and Country Cottage (three works) pen and ink on paper each bears artist’s estate stamp RH (lower right) Largest: 4 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio

Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York $1,000-2,000

265* Robert Henri (American, 1865-1929) Bearded Man in Profile mixed media on paper initialed RH (lower right) 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Denise Selz, Chicago, Illinois $500-700

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266* Robert Henri (American, 1865-1929) Eileen, 1924 oil on canvas signed Robert Henri (lower right) 23 x 19 inches. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Mahaffey Mullins, St. Louis, Missouri

Provenance: The artist Acquired directly from the above by Elizabeth Mahaffey Mullins, St. Louis, Missouri, 1929

Exhibited: Chicago, Carson Pirie Scott, December 1924 New York, Macbeth Gallery, Inc., Recent Paintings by Robert Henri, N.A., April 14-May 4,1925, no. 13 Washington, DC, Cunningham New York, Anderson Gallery, The New Society of Artists: Sixth Exhibition, January 5-31, 1925 Rochester, New York, Memorial Art Gallery, Irish and Spanish portraits by Robert Henri, January 6 - February 7, 1926

$200,000-300,000 A chief proponent of the Ashcan School, Robert Henri’s true artistic spirit is captured in the portraits he created throughout his career. These portraits are principally concerned with capturing the essence of the artist’s models, whom he referred to as “his people.” Henri’s search for authentic subjects led him and his wife, Marjorie Organ, to visit Achill Island, a remote location off the west coast of Ireland. They first visited in 1913 and again for four extended visits beginning in 1924, until Henri’s death in 1929. During their time on Achill, the couple rented and then purchased an estate, Corrymore. It was here that Henri created what is considered his most popular and widely recognized body of work, with his dynamic depictions of the children from the island.

Henri’s paintings executed during the 1913 visit consist primarily of landscapes and adult sitters, but upon his return in 1924, he began to depict children almost exclusively, including the present work. painted in August 1924, the model is Sarah Burke, but the artist attached the title Eileen to the painting for exhibition. The daughter of Thomas Burke, the island’s butcher, she posed for Henri in two additional portraits the same year, including Sarah B (private Collection) and Her Sunday Shawl (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond).

In Eileen, Henri brilliantly captures his young sitter’s reserved demeanor and unwavering gaze through a sophisticated use of rich colors. The artist often limited himself to a triad of essential colors in order to reduce distractions and create a stronger visual impact. Here, Sarah sits against a dark green and purple background, wrapped in a black shawl that serves as a dramatic counterpoint to her fair skin and emphasizes her striking, slanted blue eyes. The device of a female figure wrapped in a shawl is one Henri turned to periodically, as seen in his Santa Fe portraits of 1916 and 1917.

In each portrait of Sarah, Henri varied the colors and poses, which allowed him to explore different aspects of her personality. The artist particularly believed he had distilled the spirit of the girl in Eileen. In a letter to Elizabeth Mahaffey Mullins, the original purchaser of the painting, he states it is a work that:

“…both Mrs. Henri and I have thought a great deal of since the day it was painted. I think it has in it the thing that is especially mine and so therefore it is a very representative Henri. On may have the ability, through study and practice, to draw and color sufficiently well almost any and every day, but it not every day that the gift of seeing well beyond the surface, is granted. I think Eileen was painted on one of these occasions.”1

This work truly highlights Henri’s ability to paint the vitality and unique character of his sitters, and is a captivating example of the portraits for which he is known.

1 Robert Henri to Elizabeth Mahaffey Mullins, April 9, 1928, Mullins Family Collection, St. Louis.

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267 Charles Galt (American, b. 1884) Ballerina oil on canvas signed Galt (lower right) 16 x 20 inches. $3,000-5,000

268* Charles Sheldon (American, 1889-1961) Lady with Bow and Arrow, c. 1925 pastel on canvas laid to board signed Charles Sheldon (lower left) 24 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Richard James McCoy, Saint Joseph, Michigan $800-1,200 269* James Bingham (Irish, 1925-2009) The Knockout mixed media on masonite sighed S. Bigham (lower center) 16 x 14 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky

Provenance: Sold: Heritage Auctions, Dallas, February 18, 2010, Lot 88138 Sold: Heritage Auctions, Dallas, October 15, 2010, Lot 78452 $600-800

270* Frederick Coffey Yohn (American, 1875-1933) Fisherman at Sea oil on canvas signed F. C. Yohn (lower right) 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Robert P. Stupp, St. Louis, Missouri $800-1,200 271* Walt Kuhn (American, 1877-1949) Poker Game, 1940 ink and watercolor signed Walt Kuhn and dated (lower left) 10 x 12 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio

Provenance: Maynard Walker Gallery, New York, 1966

Exhibited: Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (Columbus Museum of Art) $700-900

272* Edmund F. Ward (American, 1892-1991) Sworn In, 1927 charcoal and pencil on paper signed Edm. F. Ward (lower left) and dated 11 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky

Provenance: Sold: Heritage Auctions, Dallas, October 15, 2010, Lot 78630 $300-500 273* James Montgomery Flagg (American, 1988-1960) War Finance Committee pen and ink on paper signed James Montgomery Flagg (lower left) 19 1/4 x 25 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky

Provenance: Sold: Heritage Auctions, Dallas, July 16, 2009, Lot 87312 $700-900 274* Samuel Nelson Abbott (American, 1874-1953) Illustration for Hart Schaffner & Marx, 1924 oil on canvas 29 1/4 x 48 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri $1,500-2,500

275 Aaron Bohrod (American, 1907-1992) Untitled oil on board signed A. Bohrod (center right) 13 1/2 x 18 inches. $800-1,200

276 Ralph Cahoon (American, 1910-1982) Hare Publishing Company oil on artist’s board signed R. Cahoon Pinxit (lower right) 24 x 33 inches. $15,000-25,000

277 Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978) Au Soleil, 1963 oil on canvas signed Bulman (lower left); signed, dated and titled (verso) 24 x 28 inches. $10,000-15,000

278 Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978) Jonque, 1963 oil on canvas signed Bulman (lower left); signed, dated and titled (verso) 20 x 22 1/2 inches. $10,000-15,000

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279* James Harrington (American, b. 1929) Circus oil on canvas signed James Harrington (lower left) 28 x 36 inches. Property from the Estate of Robert P. Stupp, St. Louis, Missouri $400-600

280 Reynolds Beal (American, 1867-1951) Circus Scene pencil, colored pencil, and pastel on paper signed Reynolds Beal (lower right) 12 3/4 x 15 inches. $1,000-2,000

281* Artist Unknown (20th cenutry) Circus Scene with Elephant oil on canvasboard signed illegibly (lower right) 15 3/4 x 19 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Robert P. Stupp, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400

282* Redmond Stephens Wright (American, b. 1903) Circus Scenes (a pair of works) oil on masonite signed R Stephens Wright (lower right) Each: 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Robert P. Stupp, St. Louis, Missouri $1,000-2,000

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283 Walt Kuhn (American, 1877-1949) Concert, 1921 oil on canvas signed Walt Kuhn and dated (lower right) 55 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches.

Provenance: The artist C.C. Rumsey Estate Gifted to H. Fred Evers Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature: P.R. Adams, Walt Kuhn, His Life and Work, Columbus, Ohio, 1978, no. 91

$20,000-40,000 An organizer of the 1913 Armory Show, walt Kuhn was instrumental in introducing the American public to the European Avant-garde. He also helped shape the bold new school of American Modernism though his vivid and emotional paintings of circus performers and show girls. Though lesser known, he created still life paintings throughout his career, and the present lot is an early example of such work.

Kuhn was an active promoter of avant-garde art and played an important part in changing the course of painting and sculpture in the United States. He became close with Mary Harriman Rumsey, daughter of gallery owner and important patron Marie Harriman, and her husband Charles C. Rumsey. Mrs. Rumsey purchased Concert from Kuhn in 1923, a year after her husband was in a fatal a car crash. Kuhn painted a smaller study for this work in 1921 at Ogunquit, but the final version was created in New york studio. Kuhn weaves birds and exotic flowers together in a tapestry-like composition that seems to vibrate. The influences of post-Impressionist paul Cezanne and Henri Matisse that Kuhn would adapt in a truly American way can be seen in such early works. while Kuhn would later paint from life, his early still lives were inspired by scrapbook pictures. Concert hung in Ms. Rumsey’s New york apartment for several years, then moved to her Virginia estate, and was eventually given to H. Fred Evers, grandfather of the present owner, who worked for the Rumsey’s for over 50 years.

we would like to thank Thomas Ashton from Dryads Green Gallery for his assistance with cataloguing this lot.

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284* Byron Browne (American, 1907-1961) Still Life + Mellon, 1961 oil on masonite signed Byron Browne (lower right); signed, titled, dated and inscribed (verso) 17 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches. Property from the Jack H. Schuler Trust

Provenance: Harmon-Meek Galleries, Naples, Florida $1,500-2,500 285 Carl Brenders (American, b. 1937) Flight of the Jaeger, 2000 gouache on paper signed C Brenders and dated (lower right) 8 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches. $1,500-2,500

286 Carl Brenders (American, b. 1937) Butterfly gouache on paper signed C Brenders (lower left) 7 1/2 x 10 inches. $800-1,200 287 Carl Brenders (American, b. 1937) Graphium Doson gouache on paper signed C Brenders (lower right); titled (verso) 7 1/2 x 10 inches. $800-1,200

288 Terry Isaac (American, b. 1958) Coffee Break, 2000 acrylic and oil on board signed T. Isaac and dated (lower right) 12 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

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289* Henriette Wyeth (American, 1907-1997) Dainty Bess and Delphinium oil on canvas signed Henriette Wyeth (lower left) 20 x 16 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist $10,000-15,000

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290* Frank V. Hoffman (American, b. 1902) Village on a Hill oil on canvas signed F. V. Hoffman (lower left) 24 x 27 inches. Property from the Collection of Jenine Caringella, Buffalo Grove, Illinois $600-800 291* Frank V. Hoffman (American, b. 1902) Street Scene oil on canvas signed F. V. Hoffman (lower right) 24 x 27 inches. Property from the Collection of Jenine Caringella, Buffalo Grove, Illinois $600-800 292* Jean Charlot (American/French, 1898-1979) Mother and Child oil on canvas signed Jean Charlot and dated (upper left) 29 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota, Heir to the Assets of J.R. Watkins $5,000-7,000

293 Marshall D. Smith (American, 1874-1973) New Orleans Courtyard oil on canvas signed Marshall D. Smith (lower right); and titled (verso) 36 x 30 1/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Glenview, Illinois $600-800

294* Cherry Jeffe Huldah (American, 1901-2001) At the Races oil on canvas signed Huldah (lower right) 41 x 51 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky

Provenance: Wally Findlay Galleries $800-1,200 295* Darrel Austin (Americann, 1907-1994) Nymph with Bird, 1965 oil on canvas signed Darrel Austin (upper right) 26 x 20 inches. Property from the Jack H. Schuler Trust

Provenance: The Harmon Gallery, Naples, Florida $2,000-4,000

296* Peter Williams (American, 20th century) Evening Fete oil on canvas signed Peter Williams (lower left) 17 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $600-800

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297 Margery Austen Ryerson (American, 1886-1989) Girl at the Piano oil on board 14 x 10 3/4 inches. $800-1,200 298 Edna Hibel (American, b. 1917) Woman with Child oil on silk laid to masonite signed Hibel (lower right) 29 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000 299 Robert Kipniss (American, b. 1931) Hilltop II, 1976 pencil on paper signed Kipniss (upper left) 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches.

Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc. $600-800

300 Robert Kipniss (American, b. 1931) Afternoon Call oil on canvas signed Kipniss (lower right) 24 x 20 inches.

Provenance: Hirschl & Adler, New York $3,000-5,000

301* Robert Kipniss (American, b. 1931) Untitled oil on canvas signed Kipniss (lower right) 30 x 40 3/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Gerald and Susan Stewart, Glen Ellyn, Illinois $4,000-6,000

302* Robert Kipniss (American, b. 1931) Three Barns oil on canvas signed Kipniss (lower right) 14 1/8 x 11 inches. Property from the Collection of Gerald and Susan Stewart, Glen Ellyn, Illinois $1,000-2,000

303* Robert Kipniss (American, b. 1931) Still Life with Eye Glasses oil on canvas 24 x 16 inches. Property from the Collection of Roy Quiriconi, New Buffalo, Michigan $2,000-4,000

304 Richard Segalman (American, b. 1934) June Morning oil on canvas signed Segalman (lower right) 16 x 20 inches.

Provenance: Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, Florida, 2002 $1,500-2,500

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