AMERICAN ART | LOTS 90 – 167

American Art

Lots 90 – 167

90* Richard La Barre Goodwin (American, 1840-1910) Pair of Woodcocks oil on canvas signed R La Barre Goodwin (lower right) 20 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Virginia Miller, Fairway, Kansas $2,000-4,000 91* George W. Platt (American, 1839-1899) Untitled, 1881 oil on canvas signed G.W. Platt and dated (lower left) 20 1/2 x 16 3/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Jennifer Field, Kansas City, Missouri $800-1,200

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92 John Joseph Enneking (American, 1841-1916) Sunny Landscape, 1898 oil on board signed Enneking and dated (lower right) 8 3/4 x 12 inches. $600-800

93 Charles Walter Stetson (American, 1858-1911) A Joyous Band, 1900 oil on canvas signed Stetson and dated (lower left); signed, titled and dated (verso) 8 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

94 Elihu Vedder (American, 1836-1923) Three Graces chalk 24 1/2 x 20 inches. $800-1,200

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Alfred Jansson (American/Swedish, 1863-1931) Forest Clearing, 1909 oil on canvas signed Alfred Jansson and dated (lower right) 26 x 21 inches. $1,000-2,000

96 Joseph Rusling Meeker (American, 1827–1889) Near Lake Maurepas, 1877 oil on canvas signed JR Meeker and dated (lower left); signed and titled (verso) 14 1/2 x 20 inches.

Provenance: Private Collection, Louisiana Gifted to the present owner by the above, 2015 $20,000-30,000 Joseph Rusling Meeker, though trained in New york in the Hudson River School tradition under Asher B. Durand, settled in St. Louis and became the leading painter of the Southern United States landscape. During the Civil War, he served as a paymaster aboard a gunboat in the Lousiana swampland. Though it was a dangerous and tumultuous time, Meeker was able to find the serenity and beauty in the surrounding landscape. He made hundreds of sketches during this time, which he later developed into his famous atmospheric paintings of the bayou. He would continue to make journeys to the lower Mississippi after he settled in St. Louis that would serve as inspiration for his paintings. Lake Maurepas, located halfway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, was a favorite spot for Meeker, and he painted it several times. In the present work, he catches a moment when the sun is behind a cloud, infusing the landscape with a pink and purple tone and the characteristic vegetation of the bayou (water lilies, cypress trees, and reeds) can be seen. The composition of Near Lake Maurepas evokes a feeling of serenity and stillness and showcases Meeker’s skill of capturing the mysterious Louisiana bayou.

97* Julian Onderdonk (American, 1882-1922) The Golden Hour, 1913 oil on canvas signed Julian Onderdonk (lower right), signed, titled and titled (verso) 10 x 14 inches. Property from the Collection of Virginia Miller, Fairway, Kansas $8,000-12,000

98* Oleg Stavrowsky (American, b. 1927) Lazy Canyon oil on canvas signed Oleg Stavrowsky (lower right) 36 1/2 x 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Christopher Kinney, Bloomington, Illinois $2,000-4,000

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99 Robert Wadsworth Grafton (American, 1876-1936) Trail Creek in Spring oil on canvas signed R.W. Grafton (lower right) 24 1/2 X 22 inches. $2,000-4,000

100* 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 $5,000-7,000

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101 Daniel Ridgway Knight (American, 1839-1924) Meditation oil on canvas signed Ridgway Knight and inscribed (lower right) 20 1/4 x 24 inches. $8,000-12,000

102 Louis Aston Knight (French/American, 1873-1948) Normandy Sunset oil on canvas signed Aston Knight and inscribed (lower right) 22 x 18 inches. $3,000-5,000

103 Louis Aston Knight (French/American, 1873-1948) Summer Afternoon oil on canvas signed Aston Knight and inscribed (lower left) 22 x 18 inches. $4,000-6,000

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104 104* James Gale Tyler (American, 1855-1931) Sailing Ship oil on canvas signed James G. Tyler (lower left) 21 1/2 x 17 inches. Property from the Collection of Nancy Vincent, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

105 Leon Lundmark (American, 1875-1942) Battle of the Waves oil on canvas signed Lundmark (lower right) 24 x 34 inches. $800-1,200

106 Leon Lundmark (American, 1875-1942) Red Rocks from Presque Isle oil on canvas signed Lundmark (lower left) 13 x 17 1/2 inches. $600-800

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107 Leon Lundmark (American, 1875-1942) A Grey Easter oil on canvas signed Lundmark (lower left) 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches. $600-800

108 Leon Lundmark (American, 1875-1942) Light Blue Seascape oil on canvas signed Lundmark (lower left) 11 x 16 inches. $600-800

109 Cullen Yates (American, 1866-1945) Low Tide oil on canvas signed Cullen Yates (lower left) 12 x 16 1/4 inches. $1,500-2,500

110 David Ericson (American, 1873-1946) Departure of the Fishing Fleet off Cape Cod, Mass. oil on canvas signed David Ericson (lower right) 25 x 32 inches. $700-900

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111* Melbourne Hardwick (American, 1857-1916) Collecting Salt Marsh Hay oil on canvas signed Melbourne Hardwick (lower right) 29 x 36 inches. Property from the Collection of Walter and Nancy Lytwyn, Naperville, Illinois $2,000-4,000

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112* Henry Golden Dearth (American, 1864-1918) Ocean Waves oil on canvas 23 x 28 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri $700-900

113* Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978) Coastal Scene oil on canvas signed Emile A. Gruppe (lower right) 24 1/2 x 29 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Noble M. Melencamp, Colorado Springs, Colorado $3,000-5,000

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114* Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978) Coastal Scene oil on canvas signed Emile A. Gruppe (lower right) 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Noble M. Melencamp, Colorado Springs, Colorado $2,000-4,000

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115* Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978) Landscape oil on canvas signed Emile A. Gruppe (lower right) 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Noble M. Melencamp, Colorado Springs, Colorado $2,000-4,000

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116* William Lamb Picknell (American, 1854-1897) Annisquam River oil on canvas signed Wm. L. Picknell (lower left) 24 x 36 inches. Property from the Collection of Walter and Nancy Lytwyn, Naperville, Illinois

Provenance: Auslew Gallery, Norfolk, VA Sears Roebuck Co., acquired from the above in 1978 Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2000 $15,000-25,000 A master at imitating sunlight and capturing the textures and mood of a landscape, Walter Lamb picknell made some of his best known paintings at the artist’s colony of Annisquam on Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Although picknell spent many years abroad studying the European tradition, he developed a distinctly American style that emphasized atmosphere and light. Like the French artist Gustave Courbet, he began using a palette knife to apply paint directly on the canvas, allowing him to cover areas with swaths of paint and create texture. picknell lived with George Inness in Rome for several years, and it was from Inness that he learned to see and paint civilized nature, where human involvement in nature is incorporated quietly into the landscape. In Annisquam River, a small glowing church sits on a hill in the background, and several houses are nestled in the hillside. Bathed in sunlight, they are united with the landscape in a harmonious manner.

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117* Adolph Robert Shulz (American, 1869-1963) Foggy Morning oil on canvas signed A.R. Schulz (lower left) 18 x 26 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Chase Pivarnik, Valparaiso, Indiana

Exhibited: Society of Western Artists, Eight Annual Exhibition, 1903-1904 $2,500-3,500 118 Fred Haines (Canadian, 1879-1960) Entrance to Ox Lake oil on canvas signed Fred S Haines (lower left) 15 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000 119* John Templeton (American, 1880-1958) Landscape oil on board signed J.C. Templeton (lower right) 12 x 16 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Chase Pivarnik, Valparaiso, Indiana $800-1,200

120* Varaldo Guiseppe Cariani (American, 1891-1969) Road Between the Trees oil on canvas signed V. J. Cariani (lower right) 25 x 30 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Chase Pivarnik, Valparaiso, Indiana $2,500-3,500

121 Frank Peyraud (American, 1858-1948) September Morning on the Skokie oil on canvas signed F.E. Peyraud (lower right) 36 x 29 1/4 inches. $2,000-4,000

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123 Joseph Stella (American, 1877-1946) Waterlily silverpoint and crayon on paper signed Joseph Stella (upper right and lower right) 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. $8,000-12,000

124* Attributed to J. Alden Weir (American, 1852-1919) Willimantic oil on canvas 20 1/8 x 24 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of John F. Norwood, St. Louis, Missouri

Exhibited: St. Louis, St. Louis Art Museum, Impressionism Reflected: American Art, 1890-1920, May 6-June 27, 1982, no. 4833.1 $1,500-2,500

125* Abel George Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962) Park in Paris oil on panel signed A. G. Warshawsky (lower right) 17 x 21 inches. Property from the Estate of Thelma Warshell, Highland Park, Illinois $2,000-4,000

126 126* Alexander Warshawsky (American, 1887-1945) Floral Still Life oil on canvasboard signed Xander Warshawsky (lower right) 26 1/2 x 33 inches. Property from the Estate of Thelma Warshell, Highland Park, Illinois $700-900

127* Alexander Warshawsky (American, 1887-1945) Landscape with Cow, 1917 oil on canvas signed indistinctly and dated (lower right) 26 x 33 inches. Property from the Estate of Thelma Warshell, Highland Park, Illinois $1,500-2,500

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128* 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 $1,500-2,500 129 No Lot

130 Allen Tucker (American, 1866-1939) Playa San Fernando, c. 1910 oil on canvas signed Allen Tucker and inscribed (verso) 12 x 15 1/4 inches. $2,000-4,000

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132 131* Harry B. Lachman (American, 1886-1975) Winter Bridge oil on composition board signed Harry B. Lachman (lower right) 12 x 15 inches. Property from the Estate of James D. Murphy, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

132 Aldro Thompson Hibbard (American, 1886-1972) Winter Landscape oil on canvas signed A.T. Hibbard (lower right) 18 x 15 inches. $4,000-6,000

133 William Samuel Horton (American, 1865-1936) Snow at Gstaad, The Valley, 1922 oil on board signed Horton (lower left); inscribed, titled and dated (verso) 25 x 30 inches. $1,500-2,500

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136 Ernest Lawson (American, 1873-1939) Spring Landscape and Harbor Scene (a double sided work) oil on canvas signed E. Lawson (lower left) 20 x 24 inches. $15,000-25,000

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138 137 Eliot Candee Clark (American, 1883-1980) Landscape oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches. $300-500

138 Francesco J. Spicuzza (American, 1883-1962) Sunset pastel signed F. Spicuzza (lower left) 17 x 23 3/4 inches. $400-600

139 Francesco J. Spicuzza (American, 1883-1962) Landscape oil on canvas signed F. Spicuzza (lower right) 21 x 23 inches. $800-1,200

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140 Frank Duveneck (American, 1848-1919)) Potrait charcoal signed Frank Duveneck (lower center) 18 x 16 inches. $500-700

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142 Charles Dana Gibson (American, 1867-1944) The Confession pen and ink on paper signed Gibson (lower center) 20 3/4 x 17 inches. $1,500-2,500

143 143 Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886-1957) Portrait of Bert Mitchell, 1948 pencil on paper signed Diego Rivera, inscribed and dated (lower right) 15 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches.

Lot note: This work is inscribed “To Muriel. this profile of Mitchell.” Drawn on verso of color lithograph General, Emiliano Zapato, Cortes Palace. Cuernavaca, Mexico by Rivero also signed Diego Rivera in pencil, dated 1948, and inscribed “To my friends Mitchels.”

$8,000-12,000

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146* William Glackens (American, 1870-1938) Seated Man with Hat and Suitcase ink signed W. Glackens (lower right) 7 1/2 x 5 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio $400-600

147* Oskar Gross (American, 1871-1963) Game of Chess oil on canvas signed Oskar Gross (lower right) 30 1/4 x 40 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Sandra Burch Powell, Champaign, Illinois

Provenance: Illinois Lutheran General Hospital, Chicago Dr. and Mrs. John Orndorff, Chicago By descent to Jill and Alice Orndorff, daughters of the above Gifted from the above to the present owner

This painting includes a self-portrait of the artist on the left. $4,000-6,000

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149 William Louis Sonntag, Jr. (American, 1869-1898) Street Market watercolor signed W.L. Sonntag (lower left) 9 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

150* Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) West Virginia, Mountain Church, 1934 sepia wash, ink and pencil on paper signed Benton (upper right) 10 x 14 inches. Property from the Collection of the Anne P. Foster Trust, Kansas City, Missouri

Provenance: Collection of the artist Purchased from the above by the present owner

Literature: Thomas Hart Benton, Benton Drawings: A Collection of Drawings by Thomas Hart Benton, Columbia, 1968, p. 47, illus. $10,000-15,000 Thomas Hart Benton, painter of American life and history, was a restless man with seemingly endless energy for travel. As a child, he grew up listening to stories of his maternal grandfather, pappy Wise, and his affliction with “foot itch” that led him to ramble throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and Texas. His own father, a U.S. representative for Missouri, likewise nostalgically reminisced of his travels during his Ozark campaigns. After his father’s death in 1924, Benton was inspired to go on his own journeys to see for himself the variety and picturesqueness of the people of America. He traveled throughout the Ozarks and Texas, and in 1928 he made an extended trip to the Appalachians, then to Wyoming and the Rockies.

Benton continued to make visits to Appalachia in the early 1930s, and in 1934 he traveled to West Virginia with his student Bill Hayden and an Italian newspaper correspondent. While there, the three men encountered members of the Holy Roller faith, whose services relied heavily on the use of musical instruments. Always looking for characters and particularly American scenes to capture and use as material for later paintings, Benton finagled an invitation to a Holy Roller gathering, where he sketched West Virginia Mountain Church.

In this work, the artist depicts a working class audience in a simple church, quietly enjoying the music of a fiddler and guitarist. The two musicians are bathed in the white light of a coal-mining lamp and they stand above the crowd, the focus of all attention. The scene is contemplative, perhaps executed before a woman preacher stepped onto the stage and, as Benton described it “…the congregation burst into voice. The rafters shook. Three or four roaring hymns were sung and stamped” (An Artist in America, p. 106). A “knifing” outside the building eventually interrupted the raucous energy of the church service, with a young boy only slightly wounded and his assailant captured. The drawing belies none of the drama to come, but instead captures a reflective moment, a calm before a spiritual and secular storm.

The figure of the guitar player in West Virginia Mountain Church may be a model for the guitar player in Lord Heal the Child (private Collection), also executed in 1934. Lord Heal the Child similarly features a woman preacher, as described in Benton’s account of his experience, and may be a composite of different scenes that the artist sketched during his trip.

151* Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) Movie Set (sketch for Hollywood, 19371938) sepia wash, ink and pencil on paper signed Benton (lower right) 11 x 13 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of the Anne P. Foster Trust, Kansas City, Missouri

Provenance: Collection of the artist Purchased from the above by the present owner

Literature: Thomas Hart Benton, Benton Drawings: A Collection of Drawings by Thomas Hart Benton, Columbia, 1968, p. 97, illus. $25,000-35,000

152* Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) Burning of Chicago (sketch for Hollywood, 1937-1938) sepia wash, ink and pencil on paper signed Benton (lower right) 11 x 13 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of the Anne P. Foster Trust, Kansas City, Missouri

Provenance: Collection of the artist Purchased from the above by the present owner

Literature: Thomas Hart Benton, Benton Drawings: A Collection of Drawings by Thomas Hart Benton, Columbia, 1968, p. 99, illus. $25,000-35,000 Best known for his bold, sculptural depictions of Midwestern life, Thomas Hart Benton’s art embodies the energy of America during a time of great change. No mere observer, however, in his documentation of this evolving cultural landscape—he was also a participant. After moving to New york in 1911, in 1913 the artist began painting sets for silent motion pictures in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the “first Hollywood.” He embraced the dramatic poses and theatrical lighting of the film industry, incorporating these techniques into works that moved cinematically, scene-by-scene, in multi-panel compositions. Benton would even build clay models, miniature sets, so he could study the play of light and shadow on three-dimensional shapes aiding him in creating a sense of “deep space” in his canvases.

perhaps because his paintings visually echoed motion pictures, in 1937 Life magazine commissioned Benton to go to Hollywood to paint a mural that would unveil the mysteries of the film industry to its readers. The artist spent a month sketching in Hollywood, mostly at 20th Century Fox Studios. Several movies were being filmed at the time on the lot, including In Old Chicago, a big budget musical about the fire of 1871. Benton produced over four hundred sketches and forty ink-wash drawings during his sojourn, including Burning of Chicago and Movie Set, which served as studies for the painting Hollywood (1937-38; Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO), a dynamic mural filled with actors, technicians and directors.

Burning of Chicago (lot 152) depicts a scene from the movie In Old Chicago and served as the basis for the central section of Hollywood. At the time of its release, In Old Chicago was one of the most expensive movies ever made, and the drawing captures the choreographed chaos of an epic movie set of the 1930s. Members of the film crew float on barges or stand hip-deep in water in the foreground, aiming mirrors, microphones and lights toward the mass of actors and horses attempting to flee the fiery faux-Chicago as it burns in the background. The director is seen on the foremost raft under an umbrella, shouting through a megaphone and dramatically gesturing towards the action.

Movie Set (lot 151) likewise reveals the complexity involved with filming even the most unassuming of scenes, and relates to the left panel of Hollywood. Depicted in the drawing is an elegantly coiffed starlet speaking to an older woman seated at a café table. In front of them and claiming the majority of the pictorial space is the film crew and all its paraphernalia. Men crowd the compact scene, whispering to each other, idly watching the dialogue, or handling the equipment. The strong vertical bases of the boom and light frame what are presumably the director and an assistant, and the boom arm hangs above the two actresses, the loci of the action.

Both the Burning of Chicago and Movie Set are integral elements to the larger enterprise of the painting Hollywood. They also reveal an artist intensely interested in the process and mechanics of making movie magic, for both his own art and the big picture of American culture.

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155 153 Charles Dater Weldon (American, 1844-1935) Bedouin Man, 1921 oil on canvas signed Charles Weldon and dated (lower right) 9 x 12 inches. $500-700

154* Gerald A. Frank (American, 1888-1962) Lady with Tiger oil on canvas signed Gerald A. Frank (lower right) 40 x 36 inches. Property of the Union League Club of Chicago, Sold to Benefit its Acquisition Fund $1,000-2,000

155 Burt Procter (American, 1901-1980) Indonesian Girl oil on canvas signed Burt Procter (lower left) 33 x 16 inches. $1,000-2,000

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156 Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino, 1892-1972) Water Carrier, 1944 oil on board signed F. Amorsolo and dated (lower right) 15 x 11 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Mark Phillips, Naples, Florida $20,000-30,000

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156A Stephen Scott Young (American, b. 1957) The Champion (Study #2), 1995 drybrush watercolor signed S.S. Young (lower left) and titled (lower right) 16 1/4 x 16 inches. $15,000-25,000

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158 Richard Alan Schmid (American, b. 1934) Woman in Bed oil on canvas signed Schmid (lower left) 10 x 13 inches. $5,000-7,000

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159 Richard Edward Miller (American, 1875-1943) Portrait of a Woman Seated in a Landscape oil on canvas signed Miller (lower left) 46 x 35 inches. Property from a Private Collection $25,000-35,000

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160 160* James Francis Day (American, 1863-1942) The Piano Lesson oil on canvas signed Francis Day (lower left) 30 x 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Nancy Vincent, Chicago, Illinois $10,000-15,000

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161 Giuseppe Dangelico Pino (American, 1939-2010) Amongst the Flowers, 1977 oil on canvas signed Daeni and dated (lower right) 24 x 36 inches. $1,500-2,500

163 162 Lawerence Lebduska (American, 1894-1966) Animals, 1965 oil on artist’s palette signed L and dated (lower left) 16 x 12 inches. $1,000-2,000

163* Loet Vanderveen (American, b. 1929) Hippo bronze edition 145/250 Height: 9 inches. Property from the Estate of Noble M. Melencamp, Colorado Springs, Colorado $400-600

164 Robert Middaugh (American, b. 1935) Three Interior Scenes (a group of three works) graphite on paper each signed Middaugh Each: 18 x 16 inches. $600-800

165 Redmond Stephens Wright (American, b. 1903) Switching Train Cars, 1945 oil on canvas signed R. Stephens Wright and dated (lower center) 20 x 24 inches. $1,000-2,000

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166* Frank Klienholz (American, 1901-1988) Shopping on Avenue A oil on canvas signed Kleinholz (lower left) 39 x 27 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Loyola University Chicago to benefit the Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

167 Richard Alan Schmid (American, b. 1934) Chicago Street in Winter oil on canvas signed Richard Schmid (lower left) 11 1/2 x 14 inches. $800-1,200

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