American Works of Art | Skinner Auction 3750B

Fine Art in September 3750B American Works of Art | September 30, 2021 | Marlborough, MA 3735T Prints & Photographs online | September 21–30 | skinnerinc.com

September’s Fine Art Auctions Prints, Photographs & Multiples online features prints from Old Masters to Contemporary, and photographs spanning the medium’s history. Bid on iconic prints by Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Jasper Johns, Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, Ellsworth Kelly, and Milton Avery; or build your photography collection with works by Abelardo Morell, Horst P. Horst, George Hoyningen-Huene, or The PRC Portfolio, 2008. Bidding opens at noon on September 21st and runs until September 30th, with lots beginning to close at 7PM. Join us in Marlborough on Thursday, September 30th at 10AM for a live auction of American Works of Art, including painting, sculpture, and works on paper. Early 19th century painters through early Modernists are represented, including works by Arthur Dove, Percival Rosseau, Granville Redmond, Elizabeth Nourse, Marguerite Zorach, and the under-documented Hudson River School painter Louisa Davis Minot. The auction also includes a group of works by Frederick Carl Frieseke, descended within the artist’s family. Other highlights include works by a selection of contemporary southwestern artists and Cape Ann painters. We are excited to welcome bidders back into the gallery for previews and the live auction—check our website for details.

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107 Elizabeth Nourse (American, 1859-1938), Etude, Fleurs, oil on canvas, (detail) $30,000-40,000

1044 Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944), Kleine Welten I, 1922, color lithograph on wove paper, (detail) $7,000-9,000

opposite: 1092 Lill Tschudi (Swiss, 1911-2004), Sailor’s Holiday, 1932, linocut on paper $3,000-5,000 1041 David Hockney (British, b.

1937), Henry, 1973, lithograph on buff handmade paper $2,000-3,000 1007 Milton Avery (American, 18851965), Self Portrait, 1937, drypoint printed in brown on paper $3,000-5,000

this page: 1047 Robert Mangold (American, b.

1937), Untitled/A Suite of Four Works, 1989, color woodcuts on Okawara paper $3,000-5,000 1026 Jim Dine (American, b. 1935), The New French Tools 5 – Boulevard Victor, Double Sky, 1984, etching, aquatint and power-tool abrasion on two plates with hand-painting on paper $2,000-3,000 1042 Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930), Figure 4, from the series Black Numeral, 1968, lithograph in gray inks on paper $6,000-8,000 1006 John Taylor Arms (American, 18871953), The Dragon Ship, 1922, color etching and aquatint on paper $400-600

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opposite: 1156 Lalla Essaydi (Moroccan, b.

1956), Les Femmes du Maroc #45, 2006, chromogenic print; Laura McPhee (American, b. 1958), Irrigator’s Tarp Directing Water, Fourth of July Creek Ranch, Custer County, Idaho, 2004, inkjet print; David Hilliard (American, b. 1964), The Braves, 2002, inkjet print, all from The PRC Portfolio (partial) $6,000-8,000 1126 George Hoyningen-Huene (Russian/American, 1900-1968), Horst Torso in Beachwear, 1931, platinum and palladium print $6,000-8,000 1123 Horst P. Horst (German/ American, 1906-1999), Mainbocher Corset, 1939, gelatin silver print $7,000-10,000 this page: 1143 Abelardo Morell (Cuban/ American, b. 1948), Book Stacks in a Very Large Space #1, 2001, gelatin silver print $12,500-15,000

Morell

Abelardo Morell is an artist driven by inquisitiveness and appears to have an endless source of creative energy. His photographs are often visually perplexing, from interiors illuminated with the exterior view projected upon them, to visual reexaminations of everyday objects. He rarely manipulates photographs beyond what the camera and light are able to create. The resulting works are grounded in a practice that is inherently photographic—that references and is influenced by the history of artmaking, literature, film, and of course photography.

In this depiction of the Boston Public Library from the series Books, it is not the historic 19th-century McKim building that is featured, but a seemingly anonymous view of the endless volumes housed within. Made from a high vantage point, the stacks are transformed into an illustration that highlights the massive quantity of literature and knowledge found on the printed page, creating a sublime interior that expands with no bounds.

3750B | American Works of Art | September 30, 10AM

100 John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925), Study of a Male Figure, Semi-reclining, charcoal on watermarked L. Berville laid paper $10,000-15,000

146 Wilhelm Hunt Diederich (American, 18841953), Standing Sailor with Crossed Arms, bronze with green/brown patina $4,000-6,000

51 Edwin Lord Weeks (American, 1849-1903), Caravansary at Shiraz, Persia, oil (en grisaille) on canvas mounted to board $7,000-9,000

21 John George (J.G.) Brown (American, 18311913), His Only Love, oil on canvas $2,500-3,500

Frieseke Frederick Carl Frieseke was a unique and unparalleled American artist. He worked with Whistler, Monet, and Matisse, lived in Paris, Giverny, and Normandy, and successfully exhibited and sold paintings in Europe and the United States. Not a devotee of any singular artistic style or group, Frieseke embraced the Impressionists’ interest in the effects of light and the Modernists’ attention to pattern and a flattened picture plane, all the while maintaining the solid figural forms of academic painting. He painted vibrantly hued compositions of female figures in luscious gardens or intimate interiors, delicate and muted tonalist landscapes, and charming watercolors, all with the aim of creating art that invoked pleasure and delight. This selection of works from the artist’s family demonstrates the breadth of Frieseke’s artistic practice, from the enchanting early Whistlerian watercolor, Landscape, Le Pouldu, Brittany, to Dress of 1860, a stunning example of Frieseke’s mature style that captures his unique combination of loose, Impressionist brushwork, detailed attention to pattern, and careful description of the human form. The intimate portrait of the artist’s beloved daughter, Frances in Studio Doorway, demonstrates Frieseke’s mid to late career focus on depicting his family at home, engaged in interior domestic pursuits or relaxing in sun-filled outdoor settings.

111 Frederick Carl Frieseke (American, 1874-1939), Dress of 1860, oil on canvas $20,000-30,000

113 Frederick Carl Frieseke (American, 1874-1939), Landscape, Le Pouldu, Brittany, watercolor on paper $1,500-2,000

112 Frederick Carl Frieseke (American, 1874-1939), Frances in Studio Doorway, oil on panel $5,000-7,000

49 Ken Carlson (American, b.

1937), White Silence, oil on Masonite $6,000-8,000

63 Carl E. Lawless (American, 1894-1964), After Service, oil on canvas $8,000-12,000

58 Emile Albert Gruppé (American, 1896-1978), The Road to the Village, oil on canvas $4,000-6,000

34 Percival Leonard Rosseau (American, 1859-1937), The First Brace, oil on canvas $30,000-50,000

97 Henry Rodman Kenyon (American, 1861-1926), Ipswich Marshes, oil on canvas $4,000-6,000

77 Henry Orne Rider (American, 1860-1943), “Down the River,” A Decorative Expression of a Motif on the Charles River at Auburndale, Mass., oil on canvas $2,500-3,500

90 Aldro Thompson Hibbard (American, 1886-1972), Gloucester Boats, oil on canvas $8,000-12,000

86 Granville Redmond (American, 1871-1935), Catalina Harbor, oil on canvasboard $8,000-12,000

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128 Arthur Garfield Dove (American, 1880-1946), Cow, watercolor and ink on paper $20,000-30,000

124 John Marin (American, 18701953), Untitled (Manhattan Skyline), watercolor on paper $6,000-8,000

123 Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968), Factory at Night, oil on canvas $10,000-15,000

122 George Luks (American, 18671933), Horse-Drawn Carriages, New York City, oil on paper $5,000-7,000

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