| Lot | Description | Estimate |
| 144 |
DUTCH INTERIOR GENRE OIL. 20th c. Oil on cardboard. Unsigned. Shows a man and a woman eating a meal with their small children. The cardboard verso has a partial Detroit, Michigan address written in pencil and three freight / shipping stickers to Detroit affixed to it. Size: 12" h., 20" w., framed 16" h., 24" w. Condition: several small scratches to the varnish; minor craquellure; frame as is. |
100 - 150 |
| 145 |
GIRL WITH BRASS POTS. 19th c. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. This genre scene shows a young woman examining brass jugs and pots with a dog nearby. Size: 22" h., 18" w., framed 29 1/2" h., 25" w. Condition: some inpainting in the image, at the top especially; frame as is. |
400 - 500 |
| 146 |
HENDRICK KRUSEMAN VAN ELTEN OIL. Late 19th or very early 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed. Entitled "Afternoon at the Pool." Hendrick Dirk Kruseman Van Elten (Dutch-American, 1829-1904) is a listed landscape artist. This painting shows a green field that leads to a central pond. A handwritten tag on the back reads "Afternoon at the Pool, Kruseman Van Elten, Studio Building, 51 W. 10th St., New York." Size: 18" h., 30 1/2" w., framed 25" h., 37" w. Condition: slight vertical buckling with very slight accompanying craquellure; frame as is. |
3,000 - 5,000 |
| 149 |
TRUMPIS KARLIS "TONAL COMMENTS." 20th c. Acrylic on masonite-like board. Signed and with a tag on the verso. Trumpis Karlis (Latvian-Australian, 1910-) is an abstract artist who had shown throughout Australia. This was purchased at an exhibition in the 1960s. Size: 28 1/2" h., 40" w., framed 32 1/2" h., 44" w. Condition: no visible defects; must be shipped by a 3rd party due to size. |
300 - 400 |
| 150 |
B. CIAPPA OLD BEARDED MAN. Early 20th c. Oil on canvas covered hardboard. Signed lower right. Shows an old man with his eyes cast upward; set in an old, reticulated frame. Ciappa is a minor listed painter. Size: 20" h., 16" w., framed 27" h., 23" w. Condition: light spots near the bottom of the image; frame as is. |
200 - 300 |
| 189A |
EUROPEAN WATERCOLOR OF A WOMAN. 19th c. Watercolor over black chalk lines. Unsigned, but similar to the manner of Richard Parkes Bonington drawings. An unsubstantiated card with this lot includes the last name Bonington along with some other unsubstantiated information about its provenance. Shows a woman with a bonnet leaning against a chair. Size: 16 3/4" h., 10 1/2" w., matted 19" h., 14" w. Condition: age appropriate wear at the edges, some acid burns and sun darkening; watercolor tests appear on the verso. |
200 - 300 |
| 244 |
BAROQUE MOTHER AND CHILD OIL. Date unknown, but appears to be of the 17th c. No visible signature or mark. Painted in an Italian Baroque style. Set in a large shell and acanthus leaf decorated gilded frame. There is an old pen written phrase on the stretcher bars "Bartolomeo da Modena." Size: 10 1/2" h., 8" w., framed 19" h., 17" w. Condition: brittle with craquellure; putty is at the bottom of the canvas where the painting has pulled away from the stretcher bars; frame as is. |
250 - 350 |
| 248 |
H. PINGERRA COUNTRY VILLAGE. Late 19th c./early 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed. Pingerra is a listed Italian artist. This attractive image shows a woman in a village villa courtyard; the raking light and the delicate impasto on the leaves is expertly done. Size: 24" h., 32" w., framed 29 1/2" h., 37 1/2" w. Condition: slight craquellure in the sky; frame as is. |
2,500 - 3,500 |
| 429 |
BAROQUE STYLE PAPIER MACHE PAINTING. Early 20th c? Paint on lightweight material (papier mache?) dish. Unsigned, unmarked. Shows a Baroque dandy with a large ostrich feather hat and a buckled waistcoat. Size: 16" dia. Condition: much flaking and poor inpainting; as is. |
40 - 80 |
| 645 |
JMW TURNER PENCIL DRAWING. Early 19th c. (Dated 1838 in a modern hand). Graphite on paper. Ex coll. John Anderson Jr. (author of The Unknown Turner, founder of the Anderson Galleries), through to AS Rudd of NYC (bought 1942). Verified by Hammer Galleries of 5th Avenue, NYC. Marked Anderson Collection #JA 303. Turner, one of the best known British artists, was a prolific sketcher--this pencil drawing is of a town on a canal. Size: 8 1/4" h., 13 3/4" w. Condition: professionally repaired tear in the lower right area; severe yellowing and acid burns where once there was a mat (the burns obscure the sides of the drawing); rectangular halo lighter than the remains of the drawing, on the left side; residue on verso from adhering to blueish backing paper. |
8,000 - 10,000 |
| 697A |
GARDNER RECKARD STRAWBERRIES. Dated 1881. Oil on lightweight canvas adhered to wood. Signed and dated lower left. Reckard (Amer., 1858-1908) is listed landscapist, fruit and flower painter. Size: 9" h., 11 3/4" w., framed 16" h., 20" w. Condition: craquellure, several divots in the surface; blacklight reveals extensive inpainting in the background around the leaf and among some strawberries. |
1,000 - 1,500 |
| 700A |
STILL LIFE WITH PORTRAIT. Date undetermined, no older than later 19th c. Oil on paper (?), mounted to board. Unsigned. Shows a Enlightenment era male portrait with sheet music and an explorer's map of the Gulf of Mexico. Size: 31 1/2" h., 24" w., framed 36" h., 30" w. Condition: numerous holes at the edges indicate where it was once nailed to a backing material; some buckling; frame as is. |
700 - 1,200 |
| 741 |
S.A. MULHOLLAND COASTAL WATERCOLOR. 19th c. Watercolor on paper. Signed. Sydney Mulholland is a listed British painter, primarily of marine scenes. This shows a beach at evening with a lighthouse and a town in the distance, illuminated by electric light and the setting sun. Size: 11 1/4" h., 23" w., framed 22" h., 34" w. Condition: craquellure on the sun; frame as is. |
600 - 1,000 |
| 840 |
SIGNED J. KAVANAGH "AFTER GOLGOTHA." Early 20th c. Oil on canvas. This is supposedly a Joseph Malachy Kavanagh painting; however more than one copy of this painting is known. It shows John and the Marys looking back at the crosses atop Golgotha. Size: 20" h., 30" w., framed 25" h., 35" w. Condition: various small areas of repainting (around John's face, the green cloak on one weeping woman, etc.); frame as is. |
400 - 600 |
| 940 |
A. VOLLON GRAND FLORAL BOUQUET. 19th c. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right A. Vollon in red paint. This shows an abundant floral display in a vase, centrally composed within the picture frame. Typical of late 19th c. tenebrist academic tradition. Antoine Vollon (French, 1833-1900) is a listed artist. This painting has been in the same family for several generations, originally coming from Holland. Size: 44" h., 33" w., framed 52" h., 42" w. Condition: craquellure throughout; relined; must be shipped by a 3rd party due to its size. |
7,000 - 9,000 |
| 1053 |
4 GREEK RUINS WATERCOLORS. 20th c. Watercolor and pencil on paper. Two are matted. Each is signed but the signature is illegible, "Eckymacinky?" These are finely painted images of Acropolis ruins. Sizes: 17 1/2" h., 13 1/2" w.; 18 1/2" h., 13" w.;13 3/4" h., 10 1/4" w.; 13 3/4" h., 10 1/4" w. Conditions: no major defects to any; two are matted. |
200 - 250 |
| 1081 |
P.M. GUGATO GENRE SCENE. 19th c. or early 20th c. Painting over a monochrome print, applied to board. Signed lower right. This shows many children crowded around a table, conversing with a man, playing with a pet, etc. Size: 22" h., 27" w., framed 33" h., 38" w. Condition: needs to be cleaned; frame is as is. |
200 - 300 |
| 1082 |
GIRL AND DONKEY BY GONZALES. 20th c. Oil on canvas. Signed dimly in the lower right. Marked with the reputed artist's name on the back. This naive painting shows a Spanish girl staring at a donkey's head. Size: 20" h., 16" w. Condition: no frame; scratches and scuffs throughout and one puncture above the girl's head. |
25 - 40 |
