ANTIQUES AND THE ARTS WEEKLY

Antiques and The Arts Weekly — May 4, 2018 THE GALLERY — 9

The Power Of Female Artists
In Today’s Art Market

By Jessie Gillan, Creative Director, RoGallery.com art world in general have struggled to be recognized
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. — This has been an and appreciated — artworks by female artists do
amazing year so far for empowering women across all not bring as much at auction, and women artists are
lifestyles with the “Me Too” and “Time’s Up” move- underrepresented in museums and exhibitions.
ments. Traditionally women in the art market and Jessie Gillan, creative director of RoGallery.com,
believes this is unfortunate, as the works of women
artists are equally as important and significant in
the world history of art. Ironically some of the most
well-known women artists are the partners of artists
who are extremely well known, such as Willem de
Kooning (wife Elaine de Kooning), Jackson Pollock
(wife Lee Krasner), Robert Motherwell (wife Helen
Frankenthaler), Josef Albers (wife Anni Albers),
Max Ernst (wife Dorothea Tanning), Pablo Picasso
(wife Francoise Gilot) and Diego Rivera (wife Frida
Kahlo); these are just a few examples of famous art
pairings.
The top selling artwork by a woman at auction to
date was a painting by Georgia O’Keeffe selling for
$44.4 million, that is roughly a tenth of the most
expensive artwork sold at auction (Leonardo da Vinci
in 2017 for $450 million). Elaine de Kooning (American, 1920–1989),
A few highlighted artworks from RoGallery.com “John F. Kennedy #10,” 1980, oil on Masonite,
by female artists include works by Elaine de Koon- 30 by 22 inches, signed and dated.
ing. She was commissioned to create a portrait of actual birth control pills in packaging she creates a
John F. Kennedy in 1962 for the Harry S. Truman word spelling out “Pill.” This artwork appeared in
Library. The artist met with the president in Florida an issue of Time magazine titled “The Pill” on April
to work on the portrait and was extremely moved 7, 1967. The birth control pill was essential to the
by him — she created portrait upon portrait of the sexual revolution of the late 1960s and 1970s that
president that year. She stopped painting portraits of moved women to have more control over their bod-
the president on the day he was assassinated in Dal- ies, allowing them to focus on their career ambitions.
las. Elaine de Kooning rekindled her avid interest in
the president in the late 1970s after she coped with a RoGallery.com has artworks by more than 300 fe-
drinking problem and became sober; this painting on male artists, including paintings, prints, photographs
Chryssa (Greek, 1933–2013), “Pill,” circa 1967, Masonite was completed by the artist in 1980. and sculptures at its gallery at 47-15 36th Street and
Plexiglas 3D construction, 39 by 28 by 5 inches. This Additionally, a work by Chryssa titled “Pill” is an available online at www.rogallery.com: click on Cat-
sculpture was created in conjunction with the anni- important work by the Greek artist created circa egories and then Female Artists. View any artwork
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Jim Bakker Mounts Maurice Sterne Show,
‘From Famous To Forgotten’

Maurice Sterne, “The Old Mill,” 1928, oil on canvas, 50 by 40 inches, exhib- PROVINCETOWN, MASS. — Jim Bakker, celebrating 50 years in business, is
ited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 1933. mounting a major Maurice Sterne exhibition, “From Famous to Forgotten,” on
view June 22–July 15. The anniversary show at Bakker Gallery will feature works
not shown or previously offered for sale since Sterne’s death in 1957. Born in Latvia
in 1878, Sterne was the first American artist to be honored with a solo retrospec-
tive exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. The 1933 show included 174 of his
paintings, two of which, “The Old Mill” and “Burmese Monks,” will be included in
the Bakker exhibition.

Maurice Sterne came to America with his widowed mother in 1889. His artistic
interest was sparked while helping a designer in a map-engraving house and contin-
ued with study in mechanical drawing at Cooper Union. From 1894 to 1899 Sterne
attended the National Academy of Design where he studied anatomy with Thomas
Eakins. William Merritt Chase bought one of his paintings in 1902.

After winning the Mooney Traveling Scholarship at the National Academy of De-
sign in 1904, he traveled to Paris where he first met Gertrude Stein’s brother, Leo.
They would later meet up again in Italy where Sterne lived in Anticoli-Corrado for
much of his life. He traveled throughout Europe continuing his studies of the mas-
ters in Germany and Italy and winding up in Greece in 1908 where he first started
making sculpture.

Following a trip to Egypt in 1911, Sterne visited India where he did a number of
oils and drawings of life in Benares. He was one of the first American artists to work
in encaustic, mixing wax into his oil paints. Sterne continued to draw religious
rituals and the people of Burma during his four-month stay in Mandalay. Starting
in 1912, he spent nearly two years on Bali creating hundreds of drawings of daily
life and intimate portraits on any paper he could find. In 1914, Sterne returned to
America with these works where an exhibition was conducted at the Berlin Photo-
graphic Company in New York in 1915.

Although Sterne is perhaps best remembered today for his tumultuous affair
and marriage to philanthropist Mabel Dodge from 1916 to 1923, he had already
achieved considerable success and recognition as an artist. It was the summer of
1915 at the request of Dodge that he joined her in Provincetown. Sterne also fol-
lowed Dodge to Taos, N.M., where he painted a portrait of John Evans, Mabel’s son
from her first marriage. An exhibition of 85 paintings, sketches and drawings were
shown at the Art Institute of Chicago, and “Maurice Sterne at Bali,” an article by
Dorothy DeFries, was published in International Studio about his exhibition at the
Bourgeois Galleries in New York in 1917. He exhibited at the Boston Art Club in

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Annual Boston International Fine Art Show
Gala Preview To Benefit Art For Justice Fund

BOSTON — Co-producers Tony Ticket sales from the October 18 gala preview of the Boston International Fine Arts Show will benefit the Art For Justice Fund,
Fusco and Robert Four are honored to an organization focused on addressing mass incarceration in America.
announce the gala preview of the 22nd
annual Boston International Fine Art tors, and to offer 100 percent of our gala array of historic, modern and contempo- Saturday, October 20, 11 am to 8 pm;
Show (BIFAS) on October 18 will benefit preview ticket sales to this cause.” More rary fine art. The show takes place Oc- and Sunday, October 21, 11 am to 5 pm.
the Art For Justice Fund. information about the gala will be avail- tober 18–21 at The Cyclorama, Boston
able on the show’s website in the coming Center for the Arts, at 539 Tremont Street Weekend admission is $15, under 12
In June 2017, visionary arts advocate months. in Boston’s South End. free and includes special programs, read-
Agnes Gund donated $100 million from mission throughout the weekend, show
the sale of a beloved painting to launch a The 22nd annual Boston International The gala preview takes place Thursday, catalog and coat check.
new fund focused on addressing mass in- Fine Art Show is the only show and sale October 18, 5:30 to 8:30 pm. Weekend
carceration in America. By using artwork of its kind in New England, featuring an hours are Friday, October 19, 1 to 8 pm; For additional information, 617-363-
to create the Art for Justice Fund, Gund 0405 or www.fineartboston.com.
seeks to show that art can be a powerful
force for justice.

The Art for Justice Fund makes grants
to organizations, advocates and artists
who work to safely reduce jail and prison
populations across the country, while
strengthening education and employ-
ment opportunities for people leaving the
system. The fund also supports art-related
programs that expose the injustice of mass
incarceration and its impact on individu-
als and communities around the country.
The first round of grants was awarded in
November 2017 with $22 million going
to 30 organizations.

Gund hopes to inspire other philanthro-
pists and art patrons to join the fund, and
since its inception nearly 30 other donors
have made contributions of at least
$100,000. Organizers plan to distribute
all funds over the next five years, with the
next round of grants to be announced in
the spring of 2018.

“Mass incarceration is one of the major
social issues of our times,” comments
BIFAS co-producer Tony Fusco. “We are
proud to bring the Art For Justice Fund
to the attention of donors and art collec-

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Thomas Buford Meteyard – A Retrospective

By marK murray “The Cliff, Scituate,” 1894, oil on canvas, 13 by 16 inches.
“Self-Portrait, Arcachon,” 1892, oil on canvas, 13 by 10 inches.
NEW YORK CITY — This spring,
Mark Murray Fine Paintings is present- he later collaborated on their illustrated nat and Roll at the École des Beaux-Arts in delphia. Multiple solo shows were held
ing for sale a selection of 55 paintings volumes. the late 1880s. However, the true flowering at major galleries throughout his life and
and watercolors that span the peripatetic, of his art derived from his exposure to the beyond.
international career of the American artist But it was to be in London and Paris, fol- work of Puvis de Chavannes (“a wonder-
and aesthete Thomas Buford Meteyard lowing his time at Harvard, that Meteyard ful man and a true artist”); his interaction But, for all this, Meteyard was, according
(1865–1928). Many of these works, which was able to fully immerse himself in the with the members of the Nabis circle of to Morton Fullerton, “a man of a singular
belong to the estate of the artist, were on riches of those cities’ collections and artistic artists, admirers and followers of Gauguin; modesty.” In his obituary for Meteyard
view at the Boston Athenæum in 2017 in circles and begin to accrue the multifarious and from his extended stays in Giverny in in Le Figaro, Fullerton continued, “He
an exhibition dedicated to Meteyard titled enthusiasms and influences that ensued. the company of Claude Monet and fellow was utterly unconcerned with the arts of
“Travels through Impressionism.” Turner was “his first love and true master.” expatriate artists and friends such as John self-promotion, showing in his personal
There were visits to the studios of the Pre- Breck and Philip Leslie Hale. demeanor the same tact, the same taste, he
These works serve as an intimate travel- Raphaelites — Burne-Jones was a friend of put into his paintings… he was charm-
ogue of Meteyard’s itinerant life — ranging his Harvard professor Norton — and the Success came relatively early for Meteyard ing and extraordinary, and an unfailing
from the coast near Scituate, Mass., to work of Whistler was also to be a profound with his works being included in many of friend.”
Washington, DC; from Giverny to Arca- influence. the major international exhibitions of his
chon; from Carrara to Venice; from St Ives time from 1893 onwards, from Paris and Mark Murray Fine Paintings is at 159
to Boscombe; and returning frequently to Meteyard endured some early formal London to Chicago, Boston and Phila- East 63rd Street. For information, 212-
his favorite cities, Paris and London. training in Paris with the academics Bon- 585-2380 or visit www.markmurray.com.

Meteyard was born in Rock Island, Ill.,
to parents who had immigrated to America
from Dorset, England. After the early
death of his father, he moved with his gre-
garious and independent mother, Marion
Meteyard, to Chicago. She immersed her-
self in the artistic and social circles of that
city and involved her young son in many
of the cultural and intellectual activities in
which she participated. An early highlight
occurred when they met Oscar Wilde
after a lecture he gave in 1882. In a note
thanking Mrs Meteyard for the flowers
she had sent him afterwards, Wilde wrote,
“I am glad that there is something in the
world that the world cannot harm, nor the
reporter interview.”

In 1888, Meteyard enrolled at Harvard,
where he studied Florentine art with
Charles Eliot Norton and philosophy with
William James. At Harvard he met and be-
gan lifelong friendships with the poets Bliss
Carman and Richard Hovey, with whom

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Antiques and The Arts Weekly — May 4, 2018 THE GALLERY — 13

Michener Art Museum
Mounts Retrospective

On Pennsylvania
Impressionist

Rae Sloan Bredin

Rae Sloan Bredin’s “Where the Canal Widens” is on view at the James A. Mi-
chener Art Museum through July 15 in the exhibit “Rae Sloan Bredin: Harmony
and Power.”

DOYLESTOWN, PENN. —The James A. Michener Art Museum presents “Rae
Sloan Bredin: Harmony and Power,” an exhibition showcasing the work of re-
nowned Pennsylvania Impressionist painter Rae Sloan Bredin (1880–1933), whose
work is characterized by refinement, dignity and serenity. As much of Bredin’s oeu-
vre is privately held, this show marks his first solo retrospective in 85 years.

Bredin’s paintings depict an idyllic vision of life along the Delaware River, replete
with dappled sunlight, arched shadows, sparkling water and towering trees. Unlike
most of his local peers, Bredin’s paintings often include figures in formal portraits,
especially women and children, as well as images in natural settings and intimate
interiors.

“Though active during the rise of Modernism, Bredin’s style remained consistent
throughout his career,” said Louise Feder, assistant curator and interim chief cura-
tor. “Thoughtful and deliberate, he was committed to creating scenes of true beauty
and elegance. His slow, painstaking process resulted in spectacular paintings that
feel both grand and effortless, many of which have been in demand by collectors
and institutions, both during his life and after his sudden death at age 52.”

Bredin’s life, work and career are lasting evidence of New Hope’s essential nature as
an art colony. While Bredin’s formal education was complete before his first trip to
Bucks County, the awards, commissions, sales and exposure that defined his mature
career are closely linked to his position within this particular community. The exhi-
bition takes a comprehensive look at Bredin’s life and career, touching on the lasting
influences of his community and the creative environment for which his paintings
are known to so powerfully depict.

“Rae Sloan Bredin: Harmony and Power” is on view through July 15.
The James A. Michener Art Museum is at 138 South Pine Street.
For additional information, www.michenerartmuseum.org or 215-340-9800.

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“Figures We Fancy” At Carrie Haddad Gallery

HUDSON, N.Y. — Mark Beard is per- “Group of Men” by Bruce Sargeant, date unknown, oil on canvas, 43 by 68 inches, stretched several floors; a host of scantily
haps the most literal example of an artist (Private Collection). clad, youthful athletes quickly became an
pulled in so many different directions iconic backdrop not only for the brand,
that he chose to “invent” six different than-life bronze sculptures at various groups of two’s and three’s; wearing but for an enduring nostalgia of the past.
artist personae in which to channel his flagship stores in New York City, Paris, matching University attire, sculling in
talents. Accomplished in every medium, Tokyo and Milan. Clean shaven, well- unison aboard a slender shell, or loung- Carrie Haddad began exhibiting Mark
each one of Beard’s painting styles seam- manicured youths pose casually in locker ing in a lazy state of beautiful passiv- Beard as Bruce Sargeant at her epony-
lessly morphs into the next, reaffirming rooms, indulging every opportunity to ity. Mark Beard painted pieces of the mous gallery in Hudson, N.Y., when she
the narrative that the work stems from display a titillating flex of stone-like commissioned mural in his Manhat- first opened in the early 1990s. This year,
six minds of different time periods and musculature. tan studio and the final installation in in an early summer exhibit titled “Fig-
art movements. the New York City flagship store was ures We Fancy,” the gallery will exhibit
Like modern Greek statues, Sargeant’s completed in 2005. The towering mural sections of the original New York City
The work of his most prolific personal- prestigious figures are oftentimes in mural, revealing the grand-scale work for
ity, Bruce Sargeant, an imagined English the first time in a fine art setting.
artist working during the 1930s, is best
known for oil paintings of the male fig- Other artists will include David Dew
ure that celebrate traditionally masculine Bruner, an artist who works with ab-
themes such as athletics and exploration. stracted figures in graphite on paper in
Beard’s idealized figures were eventu- unique, vintage frames; Robert Gold-
ally introduced into mainstream culture strom’s paintings of male figures in his
through fashion. Two decades ago, in at- “Anatomy” series, Louise Laplante’s chalk
tempts to rebrand towards their original drawings of animals and figures on col-
aesthetic, the fast fashion giant Aber- laged vintage book pages; David Austin’s
crombie & Fitch commissioned Beard to darkly humorous narrative oil paintings,
paint colossal murals under the guise of and Abel Ramirez’s pop influenced con-
Bruce Sargeant. temporary portraits.

The artist’s unmistakable figurative The exhibit runs June 13–July 29, with
paintings, which reference the painting an artist reception on June 16, from 5 to
styles of John Singer Sargent, George 7 pm.
Bellows and Twentieth Century fashion
illustrator, J.C. Leyendecker, began to The Carrie Haddad Gallery is at 622
appear in grand scale among larger- Warren Street. For more information,
www.carriehaddadgallery.com or 518-
828-1915.

John Sargent Noble, ‘Passion & Patience,’
An Enigmatic Title — Sympathetic Art

RED BANK, N.J. — Standing six feet wide best friend, the most common subject matter
and four feet tall, “Passion and Patience” is of Noble paintings, is looking expectantly at his
one of the larger oil on canvas works by the master.
mid-Nineteenth Century’s sporting enthu- The white horse glances at his stablemate who
siast, John Sargent Noble (1848–1896). is looming protectively over the dog. Patience,
Once featured on the cover of the prestigious yes, everyone seems to be expecting something
Equine Images Magazine, this particular work and waiting for the man to take action, but pas-
is considered a favorite among horse enthusi- sion? Something does seem to distract the farrier
asts everywhere. from completing his task; perhaps it is a pas-
However, “Passion and Patience” stands out sionate thought. Or is the passion the connec-
among Noble’s sporting cannon of paintings tion between dog and man or horse and dog?
most notably in its title. Noble would never The farrier seems to be the most disengaged
have been accused of being overly creative from the scene. His attention appears directed at
when naming his works. There are “The something the viewer is not privy to.
Smithery,” “Dogs after the Hunt,” “Otter The man seems to be the most disengaged in
Hounds” and “The Game Bag,” just to name his attention from everything else in the paint-
a few of his safe monikers. Noble titled paint- ing. Completed and signed in 1883, Noble’s
ings systematically and literally. “Passion and Patience” will continue to be ad-
“Passion and Patience” are two words that mired for its homage to the life of the smithery
carry high emotional content, but leave the and perhaps for its ambiguous emotion as well.
question, why? The center of the painting “Passion and Patience” was appraised by the
features the rear side of two horses, one black family estate for $70,000 in 1992 by Kurt E.
and one white. The horse furthermost from John Sargent Noble (British, 1848–1896), “Passion and Patience,” oil on can- Schon Ltd. The estate sale is asking $50,000.
the viewer has its back leg raised, ready to be vas, 48 by 72 inches. Detour Gallery, at 24 Clay Street, is showing
shod. this work by John Sargent Noble among its full
Although the farrier is suspended both in motion and in thought, he appears to be star- line of artwork. Come in and make your own decision about this luminous painting and
ing out into the far-left corner of the painting with no real indication of what is holding its title.
his gaze or is he looking at the dog? Has someone entered the smithy? Moreover, man’s For more information, 732-704-3115 or www.detourgallery.com.

Antiques and The Arts Weekly — May 4, 2018 THE GALLERY — 15

Kathe Kollwitz & German Expressionism

The woman stands strong and craggy, like a tree
come to life, blowing in the winds of her own
passion, exhorting a phalanx of men into battle
(“The Outbreak”). In another scene, the woman
is bending over to succor victims of early Twenti-
eth Century war and blood lust in Eastern Eu-
rope. Or she is huddling close to her own dying
child. The graphic images of Kathe Kollwitz re-
veal a powerful artist who trail-blazed the role
of woman as an artist who makes a difference,
whose talent, indignation and compassion trans-
late into an artistic firebrand.

— Kevin Lynch, Capital review of an
exhibit at Spaightwood Galleries (1995).

Kathe Kollwitz, “The Outbreak,” original etching, drypoint, aquatint and softground
(1902–03 plus later printings; Kl.66). Kollwitz considered this her best work.

UPTON, MASS. — Lynch’s words as aptly describe the ‘“The Outbreak’ distills Kollwitz’s political will and con- man spirit...[has been] to create out of the materials of the hu-
current exhibition at Spaightwood Galleries, Inc, as they sciousness, in the way the woman, stand[ing] on the sideline man spirit something which did not exist before...[to honor] a
did the earlier exhibit in Madison, Wis. One of the great- of impending battle, seem[s] to exhort the proletariat men spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The
est graphic artists of all time, Kollwitz, the granddaughter to face the challenge for the sake of their freedom and that of poet’s, the writer’s duty is to write about these things.”
of a radical preacher and the daughter of a union organizer, their families, which she symbolizes better than any male field
a pacifist, a lover of children and a socialist, spent her life in general,” Lynch writes. Like Faulkner, Kollwitz makes it clear that the artist’s duty,
an autocratic state which, whether ruled by the Kaiser or the and, in particular, her duty, is to create an image of that “spirit
Nazis, hated everything for which she stood. That steely resolve presents itself in the “Weavers’ Revolt capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance,” the ever-
and Peasants’ War” series, in images of young children and present image through which she herself found the courage
Two prints — “The Agitator” (Kl. 224) and “Fraternal old men, in self-portraits and in portraits of other women. to endure because, as she said, “I saw the world with loving
Love” (Kl. 199b) — seem to sum up the possibilities that For the people Kollwitz depicted, life is hard and full of pain. eyes.”
Kollwitz foresaw for her country, either to follow those voices Nonetheless, the people she depicts constantly struggle not
inciting hatred and setting each against the other or to find only to avoid sinking into despair, but to continue to love “Kathe Kollwitz & German Expression” will be on view
a way for all to live together in loving harmony. Kollwitz those they have as well as those they have lost. May through September, at Spaightwood Galleries, 120 Main
responded to her country’s choice with anguished protest, but Street.
also with hope that finally love would endure. As William Faulkner noted in his Nobel Prize acceptance
speech: “[My] life’s work in the agony and sweat of the hu- For information, www.spaightwoodgalleries.com or 508-
529-2511.

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“Subway Series,” 2008, oil on canvas, “Mother’s Day,” 2014, oil on canvas, 40 by 40 inches, “Just Across the Street,” 2013, oil on canvas, 50 by 56 inches,
55 by 45 inches, Heckscher Museum of Art. Colby College Museum of Art.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Traveling Exhibition Celebrates
Master Illusionist Gary Erbe

By Scott A. Schweigert photographs of Lincoln, a foil horn and noisemakers still life, Erbe celebrates the life of Oakley, who was
Curator of Art, Reading Public Museum
READING, PENN. — The Reading Public Mu- have been placed, in part, to commemorate the life of a performer in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and an
one of the most influential presidents. Also included icon of the American West. Arranged among the flag
seum is honored to host “Gary Erbe: 50 Year Ret- in the composition that otherwise exudes a celebra- is a photograph of Oakley, a pistol and rifle associ-
rospective,” an exceptional exhibition drawing on
the impressive body of work produced by the New tory tone is the model pistol used by John Wilkes ated with her sharpshooter status as well as newspaper
Booth to assassinate Lincoln that fateful night in headlines from The Nutley Sun and mementos from
Jersey-based artist over the past half century. This Ford’s Theatre. her time with Buffalo Bill.
display of more than 50 works is part of a national
Likewise, “Annie Oakley: Little Sure Shot,” 2012, is Popular sports are a recurrent theme in Erbe’s body
touring exhibition that traveled to Ohio, Wyoming doubly significant for Erbe. The still life, which also of work. The artist has enlisted the gear, logos, per-
and will end at the John F. Peto Studio Museum in serves as a symbolic “portrait,” captures an important sonalities, collectibles and advertising from baseball,
Island Heights, N.J.
American woman and her contribution to history and boxing, golf and fishing in his sports-themed com-
Erbe (b 1944) is a painter with a national reputa- popular culture. positions. One of the most complex of these paint-
tion who has challenged traditional notions about the The artist currently lives and works in Nutley, N.J. ings is “Subway Series,” 2000, which documents the
path that an artist is expected to take. Notably, he did He learned shortly after moving there that Annie World Series that year, pitting the New York Yankees
not attend an art academy or school of art. Rather, Oakley once lived only a few blocks away. In this against the New York Mets. The work is framed in a
Erbe forged his own trail, guided by his
extraordinary self-taught abilities, keen sense custom, hand-carved frame designed by the
artist and created by the New York firm Lowy.
of observation and some good old-fashioned With “Subway Series” emblazoned across the
resourcefulness. His remarkably engaging
paintings, constructions and sculptures simul- top, the frame also includes the logos of the
Yankees and the Mets, the figures of ball play-
taneously pay homage to historical masters of ers and the number of World Series titles held
the genre of Nineteenth Century American
trompe l’oeil still life. They reflect his own by both franchises.
Two other recent works, “Just Across the
moment in history, drawing on complex Street,” 2013, and “Mothers’ Day,” 2014, de-
themes that resonate in the modern world.
The artist enlists comic books, Hollywood pict aspects of the maternal, domestic realm in
the Twentieth Century. “Just Across the Street”
films and television, sports, advertising, the assembles the tools of sewing, knitting and
Wild West, politics, music, fashion, Ameri-
cana and other aspects of popular culture as baking against the backdrop of vintage wall-
paper and a linoleum floor that has yellowed
subjects in his works. While these objects with age. “Mother’s Day” features clothespins
would be familiar to any baby boomer, re-
flecting his generation and speaking broadly and a bit of clothesline, Mother’s Day cards —
one of which features art history’s most famous
to his personal life experiences, they also mother, “Whistler’s Mother” — a player piano
appeal to much younger viewers less familiar
with the time period. roll, flowers and signs of darker memories,
including an empty shot glass and old whiskey
Always an innovator, Erbe even established bottle label. Both works can be read as still life
a new category of highly naturalistic painting “Celebrating an American Patriot,” 2014, oil on canvas, 30 by 40
in the late 1960s and early 1970s which he inches, Philadelphia Museum of Art. “portraits” capturing through objects elements
of the individuals’ personalities and passions.
dubbed “Levitational Realism,” where objects As visually stunning, meticulously observed and
in his paintings seem to magically float in
space. These works employ Erbe’s interest in carefully constructed as Erbe’s painted composi-
tions are, their significance is enhanced by the
floating the subjects of his highly naturalis- subtext of memory and nostalgia, which are
tic still life paintings in mid-air. To achieve
these compositions, Erbe actually hung fundamental to understanding their meaning.
Embedded in each of these works is the vision
each of the elements in his studio, against a of the artist, for whom each composition — and
painted cardboard backdrop. For the artist,
seeing the object in actual scale is extremely in many instances, each object — is loaded with
personal meaning. Not all these meanings are re-
important to the artistic process. His unique vealed to the viewer, but what is conveyed is the
studio practice involves the assemblage of
what he calls “constructions” or gatherings complexity of thought, attention to detail and
unparalleled technical ability that have distin-
of the real objects or “props” that he depicts guished Erbe as one of the most engaging artists
as actual size in his finished compositions. A
few of these assemblages are included in the of our time.
Gary Erbe, who has exhibited extensively since
exhibition and offer insight into the process 1970 in museums throughout the United States,
of painstaking planning and execution of his
paintings. has received numerous honors and awards,
including six Gold Medals at the Allied Artists of
American patriotism and the American flag America, the Salmagundi Club Medal of Honor
have been part of Erbe’s visual lexicon for
decades. “Celebrating an American Patriot,” and the Medal for Lifetime Achievement in
American Art at the Butler Institute of American
2014, is among the most recent appearance Art.
of the flag in one of the artist’s trompe l’oeil
paintings. Essentially a tribute to Abraham The exhibition is on view at the Reading Public
Museum from May 5 to August 5. The museum
Lincoln, the richly layered painting uses an “Annie Oakley: Little Sure Shot,” 2012, oil on canvas, 48 by 60 inches, is at 500 Museum Road.
American flag as a backdrop onto which Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. For information, www.readingpublicmuseum.org.

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Thomas Alese, 75; Passionate Collector Of Early American Timepieces
NEWPORT, N.C. — Thomas cases, the failures of these Tom’s collection was an E. Tabor Alese, Joseph Alese and wife
Alese died on February 6. Tom giants of American horology. tall case clock. Megan, and Robert Bruno III;
was an avid collector of a wide and three great-grandchildren,
field of antiques through Tom’s Among his favorites were Tom also had a substantial col- Ava, James and Blake. Tom was
Treasures. Tom, at 75 years, had those that were fascinating to lection of French carriage clocks well loved by a great number of
a passion for mechanical time- observe, including a Silas Terry and a love of early American friends too numerous to men-
pieces, particularly those of skeleton clock, with a large, sec- furniture. He was a voracious tion. He was greatly loved and
American manufacture. onds beating balance at the top reader and was always expand- will be greatly missed.
of the openwork frame. His ing his areas of interest.
While he collected both Eigh- enthusiasm for these mechani- In addition to his parents, Tom
teenth and Nineteenth Century cal marvels was infectious, and He is survived by his wife, was predeceased by his brother,
examples, he was particularly he was always keen to exchange Audrey Alese, of Newport; a son, Robert Thomas Alese.
interested in the work of inno- notes with other collectors, Robert Alese and wife Darlene
vators such as Aaron Dodd inform those with less knowl- of Long Island, N.Y.; two daugh- In lieu of flowers donations to
Crane, Silas B. Terry and Joseph edge and learn from those with ters, Lori Fritzen and husband the First United Methodist
Ives. Clocks by these individu- more. Another interest was the Donald, of Long Island, and Church, 900 Arendell Street,
als exhibit the work of inventive clocks from the workshop of Denise Inserra and husband Morehead City, NC 28557 or to
minds, and document the diver- Simon Willard and his associ- Jamie of Henderson, N.C.; five the American Civil Liberties
sity, successes, and in some ates. Another favorite clock in grandchildren, James and wife Union, 125 Broad Street, 18th
Prism, Cristi Alese, Jessica floor, New York, NY, 10004.

Auction DATE LOCATION AUCTIONEER PG 5, May.... Glen Cove, NY............................. Roland Auctions...........................2
Previews 5, May.... Glen Cove, NY............................. Roland Auctions.........................24
Every Tues.Coventry, CT...................................Weston’s...............................64 5, May.... Glen Cove, NY............................. Roland Auctions.........................64
Bonhams Every ThursE. ast Windsor, CT........................Golden Gavel............................52 5, May..... Pittsburg, PA............................Concept Art Gallery.......................62
Nineteenth Century Every Sat.Litchfield, CT...................... Litchfield County Auctions...................2 5, May.Poughkeepsie, NY.................Hyde Park Country Auctions................67
European Paintings........... 13 Now-30, Aprc. owans.com..................................Cowan’s.............................10C 5, May.... Red Hook, NY................................. George Cole............................62
27, Apr...Jewett City, CT..............................Leone’s Auction...........................2 5, May......Rumson, NJ.......................... The Auctioneers Group..................11C
Bruneau & Co 28, Apr...Lone Jack, MO..............................Soulis Auctions..........................52 5-6, May... Beverly, MA.....................................Kaminski...............................4C
Collectible Star Wars 28-29, Apr.Newton, MA............................. Tremont Auctions........................54 6, May...... Chester, NY............................... William J. Jenack........................68
& Comics............................ 9 29, Apr..... Canaan, CT..................................... State Line..............................52 6, May..East Meadow, NY.......................World Auction Gallery.....................6C
29, Apr....Lakeville, MA.............................. AC & DR Morris.........................64 6, May..Marlborough, NH................................. Moggie’s...............................66
Heritage 29, Apr...Saugerties, NY...............................Donny Malone...........................64 6, May.... New York City...................................Showplace...............................7
Comic & Comic Art........... 44 29, Aprw. aterburyliquidators.com.......... Waterbury Liquidators....................62 7, May.... Pine Bush, NY.................................. Flannery’s..............................58
30, Apr.......Berlin, CT................................... Berlin Auction...........................64 8, May.... New York City......................................Swann.................................51
Heritage 30, Apr...Northfield, MA...........................Northfield Auctions.......................56 8-16, Mays. kinnerinc.com.............................. Skinner Inc.............................7C
Space Exploration............. 10 30, Apr.. Willimantic, CT................................ E.S. Eldridge............................62 10-12, May.Chicago, IL......................................Heritage...............................53
1, May..... Plainville, CT..............................Winter Associates........................61 11, May.... Boston, MA...................................... Skinner..............................10C
Hermann Historica 1, May.....rogallery.com...................................Ro Gallery..............................55 11, May..... Dallas, TX........................................Heritage...............................65
Masterpieces Of Antiquity 1-2, May.Cincinnati, OH.....................................Cowan’s.............................10C 11, May..Jewett City, CT..............................Leone’s Auction...........................2
& European Royalty............ 6 2, MayC. hester Heights, PA............................... Wilson’s...............................54 11-12, May.Asheville, NC............................. Brunk Auctions..........................2C
2, May..... Coventry, CT................................ Ingraham & Co..........................60 11-12, May.Geneseo, NY................................... Cottone................................59
Leslie Hindman 2, May........Dover, NJ.......................................Berman’s...............................58 12, May... Alameda, CA.................................... Michaan’s............................16C
Collection Of 2, May... Portsmouth, RI...............................Gustave White...........................56 12, May..Glenmoore, PA........................Wiederseim Associates....................60
Manuscripts...................... 23 3, May...... Hatfield, PA................................ Alderfer Auction.........................52 12, May....Ypsilanti, MI.................................... Schmidt’s..............................50
3, May.San Francisco, CA............................ PBA Galleries.......................... 7G 14, May.Indianapolis, IN.............................Ripley Auctions........................11C
William Jenack 4, May.....Plainfield, NH..............................William A. Smith.........................50 15, May.... Boston, MA................................... Skinner Inc.............................7C
Diverse Estates Auction...... 8 4, MayS. outh Deerfield, MA.....................Douglas Auctioneers......................56 17, MayS. an Francisco, CA........................... PBA Galleries.......................... 7G
4-6, May...Waterloo, IA.................................... Rich Penn..............................63 19, May.... Copake, NY................................Copake Auctions.........................8C
Kaminski 5, May..... Cranston, RI................................. Bruneau & Co...........................5C 19, May.East Dennis, MA...................................Eldred’s..............................11C
Martha Stewart’s Studio 19, May..Timonium, MD............................... Richard Opfer...........................66
Props For Charity.............. 24 19-20, MayL. ambertville, NJ................................ Rago..................................9C
19-20, MayN. ew Orleans, LA......................... Neal Auction............................57
Swann Galleries 27, May.gratzgallery.com............................... Gratz Gallery............................12
Graphic Design & Vintage 31, May.San Francisco, CA........................... PBA Galleries.......................... 7G
Posters.............................. 10 22, JulyB. edford Village, NY.....................Butterscotch Auction.......................2
28-29, July.Dallas, TX........................................Heritage.............................15C
Weschler’s Spring.... Woodbury, CT.. ................................. Schwenke................................2
Kennedy White House Aug...........Denver, PA................................Morphy Auctions......................10C
Mementos......................... 31 Sept..........Denver, PA................................Morphy Auctions......................14C
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May 4, 2018 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — 37

New Barn Ready, Jan & John Maggs To Host Grand Opening
CONWAY, MASS. — More ing the pattern of past shows, presentation and advertising to
than a year after a freak tor- most of the pieces offered for maximize the potential of our
nado leveled their barn and sale will be fresh to the market, new showrooms, we plan to
their business, Jan and John the majority imported from tweak our business name to
Maggs will open their new England, but many sourced reflect our business more accu-
barn for their annual Spring from American homes and col- rately. Our new business name,
Antiques Show on May 5 and 6. lections. Jan & John Maggs Antiques &
The new barn has been built on Art, sums up the change.”
part of the footprint of the icon- “We hope to see many friends,
ic Nineteenth Century dairy old and new, in our new shop,” Jan & John Maggs Antiques &
barn that was destroyed in the couple wrote in a recent Art is at 2 Old Cricket Hill
February 2017. It is a com- newsletter. Road.
manding timber frame struc-
ture, in the form of an Eigh- With the new shop, there’s The shop will be open from 10
teenth Century English barn also a new focus for the dealers. am to 4 pm both days, and the
with a saltbox lean-to, built by “When we launched our busi- public is welcome.
local artisans and using mostly ness more than three decades
locally sourced materials. ago, we named it Pumpkin Hol- For those who cannot make it
low Antiques, taking advantage to the grand opening show, Jan
Although their selling opportu- of the cozy sound of the name of and John will be at the spring
nities have been limited by the the part of Conway in which our Antiques at Rhinebeck, May
lack of space for display and home was and still is. As the 26–27, and their inventory can
storage, Jan and John have been business grew and our shows be seen on their website at
slowly replacing inventory lost took us to more urban commu- www.jmags.com.
in the disaster. The showrooms nities, we switched to the name
in the new barn are more spa- by which we’re known today,
cious than those of the old one, Jan and John Maggs Antiques.
and they will be filled with Sev-
enteenth Century English oak “As we prepare to move into
furniture, period jewelry, paint- our new barn and resume nor-
ings, rugs and other accessories, mal activities, the time seems
displayed in room settings. right to make another change.
While our focus remains on
These spring and fall shows early English furniture and
have been a mainstay of Jan Stuart and Georgian jewelry,
and John Maggs Antiques for we have increasingly added
more than a decade. Continu- paintings and accessories of
later vintage. As we rethink our

Long-Lost Cranach Painting
Leads Christie’s

$71.7 Million Classic Week

NEW YORK CITY —
Christie’s Classic week
series of sales, April 18–20,
totaled $71.7 million. The
top lot of the week was the
highly anticipated Lucas
Cranach the Elder’s “Por-
trait of John Frederick I,”
which achieved $7.7 million,
far exceeding the estimate
of $1/2 million. The painting
had been missing for nearly
80 years since it was dispos-
sessed from the Gutmann
family during World War II,
so this result is a triumph
for the heirs of Fritz Gut-
mann and the restitution
community.

For more information, 212-
636-2000 or www.christies.
com.

Works By Carlson
& Rockwell Top
Fontaine’s Art Sale
PITTSFIELD, MASS. — Claus Reading Mail,” brought
“March Floods,” an impression- $18,150. The sketch, used in a
istic forest landscape with rem- December 1935 issue of The Sat-
nants of melting snow, topped urday Evening Post had been a
John Fontaine’s April 21 fine gift from Rockwell and was sold
arts sale, as it finished at with a Christmas card signed by
$34,943. A Norman Rockwell Norman and Molly Rockwell.
pencil sketch, “Christmas: Santa
A full report will follow.

38 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — May 4, 2018

First Time At Auction Blue Diamond Ring Blows Out
In 90 Years — Conan Doyle Price-Per-Carat Record At Sotheby’s

Manuscript Brings NEW YORK CITY — Driven auction record price-per-carat
$312,500 At Heritage by top prices for important dia- for any fancy intense blue dia-
monds and superb gemstones, mond ($1,920,259 per carat).
DALLAS — A handwritten manuscript of a story by Sir Arthur Sotheby’s spring jewelry auc-
Conan Doyle, which had not been auctioned for more than 90 years, tions concluded on April 19 The firm’s Magnificent Jew-
with a combined total of $34 els sale totaled $26.2 million,
sold at Heritage Auc- million and an 83.3 percent of while a sale of the personal col-
tion’s historical manu- all lots sold. The three auctions lection of jeweler Fred Leigh-
script auction on April were led by a rare 3.47-carat ton brought $2.8 million, and
18 for $312,500. Doyle fancy intense blue diamond the Fine Jewels session fin-
wrote “The Adventure ring, which sold for $6.7 mil- ished at $5.8 million.
of the Dancing Men” in lion — marking a new world
1903 for publication in For information, 212-606-
the Strand Magazine; 7000 or www.sothebys.com.
he later donated the
bound manuscript, of National Gallery Of Canada’s Director
what he ranked as his Makes Case For Selling Chagall
third best Holmes
story, to an auction for Editor’s Note: On April 5, The Chagall, the staff, the board and
the benefit of the Red Globe and Mail published an its external advisors, a group of
Cross in 1918. The cur- article about the National Gal- five art historians, believed that
rent owner and con- lery of Canada’s intent to raise it was the surest way to raise
signor was given the money to buy a “significant enough money to purchase the
manuscript by her work” before it could be taken out “Saint Jerome” within the given
father, a noted book of Canada, and that the gallery time frame.
dealer in Texas. A full would sell its 1929 oil painting
review of the auction “La Tour Eiffel” by European Four months ago, “The Eiffel
will appear in a future Modernist master Marc Chagall Tower” was offered at fair mar-
issue. to fund the purchase. ket to more than 150 art muse-
ums across Canada. Since no
Richard Misrach’s To The Editor: museum or gallery responded to
Flowering Branches The National Gallery of Cana- the gallery’s offer, we entrusted
Herald Spring At Showplace da has now received permission the Chagall to Christie’s, the
from the owners to reveal the auction house that we believed
NEW YORK CITY — Richard ered flowering and barren identity of the artwork we plan Marc Chagall, “The Eiffel was best placed to help us obtain
Misrach’s untitled fine art pho- branches, 39½ by 71½ inches, to acquire with the proceeds Tower.” the highest return on the sale.
tograph taken in 2008 and and it bears a handwritten from the sale of “The Eiffel caliber and entrusted it for safe-
printed in 2010, was the top lot label to reverse, with title, date, Tower” by Marc Chagall. keeping to the Musée de la civili- Our decision to part with the
at Showplace Antique and edition number (3 of 7) and sig- “Saint Jerome Hears the sation where it remained in Chagall was not made lightly. As
Design Center on April 22. Mis- nature. As is the case for all Trumpet of the Last Judgment,” storage until the gallery request- it does with its acquisitions, the
rach is a contemporary Ameri- Showplace lots, it opened at painted in 1779 by Jacques-Lou- ed its long-term loan for public gallery follows a rigorous pro-
can artist (b 1949); the framed $100 and rose exponentially is David, is the work in question. display in 1995. During those cess when deaccessioning works
pigment print sold above its from there. For additional It had been on view in our gal- years it was enjoyed by thou- of art from its collection. We
$20/30,000 estimate at $38,500. information, 212-633-6063 or leries for 18 years, from 1995 to sands of visitors. were supported by the team of
The composition is of multilay- www.nyshowplace.com. 2013, until the Musée de la civil- outside experts mentioned
isation in Québec City requested In July 2016 the Assemblée de above, who the trustees enlist to
Sotheby’s To Launch its return. fabrique de Notre-Dame de Qué- test management’s proposals to
Auctions In India The National Gallery has the bec offered “Saint Jerome” to refine the national collection as
MUMBAI, INDIA — Sothe- art, photography, prints and most comprehensive collection three leading Canadian muse- we work to ensure that it
by’s has announced plans to design. of French art in Canada with ums, the Montreal Museum of remains relevant to Canadian
launch sales in India with major works from the Seven- Fine Arts, the Musée national needs and continues to improve.
Boundless: Mumbai scheduled One of Tyeb Mehta’s most teenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, des beaux-arts du Quebec and
for December. The sale will be important works, “Durga Twentieth and Twenty-First the National Gallery of Canada. “Saint Jerome Hears the
conducted at the Taj Mahal Mahisasura Mardini,” has centuries; a glaring exception is Trumpet of the Last Judgment”
Palace Hotel. been confirmed to lead the an important picture by David, a From the time we were offered requires significant restoration.
sale. This seminal painting key figure in French art. the painting, the gallery had Our state-of-the-art conserva-
Following the opening of the was commissioned directly Acquiring the Saint Jerome explored ways to finance the tion laboratories and our team
Mumbai office in September from the artist in 1993 and painting would enhance our col- purchase. The price of “Saint of picture restorers are superbly
2016, Sotheby’s said it is has remained in a private col- lection in very important ways. Jerome” would have largely qualified to bring this national
affirming its commitment to lection since, appearing on the Not only does the gallery own depleted our acquisition allot- treasure back to its former glory.
South Asia by announcing market for the first time later the only other painting by David ment, compromising our five Our collection of French art from
sales and establishing Mum- this year. It is among the most in a Canadian museum — a other collecting areas for an the Neoclassical period has
bai as a new selling location valuable works of modern small, informal portrait of his entire year. By the fall of 2017 grown remarkably since 2013,
for the firm. South Asian art ever to be brother-in-law (Pierre Sériziat, the gallery had still not been when this picture left our walls,
offered at auction. Two out of 1790, acquired in 1964) — the successful in attracting support with the addition of major works
The sale will include not only the three highest prices for collection also includes works from within our network of pri- by Prud’hon, Vigée Le Brun and
important works by South the artist have been set at from his major contemporaries, vate donors. Although Québec Meynier. Such recent additions
Asia’s greatest artists, but auction within the last year, as well as his most accomplished City’s Musée de la civilisation provide an even stronger context
also artworks by western art- attesting to the strength of students. To adequately repre- has first right of refusal until for the display of this remark-
ists inspired and influenced Tyeb Mehta’s market. His cur- sent this insurmountable expo- mid-June 2018, to our knowl- able work by David, the artist of
by the art, culture, geography rent auction record stands at nent of Neoclassicism would be edge, they had not expressed an record for the period.
and people of South Asia. An $3.6 million. a boon to any collection of Euro- interest in purchasing the David
array of art sourced from col- pean art. painting. The National Gallery of Cana-
lections across the subconti- Further details about works The gallery possesses, more- da’s ardent goal since learning
nent and globally by a world- offered in Boundless: Mumbai over, a strong collection of works At this time, the gallery also that David’s “Saint Jerome
wide team of specialists, will be announced later this by artists known as the Cara- learned from two foreign muse- Hears the Trumpet of the Last
Boundless: Mumbai will pres- year. Ahead of the sale, high- vaggisti, painters who fell under ums that they had been Judgment” was for sale has been
ent an opportunity for young lights from the auction will be the influence of the great Cara- approached to gauge their inter- to acquire the painting. Doing so
and seasoned collectors to exhibited internationally and vaggio, beginning in the early est in acquiring the David. One would enhance the national col-
works from a variety of cate- in India. Seventeenth Century. “Saint of those museums told us they lection dramatically — a collec-
gories such as Modern and Jerome” was painted by David in were indeed very interested in tion that is made available to
contemporary South Asian For information, 212-606-7000 the 1770s, when he was living in purchasing “Saint Jerome” and sister art museums across the
or www.sothebys.com. Rome. The influence of Caravag- had the funds to do so. We then country through our generous
gio’s art is unmistakable in this understood that the risk to Can- loan program. Of equal impor-
work, which would cap off nearly ada of losing this national trea- tance to the gallery is that a
two centuries of such examples sure was real, adding urgency to work of this magnitude not leave
in Canada’s national collection, the matter. We began to explore Canada. That will continue to be
increasing its educational value. other options, such as selling a our priority.
“Saint Jerome” was among the high-valuation work of art.
very first paintings by the great Even if the Musée de la civili-
French artist to reach North In December 2017 our board of sation purchases “Saint Jerome,”
America, arriving in the late trustees voted to deaccession the sale of “The Eiffel Tower”
Nineteenth Century. It has been and sell “The Eiffel Tower” by will proceed as per the rigorous
in Québec City since about 1917 Marc Chagall, a picture we pur- deaccession process. The pro-
and was donated to the Cathe- chased in 1956. In 1970, the gal- ceeds from the sale will be used
dral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de lery was given “Memories of to improve the national collec-
Québec in 1938. Over the last Childhood,” an earlier work by tion and, especially, to strength-
decades, its owners recognized Chagall, which is more appropri- en Canada’s ability to protect its
the challenges of exhibiting and ate in the context of our strong patrimony from exportation, a
preserving a masterpiece of this collection of Modernist works challenge it will surely face
than “The Eiffel Tower.” Given again.
the healthy market for works by
Marc Mayer
Director and Chief
Executive Officer
National Gallery of Canada

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A sapphire, diamond, white gold necklace Aluminum earrings, French, in teal by JAR
with pear-shaped sapphires enhanced by reached $10,937.
round, brilliant, full, pear-shaped diamonds,
all set in 18K gold, sold at $77,500.

Auction Action In Dallas

Colorless Diamonds & JAR Earrings In
High Demand At Heritage Auctions

DALLAS — Large colorless diamonds, all set in 18K gold Read Us Every Week
diamonds and a collection of ear- sold at $77,500. A diamond, gold
rings by Joel Arthur Rosenthal A diamond, platinum ring ring featuring a marquise-
were in high demand at Heri- pursued by multiple bid- shaped diamond accented by
tage Auctions’ March 26 fine ders, boasts an emerald-cut baguette-cut diamonds, set in
jewelry auction, and helped the diamond accented by 18K gold, generated multiple
final total climb to $3,417,204. tapered baguette-cut dia- bids before selling for $68,750.
All of the top ten lots in the auc- monds, set in platinum; it
tion included white diamonds, attained a final sale price of Three lots of JAR earrings
while three sets of earrings by $112,500, making it the top drew significant interest and
Rosenthal — recognized by his lot of the auction. multiple bids: French aluminum
“JAR” initials — exceeded their baguette-cut diamonds, set in earrings (teal) reached $10,937;
auction estimates by significant platinum. aluminum, gold earrings (red),
margins. also French, realized $9,375; and
A diamond, platinum, white a pair of titanium, gold earring,
“Colorless diamonds are enjoy- gold ring achieved the same French, brought $8,125.
ing tremendous popularity, and $93,750 result, more than dou-
that was evident by the way they bling its estimate. It featured a Bringing $52,500 was an Art
were pursued by our clients,” modified pear brilliant-cut dia- Deco diamond, platinum, white
Heritage Auctions senior direc- mond accented by tapered gold bracelet, Marcel Chaumet,
tor of fine jewelry Jill Burgum baguette-cut diamonds, set in French, circa 1928; another Art
said, “and the JAR lots achieved platinum and 14K white gold. Deco diamond, platinum brace-
highly successful results follow- let sold at $50,000 as did a Cey-
ing spirited bidding.” A sapphire, diamond, white lon alexandrite, diamond plati-
gold necklace boasting pear- num ring.
The event’s top lot, a diamond, shaped sapphires enhanced by
platinum ring pursued by multi- round, brilliant, full, pear-shaped Rounding out the top lots were
ple bidders, attained a final sale two diamond, platinum rings
price of $112,500. It boasts an that each sold for $47,500, one
emerald-cut diamond accented was by Cartier; a diamond and
by tapered baguette-cut dia- platinum ring at $45,000 and an
monds, set in platinum. emerald, diamond, white gold
jewelry suite that sold at
Right behind it was another $42,500.
diamond, platinum ring, which
produced a return of $93,750. It All prices include the buyer’s
featured a round brilliant-cut premium. For further informa-
diamond accented by tapered tion, www.ha.com or 877-437-
4824.

Dorsky’s Hudson Valley Master Series
Highlights Architect Steven Holl

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — As part of tricable link between art and process, and demonstrate his
its Hudson Valley Master’s architecture. He develops con- progression from representation
series, the Dorsky Museum is ceptual ideas in sculpture and to built object. Models will be
hosting “Steven Holl: Making draws with watercolors every shown near unframed drawings
Architecture,” celebrating the day, a solitary and hermetic placed simply on table, in a pro-
New York-based architect and practice from which each of his cess-oriented display emphasiz-
watercolorist who, as the leader projects emerges. ing thinking, making and
of Steven Holl Architects, has reflecting.
realized numerous commissions, Comprised of approximately
from private houses to major 100 presentation models, study The Dorsky museum is at 1
urban projects, both in the Unit- models and watercolor sketches, Hawk Drive. For information,
ed States and internationally. the exhibition intends to bring www.newpaltz.edu or 845-257-
visitors inside Holl’s creative 3844.
Curated by Nina Stritzler-
Levine, the director of the Bard Steven Holl Architects, Exploration of IN House (exterior),
Graduate Center Gallery in 2017, photograph ©Paul Warchol, Steven Holl Architects
New York City, the exhibit will
run through July 15.

Among Holl’s most significant
and well-known designs are
Simmons Hall at the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology, the
Linked Hybrid building complex
in Beijing, China, the Bloch
Building at the Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art, the Visual Art
Building at the University of
Iowa and the contemporary art
museum Kiasma in Helsinki,
Finland.

Holl’s practice reveals an inex-

40 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — May 4, 2018

ADA Honors Award Of Merit Winner Peter M. Kenny
PHILADELPHIA — The Dutch Colonial interior from the
Antiques Dealers Association of “I have a wonderful wife and family,” said Kenny, here with his wife, Mary Ellen, and son, Ian. 1751 Daniel Peter Winne house
America (ADA) honored Peter Morrison H. Heckscher, right, the Lawrence H. Fleischman curator emeritus of the Ameri- near Albany, N.Y.
M. Kenny at its annual Award of can Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art, delivered the keynote address honoring his long-
Merit dinner on April 20. The time friend and colleague. Of Kenny’s two landmark exhi-
event, held this year at the Phil- bitions and their accompanying
adelphia Antiques and Art Show catalogs, Duncan Phyfe: Master
at the Navy Yard, celebrates out- Cabinetmaker in New York
standing contributions to the (2011) and Honoré Lannuier,
American arts. Cabinetmaker from Paris: The
Life and Work of a French Ébé-
Welcoming guests, ADA presi- niste in Federal New York (1998),
dent Steven S. Powers likened Heckscher said, “He took these
Kenny’s sustained interest in two extraordinary immigrant
American furniture to an itch cabinetmakers — one from Scot-
that must be scratched. Kenny land, the other from France, and
looks at furniture and expects it from different traditions — and
to speak back to him, Powers showed they were at their best
said of Kenny, vice president of when working in the tradition
Classical American Homes Pres- from which they came.”
ervation Trust and the former
Ruth Bigelow Wriston curator of “This is a momentous night
American decorative arts and for Peter Kenny,” said ADA vice
administrator of the American present Arthur Liverant, invit-
Wing at the Metropolitan Muse- ing Kenny to join him on stage.
um of Art. In jest, Liverant offered Kenny
a card table as a prize, only to
“The ADA stands for authentic- tease, “You didn’t get here fast
ity, integrity and ethical conduct. enough, so all you are getting is
Those words represent your a finial, not even the highboy.”
goals and aspirations, as well as
those of my longtime friend and “The room is full of wonderful
colleague Peter Kenny,” began people, a community of great
the evening’s keynote speaker, folks who support each other,”
Morrison H. Heckscher, the Law- said Kenny, accepting the
rence A. Fleischman curator honor. Thanking his family,
emeritus of the American Wing, Kenny described the role his
Metropolitan Museum of Art. mother and grandfather played
in nurturing his interest in
In his illustrated talk, Heck- material culture, noting, “I find
scher emphasized Kenny’s tal- it amazing that these simple
ent for eliciting the best from his objects carry messages to us.”
colleagues in his role as Ameri- He spoke of the excitement he
can Wing administrator. He felt when taking a call at the
joked, “When Peter arrived at family ancestral farmhouse on
the Met, the paintings curators Prince Edward Island, he
didn’t talk to the furniture cura- learned the inscription “Fete en
tors, and the furniture curators New York, 1817, HL,” had been
didn’t talk to the paintings cura- discovered by a Met conserva-
tor…Peter was hired because of tor under the top of a table
how he worked with individuals Kenny believed to be by Lan-
of so many skills and levels. nuier.

“Peter was a lieutenant who Of his latest venture at Clas-
was totally in sync with me. We sical American Homes Preser-
were fortunate to do this togeth- vation Trust, Kenny noted of
er,” Heckscher said of their mul- CAHPT’s founder, Richard Jen-
tiyear collaboration on the reno- rette, “He is one of the most
vation of the Met’s Engelhard remarkable people I have ever
Court and reinstallation of its met.” Moving to CAHPT, Kenny
American Wing, which the men said, “has been a wonderful
worked on with architect Kevin transition in my life.”
Roche. “We had fun transform-
ing that great but flawed build- Past winners of the ADA
ing,” Heckscher said. Award of Merit are Albert Sack,
Elinor Gordon, Wendell Gar-
Heckscher also praised Ken- rett, Betty Ring, R. Scudder
ny’s excellence as a scholar and Smith, Satenig St Marie, Dean
connoisseur. “On his own, he F. Failey, Joe Kindig, Philip Zea,
installed two of the great period Jane and Richard Nylander,
rooms at the Met,” said the cura- Morrison H. Heckscher, the
tor emeritus, describing Kenny’s American Folk Art Society,
meticulous reassembly of the Peter Tillou, Brock Jobe, David
McKim Mead and White Parlor McCullough, Joan and Victor
Stairhall from the Metcalfe Johnson and Patricia E. Kane.
House in Buffalo, N.Y., and the
alacrity with which Kenny For additional information,
acquired and installed an intact www.adadealers.com or 603-
942-6498.

Review by Laura Beach, Editor
Photos by Greg Smith

Antiques and The Arts Weekly

Kenny with ADA president Steven S. Powers, who spoke apprecia- ADA vice president Arthur Liverant invited Kenny to the stage to accept this
tively of the award winner’s 40-year devotion to the study of Ameri- card table as his prize. When Kenny got to the podium, Liverant teased, “You
can furniture. weren’t fast enough, so all you are getting is a finial.”

May 4, 2018 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — 41

Auction Action In Downingtown, Penn.

An Honest Collection: Ruth Bryson Sale
Nabs $1+ Million At Pook & Pook
DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. — day’s top lot. At $53,680, a Lan- fielded a $6,000 bid from the
The lifetime collection of deal- caster Chippendale walnut floor before the phone shouted The highest priced lot in the sale, the Chippendale walnut
er Ruth Bryson was offered at dressing table finished at the out a jump bid of $30,000. dressing table from 1770 commanded $55,000. It originated
Pook & Pook to a full room of peak, selling to dealer Philip Shearer laughed, saying, in Lancaster, Penn., with a thumb molded top overhanging a
collectors and dealers on April Bradley. The circa 1770 table “That’s it?” Still, another inter- case with shell and spandrel carved drawer, above a relief
14, all of whom were eager to featured extensive carving, ested party got off a few more carved skirt, supported by cabriole legs that terminated in
get their hands on pieces of a including a shell and spandrel bids before the example ended ball and claw feet. Bryson originally purchased it at Horst
collection of furniture, folk art carved drawer, a relief carved up with the phone at $48,800. Auction with provenance to a Smoketown, Penn., family. The
and decorative accessories that skirt and cabriole legs termi- winning bidder was Pennsylvania dealer Philip Bradley.
stood strong, in presence, cre- nating in ball and claw feet. The next highest Weber box
ation and focus, to Lancaster Before Bryson, the piece had was in the small 4¼-inch-wide Review and Onsite Photos by
County, Penn. Bryson passed descended in a Smoketown, size and in the rare orange Greg Smith
away in July 2017, but in the Penn., family for generations. color. This lot also sold to a
prime of her career she was phone bidder for $36,600. Additional Photos Courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc
known as a fixture at auctions The sale featured ten lots in James Pook only recalled han-
and shows throughout the East various sizes, color and forms dling a few Weber boxes in the
Coast, exhibiting her discern- by Jacob or Jonas Weber. orange color in the past.
ing eye for Pennsylvania paint-
ed objects and exceptional fur- “You very rarely have this “Condition is king these days,
niture, all of which were many painted boxes at once,” and these boxes have it,” he
featured, in whole, at the sale. said James Pook. “It’s just a said. “They are all honest. It’s a
group that you don’t see. It’s good, honest collection.”
On the morning of the sale, neat because you have every
Pook & Pook’s gallery filled size and every color, a big Following up behind, a black
every seat with a loud and diverse group of them. Bryson 3-7/8-inch-wide box took
laughing community of friends, wanted all of these different $21,960, a 4-inch-wide red box
many of whom had their backs examples to show the range of brought $20,740, and two
stretched around to talk to the pieces that Weber made.” 10¼-inch-wide boxes, one blue
people sitting behind them. and one yellow-orange, each
The sale began with a large From 10¼ down to 4¼ inches finished at $15,860.
applause for Bryson’s husband, wide, the boxes were all made
Jack, who many in the crowd in the signature Weber style, A few of the Weber lots varied
knew from his accompanying each of them with a single in form, with a miniature
his wife to every little corner flower painted on the lid and a carved and painted songbird
that this industry seems to house in landscape to the front, measuring 2¾ inches high
take its loyal devotees. In his varying in color, which includ- bringing $6,100 to dealer Greg
introduction to the sale, auc- ed blue, red, yellow and orange. Kramer. A blue slide lid box
tion house cofounder Ron Pook The group was led by a yellow, took $10,980, while a red
jokingly said, “If you saw Ruth 7¾-inch-wide footed example painted hanging box brought
at an auction, just go home. that ultimately sold to a deter- $2,928.
You’re weren’t going to get it.” mined phone bidder. As bid-
ding got underway for the lot, But box-mania did not stop
The 203 in-house bidders, a auctioneer Jamie Shearer there. Three examples from the
mix of Pennsylvania collectors The first lot in the sale was
and dealers from near and far, a Schtockschnitzler Sim- This was the highest selling box of the three
succeeded in pushing the 321- mons carved and painted offered in the sale by the Compass Artist. It
lot sale to a 99 percent sell- Carolina parrot, and it set featured the brightest paint of the three,
through rate. The collection the tempo, selling above with elaborately detailed pinwheels and flo-
bested the $424,550/679,400 high estimate for $15,860. ral decorations. The dome lid box measured
estimate to finish at 6½ by 7-3/8 inches and sold for $39,040.
$1,082,132, including buyer’s The highest selling example of the six
premium, with only 17 percent offered from folk portrait artist Jacob
of the lots sold to online bid- Maentel. It featured John Martin Litzel
ders. holding a butterfly in his right hand in front
of his family’s farm near Mechanicsburg,
“It was all very geographical- Penn. The portrait brought $34,160 from
ly centered, the focus was Lan- dealer and curator Lisa Minardi.
caster County and the immedi-
ate area,” said James Pook,
vice president, on Bryson’s col-
lection. “You’ll find that the
vast majority of things were
made in that vicinity, including
the painted boxes and dower
chests.” Having seen an
immense amount of presale
interest in the week running
up to the sale, he continued, “I
think we’re going to see some
big prices for those today.”

Indeed, the sale saw a run-
ning list of high prices for
works with painted surfaces,
but when it came down to num-
bers, a well-carved example of
Pennsylvania formal furniture
rode the paddles to take the

The Brysons were on hand to watch the collection get dis- James Pook stands with a small, orange A determined online bidder pushed this
persed to loving homes. From left, Jim Bryson, son, Jack painted Weber box in hand. The box brought Lancaster County painted pine and poplar
Bryson, husband, and Kathy Bryson, daughter. $36,600 and was the second highest Weber two-part Dutch cupboard to $47,500, the
lot in the sale. third highest lot in the sale. Circa 1830, the
piece retained its original faux tiger grain
decoration with smoke decorated doors.

42 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — May 4, 2018

Doubling the $5,000 high estimate was this Pennsylvania The ironwork on this Cones- At 10 inches high, this
watercolor fraktur by Johann Henrich Otto, as it sold for toga wagon box was excep- copper coffeepot by Berks
$10,980 to a floor bidder. tional. The hinges and hasp County metalsmith Peter
were fashioned into tulips Derr was a quality object.
and the central band fea- It bested the high esti-
tured corner pinwheels, the mate to bring $6,875.
1808 date and initials CHMI. Bidders liked this Penn-
It pushed past the $8,000 high sylvania or Southern Fed-
estimate to bring $23,180. eral walnut secretary
desk and bookcase, as it
Pook & brought $18,300, surpass-
Pook ing the $10,000 high esti-
mate. It had nice details
in the allover inlay and
star inlaid rosettes within
the bonnet.

This Pennsylvania walnut tavern table had provenance to
the King’s Arms Tavern in Williamsburg, Va. It dated from
1780 and realized $8,540.

The third highest Weber box in the sale was Pook & Pook surmised that these iron file
a black example, measuring 2-1/8 by 3-7/8 snakes were put into barns to scare the
inches. It brought $21,960. birds away. This one featured scales and a
forked tongue, measuring 19¼ inches long.
It took $1,220.

At $11,590, this was the highest price for a dower chest in
the sale. Original decoration, Berks County, Penn., painted
pine, circa 1775.

Bringing $7,320, well above the $2,500 high estimate, was The belle of the box ball, this was the high- From Lebanon County, Penn., this sponge
this wrought iron Conestoga wagon axe holder from the est priced Weber box in the sale as it brought painted pine dower chest was special
Eighteenth Century. It was nicely detailed with notched $48,800 from a phone bidder. On a yellow because of its diminutive size. Measuring 26
scales, eye and mouth. ground, the box was dated 1850 and mea- inches high by 41½ inches wide, it sold for
sured 4-7/8 by 7-3/8 inches. $10,980.

Selling well over its $5,000 high estimate was this Susan This Pennsylvania painted pine hanging A Chippendale mahogany tea table was one
Waters oil on canvas painting in original frame that brought corner cupboard blew through its $4,000 of the few pieces of carved formal furniture
$36,600 from a floor bidder. In frame, it measured 24 by 36 high estimate, finishing at $19,520. Circa in the sale, with origination from Lancaster
inches. 1800, it featured its old green surface with or Reading, Penn. It dated to 1775, with a
sponge decorated door. round two-board top and dish rim, swag
carved baluster standard and shell carved
legs with ball and claw feet. It sold online
for $16,250.

May 4, 2018 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — 43

The preview area before the room was dispersed in order to seat the 203 in-house bidders. Take a seat! The William and Mary daybed on the right
brought $3,660 and the George III-style mahogany open
Compass Artist also did well, A bidder takes a look inside an early Pennsylvania painted armchair to its left sold for the same.
with the highest result of the poplar schrank, which sold for $3,172. A previewer looks through a number of lots on offer around
three coming in the form of a the perimeter of the gallery.
$39,040 winning bid for a County dower chest with tin Litzel, a young boy holding A nice selection of baskets was on offer. Those pictured
6½-inch-high dome lid box sponged decoration, measuring a butterfly in his right hand in here sold in the $200–500 range, while the best, a 22-inch-
with the brightest paint of the 26 by 41½ inches. James Pook front of his family’s farm near high Pennsylvania rye straw lidded basket, took $4,880.
three on offer. Behind was a knew from the outset that it Mechanicsburg, Penn. Other
4-inch-high dome lid box that would do better than the esti- examples that were offered
brought $26,840, and finally mate and it did, bringing included a pair of folk portraits
the largest of the three, a $10,980. of Mr and Mrs Martin Ebert of
10½-inch-high dome lid box, York County, Penn. The duo
sold for $26,840 to dealer Kelly “This is special because it’s a brought $14,640. The third
Kinzle. smaller size,” Pook said of the highest was a $9,150 profile
chest. “Bryson had an eye for folk portrait of a gentleman in
Painted furniture also pro- that, realizing what’s special in a blue frock coat, which
duced a number of high-flying a piece.” retained its period frame and
results, some expected and inside ribbon border.
some that jumped over their Finally, a sweet little minia-
estimates. The third highest ture painted pine blanket While fine art was scant, it
lot in the sale came in the form chest, circa 1800, brought was not without quality. Going
of a Lancaster County painted $5,124. The piece was inscribed to a determined floor bidder
pine and poplar two-part inside the lid, “Noah R.J. Hare was a Susan Waters oil on can-
Dutch cupboard, which went Esq and Rasha Hare” with a vas landscape painting that
for $47,500 to an online bidder. yellow and red painted decora- brought more than seven times
Circa 1830, the piece retained tion of repeating suns. the $5,000 high estimate to hit
its original faux tiger grain $36,600. It was painted in
decoration with smoke deco- Bryson also had a love for Waters’ Bordentown, N.J.,
rated doors. folk portrait artist Jacob hometown and featured an
Maentel, and her passion was original 24-by-36-inch frame
Nearly tripling the $8,000 exemplified in the depth of and the usual suspects: three
high estimate was an 1808 Maentel’s work across the six sheep, two lambs and an alert
Conestoga wagon box in blue lots that were offered. The Shetland sheepdog.
paint and impeccable iron same portrait that Pook &
hardware that brought $23,180 Pook used as the cover image Prices, with buyer’s premium,
to a floor bidder. The iron strap on its catalog was the highest as reported by the auction house.
hinges and hasp were formed of the bunch, as it rose to
into the shape of tulips and the $34,160, selling to dealer and For additional information,
band around the center fea- curator Lisa Minardi. The www.pookandpook.com or 610-
tured cutout corner pinwheels watercolor featured John Mar- 269-4040.
with the 1808 date and the ini-
tials CHMI. Rising above a
$4,000 high estimate was a
circa 1800 Pennsylvania green
painted pine hanging corner
cupboard with a sponge deco-
rated door. It took $19,520.

Dower chests, and plenty of
them, were on hand and
brought good numbers. At the
lead was a Berks County paint-
ed pine dower chest that dated
to 1775. It featured three tomb-
stone panels to the front, the
central panel featuring two
rampant unicorns and the
flanking panels with potted
flowers and birds. It sold for
$11,590. The next highest was
a rare diminutive Lebanon

Jamie Shearer was just getting warmed up here as he called
out the first lot of the sale from the podium.

Bryson originally pur- At left, a dome lid box by the Compass Artist hit $31,720, the Just over 200 in-house bidders checked into the sale, pack-
chased this rooster because Pennsylvania fraktur birth certificate behind took $625 ing in to nearly every seat available. When the seats ran
it reminded her of a child- and the miniature Weber songbird in front sold for $6,100 to out, a line of bidders formed around the perimeter in the
hood pet. Signed W. Kinstler dealer Greg Kramer. back.
and circa 1900, the carved
rooster measured 23½ inch-
es high and had a nice, orig-
inal polychrome surface. It
took $12,200.

44 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — May 4, 2018

Heritage’s Chicago Comics & Comic Art Auction
Could Challenge Records May 10–12

Charles Schulz Peanuts Sunday comic strip with Snoopy as World War I Fly- Justice League of America #1 (DC,
ing Ace with Woodstock, original art dated 2-18-96 (United Feature Syndi- 1960) is the highest-graded copy
cate, 1996). known and is one of the most
Action Comics #1 (DC, 1938) CGC VG 4.0, cream to off-white pages, the desirable Silver Age DCs ever
holy grail of comic books. This “blue label” copy ranks among the top offered.
examples Heritage Auctions has ever offered

CHICAGO — The book consid- just about anywhere, and we unrestored copies. The first ranks this issue, the cover of
ered by many to be the Holy have an extremely strong collec- appearance of Superman which was done by Bob Kane
Grail of comics collecting is tion of valuable comic books that launched the Golden Age of and Jerry Robinson, as one of the
expected to compete for top-lot will draw the attention and Comics, and every superhero five most valuable comics in the
honors at Heritage Auctions’ interest of comics collectors.” that followed is in debt to the hobby, thanks in part to the
comics and comic art event May The book is Action Comics #1 character created by writer Jerry debut appearances of both The
10–12 in what could be the most (DC, 1938) CGC VG 4.0 cream to Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. Joker and Catwoman.
lucrative comics auction ever off-white pages; this issue gener-
held, Heritage Auctions Comics ates major interest regardless of Another highlight will be The auction also includes a col-
dPiaregcitnoartoefdopbeyradtoionns Barry San- its condition, and this is one of Frank Frazetta “Death Dealer 6” lection of early issues of Playboy
dPo:v\Aal&sAaiAd.ds“T\5h-i4s-1au8c\stihoenryhlams uazzitllhoeehstiaghteessta-glread2exd 5coinpdieds. ever original art painting (1990). magazine, all but one of which is
cphicaknecde utpo fbroemamong the largest offered by Heritage. Ernst Ger- Serious collectors covet Frazetta from the Premier Playboy Col-
paintings, 12 of which have real- lection. The collection includes
ceommaiiclsparouocftitoon:ssomf aullztzimilleo, @if ngomt aible.cr’soTmhe Photo-Journal Guide to ized six-figure returns in previ- every issue in the first two years
ous Heritage auctions. The axe- of the magazine’s publication,
the largest. It will be in a vibrant Comic Books rated it “scarce,” wielding Death Dealer might be with many of the copies in the
city that is easy to reach from and CGC’s census lists just 40 Frazetta’s most well-known highest grade in CGC’s census,
character, and this image was all with white pages. Some of the
used as the cover of , which was Frank Frazetta, “Death Deal- top Playboy lots include: Playboy
published in 2008 by Image er 6,” original art (1990), oil on #1 signed by Hugh Hefner (HMH
Comics. Masonite, signed and dated in Publishing, 1953); Playboy #2
the lower right of the 18 by 30 (HMH Publishing, 1954); and
Whiz Comics #2 (#1) (Fawcett inches image area. Playboy #3 (HMH Publishing,
Publications, 1940) is the finest copy known and is one of the 1954); among others.
copy Heritage has offered of the most desirable Silver Age DCs
key comic that provided the ori- ever offered by Heritage Auc- Other top lots include a Bat-
gin and first appearance of Cap- tions. It is a stunning copy in man #1 (DC, 1940); Action Com-
tain Marvel. This issue, with pristine condition rarely found ics #7 (DC, 1938); Superman #1
cover and story art by C.C. Beck, for comic books in their sixth (DC, 1939); a Robert Crumb Yar-
is ranked No. 13 on Overstreet’s decade of existence. This classic rowstalks #2 “Head Comix” com-
list of “Top 100 Golden Age includes appearances by Bat- plete 1-page story original art
Comics.” man, Wonder Woman, Super- (Yarrowstalks, 1967) and one of
man, Aquaman, Flash, Green the best Heritage has seen, a
John Romita Sr, Amazing Spi- Lantern and the Martian Man- Charles Schulz Peanuts Sunday
der-Man #61, cover original art hunter. comic strip with Snoopy as World
(Marvel, 1968) is a prized issue War I Flying Ace with Wood-
among serious collectors, in part A fresh-to-market copy of Bat- stock, original art dated 2-18-96
because it offers the first cover man #1 (DC, 1940) is making its (United Feature Syndicate,
appearance of Peter Parker’s debut in this auction. Overstreet 1996).
girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, and her
father, Captain George Stacy. It Heritage Auctions is at 215
features a story by Stan Lee and West Ohio Street, Suite 1W. Pre-
is signed by the artist in the views will be May 9–11 with a
lower right margin. reception on May 9. For further
information, www.ha.com or 877-
Justice League of America #1 437-4824.
(DC, 1960) is the highest-graded

Dr Yan Geng Keynote Speaker At
Slater Memorial Museum May 2

NORWICH, CONN. — Dr Yan the Slater Memorial Museum. This vast collection was begun
Geng will be the keynote speaker Dr Geng will discuss Nine- by a donation to Slater Memorial
for the Friends of Slater annual Museum by Emily Noyes Van-
board meeting, May 2, at 5 pm at teenth Century misconceptions derpoal (184–1939), who at the
of Asian art and culture as well age of 90, in 1935, began to look
as the types of objects and media for a permanent home for her
that were most appealing to impressive collection. Hannah
Western consumers. “This associ- Dodge (1877–1963), then director
ation is particularly timely,” of Slater Museum had developed
noted museum director Vivian a relationship with Vanderpoel,
Zoe, “as we are in the initial plan- who ultimately chose Slater
ning process of reinstalling our because of her deep abiding
Asian art collection.” interest in the education of young
people.
The Slater Museum’s Asian
exhibition, also known as the The program is free and open to
Vanderpoel Gallery, will be the the public. Light refreshments
subject of a reinterpretation and will be served.
reinstallation. The collection
includes historical temple wood- The Slater Memorial Museum
carvings, textiles and vestments and Converse Art Gallery are
of hand-embroidered brocades, part of the Norwich Free Acade-
porcelain, jewelry and works on my, 108 Crescent Street. For
paper, silk textile stencils, Samu- information, 860-425-5561 or
rai armor and metalwork. www.slatermuseum.org.

May 4, 2018 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — 45

Saint Francis At La Verna Opens February 25 At National Gallery

WASHINGTON, DC — One of gallery in 2012 and 2013.
the most innovative Italian In 1608, Brother Lino Moroni
books of the early baroque peri- invited the head of the Floren-
od, the Descrizione del Sacro tine Accademia del Disegno and
Monte della Vernia, published in gifted draftsman and painter
1612, illustrates the experiences Jacopo Ligozzi to illustrate not
of Saint Francis and the build- just Francis’s experiences on the
ings of the Franciscan commu- mountain but also the area’s
nity at La Verna. Drawing from topography and the buildings of
the National Gallery of Art’s rich the Franciscan community
holdings of works with Francis- established there. The resulting Paginated by don
can imagery, “Heavenly Earth: work, the Descrizione del Sacro P:\A&A Ads\5-4-18\ellen downer estate estate sale 3 x 3 indd.
Images of Saint Francis at La Monte della Vernia, combined
Verna,” which opens on Febru- meticulous observation and picked up from
ary 25, contextualizes this publi-
cation alongside some 30 tradi- email proof: [email protected]
tional representations from the
late Fifteenth through the mid- unique vantage points in a set of
Eighteenth Century. “Heavenly 22 illustrations, which were
Earth” will be on view on the then engraved by Raffaello Schi-
ground floor of the West Build- aminossi and Domenico Falcini.
ing through July 8. Five of the engravings include
overslips — paper tabs showing
In September 1224, in the wil- the contemporary topography
derness of La Verna, a mountain that, when lifted, reveal an ear-
in the Casentino Valley in Tus- lier view of the landscape.
cany, Francis of Assisi began a Other exhibition highlights
40-day fast and contemplation of include early works such as the
Christ’s Passion, during which refined miniature leaf “Saint
he prayed to share in Christ’s Francis Receiving the Stigmata”
suffering. The legendary answer (1470s) by Cosmè Tura as well German Fifteenth Century, “Saint
was a fiery, six-winged seraph as anonymous woodcuts, which Guido Reni, “Head of Saint Francis,” before circa Francis Receiving the Stigmata,”
enfolding the figure of a man on demonstrate the variety of early 1632, black, red and white chalk on blue laid 1500/1510, woodcut, hand-colored in
a cross. When the seraph depart- artistic interpretations of the paper, overall (approximate): 9-9/16 by 8-7/16 green, yellow, Indian red and blue.
ed, Francis’s body was imprinted stigmatization. inches. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa National Gallery of Art, Washing-
with the crucifixion wounds of Later prints after paintings by Mellon Bruce Fund. ton, Rosenwald Collection.
Christ, which the friar bore for Federico Barocci and Peter Paul
the remaining two years of his Rubens incorporate specific
life. Francis’s mystical union visual details of the event based
and unprecedented stigmatiza- on accounts published in I Fio-
tion on La Verna was a critical retti di San Francesco and its
event in Western spirituality appended Considerazione,
and proved to be the effective translated into Italian in 1477.
birth of modern monasticism. La Although the majority of works
Verna is an active monastery feature Saint Francis receiving
today and is the second most the stigmata at La Verna, the
holy site for the Franciscan exhibition also includes a range
Order after Assisi. of Franciscan iconographic
themes popular in the Counter-
Organized by the National Reformation.
Gallery of Art and curated by The National Gallery of Art
Ginger Hammer, assistant cura- and its sculpture garden on the
tor, department of Old Master National Mall between 3rd and
prints, the exhibition includes 9th Streets at Constitution Ave-
the two first-edition copies of the nue NW are free and open to the
Descrizione del Sacro Monte public. For additional informa-
della Vernia, acquired by the tion, www.nga.gov or 202-737-
4215.

Rome’s Lasting Artistic
Appeal Examined

LIEGE, BELGIUM — In culture through clearly-defined
partnership with the Musée du sections: “Discovering Antiqui-
Louvre, La Boverie provides ty,” “Copying the Renaissance,”
insights into European artists “Catholic Rome,” “Brigands, an
working in Rome through, artistic phenomenon,” “The
“Viva Roma!.” Featuring 150 Forum’s obsession,” “The melt-
works from 50 international ing pot of the Medici Villa,”
institutions, the exhibition “The people of Rome,” “The
explores Rome as a point of light of Rome” and “The Nea-
influence and convergence for politan excursion.”
European artists from the Six-
teenth to the Twenty-First Institutions loaning works to
Centuries. the exhibition include the Yale
Center for British Art, the
Foreign artists in Rome drew Getty Museum in Los Angeles,
inspiration from antiquity and the Fine Arts Museums of San
Italian artists whose works Francisco and the Musée du
they copied. They developed Louvre, among many others.
friendships, spent time togeth- “Viva Roma!” continues
er and frequented the same through August 26.
inns, often sharing the same
lessons and painting the same La Boverie is at Parc de la
places and models. “Viva Boverie 3. For information,
Roma!” explores this shared www.laboverie.com or 32-4-
238-55-01.

“The Forum, Rome” by Robert Macpherson, oil on canvas,
32¼ by 43¼ inches, Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum,
Stirling, Scotland

46 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — May 4, 2018

Brilliant Period Cut Glass Collections
Shimmer At Woody Auction May 12
ST LOUIS, MO. — Several
Scarce brilliant period cut collections of brilliant period Brilliant period cut glass pedestal cres-
glass vase in the Rose Dia- cut glass featuring many rare, cent vase, signed Libbey in the Herring-
mond pattern by Meriden, beautiful and stunning pieces bone pattern, with a large scalloped pet-
11¾ inches tall, with a hob- will come up for bid on Satur- ticoat hobstar foot, 12½ inches tall, is the
star base and step-cut neck, day, May 12, when Woody Auc- largest size in one of the rarest shapes.
of exceptional quality. tion holds a major public auc-
tion at the Crowne Plaza St
Louis Airport Hotel, 11228 Brilliant period cut glass round pattern tray,
Lone Eagle Drive, starting 11 inches in diameter, signed Hawkes in the
promptly at 9:30 am. Panel pattern.

“This auction is the continua- exceptionally rare vases each in one of the rarest shapes. Pairpoint, with double notched
tion of the Bill Chandler collec- stand 11¾ inches tall. Authentic American brilliant handle, hobstar base, Gorham
tion, boasting many important #S130 sterling spout and collar
pieces, and will also include Another star lot in the vase period cut glass round pattern and quality blank. The pitcher
the addition of the Stanley and category promises to be the trays will be offered in abun- stands 10¾ inches tall.
Ruth Gotliffe collection out of rare and colorful 10-inch-tall dance, with many having
New Jersey,” said Jason Woody BPCG turquoise cut to clear exquisite blanks and cutting. Other highlight lots will
of Woody Auction, based in vase with crosscut diamond, Lots will include an 11-inch include a BPCG ice cream set
Douglass, Kan. “We believe strawberry diamond and fan tray, signed Hawkes in the in the Star pattern by Meriden,
attendees will be surprised and motif and scalloped hobstar Panel pattern; an 11¾ inch with a 14¾-inch-round tray
wowed by the amount of quali- foot. tray in the Waldorf pattern by and eight 7-inch plates; a
ty color cut to clear glass. Many Clark (aka the Quatrefoil & scarce BPCG banana bowl,
large pattern trays will also be Other vases of interest will Rosette pattern); and a 10-inch signed Libbey in the Marcella
offered.” include a scarce example in tray, signed Hawkes, in the pattern, one of the great rari-
the Rose Diamond pattern by Lattice and Rosette pattern. ties; and an equally hard-to-
As with all sales held by Meriden, 11¾ inches tall with find bowl in the Imperial pat-
Woody Auction, every item will a hobstar base and step-cut BCPG pitchers will be high- tern by Hawkes, measuring 4
be sold to the highest bidder, neck, of exceptional quality; lighted by a rare water pitcher inches by 9¼ inches.
without reserve. and a BPCG pedestal crescent of high quality in the Panel
vase, signed Libbey in the pattern by Hawkes, with a tri- A preview will be held at the
An example of the overall Herringbone pattern, with a ple notched handle and hob- venue on Friday afternoon,
quality of the catalog can be large scalloped petticoat hob- star base, 10¼ inches in height; May 11, from 2 to 6 pm. For
seen in a pair of brilliant peri- star foot. The vase, at 12½ and a cranberry cut to clear information, 316-747-2694 or
od cut glass (BPCG) vases by inches tall, is the largest size pitcher in the Savoy pattern by www.woodyauction.com.
Dorflinger — one cranberry
and one green, both cut to clear
— in an unnamed but gorgeous
pattern featuring engraved flo-
ral with hobstar, vesical and
nailhead diamond highlights.
The pattern of the vases match
exactly a vase featured in the
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
presented to the museum by
Dorflinger & Sons in 1903. The

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Brandywine River Museum
Looks Way Back At Weymouth’s Work

CHADDS FORD, PENN. — The Brandywine to the luminous, highly detailed temperas of his
River Museum of Art is presenting “The Way later career.
Back: The Paintings of Mentored by his friend
George A. Weymouth,” an Andrew Wyeth, Weymouth
exhibition of Weymouth’s worked in both watercolor
artistic career that exam- and egg tempera for the rest
ines his contribution to of his career to create
American painting, through insightful portraits and
June 3. haunting, hushed landscapes
Weymouth (1936–2016) that spoke eloquently of his
was perhaps best known for passionate love of nature.
his philanthropic endeavors, The exhibition also
in particular as one of the includes several pencil and
founders and longtime chair- watercolor studies Wey-
man of the Brandywine Con- mouth did in preparation for
servancy & Museum of Art. his tempera paintings. These
Curated by guest curator rarely seen works provide an
Joseph J. Rishel, “The Way understanding of Wey-
Back” will feature 65 of Wey- mouth’s eye and his artistic
mouth’s works that demon- process.
strate the breadth of the art- The Brandywine River
ist’s work across many Museum of Art is at 1 Hoff-
mediums, from the loose “Gathering Storm” by George A. Wey- man’s Mill Road. For further
energetic style and mono- mouth, 1964, tempera on panel, 23¾ information, www.brandy-
chromatic palette of his by 22 inches. Patricia W. Hobbs. winemuseum.org or 610-
early oils made in the 1950s ©George A. Weymouth 388-2700.

May 4, 2018 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — 47

Three Tibetan bronzes, Nineteenth/Twentieth Century, Among a selection of early continental fur- The Tiffany & Co. bib-style scarab necklace
realized $2,640. niture, this a pair of late Eighteenth Centu- and three similar earrings were purchased
ry two-drawer stands attained $4,200. for $19,200, and are entering the company’s
archives.
Auction Action In Plainville, Conn.

Winter Associates Gipstein Estate Part II —

Scarab Necklace Acquired By
Tiffany & Co. For Its Archives
PLAINVILLE, CONN. — $19,200.
Further selections from the Gipstein, who was active George H. Clements (American, 1854–1935), Bahamian har-
New London, Conn., estate of bor scene, watercolor and graphite, earned $4,200.
Edith “Fuzzy” Gipstein were with the Lyman Allyn Art
offered at a March 26 auction Museum and the Lawrence of early continental furniture, stones found a buyer for
at Winter Associates, including and Memorial Hospital, col- including a pair of late Eigh- $2,880.
a scarab necklace marked Tif- lected art and antiquities from teenth Century two drawer
fany & Co. accompanied by a around the world, and includ- stands that also attained Three Tibetan bronzes, Nine-
1992 appraisal on Tiffany let- ed in this sale were many $4,200. teenth/Twentieth Century,
terhead. The Egyptian- Eighteenth and Nineteenth realized $2,640.
inspired piece is 18K and con- Century paintings depicting Among Asian lots, a Chinese
tains a variety of colorful Italian and Greek ruins, and a Qing dynasty hairpin and two Prices reported include the
semiprecious stones. collection of Asian decorative fingernail covers with pearls, buyer’s premium. For more
arts and jewelry. enamel and semi-precious information, 860-793-0288 or
The bib-style scarab necklace www.auctionsappraisers.com.
and three similar earrings A fine art highlight was a
were purchased by Tiffany & George H. Clements (Ameri-
Co. for its archives, achieving can, 1854–1935) watercolor
Asian lots were led by a Chi- and graphite, 1922, a Bahami-
nese Qing dynasty hairpin an harbor scene that earned
and two fingernail covers $4,200. Clements was an artist
with pearls, enamel and semi- who worked in watercolor and
precious stones at $2,880. oil and created many charming
landscapes of the South.

The sale featured a selection

Auction Action In New York City

Delaney, White & Woodruff Set Records At Swann Galleries
NEW YORK CITY — Swann brought a record for Beauford Norman Lewis Painting Sells for $725,000
Galleries conducted its highest- Delaney at $557,000, well above
grossing auction to date on April the high estimate of $250,000. Jacob Lawrence, “19. Ten- Norman Lewis, untitled, oil on canvas, 1956, sold for
5, totaling $4.5 million — more Untitled (Village Street Scene), sion on the High Seas,” tem- $725,000.
than $1 million over the high 1948, is a thickly impastoed oil pera on board, 1956, fin-
estimate of the sale. The 160 painting of one of Delaney’s pre- ished at $413,000. achieved throughout the auction. $118,750. Records were also set
works that made up the offering ferred subjects: the bustling the series that was intended to Highlights included $93,750 for for Camille Billops, May Howard
of African American fine art rep- streets of Greenwich Village in chronicle the history of the Unit- Ed Clark’s significant untitled Jackson, Louise Jefferson, Wil-
resented auction debuts, recent Manhattan. It was purchased by ed States from 1776 to 1817. It abstract canvas, which went to a liam Majors, Richard Mayhew,
rediscoveries and masterpieces an institution. was purchased by a collector for collector, and $245,000 for “Pri- Robert Neal, Merton Simpson,
from some of the most influential $413,000, more than four times mordial Landscape,” 1967, a Vincent D. Smith and Hartwell
movements of the Twentieth Charles White’s inspiring life- its high estimate. Nearly all postwar abstraction by Hale Yeargans.
Century. Of the nine lots that size charcoal drawing “O Free- works by Lawrence offered in the Woodruff, double its high esti-
exceeded $100,000, four were dom,” 1956, had not been seen sale found buyers, including a mate. Nigel Freeman, director of Afri-
new artist records and a further publicly in more than 60 years pen and ink drawing of “A Negro can American fine art at Swann
two represented the second-high- before the auction’s preview. It Woman,” 1958, which sold for Two important works by Wil- Galleries, said he was pleased
est price achieved by that artist. quickly surpassed its high esti- $8,125. liam H. Johnson, “Jitterbugs II” with the sale. He said, “We are
mate of $300,000, selling to a bid- and “III,” circa 1941, set consecu- just beginning to see the poten-
An untitled abstract painting of der on the phone for $509,000, a The second oil painting by Eliz- tive records for the artist. Nei- tial of the African American fine
a city scene by Norman Lewis led record for the artist. abeth Catlett ever to come to ther work had ever appeared at art market,” he said.
the sale, finishing to applause at auction, “Head of a Woman auction and few prints are
$725,000, above a high estimate One of the most exciting pieces (Woman),” 1942–44, dates from known of either. “Jitterbugs II” Prices, with buyer’s premium,
of $250,000. It was the second- in the sale was a recently redis- the artist’s early period in New quickly surpassed its high esti- as reported by the auction house.
highest price ever paid for a work covered canvas from Jacob Law- York. It was purchased by an mate of $40,000, selling to a col-
by the Abstract Expressionist; rence’s important series, “Strug- institution for $209,000, the sec- lector for $112,500, briefly a The next auction of African
that record, $965,000, was set by gle…From the History of the ond-highest price paid for a work record, before “Jitterbugs III,” at American fine art at Swann will
Swann in December 2015. American People.” The work, “19. by Catlett, above a high estimate the same estimate, peaked at be conducted October 4. For
Tension on the High Seas,” was of $120,000. information, 212-254-4710 or
Another abstracted city scene one of five missing panels from www.swanngalleries.com.
Additional records were
Charles White, “O Freedom,” charcoal with crayon and
wash, 1956, realized $509,000, a record for the artist.

48 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — May 4, 2018

‘Isamu Noguchi: Inside And Out’ At San Francisco International Airport

SAN FRANCISCO — The chi: Inside and Out,” traces a “Inside and Out” features pieces in the exterior environ- work in cut and folded bronze
American sculptor Isamu recurring impulse in his work two installations representing ment, made from the same plate designed to play off of
Noguchi is one of the essential — an irresistible compulsion interior and exterior land- material as guardrails and the perceived preciousness
visionaries of the Twentieth to make three-dimensional scapes. They are drawn from lampposts, were conceived as and self-seriousness of bronze
Century. Working across a sculptures from two-dimen- Noguchi’s last two forays in a series of editions to answer sculpture.
wide range of disciplines with sional materials. On view, pre- sheet metal kirigami (cutting the great demand for outdoor
a deep sense of social purpose security, in the International and folding), combined with sculpture by him with works All objects are from the
for more than six decades, the Terminal Main Hall depar- his most successful and ubiq- that are, like Akari, relatively Isamu Noguchi Foundation
artist developed a uniquely tures lobby at San Francisco uitous expansion of the prac- lightweight, inexpensive, play- and Garden Museum in
open-ended, inclusive and for- International Airport, the tice of sculpture — his electri- ful and unpretentious. In the Queens, N.Y.
ward-looking perspective on exhibition continues through fied paper and bamboo Akari interior environment, a crowd
global culture. “Isamu Nogu- January 6. lanterns. The galvanized steel of Akari join a related body of For additional information,
www.flysfo.com/museum/exhi-
bitions.

Auction Action In New Orleans

Artist Records Broken & Rebroken At Neal’s Auction
Alexander John Drysdale Bayou Paintings Sells For Record-Breaking $304,500

NEW ORLEANS — Neal Auc- ied collection of Florida paint- New Orleans artist Alexander the plantation into a creative the United States.
tion Company’s March 24 and ings from the Estate of Faith K. John Drysdale (1870–1934). haven for artists and writers. It Against staunch competition
25 estate auction achieved Tiberio, St Augustine, Fla.; and The oil painting, which depicts was in this environment that
excellent results for fine art, modernist furnishings from a a Louisiana bayou scene with Hunter, who began working at from four telephone bidders
furniture and decorative arts. renowned Baton Rouge collec- live oaks, cypress trees and a Melrose as a laborer at the age and the salesroom floor, a Her-
The sale featured notable col- tion; among other distinguished small cabin, measures 47 by 71 of 15, developed her distinctive mann Herzog (German Ameri-
lections, including a private private and estate consign- inches. Estimated at painting style. can, 1832–1932) painting of a
family collection of three ments. $30/50,000, the Drysdale paint- home in St Augustine, Fla., sold
extremely rare and important ing soared to a record-breaking Hunter’s monumental paint- to an absentee bidder for
Clementine Hunter murals Neal featured one of the larg- $304,500, selling to a local col- ings, “The Annunciation and $50,000. Along with many other
from Melrose Plantation; a var- est and most important works lector bidding on the telephone the Adoration of the Wise Men,” Florida works, including those
to appear at auction by the against five other phone bid- “Harvesting Gourds near the by Louis Charles Vogt, George
African House and Wash Day Washington Seavey, William
ders. The previous auction near the Ghana House, Melrose Krondorf, Nunzio Vayana, Irene
record for a work by the artist Plantation” and “The Cotton Stry and Harold Sleichter Etter
was set by Neal Auction in June Crucifixion,” include a rich and that set world record auction
2011 with an 18-by-30-inch oil complex iconography. Original- prices in the auction, the Her-
titled “Dawn along the Bayou,” ly sold as a part of the Melrose zog painting came to Neal Auc-
which sold for $44,220. Plantation auction in 1970, the tion Company from the estate
Three rare and important location of the murals was of Faith K. Tiberio, in St Augus-
murals of Louisiana artist Cle- unknown for almost half a cen- tine, Florida. Tiberio and her
mentine Hunter (1886–1988) tury until their recent reap- husband were longtime collec-
were also highlights of the auc- pearance at Neal Auction Com- tors of Florida paintings.
tion. They were painted early in pany. Against considerable
the artist’s career for the walls telephone, absentee and floor An oil on canvas, “Three
of Melrose Plantation in interest, the Hunter murals Flames a Charm,” by Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA. Built by free sold for $70,150, $25,620 and artist George Rodrigue (1944–
people of color during the early $47,580, respectively, creating 2013) features the iconic Blue
Nineteenth Century, Melrose new record prices for works by Dog, selling for $32,940 to a
was purchased in 1884 by the artist at auction. All three telephone bidder amid much
Joseph Henry, whose daughter- of Hunter’s Melrose murals will competition from the Internet,
in-law Cammie transformed go to public institutions within the saleroom floor and other
telephone bids.
Alexander John Drysdale (1870–1934), “Monumental Louisi- Hermann Ottomar Herzog (1832–1932) “St Augustine House
ana Bayou with Live Oaks, Cypress and Cabin,” 1929, oil on with Palm Tree,” oil on canvas, 14¼ by 18 inches doubled its “Old Gate in Hypolita Street,
board, 47 by 71 inches, sold at ten times its $30,000 low esti- high estimate when it sold at $50,000. St Augustine, Fla.,” an 1889 oil
mate, when it realized $304,500. by Frank Henry Shapleigh
Clementine Hunter (1886–1988), “The Annunciation and the (1842–1906) from the Tiberio
Adoration of the Wise Men,” 1957, oil on board, 48 by 78 estate in St Augustine sold well
inches, was estimated at $20/30,000, but ended up at $70,150. above its $10/15,000 estimate,
realizing $26,840.
Hunt Slonem (b 1951), “Casino,” oil on canvas, 78 by 96 inch- George Rodrigue (1944–2013), “Three Flames a Charm,”
es, set a record for the artist when it sold at $23,125. 1992, oil on canvas, 16 by 20 inches, sold at $32,940. “The Shadow” by New
Orleans artist Clarence Millet
(1897–1959), which depicts a
long, sharp shadow within the
courtyard of the Governor
Claiborne House at 268 Tou-
louse Street in New Orleans,
where the artist had his stu-
dio, sold well at $26,840.

Two monumental paintings
by New York/Louisiana artist
Hunt Slonem (b 1951) set a
new auction record for the art-
ist and then set it again. “Pri-
mary Butterflys” generated a
flurry of interest when eight
telephone bidders, bidders on
the floor and two substantial
absentee bids vied for the lot,
which sold for $21,960, break-
ing the standing artist record.
Then “Casino,” 78 by 96 inch-
es, followed and broke the
“Primary Butterflys” record by
achieving $23,125, establish-
ing a new record price for the
artist at auction.

Rounding out the top lots
was a circa 1928 Paul Frankl
“Skyscraper” bookcase, which
sold for $22,500, more than
double its $10,000 low auction
estimate; and an 1817 map by
the Nineteenth Century New
Orleans surveyor Jacques
Tanesse, titled “Plan of the
City and Suburbs of New
Orleans from an Actual Sur-
vey made in 1815 by J. Tan-
esse, City Surveyor,” sold well
at $18,300.

Prices given include the buy-
er’s premium and all applica-
ble surcharges. For further
information, 504-899-5329 or
www.nealauction.com.

May 4, 2018 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — 49

Exhibition Explores Artistic Relationship
Between Renoir Father And Son
PHILADELPHIA — Pre- from Jean’s films, the exhibi-
miering May 6 at the Barnes Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841– tion explores how each experi- Paginated by don
Foundation — home to the 1919), “Jean as a Huntsman mented with new modes of P:\A&A Ads\5-4-18\peter avrea
world’s largest collection of (Jean en chasseur),” 1910, oil image-making and expression. 1 x 3 indd.
paintings by Pierre-Auguste on canvas, 68 by 35 inches. Also on view will be Jean picked up from 1-26-18
Renoir — is an exhibition Los Angeles County Museum Renoir’s unpublished note- email proof to:
examining the artistic of Art, Los Angeles, gift books as well as his pottery, a
exchange between the impres- through the generosity of the largely unknown facet of the [email protected]
sionist painter and his son, late Jean Renoir and Barnes collection. Dr Albert C. Still frame of the film Picnic onanthdecGc rBaasrsb(Le Déjeuner sur
filmmaker Jean Renoir. Madame Dido Renoir. Barnes assembled the largest l’herbe) (1959), directed by Jean Renoir (1894–1979). The
“Renoir: Father and Son/ larly serving as Pierre- holding of Jean Renoir pottery actress Catherine Rouvel (as Nénette) Le Déjeuner sur
Painting and Cinema” brings Auguste Renoir’s model and in the world (40 pieces) in the l’herbe ©1959 Studiocanal.
together more than 120 works, witnessing the development of early 1920s, and this exhibi-
including paintings, drawings, his father’s late manner at the tion will provide an opportu- nia, Los Angeles, as well as
ceramics, films, costumes, pho- beginning of the Twentieth nity to display a significant from the Cinémathèque fran-
tographs and posters — many Century, profoundly shaped portion of this collection for çaise; seven movie posters
never before shown in the his career and filmmaking. the first time. from Jean Renoir’s films,
United States — for an illumi- Jean once wrote: “I have spent drawn from the collection of
nating exploration of Pierre- my life trying to determine Exhibition highlights include Martin Scorsese; and nearly
Auguste’s role in his son’s oeu- the extent of the influence of more than 20 film clips, 30 of Jean Renoir’s letters,
vre and the relationship my father upon me.” Framed including selections from Jean books, magazines and pieces
between painting and cinema. within a rich dialogue between Renoir’s films Nana (1926); of ephemera.
father and son, this exhibition Partie de campagne (A Day in
The exhibition is curated by draws attention to Jean’s rela- the Country) (1936/1946); La The exhibition is on view in
Sylvie Patry, consulting cura- tionship to Pierre-Auguste’s Règle de jeu (The Rules of the the Barnes Foundation’s Rob-
tor at the Barnes and chief artistic world, his perspective Game) (1939) and others. erts Gallery to September 3.
curator/deputy director for on his father’s work and the The Barnes is the exhibition’s
curatorial affairs and collec- portrayal of painters and the More than 20 paintings and sole US venue. The show will
tions at the Musée d’Orsay, creative process in his films. works on paper by Pierre- travel to the Musée d’Orsay,
and is organized in collabora- Auguste Renoir and other Paris, where it will be on view
tion with the Musées d’Orsay By installing Pierre- Nineteenth Century French November 5–January 27.
and de l’Orangerie, and with Auguste’s work alongside clips artists will be shown, includ-
the participation of La Ciné- ing such major loans as The Barnes Foundation is at
mathèque française. Renoir’s “The Swing (La Bal- 2025 Benjamin Franklin Park-
ançoire”) from the Musée way. For more information,
Acclaimed director Jean d’Orsay — which was included www.barnesfoundation.org or
Renoir (1894–1979) is perhaps in the impressionist exhibi- 215-278-7000.
best known for such films as tion of 1877 in Paris and has
La Grande illusion (The Grand not been exhibited on the east
Illusion) (1937), Partie de coast of the United States
campagne (A Day in the Coun- since 1986; “Jean as a Hunts-
try) (shot in 1936, released in man” (1910) from the Los
1946) and La Règle du jeu Angeles County Museum of
(The Rules of the Game) Art; and “Jean Renoir Sewing”
(1939), all of which are consid- (1899–1900) from the Art
ered milestones in the history Institute of Chicago.
of Twentieth Century art.
Jean Renoir embraced cinema Additional highlights include
as a genuine form of artistic five costumes designed by
expression. In Jean’s films, as Jean Renoir for his films,
in his father’s paintings, the which often echo color and
sense of informality or feeling form notable in the paintings
of improvisation was in fact of his father; more than 60
the result of an exacting and modern reproductions of
deliberate approach. archival photographs mostly
from the Jean Renoir archives
Jean’s background, particu- at the University of Califor-

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Unveiled At Israel Museum
JERUSALEM — To mark the Dead Sea Scrolls. scrolls through a fascinating
70th anniversary of the discov- “The Faces behind the Scrolls” chain of events involving dis-
ery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the covery, deciphering, photo-
Israel Museum has unveiled a is at the museum with no clos- graphing and dramatic acqui-
section of the Genesis Apocry- ing date. The exhibition sition?
phon, one of the seven scrolls explores the lives of the Bed- Photographs, personal
discovered in a cave near Qum- ouin shepherds who first ephemera and a recording of
ran in 1947. It will be on view uncovered four of the seven the men describing their
through June 16. Dead Sea Scrolls. incredible discovery in their
own words, shed light on one of
Dated to the late first century The four scrolls — The Great the greatest archaeological
BCE, it is the only existing Isaiah Scroll, Community Rule finds of the Twentieth Century.
copy of the Genesis 6-15 manu- Scroll, Commentary on Habak- The Israel Museum is at
script and offers a rare oppor- kuk Scroll and the Genesis Derech Ruppin. For further
tunity to read a previously Apocryphon — underwent a information, www.imj.org.il or
unseen version of Noah’s sacri- long journey from their 1947 +972 2-670-8811.
fices in the Bible. “Genesis discovery by Bedouin shep-
Retold” is on view in conjunc- herds in the Qumran caves to
tion with a second exhibition their display in the Shrine of
also commemorating the anni- the Book. Who were the people
versary of the discovery of the whose lives became entwined
with these 2,000-year-old

Genesis Apocryphon, Dead Sea Scroll, unveiled to com-
memorate its discovery 70 years ago.

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Green hostess dress, labeled “A. Félix From left, boy’s suit, unknown maker, circa 1860; rust brown and black dress, unknown
Breveté / 15. Faub. St. Honoré Paris,” maker, circa 1853; man’s suit courtesy of The Costumer, Schenectady, N.Y.; girl’s red and
circa 1889. Wool and silk with silk green plaid dress, unknown maker, 1855–65; child’s plaid dress, unknown maker, 1840–50;
satin ribbon. and green and white striped dress, unknown maker, 1853–57, silk with fringe. The table is
Blue dress with velvet panel,
labeled “Mme Amédée Fran- Well-Dressedby Hertz and Lehmann, Albany, N.Y., circa 1862.
çois / Robes & Confections /
76, Rue Truve des Petits In Victorian Albany
Champs,” circa 1889. Silk
with silk velvet, lace. Gift
of Eliza Ten Eyck Pruyn
Robinson from the
estate of Margaret
and Foster Pruyn.

19th Century Fashion From The Albany Institute Collection

( continued from page 1C ) ple reached Paris, Mary went shopping. minous leg-of-mutton sleeves measuring 60 inches
ing Elliott, Will H. Low and Elihu Vedder accompa- Like other wealthy Americans, she patron- in circumference. A lace-covered frothy creation by
ny the presentation. Walter Launt Palmer’s 1892 ized the foremost French fashion houses. As a Callot Soeurs was worn around 1895 by Martha
masterpiece “Autumn Morning —Mist Clearing young matron moving in society, Mary needed a Innis Young (1856–1946), a fixture of Poughkeepsie,
Away,” a first-prize winner at the World’s Columbian wardrobe appropriate to her lifestyle in Newport, N.Y., society.
Exposition, enhances the golden tones of the dresses New York City, Saratoga Springs and Albany.
selected to represent the mid-1890s. An armchair by She acquired two outfits from Worth & Bobergh, The unlabeled garments on view are not to be out-
Léon Marcotte, a rosewood Rococo Revival parlor an establishment founded in Paris by the English done by their known French and New York City
suite and a Renaissance Revival pier mirror enhance designer Charles Frederick Worth and his Swedish counterparts. One of the most sophisticated cre-
the settings. A Walter Launt Palmer painting of Ven- business partner, Otto Bobergh. One was a charm- ations in the exhibition was worn by Katharine Liv-
ice was enlarged as a wall graphic, setting the stage ing Louis XVI-style walking suit in a tasteful com- ingston Stuyvesant (1844–1891) on April 9, 1874, at
for a Grand Tour scene complete with an 1890s Louis bination of brown silk taffeta and gray silk faille. her wedding to Francis Reed Butler in Hyde Park,
Vuitton trunk bearing the initials of Mary DeCamp The other was a pale blue silk afternoon dress deco- N.Y. A few years later, the dress was altered to its
Corning. rated with bias-cut, shirred ruffles arranged in scal- current state, a dinner dress with the addition of
lops around the hem. From Emile Pingat, another brocade panels and rows of satin pleats stitched
A small gallery has been outfitted as a mid-Nine- Parisian couturier favored by Americans, Mary pur- diagonally along the bottom of the skirt and train.
teenth Century parlor decorated for Christmas, a chased a showstopping coral-pink silk ball gown
scene inspired by an engraving of Queen Victoria, trimmed with beads and pearls. An elegant ivory wool walking suit of 1901 looks
Prince Albert and their children at Windsor Castle. During this period, Mary also bought dresses from deceptively simple in construction. The jacket was
The engraving appeared in the 1848 London Illus- French dressmakers working in New York City, designed to puff out over the waist in a “pigeon
trated News. The three children’s mannequins in including two ensembles by Marie and Josephine breast” shape and the decorative top-stitching is
this gallery wear outfits featuring plaid fabrics, a Virfolet. Mary made a grand entrance and exit sophisticated in design and technique.
fashion trend inspired by Queen Victoria’s 1851 pur- wearing a celestial blue and cream silk ball gown at
chase of Balmoral Castle, her retreat in the Scottish “the Ball Father and Mother gave me in February The six wedding gowns in the exhibition, which
Highlands. The most striking of the three garments 1867.” The Virfolet sisters, skilled in garment con- range from the 1840s to the 1890s, are set against
in this scene is a hand-stitched, two-piece kilted suit struction and ornamentation, also created for Mary backdrops of enlarged period fashion plates from
worn around 1860 by William Bayard Van Rensse- a magnificent raspberry-colored ribbed silk dress publications such as Godey’s Ladies’ Book and La
laer (1856–1909) of Albany. accented with white glass seed beads. The shocking Mode Illustrée. A claret-colored wedding gown and a
vibrancy of the color was possible because a decade green wedding gown reinforce the notion that dur-
In a vignette representing a Civil War parlor, an earlier English chemist William Henry Perkins ing this period a woman sometimes wore her Sun-
oval framed wreath made of hair hangs behind a invented the first aniline dye, which transformed day best for the ceremony. It was Queen Victoria
boldly striped lilac and black dress denoting half- the history of color in fashion. This dress is deco- who popularized the idea of white as a fashionable
mourning. This dress was made of a silk fabric rated with white satin and magenta-colored ribbed color choice for a wedding gown.
woven in wide bands of faille and satin to absorb and silk, making it stunning from any angle.
reflect light. The width of the skirt was supported by Two other dresses worn by Mary Corning repre- Garments like the ones in this exhibition survived
a steel-cage crinoline and the pagoda-shaped sleeves sent the 1870s. They are a gray-blue visiting dress because of their sentimental associations, their aes-
are edged on the inside with a pleated black silk rib- labeled by the House of Worth and a walking dress thetic beauty and sometimes by chance, because
bon. edged with deep fringe made in New York City by they were put away and forgotten. Walking through
Maison Frédériqua. Mary may have seen a small the galleries provides many revelations. The waist
Other fashion highlights include seven ensembles advertisement in The New York Times that stated sizes — which measure from 19 to 26 inches —
owned by the fashion-conscious Mary Augusta Green that Madame A.P. Provot of Maison Frédériqua remind us of the restrictive undergarments of the
De Camp Corning (1843–1935), wife of Edwin Weld “informs her customers and ladies in general that era. We see, too, the brilliance of technique: how fab-
Corning (1836–1871). The couple married in Sarato- she has just returned from Paris with the latest ric can be ruched, pleated, gathered, embellished
ga Springs in 1866 and embarked on a European Styles and Novelties for Dresses.” and manipulated into sculptural silhouettes. The
tour. Their trip was probably financed by the groom’s The exhibition showcases dresses made by other black and white world of Victorian photographs
father, Erastus Corning I, who gave the young bride leading Paris fashion houses of the day, including becomes one of lush amethyst velvet, royal-blue taf-
a check for $20,000 as a wedding gift. When the cou- two by the House of Felix. A sensational yellow and feta, cranberry silk and emerald-green velveteen.
brown plaid example by Ernest Raudnitz has volu-
The Albany Institute of History and Art is at 125
Washington Avenue. For information, 518-463-4478
or www.albanyinstitute.org.

Diane Shewchuk is curator, Albany Institute of
History and Art.

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Detail, pink evening dress, unknown
maker, circa 1853. Silk taffeta, silk
brocade and lace trim.

Orange and cranberry A pair of dinner dresses. Left, with brocade panels, dress by unknown maker,
dress, labeled “Miss 1877–78. Right, dress with pearls and lace, labeled “Mrs. E. Brenen / Robes / 119
Kate Strack / No. 321 W. W. 20th St. N.Y.,” 1877–78. The girandole mirror is probably by an Albany, N.Y.,
45th St. N.Y.,” circa 1887. maker and dates to 1810–20. The mahogany sideboard with satinwood veneer
Silk and silk velvet. and inlays was made around 1790. Above it, “Still Life: Fruit in a Classical Set-
ting” by John Vanderlyn Jr (1805–1876), 1854–58, oil on canvas.

Black and lilac dress,
unknown maker, circa
1862. Silk faille and
satin. Gift of Frank W.
Fiske.

Boy’s suit, unknown Left, smoky-rose dress, 1898-99, and, right, violet and white dress, circa
maker, circa 1860. Silk 1899, makers unknown. Foreground, back of raspberry dress with white
blend with metal buckles. beads by Marie and Josephine Virfolet, New York City, 1867. Rear, “The
Gift of William Bayard
Van Rensselaer. Terrace Walls” by Will Hicok Low (1853–1932), 1901, oil on canvas.
Pearl-satin wedding dress, unknown maker, 1842–43. Embroidered
Smoky-rose dress, silk damask, cotton. Gift of Eliza Ives Raymond and Dora R. Haight.
unknown maker,
1898–99. Silk crepe, Green bodice and black skirt, unknown maker, circa 1895,
silk taffeta with and a brown and plaid day ensemble, labeled “Ernest Raud-
velvet ribbon and nitz / 23. Rue Louis le Grand. 23 / Paris,” circa 1895.
lace trim. Gift of Unless otherwise noted, all costumes, paintings and furni-
Isabel Munroe ture are from the collections of the Albany Institute of Histo-
O’Brien. ry and Art. Photos by Michael Fredericks and Allison Mun-
sell Napierski, courtesy Albany Institute of History and Art.
Detail, walking dress with deep-fringe trim, labeled “Mm.
Frédériqua / 15 East 17th Street / New-York,” circa 1877–78.
Wool novelty weave fabric, silk taffeta, cotton velvet, silk
fringe and trim. Gift of the estate of Maurice Moore, in mem-
ory of his wife, Mary DeCamp Banks Moore.

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