Innholdsfortegnelse for January-February 2024/ No. 73 i American Fine Art Magazine

Maine’s rugged scenery and self-sufficient, straightforward people have inspired artists for centuries. These characteristics have also attracted many urban dwellers (and their impressive art collections) to the state. As a result, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries is perfectly situated to discover important art and present it to the world marketplace. For over 50 years, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ owner and auctioneer KajaVeilleux has uncovered many remarkable American art treasures. “Finding a rare piece is exhilarating, but I equally enjoy helping people appreciate the history and assist in the preservation of their items. Our emphasis on personal service and providing knowledge builds trust and helps clients make informed Thomaston Place Auction Galleries is Maine’s premier auction and appraisal resource, and an internationally known purveyor of art and antiques. In 2024, they will…

Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers is a full-service fine art and antiques auction firm led by a respected team of experienced industry professionals and certified appraisers. Be it a single luxury item or an entire estate collection, Selkirk’s trained specialists provide clients with first-class property evaluations and an international stage for marketing and salability. As Missouri’s leading firm of fine and decorative art auctions and appraisals, Selkirk captivates the regional and global markets by raising industry standards through the aspirational powers of art and object. From Selkirk’s downtown St. Louis beginnings in 1830 until now, location has played a vital role in the legacy of the firm. The Selkirk Gallery is housed in the venerable and rare 1876 Victorian facade of cast iron, originally known as the Finney Building. The combined…

February 27, 2024 Freeman’s 2400 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 t: (215) 563-9275 www.freemansauction.com This February, Freeman’s will host the sale What Do You See? The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, a single-owner sale that brings many works to the public for the first time in more than 40 years. The sale comprises an exceptional collection of 19th- and 20th-century fine art from artists across the world, with many prominent Americans like Milton Avery, Marsden Hartley, Maurice Prendergast andWilliam Glackens. “Sid Rothberg was known for his expert eye and impeccable taste,” says Alasdair Nichol, Freeman’s chairman and director of fine art. “He was a familiar presence in the auction world over several decades. A lifelong Philadelphian, Sid regularly attended Freeman’s auctions, and we are incredibly honored, after all these years, to…

Across two auctions held by Sotheby’s on November 8 and 9, 2023, Emily Fisher Landau’s dynamic collection of modern and contemporary art achieved $424.7 million, making history and bolstering confidence in the market along the way. Pablo Picasso’s 1932 Femme à la Montre led the 31-lot white-glove evening sale, achieving $139 million, a hefty 34 percent of the sale’s $406.4 million, a total that established it as the most valuable collection devoted to a woman collector in auction history. The Picasso, a portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter, often referred to as the artist’s “golden muse” and with whom the artist had a daughter, became the second-highest price ever achieved for the artist at auction and the most valuable work of art sold at auction that year. The following afternoon, an additional…

January 15-March 1, 2024 A.J. Kollar Fine Paintings By Appointment Seattle, WA (206) 323-2156 www.ajkollar.com During a 35-year period, Seattle-based gallery A.J. Kollar Fine Paintings acquired works by Charles M. Russell (1864-1926) for a prominent client who was interested in Russell’s authentic depictions of the West. After many years enjoying the works, the collector is now parting with the pieces, which will be featured in a show starting January 15. “We started this collection more than 35 years ago, and as each piece came in it was amazing to see again and again how good of a draughtsperson Russell was,” gallery owner Allan Kollar says. “The collection is made up of pen-and-ink drawings, some with watercolor, and the detail he was able to capture is incredible. He was an insightful…

Through February 18, 2024 Brandywine Museum of Art 1 Hoffmans Mill Road Chadds Ford, PA 19317 t: (610) 388-2700 www.brandywine.org The Andrew and BetsyWyeth Collection of theWyeth Foundation for American Art is a treasure trove of work that will reveal more ofWyeth’s thought processes and working methods for years to come. Managed by the Brandywine Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, the collection has recently revealed his life long excursions into abstraction. Thirty-seven abstract watercolors from the 7,000-work collection are in the exhibition Abstract Flash: Unseen Andrew Wyeth at the Brandywine through February 18. The exhibition will be shown at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine, beginning in the summer of this year. Known for his minutely detailed naturalistic egg tempera paintings and drybrush watercolors, Wyeth often painted more freely in…

January 19-28, 2024 The Winter Show Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Avenue New York, NY 10065 t: (917) 860-6559 www.thewintershow.org The 2024 edition of The Winter Show brings together more than 65 internationally renowned dealers from the Americas and Europe exhibiting museum-quality works from around the world. Now in its 70th year, the annual event transforms New York City’s Park Avenue Armory into a hub for fine art collectors and connoisseurs, offering fine art spanning 5,000 years from antiquity to today. “The Winter Show is thrilled to be celebrating this milestone,” says Helen Allen, executive director. “It’s been 70 years since East Side House began The Winter Show, [and] not only are we the longest-running art and design fair, but we are also the only fair to be owned by…

Organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, The Art Show saw quite the successful turnout for the early November showcase. This prestigious art fair is known for bringing together the country’s finest in the art world for special programming and exhibitions of both historic and contemporary works, with this year featuring 78 exhibitors and 57 solo presentations. In addition, the Benefit Preview and admission proceeds realized over $1.1 million for the show’s partnering charity, the Henry Street Settlement. “This 35th edition of the fair was a true celebration of the ADAA mission and the powerful work of its member galleries,” says Maureen Bray, ADAA executive director. “The Art Show’s enthusiastic public reception, from those generously supporting the Benefit Preview…

Maynard Dixon in Nevada This spring, the Nevada Museum of Art is exhibiting Sagebrush and Solitude: Maynard Dixon in Nevada, the first comprehensive exhibition to document Dixon’s early wanderings and extended visits to Nevada and the Eastern Sierra. From 1901 to 1939, Dixon made several trips from his California home to paint and sketch the striking landscapes of the Great Basin and Sierra Nevada region. Among his favorite painting subjects were old homesteads, wild horses and stands of cottonwood trees—images that conjure memories of a romanticized bygone era before modernization brought change to many of Nevada’s open and pristine landscapes. The exhibition runs March 2 to July 28, 2024, and features nearly 150 of Dixon’s paintings of Nevada and the Eastern Sierra, many of which have been rarely or never-before-seen.…

BRANDYWINE CONSERVANCY & MUSEUM OF ART 1 Hoffman’s Mill Road, Chadds Ford, PA 19317 www.brandywine.org/museum What event (gallery show, museum exhibit, etc.) in the next few months are you looking forward to, and why? I can’t wait to see the Art Institute of Chicago’s Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks” opening in June. The response of painters to architecture has been a particular focus of mine since grad school days, most recently manifesting in our 2023 exhibition Andrew Wyeth: Home Places, so a show dedicated to this aspect of the practice of a key fellow traveler of Wyeth, whose work resonates with his in so many ways, will be a must-see. The co curators, Sarah Kelly Oehler and Annelise Madsen, are always inspiring colleagues and I’m sure they’ll have many new…

Santa Fe Art Auction has long been the pre-eminent auction house in the Southwest and a nationwide leader in classic Southwestern, Western and Native American arts, as well as American contemporary art. The auction house, founded in 1994, will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, and is today renowned for its state-of-the-art operation based in a 13,000-square foot facility in the heart of Santa Fe’s Baca Railyard Arts District. A celebrated leader in the Western art circuit, SFAA has routinely set record hammer prices for prominent artists including Charles Loloma, Gustave Baumann and Edward S. Curtis. The auction house has further presented many important single-owner collections, including the Christopher Cardozo collection of Edward S. Curtis and the Joseph Pytka Collection. The 2024 Signature Live Sale will be presented in early…

Located in Boston’s historic Beacon Hill neighborhood, Grogan & Company, Fine Art and Jewelry Auctioneers, is a high-end, full-service boutique auction house. The firm routinely achieves top prices at auction across all collecting categories ofAmerican artwork and holds the record auction sales price for numerous New England artists. The Grogan & Company team makes a commitment to provide personalized attention to consignors and buyers, and each item they handle makes them leaders in the fine art and jewelry auction industries. Whether you live around the cornerfrom their gallery or across the country, and whether you have a single object or an entire collection, they will treat you like a neighbor while commanding their global reach to maximize the value of your items. Call or email to receive a complimentary auction…

John Moran Auctioneers brings together buyers and sellers of decorative and fine art, jewelry, fine furnishings and more. The auction house offers a customizable, boutique approach toward consignment, estate liquidation and valuation services. John Moran’s biannual California & American Fine Art auctions feature works by artists such as Guy Rose, Edgar Payne, Granville Redmond, William Ritschel, Paul de Longpré, Armin Hansen, Maynard Dixon, Thomas Hill, Maurice Braun, Eyvind Earle, Sydney Laurence, John Marshall Gamble, Marion KavanaughWachtel, Carl Krafft, Millard Sheets and many more. From their humble beginnings 50 years ago, John Moran Auctioneers has grown into a trusted, full-service auction house with an international reach. Their experienced team of knowledgeable specialists can offer collectors or their clients the highest level of service, whether you are seeking a free auction valuation, a…

Hindman is a leading fine art auction house connecting cities nationwide to the global art market. With offices and salerooms throughout the country, the auction house conducts more than 140 auctions annually. Hindman’s American art auctions feature paintings, sculptures, works on paper and more from the 16th through 20th centuries with an emphasis on the impressionists, regionalists, surrealists and early modernists. Works by some of the most important artists of the last 200 years, including Charles Burchfield, Fern Isabel Coppedge, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Grant Wood, Andrew Wyeth and N.C. Wyeth are often offered in these sales. Hindman also provides private collectors, estate professionals, institutions, and corporations comprehensive art services including auction, private treaty sales, collection management, disposition and acquisition advice, as well as valuations and appraisals. Upcoming Auctions American Art…

February 23-25, 2024, 11 a.m. Thomaston Place Auction Galleries 51 Atlantic Highway Thomaston, ME 04861 t: (207) 354-8141 www.thomastonauction.com Amonumental oil painting by Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837-1908) is one of many highlights inThomaston Place’s Winter Enchantment sale, a three-day event beginning at 11 a.m. on February 23, 24 and 25. The piece is of particular interest because rather than the deserted rocky shorelines he often painted, The Old Mill depicts a bucolic summer scene with a young girl and boy seated by a mill pond. In recent years, Bricher’s works have consistently exceeded their estimated value at auction. Other works of note include a striking coastal painting by Maine artist Andrew GeorgeWinter (1893-1958) of “Captain Upton’s House,” a Cape Elizabeth lighthouse in winter. Additionally, the auction will offer an elegantly…

Apiece from Norman Rockwell’s popular narrative series about “the know-it-all city boy and his country cousins” took the top lot in Hindman’s American Art auction on October 17, 2023. The 1919 work, Only One More Week of School and Then… sold to the highest bidder for $529,000, surpassing its high estimated value of half a million dollars. Made for the June 14, 1919, cover of Country Gentleman when Rockwell was only 25, the oil painting is the second to last piece chronicling the antics of his beloved characters Cousin Reginald Claude Fitzhugh and his country-bumpkin kin. In the piece we see the chipper Reginald, carrying his schoolbooks in one hand and clutching a bouquet for his teacher, while his sulking cousins trail behind miserable at the thought of suffering through another…

Through October 7, 2024 Farnsworth Art Museum 16 Museum Street Rockland, ME 04841 t: (207) 596-6457 www.farnsworthmuseum.org In September of 1936, Marsden Hartley was present during a storm that caused the drowning of Alty and Donny Mason, as well as their cousin, off Eastern Points Island, Nova Scotia. Hartley, who was then 59 years old, had spent time with the Masons during a period of illness and depression. Their company, along with that of Francis Mason, had provided a spark of joy and happiness in the later part of his life, which made their tragic deaths more devastating to the artist. For the next three years, through 1939, Hartley would return to images of the sea and the Masons as he tried to sort out the emotional toll their deaths…

Through March 2024 Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th and G Streets, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 t: (202) 633-7970 www.americanart.si.edu An important exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum examines the collaborative relationship between photographer James Presley (J.P.) Ball and landscape painter Robert Seldon Duncanson, two free, Black artists living in Cincinnati during the antebellum period. Titled J.P. Ball and Robert S. Duncanson: An African American Artistic Collaboration, the exhibition features three paintings by Duncanson from the museum’s collection alongside nine works by Ball roughly between 1845 and 1855. The Smithsonian notes that eight of the photographic works are on view for the first time. “During that time, Ball employed Duncanson as a colorist to hand tint photographs, and Ball’s ‘Great Daguerrean Gallery of theWest’ included an exhibition space that displayed…

JANUARY 15-MARCH 1 Charles M. Russell A.J. Kollar Fine Paintings • Seattle, WA This significant show consists of 17 Russell works that include full watercolor pieces, pen and ink drawings and illustrated letters. www.ajkollar.com ONGOING Hockney/Origins: Early Works from the Roy B. and Edith J. Simpson Collection THE BRUCE MUSEUM • GREENWICH, CT This exhibition examines the early period of Hockney’s career in depth, from his time at the Royal College of Art in London during the early 1960s, to his formative years in the 1970s. www.brucemuseum.org ONGOING J.P. Ball and Robert S. Duncanson: An African American Artistic Collaboration SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM • WASHINGTON, D.C. This exhibition examines the collaborative relationship between photographer James Presley (J.P.) Ball and landscape painter Robert Seldon Duncanson. www.americanart.si.edu ONGOING The Nature of Art…

Included in a recent acquisition of several artworks spanning 300 years, is a significant landscape work by African American artist Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828-1901); Untitled (Walking Through a Field). This rare oil painting created circa 1870s, depicts a lush New England landscape scene with a romantic skyscape to match. “The scene symbolically links past, present and future as a solitary figure traverses a wheat field toward a distant lake,” museum reps continue to describe. “Like many of Bannister’s paintings of the last quarter of the 19th century, its subject matter does not present a clear reading.” The artist, born in Canada, lived as a free man mostly in Boston and then later in Providence, Rhode Island. It’s been noted that only a few of Bannister’s works from the 1850s and…

Leland Little Auctions has specialized in the sale of fine high-end collectible objects for more than 20 years, with sales achieving over $17 million per year and growing. The auction house prides itself on providing collectors, estates and institutions with world class auction services. The gallery space is elegantly designed with glass walls, high ceilings and sophisticated spaces where collectors can meaningfully engage with department specialists and their carefully curated offerings, whether in person or online. The strength of Leland Little Auctions is a team of experienced professionals dedicated to their fields. Producing a successful auction is a complex operation, requiring expertise in departments as varied as fine jewelry and information technology. For every job, for each logistic, the team brings exceptional talent, experience and grace. Upcoming Auctions Winter Modern…

LAS VEGAS, NV BRIAN LEBEL’S OLD WEST EVENTS JANUARY 26 Old West Auction This year, Brian Lebel’s Old West Events has teamed up with Morphy Auctions to move the 34th annual January event to run alongside the Las Vegas Antiques Arms Show at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Nevada. The Old West Auction will be held on January 26 and features an array of historic American artwork within the realm of Western art, as well as Native American artifacts. Historic names whose work will be included in the upcoming auction include Harry Jackson, Edward Borein and Edgar Paxson. PLYMOUTH, MA COPLEY FINE ART AUCTIONS FEBRUARY 23-24 Winter Sale Copley Fine Art Auctions holds its annual Winter Sale this February, offering more than 450 lots in sporting art, antique decoys,…

American paintings drove strong results at Shannon’s sale on October 26, 2023. The 153-lot auction had a sell-through rate close to 90 percent and grossed $3 million. The top lot was a 64-by-51-inch painting by American impressionist Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939). Created in 1909, Lady Trying on a Hat was consigned by the Art Institute of Chicago and sold to a private Florida collection for $450,000, $100,000 more than its high estimated value. The life-size painting was executed in soft pastel tones, reminiscent of French Impressionism and is among the artist’s masterpieces from the early 20th century. Frieseke spent every summer after 1905 in Giverny, France, where he became known for his impressionist palette and his portraits of women. Although influenced by Renoir and Monet, Frieseke developed his own unique…

January 26-April 28, 2024 Frist Art Museum 919 Broadway Nashville, TN 37203 (615) 244-3340 www.fristartmuseum.org The traveling exhibition Southern/Modern, opening at the Frist Art Museum on January 26, includes a stimulating line up of 100 paintings and works on paper created in the American South from 1913 to 1955. The museum notes that this is the first comprehensive survey of its kind and includes thematic groupings, weaving together the “region’s rich cultures, telling stories of agriculture and industry, class division and racial injustice, natural beauty and stylistic innovation.” “The exhibition explores the history of socially and stylistically progressive art in the American South,” continues Mark Scala, chief curator at the Frist. “Treating a subject long neglected by art historians and museums outside the region, Southern/Modern shows how in the South, as…

Through April 14, 2024 Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg 255 Beach Drive, NE St. Petersburg, FL 33701 (727) 896-2667 www.mfastpete.org Currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg is a quite profound exhibition highlighting humanity’s relationship to nature—or the human attempt to understand it. Titled The Nature of Art, the exhibition features 32 paintings, prints, photographs and works of decorative art across both a contemporary and historic time frame. Pieces communicate through themed sections displayed throughout the museum’s campus. The museum’s chief curator, Stanton Thomas, explains that the “exhibition evolved from looking at the MFA’s encyclopedic collection with an eye for works of art that reflect humankind’s interactions with, perceptions of and communication with nature. This overarching theme gave that larger project its title, The Nature of…

January 12-14, 2024 Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville Music City Center 201 Rep. John Lewis Way South, Nashville, TN 37203 t: (615) 352-1282 www.antiquesandgardenshow.com Currently in its 34th year, the annual Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville is the longest running, largest celebration of antiques, art and horticulture in the country. A staple of Nashville, the event features 150-plus exhibitors, as well as cocktail parties, important speakers and stunning gardens for visitors to meander through. Born out of the imagination of esteemed Nashville-born interior designer Albert Hadley, the Antiques & Garden Show brings in more than 16,000 attendees from across the world. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore a bounty of fine art, antique and horticulture vendors, as well as enjoy live music and special events. Fine art exhibitors…