AFRICAN-AMERICAN FINE ART
Catalog Information: 116 lots with images | View lots
Date: October 8, 2009
Auction House:
Location:
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY
USA
10010
Phone: 212.254.4710
Fax: 212 979 1017
Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Viewing Notes:
Exhibition & Sale Schedule: Sale 2189 - African-American Fine Art - begins at 2:30pm in New York on Thurs, Oct 8. All material in Sale 2189 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Fri, Oct 2 : 10am to 6pm - Sat, Oct 3: 10am to 4pm - Mon, Oct 5: 10am to 6pm - Tues, Oct 6: 10am to 6pm - Wed, Oct 7: 10am to 6pm - Thurs, Oct 8: 10am to Noon.
Lot 1: HENRY OSSAWA TANNER (1859 - 1937) Gateway in Tangier.
HENRY OSSAWA TANNER (1859 - 1937) Gateway in Tangier. Etching, circa 1905-10. 238x181 mm; 9 3/8x7 1/8 inches, full margins. A posthumous printing. Signed and numbered 101/120 in ink by the artist's son, Jesse O. Tanner, verso. With the artist's [...more]
Lot 2: HENRY OSSAWA TANNER (1859 - 1937) Mosque, Tangier.
HENRY OSSAWA TANNER (1859 - 1937) Mosque, Tangier. Etching, circa 1912-14. 175x238 mm; 6 7/8x9 3/8 inches, full margins. A posthumous printing. Signed and numbered 13/120 in ink by the artist's son, Jesse O. Tanner, verso. With the artist's esta [...more]
Lot 3: HENRY OSSAWA TANNER (1859 - 1937) Untitled (Dusk Scene of a Flooded River and Nearby Town).
HENRY OSSAWA TANNER (1859 - 1937) Untitled (Dusk Scene of a Flooded River and Nearby Town). Oil on thick cardstock, mounted to a larger sheet of cardstock, circa 1918. 270x350 mm; 10 1/2x13 3/4 inches. Signed in oil, lower left. Provenance: w [...more]
Lot 4: RICHARD L. BROWN (1893 - 1917) Mt. Monadnock.
RICHARD L. BROWN (1893 - 1917) Mt. Monadnock. Gouache on Whatman illustration board, 1911. 390x490 mm; 15 3/8x19 1/4 inches. Signed and dated in gouache, lower left recto. Titled in pencil and inscribed "$200.00" in ink verso. Provenance: pri [...more]
Lot 5: CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) Frederick Douglass.
CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) Frederick Douglass. Silver print, circa 1895. 229x181 mm; 9x7 1/8 inches, wide margins. With the artist's stamp, "Copyrighted C.M. Battey," in the negative, lower right.
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