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Arts & Antiques Auction

by Ripley Auctions

Platinum House 195 lots with images

December 1, 2012

Live Auction

2764 E 55th Place

Indianapolis, IN, 46220 USA

Phone: 317 251 5635

Fax: 253 322 5430

Email: sales@antiquehelper.com

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William J. Forsyth, (1854 - 1935), Orientalist portrait of a lady, oil on canvas, 26 1/2

Lot 1: William J. Forsyth, (1854 - 1935), Orientalist portrait of a lady, oil on canvas, 26 1/2" X 19 1/2".

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Description: William J. Forsyth (1854 - 1935) Orientalist portrait of a lady oil on canvas unsigned. Possibly from the Munich series. Provenance: From a private Indianapolis collection. Previously acquired in 1969 from Forsyth's Brown County attorney, and was gifted by Forsyth in return for legal services ca. 1920s. 26 1/2" X 19 1/2".

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Carl Christopher Graf, (1892 - 1947), docked boats, oil on canvas, 12

Lot 2: Carl Christopher Graf, (1892 - 1947), docked boats, oil on canvas, 12" x 14".

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Description: Carl Christopher Graf (1892 - 1947) docked boats oil on canvas authentication verso. A painter of brilliantly colored landscapes and still lifes, sculptor, and teacher, Carl Graf was the first president of the Brown County Indiana Art Association formed in 1926. He studied at the Herron Art Institute with William Forsyth. 12" x 14".

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Dorothy Hardin Massey, (American; b.1919), Children on the shore, watercolor on paper, 22 1/2

Lot 3: Dorothy Hardin Massey, (American; b.1919), Children on the shore, watercolor on paper, 22 1/2" x 31".

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Description: Dorothy Hardin Massey (American; b.1919) Children on the shore watercolor on paper signed lower left. Born in Knightstown, Indiana. Hoosier salon artist with affiliations in Philadelphia, Virginia and Alabama. 22 1/2" x 31".

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C. Robert Farlow, (1933-2008),

Lot 4: C. Robert Farlow, (1933-2008), "House by the Sea", oil on canvas, 21 1/2" x 27".

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Description: C. Robert Farlow (1933-2008) "House by the Sea" oil on canvas C. Robert Farlow is a native Hoosier and lived in Winchester, Indiana. Studied with Ruthven Byrum and graduating from Anderson College. His work is representational in a pseudo-impressionist style, both landscape and figural, with a major emphasis on composition and expression. Subject matter is eclectic, ranging from rural farm life, urban, western, portraiture, and a series created in the Caribbean Islands of Grand Cayman. 21 1/2" x 27".

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Bryan Tarlton, Indiana autumn birch trees, oil on canvas, 24

Lot 6: Bryan Tarlton, Indiana autumn birch trees, oil on canvas, 24" x 34".

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Description: Bryan Tarlton Indiana autumn birch trees oil on canvas signed and dated 1942 lower left. 24" x 34".

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