Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Catalog Information: 256 lots | 103 with images
Lot 1: JOHN WILLIAM CASILEAR(Footnote 1) (1811-1893) A Woodland Path
signed with conjoined initials "JWC" and dated "'59," l.r.- -oil on canvas 20 x 17 in. (51 x 43 cm.) (in a painted oval) See footnote 1 for this sale.
Lot 2: ALEXANDER HELWIG WYANT(Footnote 1) (1836-1892) A Rocky Gorge, Keene Valley
signed "A.H. Wyant" and dated "1865," l.r.- -oil on canvas 14 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (37.5 x 52.7 cm.) See footnote 1 for this sale.
Lot 3: MARY BLOOD MELLEN (1817-"CIRCA" 1890) Norman's Woe
oil on canvas 12 x 20 in. (30.5 x 50.7 cm.) RELATED LITERATURE M. Moses, "Mary Blood Mellen and Fitz Hugh Lane," "Antiques," Nov. 1991, pp. 826-837 Throughout her career, Mary Blood Mellen painted pictures inspired by Fitz Hugh Lane. Although she was [...more]
Lot 4: JAMES E. BUTTERSWORTH (1817-1894) Picking Up the Pilot-
-Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire signed "J E Buttersworth," l.r.- -oil on canvas 17 x 27 in. (43.2 x 68.5 cm.) PROVENANCE S. V. R. Crosby, Boston By descent through the family to the present owner "Shipping off the Isles of Shoals" is one of Butterswor [...more]
Lot 5: WILLIAM M. HART(Footnote 1) (1823-1894) Sunset on Grand Manan Island, Maine
signed "Hart" and dated "1861," l.l.- -oil on canvas 32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 122 cm.) PROVENANCE H. A. Hurlbut EXHIBITED Brooklyn, Brooklyn Art Association, "The Second Exhibition," Dec. 1861, no. 49 New York, National Academy of Design, "The Thirty-Seve [...more]
We're Hiring!
