540. John Atherton (American, 1900-1952), "Ruins", c.1940; oil/canvas, 19" x 25", signed, well framed. Important modernist. He exhibited at the Berkeley Artist League, San Francisco Artists Association, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Whitney, mostly in the 1930s-40s. He specialized in abstract and surrealist images. His work is included in numerous museum collections. 3000-5000

541. John Rood (American, 1902-1974), "Steed", c.1937; wood sculpture, 16.5"h, signed and dated on bottom. Sculptor from Athens, OH. Rood exhibited at the Walker Art Center (1945) and the Durand-Ruel Gallery (1944), as well as having numerous one-man shows in NYC. His work is in the collection of the Cranbrook Museum. He taught at the University of Minnesota and Ohio State University in the 1940s. 1200-1600

542. B.J.O. Nordfeldt (American, 1876-1955), "Medrone", c.1953; oil/canvas, 30" x 40", signed and dated, original frame. Important modernist. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1899. He went to France briefly, then returned to Chicago and became a portrait painter. He moved around for the next ten years, and eventually settled in New Mexico in 1917. It was in Santa Fe that Nordfeldt began to really mature as a painter. He was sympathetic to the Spanish-Americans, and executed portraits and still lifes. In the 1920s, he painted more colorful Indian subjects and the New Mexican landscapes. It was Nordfeldt's expressive style and his intentionally vague and abstracted subject matter that gained him a reputation as a romantic modernist. A powerful modernist image, and an important example of Nordfeldt's work. 6000-8000

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