On-Line Condition Reports
Session 2 & 3
Sale Date:
September 12, 2004
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Lot Numbers and Descriptions
Estimate
751. Henry Martin Gasser (American 1909-1981), “Paris Street Scene”, c.1935; watercolor, 16" x 12", signed and inscribed, “Paris”.
1000-2000
752. James McCracken (American, early 20th century), “Cockatoos”, c.1930; oil/board, 32" x 28" , signed. Chicago/Iowa painter. McCracken was part of the Stone City Artists Group, which also included the artist Grant Wood. He painted regionalist landscapes and decorative images of exotic birds, very similar in style to California painter, Jessie Arms Botke. He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago.
3000-5000
753. Leroy Nieman (American, b. 1926), “James Brown”, c.1967; drawing/wash, 16" x 13", signed and dated; inscribed, “Madison Square Garden”. Nieman executed many celebrity portraits.
1000-2000
754. Leroy Nieman (American, b. 1926), “Atlanta”, c.1968; drawing/colored wash, 16" x 11", signed, dated, and titled.
1000-2000
755. Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984), “Yosemite Falls”, c.1960; vintage photograph, 19" x 14.5", signed and titled in pencil.
1000-2000
756. Robert Wesley Amick (American,1879-1970), “Winter Stream”, c.1940, 22" x 31", signed. Colorado painter known for his scenes of Native Americans and western landscapes.
1000-2000
757. Charles Twelvetrees (American, 20th century), “Baby with a Lilly”, c.1921; watercolor and ink, 21" x 13", signed, dated, and dedicated. Illustrator known for depictions of youth in humourous settings.
800-1200
758. Elizabeth Tyler (American, early 20th century), “Jack and the Beanstalk”, c.1930; gouache and charcoal/paper, 26" x 21", signed.
300-500
759. Donald Teague (American, 1897-1991), “Bangor Man”, c.1947; watercolor, 13.75" x 6.5", initialed. This illustration was used for the story of the same title by Robert E. Pinkerton, for The Saturday Evening Post, May 24, 1947 (label verso). Teague was a highly successful illustrator, and exhibited extensively from the 1940s-60s.
3000-5000
760. Gordon Grant (American, 1875-1962), “The Drunken Sailor”, c.1940; watercolor, 13" x 18", signed. Grant was very well known as a painter of marines, and his works have been widely reproduced as illustrations. This more intimate rendition of a single sailor is unusual and charming.
1000-1500
761. Wendell Kling (American, 20th century), “Marriage Isn’t Easy”, c.1943; mixed media/board, 19.5" x 23.5", signed, matted, unframed. This appeared in Collier’s, January 16, 1943, for the story of the same title by author, Nancy Titus.
2000-3000
762. Alfred Zares (Americen, 20th Century), “World War II Fighter Planes”, c.1950; watercolor, 19" x 26", signed.
400-600
763. M.A. Kelly (American, 20th century), “Still Life with Wine Bottle”, c.1959; oil/canvas, 18" x 22", signed with monogram and dated.
500-1000
764. Annette Dufresne (American, 20th century), “The Artist and Model”, c.1940; oil/board, 16" x 20", unsigned, another painting on verso. Dufresne was the wife of Chicago painter, Frank Perri. Provenance: the artist.
400-600
765. James Chapin (American, b. 1887), “Portrait of a Girl”, c.1950; oil/canvasboard, 15" x 12", signed. Chapin studied at the Cooper Union Art School, Art Students League, and the Royal Academy of Art. He exhibited from the 1920s-40s at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum. He taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.
800-1200
766. Frank Perri (American, early 20th century), “The Choir”, c.1940; oil/canvas, 30" x 24" , signed. Perri immigrated from Italy to Chicago around 1930. He exhibited at the Carnegie Institute of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago, and was a member of the Oak Park Artists League. He traveled to Mexico in the late 1930s.
400-600
767. Dennis Paul Noyer (French, 20th century), “Le Vert Galant”, c.1969; oil/canvas, 30" x 24", signed and dated.
600-800
768. American School, “Woman with Flowers”, c.1940; oil/canvas, 24" x 30", unsigned.
300-500
769. Charles Cobelle (French, 1902-1998), “Riviera”, c.1960; gouache, 23" x 30", signed.
600-800
770. P. Reichenthal (French, 20th century), “At the Opera”, c.1950; oil/canvas, 24" x 30", signed, original frame.
400-600
771. Rachel Reckitt (British, 20th century), “Rendezous”, c.1960; oil/board, 24" x 20", signed. Reckitt’s wood engraving, “Blacksmiths II” appears on the dust jacket for Matrix 21: A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles. This avant-garde painter is discussed in Penelope Lively’s book, A House Unlocked.
700-900
772. French School, “Ballerina”, c.1940; oil/canvas, 30" x 24", signed indistinctly.
800-1200
773. Antoine Blanchard, Jr (French, b. 1930 ), “Paris Street Scene”, c.1950; oil/canvas, 8" x 10", signed; label verso from Sunny Isle Galleries.
800-1200
774. Antoine Blanchard, Jr (French, b. 1930 ), “Paris Street Scene”, c.1950; oil/canvas, 8" x 10", signed; label verso from Sunny Isle Galleries.
800-1200
775. William Sylvester Carter (American, b. 1909 ), “County Fair”, c.1950; oil/canvas, 26.5" x 36.5", signed; label verso: Champaign County Fair Association Purchase Award. Important African-American artist. Carter studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Illinois. He exhibited at the Chicago Art League, Illinois Federal Project, Hull House, Chicago, American Negro Expo (Chicago, 1940), Howard University, Atlanta University, and the South Side Community Art Center. REF: Afro-American Artists, Cedarholm.
5000-7000
776. Gladys Rockmore Davis (American, 1901-1967), “The Red Dress”, c.1945; oil/canvas, 30" x 25", initialed; label verso from Midtown Gallery with title, original elaborate frame. Chicago modernist painter. She exhibited extensively in the 1930s-40s.
2500-4500
777. E. Oscar Thalinger (American, 1885-1965) “South St.. Louis”, c.1940, oil/canvas, laid down on board, 30" x 22", signed. St. Louis modernist painter. Thalinger studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Art and in Munich. He was a member of the St. Louis Artist Guild, 2x4 Society, St. Louis Art Association, and Group 15. He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago (1927-1932); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (1928-32); St. Louis Art Museum, and the St. Louis Artist Guild. Thalinger painted landscapes and urban scenes from the late 1920s-40s, and then turned to abstraction in the 1950s. He taught at the People’s Art Center in St. Louis.
2500-4500
778. Aaron Bohrod (American, 1907-1992), “Nude”, c.1940; oil/canvas laid down on board, 16" x 14", signed. Important Chicago modernist. Bohrod studied with John Sloan and Boardman Robinson. He exhibited throughout the 1930s-40s, at the Associated American Artists, National Academy of Design, and the Oehlschlager Gallery (Chicago). His work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum, and Cranbrook Academy.
8000-10,000
779. Abraham Rattner (American, 1895-1978), “There was Darkness over All of the Land”, c.1942; oil/canvas, 32" x 39", signed, titled, and dated; excellent original frame; labels verso: catalog # 18216-04, and Mr. Louis Calentiers.

Rattner was one of America’s leading Expressionist painters. He studied at George Washington University, Corcoran School of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and in Paris. In 1935, he had his first one-man-show at the Galerie Bonjean, Paris, at which time the French government purchased "Card Party" for the Louvre Museum collection. In 1940, he toured the United States with Henry Miller, resulting in an iconoclastic travelogue, The "Air-conditioned Nightmare", with text by Miller and drawings by Rattner. He experimented with mosaic, tapestry and stained-glass. His stained-glass designs were highly celebrated and respected. His most famous stained-glass piece was the window for the Chicago Loop Synagogue. He taught at the New School for Social Research and The Art Students League. His work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Whitney Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and Art Institute of Chicago.
15,000-20,000
780. Gail Cassilly, attribution (American, Contemporary), “Mermaids”, c.1990; bronze, 20" x 10", bears an illedgible signature, provenance, intended to hang vertically. Cassilly, along with her husband, Robert, also a sculptor, created the City Museum of St Louis, a rennovated warehouse space, profusely ornamented with sculptural forms.
500-700
781. Bill Barrett (American, b. 1934), “Untitled”, c. 2001; bronze sculpture with mottled green patina, 11" x 12”, signed; black and green marble base. Painter and sculptor. Barrett studied at the University of Michigan. His work is in the collections of Neiman-Marcus, Hitachi, San Francisco Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Art, and the Utsukushi-ga-Hara Museum (Tokyo). He regularly exhibits at the Navy Pier in Chicago.
3500-4500
782. Victor Salmones (Mexican, b. 1937 ), “Running Figure”, c.1970; bronze, 11" high, 12" wide, signed, numbered 4/10; mounted on an acrylic base.
800-1200
783. Leonardo Nierman (Mexican, b. 1932), “Untitled”, c.1970; bronze sculpture, 17"h x 18"w, signed. Nierman has an international reputation, and has several public commissions in Chicago, including his 25 foot sculpture, “The Flame of the Millennium” (2002).
600-800
784. P. Piraino (Italian, early 20th century), “Baby in a Hat”, c.1930; bronze, 9" high, signed.
500-700
785. Bunni Sovetski (American, b. 1909), “Untitled”, c.1960; carved wooden sculpture, 61" high, signed and dated. Chicago sculptor. Sovetski exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1951. He maintained a studio on Halsted in the 1960s, and also exhibited at The Art Makers Gallery.
1500-2500
786. Irma Rothstein (Russian/American, 1896-1971), “Face”, c.1950; carved marble, 17" high not including a 4" base, 10" wide, label from the Wichita State University (Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art). New York sculptor. Rothstein exhibited extensively in the 1950s, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Syracuse Museum, and the New School for Social Research.
1000-2000
787. Manuel Felguerez Barra (Mexican, b. 1928), “Couple”, c.1952; terra cotta, 14" high, 16" wide, signed.
1000-1500
788. Marian F. Holland (American, 20th century), “Dressing Room”, c.1940; oil/canvas, 20" x 16", signed verso. Philadelphia painter. Holland exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in the mid 1940s.
800-1200
789. Charlotte Berend-Corinth (German/American, 1880-1967), “Portrait of Genevieve Benton”, c.1945; oil/canvas, 24" x 18", signed; labels on verso from the Fine Art Museum of San Francisco and Thomas Corinth (NYC). Berend was married to painter, Louis Corinth. She exhibited at the Berlin Secession, Mational Association of Women Artists, and the California Watercolor Club. REF: Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany, Stephanie Barron.
800-1200
790. Frank Nelson Ashley (American, b.1920), “Big Rear End”, c.1963; watercolor, 19.5" x 15.5", signed; titled. Ashley studied with Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League. He exhibited in California and at the Oehlschlaeger Galleries, Chicago.
800-1200
791. Ponciano Cardenas Canedo, attribution (Argentinian, 20th century), “Andrew”, c.1950; oil/canvas, 7" x 5", signed and titled.
1200-1700
792. Emil Hlavica (Czech, 1887-1952), “Plowing”, c.1925; pencil drawing, 16" x 21", signed and dated. Unique execution and early. Hlavica studied at the Academy of Art in Prague. He was commissioned to do several public sculpture commissions in Czech Republic.
500-700
793. Noel Rockmore (American, b. 1928), “Susan”, c.1964; oil/board, 30" x 15", signed. New Orleans artist.
1000-2000
794. Frank Perri (American, early 20th century), “Woman and Cat”, c.1940, oil/canvas, 28" x 34", unsigned. Perri immigrated from Italy to Chicago around 1930. He exhibited at the Carnegie Institute of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago, and was a member of the Oak Park Artists League. He traveled to Mexico in the late 1930s.
600-800
795. James Penney (American, 1910-1982), “Thoughts of Capitalism by a Missourian in the Depression Thirties”, c.1935, oil/canvas, 30" x 40", unsigned; card on verso stating authenticity from Rachel Penney, the artist’s wife; handwritten letter by artist with title, and Kraushaar Gallery label .
2000-3000
796. Iver Rose (American, 1899-1972), “A World I Never Made”, c.1949; oil/board, 34" x 24.5", signed and dated; label verso from Carnegie Institute, original frame.
800-1200
797. Paul Grady England (American, b. 1918), lot of two works, one pictured: “Still Life”, c.1976; watercolor/paper, 24" x 18", signed and dated, unframed; with another watercolor by the artist, “Villa Hermosa”, 18" x 24", signed and dated 1980. England studied at the Art Students League with William Zorach and George Grosz. He exhibited internationally from the 1940s-60s.
700-900
798. Eugene Higgins (American, 1874-1958), “Alms for the Poor”, c.1950; oil/board, 12" x 16", signed and dated, original frame. Higgins painted in the “Ashcan” style, depicting the poor and homeless.
600-800
799. Noel Rockmore (American, b. 1928), “Terre Haute”, c.1964; oil/masonite, 17" x 24", signed, titled, and dated.
1000-2000
800. Malvin Marr Albright (Zsissly) (American, b. 1897),”Lobster Pots”, c.1950; watercolor, 15" x 19", signed; Campanile Gallery label verso. Sculptor and painter from Chicago. He was a member of the Laguna Beach Art Association and the Chicago Gallery Association, and exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago Society of Artists.
800-1200
Sale Date:
September 12, 2004