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Antalaha

Antalaha

  • Artist Thomas Downing
  • Location United States
  • Date 1972
  • Materials  Acrylic on canvas
  • Dimensions 83-1/2" x 151"
  • Estimate $20,000-40,000
  • Sale price  $22,500

As part of the Washington Color Painters group that exhibited together in 1965 at the Washington, D.C., Gallery of Modern Art, Thomas Downing is known for his manipulation of acrylic paint on unprimed canvases. His primary concern was color, arranging seemingly simple geometric shapes, in order to create intriguing optical color contrasts. Circles, according to Downing, were one of the most effective geometric shapes to hold color. The painting is from the estate of James Julius Killough III and was purchased from the artist by Killough in 1975, during the artist's tenure at the University of Houston.

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Bathers in the Surf

Bathers in the Surf

  • Artist Edward Henry Potthast
  • Location United States
  • Date ca. 1910-1927
  • Materials  Oil on wood panel
  • Dimensions 11-1/4" x 15-1/4", framed 19-5/8" x 23-5/8"
  • Estimate $20,000-40,000
  • Sale price  $20,000

This piece will be sold from a private collection, but it was previously held by Closson Galleries in Cincinnati, Ohio. It features a verso with mid-20th-century "Closson Galleries, Cincinnati" label, exhibition label, and inventory numbers. The painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne on Edward Potthast being compiled by Mary Ran.

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Knight, Death and the Devil

Knight, Death and the Devil

  • Artist Albrecht Durer
  • Location Germany
  • Date 1513
  • Materials  Engraving on laid paper
  • Dimensions plate 9-3/4" x 7-1/2", sheet 10-1/4" x 7-3/4", framed 23-1/4" x 19-1/4"
  • Estimate $25,000-40,000
  • Sale price  Unsold

This engraving is being sold from a private collection. It is monogrammed and dated in the lower left corner and features a "P" watermark.

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Maison dans Le Parc

Maison dans Le Parc

  • Artist Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
  • Location France
  • Materials  Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 51" x 38", framed
  • Estimate $30,000-50,000
  • Sale price  Unsold

This piece will be sold from a private collection but was previously owned by Wally Findlay Galleries in Paris.

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Valley of the Connecticut River at Northfield, Massachusetts

Valley of the Connecticut River at Northfield, Massachusetts

  • Artist Wolf Kahn
  • Location Germany
  • Date 1982
  • Materials  Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 53" x 74", framed 54-1/2" x 75-1/2"
  • Estimate $30,000-50,000
  • Sale price  $75,000

This painting is being sold by the estate of Margaret "Pat" Breen of Houston, Texas. It is signed in the lower center and features a handwritten title, date. A label stating "Meredith Long, Houston, Texas" with artist and title is en verso.

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The Caravan

The Caravan

  • Artist Frederic Sackrider Remington
  • Location United States
  • Materials  Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 15-1/2" x 25-1/2", framed 20-3/4" x 30-1/2"
  • Estimate $30,000-50,000
  • Sale price  Unsold

This painting is signed in the lower left, "Frederic Remington, from photograph."

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Les Escrimeuses

Les Escrimeuses

  • Artist Jean Beraud
  • Materials  Oil on wood panel
  • Dimensions 15-3/4" x 12-1/2", framed 21-3/4" x 18-1/2"
  • Estimate $50,000-80,000
  • Sale price  Unsold

This painting is featured in Patrick Offenstadt's Jean Beraud, 1849-1935: The Belle Epoque, a Dream of Times Gone By, Catalogue Raisonne. It was sold by Sotheby's, New York, in 2004. It is signed lower left and there are remnants of old labels and Sotheby's stickers en verso.

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Pack of Oak Trees

Pack of Oak Trees

  • Artist George Rodrigue
  • Location United States
  • Materials  Acrylic on canvas
  • Dimensions 30" x 40", framed 38" x 48"
  • Estimate $60,000-90,000
  • Sale price  $81,250

This painting is being sold from a private collection. It was previously exhibited in Rodrigue's Louisiana by the New Orleans Museum of Art and in Rodrigue's Heartland by Rodrigue Studio. It was featured in George Rodrigue's Blue Dog Speaks, Sandra Choron and Harry Choron's Planet Dog, and Rick Bragg's New York Times article, "Art in America: An Artist and a Dog That Became a Cultural Icon."

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Italienerin mit Kind

Italienerin mit Kind

  • Artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter
  • Location Germany
  • Date ca. 1836
  • Materials  Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 31-1/2" x 25-1/2", framed 42" x 37"
  • Estimate $250,000-350,000
  • Sale price  Unsold

This painting is being sold from a private collection but was previously auctioned by Christie's, New York. It is signed and localized "Paris" lower left, features an "F. G. Conzen/Dusseldorf" framer's label, is stenciled "519" and "ChF", and has several Christie's labels en verso. It is featured in Helen Rappaport's Queen Victoria: A Biographical Companion and Christopher Wood's Victorian Painters.

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L'Apotre

L'Apotre

  • Artist Jean-Paul Lemieux, CC, GOQ
  • Location Canada
  • Date 1966
  • Materials  Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 41-1/2" x 30-3/4", framed 50" x 40-1/2"
  • Estimate $300,000-500,000
  • Sale price  Unsold

This painting is being sold from a private collection but was previously acquired from the artist by Germain Gauthier of Quebec and sold by Heffel Fine Art Auction in Vancouver. It is signed and dated lower right and titled and dated on "Montreal Museum of Fine Arts" loan/exhibition labels on stretchers.

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Antalaha

Antalaha

  • Artist Thomas Downing
  • Location United States
  • Date 1972
  • Materials  Acrylic on canvas
  • Dimensions 83-1/2" x 151"
  • Estimate $20,000-40,000
  • Sale price  $22,500

As part of the Washington Color Painters group that exhibited together in 1965 at the Washington, D.C., Gallery of Modern Art, Thomas Downing is known for his manipulation of acrylic paint on unprimed canvases. His primary concern was color, arranging seemingly simple geometric shapes, in order to create intriguing optical color contrasts. Circles, according to Downing, were one of the most effective geometric shapes to hold color. The painting is from the estate of James Julius Killough III and was purchased from the artist by Killough in 1975, during the artist's tenure at the University of Houston.

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Bathers in the Surf

Bathers in the Surf

  • Artist Edward Henry Potthast
  • Location United States
  • Date ca. 1910-1927
  • Materials  Oil on wood panel
  • Dimensions 11-1/4" x 15-1/4", framed 19-5/8" x 23-5/8"
  • Estimate $20,000-40,000
  • Sale price  $20,000

This piece will be sold from a private collection, but it was previously held by Closson Galleries in Cincinnati, Ohio. It features a verso with mid-20th-century "Closson Galleries, Cincinnati" label, exhibition label, and inventory numbers. The painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne on Edward Potthast being compiled by Mary Ran.

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Knight, Death and the Devil

Knight, Death and the Devil

  • Artist Albrecht Durer
  • Location Germany
  • Date 1513
  • Materials  Engraving on laid paper
  • Dimensions plate 9-3/4" x 7-1/2", sheet 10-1/4" x 7-3/4", framed 23-1/4" x 19-1/4"
  • Estimate $25,000-40,000
  • Sale price  Unsold

This engraving is being sold from a private collection. It is monogrammed and dated in the lower left corner and features a "P" watermark.

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Maison dans Le Parc

Maison dans Le Parc

  • Artist Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
  • Location France
  • Materials  Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 51" x 38", framed
  • Estimate $30,000-50,000
  • Sale price  Unsold

This piece will be sold from a private collection but was previously owned by Wally Findlay Galleries in Paris.

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Valley of the Connecticut River at Northfield, Massachusetts

Valley of the Connecticut River at Northfield, Massachusetts

  • Artist Wolf Kahn
  • Location Germany
  • Date 1982
  • Materials  Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 53" x 74", framed 54-1/2" x 75-1/2"
  • Estimate $30,000-50,000
  • Sale price  $75,000

This painting is being sold by the estate of Margaret "Pat" Breen of Houston, Texas. It is signed in the lower center and features a handwritten title, date. A label stating "Meredith Long, Houston, Texas" with artist and title is en verso.

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The Caravan

The Caravan

  • Artist Frederic Sackrider Remington
  • Location United States
  • Materials  Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 15-1/2" x 25-1/2", framed 20-3/4" x 30-1/2"
  • Estimate $30,000-50,000
  • Sale price  Unsold

This painting is signed in the lower left, "Frederic Remington, from photograph."

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Les Escrimeuses

Les Escrimeuses

  • Artist Jean Beraud
  • Materials  Oil on wood panel
  • Dimensions 15-3/4" x 12-1/2", framed 21-3/4" x 18-1/2"
  • Estimate $50,000-80,000
  • Sale price  Unsold

This painting is featured in Patrick Offenstadt's Jean Beraud, 1849-1935: The Belle Epoque, a Dream of Times Gone By, Catalogue Raisonne. It was sold by Sotheby's, New York, in 2004. It is signed lower left and there are remnants of old labels and Sotheby's stickers en verso.

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Pack of Oak Trees

Pack of Oak Trees

  • Artist George Rodrigue
  • Location United States
  • Materials  Acrylic on canvas
  • Dimensions 30" x 40", framed 38" x 48"
  • Estimate $60,000-90,000
  • Sale price  $81,250

This painting is being sold from a private collection. It was previously exhibited in Rodrigue's Louisiana by the New Orleans Museum of Art and in Rodrigue's Heartland by Rodrigue Studio. It was featured in George Rodrigue's Blue Dog Speaks, Sandra Choron and Harry Choron's Planet Dog, and Rick Bragg's New York Times article, "Art in America: An Artist and a Dog That Became a Cultural Icon."

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Photo Courtsey of Christie's Images Ltd
Italienerin mit Kind

Italienerin mit Kind

  • Artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter
  • Location Germany
  • Date ca. 1836
  • Materials  Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 31-1/2" x 25-1/2", framed 42" x 37"
  • Estimate $250,000-350,000
  • Sale price  Unsold

This painting is being sold from a private collection but was previously auctioned by Christie's, New York. It is signed and localized "Paris" lower left, features an "F. G. Conzen/Dusseldorf" framer's label, is stenciled "519" and "ChF", and has several Christie's labels en verso. It is featured in Helen Rappaport's Queen Victoria: A Biographical Companion and Christopher Wood's Victorian Painters.

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L'Apotre

L'Apotre

  • Artist Jean-Paul Lemieux, CC, GOQ
  • Location Canada
  • Date 1966
  • Materials  Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 41-1/2" x 30-3/4", framed 50" x 40-1/2"
  • Estimate $300,000-500,000
  • Sale price  Unsold

This painting is being sold from a private collection but was previously acquired from the artist by Germain Gauthier of Quebec and sold by Heffel Fine Art Auction in Vancouver. It is signed and dated lower right and titled and dated on "Montreal Museum of Fine Arts" loan/exhibition labels on stretchers.

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