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Maine Antique Digest, May 2015 15-C
- auction -
Big Island of Hawaii
by David Howard
Hitchcock
(1861-
1943) fetched $30,750
(est. $15,000/20,000).
The 14¼" x 20¼" oil
on canvas was signed
and inscribed “D.
HOWARD HITCH-
COCK H.I.”
A Peek behind the Curtain
by
19th-century French artist Charles
Joseph Frederic Soulacroix sold
in the room for $27,060 (est.
$20,000/30,000). The oil on canvas
is 30¾" x 18".
Figure in White,
Frank Weston Benson (1862-
1951), signed and dated (“F. W. Benson
1890”), 40 1/8" x 30 1/8", oil on canvas, unsold
(est. $350,000/550,000).
John Singleton Copley (1737-1815), portrait
of Rebecca Dudley Gerrish, an unsigned
30" x 25" oil on canvas, unsold (est.
$150,000/200,000).
Coast near Newport, R.I.
by Daniel Huntington (1816-
1906) fetched $13,530 (est. $10,000/15,000). The 29" x
36" oil on canvas was unsigned. The catalog identified
the promontory in the distance as “probably Horsehead
in Jamestown, Rhode Island.” “Cheap for real estate in
Newport,” said Robin Starr. The buyer was an absentee.
Fisherman off the
Coast of Palermo
by
Francesco (Luigi)
Lojacono
(Ital-
ian,
1841-1915)
sold on the phone
for $39,975 (est.
$30,000/50,000).
The 16¼" x 26½"
signed oil on can-
vas came from the
estate of Sir Alas-
dair Munro.
Early October
or
Wood Interior
by Emil
Carlsen (1853-1932) made $13,530 (est.
$15,000/25,000). The 20¼" x 16" oil on
canvas was signed, inscribed, dated twice
(two different dates), and in a period
frame. The full inscription says, “Painted
at Ogunquit / Early October 1919 / Emil.
Carlsen. / February 8th 1923.” A William
Macbeth Gallery label was on the back of
the frame, and one from the Cooley Gal-
lery was on the frame backing.
Tropical Splendor
by Mario Carreño (Cuban, 1913-1999)
made $38,130 (est. $30,000/50,000). The sale’s cover lot,
the 24" x 34" oil on canvas was signed and dated on a
label on the back (“carreño - 50”).
Fishing off Lab-
rador
by William
Bradford (1823-
1892)
realized
$12,300
(est.
$15,000/25,000).
The 18" x 30"
oil on canvas
stretched
over
panel was signed
and dated (’61).
The buyer was on
the Internet.
Fall Stream
by Hudson River
school artist Arthur Parton
(1842-1914) carried an esti-
mate of $1500/2500. The sur-
prise here would have been if
bidders thought that was all it was worth. Instead, the 30¼" x 25¼" oil
on canvas opened from the desk at $8000 and sold to a phone bidder for
$28,290.
An unusual one by Anthony Thieme (1888-1954),
Kelp
Harvesters with Horse Cart
, sold on the phone for $13,530
(est. $3000/4000). The sight size of the oil on board was
11¼" x 15 3/16".
A phone bidder
paid $46,125 (est.
$ 1 5 , 0 0 0 / 2 5 , 0 0 0 )
for
PlacedelaRépub-
lique
by Edouard
Léon Cortes (1882-
1969). The 19½" x
24 1/8" oil on can-
vas had been off the
market since 1961,
when the consignor
bought it in Chicago.
Attributed to Adriaen Isenbrant (Flem-
ish, 1490-1551),
Madonna and Child in an
Interior
sold on the phone for $92,250 (est.
$25,000/35,000). The unsigned 6¾" x 7" oil on
panel came to the sale from a private Maine
collection. “All of the things that did really well
were super-fresh to the market,” said Robin
Starr.
Untitled (
Tree Form
) by Ruth Asawa (1926-
2013) fetched $10,455 (est. $8000/12,000).
The bronze with green patina is 9¼" high
including its polished stone base.