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Pad #5
by Stuart Davis (1892-1964) sold
for $60,000 (est. $50,000/70,000) to a
buyer bidding on the phone. The 10
1
/
8
"
x 15
1
/
8
" oil on canvas, painted 1947-49,
came from a New York collection.
The Red Mill at Cos Cob
, a fresh-to-market oil on canvas painting
by Lowell Birge Harrison (1854-1929), 29" x 34", signed in three
places and inscribed with the title on the stretcher, sold for $27,500
(est. $10,000/15,000) to a buyer bidding on the phone. Also by Har-
rison,
On the Delaware
, signed, 30" x 40", from the same consignor,
sold to a different phone bidder for $13,750 (est. $8000/12,000).
Study for the Christmas Coach
(Dover Coach)
by Norman Rock-
well (1894-1978), executed in 1935,
charcoal on paper, sold for $75,000
to a buyer bidding on the phone. The
30½" x 24¼" drawing, estimated at
$60,000/80,000, is a study for Rock-
well’s painting that was featured in
the
Saturday Evening Post
, December
28, 1935. The study had last sold
at Sotheby’s American art sale on
November 20, 2014, for $68,750 (est.
$60,000/80,000).
Cheyenne Warrior
by Charles Marion Russell
(1864-1926), gouache, watercolor, and pencil on
paper, 9
7
/
8
" x 7", signed, dated, and inscribed,
sold for $52,500 (est. $25,000/35,000) to James
Balestrieri of J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New
York City, who was bidding in the salesroom.
The painting was a gift from the artist to
the Reverend Granville G. Bennett and had
descended in the family.
William Glackens (1870-1938) painted
Gloucester, Massachusetts
in 1918.
The 18" x 24" signed oil painting sold in the salesroom to New York City and
Connecticut dealer Thomas Colville, who paid $137,500 (est. $80,000/120,000)
for it. The painting had come from a private collection and was featured on
the back cover of Bonhams’ catalog.
The phones were busy for
Still Life with Calla
by
Marsden Hartley (1877-1943). The 24" x 19½"
oil on canvas, in an original Hartley frame (not
shown), painted 1928-29, sold for $217,500 (est.
$100,000/150,000). The work was recorded in
Hartley’s estate records as
Still Life with Calla
but
has also been referred to as
Flowering Plant
in
more recent literature, according to the Bon-
hams catalog. It had last sold at Sotheby’s, New
York, on May 24, 2006, lot 156, for $204,000 (est.
$250,000/350,000). It was listed at Sotheby’s as
Still Life
and had come from a private Pennsylva-
nia collection.
Werner Drewes (1899-1985)
painted
Construction in Prog-
ress
in 1949. Two bidders in the
salesroom competed for it. The
30" x 20" oil on canvas, signed,
numbered, and dated, eventually
sold to a woman in the salesroom
who paid $47,500 for it (est.
$12,000/18,000). Dealer Thomas
Colville was the underbidder.