Maine Antique Digest, March 2017

Maine Antique Digest, March 2017 33-D

AUCTION -

NPY

Triptych study by Winold Reiss (1886-1953), left to right,

Chief Buffalo Hide

, 30

⅜

" x 23¼",

Bob Riding Horse and Chief

Shot Both Sides

, 30

⅜

" x 28¾", and

Mike Little Dog

, 30

⅜

" x 23¼", gouache on illustration boards, sold for $125,000 (est.

$70,000/100,000) on the phone to the trade. It came from a collection in North Carolina, and Alasdair Nichol said he put

it on the catalog cover because he liked that the triptych was both Jugendstil and Art Deco. Reiss was born in Karlsruhe,

Germany and was educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Art and the School of Applied Arts in Munich. He came to the U.S.

in 1913. He used his Modernist style and design skills to paint members of the Blackfeet nation near Glacier National Park

in Montana. Reiss created this work as a study for a mosaic mural to be installed in the Chrysler Building in New York City.

Because of the stock market crash in 1929, the commission was canceled. He did another mural for the Cincinnati Union

Terminal. According to the catalog notes, the men are identified, and other portraits of them by Reiss exist. This work reflects

his position as a portrait painter and a Modernist interior designer. Reiss did other murals for restaurants in New York City,

the Apollo Theater in Chicago, and the Santa Fe Railroad office in Kansas City, Missouri. A mosaic portrait of Mike Little

Dog is in the collection of Wolfsonian-Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida.

Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945),

The Departure of

the Rose

(

The Mother of the Hero

), oil on canvas, 40½"

x 30", signed “N.C. Wyeth” bottom right, with labels

identifying artist and title on the back, sold for $112,500

(est. $100,000/150,000). Mrs. N.C. Wyeth gave it to The

Hickman (Friends Boarding Home) in West Chester,

Pennsylvania. It was painted in 1920 as an illustration

for Charles Kingsley’s novel

Westward Ho! or The

Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh

…. N.C.

Wyeth painted it for a Scribner’s edition of the book

published in 1920. Scribner’s returned the complete set

of paintings to the artist in 1921.

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009),

From a Cushing Window

watercolor on paper, 29

⅝

" x 21

⅝

", signed “Andrew

Wyeth” top right, a gift from the artist to The

Hickman (Friends Boarding Home), sold for $81,250

(est. $80,000/120,000). The view is from a window of

a house near east Friendship, Maine, with blueberry

pickers in the field. Wyeth painted more than 300

works looking out windows, according to the catalog.

Fern Isabel Coppedge (1883-1951),

Evening

Glow

⅛

" x 20

⅛

signed “Fern I.

Coppedge” bottom center, also labeled with

artist, title, and date on the back, circa 1922,

sold for $59,375 (est. $40,000/60,000). It is a

classic winter scene with Coppedge’s signature

purple hues and warm color palette.

Frederic Remington (1861-1909),

The

Broncho Buster

, bronze with brown

patina, executed in 1895, signed

“copyright by Frederic Remington”

on the base, also with foundry mark

“Roman Bronze Works NY,” and

inscribed “N 128” under the base,

some damage to whip, 22" high, sold

for $106,250 (est. $60,000/80,000).

Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973),

Greyhounds

at Play

, bronze with verdigris patina, signed and dated

“Anna Hyatt Huntington 1936” and with foundry mark

for “The Gorham Co.” on the base, 38½" high, from the

estate of the late George A. Weymouth, sold for $81,250

(est. $50,000/70,000). It had sold for $85,000 at Sotheby’s

on March 15, 2000.