GERDA-MARIA AHLM (American 1869-1956)

The Path Home

Oil on panel

Signed lower right

9”x5.5”

Estimate $400-$600

AMERICAN SCHOOL (19^th century)

A Young Beauty Adorned with Flowers circa 1890

Carved Alabaster

Ht. 14.75"
Estimate $1,000-$1,500

AMERICAN SCHOOL (20^th century)

A Day at the Beach

Oil on canvas

Initialed lower right “R.A.S”

30 inches x 40 inches

AMERICAN SCHOOL (circa 1920’s)

Women of the Earth

Oil on artist board

Indistinguishably signed upper right and titled on verso.

15.5 inches x 18 inches

AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th/20th century)

Floral Still Life

Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned

24”x31”

Estimate $400-$600

AMERICAN SCHOOL (circa 1820)

Portrait of Mother and Child

Oil on board

Unsigned

7.75”x9.25”

Estimate $500-$750

AMERICAN SCHOOL (circa 1930)

Spring Plowing

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right “Schneider” with verso of stretcher inscribed with title and dated “1930” and “I.W.P”.

32”x 24”

AMERICAN SCHOOL (19^th century)

Deep In Thought    

Oil on canvas

Indistinguishably signed lower right

26 inches x 22 inches

AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th century)

Ferry Crossing

Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned

23.5”x36.75”

Estimate $200-$300

AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th century)

Still Life of Grapes

Oil on canvas laid down

Signed lower right “Emrald”

16”x20”

Estimate $400-$700

AMERICAN SCHOOL (circa 1880)

A Pair of Quail    

Oil on board

Unsigned

12”x7.75”

Estimate $200-$300

FILIPPO ANIVITTI (Italian 1876-1955)

View of Sorrento from Capodimonte

Watercolor and gouache on card

Signed lower left and inscribed on verso “Sorrento from Capodimonte”

10.25 inches x 15 inches

ETHEL BALDWIN (American 1878-1967)

Crashing Waves

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right

30 inches x 24 inches

ADOLF (CONSTANTIN) BAUMGARTNER-STOILOFF

(Austrian 1850-1924)

Encampment

Oil on board

Signed “A. Baumgartner” lower right

12.5”x6.5”

Estimate $500-$750

FREDERICK W. BECKER (American 1888-1974)

Aspens at Toas

Oil on board

Signed lower right. Verso has original exhibition label from the “1933 Assoc. of Oklahoma Artists Annual Exhibition”

20”x16”

Estimate $1,000-$1,500

Attributed to SIR W. BEECHEY (British 1753-1839)

*Lady Georgiana Bertie and Her Son Charles

Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned

39 inches x 49 inches

Estimate $35,000-$45,000

Provenance: Frost and Reed (#25635) acquired by
present owner in 1962.

*According to label on verso.

FRANCIS DONALDINE BELL (American 1885-1970)

An Italian Beauty circa 1910

Watercolor and gouache on paper

Signed lower right and dated 1910

15”x19”

Estimate $400-$600

ROBERT JULIUS BEYSCHLAG (German 1838-1903)

A Grecian Beauty

Oil on board

Signed lower right “J. Beyschlag”

8.25”x11.25”

Estimate $800-$1,200

ANTOINE BLANCHARD (French 1910-1988)

Champs-Elysées, Paris

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right

18 inches x 13 inches

Studio of ANTOINE BLANCHARD (French 1910-1988)

Champs Elysees, Paris

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right “Antoine Blanchard”

22”x26”

Studio of ANTOINE BLANCHARD (French 1910-1988)

 Paris Street Scene – Moulin Rouge

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right “Antoine Blanchard”.

20 inches by 24 inches

LILY BLATHERWICK (Am. 19^th/20^th century)

Laundry Day, circa 1930

Oil on canvasboard

Signed lower right “Blatherwick”

18 inches x 23 inches

RUDOLF BLUM (Austrian 1895-1973)

Stampede of Horses

Oil on canvas

Signed lower left

38”x 31”

JOHN HENRY BOEL (British 19th/20th century)

Angling Amongst the Lily Pads

Oil on canvas

Signed with intertwined J.H. Boel lower right and dated 1892

30”x20”

Estimate $1,000-$1,500

After SANDRO BOTTICELLI (Italian 1444-1510)

The Madonna of the Magnificat

Watercolor and gouache

Initialed lower left “M.C.”

Diameter 23.25”

Estimate $2,500-$3,500

Manner of FRANCOIS BOUCHER (French 1703-1770)

Allegory of Love

Oil on shaped wood panel

Inscribed on verso “F. BOUCHER”

14.5” X 7”

EUTROPE BOURET (French 1833-1906)

A Young Maiden Holding Flowers

Bronze

Inscribed on base and with foundry stamp

Height 22.5”

Estimate $750-$1,000

EMILE BOYER (French 1877-1948)

Zeus Holding the Infant Cupid

Bronze

Signed on base

Height 17.5”

Estimate $1,000-$2,000

CLARENCE E. BRALEY (American 1854-1927)

Glowing Sunset

Pastel on paper

Signed “C. Braley” lower right

20”x16”

Estimate $200-$300

BRITISH SCHOOL (20th century)

A Peaceful Moment

Oil on canvas

Verso of canvas illegibly signed "Wil**** C. H*******" and inscribed "London Galleries" and with inventory number.

36 inches x 24 inches

AIMEE D. BROWN (American b.1882)

July Corn

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right

24 inches x 20 inches

Attributed to PIERRE AUGUSTE BRUNET-HOUARD (French 1829-1922)

Embarking on a Crusade

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right “Brunet-Houard” and dated 1914

27.5”x63”

Estimate $2,000-$3,000

BUCK (European 20th century)

A Walk in the Park, circa 1950

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right

16”x12”

Estimate $500-$800

OTIS A. BULLARD (American 1816-1853)

Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Book, circa 1842

Oil on canvas laid down on board

A photograph of verso of canvas prior to being laid down displays the signature “O.A. Bullard” and date “1842”.

23.25”x27.75”

Estimate $1,500-$2,500

19th century follower of DUCCIO DI BUONINSEGNA (Italian 1255-1319)

The Crevole Madonna

Oil on gessoed canvas laid down on panel

25”x17”

Estimate $800-$1,200

ELBRIDGE AYER BURBANK (American 1858-1949)

Old Mill Scene

Oil on canvas

Signed lower left “E.A. Burbank”

23.75”x39.75”

Estimate $4,000-$5,000

RANDULPH BYE (American b.1916)

Swimming Pool Army-Navy Country Club

Watercolor

Initialed lower right “R.B.”

Image size 11”x9”

Used as an illustration in Ford Times Magazine

Estimate $500-$750

JOHN FABIAN CARLSON (American 1875-1945)

Summer Morning Colorado, 1933

Oil on canvas

Signed and dated lower left “John F. Carlson Colorado 1933”

18 inches x 14 inches

JUAN A. CASTILLO (Mexican b.1949)

Desert Landscape

Oil on canvas

Signed lower left

30”x24”

Estimate $200-$300

Provenance: Renaissance Galleries, Beverly Hills, California

CHARLES BOSSERON CHAMBERS (American 1882-1964)

Adoration of the Magi

Oil on canvas

Signed lower left

32 inches by 26 inches

Estimate $4,000-$7,500

Charles Bosseron Chambers was an accomplished illustrator and portraitist. His highly stylized signature is found on perhaps the best known and most widely reproduced image of the infant Christ-The Light of the World. (see illustration #1). Chambers was born and raised in Saint Louis, Missouri and brought up within a devout Catholic household.

Like the majority of American artists of the day, Chambers sought an art education in Europe studying at both the Berlin Royal Academy and the Royal Academy of Vienna. He also studied in Dresden and Italy. Due to his mother’s ill health, the family then moved to Florida where Chambers’ art career first took hold painting society figures such as Henry Flagler, Henry Phipps and many others.

In 1916 Chambers moved to Manhattan with his wife Anne, the niece of Archbishop Patrick Freehan of Chicago. In 1919 Chambers was commissioned to do work for the newly built St. Ignatius Church in Rodgers Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. There, Chambers produced a painting of St. Joseph holding the infant Christ. The face of the infant Christ from that painting was the inspiration for the image known by millions of Catholics as The Light of the World.(see illustration #1)

Between 1920 and 1950 literally millions of Chambers religious paintings became reproduced and widely displayed. Chambers also did other illustration work including Sir Walters Scotts "Quentin Durward" for Scribners, together with many advertising commissions. But it was his work in the religious field, prints, holy cards, calendars and magazine covers that brought him national recognition and a steady source of income.

Along with The Sacred Heart of Jesus (see illustration #2), The Little Flower, The Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. John The Baptist and many others, the offered lot clearly illustrates Chambers high skill as a painter. It also demonstrates an immediate and unambiguous approach to his themes. An approach and style that conveys an innocence of holiness which continues to produce generations of admirers who connect in a most personal and deeply spiritual way to his work.

WILLIAM HENRY CHANDLER (American 1854-1928)

Lakeside Campfire and Teepee

Pastel on paper

Signed lower right

48 inches x 12 inches

Contained in the original decorative frame.

JOSEPH CLAGHORN (American 1869-1947)

Waiting for the Coach

Watercolor on paper

Signed lower right “J.C. Claghorn”

Image size 17.75”x11.5”

Estimate $300-$500

C. MYRON CLARK (American 1858-1923)

Forest Sunset

Watercolor on paper

Signed lower right and dated 1903

Image size 15”x12”

Estimate $350-$500

MARVIN CONE (American 1893-1965)

Fall Landscape, 1923

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right Marvin Cone and dated 1923

32 inches x 38 inches

Estimate $75,000-$125,000

Provenance:

Marvin Cone

Jack and Hazel Jackson, circa 1923

Thence by descent through the family

As anyone who has experienced the open plains and gently rolling hills of Iowa can attest, Marvin Cone's innate ability to capture these poetic clouded vistas, well known to all natives, are not only the images that first really launched his career but are the very images that continue to draw throngs of new admirers to his paintings.

In his book Marvin Cone Art As Self Portrait, Joseph Czestochowski writes,  "During the 1920's Cone would increasingly develop simple landscape views into powerfully evocative and intensely personal works. Cones clouded landscapes represent the continuation of a systematic move away from an impressionistic style toward compositions characterized by precise design. His brush strokes became more direct, in contrast to the short choppy stokes of his earlier work. Light, however, remained the vehicle through which he expressed the vitality and immediacy of the form before him."

The offered lot is the largest work by Cone ever presented for auction and would also rank among one of the largest works ever produced by the artist.

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (circa 1800)

Ecce Homo

Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned

25.25”x 36”

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (19^th century)

Saint Joseph and the Infant Christ

Oil on canvas

24 inches x 20 inches

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (19^th/20^th century)

A Franciscan Monk and Followers Adoring the Cross

Oil on wood panel

Indistinguishably initialed lower right “M.C.D”?

15.5 inches x 19.75 inches

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (18^th-19^th century)

Portrait of a Young Man

Oil on canvas

Indistinguishably signed lower left

15.75 inches x 19 inches

EDOUARD LEON CORTES (French 1882-1969)

Rue Royale, Madeleine at Dusk

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right

13.25”x18”

Estimate $25,000-$35,000

EDOUARD LEON CORTES (French 1882-1969)

Theatre du Vaudeville, Paris

Oil on canvas

Signed lower left

18”x21.5”

Estimate $35,000-$45,000

Attributed to BRUCE CRANE (American 1857-1937)

Golden Glow

Oil on canvas

Traces of signature lower right

10 1/8 inches x 14 1/8 inches

Estimate $2,000-$3,000

JOHN STUART CURRY  (American 1897-1946)

Summer Afternoon

Lithograph, AAA pub.

Artist signed in pencil lower right

10”x14”

Estimate $500-$1,000

CUZCO SCHOOL (20^th century)

A Guardian Angel

Oil on canvas

28.5 inches x 42 inches

Contained in an elaborately carved wood and gold leafed frame.

CUZCO SCHOOL (20th century)

The Virgin

Oil on canvas

17”x19.5”

Contained in an elaborately carved and gilded frame.

Estimate $750-$1,000

CUZCO SCHOOL (20th century)

The Virgin  and Child

Oil on canvas

Contained in a gilded and carved wood frame.

16”x20”

Estimate $500-$750

CUZCO SCHOOL (20^th century)

The Madonna and Child

Oil on canvas

Inscribed on verso

7.75”x 9.75”

Contained in an elaborately carved wood and gold leafed frame.

After CYRUS EDWIN DALLIN (American 1861-1944)

The Scout

Polychromed plaster

Caproni edition.

Height 35 inches

After CYRUS EDWIN DALLIN (American 1861-1944)

Standing Elk of the Ute Tribe

Polychromed plaster

Caproni edition.

Height 36.5 inches.

After CYRUS EDWIN DALLIN (American 1861-1944)

Abe Lincoln

Polychrome plaster, Caproni edition. Height 39 inches

SARA KOLB DANNER (American 1894-1969)

Bridge in Pennsylvania

Oil on canvas board

Signed lower left

16 inches x 12 inches

EUPEHMI THERESE DIDIEZ DAVID (French b.1823-)

Feeding the Song Birds

Oil on mahogany panel

Signed lower left

9.5”x5”

Estimate $800-$1,200

LOUIS DEVEDEUX (French 1820-1874)

The Birth of Venus

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right “L. Devedeux”

51.5”x37.75”

Estimate $10,000-$15,000

FRANCIS DODGE (American b.1878)

Landscape with Stone Wall

Oil on board

Signed lower left “F. Dodge”

20”x16”

Estimate $350-$500

AUGUSTUS WILLIAM DUNBIER (American 1888-1977)

Lake Manawa, 1967

Oil on board

Signed lower left “Augustus W. Dunbier”, and titled and dated on verso.

24 inches x 20 inches

DUTCH SCHOOL (18^th century)

The Deposition

Oil on canvas laid down

Apparently unsigned

38 inches x 44 inches

ALEXANDER DZIGURSKI (American 1911-1995)

Quiet Waters

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right “A. Dzigurski, 1950 Italy”

23.75”x30”

Estimate $1,500-$2,500

EMILE EISMAN-SEMENOWSKY (French d.1911)

A Young Beauty Adorned with Flowers

Oil on wood panel

Signed lower right “Eisman-Semonowsky-PARIS”

12.5”x10”

Estimate $1,500-$2,500

FRANK F. ENGLISH (American 1854-1922)

Along the River

Watercolor on paper

Signed lower left

20”x13”

Estimate $1,000-$1,500

FRANK F. ENGLISH (American 1854-1922)

Farmscape with Sheep

Watercolor