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William Bradford Paintings Sail at Skinner Auction
Boston, MA - Two arctic scenes by William Bradford, Arctic Sunset with
Rainbow and Arctic Whaler Homeward Bound Among the Icebergs led Skinner’s
auction of American and European paintings and prints on March 9, selling for
$178,500 and $90,500 respectively. Both paintings sold above expectations, as
did many other offerings.
A varied selection of prints opened the auction, highlighted by Arthur Wesley
Dow’s In Ipswich Marshes, which sold for $9,200. Three prints
by Martin Lewis, Down to the Sea at Night, Oncoming Rain, and Chance
Meeting, sold for $3,105, 1,955, $4,370 respectively, and a Portrait
of Maya after Pablo Picasso went for $3,737.50. Additional works included
Pacific Steamer by Friedensreich Hundertwasser ($2,875), Ronde de
Nuit by Felix Hilaire Buhot ($2,185), Manhattan I, Stone 2 by Lyonel
Feininger ($2,070), and Marche aux Legumes, a Pontoise by Camille Pissarro
($1,840). Selected etchings by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn included Rembrandt
in a Velvet Cap and Plume and Christ Driving the Money-Changers From
the Temple ($1,840 each), The Good Samaritan ($1,610), and Jan
Uytenbogaert, Armenian Preacher ($2,300). Sporting prints featured Flight
Woodcock by Aiden Lassell Ripley ($1,610), and Geese Alighting and
Pintails Passing by Frank Weston Benson ($1,035 each). The first session
closed with a selection of photography, that was led by several portraits by
Lotte Jacobi: Portrait of Albert Einstein ($1,265), Portrait of Franz
Kafka ($1,265), Portrait of Lotte Lenya ($1,035), and Head of
a Dancer from PORTFOLIO II ($1,495).
The evening session saw interest in a broad variety of offerings. In addition
to the two Bradfords, marine and harbor views included Fishing Port, Cameret
France by Edgar Alwin Payne ($41,400), Boston Harbor at Dawn by Hendricks
A. Hallett ($25,300), Harbor View by Cesar Klein ($17,250), and Harbor
View by Robert Henri ($10,925). Highlights also included Jefferson David
Chalfant’s In Hard Luck ($60,800), and Aiden Lassell Ripley’s Grouse
Cover ($48,300). Two works by Laura Coombs Hills, Jonquils and Narcissus
and Heavenly Blues/A Still Life with Morning Glories ($46,000 each),
led the selection of still lifes; others included Emma Fordyce MacRae’s Asian
Style Still Life with Lilies ($18,400) and Walt Kuhn’s Roses ($18,400).
Also selling well beyond their estimates were Portrait of a Woman with a
Goldfish by Ernest Lee Major ($37,950), Buck Mountain, Lake George
by David Johnson ($25,300), The Boat Ride by Marguerite Rousseau ($21,850),
Salome with the Head of John the Baptist by Johann Heinrich Fuseli ($20,700),
and Fire Scene by Moonlight/A Boston View attributed to Robert Salmon
($19,550). Crest of the Wave, a bronze by Harriet Whitney Frishmuth sold
for $40,250, and three works by Louis Comfort Tiffany also sold high: The
Temple Ruins at Luxor, Egypt ($18,400), The Egyptian Ruins ($17,250),
and Picnic in the Forest ($13,800).
Prices realized at the auction are posted on Skinner’s Web site. Skinner’s
next auction of American and European paintings will be held in Boston on Friday,
May 11. For more information, call 978.779.6241.
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