Fine Paintings & Sculpture
The sale will have live-stream audio with online, telephone, and absentee bidding. We do not anticipate being able to welcome in-person bidders to the auction room due to COVID-19.
Preview by appointment only by contacting us at 508.970.3206 or paintings@skinnerinc.com. Visit our notification page for up-to-date schedule information. View our glossary of terms.
The auction covers a broad range of Western styles, media, and regions from the 16th century to the present day including paintings, sculpture, and works on paper. Star lots include two watercolors by Andrew Wyeth, two colorful gouaches by Alexander Calder, a preparatory collage for Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s ambitious 1985 project The Pont Neuf Wrapped, and major sculptures by Isidore Bonheur and Harry Jackson. Look for paintings by Robert Salmon, James McDougal Hart, Jane Peterson, Frederick Oakes Sylvester, and Fern Coppedge, plus a piano decorated by Max Keuhne. Modern and Contemporary artists including Gifford Beal, Charles Burchfield, Charles Demuth, Roberto Matta, Francis Picabia, and many others offer a great range of styles and subjects.

Robin S.R. Starr
Vice President
Director of American & European Works of Art
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Elizabeth Haff
Specialist, American & European Works of Art
Old Masters & 19th Century
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Kathleen M. Leland
Specialist, American & European Works of Art
Modern & Contemporary Art
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James Leighton
Specialist, American & European Works of Art
Fine Photographs
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American & European Works of Art
The American & European Works of Art department brings years of experience, connoisseurship, and knowledge of art history to bear in every fine art appraisal, evaluation, and auction.