Heritage Western Art Auction Posts Impressive Results!

May 31, 2007 Fine Art Heritage Western Art Auction Posts Impressive Results!

Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries' inaugural auction of Western Art, held May 24, 2007 in Dallas, Texas as part of Heritage's Fine Art Auction, realized more than $2 million, although after auction sales are still ongoing and are expected to push the total to even higher levels.

"Heritage presented the largest holding of paintings by the father of the Taos Art School, artist Joseph Henry Sharp, to have been offered publicly in many years," said Atlee Philips, Director of Western Americana for Heritage. "This resulted in what could only be described as a 'bidding frenzy' between collectors, dealers and museums."

"The first painter to visit New Mexico, Sharp is widely renowned for his images of Native American people and the magnificent landscapes of the West," Philips said. "In addition to Sharp, this auction included many of the most famous artists from the Taos, New Mexico colony's avant-garde movement. The results were phenomenal, with many of the paintings setting record prices."

Heritage's next Western Art auction will be held on October 21, 2007 in Dallas, Texas at the Anatole Hotel. For more information, please visit www.HA.com/FineArt.

Highlights of the auction included:

A Mexican Buccaro - In Texas, circa 1890
FREDERIC REMINGTON (American 1861-1909)
Oil on canvas
21-1/2 x 17-1/2 inches (54.6 x 44.4 cm)
Signed lower left: Frederic Remington
REALIZED: $310,700

Summer Silhouette, circa 1926
WILLIAM HERBERT (BUCK) DUNTON (American 1878-1936)
Oil on canvas
14 x 14 inches (35.56 x 35.56 cm)
Signed lower left: Dunton
Inscribed on the reverse in paint: "Summer Silhouette" / by W. Herbert Dunton; in pen: Taos. New Mexico, and lower in pencil: Oil Painting / Catalogue - No. 7 - / $450.00 / 1927?
REALIZED: $286,800

Taos Fishing Trip, circa October 1932
JOSEPH HENRY SHARP (American 1859-1953)
Oil on canvas
14 x 17 inches (35.6 x 43.2 cm)
Signed lower right: JHSHARP
On verso: original check from Lawrence Slaback endorsed by Joseph Henry Sharp
REALIZED: $179,250

Jerry
JOSEPH HENRY SHARP (American 1859-1953)
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Signed lower left: JHSHARP
Titled on stretcher bar on verso: Jerry
REALIZED: $155,350

Bawling Deer, circa 1924 -1946
JOSEPH HENRY SHARP (American 1859-1953)
Oil on canvas
16 x 13 inches (40.6 x 33 cm)
Signed lower right: JHSHARP
Titled on stretcher bar on verso in artist's hand
Inscribed verso: Francis Taos Indian
REALIZED: $143,400

Night Out in Taos (Taos Indian Night Watch), circa 1930
LAVERNE NELSON BLACK (American 1887-1938)
Oil on canvas board
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower right
REALIZED: $143.400

Corpus Christi Sunday in Taos
BERT GREER PHILLIPS (American 1868-1956)
Oil on panel
13 x 18 inches (33 x 45.7 cm)
Signed lower left: Phillips
Inscribed on reverse: Corpus Cristi Sunday in Taos by Bert Phillips
REALIZED: $89,625

Sun Arrow, circa 1916-1920
JULIUS ROLSHOVEN (American 1858-1930)
Oil on canvas
36 x 28 inches (58.4 x 71.1 cm)
Signed and inscribed upper left: "Sun Arrow"/Taos, N.M./J. Rolshoven
REALIZED: $77,675

Blind Hopi Girl Returning from a Desert Watering Hole, September 1915
WILLIAM ROBINSON LEIGH (American 1866-1955)
Oil on canvas
11 x 15-1/2 inches (27.9 x 39.4 cm)
Signed lower left: W.R. Leigh
Signed, titled and dated on reverse: First Mesa Arizona/Sept 1915/W. R. Leigh/A blind hopi girl returning from a desert watering hoal [sic]/The original sketch, from which a picture has been painted.
REALIZED: $74,687

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