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JOSEPH RUSLING MEEKER (American, 1827-1889)
Florida Lowlands, 1886
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 inches (...
Auction 5004 | Lot: 33151 | May 8, 2008

Sold For: $95,600.00
WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (American, 1849-1916)
Portrait of Esther M. Groome, circa 1912
Oil on canvas
Auction 5004 | Lot: 33163 | May 8, 2008

Sold For: $95,600.00
HERMANN HERZOG (American, 1832-1932)
Lazy Days, Everglades
Oil on canvas
62 x 52 inches (157.5 x 132.1 cm)
Signed lower right: H. Herzog

Auction 5118 | Lot: 73088 | Nov 15, 2012

Sold For: $92,500.00
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE TEXAS COLLECTOR

DAVID JOHNSON (American, 1827-1908)
Near Shelburne, Vermont
Auction 5024 | Lot: 77061 | Jun 10, 2009

Sold For: $86,040.00

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SARAH PAXTON BALL DODSON (American, 1847-1906)
The Morning Stars (Les Etoiles du Matin), 1887
Oil on linen canvas
23 x 30 inches (58.4 x 76.2 cm)
Signed and dated verso: S.P. Dodson, 18+87
Signed lower right with monogrammed initials

Auction 5174 | Lot: 70020 | May 10, 2014

Sold For: $68,750.00
SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD (American, 1823-1880)
View from Above, Kaaterskill Cove, 1860
Oil on canvas on board
4 x 7-1/2 inches (10.2 x 19.1 cm)
Initialed and dated lower left: S.R.G. 1860

Auction 5096 | Lot: 64439 | May 15, 2012

Sold For: $68,500.00
A NORTHERN CHEYENNE BEADED HIDE BABY CARRIER

c. 1880
...
Auction 681 | Lot: 77089 | Nov 10, 2007

Sold For: $65,725.00

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EASTMAN JOHNSON (American, 1824-1906)
Little Boy on a Stool, 1861
Oil on canvas
11-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches (28.6 x 23.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: E. Johnson / 1861

(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 5118 | Lot: 73128 | Nov 15, 2012

Sold For: $65,500.00
ALBERT BIERSTADT (American 1830 - 1902)
Autumn Landscape, circa 1880s
Oil on paper mounted on board
18-3/4 x 27 inche...
Auction 638 | Lot: 25089 | Nov 10, 2006

Sold For: $62,737.50
ASHER BROWN DURAND (American, 1796-1886)
A Natural Monarch, 1853
Oil on canvas
23 x 18-1/2 inches (58.4 x 47.0 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: A.B. Durand / 1853
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 5118 | Lot: 73054 | Nov 15, 2012

Sold For: $62,500.00

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GEORGE INNESS (American, 1825-1894)
Valley Near Perugia, 1871
Oil on canvas
24-1/4 x 19 inches (61.6 x 48.3 cm)
Signed lower right: G. Inness

Auction 5030 | Lot: 66010 | Nov 12, 2009

Sold For: $60,500.00

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The Hon. Paul H. Buchanan, Jr. Collection

LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY (American, 1848-1933)
Calla Lilies <...
Auction 5024 | Lot: 77044 | Jun 10, 2009

Sold For: $59,750.00
GEORGE INNESS (American 1825 - 1894)
Approaching Storm, circa 1868
Oil on canvas
12-½ x 16in.
Signed and indistinctl...
Auction 638 | Lot: 24008 | Nov 9, 2006

Sold For: $59,750.00
The Hon. Paul H. Buchanan, Jr. Collection

MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE (American, 1819-1904)
Red Rose and Heliot...
Auction 5024 | Lot: 77008 | Jun 10, 2009

Sold For: $57,360.00
GEORGE INNESS (American 1825-1894)
Landscape, 1857
Oil on canvas-faced academy board
7-3/8 x 10-5/8 inches (18.7 x 27 cm)
Signed at lower left: G. Inness 1857

Provenance:
M. Giblin;
Mrs. Louis Wilson (Washington, DC);
Mrs. Graham B. Peake, to 1952 (New York);
With Grand Central Art Galleries, 1952 (New York);
Private collection (Dallas, Texas)

The painting depicts a peaceful countryside filling with soft light from the right with beautifully colored clouds in the lower sky. The foreground is shaded by trees on the right. A stream with cows wading, flows out from the left of the canvas to the right and then curves back again to the left. The stream passes back through high banks to the left and center, decorated with mature trees and a house at center. The background depicts a rolling landscape and a sloping mountain. An exceptionally detailed example of the period, this Landscape is part of a group of three paintings that passed through the market in 1952. Each painting in the series depicts a different time of day. The other two paintings The Meadows and The Sunset are currently in the collection of the Worcester Art Museum. This particular painting will be included in the supplement to Michael Quick's, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné (2006).
Auction 652 | Lot: 23017 | May 25, 2007

Sold For: $56,165.00
CHARLES MARION RUSSELL (American 1864-1926)
Nancy Cooper Russell's Wedding Ring, circa 1896
24K Gold
Approximately ring size 6

Provenance:
Jack Russell, gifted by Charles Russell in 1925;
Mrs. Jack Russell, Jack Russell's wife;
Bill Reynolds, 1970

Designed by Charles Russell and cast from a gold nugget, this distinctively Western piece of jewelry was made as a wedding ring for his wife Nancy Cooper. Cast in the shape of a western saddle, the ring is likely one of the first three-dimensional sculptural works ever produced by the artist, and therefore possibly instrumental in his introduction to the sculptural medium. Spurred by Nancy's devoted support and promotion, in 1898, just two years after their marriage, Russell cast his first bronze at the Roman Bronze Works in New York, a move that would lead Russell to become one of the greatest Western artists in history.

The ring is accompanied by a signed affidavit by Charles Russell's son, Jack Russell. The illustrated affidavit is photocopied, however the date and original final signature are in Jack Russell's hand, in black ink. The ring is mounted in a custom-made leather clamshell case. The text of the affidavit reads in full

Dear Reader,

My father Charles M. Russell met my mother Nancy Cooper in Cascade Montana. She was living with the Roberts family. After a courtship Charlie proposed to Nancy, and to his surprize (sic) and relief she accepted. Charlie had little money, but much imagination, he took to her a ring duplicating his stock saddle. They were married at the Roberts home, in a small private ceremony. I was just a kid when Dad died. I'll never forget when Dad gave me the saddle ring. Charlie had a small shack or bunkhouse out back, which he used as a studio. This is where I believe the Russell saddle ring was made by my father. I do remember this much...the ring was made out of wax and cast into gold. The ring was an engagement or wedding gift. Jack Russell
Auction 652 | Lot: 24031 | May 25, 2007

Sold For: $53,775.00
AN AMERICAN UNION PORCELAIN WORKS CENTENNIAL VASE
Union Porcelain Works, Greenpoint, New York, circa 1876-1885
Designed by Karl Müller
Marks: MANUFACTURED BY UNION PORCELAIN WORKS GREENPOINT, NY, (raised seal) UPWC (eagle's head with S in beak), incised 2, signed under portrait K. MULLER, to relief panel UPW
12-3/4 x 10 x 7-1/4 inches (32.4 x 25.4 x 18.4 cm)

Auction 5065 | Lot: 66070 | Jun 1, 2011

Sold For: $47,800.00
AN AMERICAN SILVER AND MIXED METAL CREAM PITCHER
Tiffany & Co., New York, New York, circa 1878
Marks: TIFFAN...
Auction 5012 | Lot: 71027 | Nov 6, 2008

Sold For: $47,800.00
WALTER GAY (American 1856-1937)
The Pink Room, Le Breau
Oil on canvas
21-3/4 x 18 inches (55.2 x 45.7 cm)
Signed at lower left: Walter Gay

Auction 656 | Lot: 23443 | Dec 7, 2007

Sold For: $47,800.00

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$71,700 or more
The Hon. Paul H. Buchanan, Jr. Collection

EASTMAN JOHNSON (American, 1824-1906)
The Young Musicians...
Auction 5024 | Lot: 77007 | Jun 10, 2009

Sold For: $41,825.00
WILLIAM KEITH (American, 1839-1911)
View of Mount Shasta, 1891
Oil on canvas
23 x 32 inches (58.4...
Auction 5006 | Lot: 67009 | Jan 24, 2009

Sold For: $41,825.00
MARY (LOUISE FAIRCHILD) MACMONNIES LOW (American 1866-1946)
Giverny Orchard, circa 1888-1909
Oil on canvas laid on masonite
18 x 32 inches (45.7 x 81.3 cm)
Signed lower right: Mary MacMonnies / Giverny

Auction 656 | Lot: 23452 | Dec 7, 2007

Sold For: $41,825.00
ALBERT BIERSTADT (American 1830 - 1902)
Deep in the Rockies
Oil on paper on panel
18 x 25-½in.
Signed lower right, <...
Auction 638 | Lot: 24007 | Nov 9, 2006

Sold For: $41,825.00

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EDWARD LAMSON HENRY (American 1841-1919)
Village Square, 1870
Oil on artists' board
14 x 11-3/4 inches (35.6 x 29.8 cm)
Signed lower left: Henry 70

Auction 656 | Lot: 23399 | Dec 7, 2007

Sold For: $38,837.50

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$58,256 or more
SAMUEL LANCASTER GERRY (American, 1813-1891)
Fording the Stream (Franconia Mountains, New Hampshire), 1857
Oil on canvas
20 x 30 inches (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: S.L. Gerry. 1857
Inscribed on label verso: Landscape (White Mts) / Franconia Mountains near Thornton, / N.H. By Samuel Lancaster Gerry / 1857

Auction 5118 | Lot: 73093 | Nov 15, 2012

Sold For: $36,250.00

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$54,375 or more
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GEORGE INNESS (American, 1825-1894)
Landscape Study, circa...
Auction 5024 | Lot: 77064 | Jun 10, 2009

Sold For: $35,850.00
EANGER IRVING COUSE (American, 1866-1936)
Portrait of Virginia Couse, circa 1890
Oil on canvas
31...
Auction 5004 | Lot: 33143 | May 8, 2008

Sold For: $35,850.00
CHARLES SPRAGUE PEARCE (American 1851-1914)
Home From The Fields, circa 1880-84
Oil on canvas
18 x 11-1/2 inches (45.7 x 29.2 cm)
Signed and inscribed lower left: Charles Sprague Pearce/Paris
Stamped with artist's monogram on stretcher

Literature:
Julia Rowland Myers, "The American Expatriate Painters of the French Peasantry, 1863-1893," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park, 1989, p 239, ff 3

Pearce was born and raised in Boston. His grandfather and namesake was the noted poet and banker Charles Sprague, who was a participant in the "Boston Tea Party." After graduating from the Boston Latin School Pearce worked for five years as a merchant in the China trade. During this period he was also actively painting and in 1872 gained some local renown for his early efforts. In 1873 Pearce followed the advice of William Morris Hunt and went to Paris, where he spent three years studying in the private atelier of Leon Bonnat.

In Europe Pearce quickly established his reputation and became one of the most highly regarded American artists of the late 19th century. In the early 1880s he began to spend considerable time painting in the small village of Auvers-sur-Oise in Picardy and settled there permanently in 1885. He exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon and received many distinguished honors including the French Legion of Honor. Pearce maintained close ties with the United States and served as chairman of the Parisian jury for the Chicago Exposition of 1893 and the St. Louis Exposition of 1904. In the 1890s Pearce executed a mural decoration for the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

Together with Daniel Ridgeway Knight, Charles Sprague Pearce was regarded during the 1880s and 1890s as the finest and most poetic American painters of French peasant subjects. In 1888 George Sheldon remarked that Pearce and Knight 'each has made a study of the Brittany peasant-woman in her relations to the landsca
Auction 652 | Lot: 23036 | May 25, 2007

Sold For: $35,850.00

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ROBERT SPEAR DUNNING (American 1829-1905)
Still Life with Fruit, 1889
Oil on canvas
12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Signed lower right R.S. Dunning 1889

Auction 656 | Lot: 23406 | Dec 7, 2007

Sold For: $33,460.00
DANIEL HUNTINGTON (American 1816-1906)
Portrait Of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, 1896
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: D. Huntington / 1896

Auction 652 | Lot: 23046 | May 25, 2007

Sold For: $33,460.00
CHARLES HAROLD DAVIS (American 1856-1933)
Landscape At Twighlight
Oil on canvas
30 x 44in. (unframed)
Signed lower l...
Auction 76051 | Lot: 27005 | May 23, 2006

Sold For: $33,460.00
WILLIAM LANGSON LATHROP (American 1859-1938)
Untitled, 1907
Oil on canvas
25 x 30in. (unframed)
Signed and dated low...
Auction 76051 | Lot: 27022 | May 23, 2006

Sold For: $33,460.00
WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (American, 1849-1916)
Copy of Velázquez's Menippus, 1882
Oil on canvas
70 x 36 inches (177.8 x 91.4 cm)

Auction 5096 | Lot: 64265 | May 15, 2012

Sold For: $32,500.00
FREDERIC SACKRIDER REMINGTON (American, 1861-1909)
Advance of the Russian Infantry, 1893
Watercolor on buff paper
22 x 30-1/2 inches (55.9 x 77.5 cm)
Signed lower right: Frederic Remington

Auction 5116 | Lot: 76018 | Nov 10, 2012

Sold For: $31,250.00
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ALBERT BIERSTADT (American, 1830-1902)
Lake Scene
Oil o...
Auction 5024 | Lot: 77060 | Jun 10, 2009

Sold For: $31,070.00
The Hon. Paul H. Buchanan, Jr. Collection

WILLIAM TROST RICHARDS (American, 1833-1905)
Graycliff, the Ar...
Auction 5024 | Lot: 77031 | Jun 10, 2009

Sold For: $31,070.00
AN APACHE BEADED HIDE SHIRT

c.1880
...
Auction 681 | Lot: 77041 | Nov 10, 2007

Sold For: $31,070.00
VICTOR DUBREUIL (American, active 1880 - 1910)
The International Contest between Heenan & Sayers, circa 1880s
Oil on c...
Auction 638 | Lot: 25078 | Nov 10, 2006

Sold For: $31,070.00
JOHN GEORGE BROWN, N.A. (British 1831 - 1913)
Daydreaming (The Shoe Shine Boy), 1885
Oil on canvas
24-1/4 x 16-1/4in....
Auction 638 | Lot: 24004 | Nov 9, 2006

Sold For: $31,070.00
HIRAM POWERS (American, 1805-1873)
Proserpine, modeled 1844
Marble
24 inches (61.0 cm) high
Inscription on front of base: Hiram Powers

Auction 5030 | Lot: 66015 | Nov 12, 2009

Sold For: $29,875.00
FREDERIC REMINGTON (American, 1861-1909)
Mexican Woman Washing, 1890
Gouache and ink on cardboard
Auction 5004 | Lot: 33217 | May 8, 2008

Sold For: $29,875.00
PROPERTY FROM A TENNESSEE PRIVATE COLLECTION

THOMAS DOUGHTY (American, 1793-1856)
Catskills, cir...
Auction 5057 | Lot: 64074 | Nov 10, 2010

Sold For: $28,680.00
XANTHUS SMITH (American, 1839-1929)
Palmettos at Port Royal, 1866
Oil on canvas
8 x 12 inches
Signed and dated lowe...
Auction 5024 | Lot: 77078 | Jun 10, 2009

Sold For: $28,680.00
A GROS VENTRE/ASSINIBOINE MAN'S BEADED HIDE AND CLOTH SHIRT

c. 1890
...
Auction 681 | Lot: 77286 | Nov 10, 2007

Sold For: $28,680.00
HENRY A. FERGUSON (American 1842-1911)
Sunset On Lake George, c.1860
Oil on canvas
10.1in. x 18.1in.
Signed indistinctly lower left
Label on verso inscribed: Sunset on Lake George/ Painted by/ Henry A. Ferguson/ Given to Albany Institute of Art 1920 by/ A.V. Jenison/ Acquired by Hastings Art Ltd through/ deaccessioned 1983
This painting retains its original gilt acorn frame.

Provenance: Mrs. Anna V. Jenison; gifted to Albany Institute of Art, 1920; deaccessioned 1982; Hastings Art Ltd, 1983; private collection; to present owner

Exhibited: Newington Cropsey Museum "Scenes from a century past, reflections of the spirit" 2000. Curator, Adelia Rasines

Literature: Albany Institute of History and Art, Catalogue of the Collections of the Albany Institute of History and Art (Albany, NY, 1924)

Henry A. Ferguson's Sunset on Lake George exemplifies the American landscape artist's shift in focus from the minute details of the Hudson River School, to an emphasis on the effects of reflective light and atmosphere. These luminous works created during the 1860s were made popular by artists like Martin Johnson Heade, Frederick Kensett, and Sanford R. Gifford, as well as Jasper Cropsey. According to exhibition records, Ferguson executed other paintings of Lake George in 1861 and 1864, which supports a circa date of 1860 for the present work. Ferguson traveled extensively throughout his career, sketching along the Hudson River, the Berkshire Mountains, and the White Mountains in addition to exotic locales such as Mexico, South America, Europe, and Africa. Ferguson was elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1884, and was a member of the Century Association from 1879 to 1911. He exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association, National Academy of Design, Century Association, Boston Art Club, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Auction 600 | Lot: 19819 | May 22, 2004

Sold For: $27,600.00

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ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER (American, 1837-1908)
North Conway, New Hampshire, c. 1858
Oil on canvas
10 x 18 inches (25.4 x 45.7 cm)
Signed lower left: ABricher.
Signed and titled verso: Souvenir of North Conway / By A T Bricher

Auction 5118 | Lot: 73070 | Nov 15, 2012

Sold For: $27,500.00
EASTMAN JOHNSON (American, 1824-1906)
Self-Portrait in the Costume Worn by Him at the Twelfth Night Celebration at the Country Club, 1899
Oil on canvas laid on board
56-1/2 x 43 inches (143.5 x 109.2 cm)
Signed lower left: E. Johnson

Auction 5118 | Lot: 73129 | Nov 15, 2012

Sold For: $27,500.00
BENJAMIN WEST CLINEDINST (American, 1859-1931)
Man with his Dog before a Hearth, 1884
Oil on canvas
2-1/4 x 17-3/4 inches (5.7 x 45.1 cm)
Signed, dated, and inscribed upper right: B.W. Clinedinst Paris 84

Auction 5096 | Lot: 64413 | May 15, 2012

Sold For: $27,500.00

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