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WILLIAM ROBINSON LEIGH (American, 1866-1955)
Home, Sweet Home, 1932
Oil on canvas
40 x 60 inches (101.6 x 152.4 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: W.R. Leigh 1932

Auction 5085 | Lot: 70040 | Nov 5, 2011

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NORMAN ROCKWELL (American, 1894-1978)
The Song of Bernadette, 1944
Oil on canvas
53 x 28 inches (...
Auction 621 | Lot: 30655 | Nov 18, 2005

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GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (American, 1887-1986)
Alligator Pears, circa 1923
Oil on canvas
12 x 10 inches (30.5 x 25.4 cm)
Signed on stretcher verso: O'Keeffe

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Auction 5198 | Lot: 68041 | Nov 17, 2014

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WILLIAM ROBINSON LEIGH (American, 1866-1955)
Renegade at Bay, 1941
Oil on canvas
24 x 29 inches (61.0 x 73.7 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: W.R. Leigh 1941

Auction 5085 | Lot: 70041 | Nov 5, 2011

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JOSEF ALBERS (American, 1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Stucco Setting, 1958
Oil on board
29-1/2 x 29-1/2 inches (74.9 x 74.9 cm)
Initialed and dated lower right
Titled, signed, dated and inscribed in ink on the reverse

Auction 5063 | Lot: 72033 | May 24, 2011

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DAVID JOHNSON (American 1827-1908)
Catnip Island, Near Greenwich, CT, 1878/79
Oil on canvas
22in.x 34in.
Signed with...
Auction 621 | Lot: 30132 | Nov 17, 2005

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JOHN MARTIN TRACY (American, 1844-1893)
Field Trials in North Carolina, (Southern Field Trials: Lightfield Deuce & Prince Lucifer), (Central Field Trials), 1891
Oil on canvas
30 x 50 inches (76.2 x 127 cm)
Signed lower left: J.M. Tracy

Auction 5030 | Lot: 66011 | Nov 12, 2009

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MAXFIELD PARRISH (American, 1870-1966)
At Close of Day, 1941
Oil on board
15 x 13 in.
Signed and dated lower right

Auction 5052 | Lot: 78226 | Feb 12, 2011

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JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY (American, 1823-1900)
Greenwood Lake, Autumn on the Hudson, 1875
Oil on canvas
18 x 30 inches (45.7 x 76.2 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: J. F. Cropsey / 1875

Auction 5030 | Lot: 66047 | Nov 12, 2009

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CHARLES SHEELER (American, 1883-1965)
Peaches in a White Bowl, 1910
Oil on canvas
10-1/2 x 13-3/4 inches (26.7 x 34.9 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: C.R. Sheeler - 1910

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Auction 5198 | Lot: 68005 | Nov 17, 2014

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GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980)
Roxanne, 1960
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
Signed lower left

Auction 5052 | Lot: 78091 | Feb 12, 2011

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PATRICK NAGEL (American, 1945-1984)
Untitled (Her Look), 1983
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 33 in.
Signed and dated lower right

Auction 5165 | Lot: 78162 | May 7, 2014

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PATRICK NAGEL (American, 1945-1984)
Untitled (Woman with Horse), 1983
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 22 in.
Signed and dated lower left

Auction 5165 | Lot: 78163 | May 7, 2014

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MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE (American, 1819-1904)
Jacqueminot Roses, circa 1883-1890
Oil on canvas
20 x 12 inches (50.8 x 30.5 cm)
Signed lower left: M.J. Heade
Original period frame
Auction 5030 | Lot: 66014 | Nov 12, 2009

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GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980)
Vision of Beauty (Unveiling), 1947
Oil on canvas
36 x 28 in.
Signed lower right

From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

Auction 5090 | Lot: 78117 | Mar 2, 2012

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GRANDMA MOSES (American, 1860-1961)
The Old Checkered House in Cambridge Valley, 1943
Oil on masonite
21-3/4 x 29-3/4 inches (55.2 x 75.6 cm)
Signed lower center: MOSES.; also titled The Old Checkered House in Cambridge Valley dated 1943 and numbered 466 on an original Grandma Moses label affixed verso (Copyright reserved to Grandma Moses Properties Co., New York)

Auction 5118 | Lot: 73104 | Nov 15, 2012

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JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH (American, 1863-1935)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Swift's Premium Soap Products calendar illustration, 1916
Conte crayon and watercolor on board
25.25 x 16.25 in.
Signed lower left

Auction 5111 | Lot: 78133 | Oct 14, 2012

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TOM LOVELL (American, 1909-1997)
The Raven Followers, 1975
Oil on board
19 x 32 inches (48.3 x 81.3 cm)
Signed lower left: Tom Lovell NWA
Auction 5085 | Lot: 70050 | Nov 5, 2011

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IRVING PENN (American, 1917-2009)
Harlequin Dress, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 1950
Platinum-palladium, 1979
20-3/4 x 19 inches (52.6 x 48.3 cm)
Verso: signed, titled, dated, and numbered 27/30 in pencil, edition and Penn/Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction stamps
State: flush-mounted to aluminum, matted, framed, and glazed

Auction 5060 | Lot: 74083 | May 2, 2011

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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (American, 1946-1989)
Calla Lily
Gelatin silver, 1984
Paper: 19-3/4 x 15-3/4 ...
Auction 5037 | Lot: 74132 | Jun 9, 2010

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GUY CARLETON WIGGINS (American 1883-1962)
Winter at the Library
Oil on canvas
25in. 30in.
Signed lower left
Signed ...
Auction 621 | Lot: 30402 | Nov 17, 2005

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DAVID JOHNSON (American, 1827-1908)
Untitled (Pastoral Scene), 1867
Oil on canvas
16-1/4 x 26 inches (41.3 x 66.0 cm)
Monogrammed and dated lower right: 67

Auction 5030 | Lot: 66048 | Nov 12, 2009

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FREDERIC SACKRIDER REMINGTON (American 1861-1909)
Bronco Buster
Bronze
22.75in. tall
Signed on base
Roman Bronze Wo...
Auction 621 | Lot: 30255 | Nov 17, 2005

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DAVID BATES (American, b. 1952)
The Blue Heron, 1985
Oil on canvas
72 x 60 inches (182.9 x 152.4 cm)
Signed lower right: BATES
Signed, titled and dated on overlap verso

Auction 5180 | Lot: 76056 | Oct 18, 2014

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GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980)
Let's Eat Out, 1967
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
Signed lower right

From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

Auction 5090 | Lot: 78112 | Mar 2, 2012

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GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980)
Peek-a-View, Louis F. Dow Company calendar illustration, 1940
Oil on canvas
29 x 23 in.
Faintly signed lower right

Auction 5111 | Lot: 78247 | Oct 14, 2012

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JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER (1874-1951)
Saturday Evening Post cover, November 24, 1928
Oil on canvas
28.5in. x 20.5in. (sight size)
Initialed lower left: JCL

As Michael Schau noted in J.C. Leyendecker, "Leyendecker painted his first Saturday Evening Post cover in 1899 and he continued to work for the magazine until 1943, creating 322 covers for The Post. The reputation gained as a result of his magazine covers established Leyendecker as one of America's most popular illustrators." This painting is reproduced on page 142 of Michael Schau's book. Leyendecker was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame in 1977.

This sensational painting shows America's evolution over three centuries of Thanksgiving holidays. From the accomplishments of the stern, pioneering, and freedom-fighting colonists of 1628, to the entertainments provided by the battered, yet playful grid-iron stalwarts of 1928, this blessed country has plenty to celebrate each November. Both figures regard each other as they are each given a heroic and monumental presence by Leyendecker. His vigorous and energetic brushwork bathes the figures in a sparkling light, creating a noble vision of pure Americana.
RKeywords: oil, painting, post , cover, football, portrait
Auction 604 | Lot: 25127 | Oct 29, 2004

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MAYNARD DIXON (American, 1875-1946)
Calico Hills (Virgin Valley, Nevada; No.350), 1927
Oil on canvas
16 x 20-1/4 inches (40.6 x 51.4 cm)
Signed, inscribed, and dated lower right: Maynard Dixon / Virgin Valley, Nev. 1927
Numbered, titled, and dated verso: 350 / Calico Hills / Virgin Valley, Nev. / Aug. 1927

Auction 5085 | Lot: 70006 | Nov 5, 2011

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GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980)
Golden Beauty, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1957
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
Signed lower left

From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

Auction 5213 | Lot: 71126 | May 14, 2015

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ALBERTO VARGAS (American, 1896-1982)
Gold Carnation (Legacy Nude #9), 1940s
Watercolor and gouache on board
21.5 x 29.5 in.
Signed lower right

Auction 5052 | Lot: 78295 | Feb 12, 2011

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EARL MORAN (American, 1893-1984)
Marilyn
Pastel on board
30.75 x 22.5 in.
Signed lower right

Auction 5052 | Lot: 78201 | Feb 12, 2011

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GUY CARLETON WIGGINS (American 1883-1962)
Snow Storm
16in.x 12in.
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left

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Auction 621 | Lot: 30401 | Nov 17, 2005

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JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER (1874-1951)
Saturday Evening Post cover, October 19, 1935
Going South
Oil on canvas
29in. x 22in. (sight size)
Signed lower right: JC Leyendecker

Leyendecker titled his painting "Going South." Although Leyendecker's early Saturday Evening Post covers illustrated stories inside the issue, the vast majority of his later Post covers had more general and conceptualized themes such as "Fall," "Christmas," and "New Years." This painting is reproduced on page 155 of J.C. Leyendecker by Michael Schau.

Leyendecker studied at the Chicago Art Institute and the Acadamie Julian in Paris. This superb painting showcases Joseph Leyendecker's mastery of reflected light and color. The subject's shadowed forms are infused with a golden "fill light," so that the unlit hues never become dominated by stark value contrasts and lose their chromatic sparkle. This successful colorist approach to painting affected generations of illustrators and cartoonists for decades to come. The young Norman Rockwell was such an avid devotee of the Leyendecker Post covers, that, in Michael Schau's book, it was revealed, "Once Rockwell confided to a model, who had also worked for Leyendecker, that as a teenager in New Rochelle, New York, where the Leyendeckers later lived, Rockwell would take every opportunity just to catch a glimpse of Joe."

Keywords: oil, painting, post, African, American, humor, cover, portrait
Auction 604 | Lot: 25125 | Oct 29, 2004

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GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980)
"Doggone!", Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1946
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
Signed center right

Auction 5111 | Lot: 78246 | Oct 14, 2012

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THOMAS HART BENTON (American 1889-1975)
Frisco Station
Watercolor on paper
23in. x 18.75in.
Signed lower right
Insc...
Auction 621 | Lot: 30440 | Nov 17, 2005

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NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (American, 1882-1945)
Memgumban Gets the Idea, Red Cross magazine story illustration, February 1920
Oil on canvas
30 x 42 in.
Signed lower left

Auction 5111 | Lot: 78161 | Oct 14, 2012

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JOHN MARIN (American, 1870-1953)
Trees, Rocks, and Schooner (Within the Three-Mile Limit), 1921
Watercolor and ink on paper
19-1/2 x 16-3/4 inches (49.5 x 42.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Marin '21
Inscribed verso: Within the Three-Mile Limit

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Auction 5198 | Lot: 68038 | Nov 17, 2014

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ALBERT BIERSTADT (American 1830-1902)
Hunter in the White Mountains Near Glen House, 1869
Oil on paper
19in.x 13.75in
Inscribed on verso: White Mts. Near Glen House 1869
Provenance: private collection, upstate New York

Best known for his images of the West and of Yosemite, renowned landscape painter Albert Bierstadt also had a special attachment to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He visited the area several times over the course of his career between 1852 and 1886, and created some of his most noteworthy paintings there, including The Lake at Franconia Notch, White Mountains (Newark Museum), Moat Mountain (Currier Gallery of Art), and The Emerald Pool, 1870 (Chrysler Museum of Art), a work Bierstadt considered to be his finest.

Bierstadt's first documented trip to the White Mountains was in 1852, just prior to his departure to study and travel in Europe. He returned to the White Mountains in September 1860, and The Cosmopolitan Art Journal noted that Bierstadt went "into the White Mountain region to sketch, and to experiment photographically, along with his brother, a photographist of eminence." It was this trip that prompted the art periodical The Crayon to praise Bierstadt for "a series of views and studies taken in the White Mountains." Bierstadt returned to the region in September of 1861, staying for approximately three weeks, and in 1862, he returned again and remained for much of the summer. The following winter, the Leader noted, "nearly an entire wall of his studio is filled with studies and sketches from his White Mountain sojourn." Bierstadt traveled to the White Mountains in the fall of 1869, when the present work was painted, and again during the summer months of 1874.

Bierstadt was not only a prolific artist, but also an avid hunter and sportsman. His affinity with nature no doubt inspired his choice of artistic subjects. Throughout his career, Bierstadt traveled
Auction 604 | Lot: 24027 | Oct 29, 2004

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JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH (American, 1863-1935)
A Rainy Day, Dream Blocks original illustration, 1908
Mixed media on board
21 x 15 in.
Signed lower left

Auction 5111 | Lot: 78134 | Oct 14, 2012

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R. BROWNELL MCGREW (American, 1916-1994)
Children of the Sun, 1989
Oil on board
36 x 66 inches (91.4 x 167.6 cm)
Signed lower right: R. Brownell McGrew
Artist's label verso

Auction 5095 | Lot: 70056 | May 5, 2012

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RICHARD AVEDON (American, 1923-2004)
Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, 14 June, 1981
Gelatin silver, printed 1982
28-3/4 x 42-3/4 inches (73.0 x 108.6 cm)
Ed. 4/200
Signed and numbered in pencil on mount and mat, artist's copyright stamp verso

Auction 5098 | Lot: 74133 | May 1, 2012

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BIRGER SANDZÉN (American, 1871-1954)
Early Fall, Smoky Hill River (Kansas), 1940
Oil on masonite
27-1/2 x 36 inches (69.9 x 91.4 cm)
Signed lower center: Birger Sandzén
Titled, signed, and dated verso: Early Fall / Smoky River, Kansas / Birger Sandzén / Lindsborg, Kansas / 1940

Auction 5085 | Lot: 70020 | Nov 5, 2011

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DOUGLASS CROCKWELL (American, 1904-1968)
Saturday Evening Post cover, April 4, 1942
Oil and pencil on masonite
28 x 24 in.
Signed lower left
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Auction 5052 | Lot: 78059 | Feb 12, 2011

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GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980)
Some Cute Tricks, 1951
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
Signed lower right

Auction 5052 | Lot: 78093 | Feb 12, 2011

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GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980)
Pin-Up in Turquoise Bikini, Simoniz advertisement, circa late 1950s/ early 1960s
Oil on canvas
20 x 38.25 in.
Signed lower left

Auction 5052 | Lot: 78096 | Feb 12, 2011

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GIL ELVGREN (American 1914-1980)
They're Easy to Handle If You Know How, 1948
Oil on canvas
30in. x 24in.
Signed...
Auction 621 | Lot: 30509 | Nov 18, 2005

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WILLIAM ROBINSON LEIGH (American 1866-1955)
The Killer
Oil on canvas
27.5in. x 21.5in.
Signed lower right

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Auction 621 | Lot: 30251 | Nov 17, 2005

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JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER (1874-1951)
Original Advertising Art
The House of Kuppenheimer
Merry Christmas from Kuppenheimer's, c.1924
Oil on canvas, mounted on board
30.5in. x 25.5in. (sight size)
Signed lower left: JC Leyendecker

J.C. Leyendecker's portrayals of handsome, stylishly dressed men soon became the symbol of fashionable American manhood, just as Charles Dana Gibson's portrayals had become the symbol of elegant young women. As author Michael Schau points out in his superb monograph, J.C. Leyendecker, "The characters of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby come to mind in many Leyendecker pictures of the twenties: well-to-do civilized people with self-confidence reinforced by breeding, education, position, and taste. They were sophisticated but not above gaiety." Indeed, Fitzgerald himself paid tribute to Leyendecker in his 1929 story, The Last of the Belles, with this passage, "She showed me his picture -- it was a handsome, earnest face with a Leyendecker forelock -- and told me that when she met someone who measures up to him she'd marry."

Leyendecker's success with his Arrow Collar campaign soon had other clothiers seeking him out, and his ads were touted as among the most stylish ever produced. Illustrator Haddon Sundblom has often been credited with "branding" the image of Santa Claus with his Coca-Cola ads. The authors of The American Magazine write, "There was nothing elfin about Sundblom's painting, except perhaps the twinkle in his eye. He was a ruddy-faced fellow, with a hearty smile and a lap ample enough to accommodate a child or two. Not incidentally, his suit and cap were red and white, the colors of the soft drink's logo." Other Santa-philes however, credit Leyendecker with establishing the modern Santa Claus image with his Post covers. Key Leyendecker images of Santa appear on Post covers dated December 22, 1923; December 26, 1925; and December 20, 1
Auction 604 | Lot: 25126 | Oct 29, 2004

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