Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses (1860-1961), Over the River to Grandma’s House on Thanksgiving Day, 1944. Oil on pressed wood, 17 x 26 in. Courtesy Grogan & Co. Estimate: $70/100,000

Boston, MA
Grogan & Company
May 2
Spring Auction
Leading Grogan & Company’s May 2 Spring Auction of around 200 lots is a selection of works by notable female artists. Three paintings by Anna Mary Roberton (Grandma) Moses will be available, including Over the River to Grandma’s House on Thanksgiving Day (est. $70/100,000). Helen Frankenthaler is represented by an untitled 1969 acrylic painting that was a gift from the artist to her neighbors. The work, which was included in the traveling exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: A Selection of Small Scale Paintings in 1978-9, has an estimate of $50,000 to $80,000. There will also be pieces from Gloria Vanderbilt, Edna Andrade, Alyce Frank, Lilla Cabot Perry and Laura Coombs Hills.

From the same consignors as the Grandma Moses works is a rare Gustave Baumann oil painting titled Cochiti Ensemble. The work, housed in a silver gilt frame hand-carved by the artist, has an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. Outside that grouping, some of the notable lots are Ralph Cahoon’s Netting Mermaids (est. $10/15,000); a Frank W. Benson watercolor of sea ducks in flight with an estimate of $8,000 to $12,000; Maurice Prendergast’s painting Hindu Dancer (est. $25/35,000); and a harbor scene by William Merritt Chase that has an estimate of $50,000 to $75,000.

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Edward Willis Redfield (1869-1965), The Peaceful Stream in Winter. Oil on canvas, 32 x 28 in., signed lower right: ‘E.W. Redfield’. Courtesy Hindman. Estimate: $80/120,000

Chicago, IL
Hindman
May 3
American and European Art
More than 130 lots of paintings, sculpture and works on paper from the 19th and 20th centuries will hit the auction block during Hindman’s American and European Art sale on May 3 at 10 a.m. Highlights span impressionist landscapes, modernist pieces and Ashcan School. Included is property from the Collection of Noel and Kathryn Dickinson Wadsworth, the estate of Avis Hope Truska, the Miriam B. Swanson Trust, the Michael Hall Collection and a private collection from Taos, New Mexico.

Several Pennsylvania Impressionist works will be available including Edward Willis Redfield’s The Peaceful Stream in Winter (est. $80/120,000), Daniel Garber’s Near Solebury (est. $70/90,000) and George William Sotter’s Winter Night, which has an estimate of $50,000 to $70,000. Ashcan selections include William Glackens’ Girl with Violin, set at $70,000 to $90,000, and Cherry Lane Theater by Everett Shinn that is expected to fetch between $50,000 and $70,000.

Previews of the sale are available by appointment at Hindman’s Chicago office.

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Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947), The Riviera. Oil on canvas, 29¼ x 29½ in., Signed lower right: ‘Edgar Payne’. Courtesy Brunk Auctions. Estimate: $12/18,000

Asheville, NC
Brunk Auctions
May 20-22
Premier and Emporium Auctions
From May 20 to 22, Brunk Auctions will host its three-day Premier and Emporium Auctions with a number of historic American paintings coming across the block. Among one of the most notable is Edgar Alwin Payne’s The Riviera, a 35-inch square work that depicts a beautiful coastal view with bright, dappled light and color. The work, in a period carved gilt wood frame, is estimated to sell between $12,000 and $18,000. Charles Caryl Coleman is represented in the sale by the 1906 nocturne painting titled Evening, Capri (est. $4/6,000) that shows a female figure holding a lantern walking along a pathway as the night surrounds her. Sand Dunes, Naushon, an 1881 painting by Robert Swain Gifford, is a sandy beach dune with billowing clouds in the distance. The work has an estimate of $3,000 to $5,000.

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Robert William Wood (1889-1979), Apple Blossom Time. Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in. Courtesy Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com. Estimate: $5/7,000

Dallas, TX
Heritage Auctions
May 22
Texas Art Auction
Recently, the popularity of Texas art has seen steady growth, and collectors interested in this subset of Western art will have ample opportunities to acquire new works during Heritage Auctions’ May 22 Texas Art Auction in Dallas. The sale provides a well-rounded grouping of artists including historic painters Robert William Wood, Robert Jenkins Onderdonk and his son, Julian Onderdonk.

“The Texas art market is very strong, and Texas Art auctions at Heritage Auctions are diverse events that capture the spirit of elite artists across the state,” says Atlee Phillips, the Heritage Auctions Texas art director. “Collectors can find a wide range of Texas art in this sale, from a range of artists from Texas Regionalists to Texas Abstract Expressionists.”

The Afternoon, by Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, is expected to garner eager bidding by collectors, estimated at $25,000 to $35,000. In addition, Late Afternoon Autumn, Staten Island, painted by Julian Onderdonk around 1904, is expected to sell at around $5,000 to $7,000. A deviation from the artist’s common theme of Texas bluebonnets, William A. Slaughter’s landscape oil El Capitan at Sunrise distills the beauty and majesty of Yosemite’s grand rock formation (est. $6/8,000). Robert William Wood’s Apple Blossom Time is also notable, with an estimate of $5,000 to $7,000.

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Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952), A Walpi Man, (A Moki Chief), 1900. Courtesy Santa Fe Art Auction. Estimate upon request.

Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Art Auction
June 26
The Christopher Cardozo (1948-2021) Edward S. Curtis Collection
On June 26, Santa Fe Art Auction will host a sale of Edward Curtis photographs from the private collection of Christopher Cardozo, who had been working closely with the auction house on the sale for months before his untimely passing in February. Cardozo dedicated his life to upholding Curtis’ work and legacy, and ultimately became one of the foremost dealers of his art. As a collector, Cardozo amassed the world’s largest and most broad-ranging Curtis collection. It has been exhibited in major museum collections around the globe and was the subject of the monograph Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian and a new monograph Edward S. Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks. Cardozo’s latest accomplishment was the republication of Curtis’ 25-volume masterwork, The North American Indian. Included in the sale will be many large platinum prints, goldtones and ephemera. Lectures and a showing of the Edward Curtis documentary will also take place. —

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