Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses (1860-1961), A Blanket of Snow, 23 x 27½ in. (framed). Courtesy Grogan & Company. Estimate: $30/50,000

Boston, MA
Grogan & Company
November 7

Fall Auction

A selection of nearly 100 works by foremost American artists like Wolf Kahn and Frederic Remington will be available during Grogan & Company’s annual Fall Auction on Sunday, November 7. A standout in the sale is Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses’ 1945 A Blanket of Snow (est. $30/50,000), which follows her first solo gallery exhibitions and museum shows in the 1940s.

Four early American portraits by Thomas Ware and two Frederic Remington watercolors in the upcoming auction come from the collection of a Woodstock, Vermont, family. Ware’s Four Marcy Family Portraits, painted in 1823, is expected to fetch between $15,000 and $25,000. Remington’s watercolor from the same collection, Watering the Horses in a ‘Dobe Hole, has an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000.

The auction will be live-streamed from Grogan & Co.’s Boston headquarters, with multiple online bidding platforms available.

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Granville Redmond (1871-1935), October (Study). Oil on canvas, 10¼ x 12 in. Courtesy John Moran Auctioneers. Estimate: $10/15,000

Monrovia, CA
John Moran Auctioneers
November 16

California & American Fine Art Sale

The biannual California & American Fine Art Sale, held by John Moran Auctioneers, will feature a variety of artwork by blue-chip California artists, including Granville Redmond, Edgar Payne, Percy Gray, Jules Tavernier, Thomas Hill and Jack Wilkson Smith. Highlights include Gray’s large-scale watercolor, A Lane of Eucalyptus Trees, which has a presale estimate of $8,000 to $12,000; Redmond’s October (Study) (est. $10/15,000); and an oil by Payne titled Swiss village with mountains, estimated $20,000 to $30,000, among many others.

The sale takes place on November 16 at 2 p.m. Pacific Time.

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Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931), Artist’s Paradise. Oil on canvas, 261⁄8 x 30 in. Courtesy Bonhams. Estimate: $70/100,000

Los Angeles, CA
Bonhams
November 23

California Art

Bonhams’ California Art auction on November 23 will feature over 125 lots of landscapes, portraits, and sculpture representing the best historic artists of the Golden State. The sale is particularly strong on works by Southern California Impressionists, with highlights such as John Frost’s Live Oaks (est. $250/350,000); Joseph Kleitsch’s Artist’s Paradise (est. $70/100,000); and Jessie Arms Botke’s Decoration (est. $60/80,000). Works by California Impressionist masters Edgar Payne, William Wendt and Charles Reiffel round out the sale, along with significant works from the estate of respected dealer and art historian John Garzoli.

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James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960), “Mr. Corroway was wearing a broad smile. He slapped Dave jovially on the shoulder and said: ‘No hard feelings, I hope, about our little deal? I’m glad to see you realize that business is business,’” illustration for The Million-Dollar Hairpin by Gerald Mygatt published in Good Housekeeping, 1931. Mixed media, 21¼ x 16¼ in. Courtesy Swann Auction Galleries. Estimate: $1,5/2,500

New York, NY
Swann Auction Galleries
December 16

Illustration Art

The Illustration Art auction, celebrating the artistic achievements of illustrators for nearly a decade, is set for December 16 and will feature original magazine-story illustrations; works by American luminaries such as James Montgomery Flagg and Howard Chandler Christy; stage illustrations by Al Hirschfeld; as well as cover designs and more from key American artists.

Included in the sale Flagg’s mixed-media drawing for Gerald Mygatt’s The Million-Dollar Hairpin published in the December 1931 issue of Good Housekeeping, estimated at $1,500 to $2,500; Christy’s charcoal for Scarlet: The Story of a Woman with a Past by Wallace Irwin and published in the May 1926 issue of Liberty magazine, which is set at $3,000 to $4,000; and Hirschfeld’s 1968 pen and ink Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burton, published in The New York Times, estimated at $5,000 to $7,500. —

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