Beginning November 5, Santa Fe Art Auction will celebrate modernism in the Southwest with its Annual Signature Live Sale that will offer nearly 400 works of art to bidders. The two-session sale, which will also include educational programming and speakers, continues through November 7. In addition to stunning works of modernism, the sale will also showcase artworks from categories such as Western, Native American art, abstract, still life, portraiture and works on paper. Gerard Curtis Delano (1890-1972), Sunlight and Shadow. 17½ x 19½ in. Estimate: $30/50,000

Leon Gaspard (1882-1964), Untitled (San Juan Maiden). Oil on canvas on panel. Estimate: $40/60,000

“After a difficult year in 2020, during which many events were canceled or held online, we’re excited to bring bidders once again into our annual signature sale,” says Gillian Blitch, president and CEO of Santa Fe Art Auction. “This past year people have been coming back to Santa Fe, whether its for Spanish Market or Santa Fe Indian Market, and they feel more confident being out and being comfortable in public spaces again. It’s encouraging for us, and we’re excited to welcome them back.”

Highlights from the Annual Signature Live Sale include several major collections, including additional works from June’s Chris Cardozo Collection of Edward S. Curtis materials, as well as items from the collection of Georgia Loloma, the wife of Native American jeweler Charles Loloma, who collected major works from Fritz Scholder, Kevin Red Star and others. William Penhallow Henderson (1877-1943), Nude on Daybed, New Mexico. Oil on board, 75/8 x 113/8 in. Estimate: $10/15,000

Available lots include the lovely Nude on Daybed, New Mexico (est. $10/15,000) by William Penhallow Henderson; a fall scene with horses and figures cooking over a campfire in Will Shuster’s Vallecito (est. $15/25,000); Marsden Hartley’s Pears and Lemons (est. $8/12,000); Marguerite Zorach’s Untitled (Tree in Landscape) (est. $5/7,000); Gerard Curtis Delano’s Sunlight and Shadow (est. $30/50,000); and an incredible Leon Gaspard portrait, Untitled (San Juan Maiden), estimated at $40,000 to $60,000. Additionally, two remarkable color woodblock prints from T.C. Cannon will be available at estimates of $4,000 to $6,000 each. Carl Von Hassler (1887-1969), Untitled (Adobe Homes with Cottonwood Tree). Oil on linen, 22 x 27¾ in. Estimate: $8/10,000

Emil Bisttram (1895-1976), Untitled (Abstraction), 1939. Encaustic on paper, 12 x 85/8 in. Estimate: $2/4,000

Blitch is also excited to present a strong grouping of women artists that includes works by Beulah Stevenson, Edna Bradley Stevenson, Emmi Whitehorse, Susan Hertel, Janet Lippincott, Gene Kloss, Barbara Latham, Pablita Velarde and Helen Green Blumenschein, daughter of Taos Society of Artist founder Ernest L. Blumschein.

“What’s great about this sale is it’s a cross section of our other sales—an aggregation of our calendar year. You’re going to see all the categories and a great diversity among our materials,” Blitch says. “When you talk about diversity in art, that’s the story of New Mexico, especially throughout the 20th century. The artists from the east discovered the light and set up homes here, and they joined the artists who were living and working here. What you see in Santa Fe, and our sales, is the essence of the Southwest.” —

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