Joint Auction Previews

East Dennis, Hillsborough, New York, Thomaston

Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), Shipboard Girl, 1965. Offset lithograph on white wove paper, printed in four colors (yellow, red, blue black), 31½ x 25½ in., signed lower right margin: ‘RF Lichtenstein’. Courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Estimate: $30/40,000

Thomaston, ME
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
February 24-26
Winter Enchantment Sale

A remarkable selection of rarities and fresh-to-market offerings will be on the auction block during Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ three-day Winter Enchantment Sale, including paintings and sculpture, estate jewelry, antique and modern furniture, folk art and more.

“This sale offers an intriguing and diverse inventory, with items ranging from [the] 17th century to the 21st century, and items to appeal to all collecting tastes,” says Thomaston Place owner and auctioneer Kaja Veilleux. Among several important American works in the sale are watercolor and graphite work titled Study for Island Geese by Jamie Wyeth; a 1965 offset lithograph in four colors titled Shipboard Girl by Roy Lichtenstein; and Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup (Cream of Mushroom) 1968 limited edition serigraph.

Roland Clark (1874-1957), Pintails. Watercolor, signed and dated. Courtesy Leland Little Auctions. Estimate $3/5,000

Hillsborough, NC

Leland Little Auctions
March 2
Spring Sporting Art Auction

Leland Little Auctions’ Spring Sporting Art Auction will offer rare decoys and sporting art, including a fantastic pre-1900, Harkers Island Egret decoy out of the Guthrie family (Harkers Island, North Carolina). Among the painting highlights during the March 2 sale is Pintails, a 1929 watercolor by Roland Clark (1874-1957), depicting a flock of pintails taking flight above wetlands. The artist is best known for his dry points and etchings, so viewing and obtaining watercolors by Clark can be quite rare. The piece is estimated at $3,000 to $5,000.

Alice Barber Stephens (1858-1932), Scene of the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exhibition. Oil on canvas, 13½ x 10½ in., initialed lower center: ‘A.B.S.’ and signed in pencil on stretcher: ‘Alice B. Stephens’. Courtesy Eldred’s. Estimate $10/15,000

East Dennis, MA
Eldred’s
March 23
Women in the Arts

Eldred’s Women in the Arts sale will feature notable American women artists, from 19th-century examples to important contemporary works. “The goal of the auction is to rediscover 19th- and early 20th-century female artists the market may be overlooking and to provide a new sales channel for established contemporary female artists looking to expand their reach,” says Joshua Eldred, president of the firm.

A highlight in the forthcoming sale is Alice Barber Stephens’ Scene of the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exhibition, estimated to fetch between $10,000 and $15,000. Online bidding is available via eldreds.com, invaluable.com and liveauctioneers.com. Phone and absentee bidding are also available. In-person bidding to be determined.

Ernie Barnes (1938-2009), Daddy, ca. 1970. Oil on canvas. Courtesy Swann Auction Galleries. Estimate $250/350,000

New York, NY
Swann Auction Galleries
April 6
African American Art

Swann Auction Galleries’ spring African American Art sale will feature a broad range of scarce and significant Post-War and contemporary art. Headlining the sale is Ernie Barnes’ Daddy, an important oil from around 1970, depicting a joyful scene of a father with his son perched upon his shoulders. The piece has a presale estimate of $250,000 to $350,000. In addition, the sale includes Hughie Lee-Smith’s waterscape The Ribbon, circa 1960. A quintessential mid-career oil painting by Lee-Smith, The Ribbon is expected to fetch between $120,000 and $180,000. A number of contemporary works by African American artists from the 2000s will be offered in the sale as well.

Allen Tucker (1866-1939), The Rainbow, 1924. Signed and dated lower center: ‘Allen Tucker 1924’. Courtesy Eldred’s. Estimate: TBD

East Dennis, MA
Eldred’s
April 6-7
The Spring Sale

A diverse selection of works are to be offered at Eldred’s The Spring Sale on April 6 and 7. Included will be a range of historic American and European paintings and antiques, as well furniture and decorative arts, sporting art, Oriental rugs, prints and multiples and more. Among the lots to look out for is New York artist Allen Tucker’s The Rainbow, from 1924.

The sale will be broken into two sessions, each starting at 9:30 a.m. Online bidding will be available, as well as in-person, phone and absentee bidding.