A monumental oil painting by Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837-1908) is one of many highlights in Thomaston Place’s Winter Enchantment sale, a three-day event beginning at 11 a.m. on February 23, 24 and 25. The piece is of particular interest because rather than the deserted rocky shorelines he often painted, The Old Mill depicts a bucolic summer scene with a young girl and boy seated by a mill pond. In recent years, Bricher’s works have consistently exceeded their estimated value at auction.
Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837-1908), The Old Mill Pond. Oil on canvas, 29½ x 39½ in., signed lower right.
Other works of note include a striking coastal painting by Maine artist Andrew George Winter (1893-1958) of “Captain Upton’s House,” a Cape Elizabeth lighthouse in winter. Additionally, the auction will offer an elegantly carved marble sculpture titled The Greek Slave by neoclassical sculptor Hiram Powers (1805-1873).
Works by many other prominent American artists will also be included in the sale, including William Pierce Stubbs (1842-1909), Carroll Thayer Berry (1886-1978), W.H.D. Koerner (1878-1938), Aldro Hibbard (1886-1972) and Reginald Eugene Nickerson (1915-1999).
Contemporary artists, such as Stan Stokes, Shepard Fairey, Grant Drumheller, Jerome Howes and Eric Hopkins will also be represented in the sale.
Andrew George Winter (1893-1958), Captain Upton’s House, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Oil on canvas, 22 x 28 in., signed and dated lower left: ‘A. Winter – 40’.
Thomaston Place owner Kaja Veilleux notes, “The February Enchantment auction will contain many rare and unusual items from the beginning of time to the 21st century, plus our usual array of fine art, jewelry, silver, Chinese objects and more, coming from fine homes in Maine and the U.S.”
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