Swann Auction Galleries will host its next American Art sale on September 19, offering a wide array of historic fine art for collectors to feast their eyes on. “Swann’s American Art sale will cover the 19th and 20th centuries, and there will be pretty evocative works spread throughout the sale, whether collectors are interested in Luminism or Post-War art,” says Meagan Gandolfo, specialist at Swann. “American modernist works have had strong results at auction recently, so I think that we can look forward to seeing competitive bidding on art by John Marin, Glenn O. Coleman and Arthur Dove.”
John Marin (1870-1953), Hudson River Valley, 1911. Watercolor, 165/8 x 14 in. Estimate: $10/15,000
Arthur Dove (1880-1946), Trees. Watercolor, 5 x 7 in. Estimate: $15/20,000
A watercolor by Dove, titled Trees, has a presale estimate of $15,000 to $20,000, while Marin’s watercolor Hudson River Valley is expected to fetch between $10,000 and $15,000.
“Hudson River Valley is a beautiful watercolor that shows Marin’s mastery of the medium and his pioneering of early abstraction,” says Gandolfo. “It came through Alfred Stieglitz’s An American Place gallery, which was a kind of an experimental venture by Stieglitz, and really ahead of his time, with a gallery space ‘open to all.’”
Frederick Judd Waugh (1861-1940), Running Surf, 1937. Oil on canvas board, 303/8 x 40 in. Estimate: $10/15,000
Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), Sailor’s Farewell, 1935. Watercolor and pencil, 13¼ x 9 in. Estimate: $15/20,000
Another highlight to keep lookout for is Sailor’s Farewell by Rockwell Kent, a watercolor and pencil piece of a sailor saying his goodbyes to a loved one distraught with emotion. “Rockwell Kent’s Sailor’s Farewell is also a work on paper, depicting a native Greenlander woman and a sailor parting,” notes Gandolfo. “While we do not know if this scene of mutual affection was based on real observations during Kent’s voyages to Greenland in the 1930s, Kent did himself make lifelong friends with those he met while traveling. The watercolor is dedicated to his ship’s telegraph operator who Kent and his son befriended. It is a sentimental image, and the story behind it is equally compelling.” The artwork is estimated to achieve between $15,000 and $20,000.
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