On December 8, Freeman’s | Hindman will present its seasonal American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists sale in Philadelphia. More than 100 lots are expected in the sale.
Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), The Doctor, 1952. Egg tempera on canvas, 24 x 28 in. Estimate: $200/300,000
Highlights include Thomas Hart Benton’s 1952 egg tempera work The Doctor, estimated at $200,000 to $300,000. Figurative works of this quality by Benton are rare to the market, and this one should excite bidders for its color and clarity, as well as the little details in the painting, such as the swoopy curves of the clothing and chair, the concerned look on the doctor’s face and the spots on the boy’s cheek.
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), The Music Lesson, 1921. Oil on canvas, 161/8 x 14 in. Estimate: $200/300,000
Also available is Thomas Wilmer Dewing’s 1921 oil The Music Lesson, a small work that measures 16 by 14 inches. The work, modern in composition but classic in subject, is estimated at $200,000 to $300,000. This piece was last on the market in 2001, when it exceeded estimates after closing at $721,000.
Representing the impressionist side of the sale will be Willard Leroy Metcalf, whose 1911 oil Symphony in Yellow will be offered with estimates of $100,000 to $150,000.
John White Alexander (1856-1915), Étude (Reflections, Sunlight in Mirror; Interior, Bess Reading; Woman Reading, Study of Sunlight), 1894. Oil on canvas, 39½ x 21½ in. Estimate: $50/70,000
Elsewhere in the sale will be John Singer Sargent’s Above Lake Garda (Mountain Landscape; Mountain Landscape of San Vigilio), a 1913 watercolor and pencil work on paper, estimated at $40,000 to $60,000, and John White Alexander’s Étude (Reflections, Sunlight in Mirror; Interior, Bess Reading; Woman Reading, Study of Sunlight), an 1894 oil on canvas estimated at $50,000 to $70,000. The Alexander work is especially unique with a tall vertical format and a mirror that takes up the top half of the painting.
John Singer Sargent (1859-1925), Above Lake Garda (Mountain Landscape; Mountain Landscape of San Vigilio), 1913. Watercolor and pencil on paper, 15¾ x 20½ in. Estimate: $40/60,000
The sale will take place December 8 at 2 p.m. at the auction house’s Philadelphia showroom.
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