Images of American landscapes, including several from across the Atlantic Ocean, brought in high prices at Bonhams Skinners’ October 7 American art sale in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Landscape artists represented in the sale included Jasper Francis Cropsey, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Arthur Clifton Goodwin, William Trost Richards, Emile Gruppe and others. The October sale realized $843,000 with an 81 percent sell-through rate.
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), An Alps Mountain Scene with Figures, a Cabin, and a Cow, oil on canvas, 287/8 x 21½ in. Estimate: $20/40,000 SOLD: $48,640
Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883-1962), 5th Ave at 56th Street in Winter, 1940. Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in. Estimate: $14/18,000 SOLD: $33,280
The top lot was Albert Bierstadt’s An Alps Mountain Scene with Figures, a Cabin, and a Cow (est. $20/40,000) that sold for $48,640. Not far behind it was Guy Carleton Wiggins’ 1940 painting 5th Ave at 56th Street in Winter, which sold for $33,000, nearly doubling the $18,000 high estimate. Closing out the top three lots was Porfirio Salinas’ Texas painting Bluebonnet Meadowland (est. $20/40,000) that sold for $28,160.
Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973), Bluebonnet Meadowland, oil on canvas, 237/8 x 36 in. Estimate: $20/40,000 SOLD: $28,160
“The American art market is steady and resilient, with a growing number of buyers for works of art under the $50,000 level,” says Jelena James, senior specialist and head of sale for the auction house. —
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