SKINNER AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PAINTING & PRINTS AUCTION SEPTEMBER 11TH IN BOSTON Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of American and European Paintings on Friday, September 11th in its Boston gallery located at
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Notable prints up for bid include a Grant Wood Approaching the Storm (lot 210, est. $3/5,000) edition of 250; and Andy Warhol prints from the ENDANGERED SPECIES series including African Elephant (lot 196, est. $20/30,000); Giant Panda (lot 197, est. $15/25,000); and Bighorn Ram (lot 198, est. $15/25,000), each a total edition of 150 plus proofs.
Harold Eugene Edgerton photos to be featured include Broken Glass of Milk (lot 213, est. $1,5/2,000); Gussie Moran (lot 214, est. $1,5/2,500), which comes to Skinner directly from the artist to the family of the present owner; Sprinkler (lot 215, est. $1/1,500); and a lot of two tennis images (lot 216, est. $3/5,000) also directly from the artist to the family of the present owner. In addition, a collection of John S. Johnston photos will be available including four lots of five yachting images each (lot 219, 220, 221, and 222 est. $7/900, $8/1,200, $7/900, $7/900, respectively).
The Estate of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Skinner is pleased to announce the second of a two-part collection being offered from the estate of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (née Braman) Grasso of Essex, Connecticut. Ms. Braman was born in 1929 to Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (née Hall) Braman of New York, namesake and cousin of First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Ms. Braman was active in the New York art scene and her collection is wide-ranging in medium and style, yet can be characterized as dedicated to avant-garde modernism. Featured from her collection in this auction is Heavy Weather on Crossing to France, alternatively titled John Paul Jones' "Ranger" by Jack Lorimer Gray (lot 378, est. $20/30,000); Le Grenadier by François Flameng (lot 317, est. $10/15,000); Henry Moore’s Studies for Sculpture (lot 789, est. $30/50,000); Grand Orchestre by Raoul Dufy (lot 779, est. $75/125,000); and Marc Chagall’s Two Lovers on a Rooster (lot 776, est. $40/60,000), which was one of eight original drawings included in a presentation copy of Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux by Ambroise Vollard, published by Éditions Albin Michel in 1937. Also being offered is Henri Toulouse-Lautrec’s L'Amazone /An Illustration for Chasseur de Chevelures (lot 689, est. $20/40,000) and his Jane Avril print (lot 193, est. $50/70,000), third state of three.
American Paintings
Highlights from American artists include Canada Geese in the Snow by Frank Weston Benson (lot 445, est. $30/50,000) a student of the Academie Julian, member of “The Ten”, and one of the leading American Impressionist artists; Doe and Fawns in a Landscape by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (lot 420, est. $30/50,000), who is best known for realistic, narrative scenes, often featuring animals and huntsmen, using rich natural colors; and Charles Herbert Woodbury’s Spindrift (lot 569, est. $8/12,000); and Bahama Industry by Anthony Thieme (lot 561, est. $15/25,000) best known for his Impressionistic plein-air coastal views and seascapes.
Additional works from American artists to be offered include Duck Hunters by John Whorf (lot 442, est. $7/9,000); Au Bois de Vincennes (At the Forest Vincennes) by Robert Henri (lot 601, est. $10/15,000) a student of
