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Milton Avery

MILTON AVERY	 (1885 - 1965) Hot Moonsigned Milton Avery and dated 1958 (lower left); bears inscription (on the reverse)&nbsp;oil on canvas54 ⅛ by 66 ⅛ in.137.5 by 168 cm.Executed in 1958.

Hot Moon

Edward Hopper

oil on canvas 34 by 49 ¾ in. 86.4 by 126.4 cm. Executed in 1930-33.

Cobb's Barns, South Truro

Frank Weston Benson

Frank Weston BensonTwo Boys in a Boatsigned F. W. Benson, inscribed To Henry Chaplin and dated 1920 (lower right)oil on canvas30⅛ by 23½ in.76.4 by 59.7 cm.Executed circa 1904.

Two Boys in a Boat

Fairfield Porter

South Meadowsigned Fairfield Porter and dated 67 (lower right)oil on canvas37 ⅛ by 54 ⅝ in.94.6 by 138 cm.Executed in 1967.

South Meadow

Thomas Cole

Nature Sublime: Important Works from a Private American Collection&nbsp;Thomas Cole(1801 - 1848) View Near Catskillsigned Cole and dated 1829 (lower center); signed Cole and dated 1828 (on the reverse)oil on panel24 ⅝ by 34 ¾ in.62.5 by 88.3 cm.Executed in 1828-29.

View Near Catskill

Sanford Robinson Gifford

Nature Sublime: Important Works from a Private American Collection&nbsp;Sanford Robinson Gifford(1823 - 1880) Sunset Over New York Baysigned S R Gifford and dated 1873 (lower left)oil on canvas11 ⅞ by 20 ⅜ in.30.2 by 51.8 cm.Executed in 1873.

Sunset Over New York Bay

Sanford Robinson Gifford(1823 - 1880) Sundownsigned S R Gifford and dated 1863 (lower right)oil on canvas9 ¼ by 15 ¼ in.23.5 by 38.7 cm.Executed in 1863.

Sundown

John Frederick Kensett

John Frederick Kensett(1816 - 1872) Beverly Beach, Massachusettssigned with the artist’s initials JF.K. and dated ‘65. (lower right)oil on canvas14 ¼ by 24 ⅜ in.36.2 by 61.9 cm.Executed in 1865.

Beverly Beach, Massachusetts

Francis Augustus Silva

Francis Augustus Silva(1835 - 1886) Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor, Looking Northsigned F. A. Silva (lower right)oil on canvas12 by 24 in.30.5 by 61 cm.&nbsp;Executed in 1875.

Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor, Looking North

William Stanley Haseltine

William Stanley Haseltine(1835 - 1900) Rocks at Narragansettsigned W.S. Haseltine and dated N.Y. 1863 (lower center)oil on canvas21 ⅜ by 37 ¼ in.54.3 by 94.6 cm.Executed in 1863.

Rocks at Narragansett

James Augustus Suydam

James Augustus Suydam(1819 - 1865) On the Beach, Newport (Spouting Rock Beach)signed J.A. Suydam and dated 1864 (lower right)oil on canvas18 ⅛ by 30 in.46 by 76.2 cm.&nbsp;Executed in 1864.

On the Beach, Newport (Spouting Rock Beach)

Andrew Wyeth

Mill Door signed Andrew Wyeth (lower right) watercolor on paper 29 ¾ by 21 ½ in. 75.6 by 54.6 cm. Executed in 1959.

Mill Door

O. Louis Guglielmi

Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi&nbsp;(1906 - 1956) Elements of a Street&nbsp;signed Guglielmi and dated 47 (lower left); titled (on the stretcher)oil on canvas36 by 28 ⅛ in.&nbsp;91.4 by 71.4 cm.Executed in 1947.

Elements of a Street 

David Johnson

David Johnson(1827 - 1908) Shelving Rocks, Lake George, from the Hen and Chickens Islandssigned with the initials DJ. and dated 74. (lower right); signed David Johnson., dated 1874., and titled (on the reverse)oil on canvas16 ⅛ by 28 in.40.9 by 71.1 cm.Executed in 1874.

Shelving Rocks, Lake George, from the Hen and Chickens Islands

Martin Johnson Heade

Martin Johnson Heade(1819 - 1904) Becalmed, Long Island Soundsigned M.J. Heade and dated 1876 (lower right)oil on canvas15 ⅛ by 30 ⅛ in.38.5 by 76.5 cm.Executed in 1876.

Becalmed, Long Island Sound

Samuel Colman

Samuel Colman(1832 - 1920) Autumn on the Hudson Riversigned S. Colman and dated 67 (lower right)oil on canvas12 by 20 in.30.5 by 50.8 cmExecuted in 1867.

Autumn on the Hudson River

Joseph Stella

Joseph Stella(1877 - 1946) Lotusoil on canvas15 by 11 in.38.1 by 27.9 cm.

Lotus

Walt Whitman

Whitman, WaltLeaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: [Printed for the author], 1855 Folio. Second state of copyright notice as usual, second state of p. iv, engraved frontispiece portrait of Whitman with tissue guard (first state printed on heavy paper); frontispiece washed, some paper repairs to upper inner corners of frontispiece and title and small repairs to subsequent leaves, occasional light foxing and offsetting. Publisher's green cloth (Myerson binding A), covers and spine stamped in gilt with decorative title, covers with gilt triple-rule border, stamped all over in blind with floral ornaments, marbled endpapers; expertly recased with some restoration to extremities and gilt stamping. Housed in a custom velvet-lined cloth box. A newly-discovered first edition of Leaves of Grass, passed by descent through the family of Whitman's friend Frank Baker (1841–1918), physician, founding member of the National Geographic Society, and one-time superintendent of the National Zoo. Prior to an illustrious medical career, Baker served in the 37th New York Volunteers (1861–1863) and then transferred to Washington, D.C., for government service, where he became intimately familiar with John Burroughs and Whitman. In a postcard from 1889, Whitman intriguingly refers to Baker as “my first nurse” (Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 1 May 1889). This copy descends directly through Baker’s family, though it was evidently acquired by Baker on the secondary market, bearing as it does an unrelated ownership signature dating from the 1880s.&nbsp; REFERENCESBAL 21395; Grolier American, 67; Myerson A2.1.a(1) PROVENANCEFrank Baker — Herman Bean (ownership signature on verso of ffep, 1886)

Leaves of Grass, first edition

SAMUEL S. CARR

Samuel S. Carr(1837 - 1908) Coney Islandsigned S.S. Carr. (lower left)oil on canvas12 by 20 ⅛ in.30.5 by 51.1 cm.

Coney Island

John William Casilear

John William Casilear(1811 - 1893) Lake George, New Yorksigned with the initials JWC. and dated 57. (lower right)oil on canvas19 ¾ by 29 ⅝ in.50.2 by 75.2 cm.&nbsp;Executed in 1857.

Lake George, New York

Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway, ErnestThe Old Man and the Sea. London: Jonathan Cape, 1955 8vo. Half title, illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard. Half-cloth and illustrated paper boards; some warping and foxing to boards and endpapers, endemic to books from the Caribbean, in dust jacket with some fading to spine, bit of edgewear and some closed tears along top edge, with a "With the Compliments of the Author" panel pasted to rear flap. The second English edition, first printing, second issue, and the first illustrated edition. A wonderful association copy of The Old Man and the Sea, inscribed by Hemingway on the half title to film director and producer Fred Zinnemann: "Dear Freddy: Better luck if there is a place where we get better luck, Papa." Laid in are two photographs of Ernest and Mary Hemingway at a table with Fred Zinnemann, who had made an unofficial trip to Cuba in October 1955 to discuss the project with Hemingway before being brought on as director. Additionally laid in is a typed sheet with the heading: "December 20th, 1955 / "Old Man of the Sea" / Lima - Peru" containing notes on prices, accommodations, restaurants, etc. associated with filming on location in Peru. There is also a pictorial postcard from a group fishing expedition in Peru for capturing footage for The Old Man and the Sea film, that includes Hemingway and Mary, as well as cinematographer Hans Koenekamp. They spent April in Cabo Blanco, Peru, fishing every day and getting footage of Marlins for the film. The card's typed message is addressed to film producer Norman Cook and Fred Zinneman at the Hotel Rosita De Hornedo in Havana, Cuba, from Joe Barry, who's name appears in minor film roles throughout the period, as well as in the Leland Hayward archive at the NYPL, and was likely working as a production assistant on this shoot. Sent on 1 May 1956, he writes about the photo on the verso: "This is the one we got but he did not give us any action, 730 lbs. 13 Ft 5 In. long. Too bad, he might have been the one, it is one foot longer then [sic.] the biggest one caught here but not as heavy. We are still trying and hope we get what we came here for. My best wishes to you both and hope to see you soon."&nbsp; Leland Hayward, who had persuaded Life magazine to serialize the novel, acquired the rights to The Old Man and the Sea in 1953, Hemingway was brought in to work on the script—eventually handled by Peter Viertel—and supervise the fishing scenes. Fred Zinneman's first film The Wave (1936)—shot on location in Mexico with non-professional actors—was one of the earliest examples of a social realist film. He had recent success with the films High Noon, From Here to Eternity, and Oklahoma! Zinneman was unhappy with the difficulty in capturing marlin and shark activity suitable for use in the film, and after a mechanical marlin sank in the waters off of Cuba, Zinneman walked away, saying afterwards: "It made little sense to proceed with a robot pretending to be a fish in a studio tank pretending to be the Gulf Stream with an actor pretending to be a fisherman." His son, Tim, gives a more colorful version of his parting from the film: "My father had been directing the movie of 'Old Man and the Sea' but had a series of fights with Spencer Tracy and quit in the middle of shooting. Hemingway took my father’s side and gave him the book with the 'better luck next time' message. They remained good friends until Hemingway’s death... Hemingway, Tracy and Leland Hayward were the producers of the film. Tracy would get drunk and habitually show up five or more hours late on the set (at sea). My father was furious and quit. Hemingway backed up my father and went to see Hayward at his hotel in Havana – got into an argument with him and punched him out." A letter sent to Zinneman by Hemingway in August 1956, after the project has already wrapped, reads, "Will not write any atrocity stories about the picture. You must be as sick of them as I am," and congratulates Zinneman on passing up an offer to work on a film version of The Sun Also Rises (Christie's, 2005). Finally, laid into the book is a Christmas card to Zinnemann's family written by Mary Hemingway, and sent during the Hemingways' European trip at the end of 1956: "Dear Z's—we really ought to be together in this fine town—best to have all three of you—Mary (Hemingway) (Paris)" Beneath Mary's inscription, Hemingway writes: "Love Papa. Hope things go well." A lovely association between Hemingway and someone he saw as a close friend until the end of his life. REFERENCESGrissom A.24.1; Baker, Carlos, Ernest Hemingway: A Life, pp. 533

The Old Man and the Sea, association copy inscribed to film director Fred Zinnemann

Edgar Allan Poe

Poe, Edgar AllanThe Raven and Other Poems [and:] Tales. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845 2 vols. bound in 1, 8vo. Raven: half title, "Wiley and Putnam's Library of American Books", name of stereotyper T. B. Smith on the title verso. Tales: third printing with three-line copyright. Three quarter blue morocco gilt, t.e.g., by Riviere &amp; Son; binder's endsheets with foxing, text with slight toning and a few stray traces of foxing. ﻿First editions of both titles, comprising "The most important volume of poetry that had been issued up to that time in America..." (Grolier American, 56). A choice set of the major books published during Poe’s lifetime, BAL’s “reissue B”, issued by Wiley and Putnam in April 1846, comprising the first edition sheets of The Raven and The Tales in either second or third printing (here in BAL’s third printing, distinguishable by the three-line copyright notice). Students all over the world know of the title poem, and many know others as well: "The Conqueror Worm," "Eulalie," "Leonore," "To Helen," etc. BAL notes that “impressions from the plates of several pages vary in an anomalous way. For instance, the first three letters of the last three lines of p. 160 appear both battered and intact within the three printings.” This copy has slight battering to “I” and "o" on p. 160, while the "v" is intact. The E in the running head on p. 187 is broken here (as in most copies of all printings. BAL cautions, “It is possible that the printings designated below as second and third are in fact two states of the same printing.” This copy is textually complete in both books, including the integral ads; the volume has been rebound without the separate gatherings of advertisements that followed the text. REFERENCESBAL 16146, 16147; Heartman &amp; Canny 92-94, 97-108; Grolier American, 56

The Raven and Other Poems [and:] Tales, first editions

Julie Hart Beers

Julie Hart Beers(1835 - 1913) Summer by the Riversigned Julie H. Beers and dated 65 (lower left)oil on canvas8 ⅞ by 16 ⅝ in.22.5 by 42.2 cm.Executed in 1865.

Summer by the River

Levi Wells Prentice

Levi Wells Prentice(1851 - 1935) Basket of Peachessigned L.W. Prentice. (lower right)oil on canvas12 by 10 in.30.5 by 25.4 cm.

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Francis Augustus Silva

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James Augustus Suydam

Andrew Wyeth

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