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Works on Paper

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976).These drawings are offered unframed.Sold as a set of 4. These works are registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application numbers&nbsp;A25675, A25677, A25359 and A25360.

Portraits of Dolly Perls

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976).Two of these drawings are offered unframed.Sold as a set of 3. These works are registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number&nbsp;A25358, A25674 and A25354.

Portraits of Klaus Perls and Louisa Calder

Anna Weyant (Canadian, b. 1995).This drawing is offered in an inlaid wood frame.Floated on an off-white rag.

Untitled (Pear Sketch)

Thornton Dial (American, 1928-2016).This work is framed under glass.

Untitled

Louis Wolchonok (American, 1898-1973)This work is offered in a carved wood frame.

Gondolas at the Dock 

Gunnar Widforss (Swedish-American, 1879–1934).This watercolor painting is offered framed.

Yosemite

Norman Bluhm (American, 1921-1999).This work is offered framed.

Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897–1989).This work is offered unframed. Precocious as a child, Victor Isbrand painted professionally from a young age and was invited to exhibit at the 1915 Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition two years before graduating from the Copenhagen Academy of Fine Arts. Over the course of a long career, he was the recipient of numerous prestigious national scholarships and stipends, including the Ronge (1917), the Charlottenborg Art Academy (1919–1920) and the State Art Foundation Scholarship (1978–1988). Isbrand exhibited widely and with success, including annually at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and at the Kunsthalle Charlottenborg, where he exhibited continuously for over 70 years. He was also the recipient of numerous medals, prizes and juried awards, including the 1919 Charlottenborg gold medal for Aphrodite and Eros. Initially influenced by Cubism, Isbrand traveled abroad to Java and the East, exploring Primitivism and Orientalism as his style developed. He also visited and painted in Siam, Malacca, China, Japan, Paris, Greenland and Southern Europe before accepting a teaching post at the School of Applied Arts in Copenhagen, where his theories influenced an entire generation of Danish Modernists. Victor Isbrand's works are held in private and public collections, including the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg, Denmark.

St. Mark's Square, Venice

Aldo Riso (Italian, 1929-2008).This work is offered unframed. Aldo Riso was born in 1927 in Santa Maria di Leuca, near Lecce. He graduated with a degree in law but, from an early age, followed the path of a painter. Riso traveled and painted for many years, including to the Soviet Union, Latin America and the United States, exhibiting with success in Cologne, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Philadelphia, Belgrade, Athens, Barcelona, Madrid, Montreal, Toronto, New York, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Asuncion and South Africa. Although the artist was based in Rome, he was most at home in Specchia, where he was made an honorary citizen for his services to art. Over the course of a long career, Aldo Risa exhibited widely and with success, and his works may be found in numerous private and public collections.

Dining by Oil Lamp

Louis Weiner (Russian-American, 1892–1967).This work is offered unframed. Born in Vinnytsia, Russia, Louis Weiner moved to Chicago where he studied with Reynolds, Higgins, Poole, Norton and Krehbiel. He was a member of the Palette &amp; Chisel Club, the Chicago Academy of Fine Art, Chicago Society of Artists, Around the Palette, American Artists Congress and the Chicago Artists Union. Louis Weiner exhibited with success, including at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1927 and 1948, and is listed in Who Was Who in American Art.

Evening Landscape

Laura Coombs Hills (American, 1859–1952).This work is offered unframed. Laura Coombs Hills first studied at the Cowles Art School in Boston, the New York Art Students League and with Helen Knowlton. Coombs was active in several Boston art organizations, including the Boston Art Club and Watercolor Club, as well as the American Society of Miniature Painters, the Copley Society (from 1892), the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters, the American Federation of Artists, Society of American Artists (from 1897) and was made an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1906. Although now best known for her floral works in pastel, Laura Coombs Hills was also a key figure in the revival of miniature painting in America. In 1904, she was awarded a Gold Medal for her miniatures at the St. Louis Exposition, and in 1916, she received the first Medal of Honor to be awarded by the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters. In the 1880s, Hills worked as a designer for Louis Prang and Company and also illustrated children's books. Her first solo exhibition took place at the Eastman Chase Gallery in Boston (1889), and was composed entirely of pastels. Hills soon established a routine of spending the winters at her Boston studio on Chestnut Street and summering in Newburyport at “The Goldfish,” a house that she had designed and built in 1900 on the bank of the Merrimack River. Over the course of a long career, Hills exhibited widely and with success, including in Boston with Eastman Chase Gallery (1889, 1893), New York, the Paris Exposition Universelle (1900), the Art Institute of Chicago (1902–1930), San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exposition (1915), the Worcester Art Museum (1908), the Rembrandt Gallery in London (1908), the Portland Museum of Art (Maine, 1912) and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art (1898–1904, 1916, 1920, 1934). Coombs was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards, including from the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art (1916, 1920), a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900), silver medals at the Pan American Exposition, Buffalo (1901) and the Charleston Exposition, South Carolina (1902), and the Gold Medal at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition. Hills also won medals of honor at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition and second place prize at Corcoran (Washington, 1901). Laura Coombs Hills's work can be found in the private and public collections worldwide including the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Still Life of Tea Roses

Todros Geller (Russian-American, 1889–1949).This work is offered unframed. An elegant and painterly Southwestern landscape painted when the artist was 48 years old. Born in Vinnytsia, now in the Ukraine, Todros Geller first studied in Odessa before moving to Canada. He continued his studies in Montreal (1906) and, subsequently, at the Art Institute of Chicago with George Bellows and John Norton. Geller exhibited widely and with success including, from 1925, at the Chicago Art Institute as well as at the Riverside Museum (New York, 1939), the New York World's Fair (1939) and at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1941), in addition to other national institutions. Geller was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards, and his work may be found in private and public collections including the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was a member of professional associations including the Artist's Union, the Artist's Congress and the Chicago Society of Artists, which he also served as president. During the the 1930s, Geller was an active participant in the Federal Art Project (WPA) in Illinois and his large-scale murals and stained glass windows may be found in Chicago and Detroit as well as Tel-Aviv. We are pleased to offer this elegant Southwestern landscape painted when the artist was 45.

Southwestern Landscape 

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/fine-art/estate-of-richard-hambleton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">From the Estate of Richard Hambleton.</a>Richard Hambleton (Canadian, 1952-2017).Sold as a set of 6.These works are offered unframed. This work is part of an outstanding selection from the Estate of Richard Hambleton, the enigmatic artist whose haunting shadow portraits helped define the urban interventionist spirit of street art in New York during the early 1980s, with a portion of the Estate’s proceeds from the sale to benefit Arts Education at the New Museum of Contemporary Art.

Untitled (Six Trump Tower Drawings)

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/fine-art/estate-of-richard-hambleton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">From the Estate of Richard Hambleton.</a>Richard Hambleton (Canadian, 1952-2017).Sold as a set of 3.These works are offered unframed. This work is part of an outstanding selection from the Estate of Richard Hambleton, the enigmatic artist whose haunting shadow portraits helped define the urban interventionist spirit of street art in New York during the early 1980s, with a portion of the Estate’s proceeds from the sale to benefit Arts Education at the New Museum of Contemporary Art.

Untitled (Three Graph Books)

Hans Hofmann (German-American, 1880-1966).This work is offered framed. Hans Hofmann catalogue no. 661-1943.

Spring

Emily Mae Smith (American, b. 1979).This work is offered framed.This work has been generously donated to support Topical Cream. Topical Cream is a groundbreaking New York-based arts organization exclusively dedicated to elevating the vision of women and gender non-conforming contemporary artists through digital publishing and multiple high-impact programs. Controversial when first launched in 2013 as an online magazine countering art media’s problematic portrayal of female-identifying contemporary artists, Topical Cream is now an internationally respected organization for art criticism, editorial content, performance, and mentorship. The organization has evolved into a supportive ecosystem and now hosts progams including the Art Writing Mentorship Program, which supports system-impacted youth, the high-profile Editor-in-Residence program founded in 2021, and original video content such as the Rx Studio series. Topical Cream is the standard and collective record of women and gender non-conforming voices in contemporary art.&nbsp; Courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York

Concentrate

Kendall Geers (South African, b. 1968)Design on four sheets of paper mounted and framed together

Age of the Iron XL

William Rickarby Miller (American, 1818–1893)This work is offered in a giltwood frame

Old Mill on the Rondout

May Audubon Post (American, 1860–1929)This work is offered framed

Fairies among the Lily Pads

John William Hill (British-American, 1812–1879).Presented in a giltwood frame.

Fishing in the White Mountains

Lester George Hornby (American, 1882-1956)This work is offered in a giltwood frame

Weekend on the Stage, Liverpool, England

William M. Davis (American, 1829–1920).Presented in a giltwood frame with cream mat.

The Mill, Port Jefferson, Long Island

Margaret Ingram Foote (active late 19th century).Presented in a giltwood frame with light blue and white mat.

Venetian Canal

Victor Thall (American, 1902-1983).This work is offered unframed. A mid-century, abstract oil comprising a centrally placed and expansive star-shaped form accompanied by jagged, linear elements and superimposed on a background of ivory and midnight-blue; a dynamic and elegant New York School work showcasing the artist's characteristic, energetic and painterly brushwork. Born in New York in 1902, Victor Thall first attended the Art Students League in New York City where he studied under Arthur B. Davies, George Bellows, John Sloan and Robert Henri. He furthered his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts before leaving for Paris, in 1924, to attend the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Academie Julien. He remained in France for six formative years before returning to the United States in the early 1930's. Back in New York, he became friendly with Willem de Kooning and Arshile Gorky and was both influenced and inspired by the ferment of ideas that developed around the New York School during the late 1940's and early 1950's. Thall was also an active participant in the WPA New Deal Art Project of New York City between 1935 and 1939 and returned to the Art Students League as a teacher from 1947-9. He exhibited widely and with success including at the Whitney Museum Annuals of 1949 and 1950 and the Leicester Gallery, London, in 1961. Victor Thall's paintings are held in numerous private and public collections including the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum and the Newark Museum and the artist is listed in all relevant reference works including Who Was Who in American Art.

Abstract in Coral and Ivory

Victor Thall (American, 1902–1982).This work is offered unframed. A mid-century American abstract oil, comprising complex, contiguous and superimposed linear and ovoid forms, painted with an energetic and painterly brush in primary and secondary colors in both pure and pastel tints. Born in New York in 1902, Victor Thall first attended the Art Students League in New York City, where he studied under Arthur B. Davies, George Bellows, John Sloan and Robert Henri. He furthered his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts before leaving for Paris, in 1924, to attend the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Academie Julien. He remained in France for six formative years before returning to the United States in the early 1930s. Back in New York, he became friendly with Willem de Kooning and Arshile Gorky and was both influenced and inspired by the ferment of ideas that developed around the New York School during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Thall was also an active participant in the WPA New Deal Art Project of New York City between 1935 and 1939, and returned to the Art Students League as a teacher from 1947–49. He exhibited widely and with success, including at the Whitney Museum Annuals of 1949 and 1950 and the Leicester Gallery, London, in 1961. Victor Thall's paintings are held in numerous private and public collections, including the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum and the Newark Museum, and the artist is listed in all relevant reference works, including Who Was Who in American Art.

Abstract in Lilac and Blue

Edouard-Jean Dambourgez (French, 1844–1931).This work is offered unframed. A fine and detailed, late 19th century view of a counter of the bustling cheese market at Les Halles, showing customers viewing, sampling and purchasing a wide array of cheeses from the busy attendants. This cabinet-sized work provides an unusual insight into the daily life of the Parisian bourgeoisie at the end of the 19th century, and it is characterized both by finely observed still-life handling and fully realized and animated figures. This particular painting was the artist's sample, and it is accompanied by his original list of prices for other sizes of the same work available for commission. A large version of the work, The Cream and Cheese Market at Les Halles, was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1891 and was purchased directly from the exhibition by the City of Paris. Edouard-Jean Dambourgez first studied with Jules Lefebvre and, subsequently, as an engraver and chromo-lithographer under Gustave Boulanger. In 1880, Dambourgez commenced exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français, and, in 1883, was elected a member of the Society. Throughout the 1880s, he exhibited frequently and with success at the major Paris salons, including the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Independants and the Salon des Champs-de-Mars. In 1884, he was commissioned by the Louvre to engrave all illustrations for the catalog to the Thiers Collection, recently bequeathed to the museum. The recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards, Dambourgez was awarded an honorable distinction by the Salon in 1888, and an honorable mention in 1891. In 1888, the critic Albert Wolff recommended his painting A Cheese Shop for inclusion at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1891, the city of Paris bought his large canvas The Cream and Cheese Market at Les Halles and, in 1921, his city view titled Canal in Dordrecht. According to the Revue des Beaux-Arts, the artist's style evolved from realistic to naturalist, and, by 1894, to "frankly Impressionist." Dambourgez left Paris in 1896 and subsequently lived and painted in Spain, Italy and Morocco while continuing to exhibit with success in Paris.

Cheese Market at Les Halles

Edouard-Jean Dambourgez (French, 1844–1931).This work is offered unframed. A fine and detailed, cabinet-size oil painting showing an elegant Parisian cafe and bar, the interior lit by luminous, floor-to-ceiling stained-glass windows and filled with fashionably dressed patrons drinking and socializing beneath a haze of pipe and cigar smoke. A minor period masterpiece, providing an animated view of the city's fin-de-siècle nightlife, and characterized by finely observed and fully realized figures, showing an unusual degree of both social commentary and psychological penetration. Edouard-Jean Dambourgez first studied with Jules Lefebvre and, subsequently, as an engraver and chromo-lithographer under Gustave Boulanger. In 1880, Dambourgez commenced exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français, and, in 1883, was elected a member of the Society. Throughout the 1880s, he exhibited frequently and with success at the major Paris salons, including the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Independants and the Salon des Champs-de-Mars. In 1884, he was commissioned by the Louvre to engrave all illustrations for the catalog to the Thiers Collection, recently bequeathed to the museum. The recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards, Dambourgez was awarded an honorable distinction by the Salon in 1888, and an honorable mention in 1891. In 1888, the critic Albert Wolff recommended his painting A Cheese Shop for inclusion at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1891, the city of Paris bought his large canvas, The Cream and Cheese Market at Les Halles and, in 1921, his city view titled Canal in Dordrecht. According to the Revue des Beaux-Arts, the artist's style evolved from realistic to naturalist, and, by 1894, to "frankly Impressionist." Dambourgez left Paris in 1896 and subsequently lived and painted in Spain, Italy and Morocco while continuing to exhibit with success in Paris.

La Taverne Pausset, Paris

Property from an Important Western Collector.Tom Lovell (American, 1909–1997)This work is offered framed and matted

Apache Trail Signs (Study)

William Henry Bartlett (English 1809-1854) -This work is offered framed.Original watercolor painted from life for the steel engraving of the same title for George Virtue, London.

The Amphitheatre, Verona, Italy

Amelia Montague Watson (American 1856–1934) This work is offered framed and matted.

Young Woman on a Southern Veranda

H. Claude Pissarro (French, b. 1935).This work is offered in a gilt wood frame. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Lélia Pissarro and David Stern.

Temp Neigeux Placa du Tertre

La Place de Chateaudon

Eugène Louis Lami (French, 1800-1890).Presented in a painted and gilt wood frame with linen border.

The Carpet Merchant

Federico Fernandez y Gimenez&nbsp;(Spanish, 1846–1873).Presented in a gilt wood frame.

Gypsie Dancer 

Jenny Cowern&nbsp;(British, 1943–2005).Framed in wood on white background.Inscribed verso Post Office Row Langrigg Wigton Cumbria UK.

Bassenthwaite Trees and Lake

Carl Fischer (Danish, 1887–1952).This work is offered unframed. An early twentieth-century, Post-Impressionist style study of two figures engaged in conversation beside a barrel-organ. Carl Fischer first studied under Viggo Johansen (1907-12) and, subsequently, in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany. He was the recipient of several scholarships, including the Akademie Scholarship (1917) which allowed him to further his studies for two years abroad. Fischer exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards. Throughout his lifetime, he was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Danish Academy of Art's fall invitational exhibition at the Charlottenborg Gallery.

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Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Anna Weyant

Thornton Dial

Louis Wolchonok

Gunnar Widforss

Norman Bluhm

Victor Isbrand

Aldo Riso

Louis Weiner

Laura Coombs Hills

Todros Geller

Richard Hambleton

Richard Hambleton

Hans Hofmann

Emily Mae Smith

Kendell Geers

William Rickarby Miller

May Audubon Post

John William Hill

Lester George Hornby

William M. Davis

Margaret Ingram Foote

Victor Thall

Victor Thall

Edouard-Jean Dambourgez

Edouard-Jean Dambourgez

Tom Lovell

William Henry Bartlett

Amelia Montague Watson

Hughes Claude Pissarro

Hughes Claude Pissarro

Eugène Louis Lami

Federico Fernandez y Gimenez

Jenny Cowern

Carl Fischer