T his autumn Sotheby’s is pleased to present a series of online auctions dedicated to American Art and Photographs. Across these distinguished sales is a curated section of 19th and 20th century artworks picturing the American landscape. The artists represented in this collaboration include important painters and photographers such as Ansel Adams, Milton Avery, George Inness, Eastman Johnson, Annie Leibovitz, Carleton E. Watkins, Edward Weston and many more. From the East to West coast, and everywhere in between, each of the artists highlighted here have through their work captured the diverse topography and enduring spirit of the American landscape. This selection of works will be on view in our York Avenue galleries from 29 September to 5 October.
- Lot 19
David Benjamin Sherry
Cobalt Cliffs, Oregon
2012 - Lot 69
Robert Polidori
Industrial Canal Breach, Reynes Street
2006 - Lot 2
Matthew Brandt
Lake Steilacoom, WA 6
2012 - Lot 72
Annie Leibovitz
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
2009 - Lot 23
Richard Misrach
Battleground Point 14
1999 - Lot 18
Liz Deschenes
170 Feet Below Sea Level
1999 - Lot 31
William Eggleston
Memphis (Tricycle)
circa 1969 - Lot 63
Edward Weston
Dunes, Oceano
1936 - Lot 2
Ansel Adams
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
1941 - Lot 71
Robert Adams
North of Brigsdale, Colo.
1973 - Lot 137
Carleton E. Watkins
‘Pompomasos, Three Brothers, 4480 ft., Yo Semite’
1861 - Lot 112
Robert Frank
Butte, Montana
1956 - Lot 115
Stephen Shore
‘Palm Beach Mall, West Palm Beach, Florida, November 8, 1977’
1977 - Lot 41
Julian Onderdonk
Untitled (Texas Hill Country Landscape)
circa 1915-16 - Lot 37
Aldro Hibbard
Late October (South Windham, Vermont) - Lot 15
Jasper Francis Cropsey
Hudson River Landscape - Lot 18
Edward Moran
Niagara Falls
circa 1865-75 - Lot 40
Albert Backus
Everglades Dawn - Lot 80
Rackstraw Downes
S-Bend in an Elevated Section of the New Jersey Turnpike
1996 - Lot 16
George Inness
Eagleswood, Hudson County, New Jersey
circa 1863-66 - Lot 92
Guy Wiggins
Winter in New York - Lot 20
Eastman Johnson
The Tomb of Washington, 1857
1858 - Lot 110
Robert Swain Gifford
Seconnet Rock, New Bedford, Massachusetts - Lot 57
Alfred Thompson Bricher
On the Meadows of Old Newburyport
1873 - Lot 47
Wolf Kahn
Victorian Barns in New Jersey
1985
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Exhibition Information
A pre-sale exhibition will be on view at Sotheby’s New York, from 29 September to 5 October. Please contact the Photographs or American Art departments directly with any viewing requests, as not all art is exhibited, and we want to ensure the works are available to view upon your arrival.
Photographs
On View: 30 September–4 October
Contact: +1 212 894 1149
American Art
On View: 29 September–5 October
Contact: +1 212 606 7280