Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Catalogue Information: 274 lots | 176 with images
Lot 1: PETER RINDISBACHER (1806-1834)Buffalo Huntpen and black ink and watercolor
on paper8 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (21.2 x 41.6 cm.)PROVENANCEHarry Webb, Shelburne, VermontRELATED LITERATUREH. E. Bovay, Le Canada et les Suisses, 1604-1974, Fribourg, 1976, p. 223, nos. 156-158A. M. Josephy, Jr., The Artist was a Young Man: The Life Story [...more]
Lot 2: ALFRED JACOB MILLER (1810-1874)A Sioux Indian in Pursuit of an
Enemyinscribed 31, u.l. - - inscribed with title on a piece of the original backing - - pen and brush and sepia ink and black wash on rose paper8 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (21.1 x 17.4 cm.)PROVENANCEThe artistSir William Drummond StewartFrank NicholsBonamy Man [...more]
Lot 3: VAN DER WEYDE, JR. (ACTIVE, MID-19TH CENTURY)Buffalo Huntsigned Van der
Weyde Jr. and dated NY, 1858, l.r. - - inscribed Friend Tofft accept th** slight token of ** on the board - - pen and brush and black ink and ink wash on paper laid down on board4 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (11 x 18.4 cm.)It is likely that the Tofft to whom thi [...more]
Lot 4: ALFRED JACOB MILLER (1810-1874)Indian Girl Swingingsigned AJ Miller with
initials in monogram, c.l. - - oil on canvas17 3/8 x 13 7/8 in. (44 x 35 cm.)PROVENANCEBerry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New YorkEXHIBITEDSanta Fe, Fine Arts Museum of New Mexico, The Artist in the American West, Oct.-Nov. 1961, no. 47, illus.New York, Ham [...more]
Lot 5: JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851)Ruffed Grousepastel and pencil on paper14 1/8
x 17 3/4 in. (36 x 45 cm.)PROVENANCEAcquired directly from the artistEliza Bakewell, his sister-in-law, and Nicholas Augustus BerthoundElizabeth Berthoud, their daughter, and Francis Ringeling, Butte, MontanaNicholas Berthoud Ringeling, their son, Ph [...more]
