Robert Bruce Horsfall Sold at Auction Prices

Illustrator, Animal painter, Landscape painter, b. 1869 - d. 1948

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Apr. 20, 2023
Robert Horsfall ''The Tea Gardens at Ghoom'' (India) 1900 Oil
Est: $750 - $1,500
Robert Horsfall (1869-1948 American) ''The Tea Gardens at Ghoom'' (India) 1900 Oil on Canvas 26''x36'' Image. Signed and dated l.r. Exhibited Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 170 Annual Exhibition 1912 with label on verso. Original framing 33''x43''. It has a 3''x3'' patch repair with in-paint lower left corner. Scattered areas of in-painting throughout. Professionally cleaned and restored. Bruce was a decorator at Rookwood pottery.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Apr. 20, 2023
Robert Horsfall ''Our Home'' 1933 Oil
Est: $400 - $800
Robert Horsfall (1869-1948 American) ''Our Home'' 1933 Oil on Canvas 20''x15'' Image. Signed and titled l.r. Original oak framing 24''x19.5''. Excellent condition. Bruce was a decorator at Rookwood pottery.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Apr. 15, 2023
ROBERT BRUCE HORSFALL (AMERICAN, 1869-1948)
Est: $200 - $500
Robert Bruce Horsfall American, 1869-1948 Sparrows, 1913 Watercolor and gouache on paper, signed and dated lower right Two sparrows perched in an alpine landscape, another in flight overhead. Matted behind glass, painted wooden frame.
Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers
Aug. 31, 2022
Robert Bruce Horsfall 1869-1948 Birds WC Painting
Est: $400 - $800
Robert Bruce Horsfall (American, 1869-1948). An original watercolor painting on paper. An ornithological study Depicting shore birds in a wetlands landscape. Artist signature lower left. Presented in a rustic rough cut wood frame with burlap liner. Work Size: 15 x 11 in. Dimensions: 22 X 17 X 1 in. Condition: Good to fair overall condition with normal surface wear. Frame having mild storage wear to edges and corners. Estate fresh to the market. Shipping: Hill Auction Gallery offers in-house ground contiguous USA domestic shipping, excluding New Mexico, for $95 plus insurance. Gallery will refer third party shippers for international buyers. Purchaser pick up available upon request. Got something to sell? Contact us at HillAuctionGallery.com
Hill Auction Gallery
May. 01, 2022
R. Bruce Horsfall watercolor
Est: $500 - $700
R. Bruce Horsfall watercolor Cincinnati paint, paper signed 11.5"h x 16.5"w overall: 20"h x 24"w
Treadway Gallery
Mar. 26, 2022
Robert Bruce Horsfall Mountain Lion Watercolor c1920s
Est: $750 - $950
Robert Bruce Horsfall (1869 - 1948) Mountain Lion Watercolor c1920s. Horsfall was a Rookwood Pottery decorator from 1893 to 1895. Bruce Horsfall became internationally known for his paintings of wildlife. He was closely associated with Rutgers University Geological Museum and painted backgrounds for many of the museum's exhibits. A year before his death, he gave the museum his collection of over 1000 drawings and paintings of wildlife. He worked with the American Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, the United States National Museum, and was affiliated with the Paleontological Department at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. He was director of Arts for Nature Magazine, research and artist for the Smithsonian Institute. He traveled to establish the natural environment of animals and birds of many countries, painted backdrops and set up for zoological and botanical divisions of the Smithsonian Institute. He painted the famous American eagle, which stands in the entrance of the Chicago Museum of Fine Arts. Signed. Marshall Fields label. Excellent condition. 12"h x 10"w. Original frame 14.5"h x 13"w.
California Historical Design, Inc
Mar. 26, 2022
Robert Bruce Horsfall Watercolor Swans c1920s
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Robert Bruce Horsfall (1869 - 1948) Watercolor Swans c1920s. Horsfall was a Rookwood Pottery decorator from 1893 to 1895. Bruce Horsfall became internationally known for his paintings of wildlife. He was closely associated with Rutgers University Geological Museum and painted backgrounds for many of the museum's exhibits. A year before his death, he gave the museum his collection of over 1000 drawings and paintings of wildlife. He worked with the American Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, the United States National Museum, and was affiliated with the Paleontological Department at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. He was director of Arts for Nature Magazine, research and artist for the Smithsonian Institute. He traveled to establish the natural environment of animals and birds of many countries, painted backdrops and set up for zoological and botanical divisions of the Smithsonian Institute. He painted the famous American eagle, which stands in the entrance of the Chicago Museum of Fine Arts.Signed. Excellent condition. 25.5"h x 18"w. Frame 31"h x 23.25"w.
California Historical Design, Inc
Nov. 10, 2021
Bruce Horsfall (1869-1948) for Rookwood Pottery earthenware Standard Glaze jug showing two fighting cocks in mortal combat, shape nu...
Est: $700 - $900
Bruce Horsfall (1869-1948) for Rookwood Pottery earthenware Standard Glaze jug showing two fighting cocks in mortal combat, shape number 673 Cincinnati, Ohio, 1894 high glazed ceramic impressed factory marks, incised artist's monogram 4 3/4"dia x 7 1/8"h
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 17, 2021
Bruce Horsfall (1869-1948) for Rookwood Pottery amusing earthenware Standard Glaze jug with underwater banjo playing ghoul singing t...
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Bruce Horsfall (1869-1948) for Rookwood Pottery amusing earthenware Standard Glaze jug with underwater banjo playing ghoul singing to fish and crabs, special shape number S1114 Cincinnati, Ohio, 1894 high glazed ceramic impressed factory marks, incised artist's monogram 6 1/4"w x 5 3/8"d x 7 3/4"h
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Apr. 21, 2021
Bruce Horsfall (1869-1948) for Rookwood Pottery Standard Glaze jug with portrait of Bacchus, shape number S1122 5"w x 4 3/4"d x 7"h
Est: $400 - $600
Bruce Horsfall (1869-1948) for Rookwood Pottery Standard Glaze jug with portrait of Bacchus, shape number S1122 Cincinnati, Ohio, 1894 high glazed ceramic impressed marks, incised artist's signature 5"w x 4 3/4"d x 7"h
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 26, 2020
ROBERT BRUCE HORSFALL, LANDSCAPE, O/B.
Est: $300 - $500
Horsfall, Robert Bruce (Washington, D.C. 1869-1948). Valley landscape with mountain in background. Oil on board. Signed l.l. 12 3/4" x 18 3/4". Frame: 27" x 31". Shipping: This lot does not qualify for in house shipping. We will provide a list of our preferred shippers. Condition: Some scattered abrasions, dents, and accretions to the compositions. Some discoloration to paint.
Quinn's Auction Galleries
Oct. 19, 2019
Robert Bruce Horsfall (American, 1869-1948)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Bruce Horsfall's personal Sketch Book with works starting in 1883-1892, containing 60 works in pencil, pen and ink and watercolor depicting birds, butterfly's, portraits, animals, locations in his hometown of Clinton, IA, landscapes, ships, flora and fauna , each page being 4" x 6 1/2", having personal writings inside each cover and being signed "Bruce Horsfall -Clinton IA." and dated "Mar. 16, 1883" on the first page. This is truly an amazing sketch book from Bruce Horsfall very early years starting when he was just 14 years old. Provenance: From descent through the Horsfall Family. Note: This work will be included in the upcoming Catalog Raisonné on the Horsfall Brothers.
Daniel Buck Auctions
Oct. 19, 2019
Robert Bruce Horsfall (American, 1869-1948)
Est: $300 - $500
charcoal on paper depicting a pensive older woman, 19 1/2" x 15", signed "Horsfall" and dated "2-9-192_" left edge center. On the back there is a shadow of a young girl that transferred over from another work by Horsfall. Provenance: From descent through the Horsfall Family. Note: This work will be included in the upcoming Catalog Raisonné on the Horsfall Brothers.
Daniel Buck Auctions
Oct. 19, 2019
Robert Bruce Horsfall (American, 1869-1948)
Est: $1,200 - $1,600
bronze, Art Nouveau door bell plaque, depicting a nude female, 8 3/4" x 5 3/8", signed "Copyright by Bruce Horsfall-99" lower left. This was on the front of the family home. Provenance: From descent through the Horsfall Family. Note: This work will be included in the upcoming Catalog Raisonné on the Horsfall Brothers.
Daniel Buck Auctions
Oct. 19, 2019
Robert Bruce Horsfall (American, 1869-1948)
Est: $800 - $1,200
watercolor on paper depicting a summer landscape with cows, 13" x 19" sight, signed "Bruce Horsfall" and dated "1888" lower right, matted and framed. Provenance: From descent through the Horsfall Family. Note: This work will be included in the upcoming Catalog Raisonné on the Horsfall Brothers.
Daniel Buck Auctions
Oct. 19, 2019
Robert Bruce Horsfall (American, 1869-1948)
Est: $800 - $1,200
watercolor on paper titled on back "Mississippi River looking south from Clinton" (Iowa), 15 5/8" x 19 1/8" mounted on paperboard, signed "Bruce" and dated "9-1889" lower right, unframed. Provenance: From descent through the Horsfall Family. Note: This work will be included in the upcoming Catalog Raisonné on the Horsfall Brothers.
Daniel Buck Auctions
Oct. 19, 2019
Robert Bruce Horsfall (American, 1869-1948)
Est: $400 - $600
pen and ink drawing on paper depicting a Pixie sitting on a branch with a spider in a spider web and a butterfly flying, 7 7/8" x 6 5/8", signed "Bruce Horsfall" and dated "1884" lower right, unframed. Also written on the back "Bruce Horsfall Age 15 Clinton Iowa". Provenance: From descent through the Horsfall Family. Note: This work will be included in the upcoming Catalog Raisonné on the Horsfall Brothers.
Daniel Buck Auctions
Feb. 10, 2019
Three watercolors of birds.
Est: $150 - $250
Artist: Two by Bruce Horsfall (1869 - 1948), signature lower, and one by Capitoni, signature lower left. Description: A pair of Watercolors of birds by Bruce Horsfall and one by Capitone. Size artwork: The pair 11 1/2 inches high x 8 1/2 wide and the single 9 inches high x 7 wide. Size frame: The pair 11 1/2 inches high x 9 3/4 wide and the single 13 inches high 11 3/4 wide. Date: Early 20th century. Condition: Some foxing, wear and stress to frames. Medium: Watercolor
Turner Auctions + Appraisals
Dec. 06, 2018
Robert Horsfall (1869 - 1948) Oil Painting
Est: $600 - $800
Robert Horsfall (1869 - 1948) original oil painting on canvas. Measures 20" x 14" image size. Very good to excellent condition with small areas of inpainting in sky and one tiny area with slight paint loss center middle. We ship most items in this auction in house and gladly combine shipping if possible of multiple items.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Dec. 06, 2018
Robert Horsfall (1869 - 1948) Oil Painting
Est: $600 - $800
Robert Horsfall (1869 - 1948) original oil painting on board. Measures 14" x 18" image size. Excellent condition with no evidence of any inpainting or repairs. We ship most items in this auction in house and gladly combine shipping if possible of multiple items.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Dec. 06, 2018
Robert Horsfall (1869 - 1948) Oil Painting
Est: $600 - $800
Robert Horsfall (1869 - 1948) original oil painting on board. Measures 14" x 20" image size. Very good to excellent condition with very tiny spots of inpainting in sky. We ship most items in this auction in house and gladly combine shipping if possible of multiple items.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Nov. 06, 2018
O/C PAINTING SEASCAPE ROBERT HORSFALL
Est: $300 - $500
O/C PAINTING SEASCAPE ROBERT HORSFALL, 24 X 33
D. L. Straight Auctioneers
Oct. 10, 2018
Robert Bruce Horsfall, Watercolor Landscape
Est: $300 - $500
(American,1869-1948), signed, dated 1917. Framed, not examined out of frame. Frame size: 22" high, 17" wide. Toning. Provenance: Property of a Southbury CT Estate.
Schwenke Auctioneers
Jul. 15, 2017
Painting, Robert Horsfall
Est: $400 - $600
Robert Bruce Horsfall (American, 1869-1948), Coastal Scene with Two Birds on a Rock, gouache, signed lower left, overall (with frame): 30"h x 22.25"w
Clars Auctions