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TOO GOOD TO RESIST!
Some offerings are just too special
not to indulge your inner self!
(or your progeny...)
 Illya Kagan
Oil on Canvas "Denver Street Scene"
signed lower right, "Kagan" and dated lower left, "'92"
29 in. x 40 in.
absentee bids welcome
Orrin Augustine White (California 1883-1969)
Oil on Canvas, "California Eucalyptus Trees"
signed lower left, "Orrin A. White"
19 in. x 23 � in.
White, a landscape painter of national note was born in Hanover, Illinois.
In 1902 he received his Bachelor of Arts from Notre Dame University, then continued his studies at the Philadelphia School of Applied Art
focusing on textile design. He was an assistant professor of chemistry at Portland University and moved to Los Angeles in 1912. He eventually settled in Pasadena, California and devoted his time to painting full-time.
White exhibited widely throughout his career and won a silver medal at the Panama California Exhibition in San Diego in 1915.
Raoul Henri P�ne Du Bois (1912-1985)
Watercolor on Paper, "Street Scene with Motor Car"
signed lower left, "Raoul Rene Dubois"
14 in. x 10 � in.
Born Nov. 22, 1912, Dubois was a studio artist, costume designer
and art director for motion pictures in Hollywood during the 1930's.
Jan L. Munro (21st Century Folk Artist)
Mixed Media on Board, "Saltwater Farm"
depicting a panoramic landscape of a New England farm
and surrounding community
signed lower right, "J.L. Munro, 1995"
24 in. x 48 in.
Munro is a contemporary self-taught artist who in more than 40 years of work has achieved a great amount of recognition; Her paintings are in many important public and private collections including the Smithsonian, the American Folk Art Museum, The John and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum, Piece-Hall Gallery London, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Nantucket Historical Association, Smuckers Inc., Tropicana Inc. Hilary Clinton, Levar Burton, Whoopi Goldberg, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Isaac Stern, and others.
absentee bids welcome
F. E. Foster
Two Oils on Canvas, each Laid on Panels, "Poinsettia" & "Celosa"
original artist's note on reverse of poinsettia,
"Painted in Hong Kong, Dec. 1885,
just on the eve of our departure from China for U.S.A.,
a poinsettia from our garden at Barnside"
Poinsettia 44 in. x 23 in.
Celosa 43 in. x 21 in.
James Hathaway (active on Nantucket 1839-1852)
Pair of Ancestral Portraits, circa 1842
Finely executed oils on canvas of man and woman
signed on the reverse of canvases, "J. Hathaway, 1842"
in period gilt frames
each 30 in. x 25 in.
An Itinerant American Artist, James S. Hathaway flourished from 1830-1852; the latter decade found great success in Nantucket, the then Whaling Capitol of the world. As Nantucket's Quaker strictures against the vanity of self-imagery waned, James S. Hathaway was the most active of two significant painters of portraiture on the island throughout most of the 1840's. It was the height of whaling on the island, "The wealthiest town in America," when Hathaway accepted numerous commissions from Nantucket's pre-eminent families.
As was often the arrangement of artists and their patrons, Hathaway's intended study in Italy was underwritten by Henry Coffin; the debt to Coffin repaid in portraits. It is believed that Hathaway left Nantucket shortly after the Great Fire of 1846. Little is known of the artist's early life or of his later years.
Stylistic hallmarks are stiff, doll-like limbs and hands, softly rounded chins, and the studied gaze of the sitters.
(Portrait by J. S. Hathaway, detail)
(signature and date en verso)
(Portrait by J. S. Hathaway, detail)
Victorian Oil on Canvas
"Portrait of Two Young Ladies and a Young Man in a Garden Setting"
in period hand carved gilt frame
The painting was discovered in an attic on Union Street, Nantucket
a number of years ago and is painted in the school or style of
George Gardner Fish (Nantucket 1822-1906)
unsigned
14 in. x 18 in.
Rare Cartoon Applique Summer Weight Coverlet
with characters appliqued in black floss, featuring
Tinkerbell, Stromboli, Peter Pan, Santa Claus, Rudolph,
J. Worthington Foul Fellow, Clara Bell, Heidi, Captain Hook,
Goofy, Peter Pan, Gepetto, Pappy Yokum, Wood Woodpecker,
Manny Yokum, Patch Pants, Mickey Mouse, Lil Henry
and Johnny Appleseed.
(quilt detail)
absentee bids welcome
(detail)
Hand Woven Heriz Carpet, circa 1940's
9 ft. x 11 ft. 7 in.
English Profusely Multi-Wood Inlaid Tilt Top Center Table, circa 1830
Height 28 in. Diameter 53 � in.
Philadelphia Westminster Chiming Carved Oak Tall Case Clock
by H. Muhr's & Sons
Height 97 � in.
Tony Sarg
Signed Lithograph Poster, "Farewell from the Widow's Walk"
38 in. x 27 � in.
(artist bio)
 
Early 19th Century Oak Slant Front Desk
the slant lid reveals eight pigeon holes, four drawers and compartment
on bracket feet, brass hardware
Height 41 in. Width 36 in. Depth 18 in.
absentee bids welcome
Set of Six 19th C. American Fancy Painted Dining Chairs
in original finish, caned seats
Vintage Carved and Hand Decorated Carousel Horse
with original glass eyes
Height 47 in. Length 39 in.
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