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American Art

20 May 2021 | starting at 16:00 EDT

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Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) Yawl in the Channel 22 x 37in (55.9 x 94cm) (Painted in 1974-75.). Sold for US$725,312.50 inc. premium

Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) Return from the Cross 39 7/8 x 29 7/8in (101.3 x 75.9cm) (Painted circa 1934-35.). Sold for US$237,812.50 inc. premium

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Gardiner Greene Hammond, Jr. 26 1/2 X 20 3/4in (67.3 x 52.7cm) (Painted in 1895.). Sold for US$175,312.50 inc. premium

Milton Avery (1885-1965) Sunflowers 28 x 21 7/8in (71.1 x 55.6cm) (Painted in 1963.). Sold for US$125,312.50 inc. premium

Edward Henry Potthast (1857-1927) The Bathing Hour 16 x 20in (40.6 x 50.8cm). Sold for US$50,312.50 inc. premium

Arthur Quartley (1839-1886) The Queen's Birthday, May 24th, Port of New York 44 1/2 x 77 1/2in (113.0 x 196.9cm) (Painted in 1883.). Sold for US$32,812.50 inc. premium

Herbert Haseltine (1877-1962) Man O' War 14 1/2in high (36.8cm high), on a 7in high (17.78cm high) wooden base (Modeled in 1945.). Sold for US$31,562.50 inc. premium

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1 — Sargent Johnson(1888-1967)Hippopotamus 6 1/2in high (16.5cm high), on a 2in high (5.1cm high) semi-gloss rosewood base

2 — Wolf Kahn(1927-2020)Barns in Amagansett 22 3/8 x 30 1/4in (56.8 x 76.8cm)

3 — John Wilde(1919-2006)Sleight of Hand 12 1/8 x 10 1/8in (30.8 x 25.7cm)

4 — Aaron Bohrod(1907-1992)Street Car Riders 19 1/2 x 26 1/8in (49.5 x 66.4cm)

5 — Edwin Walter Dickinson(1891-1978)Herring Cove Beach 25 1/8 x 30 1/8in (63.9 x 76.5cm)

6 — Fairfield Porter(1907-1975)View of Islands 8 3/4 x 14 1/8in (22.2 x 35.9cm)

7 — Milton Avery(1885-1965)Lollypop Trees 23 7/8 x 18in (61 x 45.7cm)

8 — Milton Avery(1885-1965)Spring Landscape 22 1/2 x 30 3/4in (57.2 x 78.1cm)

9 — Fairfield Porter(1907-1975)Yawl in the Channel 22 x 37in (55.9 x 94cm)

10 — Robert Remsen Vickrey(1926-2011)Argenteuil Boats 11 1/8 x 17in (28.3 x 43.2cm)

11 — Robert Remsen Vickrey(1926-2011)Venetian Lamp 9 x 10 1/2in (22.9 x 26.7cm)

12 — John Wilde(1919-2006)Memorabilia 8 x 16in (20.3 x 40.6cm)

13 — Wheeler Williams(1897-1972)Fall 40 1/2in high (102.9cm high)

14 — Louis Comfort Tiffany(1848-1933)Market at the Mosque of Abu el Haggag, Luxor, Egypt 40 1/8 x 30 1/4in (101.9 x 76.8cm) Executed in 1911.

15 — Henry Ossawa Tanner(1859-1937)Return from the Cross 39 7/8 x 29 7/8in (101.3 x 75.9cm)

16 — Harriet Whitney Frishmuth(1880-1980)Allegra 11 5/8in high (29.5cm high), on a 1/2in high (1.27cm high) black Belgian marble base

17 — William Merritt Chase(1849-1916)Still Life 31 1/4 x 25 1/8in (79.4 x 63.8cm)

18 — John Singer Sargent(1856-1925)Gardiner Greene Hammond, Jr. 26 1/2 X 20 3/4in (67.3 x 52.7cm)

19 — Robert William Vonnoh(1858-1933)Portrait of Gardner Kendall 17 7/8 x 14 1/8in (45.4 x 35.9cm)

20 — John Koch(1909-1978)Christina 30 1/8 x 25in (76.5 x 63.5cm)

21 — Herbert Haseltine(1877-1962)Man O' War 14 1/2in high (36.8cm high), on a 7in high (17.78cm high) wooden base

22 — Alfred S. Mira(1900-1981)Construction 15 7/8 x 11 7/8in (40.3 x 30.2cm)

23 — Alfred S. Mira(1900-1981)New York City View 15 7/8 x 11 7/8in (40.3 x 30.2cm)

24 — Guy Carleton Wiggins(1883-1962)A Winter's Day 20 x 24 1/8in (50.8 x 61.3cm)

25¤ — Guy Carleton Wiggins(1883-1962)Looking Downtown 5th Avenue at 53rd Street 20 x 15 7/8in (50.8 x 40.3cm)

26 — George Copeland Ault(1891-1948)Near East Killingly, Connecticut 10 x 14in (25.4 x 35.6cm)

27 — Emile Gruppe(1896-1978)Vermont in Autumn 30 1/8 x 36 1/8in (76.5 x 91.8cm)

28 — Simon Parkes(born 1954)The Middle of Hardings Beach 20 1/4 x 24 1/4in (51.4 x 61.6cm)

29 — Edward Henry Potthast(1857-1927)The Bathing Hour 16 x 20in (40.6 x 50.8cm)

30 — Richard Edward Miller(1875-1943)Young Woman at Her Dressing Table 31 5/8 x 25 1/2in (80.3 x 64.8cm)

31 — Jane Peterson(1876-1965)In the Park 18 x 14 7/8in (45.7 x 37.8cm)

32 — Harriet Whitney Frishmuth(1880-1980)Crest of the Wave 21in high (53.3cm high), on a 5/8in high (1.6cm high) black Belgian marble base

33 — Laura Coombs Hills(1859-1952)Zinnias and Stock 28 3/4 x 23 5/8in (73 x 60cm)

34 — Laura Coombs Hills(1859-1952)Zinnias in a Yellow Bowl 21 1/4 x 17 3/4in (54 x 45.1cm)

35 — Emile Gruppe(1896-1978)Mending the Nets 20 x 24in (50.8 x 61cm)

36 — Aldro Thompson Hibbard(1886-1972)Fishing Craft 15 x 18in (38.1 x 45.7cm)

37 — Jane Peterson(1876-1965)Gloucester Harbor 16 x 12 1/8in (40.6 x 30.8cm)

38 — Edna Eicke(1919-1979)Selling Real Estate by the Beach 21 x 14 5/8in (53.3 x 37.2cm)

39 — William Zorach(1887-1966)Popham Beach 15 1/2 x 22 1/2in (39.4 x 57.2cm)

40 — Edwin Walter Dickinson(1891-1978)Provincetown Harbor (II) 14 x 14in (35.6 x 35.6cm)

41 — Aaron Bohrod(1907-1992)St. James Park, London 24 1/8 x 31 1/8in (61.3 x 79.1cm)

42 — Robert Remsen Vickrey(1926-2011)A Green Thought 24 x 17 7/8in (61 x 45.4cm)

43 — Milton Avery(1885-1965)Sunflowers 28 x 21 7/8in (71.1 x 55.6cm)

44 — Alfred Henry Maurer(1868-1932)Flowers 14 7/8 x 10 3/4in (37.8 x 27.3cm)

45 — William Zorach(1887-1966)Sleeping Cat 2 1/2in high (6.4cm high), on a 1in high (2.5cm high) black Belgian marble base

46 — Milton Avery(1885-1965)March with Hat 11 x 8 1/2in (27.9 x 21.6cm)

47¤ — Chaim Gross(1902-1991)Untitled (Two Female Figures) 22 3/8 x 14 1/4in (56.8 x 36.2cm)

48 — Robert Laurent(1890-1970)Nude Female Torso 10 7/8in high (27.6cm), on a 5 3/8in high (13.7cm high) wooden base

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1 —
Sargent Johnson
(1888-1967)
Hippopotamus 6 1/2in high (16.5cm high), on a 2in high (5.1cm high) semi-gloss rosewood base

2 —
Wolf Kahn
(1927-2020)
Barns in Amagansett 22 3/8 x 30 1/4in (56.8 x 76.8cm)

3 —
John Wilde
(1919-2006)
Sleight of Hand 12 1/8 x 10 1/8in (30.8 x 25.7cm)

4 —
Aaron Bohrod
(1907-1992)
Street Car Riders 19 1/2 x 26 1/8in (49.5 x 66.4cm)

5 —
Edwin Walter Dickinson
(1891-1978)
Herring Cove Beach 25 1/8 x 30 1/8in (63.9 x 76.5cm)

6 —
Fairfield Porter
(1907-1975)
View of Islands 8 3/4 x 14 1/8in (22.2 x 35.9cm)

7 —
Milton Avery
(1885-1965)
Lollypop Trees 23 7/8 x 18in (61 x 45.7cm)

8 —
Milton Avery
(1885-1965)
Spring Landscape 22 1/2 x 30 3/4in (57.2 x 78.1cm)

9 —
Fairfield Porter
(1907-1975)
Yawl in the Channel 22 x 37in (55.9 x 94cm)

10 —
Robert Remsen Vickrey
(1926-2011)
Argenteuil Boats 11 1/8 x 17in (28.3 x 43.2cm)

11 —
Robert Remsen Vickrey
(1926-2011)
Venetian Lamp 9 x 10 1/2in (22.9 x 26.7cm)

12 —
John Wilde
(1919-2006)
Memorabilia 8 x 16in (20.3 x 40.6cm)

13 —
Wheeler Williams
(1897-1972)
Fall 40 1/2in high (102.9cm high)

14 —
Louis Comfort Tiffany
(1848-1933)
Market at the Mosque of Abu el Haggag, Luxor, Egypt 40 1/8 x 30 1/4in (101.9 x 76.8cm) Executed in 1911.

15 —
Henry Ossawa Tanner
(1859-1937)
Return from the Cross 39 7/8 x 29 7/8in (101.3 x 75.9cm)

16 —
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
(1880-1980)
Allegra 11 5/8in high (29.5cm high), on a 1/2in high (1.27cm high) black Belgian marble base

17 —
William Merritt Chase
(1849-1916)
Still Life 31 1/4 x 25 1/8in (79.4 x 63.8cm)

18 —
John Singer Sargent
(1856-1925)
Gardiner Greene Hammond, Jr. 26 1/2 X 20 3/4in (67.3 x 52.7cm)

19 —
Robert William Vonnoh
(1858-1933)
Portrait of Gardner Kendall 17 7/8 x 14 1/8in (45.4 x 35.9cm)

20 —
John Koch
(1909-1978)
Christina 30 1/8 x 25in (76.5 x 63.5cm)

21 —
Herbert Haseltine
(1877-1962)
Man O' War 14 1/2in high (36.8cm high), on a 7in high (17.78cm high) wooden base

22 —
Alfred S. Mira
(1900-1981)
Construction 15 7/8 x 11 7/8in (40.3 x 30.2cm)

23 —
Alfred S. Mira
(1900-1981)
New York City View 15 7/8 x 11 7/8in (40.3 x 30.2cm)

24 —
Guy Carleton Wiggins
(1883-1962)
A Winter's Day 20 x 24 1/8in (50.8 x 61.3cm)

25^¤ —
Guy Carleton Wiggins
(1883-1962)
Looking Downtown 5th Avenue at 53rd Street 20 x 15 7/8in (50.8 x 40.3cm)

26 —
George Copeland Ault
(1891-1948)
Near East Killingly, Connecticut 10 x 14in (25.4 x 35.6cm)

27 —
Emile Gruppe
(1896-1978)
Vermont in Autumn 30 1/8 x 36 1/8in (76.5 x 91.8cm)

28 —
Simon Parkes
(born 1954)
The Middle of Hardings Beach 20 1/4 x 24 1/4in (51.4 x 61.6cm)

29 —
Edward Henry Potthast
(1857-1927)
The Bathing Hour 16 x 20in (40.6 x 50.8cm)

30 —
Richard Edward Miller
(1875-1943)
Young Woman at Her Dressing Table 31 5/8 x 25 1/2in (80.3 x 64.8cm)

31 —
Jane Peterson
(1876-1965)
In the Park 18 x 14 7/8in (45.7 x 37.8cm)

32 —
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
(1880-1980)
Crest of the Wave 21in high (53.3cm high), on a 5/8in high (1.6cm high) black Belgian marble base

33 —
Laura Coombs Hills
(1859-1952)
Zinnias and Stock 28 3/4 x 23 5/8in (73 x 60cm)

34 —
Laura Coombs Hills
(1859-1952)
Zinnias in a Yellow Bowl 21 1/4 x 17 3/4in (54 x 45.1cm)

35 —
Emile Gruppe
(1896-1978)
Mending the Nets 20 x 24in (50.8 x 61cm)

36 —
Aldro Thompson Hibbard
(1886-1972)
Fishing Craft 15 x 18in (38.1 x 45.7cm)

37 —
Jane Peterson
(1876-1965)
Gloucester Harbor 16 x 12 1/8in (40.6 x 30.8cm)

38 —
Edna Eicke
(1919-1979)
Selling Real Estate by the Beach 21 x 14 5/8in (53.3 x 37.2cm)

39 —
William Zorach
(1887-1966)
Popham Beach 15 1/2 x 22 1/2in (39.4 x 57.2cm)

40 —
Edwin Walter Dickinson
(1891-1978)
Provincetown Harbor (II) 14 x 14in (35.6 x 35.6cm)

41 —
Aaron Bohrod
(1907-1992)
St. James Park, London 24 1/8 x 31 1/8in (61.3 x 79.1cm)

42 —
Robert Remsen Vickrey
(1926-2011)
A Green Thought 24 x 17 7/8in (61 x 45.4cm)

43 —
Milton Avery
(1885-1965)
Sunflowers 28 x 21 7/8in (71.1 x 55.6cm)

44 —
Alfred Henry Maurer
(1868-1932)
Flowers 14 7/8 x 10 3/4in (37.8 x 27.3cm)

45 —
William Zorach
(1887-1966)
Sleeping Cat 2 1/2in high (6.4cm high), on a 1in high (2.5cm high) black Belgian marble base

46 —
Milton Avery
(1885-1965)
March with Hat 11 x 8 1/2in (27.9 x 21.6cm)

47^¤ —
Chaim Gross
(1902-1991)
Untitled (Two Female Figures) 22 3/8 x 14 1/4in (56.8 x 36.2cm)

48 —
Robert Laurent
(1890-1970)
Nude Female Torso 10 7/8in high (27.6cm), on a 5 3/8in high (13.7cm high) wooden base