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25 May 2023 | starting at 14:00 EDT

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Ernie Barnes (1938-2009) The Shot 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.) (Painted in 1985.). Sold for US$508,500 inc. premium

Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945) A Man of a Certain Probity and Worth, Immortal and Natural (New England; The Wood Sled) 34 1/2 x 28 3/8 in. (87.6 x 72.1 cm.) (Painted in 1936.). Sold for US$406,900 inc. premium

Clyde Singer (1908-1999) The Rush Hour 38 1/4 x 46 1/4 in. (97.2 x 117.5 cm.) (Painted in 1937.). Sold for US$216,400 inc. premium

Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904) Apple Blossoms in a Nautilus Shell Vase 21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm.) (Painted circa 1870-75.). Sold for US$140,200 inc. premium

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1 — Wolf Kahn(1927-2020)The Thurber's Tree 12 x 17 7/8 in. (30.5 x 45.4 cm.)

2 — Wolf Kahn(1927-2020)Low Tide in South Harpswell 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)

3 — Wolf Kahn(1927-2020)Near Trees 17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm.)

4 — Wolf Kahn(1927-2020)Maine Harbor 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.)

5 — Wolf Kahn(1927-2020)Ed Dodd's Field in October 18 1/8 x 36 in. (46 x 91.4 cm.)

6 — Wolf Kahn(1927-2020)Great Falls, Paterson, NJ 18 1/8 x 28 in. (46 x 71.1 cm.)

7 — Wolf Kahn(1927-2020)Blue-Green (Blau-Grün) 9 1/2 x 13 in. (24.1 x 33 cm.)

8 — Sally Michel Avery(1902-2003)Country Living 40 1/8 x 50 1/4 in. (101.9 x 127.6 cm.)

9 — Sally Michel Avery(1902-2003)Sunday Morning 14 1/8 x 20 in. (35.9 x 50.8 cm.)

10 — Sally Michel Avery(1902-2003)Little Man Big Hat 8 7/8 x 12 in. (22.5 x 30.5 cm.)

11 — March Avery(born 1932)Nude with Upraised Arm 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm.)

12 — George L.K. Morris(1905-1975)Floor-Show 30 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (76.8 x 56.5 cm.)

13 — Gaston Lachaise(1882-1935)Woman (Striding Woman) [LF 126] 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) high

14 — Werner Drewes(1899-1985)Confined Buoyancy 36 x 42 in. (91.4 x 106.7 cm.)

15 — Werner Drewes(1899-1985)Bravura 46 1/8 x 36 1/8 in. (117.2 x 91.8 cm.)

16 — Werner Drewes(1899-1985)Mexican Landscape 4 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (11.4 x 18.1 cm.)

17 — Rolph Scarlett(1891-1984)Biomorphic Abstraction 25 5/8 x 39 3/4 in. (65.1 x 101 cm.)

18 — Rolph Scarlett(1891-1984)Horizontal Abstraction 22 3/8 x 28 3/8 in. (56.8 x 72.1 cm.)

19 — Rolph Scarlett(1891-1984)Linear Abstraction in Pink and Green 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm.)

20 — Charles Green Shaw(1892-1974)La Femme de Toulouse 12 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (31.4 x 23.2 cm.)

21 — Charles Green Shaw(1892-1974)An Organized Escape 11 1/2 x 10 in. (29.2 x 25.4 cm.)

22 — Ernest Fiene(1894-1965)Cityscape 36 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (91.8 x 76.5 cm.)

23 — Oscar Bluemner(1867-1938)Red Barn Union 5 x 6 3/4 in. (12.7 x 17.2 cm.)

24¤ — Oscar Bluemner(1867-1938)East Side of Plane Looking South, Bloomfield, New Jersey 4 7/8 x 6 in. (12.4 x 15.2 cm.)

25 — Glenn O. Coleman(1887-1932)The Dock 34 3/8 x 25 1/2 in. (87.3 x 64.8 cm.)

26 — John R. Grabach(1886-1981)Pennsylvania 36 1/4 x 42 in. (92.1 x 106.7 cm.)

27 — Clyde Singer(1908-1999)The Rush Hour 38 1/4 x 46 1/4 in. (97.2 x 117.5 cm.)

28 — Clyde Singer(1908-1999)Autumn 26 7/8 x 19 1/2 in. (68.3 x 49.5 cm.)

29 — Andrew Dasburg(1887-1979)The Railyard 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm.)

30 — Everett Shinn(1876-1953)Best of Friends 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (32.4 x 24.8 cm.)

31 — Alexander Young Jackson(1882-1974)The Grand River Near Berlin, Ontario 7 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (18.7 x 23.8 cm.)

32 — Emily Geraldine Coonan(1885-1971)Bonsecours Church 14 x 10 1/4 in. (35.6 x 26 cm.)

33 — Maurice Galbraith Cullen, RCA(1866-1934)The Cache River, Last Gleams of a Winter Sun 18 1/8 x 24 in. (46 x 61 cm.)

34 — Alfred Henry Maurer(1868-1932)Flowers in a White Pitcher 22 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (58.1 x 46 cm.)

35 — Joseph Stella(1877-1946)Eggplant 21 x 16 7/8 in. (53.3 x 42.9 cm.)

36 — William Malherbe(1884-1951)Farm - Thetford, Vermont 18 3/8 x 26 1/8 in. (46.7 x 66.4 cm.)

37 — William Glackens(1870-1938)Sailboats in the Luxembourg Gardens 25 7/8 x 31 7/8 in. (65.7 x 81 cm.)

38 — Guy Pène Du Bois(1884-1958)The Tricorne Hat 40 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (101.9 x 76.5 cm.)

39 — John Koch(1909-1978)Portrait of Bonaventura Devine 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm.)

40 — Walt Kuhn(1877-1949)Rose Basket 28 1/8 x 36 in. (71.4 x 91.4 cm.)

41 — Robert Riggs(1896-1970)Lady Wrestlers 25 x 36 in. (63.5 x 91.4 cm.)

42 — Cecil de Blaquiere Howard(1888-1956)Leg-Lock 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) high, on a 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) high black marble base

43 — Cecil de Blaquiere Howard(1888-1956)Right Cross 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, on a 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) high black marble base

44 — Ernie Barnes(1938-2009)Pocket Passer 26 1/8 x 40 in. (66.4 x 101.6 cm.)

45 — Ernie Barnes(1938-2009)The Shot 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)

46 — Norman Rockwell(1894-1978)Willie Was Different (Woman and Bird on Train) 8 3/8 x 6 1/8 in. (21.3 x 15.6 cm.), image; 11 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (28.3 x 28.3 cm.), sheet

47 — Ernie Barnes(1938-2009)Study of Woman Sitting on Bench with Cane 30 1/8 x 22 1/2 in. (76.5 x 57.2 cm.)

48 — Norman Rockwell(1894-1978)Me and My Pal: Fishing Raft 14 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (35.9 x 33.3 cm.)

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1 —
Wolf Kahn
(1927-2020)
The Thurber's Tree 12 x 17 7/8 in. (30.5 x 45.4 cm.)

2 —
Wolf Kahn
(1927-2020)
Low Tide in South Harpswell 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)

3 —
Wolf Kahn
(1927-2020)
Near Trees 17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm.)

4 —
Wolf Kahn
(1927-2020)
Maine Harbor 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.)

5 —
Wolf Kahn
(1927-2020)
Ed Dodd's Field in October 18 1/8 x 36 in. (46 x 91.4 cm.)

6 —
Wolf Kahn
(1927-2020)
Great Falls, Paterson, NJ 18 1/8 x 28 in. (46 x 71.1 cm.)

7 —
Wolf Kahn
(1927-2020)
Blue-Green (Blau-Grün) 9 1/2 x 13 in. (24.1 x 33 cm.)

8 —
Sally Michel Avery
(1902-2003)
Country Living 40 1/8 x 50 1/4 in. (101.9 x 127.6 cm.)

9 —
Sally Michel Avery
(1902-2003)
Sunday Morning 14 1/8 x 20 in. (35.9 x 50.8 cm.)

10 —
Sally Michel Avery
(1902-2003)
Little Man Big Hat 8 7/8 x 12 in. (22.5 x 30.5 cm.)

11 —
March Avery
(born 1932)
Nude with Upraised Arm 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm.)

12 —
George L.K. Morris
(1905-1975)
Floor-Show 30 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (76.8 x 56.5 cm.)

13 —
Gaston Lachaise
(1882-1935)
Woman (Striding Woman) [LF 126] 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) high

14 —
Werner Drewes
(1899-1985)
Confined Buoyancy 36 x 42 in. (91.4 x 106.7 cm.)

15 —
Werner Drewes
(1899-1985)
Bravura 46 1/8 x 36 1/8 in. (117.2 x 91.8 cm.)

16 —
Werner Drewes
(1899-1985)
Mexican Landscape 4 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (11.4 x 18.1 cm.)

17 —
Rolph Scarlett
(1891-1984)
Biomorphic Abstraction 25 5/8 x 39 3/4 in. (65.1 x 101 cm.)

18 —
Rolph Scarlett
(1891-1984)
Horizontal Abstraction 22 3/8 x 28 3/8 in. (56.8 x 72.1 cm.)

19 —
Rolph Scarlett
(1891-1984)
Linear Abstraction in Pink and Green 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm.)

20 —
Charles Green Shaw
(1892-1974)
La Femme de Toulouse 12 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (31.4 x 23.2 cm.)

21 —
Charles Green Shaw
(1892-1974)
An Organized Escape 11 1/2 x 10 in. (29.2 x 25.4 cm.)

22 —
Ernest Fiene
(1894-1965)
Cityscape 36 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (91.8 x 76.5 cm.)

23 —
Oscar Bluemner
(1867-1938)
Red Barn Union 5 x 6 3/4 in. (12.7 x 17.2 cm.)

24^¤ —
Oscar Bluemner
(1867-1938)
East Side of Plane Looking South, Bloomfield, New Jersey 4 7/8 x 6 in. (12.4 x 15.2 cm.)

25 —
Glenn O. Coleman
(1887-1932)
The Dock 34 3/8 x 25 1/2 in. (87.3 x 64.8 cm.)

26 —
John R. Grabach
(1886-1981)
Pennsylvania 36 1/4 x 42 in. (92.1 x 106.7 cm.)

27 —
Clyde Singer
(1908-1999)
The Rush Hour 38 1/4 x 46 1/4 in. (97.2 x 117.5 cm.)

28 —
Clyde Singer
(1908-1999)
Autumn 26 7/8 x 19 1/2 in. (68.3 x 49.5 cm.)

29 —
Andrew Dasburg
(1887-1979)
The Railyard 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm.)

30 —
Everett Shinn
(1876-1953)
Best of Friends 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (32.4 x 24.8 cm.)

31 —
Alexander Young Jackson
(1882-1974)
The Grand River Near Berlin, Ontario 7 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (18.7 x 23.8 cm.)

32 —
Emily Geraldine Coonan
(1885-1971)
Bonsecours Church 14 x 10 1/4 in. (35.6 x 26 cm.)

33 —
Maurice Galbraith Cullen, RCA
(1866-1934)
The Cache River, Last Gleams of a Winter Sun 18 1/8 x 24 in. (46 x 61 cm.)

34 —
Alfred Henry Maurer
(1868-1932)
Flowers in a White Pitcher 22 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (58.1 x 46 cm.)

35 —
Joseph Stella
(1877-1946)
Eggplant 21 x 16 7/8 in. (53.3 x 42.9 cm.)

36 —
William Malherbe
(1884-1951)
Farm - Thetford, Vermont 18 3/8 x 26 1/8 in. (46.7 x 66.4 cm.)

37 —
William Glackens
(1870-1938)
Sailboats in the Luxembourg Gardens 25 7/8 x 31 7/8 in. (65.7 x 81 cm.)

38 —
Guy Pène Du Bois
(1884-1958)
The Tricorne Hat 40 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (101.9 x 76.5 cm.)

39 —
John Koch
(1909-1978)
Portrait of Bonaventura Devine 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm.)

40 —
Walt Kuhn
(1877-1949)
Rose Basket 28 1/8 x 36 in. (71.4 x 91.4 cm.)

41 —
Robert Riggs
(1896-1970)
Lady Wrestlers 25 x 36 in. (63.5 x 91.4 cm.)

42 —
Cecil de Blaquiere Howard
(1888-1956)
Leg-Lock 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) high, on a 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) high black marble base

43 —
Cecil de Blaquiere Howard
(1888-1956)
Right Cross 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, on a 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) high black marble base

44 —
Ernie Barnes
(1938-2009)
Pocket Passer 26 1/8 x 40 in. (66.4 x 101.6 cm.)

45 —
Ernie Barnes
(1938-2009)
The Shot 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)

46 —
Norman Rockwell
(1894-1978)
Willie Was Different (Woman and Bird on Train) 8 3/8 x 6 1/8 in. (21.3 x 15.6 cm.), image; 11 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (28.3 x 28.3 cm.), sheet

47 —
Ernie Barnes
(1938-2009)
Study of Woman Sitting on Bench with Cane 30 1/8 x 22 1/2 in. (76.5 x 57.2 cm.)

48 —
Norman Rockwell
(1894-1978)
Me and My Pal: Fishing Raft 14 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (35.9 x 33.3 cm.)