Current Auctions

American Impressionist School (19th/20th Century) in the Manner of Dorothea Sharp
Woman in a Blue Sun Hat
Vibrant Impressionist portrait of a woman in a broad blue sunhat, captured in profile beside a tree in a sunlit outdoor setting, painted with broken impasto and shimmering color, the work displays layered strokes of blue, violet, and rose against a soft green background
Oil on canvas
Signed in red monogram lower left, possibly Dorothea Sharp
17″ x 14 1/2″
Provenance: Property from a Essex, Connecticut estate

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Oscar Anderson (American 1873-1953)
“Sailboat in Fog”
depicting schooners emerging through a soft, rose-hued maritime haze, their sails illuminated by early morning light; the delicate impasto and atmospheric palette evoke a tranquil harbor scene with a subtle impressionist touch
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right Oscar Anderson
7 1/2″ x 9″
Provenance: Property from a Essex, Connecticut estate
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, 9/22/1984 ($120)

Estimate: $300 - $500

Andrew Dasburg (American 1887-1979)
Winter Landscape, Woodstock
depicting a snow-covered valley with farm buildings nestled beneath a line of rolling, violet-hued mountains; painted with bold, faceted brushwork and a restrained, modernist palette that captures the structural rhythm of the landscape, characteristic of Dasburg early Woodstock period before his move to Taos.
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left Dasburg
16″ x 20″

Estimate: $5000 - $10000

Samuel S. Carr (American/British 1837-1908)
Young Shepherd Boy and Sheep
depicting a young farm boy tending a small flock of sheep in a sunlit meadow bordered by trees and a distant farmhouse, one lamb rests comfortably in the boy’s arms as others graze contentedly nearby; Carr’s delicate brushwork and gentle palette capture the idyllic charm and pastoral innocence of late 19th-century rural life
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left S.S. Carr
16″ x 24″

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Armin Buchterkirch (American/Bermudas 1859-1915/19)
“Nassau Street Scene, Bahamas”
Bahamian street lined with palm trees and flowering gardens, with vernacular clapboard houses and a view toward the turquoise sea beyond with a young boy sitting against a stone wall in the foreground, lending a quiet narrative element to the tranquil island setting
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Signed lower right A. Buchtenkirch Nassau, Bahamas
19 1/2″ x 15 1/2″

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

John Francis Murphy (American 1853-1921)
“Field and Grove” Autumn Landscape, 1912
A tonal landscape depicting a quiet autumn field with felled trees and a grove of birches receding into a misty horizon; executed with the subdued palette and atmospheric subtlety that earned Murphy recognition as one of America’s foremost Tonalist painters
Oil on canvas, laid on board
Signed and dated lower right Jean Francis Murphy 1912, remnants of old gallery labels verso
24″ x 36″

Estimate: $3000 - $5000

Robert Daughters (American 1929-2013)
“Dixon Blossoms”, 1989
depicting a vivid Southwestern landscape with flowering trees in bloom along a dirt path leading toward distant blue mountains beneath a bright, cloud-streaked sky; painted in Daughters’ signature modern impressionist style, with bold directional brushwork, rhythmic color patterns, and an expressive palette capturing the light and atmosphere of New Mexico
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right R.Daughters
24″ x 18″
Provenance: Sold by The Taos Gallery, Taos New Mexico for $5,200 on September 16, 1989, receipt and statement of authenticity signed by artist available
Part of a large Western art collection from Massachusetts

Estimate: $4000 - $8000

School of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 17th Century)
The Holy Family with John the Baptist and St. Anne
depicting the Virgin and Child with St. Joseph in the background, accompanied by St. Anne and the young St. John the Baptist. The richly rendered composition displays hallmarks of the Rubens workshop tradition: warm flesh tones, robust figural modeling, and dynamic, interwoven gazes among the figures. The painterly handling of drapery, atmospheric architectural setting, and the tender interaction between Christ and the infant Baptist are consistent with Flemish Baroque devotional imagery.
Oil on boards
Initialed lower left PPR
43″ x 36″
Provenance: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, ME, 825/2013, Lot 322 ($9,000) copy of receipt available

Estimate: $6000 - $10000

School of Frederic Edwin Church (American 1826-1900)
“Tropical Sunrise over a River Valley”
Lush and atmospheric tropical landscape depicting a radiant sunrise flooding the sky with gold and silver light, the brilliance reflected across a calm river that winds through dense, exotic foliage. Palm trees and heavily draped vines frame the composition at right, with rich foreground botanicals, rocks, and a brightly colored parrot perched near the water’s edge. The distant mountains dissolve into mist, creating strong depth and a dramatic interplay of light and shadow characteristic of 19th-century Romantic landscape painting
Oil on canvas
30″ x 48″
Provenance: Berman’s Auctions, New Jersey, 1/12/1991, Lot 304 ($3,000) copy of sale receipt available

Estimate: $2000 - $4000

Angelo Asti (Italian/French 1847-1903)
“Jeune Femme Faisant un Bouquet”
depicting a young woman seated in an interior arranging flowers, her delicate expression and silken attire rendered with Asti’s refined academic technique and attention to texture and light
Oil on canvas presented in ornate giltwood frame
Signed lower left A.Asti
45″ x 34″
Provenance: Property from a Prominent New York City Collector

Estimate: $3000 - $5000

Follower of Giovanni Lanfranco (Italian 1582-1647)
“God the Father”
depicting God the Father in a moment of divine gesture, rendered with dramatic chiaroscuro and a radiant golden nimbus, rendered after Lanfranco original composition for the cimasa of the high altar in Santo Spirito (Filippo Neri), Fermo, painted circa 1616
Oil on canvas
49″ x 45″
Provenance: Property from a Prominent New York City Collector
Victor Spark, New York (before 1961); Sotheby’s, New York, Sale #5471, 6/05/1986, Lot 71A
Literature: E. Schleier, Disegni di Giovanni Lanfranco (1582–1647), Florence, 1983, p. 75; E. Schleier, Giovanni Lanfranco: Un pittore barocco tra Parma, Roma e Napoli, exhibition catalogue, Milan, 2001, p. 187, under cat. no. 42

Estimate: $5000 - $10000