Current Auctions

Adolf Schreyer (German 1828-1899)
“Wallachians with Pack Horses” circa 1870-1880
depicting a group of Wallachian horsemen leading Arabian pack-horses across a rugged landscape, dominated by a central rider in a brown coat and red-and-white feathered turban mounted on a white Arabian. Additional figures guide chestnut, black, and brown pack horses through the terrain, with a distant fortified city silhouetted on the horizon. Scattered trees and earthen paths animate the foreground, while pink evening clouds rise against an azure sky in Schreyer’s characteristic atmospheric style.
Oil on canvas, presented in a 19th-century gilt European Baroque Revival frame.
Signed lower left Ad Schreyer
19 1/2″ x 25 1/2″

Estimate: $3000 - $5000

Guy Carleton Wiggins (American 1883-1962)
“Christmastime”, 1959
Charming winter cityscape depicting hansom cabs and elegantly dressed figures along snow-covered streets opposite Central Park, with softly glowing city buildings and church spires beyond; executed with the artist’s characteristic loose brushwork and atmospheric palette capturing the bustle and spirit of New York in winter
Oil on board
Signed lower right, titled, and dated 1959 on verso along with 1981 letter from Mrs. Walter Hemingway, Madison, Connecticut, noting that the work was commissioned directly from the artist as a recreation of his painting used for the National Academy’s Christmas card, the letter further recalls Wiggins’ friendship with the Hemingways, his residence in Lyme, Connecticut, and identifies the subject as hansom cabs opposite Central Park
12″ x 16″
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by Mrs. Walter Hemingway, Madison, CT; gifted to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sklar, Madison, CT; thence by descent

Estimate: $6000 - $10000

Pierre Doutreleau (French/American B.1938)
“First Down”
Dynamic large-scale football scene rendered in Doutreleau’s signature bold, gestural style; the composition captures the explosive movement of the offensive and defensive lines at the moment of impact, built up with thick impasto and sweeping palette-knife strokes in blue, white, ochre, and green, a powerful example of the artist’s celebrated sports imagery
Oil on canvas
Signed Doutreleau lower right
36″ x 51″
Label: Wally Findlay Galleries, New York ($3,500)

Estimate: $2000 - $4000

Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973)
“Femme Dans L’Atelier”, 1956
depicting Jacqueline at the easel in Picasso’s distinct Cubist-derived style, executed in tones of slate blue, teal, black, and white, the composition captures the artist’s mid-century exploration of the artist-and-model theme, with simplified geometric forms and bold contour lines conveying psychological presence and spatial depth
Dated upper right 3.4.56 in the stone
Collotype with pochoir printed in color on Arches wove paper, edition 174/350
Pencil signed lower right Picasso, with blindstamp of publisher Guy Spritzer, Paris
18 1/2″ x 22″ image size, 29 1/2″ x 31 1/2″ sheet size

Estimate: $8000 - $12000

Rafael Senet y Pérez (Spanish 1856-1926)
Girl with an Oil Lamp, Venezia, 1898
interior showing a young girl illuminated by the warm glow of an oil lamp she holds, her face delicately modeled by the concentrated light; Senet’s mastery of atmosphere and chiaroscuro is evident in the intimate, softly rendered composition, characteristic of his celebrated Venetian-period works
Oil on board
Signed R. Senet and inscribed Venezia ’98 lower left
13 1/2″ x 7″

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Joseph Bordes (French circa 1773-1835)
Portrait of a Woman, Empire Style, circa 1822
Oval portrait of a young woman wearing a white Empire-style gown fastened with gilt clasps and a red shawl draped over her shoulders, set against a dark green ground; the sitter’s serene expression and delicate modeling reflect the refined neoclassical portrait tradition of post-Napoleonic France
Oil on wood panel board, presented in gilt gesso Empire-style frame
The reverse inscribed identifying the artist as Monsieur J. Bordes, peintre en miniature, noting medals from the 1849 and 1852 exhibitions in Douai, and referencing a portrait of the Princess of Bentheim
7 1/2″ x 6″
Provenance: Property from a Prominent New York City Collector
Sotheby’s (label verso)

Estimate: $400 - $800

K.P.M. Porcelain Plaque After Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish 1599-1641)
Portrait of Sir Anthony van Dyck
Finely painted porcelain plaque, depicting the Flemish Baroque painter Anthony van Dyck in three-quarter profile, dressed in a dark coat with white collar, rendered with exceptional smoothness and subtle tonal transitions typical of high-quality 19th-century German porcelain painting
Stamped K.P.M. on the verso
10″ x 7 1/2″
Provenance: Property from a Prominent New York City Collector

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Benjamin Bellows Grant Stone (American 1829-1906)
“Sunset – The Catskill Clove”
a luminous Hudson River School–style twilight view of the famed Catskill Clove. The composition centers on a radiant, warmly glowing sunset illuminating a winding river or lake between steep forested banks. Stone’s brushwork captures the atmospheric depth and misty tonal transitions characteristic of mid-19th-century American luminism, with delicate highlights on the foliage and distant cliffs.
Oil on canvas
9 1/2″ x 14″
Provenance: Purchased from Beman Galleries, Nyack, New York November 10th, 1985 ($8,500) receipt and certificate of authenticity available

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

After Raphael (Italian 1483-1520) and Anthony van Dyck (Flemish 1599-1641)
Pair of Portraits of Gentlemen: “Portrait of a Young Man” and “Self-Portrait”
A complementary pair of finely painted oils depicting two distinguished gentlemen—one after Raphael’s Portrait of a Young Man, the other after Van Dyck’s Self-Portrait; each rendered with sensitive modeling, rich coloration, and the refined brushwork characteristic of the Old Master tradition
Each 24″ x 20″
Provenance: Property from a Prominent New York City Collector
acquired in Ireland from a dealer noting the Van Dyck influence

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian 1720-1778)
“Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzio. Rome” circa 1774
Large map of ancient and modern Rome with extensive letterpress-style index surrounding the central plan, executed in Piranesi’s distinctive architectural manner, richly detailed with monuments, streets, fountains, and the topography of the Campo Marzio. Lower dedication cartouche referencing Clemente XIII. Handsomely presented in a wide archival mat and later wood frame.
Map engraving on laid paper
50″ x 28″

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

M. Norton (American, 20th century)
“Oil Derrick Landscape”
Depicting a tall oil-drilling tower rising before stylized mountain ranges beneath a golden, cloud-streaked sky, executed in a dense mosaic of small square tesserae in earth-tone, green, and mineral-blue hues, the foreground shows abstracted strata of land and associated oil-field structures, characteristic of mid-century industrial landscape art, mosaic mounted to wood panel, presented in a brass frame
Signed M. Norton 58 lower left.
height 84 inches, width 60 inches
Provenance: Possibly commissioned for Houston Natural Gas (HNG), based on the 1958 date; subsequently retained by Houston Pipeline Company. HNG was later sold to Entex Energy, and afterwards acquired by InterNorth (later known as Enron).

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Marble Figure of Moses Holding the Ten Commandments
A carved marble figure of the prophet Moses, depicted standing and holding the Tablets of the Law against his chest. Moses is shown with small horns projecting from his brow, following the medieval iconographic tradition that arose from a Biblical mistranslation, The bearded figure is modeled with strong, angular facial features and deeply carved robes falling in heavy Gothic folds
height 13 1/2 inches
Provenance: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Maine, 2014, Lot 273 ($1,500)

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Italian Marble Sculpture of the Madonna and Child (15th Century)
A carved white marble figure of the Madonna and Child, the standing Virgin draped in long robes and holding the Christ Child at her side. The figure shows characteristic Ligurian/Genoese modeling of the period, with softly rounded facial features, linear folds, and an elongated stance. The Child rests against the Virgin’s hip
height 19 3/4 inches
Provenance: From the estate of Shirley Fleming, noted classical music critic
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Maine, 8/29/2015, Lot 167 ($2,250)

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

German Polychrome Carved Figural Group of the Madonna and Child, Early 15th Century
A finely carved late Gothic wood sculpture of the crowned Virgin and Child, the Virgin standing in contrapposto with her head inclined gently to the right. She wears a heavy gilt cloak falling in deeply undercut folds over a red-colored gown. The nude Christ Child, carved with curly hair, is supported in both of the Virgin’s arms, His left arm extended outward toward His mother. The group stands on an integrally carved octagonal base.
height 41 1/2 inches
Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, Lot 83 ($10,450)

Estimate: $8000 - $12000

Polychrome Limewood Group of the Virgin and Child, South German circa 1520
A carved and polychrome limewood figure of the crowned Virgin, shown standing and looking slightly downward, her long tresses falling over her shoulders. Her robe is carved in deeply cut V-shaped folds, and she holds the Christ Child in both hands. The Child holds an orb, The sculpture retains traces of original and later polychromy; over-painted in the 19th century.
height 36 inches
Provenance: Property from the Estate of Henry M. Greffin, New Jersey.
David Belasco Collection; Anderson Galleries, New York, American Art Association, sale of December 9, 1931

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

South German Linden Wood Figure of Christ Crucified, Early 16th Century
A finely carved late Gothic linden wood Corpus figure of Christ, His thorn-crowned head inclined to the left. The emaciated torso is rendered with sharply defined ribs and abdomen, the lower body draped in a deeply folded perizomium. The legs are crossed at the ankles. This figure was originally part of a larger crucifix group
height 33 1/2 inches
Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, 1/12/1991, Sale 6130, Lot 20 ($5,000)
Mathias Komor, art dealer in New York City from the 1930s until his death in 1984

Estimate: $3000 - $5000

German Gothic “Corpus Christi” Wood Carving Fragment, 15th Century
A fragmentary Gothic carved wood Corpus Christi figure, the attenuated body rendered with a pronounced ribcage, narrow waist, and elongated legs typical of late medieval German crucifixion sculpture. Traces of original polychrome remain beneath a later darkened devotional surface. Formerly part of a larger crucifix group; now lacking the head, arms, and portions of the feet
height 23 inches
Provenance: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Maine, 2/15/2008, Lot 152 ($1,600)

Estimate: $800 - $1200

School of Tilman Riemenschneider (German circa 1460-1531)
“Saint Sebastian”
Carved limewood figure of Saint Sebastian, shown bound with hands behind his back, wearing a carved draped loincloth. The figure retains areas of original polychrome with later traces and extensive craquelure
Height 43 inches
Provenance: Purchased from Clare Reed Antiques, Nyack, New York ($2,000)

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Egyptian Stone Block Statue Fragment (Possibly New Kingdom to Late Period circa 1550-300 B.C.)
carved dark green-black stone fragment from a classic Egyptian block statue, the elite sculptural form in which the subject’s cloaked body is rendered as a compact cubic mass with the head emerging above, the serene, idealized face is carved with almond-shaped eyes and a smooth headdress, and the back pillar bears a vertical band of hieroglyphs preserving portions of a traditional ḥtp-dỉ-nsw (“an offering which the king gives”) formula, block statues such as this were placed in temples to serve as eternal devotional presences for high officials, and often carried prayers and invocations for offerings on behalf of the deceased, carved from a dense, dark stone—likely granodiorite or greywacke—characteristic of New Kingdom and Late Period temple sculpture, inscribed with a vertical column of hieroglyphs on the back pillar
height 11 inches
Provenance: Property from a Prominent New York City Collector

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Nottingham Alabaster Relief of the Holy Trinity, English 15th Century
A finely carved English alabaster relief depicting the Holy Trinity, centered by God the Father enthroned and supporting the Crucified Christ, flanked by attendant angels in adoration. The composition is characteristic of the Nottingham workshops, with elongated figures, stylized drapery, and a tiered narrative arrangement. The panel retains traces of original pigment within the carved recesses.
21″ x 10″
Provenance: Mary Blair, Chicago
French & Company, New York
Acquired by the most recent owner from French & Company in 1964
Sotheby’s, Lot 256

Estimate: $4000 - $8000

German Linden Wood Figure of Saint Elizabeth, 16th Century
A carved linden wood standing figure of Saint Elizabeth, depicted holding an open book in her left hand and wearing a long, flowing mantle with deeply folded drapery. The carving displays the characteristic soft modeling and elongated proportions of South German late Renaissance devotional sculpture.
height 42 inches
Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, Lot 53

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Egyptian Wood Mummy Mask
carved wooden funerary mask with broad brow, long wedge-shaped nose, and gently modeled features, retaining traces of original pigment including black detailing on a pink ground around the eyes, weathered surface with encrustations and age-related losses appropriate to burial conditions, carved wood with pigment traces, unmarked, late period circa 712-30 B.C.
height 11 inches
Provenance: Property from a Prominent New York City Collector
Sotheby’s Sale #5640, 11/24/1987, Lot 292.

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Spanish Majolica Pietà, Probably 17th Century
A hand-modeled majolica Pietà, depicting the Virgin Mary seated and holding the body of Christ across her lap. Decorated in polychrome glazes with craquelure and mottled surface typical of early majolica devotional sculpture. Raised on an integral rocky base; the underside with open, ribbed support cavities consistent with period construction methods
height 18 1/2 inches
Provenance: Sotheby’s sale 5/10/1985 lot 149 ($522)
Property of the North Carolina Museum of Art

Estimate: $400 - $800

Polychrome Carved Wood Reliquary Bust of Saint Boniface, Continental 17th Century
carved as the mitred bust of Saint Boniface, depicted with flowing beard and draped vestments, executed in deep relief and retaining traces of its original polychrome and gilding. Set upon an integral rectangular reliquary base fitted with an oval, glass-fronted cavity housing curled gilt tendrils and a paper label inscribed “S. Bonifacio.”
height 32 inches, width 20 inches, depth 11 inches

Estimate: $500 - $1000