January 2024 Annual New Year's Day Auction

Hughes Claude Pissarro (French b.1935)
City Gardens
Pastel on paper
Signed lower right H. Claude Pissarro
15″ x 20″
Condition: good condition overall, paper appears to be taped on verso

Realized Price: $2,304

Estimate: $2000 - $4000

Hughes Claude Pissarro (French b.1935)
Early Fall in the Park
Pastel on paper
Signed lower left H. Claude Pissarro
15″ x 20″
Condition: good condition, paper appears to be taped on verso

Realized Price: $2,767

Estimate: $4000 - $8000

Andre Gisson (American/French 1921 – 2003)
“Flower Market”
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left Gisson 1973
11″ x 14″
Condition: some scuffing, overall good condition
Black light: overall good condition under black light

Realized Price: $553

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Andre Gisson (American/French 1921 – 2003)
Woman by the Fountain
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right Gisson
30″ x 24″
Provenance: Newman Galleries
Condition: relined, subtle edge wear, overall good condition
Black light: some inpainting upper left, lower right and upper right, see photos

Realized Price: $984

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Henry Koehler (American 1927 – 2019)
Grand National Runners Returning, 2005
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right Henry Koehler
Titled and dated along with inscription on verso “Colors of Jacks, Griswold, Mrs. Thos. H. Voss, Arthur W. Arundel, C. Lickle”
12″ x 18″
Provenance: The Gould Estate, Sutton Place, New York
Condition: very good condition
Black light: varnish visible under black light

Realized Price: $2,176

Estimate: $2000 - $4000

Henry Koehler (American 1927 – 2019)
“Elevenses at Dumbleton”
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right and verso Henry Koehler
20″ x 30″
Provenance: The Gould Estate, Sutton Place, New York
Condition: very good condition
Black light: varnish visible under black light

Realized Price: $1,845

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Henry Koehler (American 1927 – 2019)
“Mother Pig and Babies”, 2007
Oil on canvas laid to panel
Signed lower left Henry Koehler
Titled and dated on stretcher
7″ x 12″
Provenance: The Gould Estate, Sutton Place, New York
W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York
Condition: overall very good condition
Black light: heavy varnish, overall good condition under black light

Realized Price: $3,840

Estimate: $400 - $800

Henry Koehler (American 1927 – 2019)
“Blanche”, 1987
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right Henry Koehler, signed, titled, and dated on verso
12″ x 16″
Provenance: The Gould Estate, Sutton Place, New York
Condition: overall very good condition
Black light: heavy varnish under black light

Realized Price: $5,120

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

James McElhinney (American b.1952)
“Shackamaxon II” (Industrial Scene) 1983
Oil on canvas
Signed on verso J. McElhinney, titled and dated on verso
50 1/2″ x 66 1/2″
Condition: overall good condition, some edge wear, some paint loss and scuffing

Realized Price: $2,304

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Martha Armstrong (American b.1934)
“Philadelphia Landscape with Inquirer Building”, circa 1984
Oil on canvas
54″ x 48″
Condition: very good condition, minor craquelure, bottom left corner slightly dirty
Black light: some inpainting throughout

Realized Price: $3,200

Estimate: $300 - $500

Tula Telfair (West African/American b. 1961)
“The Discourse of Pleasure II”, 2000
Oil and metal on canvas
65″ x 100 1/2″
Condition: good overall condition, some scuffing

Realized Price: $1,968

Estimate: $1500 - $2500

Robert Mapplethorpe (American 1946 – 1989)
“Thomas”, 1986
Unique platinum print on Belgian linen
in artist’s original frame
24″ x 20″
Provenance: Purchased from Sean Kelly Galleries, December 7, 2010, and Old Fraenkel Gallery label on verso from a private collection
Condition: light foxing on verso, overall good condition

Realized Price: $24,600

Estimate: $40000 - $80000

Jack Pierson (American b.1960)
“Self Portrait #25″, 2005
Pigment print in color on photo rag paper, Hahnemuhle USA 2005
Cheim Reid stamp on verso
53 1/2″ x 43”
Provenance: Leila Heller Gallery, June 23, 2014, sold for $36,200
Condition: scuff to lower center, some exposed matting, overall good condition

Realized Price: $

Estimate: $15000 - $25000

Sarah Supplee (American 1941 – 1997)
“Massachusetts Pasture” 1981
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right Sarah Supplee 1981
60″ x 60″
Provenance: Hirschl Adler Gallery, New York
Condition: some edge wear, subtle stretcher marks

Realized Price: $2,048

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Jon Carsman (American 1944 – 1987)
“Gladiola Spikes”, 1978
Acrylic on canvas
Signed, titled, dated on verso Jon Carsman, Gradiola Spikes 1978
60″ x 44″
Condition: overall good condition, some scuffing, thin paint, edge wear

Realized Price: $704

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Joseph Konopka (American b.1932)
“Washington Crossing Park: Bucks Country, Pennsylvania”, 1975
Oil on canvas
Signed, titled, dated on verso
72″ x 52″
Provenance: Razor Gallery, New York, label on verso
Condition: very good condition, a few minor soiling spots bottom right

Realized Price: $615

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Richard Haas (American b.1936)
“Garden Court” (Trompe l’oeil, Interior Courtyard of Frick Museum in New York) 1979
Silkscreen on canvas
Signed and dated lower right R. Haas ’79
96″ x 72″
Condition: overall good condition

Realized Price: $352

Estimate: $300 - $500

Laszlo Pataky Von Sospatak (Hungarian 1857 – 1912)
“Haywagon Drawn by Horses”
Oil on artist board
Signed lower left Laszlo Pataky
14 1/2″ x 25″
Condition: subtle paint loss and craquelure, some edge wear, overall good condition
Black light: heavy varnish, inpainting to horses’ reigns, wagon, and left edges, see photos

Realized Price: $1,792

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Alexandre Debuisson (French, 1805-1870)
“L’abre Mort”
Mountainous Farm Landscape with Cattle
Oil on canvas
Unsigned
20″ x 30″
Provenance: from a Beverly Hills, California collection
Condition: surface grime, small tear in center, frame wear, repairs on verso, inpainting throughout
Black light: heavy varnish, several large inpainting spots to sky, corners and craquelure inpainting throughout, see photos

Realized Price: $

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Flemish School
Sheep Herder in a Landscape
Oil on canvas
Signed illegibly lower right
23″ x 31″
Provenance: from a Beverly Hills, California collection
Condition: surface grime, minor paint loss, edge and frame wear, minor scratches, abrasions, relined
Black light: heavy varnish, heavy inpainting throughout, paint loss throughout, see photos

Realized Price: $

Estimate: $400 - $800

William Wheeler (American 1832 – 1893) after Thomas Cole (English 1801 – 1848)
“Mount Etna from Taormina”
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left “Copy by W.R. Wheeler from T. Cole”
46″ x 64″
Condition: some surface grime, some paint loss, overall good condition
Black light: heavy varnish, inpainting in upper corners, mountain and sky, see photos

Realized Price: $17,920

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Italian Old Master (17th/18th century)
Battle Scene Featuring Cavalry Entering a Castle’s Gate
Oil on canvas
Unsigned
37″ x 48″
Provenance: from a Beverly Hills, California collection
Condition: surface grime, canvas loose, craquelure, minor chipping and paint loss, edge wear
Black light: heavy varnish, inpainting and repairs throughout, see photos

Realized Price: $768

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Jean Jacques Henner (French 1829 – 1905)
Portrait of a Girl in Red
Oil on canvas
Signed upper left Henner
21 3/4″ x 13″
Provenance: New House Galleries, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Kay Kimbell, Fort Worth, Texas, to 1986
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 15 October 1978, lot 186
Condition: relined canvas, craquelure throughout, some paint loss/scuffing along borders
Black light: heavy varnish, edge wear, see photos

Realized Price: $3,690

Estimate: $2000 - $4000

Circle of Frans Francken II the Younger (Belgian 1581 – 1642)
The Family of Darius before Alexander
Oil on wood panel
Unsigned
13″ x 8″
Provenance: A private collection from Fifth Avenue, New York
Condition: bowed panel, subtle paint loss throughout concentrating upper left and lower right, cracks to wood, some scuffing along borders
Black light: heavy varnish and drips, inpainting throughout concentrating in corners and bottom, see photos

Realized Price: $1,476

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Spanish School (16th Century)
The Tree of Jesse with Six Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary and Christ
Oil on copper
Each panel 9″ x 7″, 33″ x 26″ overall
Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, January 22-23, 1976, Lot 115
Condition: some paint loss throughout, some surface grime and foxing
Black light: heavy varnish, inpainting throughout concentrating in corners, see photos

Realized Price: $7,040

Estimate: $3000 - $5000