Robert James Walsh & Company
Antiques - Art - Modernism - Appraisals
Shop at 1761 Main Street, across from Simon Pearce Glass (parking next to shop)
Quechee, Vermont 05059
802-356-7112, RJWAntiques@comcast.net
19th and 20th Century Art
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For prices and availability, please contact Robert here.
John Pike (1911-1979), Woodstock, New York, watercolor study for a mural, on cardboard, 7' long x 2.5' high, depicting mythical figures parading in a bucolic landscape.
Rough upper right corner, vertical dirt streak to right of center. Signed lower right, circa 1935-50.
Still Life with ceramics and flowers by Dorothea Litzinger (1889-1925),
oil paint on canvas, with crackle, undated, signed lower right "D M Litzinger". 28" x 30" by sight, plus 4" old frame.
Litzinger an was an American Post-Impressionist noted for her personal taste in colors, was active in Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut art circles, and was noted for still lifes, decorative panels and outdoor floral paintings.
She died of pneumonia suddenly in New York City just as her career was blossoming.
Charcoal, horse portrait signed "W M Black '38" lower right.
Oil paint on plywood board with original frame and brass plaque in lower center.
Eastern Pennsylvania regional artist, fl. 1930's-40's.
23" high x 27" long including frame.
Henry Sampson Gillette (1915-2003)
Nude
Pastel on paper, signed lower right, 6" x 4"; top left corner of paper missing.
Gillette was an illustrator and author and a native of New York City, where he lived and worked after extensive travels in Italy, Canada and Mexico.
In his successful career, he is most noted for his nude figures in pastel,
winning several prominent awards for his art.
Oreta Williams, Resting Model, 1983
Oil paint on canvas in original gilt frame, 50-1/4" W x 26-1/4"H, including frame.
Sarasota, Florida regional artist.
Williams taught at the studio of Riley Napier in Clearwater, the Art League of Manatee County, and the Art Club of St. Petersburg.
Among her awards was the Governor's Plaque for Best Florida Landscape at the 1963 Florida Federation of Art Annual Exhibition.
Provenance: Galleries of Frank J. Oehlschlaeger,
28 South Boulevard of the Presidents, St. Armands Key, Sarasota, Florida
Purchased from an exhibition of the latest paintings by Oreta Williams, 2-16 December 1983.
This painting was featured in the announcement card for the exhibition.
SOLD
Pair of Large Round Still Lifes with Birds,
in oil paint on canvas with original gold-painted frames
which retain the 1880 railroad shipping label of the framer.
Painted by Matilde Duplat de Monticourt, la Comtesse Jean Humbert de Chaponay, b. 1860,
and coming directly from the Chateau in Tours, France.
31" diameter (sight), plus 2" frame. Excellent condition.
Both are signed bottom middle "U [or coronet]" over "M".
Written in 19th century script in ink on one wooden stretcher:
Fait par la Comtesse Humbert de Chaponay Matilda de Monticourt 1880.
Provenance guaranteed.
The paintings show flowers from her garden and two birds,
one painting with a toleware urn, the other with a Luneville faience cache-pot.
SOLD
