Annual Summer Auction - August 24, 2009
    

Paintings

   

Graphite drawing of Dudley “Dud” Rockwell, “Keeper of the Olson House”, by Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009). Dudley was Andrew’s brother-in-law and dear friend. Image size 12” x 14”; graphite study of the schooner Stephen Taber titled “Carring Wood” by Andrew Wyeth , 12” x 16”. Both drawings are directly from the Rockwell family, fresh to the market. Watercolor seascape with ship by John William Hill (1812-1879), 5” x 9”; o/c ship’s portrait of the coastal schooner Rundett by S. G. McFarland, 1894 , 12” x 16”, in original condition; double portrait of Benjamin Burt and Elisabeth Ketcham, Bellvale, N.Y., circa 1840, in original frame, 28” x 42”, recently preserved; w/c by Charles G. Copeland (1858-1945), 12” x 16”, titled “Phloe and Monkshood 1927”; also two (2) small watercolors by Copeland believed to be his first by note on the back by Copeland himself; reverse painting on glass by William Mathew Prior (1806-1873) in original frame, 16” x 20”; o/c British ship portrait, 24” x 36”, unsigned and restored - a truly beautiful painting; three (3) paintings from the Rockwell family by Merle D. James , (Sunday painter and father of Betsy James Wyeth) that we believe to be the first public offering of any Merle James paintings. They are as follows: O/B, 16” x 20”, titled “Sawing Wood”, w/c, 11-_” x 15-_”, titled “Box Canyon - Arizona”, and a w/c, 14” x 19-_”, titled “Mesquite Grove - Arizona”. Folk Art oil by Nadine Hake Buck with children playing in a farmhouse., etc., 20” x 24”; shadow-box diorama by Denny Winters , 16” x 16”; Maine coast seascape oil, 12” x 16”, by Parker Gamage ; w/c by William N. Wilson of a Vermont sugarhouse in winter, 12” x 16”, on board; w/c of crowd gathering outside a wrestling area by Peter Sax , 10” x 12”; w/c of Italian village scene signed by Zanon, 14” x 24”, possibly Carlo Zanon (1889-?); o/b pasture scene in the manner of Waldo Peirce , 24” x 30”; w/c of steam sail ship Isparta, signed Weldredge, 18” x 24”; watercolor of two (2) hobos by illustrator Amos Sewell ; two (2) small graphite drawings of children by Ralph Dwight Ayer (1909-?), images are 4” x 6”; two (2) w/c by Richard Derby Tucker , both abstract; several framed miniature paintings on ivory; o/b, 20” x 24” by Ken Gore, orchard with trees, etc.; o/c signed C. Franckel of U.S. Machias, 12” x 18”; Parker Gamage o/b of farmhouse, 12” x 14”; Parker Gamage seascape, 12” x 16”, “Monhegan Rocks”; o/c portrait of young gentleman, signed Selase, in original frame, 18” x 22”, with Japanese writings painted in canvas; Hudson River scene with cabins, old bridge, and people, 9” x 13”, in original gold frame; crayon and ink drawing on brown paper, 16” x 32”, signed Hageman ; original watercolor of boats moored on the river, by Chinese artist Guo Mei Ping , 15” x 22”; w/c by Charles Paine , 20” x 28”, white, gray, wispy clouds. Plus more!!

   
Andrew Wyeth graphite drawing

     
Andrew Wyeth study

John William Hill watercolor 5x9

Schooner Rundett by SG McFarland
Benjamin Burt and Elizabeth Ketcham 1840s

Charles G Copeland watercolor

Amos Sewell watercolor
Charles Paine watercolor

Denny Winters

Folk art sandpaper painting

Guo Mei Ping watercolor
Hageman abstract

Hudson River oil 9 x 13
Italian village by Carlo Zanon

Monhegan seascape
1951 signed catalog Andrew Wyeth

Nadine Hake Buck 20x24

Oil portrait signed Selvase
Parker Gamage 11x13

Parker Gamage 12x16
Parker Gamage 12x 16

Parker Gamage 14x18
Parker Gamage 14x 20

Richard Derby Tucker

British ship portrait 24x36
US Machias by C Franckel

Waldo Pierce cards
Waldo Pierce painted cover

Watercolor by Peter Sax
Watercolor steam sail (Isparta)

Wiiliam Wilson watercolor13 x 18
 

Bruce Gamage, Jr.
Antique Estate Auctioneer, Maine License #AR480
467 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841
Tel: 207-594-4963 Fax: 207-594-0674
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