The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum Exhibition Making It Last: Sustainable Fashion in Victorian America
May 19 – November 6, 2022
295 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT
www.LockwoodMathewsMansion.com

Florence Griswold Museum Presents Dana Sherwood:
Animal Appetites and other Encounters in Wildness
May 21 – September 18
96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, Connecticut
FlorenceGriswoldMuseum.org

860.434.5542
Dana Sherwood, The Confectionery Lives of Artists and Other Organisms, 2021.
Resin, clay, glass bell jars with snails, natural material, and cake.
Courtesy of the artist and Denny Dimin Gallery, New York.
Photograph by Paul Mutino

Historic Rock Ford – A Special Exhibit in the Snyder Gallery
June 1 – October 30, 2022
881 Rockford Road, Lancaster, PA 17602
www.HistoricRockFord.org
717-392-7223

The Circa 1794 General Edward Hand Mansion and the John J. Snyder, Jr. Gallery of Early Lancaster County Decorative Arts
Long Rifles of the American Revolution: How Lancaster County Craftsmen Helped Win the War
Over 35 Long Rifles and Other National Treasures

Wolfs Gallery – Richard Andres Selected Works 1950 – 1975
June 09 – August 20
wolfsgallery.com

CLEVELAND, OHIO — Wolfs will present the exhibition and sale “Richard Andres: Selected Works 1950-1975,” featuring the early works of American abstract expressionist Richard Andres (1927-2013). The show will be on view June 9-August 20.

Richard Andres was an odd combination of an artistic hermit and a figure on top of the latest developments on the contemporary scene. After studying at the Cleveland Institute of Art on a National Scholastic scholarship, Andres immersed himself in painting, spending off-hours at the Cleveland Museum, focusing on artists such as Van Gogh and Matisse. When asked to describe his art, Andres struggled. “It’s hard to describe art. Art is something that’s there, to look at. So, words are very difficult. Essentially, the closest I can come is to say I’m a 1950s painter. The ‘50s was sort of an attitude toward art. It was going to be big. It was going to be strong. This great big group of painters had this attitude toward painting and it’s hard to pin it down because each painter was different. It really is a style that’s hard to define but the term ‘abstract expressionism’ is often used.”

According to 60’s critic Helen Borsick, “Technically, his paintings are abstractions, but that is only part of the story. Andres’ complex style of composition — strong in design and drawing — involves compartmentalizing the canvas with favorite signs, figurative allusions and symbols. Any degree of familiarity with his canvases develops recognition of his painting language and repeated forms as well as of the endless nuances of color tints and overpaint and underpainting methods.”

Some of Andres’ inspiration came from other artists, once stating that Edward Munch, Emile Nolde and Max Beckmann ranked within his top ten most admired painters. While often being his own worst critic, Andres grew content and more relaxed later in life, saying, “For years, I’d do a painting and say, ‘But it’s not good enough. You try to achieve something and you overachieve it but it’s still not good enough. I finally did a painting and looked at it and said, That is good enough.’ From that point on, the older paintings got better in my own mind.”

While with his finger always on the pulse of his more famous contemporaries, Andres was content to simply produce, preferring to avoid the limelight.

Director Michael Wolf of Wolfs describes his discovery of this trove of “masterful abstraction expressionist works” as “a rare and wondrous event,” and comments that it evokes “the heady times of the midcentury American art world.”

A fully illustrated catalog with more than 50 works, including an essay by Dr Henry Adams accompanies the exhibition and can be purchased for $20 post-paid.

For additional information, www.wolfsgallery.com or 216-721-6945.

Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) L.S.F., acrylic on canvas, 48.5 x 70 inches

William A. Smith – Eccentric Vintage & 20th C. Design Online Timed Auction
Bidding begins July 27 & closes Aug 10
www.wsmithauction.com
info@wsmithauction.com
603-675-2549

Previews: Aug. 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, & 10th from 12-5 each day
An eccentric collection of 20th C. design, with a focus on Mid-Century furnishings from a Norwich, VT professors classic 1960’s home which featured Danish furniture, abstract paintings and Asian items. Plus, items from the estate of renown New England modernist sculptor Roger Prince of Walpole NH and items from NYC photographer Ernest Silva’s estate.
A diverse selection of mid-century and antique art, from Persian manuscripts to Salvador Dali lithographs. Other artists include Will Barnet, Joan Miro, Dora Maar, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Fernand Pierre, Alphonse Mucha, George Jo Mess, Ivan Chermayneff, Rufino Tamayo, Gino Hollander, Tadashi Nakayama, Varujan Boghosian, Elizabeth Keith, Shaw abstracts, Japanese woodblocks and Chinese scrolls, and art by local Vermont and New Hampshire artists.
Also, to be offered is a wide array of sculpture and 3D art by makers including Woody Jackson, Hiro Van Teal, Gary Slater, Chuck Hollis, Curtis Jere, Ruth Duckworth, Tariki, Salviati, Richard Prince, Agnes Nyanhongo, and Paul Evans. Sterling items including Danish examples, Louis Vuitton luggage and much more.
Eclectic array of mid-century and modern furniture featuring a large selection of Danish teak – sideboard, dining table, chairs, credenza, wall unit, Henry Rosen- gren Hansen barstools, and more. Also includes fine examples of mid-century design such as Eames/Herman Miller lounge chairs, Ekornes Stressless chairs, Barcelona style loveseat and cowhide chair, Wassily chair, leather club chairs and sofas by Richter and American Leatherworks, Mastercraft Dynasty chests, Jay Stanger bed and blanket box, Edward Wormly for Dunbar, a Neupert harpsichord, and more by mak- ers Evan Lewis, Milo Baughman, Warren Platner, Arik Levy, Silas Seandel, Alvar Aalto, and Kittinger and much more.
Two automobiles including a 1977 MG Midget and a 1980 Mercedes 450 SEL.
Over 500 lots! View Website for Full Details and Lot Images.
Charles Cobelle, W/C
1960’s Oil, Abstract
Henry Rosengren Hansen Barstools
Elizabeth Keith Woodblocks Alvar Alto
Fine Danish Rosewood
Vintage McIntosh System
Abstracts by Shaw California Redwood
Asian Items
Gino Hollander, Oil
Pr. of Mastercraft Dynasty Chests
Roger Prince Bronze Sculptures
Louis Vuitton
Will Barnet Lithographs
1980 Mercedes 450SEL
20th C. Style & Design
Studio Pottery – Ruth Duckworth & Others
1977 MG Midget
Jay Stanger King Bed
Dali Lithographs
Large size Quan Yin Sculpture

Hess Fine Auctions – Last Days of Summer Fine Jewelry, Wrist & Pocket Watch Auction
Bid now! Lots end August 20 starting at 11 am
www.hessfineart.com
customerservice@hessfineart.com
1-800-922-4377

Featuring Cartier, Tiffany & Co., Rolex, Omega, Patek Philipe & the Iconic Buckeye Pocket Watch Collection. A multi-generational collaboration featuring some of the finest examples of pocket watches from the 18th to 19th Century.

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in Farmington, CT
Sat & Sun, 11 am to 4 pm
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Rafael Osona Two-Day Online Auction
August 6 & 7 at 9:30 am
21 Washington Street, Nantucket Island, MA
www.RafaelOsonaAuctions.com
info@RafaelOsonaAuctions.com
508-228-3942

NANTUCKET, MASS. — Rafael Osona’s annual August two-day auction will be online on August 6 and 7. Session One centers on Nantucket history, fine arts, furnishings and décor sourced from Nantucket and New England collectors, materials that survey Seventeenth to Twenty-First Century Continental and American tastes.

Of note is the personal collection of Gail and Rich Mellin, long distinguished in the field of Chinese export porcelains of “Canton” decoration. Assembled over more than four decades, the 156 lots embrace Canton’s finest artistry in forms crafted for bathing and personal care, dining room service, lighting, kitchen storage, trays and tiles, even spittoons.

“A first for the gallery! It’s been 43 years,” announced Rafael Osona. “Finally, we are bringing to auction Paul Pinkham’s Nantucket shoals chart.” The rare navigational chart was published circa 1812 as surveyed by Capt. Paul Pinkham while he was first keeper of the New Lighthouse at Nantucket’s Sandy Point. (Great Point) Pinkham’s precision in noting soundings, currents and rips indicates deep local knowledge of the treacherous waters. Another first: a rare Nantucket Railroad bronze bell, Nineteenth Century; the 13-inch bell was unearthed during a home renovation in Siasconset years ago

Among fine art offerings is a pastoral view of Nantucket town from Monomoy, one of three paintings by Anne Ramsdell Congdon and among the artist’s most impressive works. The circa 1941 composition is a panoramic yet intimate view of an idyllic locale.

Standouts from painter Wendall Macy — a descendent among Nantucket founding families — include a historic view of Brant Point Lighthouse, alongside a study of a young woman gazing out to sea; the two among five W. Macy paintings offered. Equally compelling is a 1929 Hayley Lever early morning view of Nantucket’s Old South Wharf.

There’s historic opportunity in Benjamin Bunker’s circa 1797 Nantucket coin silver porringer, crafted in tribute to the marriage of Nantucket founding family descendants George Swain and Hannah Coffin.

August on Nantucket is indeed summertime, and Osona’s August sale brings to auction a hot and sweet book: Gershwin and Heyward’s steamy Porgy and Bess Libretto; the Opera in Three Acts. The limited edition is signed by George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward, Ira Gershwin and Rouben Mamoulian.

Early among the maritime interests of the sale, Session One showcases six works by Emile Albert Gruppe, as well Ralph Cahoon’s whimsically spun portrayals of cavorting mermaids and lovesick sailors. Montague Dawson’s watercolor “Old Campaigner” holds center stage alongside a second Dawson oil that sets a pair of yachts sailing off the wind.

Not to be overlooked are three paintings of red sail fame by Robert Stark Jr and Emily Hoffmeier’s circa 1920s “Killen Wharf Nantucket.”

Look for works by Maud Millicent Clapp, who was a Frank Swift Chase student, and by WPA artist Georgiana Klitgaard, as well as a scarce Nantucket cranberry harvest painting by Lowell Herro, who exhibited his work on Nantucket for decades.

Collectors with old world interests will note a gypsy genre scene by esteemed Scottish watercolorist Sir William Russell Flint, and a forthright portrait of German religious reformer, Martin Luther; the latter inspired by the work of Lucas Cranach the Younger.

Modernist designs by George Nakashima and Nantucket craftsman Stephen Swift lead the furniture lineup. There’s a strong showing of Nineteenth Century British Regency campaign pieces, a British Chippendale breakfront with incorporated desk, English bull’s-eye mirrors, a late Gustavian painted credenza and Art Nouveau bureau plat alongside Queen Anne and George III chairs, dining, and other tables.

American furniture includes a Connecticut Chippendale oxbow cherry secretary, two Nantucket Windsors and a porringer table, plus various chests and a classic suite of Weatherend estate garden furniture.

Antique Lightship baskets rival later Nantucket baskets by José Formoso Reyes, among other skilled island artisans who have since carried the tradition to new heights.

In session two, maritime artifacts range from a Nineteenth Century ship’s catwalk to an American homeward bound ship’s pennant,

Among classics in ship portraiture, Barry Mason’s captures both vessel and damp salt air. Despite their miniature size, two works by American artist George Nemethy are nothing less than riveting. A pair of William Anderson watercolors offered in two lots depict Dutch coastal traders and man-o-war in real-time.

The two-day event presents 580 lots on Saturday, August 6, including the Mellin collection. The maritime auction follows Sunday, August 7, with 270 lots. Both sessions begin promptly at 9:30 am. Live, in-person preview: August 2-5 from 10 am to 5 pm at American Legion Hall, 21 Washington Street. For information, 508-228-3942 or www.rafaelosonaauctions.com.

4-Day Live Preview: August 2,3,4,5 from 10 am to 5 pm
6 Ralph Cahoon Oils
Montague Dawson Oil
3 Robert Stark Oils
5 Emile Gruppe Oils
Nantucket Miniatures
2 Anne Congdon Oils
Rare 18th c. Nantucket Benjamin Bunker Porringer
Montague Dawson Watercolor
Peace and Plenty
William Russell Flint
Jan L. Munro OOC
6 Clark Voorhees Whales
Rare Chart of Nantucket Shoals Surveyed by Capt. Paul Pinkham 1812
Ronnie Wood Litho, Eric Clapton
Martelé
4 Delin Nantucket Sea Captain Portraits
Charles Delin Oil Portrait of Captain Obed Bunker
George Nakashima

Slotin Auction – Fun Folk Art Sale & Paradise Garden Foundation Fundraiser
August 6 & 7, 2022
www.slotinfolkart.com
404 403-4244

SONO Arts Fest
August 6 & 7
Saturday: 10-6 and Sunday: 10-5
Downtown South Norwalk, CT
www.SonoArtsFest.org

Tri-State Antique Market
 Sunday, August 7
Lawrenceburg, Indiana Fairgrounds – US 50
1 mile west of Exit 16,I-275
(Cincinnati Beltway)
LawrenceburgAntiqueShow.com

Upcoming Shows:
Sept 4 •
Oct 2
Admission: $4.00 • 7am – 3pm ET Rain or Shine (Earlybirds at 6am)
General and Dealer Inquiries: 513-702-2680
Indiana’s Largest “Antique’s & Vintage-Only” Market
Every First Sunday May – October

Jewett City, CT Flea Market College Mart Flea Market – Leone’s
CT’s Largest Indoor/Outdoor Flea Market
OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 9-4
36 Wedgewood Drive, Jewett City, CT

Leone’s Auction Gallery
ESTATE AUCTIONS EVERY OTHER FRIDAY
36 Wedgewood Drive, Jewett City, CT
Visit www.leoneauctioneers.com

Milford Antiques Show
August 7, 8:30 AM – Noon
Hampshire Hills Athletic Club: 50 Emerson Road, Milford, NH
www.milfordantiqueshow.com
781-329-1192

Regular Admission: $5 – 8:30 -9:30 AM
Free Admission: – 9:30 AM -Noon
Over 65 dealers in quality antiques and collectibles on indoor tennis courts, with free parking, no sales tax and good cafe.
Early buying admission of $40 per person is available from 6:30 to 8:30 AM, during dealer load-in and unpacking. The proceeds help provide free admission for most of the show hours, from 9:30 AM to Noon.

Mazzone’s Nice Antique/Mid-Century Auction
August 7 at 10 am
Guilderland, NY
www.auctionzip.com #16751
518-355-3813
Preview at 9 am

Partial Listing: Ornate Victorian Black Lacquer Slant Lid Desk, Victorian Walnut Hallway Hat Rack Mirror, Ornate Fireplace Mantel, Victorian Marble Top Dresser, Marble Top Parlor Table, Oak 1-Door Armoire, Nice Maple Hoosier Cabinet, Mission Oak Desk, Oak Washstand with Towel Bar, Ornate Full Size Iron Bed, Victorian Walnut Loveseat, 2 Victorian Ladies Chairs, Early Walnut Worktable, Nice Mahogany 4pc Bedroom Set, Mahogany Queen Ann Cedar Chest, Early Mahogany Game Table, Wicker Chairs, Wicker Stands and more.
Mid Century to include Unusual Slide out Bar Signed N.E. Glasdam Jensen Denmark, Walnut Oval Dining Room Table w/6 Chairs, 4pc Bedroom Set by American Martinsville, 2 Unusual Teakwood Armchairs, Dining Room Set Bubble Glass Breakfront, Oval Table Set w/8 Chairs, Apt Size Formica Dropleaf Table w/4 Chairs, Set of 4 Barstools, Fainting Chairs and more….
Lighting to include 3 Mid-Century Alabaster Floor Lamps, 13 Ornate Glass Chandeliers, 10 Multi-prism Chandeliers, 16 Bronze Chandeliers, Slip Shade Chandelier, Variety of Antique Lighting, Pole Lamp, Large Variety of Table Lamps, Variety of Shades, 3 Spaghetti Shades, Mid-Century Shades
Collectibles: 1940s 40cent Cigarette Machine, Kist Advertising Clock, Budweiser Clock, Planter’s Peanut Jar, Many Nice Pcs of Art Work, Stoneware, 2 Gallon Water Cooler, JP Goats Oak 2-Drawer Spool Cabinet, Ornate Bronze French Clock, Oak Gingerbread Clock, 2 Coo Coo Clocks
Jewelry: Variety of Sterling, Variety of Costume Jewelry, Primitives, Pichico Machine, Large 1885 Wooden Multi Drawer Toolbox w/ Tools, Rainbow Vacuum, Many Good Smalls
Terms: Cash or Good Check – No Out of State Checks, No Credit Cards, 15%BP
For Photos & Directions see www.auctionzip.com #16751

Showplace Live Estate Auction
August 7 at Noon
40 West 25th Street, NYC
www.nyshowplace.com
auctions@nyshowplace.com
212-633-6063 ext. 808

NEW YORK CITY — Auctions at Showplace will present a summer estate auction on August 7. The auction brings together 280 lots of fine art, decorative arts, furnishings, jewelry and luxury goods.

Highlights open with an etching with collage on handmade paper by Spanish artist Manolo Valdes (b 1942). Titled “Serie Helene,” the piece from the “Helena” series depicting ladies inspired by the work of Velasquez, “Las Meninas,” is number 25 of 50. Next is a Charles X flame-mahogany veneered cabinet with a white marble top and one long drawer above two book-matched, veneered cabinet doors on a molded conforming plinth with bun feet. The piece has provenance from Les Deux Iles Antiques and the New York collection of Ken and Jill Iscol. Also of note is a Tiffany & Co. sterling silver partial dinner service in the Bamboo pattern totaling 76 pieces.

Fine art highlights open with a Pop Art mixed media in red and gold acrylic paint with extensive college elements on canvas titled “Suddenly I See” by American artist Peter Tunney. Pop Art continues with two works by American artist Stephanie Hirsch. The first is a mixed media on canvas titled “It’s Never Too Late” from the artist’s “Lust Series” depicting embroidered lips with rhinestones on a black ground, circa 2012. Next is a mixed media artwork mounted on a heart-shaped canvas composed of black, white, silver and gold tone beads forming sacred geometric shapes with a central Evil Eye motif.

Also of note are two works by Peter Max — a mixed media titled “Umbrella Man,” and a 2002 painting on lithograph titled “Blushing Beauty” with a Park West Gallery certificate of authenticity verso.

Fine art continues with an untitled still life oil on canvas by Argentinian artist Raul Russo, an oil on panel harbor scene by American artist Caroline M. Bell and four lots of colorful woodblock prints by Japanese artist Umetaro Azechi. Also featured is a Rufino Tamayo woodblock in colors depicting a minimalist abstract bird.

Also of note is a unique color photograph by Irving Penn titled “New York Still Life,” 1947, and depicting a composition with fruit, grains and vessels from the estate of advertising executive Bernard “Bill” Eckstein.

Sculpture highlights include a collection of figural bronze works by Etienne Pirot, Heinrich Karl Scholz, Ernst Hermann Graemer, Niels Tvede, Gustave Van Vaerenbergh and Elza Koveshazi Kalmar.

Furnishings include a collection of Midcentury Modern pieces, including a pair of Sally Sirkin Lewis for J. Robert Scott & Associates “Paris” swivel armchairs in the Art Deco Revival taste. Next is a set of Gio Ponti for Singer & Sons, Model 116 side chairs in walnut (designed 1950) and a T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Midcentury Modern slipper chair and ottoman in carved walnut frame. They are followed by a 1980s Karl Springer brass and glass “Sculpture Leg” coffee table and a pair of Bertha Schaefer for Singer & Sons Midcentury Modern armchairs made of honey-tone oak wood. Next is a Eero Saarinen tulip dining table with a Carrara marble oval top and a white enameled steel pedestal base. Midcentury highlights end with a 1950s Paul McCobb for Calvin Irwin Collection painted mahogany sideboard dresser commode with double tri-fold doors and travertine top.

For those with more traditional tastes, on offer is a George III mahogany pair of armchairs in the Sheraton manner and of the period, with curved carved crest rail above a pierced back splat carved with rosette and trailing bellflowers. Next is a French patisserie pastry table with a white marble top over a reticulated frieze with acanthus leaves and foliage and scrolled legs. Also worth a look is an Italian neoclassical giltwood or pier mirror, circa 1800.

Lighting of note includes a pair of French Rococo ormolu wall sconces and a pair of neoclassical gilt-bronze wall sconces in the shape of torches that have green lacquer with gilt star and pinecone details, each with two sprawling arms with eagle heads.

Decorative arts highlights include a pair of gilt-bronze Italian Renaissance Revival candelabra in the manner of S. Karpen and Co, a set of Italian Brutalist large bronze chess pieces and a pair of Erhard & Sohne German Gothic Revival gilt and silvered brass trinket boxes.

Jewelry includes a trove of estate pieces plus several unique designer pieces by Stephen Dweck, Peter Schmid, Michael Zobel, Michael Boyd and Joan Hornig. The sale also features a grouping of vintage timepieces, including an antique Victorian Elgin 14K yellow gold hunter case pocket watch, a vintage 14K gold Certina lady’s watch with gold woven mesh band and a vintage Jaeger LeCoultre wristwatch in 18K yellow gold.

Luxury lovers will find vintage handbags by Hermes Paris, Louis Vuitton and Chanel. Also on offer are a grouping of vintage Hermes scarves. A collection of vintage Montblanc pens are also featured.

Silver seekers will find flatware sets by Wallace and S. Kirk and Son along with pieces by Tiffany & Co. and George V. Brittania. Asian antiques include a collection of ancient Chinese pottery from the Tang, Han and Zhou dynasties.

All auctions can be previewed at Showplace, 40 West 25th Street in Manhattan ten days prior to each sale and are all available for online preview and bidding at www.auctions.nyshowplace.com. Sales are online for bidding approximately 30 days prior to the auction date.

Showplace can be reached by telephone at 212-633-6063.