By Greg Smith
From William Merritt Chase to John Singer Sargent, this weeks picks tap the open market for distinguished and unique portraits that offer a nice dose of perspective while enriching space. The mediums range from canvas, paper, porcelain and even a paper kite, demonstrating that images are eternal, no matter the surface.
WILLIS HENRY AUCTION
Sale Date: April 16, 2016
Lot 51
Pair of Miniature Portrait Watercolors on Ivory
Very rare Nineteenth Century watercolors, both in encased gilded copper under glass, original paper backing is inscribed in sepia ink “Painted by/ Miss M.J. Simes/ Baltimore/ 1832.” (Mary Jane Simes, American, 1807-1872, granddaughter of James Peale)
Estimate: $3/5,000
HIRSCHL & ADLER GALLERIES, INC.
William Merritt Chase (1849–1916)
Boy in Red: Portrait of Josiah Lasell, 1895, Oil on canvas, Height 53 by Width 35 inches, signed.
Price Upon Request
 
RAGO AUCTIONS
Sale Date: April 14, 2016
Lot 646
Abraham Lincoln Paper Kite
Woodblock portrait of Lincoln below an eagle with arrows and flags with wood ribs, U.S.A., mid to late Nineteenth Century, 15 1/2Â by 12 inches.
Estimate:$1/1500
MARTYN GREGORY
Portrait of John Strudwick Crofts, East India Company
Chinese artist (Circle of Spoilum), circa 1805, oil on canvas, 22 ½ by 17 ¾ inches
John Strudwick Crofts (1778-1849) was commissioned Lieutenant in the EIC’s military service in
Bombay (Mumbai) on 26 May 1800, and captain on 8 July 1809; he retired in England on 22 May 1816.
Price Upon Request
 
GREAT GATSBY AUCTIONS
Sale Date: April 17, 2016
Lot 737
Eighteenth Century Continental Oil on Canvas Portrait
Very fine oil on canvas portrait of a nobleman in a suit of armor, H 41 by W 34 inches
Estimate: $5,500/7000
ACA GALLERIES
John Singer Sargent
“Portrait of Mrs. Helen Howe”
Pastel on paper, 1922, Height 17 ½ by Width 13 ½ inches
Price Upon Request
DUMOUCHELLES
Sale Date: April 17, 2016
Lot 42114
Abel Faivre (French, 1867-1945)
Portrait of a young girl, oil on canvas, Height 18 by Width 15 inches, signed center right; gilt period frame. Unidentified label on verso inscribed, “Av. Kleber Pour Keely” and another one marked “vendu le 15/01/95” (Avenue Kleber for Keely, sold January 15, 1895).
Estimate: $800/1200
DECOUVERT FINE ART
Andre Derain (1880–1954)
“Portrait de Femme,” pencil, Height 9 by Width 7 inches
Price Upon Request
MILLEA BROS
Sale Date: April 16, 2016
Lot 3313
Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky (1839-1915, Russian)
Portrait of a gentleman, oil on canvas, signed “K. Makovsky” middle right, Height 28 by Width 21 3/4 inches, unframed
Estimate: $3/5000
QUEEN FINE ARTS
Govert Flinck (1615-1660)
Portrait of Rembrandt, 19 ¼ by 15 ¼ inches, oil on canvas, this work comes from the self-portrait of Rembrandt, 1637, oil on panel, belonging to the Louvre.
Price Upon Request
