Charles Demuth was a master watercolorist. Two of his works in this medium are going up on the auction block this coming Tuesday. Crocuses is one of those floral watercolors that just seems absolutely luminous. Apples is mostly unpainted and its estimate seems on the high side to me. Still, it's clearly similar to other Demuth watercolors of the same subject.
Charles Demuth (1883-1935)
Crocuses
signed 'C. Demuth.' (lower left) watercolor and pencil on paper
10½ x 8 in. (26.7 x 20.3 cm.)
10½ x 8 in. (26.7 x 20.3 cm.)
Estimate
- $30,000 - $50,000
October 9, 2011: Unsold
Sale InformationSale 2467 Lot 14
Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
27 September 2011
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
ProvenanceFine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
27 September 2011
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
The artist.
[With]Alfred Stieglitz, New York.
Mrs. A. Stewart Walker, Southampton, New York.
[With]Alfred Stieglitz, New York.
Mrs. A. Stewart Walker, Southampton, New York.
Pre-Lot Text
Property of the Rumsey-Harriman Collection; Estate of Mrs. Charles C. Rumsey
Literature
E. Farnham, Charles Demuth: His Life, Psychology and Works, vol. II, Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1959, pp. 644-45, no. 581.
Charles Demuth (1883-1935)
Apples
watercolor and pencil on paper
8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm.), image; 10 x 12¼ in. (25.4 x 31.1 cm.), sheet
8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm.), image; 10 x 12¼ in. (25.4 x 31.1 cm.), sheet
Estimate
- $25,000 - $35,000
- October 9, 2011: Unsold
Sale 2467 Lot 15
Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
27 September 2011
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
27 September 2011
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Provenance
Private collection, New York.
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.
Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A PARK AVENUE ESTATE
Related works:
Apples (Peaches, A Double-Sided Work), c.1925, Menconi & Schoelkopf Fine Art, LLC
Still Life: Apples and Green Glass, 1925
Watercolor and graphite on ivory wove paper
300 x 350 mm
The Art Institute of Chicago
Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection, 1933.473
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/14700
Three Red Apples (double sided), c.1929, 10 x 14 in., Jill Newhouse Gallery, previously with Sotheby's USA 2009
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