American Non-Regional Paintings

José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (Mexican/Louisiana, c.1750-1802)

Sold for $591,000.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"Major General James Wilkinson (1757-1825)", New Orleans, November/December 1799, oil on canvas (within an oval), signed and dated "Salazar fecit anno 1799" on fictive oval border lower right, titled on card en verso, 37 in. x 28 1/2 in., original coved and beaded giltwood frame.

Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936)

Sold on December 1, 2007 for $257,000.00

"The Evening Camp", 1905, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 24 in. x 29 in.THE MOST EXPENSIVE COUSE PAINTING TO HAVE BEEN SOLD IN YEARS AT ITS TIME OF AUCTION.

William Henry Buck (Norway/New Orleans, 1840-1888, active New Orleans, 1869-1888)

Sold for $155,350.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"Bayou Scene", 1881, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 12 in. x 20 in., period giltwood and gesso frame.

Charles Willson Peale (American/Pennsylvania, 1741-1827)

Sold for $109,800.00 on November 21st, 2009. WORLD RECORD PRICE AT AUCTION.

"Colonel John Laurens of Charleston, South Carolina (1754-1782)", rare miniature watercolor on ivory, unsigned, 1 1/2 in. x 1 1/8 in., in a gold frame with a pendant fob and a pin clip; accompanied by an Albert Rosenthal (American, 1863-1939) engraving after the miniature, 1898, signed lower right, 9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in., in a black and gold églomisé frame; and an enlarged photograph of the miniature, 4 in. x 3 1/4 in., matted and framed, (3 pcs.)

William Woodward (American/New Orleans, 1859-1939)

Sold for $95,600.00 on July 13th, 2013.

"French Opera House, New Orleans", Raffaelli oil crayon on board, signed lower left, titled lower right, exhibition label "National Arts Club, Members Exhibition of Small Paintings, April 16 to October 1, 1930" en verso, sight 13 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in., framed.

Charles Giroux (France/Louisiana, c. 1828-1885, active New Orleans, 1868-1885)

Sold for $86,637.500 on November 3, 2013

"View from Spanish Fort: Lake Pontchartrain near Bayou St. John", c. 1870s, oil on canvas, signed lower right, hand-written title on old card tacked en verso of frame, 14 in. x 24 in., original stenciled and gilded frame.

William Woodward (American/New Orleans, 1859-1939)

Sold for $83,650.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"Hyams Wading Pool, City Park (New Orleans)", 1921, oil on canvas board, signed and dated "May 24th '21", lower right, titled lower left and center, sight 13 1/4 in. x 19 in., antique frame.

Meyer Straus (American, 1831-1905), "Louisiana Landscape"

Sold for $75,250.00 on December 3, 2005

oil on canvas, 1892, signed, 22 x 36 in., framed.

Edwin Lord Weeks (American, 1849-1903)

Sold for $74,687.50 on September 14th, 2013.

"Bullock Cart before Stores and Houses, Ahmedabad, India", oil on canvas, signed lower left, with "W.E. Seebold/New Orleans" label en verso of frame, 25 in. x 32 1/8 in., finely carved period giltwood frame.

William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905)

Sold for $68,115.00 on November 21, 2014.

"New England Hillside with Rocky Stream, (possibly the Adirondacks)", 1878, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, titled on typed label with artist information en verso, 24 1/4 in. x 20 in., carved and gilded frame.

Dale William Nichols (American, 1904‑1995)

Sold on February 11, 2017 for $64,050.00

Church", 1947, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, exhibition label en verso, 30 in. x 40 in., framed; accompanied by copies of the Sotheby Parke Bernet catalogue page and invoice.

Francois Bernard (French, b. 1812, active New Orleans, 1856-1875)

Sold for $58,555.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"Portrait of Madame Jeanne Roman de la Villebeuvre (1836-1889), daughter of Louisiana Governor Andre Bienvenu and Aimée Parent Roman", 1858, oil on canvas, signed and dated mid-right, 42 in. x 32 in. (oval), period frame.

Charles Dorman Robinson (American, 1847-1933)

Sold for $54,040.00 on October 11th, 2008. WORLD RECORD PRICE AT AUCTION.

"The Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip," oil on canvas, signed and dated "1902" lower right, 60 in. x 108 in., in an attractive gilt frame.

Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)

Sold for $52,275.00 on April 25, 2014.

"'At the Vets' (Study for the March 29, 1952 Cover of The Saturday Evening Post)", charcoal on paper laid on card, monogrammed lower right, inscribed "Best wishes to my friend / Dr. Henry Cooper, cordially Norman Rockwell" lower margin and initialed and inscribed "Sketch for / figure on Post Cover / NR" en verso, 18 1/2 in. x 8 3/8 in., framed.

Hermann Ottomar Herzog (German/American, 1832-1932)

Sold on March 24, 2018 for $50,000.00

"St. Augustine House with Palm Tree", oil on canvas, signed lower right, 14 1/4 in. x 18 in., framed.

Helen Maria Turner (American/New Orleans, 1858-1958)

Sold for $47,800.00 on September 10th, 2011

"The Laughing Girl", 1917, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 24 1/8 in. x 18 1/4 in., in a period giltwood frame.

Louis Oscar Griffith (American, 1875-1956, active New Orleans, 1916-17)

Sold for $46,605

"Old Basin, New Orleans, Louisiana", oil on canvas affixed to board, signed upper right, typewritten artist label and pencil inscribed title en verso, 10 in. x 12 in., framed.

Attributed to David Martin, FSA (British, 1737-1797)

Sold for $45,140.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"Lieutenant John Ross of the 34th Foot (Cumberland) Company", c. 1769, oil on canvas, 49 1/2 in. x 40 in., antique frame.

Colin Campbell Cooper (American, 1856-1937)

Sold on December 1, 2007 for $44,650.00

Cathedral, on Jackson Square, New Orleans", watercolor and gouache on board, signed and dated "Colin Campbell Cooper, New Orleans, 1 July 1921" lower left, titled en verso, 14 1/4 in. x 17 1/2 in., attractively framed.

Fernando Botero (Colombian, b. 1932)

Sold for $44,062.00 on June 9, 2007

“Luz del seiscientos #3”, 1956, oil on canvas, signed “Botero” lower left, titled and dated en verso on stretchers with stamp on stretcher of “Casa del Arte, Independencia 101-(?), Mexico D.R.(?)”, 15 3/4 in. x 19 3/4 in.

David Hockney (British, b. 1937)

Sold on September 9, 2017 for $43,920.00

"Lithographic Water Made of Lines, Crayon and Two Blue Washes with Green Wash", 1978‑1980, color lithograph in colors on TGL handmade paper, pencil‑signed and dated lower right, pencil‑numbered "67/85" lower left, published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York with blindstamp lower right, image 21 1/2 in. x 29 in., sheet 29 1/2 in. x 34 1/2 in., framed.

Walter Inglis Anderson (American/Mississippi, 1903-1965)

Sold for $41,825.00 on September 10th, 2011

"Two Pelicans in Flight", c. 1945, watercolor and pencil on paper, estate stamp lower right, 24 1/2 in. x 18 3/4 in.

George Louis Viavant (American/New Orleans, 1872-1925), “A Green Wing Teal”, watercolor on paper

Sold on March 4, 2006 for $37,600.00

Provenance: Acquired from the artist and descended through the Mellon Family.

signed and dated “N.O. 1922” lower left, sight 23 1/8 in. x 16 5/8 in.

Gen Paul (French/American, 1895-1975), "Vermouth O' Clock"

Sold for $37,045.00 on June 27, 2015.

oil on canvas, signed upper right, signed, titled, and inscribed "no. 54" en verso, 25 1/2 in. x 32 in., framed.

Attributed to Cephas Thompson (American/Massachusetts/Virginia, 1775-1856)

Sold for $37,045.00 on November 17th, 2012.

"James Barbour (1775-1842), with Thomas Jefferson's first project for Barboursville", 1810, oil on canvas (over penciled guidelines for the façade), unsigned, 29 in. x 24 in., framed; Estate Collection.

Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-1924)

Sold for $35,850.00 on November 19th, 2011

"Blue Landscape", c. 1910-1914, watercolor and pencil on paper, signed lower right, "D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY", "University of Maryland Art Gallery", "Sarah Lawrence College Art Gallery", and "Davis & Long Company, New York, NY" labels en verso, sight 10 1/2 in. x 15 in., in a giltwood Arts and Crafts-style frame.

Walter Inglis Anderson (American/Mississippi, 1903-1965)

Sold for $35,850.00 on September14th, 2013.

"A Study for the Proposed Jackson, Mississippi Court House Mural", c. 1963, oil on trapezoidal wood panel, unsigned, 23 3/4 in. x 10 1/2 in., unframed

James "Mac" Anderson (American/Mississippi, 1907-1998)

Sold for $34,655.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"Soft Shelling", 1989, oil on masonite, signed and dated lower right, 48 in. x 24 in., framed.

Joseph Rusling Meeker (American/Louisiana, 1827-1889)

Sold for $33,460.00 on September 14th, 2013.

"Bayou View with Trumpet Vine and Wildflowers", 1878, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, monogrammed and dated en verso, 14 in. x 10 in., antique frame.

Donald Roller Wilson (American/Arkansas, b. 1938)

Sold on July 14, 2018 for $32,940.00

"Beverly in the Woods with her Pencil !!! and Waiting and Thinking of Mr. Metzdorf", 1982, oil on canvas, signed, dated and titled upper center, signed, dated and inscribed on stretcher bars, "Russeck Gallery" label en verso, 26 1/4 in. x 22 in., framed.

Hermann Ottomar Herzog (German/California, 1832-1932),

Sold on October 6, 2007 for $32,312.00

"Moonrise in Florida", oil on canvas, unsigned, label en verso, 14 in. x 12 in., in a period frame.

George Robert Bonfield (American, 1805-1898)

Sold for $32,265.00 on January 30th, 2010.

"Running Ashore on the Florida Coast", oil on canvas, signed lower right, signed and dated "1863", with "Newman Galleries, Philadelphia" label and remnants of a typed label reading "This picture represents the running ashore of the Steamer...of New York - about year 1850 - with a..." en verso, 16 in. x 30 1/4 in., framed.

Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses (American, 1860-1961)

Sold on October 12, 2002 for $32,200.

"Farm in Autumn", 1941, oil on masonite.

Ettrick (German/American, 19th c.)

Sold for $31,070.00 on April 25, 2014.

"A Church Boating Party on Otsego Lake", mid-19th c., oil on canvas laid on masonite, signed lower left, 24 in. x 48 in., framed.

Edward Hopper (American, 1882-1967)

Sold for $30,750.00 on February 4th, 2012.

"Yachting Scene", c. 1905, watercolor, unsigned, Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY label en verso, 5 in. x 6 3/4 in., attractive gilt frame.

Charles Courtney Curran N.A. (American, 1861-1942)

"Watching the Clouds", oil on canvas, sold on April 16th, 2005 for $30,550.00

John E. Alexander (American/Texas, b. 1945)

Sold for $29,875.00 on November 19th, 2011

"Jealousy", oil on canvas, signed lower right, signed and titled en verso of canvas and on "Gallerie Simonne Stern/New Orleans" label en verso, 60 in. x 50 in., framed.

After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

Sold on December 1, 2007 for $29,400.00

"Black-bellied Darter", No. 64, Plate CCCXVI, from Birds of America, hand-colored engraving, Havell edition, the elephant folio paper watermarked "J. Whatman/1836", sheet size 38 in. x 25 1/4 in., unframed.

Jane Peterson (American, 1876-1965)

Sold for $29,280.00 on February 19, 2016

"Dogwood in a Vase", oil on canvas, signed lower left, "Mitchell Brown Duncan Gallery, Inc., Santa Fe, NM" label en verso, 32 in. x 32 in., framed with artist and title plaque.

Frank Weston Benson (American, 1862-1951)

Sold for $27,705.00 on November 21, 2014.

"Dog River, Alabama", 1930, watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower left, sight 14 1/2 in. x 22 1/2 in., matted and framed.

Joseph Rusling Meeker (American/Louisiana, 1827-1887)

Sold for $28,680.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"Near Manchac Bayou (Louisiana)", 1880, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, monogrammed, titled and dated en verso, 20 in. x 12 in., period frame.

Clarence Millet, A.N.A. (American/New Orleans, 1897-1959)

Sold on July 14, 2018 for $28,060.00

"Saturday Night, French Quarter Cafe", oil on canvas, signed lower right, 25 in. x 30 in., original painted frame.

Ida Kohlmeyer (American/New Orleans, 1912-1997)

Sold for $27,485.00 on July 13th, 2013.

"Cirrus Series #24", 1978, mixed media on canvas, signed and dated lower middle, titled on several labels en verso, 52 in. x 52 in., framed.

George Louis Viavant (American/Louisiana, 1872-1924)

Sold for $27,485.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"Nature Morte: Pintail Drake", 1915, watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower left, 30 in. x 20 in., period frame.

Wolf Kahn (German/American, b. 1927)

Sold for $27,485.00 on September 14th, 2013.

"Barn, Stark Road", oil on canvas, signed lower center, titled in red pencil and inventory "18350 E. Long" label en verso, 30 in. x 40 in., framed.

Colin Campbell Cooper, N. A. (American/New York, 1856-1937), "Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York"

Sold on October 6, 2007 for $27,025.00

oil on artist board, signed lower left, 18 in. x 15 in., in a period carved giltwood frame, with a 1941 biography of the artist en verso.

Frank Henry Shapleigh (American/New Hampshire, 1842-1906)

Sold on March 24, 2018 for $26,840.00

"Old Gate in Hypolita Street, St. Augustine, Florida", 1889, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, signed and titled en verso, 16 in. x 10 in., framed.

Thomas Moran (American, 1837-1926), “Grand Canal, Venice” oil on canvas

Sold on April 5, 2003 for $25,300.00

signed and dated “1892” lower left with brass artist plaque on frame, 11 1/2 in. x 16 1/2 in., in a period giltwood frame.

Edgar Alwin Payne (American, 1883-1947)

Sold for $25,095.00 on November 17th, 2012.

"Laguna Seascape", 1911, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, titled en verso, 24 in. x 28 in., framed

William Louis Sonntag, N.A. (American, 1822 1900), "Figures Hunting and Fishing at Sunset"

Sold on November 21, 2015 for $24,500.

1846, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 40 in. x 50 in., framed.

Walter Inglis Anderson (American/Mississippi, 1903-1965)

Sold for $23,900.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"Amaryllis", watercolor and pencil on paper, estate stamp lower right, 9 3/4 in. x 8 1/2 in., framed.

Henry Stull (American, 1851-1913), "Charade"

Sold on February 23, 2008 for $23,500.00

oil on canvas, signed and dated "1894" lower right, 16 in. x 20 in., in a period oak and giltwood frame, with original title plaque reading "CHARADE / By Imp. Charaxus --- Adabelle / Winner of / The Great Metropolitan H'cap, 1893".

Milton Avery (American, 1885‑1965)

Sold on April 22, 2017 for $23,180.00

"The Eclipse", c. 1930s, watercolor on paper, signed lower right, pencil‑titled and various inscriptions incl. "owned by March Avery" en verso, "DC Moore Gallery, New York" and "George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA" labels with artist, title and date en verso of backing board,  15 in. x 22 in., framed; accompanied by a copy of DC Moore Gallery invoice, 2006.

Gilbert Gaul (American, 1855-1919), "Young Girl in Interior", oil on canvas.

Sold on October 12, 2002 for $23,000.00

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Otis Lyman Boott Duveneck (American, 1846-1888)

Sold for $22,705.00 on May 4th, 2013.

"A Southern Ox Cart", 1883, oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated lower left, 19 3/4 in. x 30 1/2 in., framed.

Paul Sawyier (American/Kentucky, 1865-1917)

Sold for $22,705.00 on May 4th, 2013.

"Flower Peddler at the South Entrance to the Old Covered Bridge, Frankfort, Kentucky", pastel, signed lower left, sight 9 3/4 in. x 17 3/4 in., attractively framed.

George Louis Viavant (American/Louisiana, 1872-1924)

Sold for $22,705.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"Nature Morte: Green Wing Teal Drake", 1915, watercolor on paper, signed, dated and inscribed "N.O." lower left, "E.G. Gagg, Picture Framery, Knoxville, Tennessee" label en verso, 22 in. x 16 in., period frame.

Theodore Wendel (American, 1859-1932)

Sold for $22,705.00 on March 27th, 2010.

"View of Venice along the Rio Nuovo Canal", c. 1878-80, oil on canvas, signed "Theo Wendel" lower right, 21 in. x 24 in., in a period Arts and Crafts-style carved and giltwood frame.

Louis Agassiz Fuertes (American, 1874-1927)

Sold for $22,705.00 on March 27th, 2010.

"Pygmy Nuthatch, Brown-Headed Nuthatch, Red-Breasted Nuthatch, White-Breasted Nuthatch", on branches, c. 1912, signed "Louis A. Fuertes" lower right, on board, 18 1/2 in. x 14 3/4 in. cropped by glued mat to sight 13 in. x 9 in.; "Phainopeple, Bohemian Waxwing, Cedar Waxwing", on branches, c. 1912, signed in full lower right, on board, 16 5/8 in. x 13 3/8 in. cropped by glued mat to sight 14 1/2 in. x 11 in.; "Pine Siskin, Goldfinch", [numbered in pencil both obverse and reverse] on flowering twigs, c. 1912, signed in full lower left, on Chapman board, 14 in. x 10 3/4 in.; and "Worthern's Sparrow, Texas Sparrow, Green-Tailed Towhee" on rocks and twigs, c. 1912 (dated "July 20th" en verso), signed in full lower right, on Chicago board, 14 in. x 11 in., all unframed, 4 watercolors total.

Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926)

Sold for $21,960.00 on February 23rd, 2013.

"Baby Embracing Her Mother," c. 1898-99, pastel counterproof on Japan paper, signed lower left, Adelson Galleries label en verso, sight 30 in. x 25 1/4 in., in a Lowy frame.

Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer (American/Louisiana, 1912-1997)

Sold for $21,510.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"Untitled", 1977, oil and collage on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 28 1/2 in. x 82 1/2 in., framed.

George Elmer Browne, N.A. (American, 1871‑1946)

Sold on February 11, 2017 for $21,350.00

"Montricoux in the Bas‑Quercy", oil on canvas, signed lower center, titled "Montrico in the Basque [sic]" on exhibition, "Grand Central Art Galleries, NYC", "Coe Kerr Gallery, NYC" and "Wally Findlay Galleries, NYC" labels en verso, 50 in. x 40 in., framed.

Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer (American/New Orleans, 1912-1997)

Sold on July 14, 2018 for $20,740.00

"Untitled: Synthesis Series", 1982, mixed media on canvas, signed and dated mid-left, 20 1/2 in. x 21 3/4 in., framed.

Chauncey Foster Ryder (American, 1868-1949)

Sold on February 19, 2005 for $20,562.00

“ The Old Road to Francestown”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, Henry Schultheis Company, NY label en verso, 20 in. x 30 in., in an antique giltwood frame.

Percival Leonard Rosseau (American/North Carolina, 1859 1937), "Study of a Pointer's Head"

Sold for $20,315.00 on June 27, 2015.

1914, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, titled en verso, 25 3/4 in. x 18 1/4 in., giltwood frame.

Paul Poincy (American/New Orleans, 1833-1909)

Sold for $20,315.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"View of St. Charles Avenue Streetcar", 1898, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left,exhibition label and "W.E. Seebold, New Orleans" label en verso, 6 in. x 8 1/2 in., original frame.

Aaron Bohrod (American, 1907-1992)

Sold on June 9, 2007 for $19,975.00

“Side Walk, New Orleans”, oil on masonite, signed and dated “1937” lower right, 20 in. x 26 in., in a period frame.

387. Clarence Millet, A.N.A. (American/ Louisiana, 1897-1959), “Old Oaks on the Teche, Village on the Creek”, oil on board

Sold on March 4, 2006 for $19,975.00 Provenance: Descended in the family of the artist.

signed lower left, titled en verso, Springfield High School Art Ass’n. Inc. label en verso with Millet’s address, the Art League Building, 628 Toulouse St., in a period frame.

Henry Stull (American, 1851-1913), "Charaxus"

Sold on April 19, 1997 for $19,250.

oil on canvas, signed and dated "1893" lower right, 26 in. x 31 ½ in.

J.S. Marsh (American, 19th c.)

Sold for $19,120.00 on February 23rd, 2013.

"Mouth of the St. John's River, Fla-Looking out to Sea", 1872, oil on board, signed and dated lower left, signed, titled, and dated on period label en verso, 11 3/4 in. x 19 3/4 in., framed.

Louisiana School, mid-19th c.

Sold for $19,120.00 on November 23rd, 2013.

"View in Orleans Parish, LA", pencil, chalk and oil crayon on card, inscribed "Orleans Parrish [sic], La, Mrs. Sias" lower left, 9 1/2 in. x 13 3/4 in., rosewood-grained frame.

Jane Peterson (American, 1876-1965),

Sold for $19,120.00 on November 19th, 2011

"Sailboat, Gloucester Harbor", oil on canvas, signed lower right, "D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY" label en verso, 18 1/4 in. x 18 1/4 in., in a giltwood Arts and Crafts-style frame.