A Beautiful Reality: The Fine Art Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Rifkin

5th Dec, 2022 12:00 EDT
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Freeman’s presents A Beautiful Reality: The Fine Art Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Rifkin on December 5, an important single-owner sale that brings late-19th and early-20th-century American art to market. With 39 lots comprising primarily painting, but also works on paper and sculpture, A Beautiful Reality features works by major artists linked with the Ashcan School and its legacy, including William Glackens, John Sloan, George Luks, Reginald Marsh, and Charles Burchfield. The sale is led by two striking canvases: George Bellows’s Portrait of August Lundberg, and William Glackens’s Afternoon in Provence (Woman and Child on Donkey), a jewel-like painting executed during the artist’s eight-year stay in France. A Beautiful Reality puts the refined collecting sensibilities of Arnold and Sandy Rifkin on full display, with an elegant selection of not only Ashcan School artists, but also fine examples of Modernism and Illustration Art, including works by Marguerite Zorach and Eyvind Earle, offering collectors both wide range and keen focus.

 

 

Name: Raphaël Chatroux
Email: rchatroux@freemansauction.com
Telephone: 267.414.1253

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American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists (39)

Artist/Maker/Brand

Reginald Marsh (3)

Charles Ephraim Burchfield (2)

William Glackens (2)

Leon Kroll (2)

Jerome Myers (2)

Everett Shinn (2)

George Bellows (1)

George Luks (1)

John Sloan (1)

 

Lot 2
Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862-1928) Sylvan Idyll

Sold for $3,780
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Lot 3
Ernest Lawson (American, 1873-1939) Westchester Hillside

Sold for $35,280
Estimated at $40,000 - $60,000

Lot 4
Ernest Lawson (American 1873-1939) Spring in the Berkshires

Sold for $21,420
Estimated at $25,000 - $40,000

Lot 5
John Sloan (American, 1871-1951) Little Ones and Big

Sold for $12,600
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000

Lot 6
Jerome Myers (American, 1867–1940) Night Mission

Sold for $2,520
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Lot 7
Everett Shinn (American 1876-1953) Philadelphia Docks

Sold for $113,400
Estimated at $50,000 - $80,000

Lot 10
Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) 42nd St Movies, 1946

Sold for $21,420
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000

Lot 12
Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) Railroad Yard

Sold for $3,024
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 15
William Gropper (American, 1897-1977) Speaker

Sold for $2,520
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 18
Harry Jackson (American, 1924-2011) The Flag Bearer

Sold for $22,680
Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 19
Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967) The Garden Path

Sold for $119,700
Estimated at $40,000 - $60,000

Lot 23
Oscar Bluemner (German/American, 1867-1938) Red Barns

Sold for $8,190
Estimated at $12,000 - $18,000

Lot 25
Leon Kroll (American, 1884-1975) Church, New England

Sold for $3,276
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

Lot 26
Max Kuehne (American, 1880-1968) Landscape, Mallorca

Sold for $1,890
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 27
Max Kuehne (American, 1880-1968) In the Town, Segovia

Sold for $2,016
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 29
William Glackens (American, 1870-1938) Bouquet with Foxgloves

Sold for $20,160
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000

Lot 30
Joseph Hirsch (American, 1910-1981) The Bride

Sold for $693
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 31
Charles Levier (French/American, 1920-2003) Petit Port

Sold for $1,638
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 32
Gifford Beal (American, 1879-1956) Gulls in Moonlight

Sold for $9,450
Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 33
Marguerite Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Tulips and Lilacs

Sold for $23,940
Estimated at $25,000 - $40,000

Lot 34
Carl Sprinchorn (American, 1887-1971) The Blue Ice Forest

Sold for $37,800
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

Lot 36
Carl Sprinchorn (American, 1887-1971) Three Dahlias

Sold for $4,095
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 37
Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000) Flower Carpeted

Sold for $8,190
Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 38
Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000) Magic Floral

Sold for $4,725
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

 

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