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.
Auction
Category
American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists (39)
Artist/Maker/Brand
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (2)
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 7
Everett Shinn (American 1876-1953) Philadelphia Docks
Sold for $113,400
Estimated at $50,000 - $80,000
Lot 8
Everett Shinn (American, 1876-1953) Man with Top Hat and Cane
Sold for $9,450
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 9
Jerome Myers (American, 1867-1940) Ethel with Red Hair and Black Tam
Sold for $1,008
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 10
Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) 42nd St Movies, 1946
Sold for $21,420
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 11
Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) Bus Stop; with Study verso (Double-Sided Work)
Sold for $13,860
Estimated at $15,000 - $25,000
Lot 12
Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) Railroad Yard
Sold for $3,024
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 13
George Bellows (American, 1882-1925) Portrait of August Lundberg
Sold for $75,600
Estimated at $60,000 - $100,000
Lot 14
George Benjamin Luks (American 1866-1933) Woman with Bouquet (Old Flower Woman)
Estimated at $30,000 - $50,000
Lot 16
John Sloan (American, 1871-1951) Hold Up on 14th Street; and Of Human Bondage, Chapter CIX (2)
Sold for $693
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 17
Henrik Glintenkamp (American, 1887-1946) A group of Four (4) Woodcuts
Sold for $693
Estimated at $2,500 - $4,000
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 20
Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967) Country Church in June (Country Churchyard)
Sold for $66,150
Estimated at $40,000 - $60,000
Lot 21
Walt Kuhn (American, 1877-1949) Magnolias and Jonquils (Flora)
Sold for $2,268
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 22
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) Portrait of the Old Guy
Sold for $23,940
Estimated at $50,000 - $80,000
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 28
William Glackens (American, 1870-1938) Afternoon in Provence (Woman and Child on Donkey)
Sold for $56,700
Estimated at $60,000 - $100,000
Lot 29
William Glackens (American, 1870-1938) Bouquet with Foxgloves
Sold for $20,160
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000
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 35
Carl Sprinchorn (American, 1887-1971) Daisy Fields and Clouds
Sold for $9,450
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
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