AMERICAN PAINTINGS, FURNITURE & DECORATIVE ARTS Wednesday, April 5, 2017 NEW YORK AMERICAN PAINTINGS, FURNITURE & DECORATIVE ARTS AUCTION Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 10am EXHIBITION Saturday, April 1, 10am – 5pm Sunday, April 2, Noon – 5pm ?? ????????? ??????????????????????????????? Monday, April 3, 10am – 6pm LOCATION Doyle New York 175 East 87th Street New York City 212-427-2730 www.Doyle.com www.www.Doyle.com/BidLiveDoyleNewYork.com/BidLive Catalogue: $35 AMERICAN PAINTINGS & SCULPTURE INCLUDING PROPERTY CONTENTS FROM THE ESTATES OF Paintings 1-102 Donald Brenwasser Prints 103-108 An Estate, Fifth Avenue, NY THE COLLECTION OF Dorothy J. Henry WILLA KIM & WILLIAM PÈNE DU BOIS 109-205 Mary Kettaneh Paintings & Print 109-131 The Collection of Willa Kim and William Pène du Bois Furniture & Decorations 132-171 Jan Adriaan Laan of Bloemendal, the Netherlands Toys 172-203 Anne Murray Furniture & Decorations 204-205 A New York and Connecticut Estate Furniture & Decorations 205-298 A New York Estate Silver & Silver Plate 299-322 A Private Collector, Ardsley, NY Furniture & Decorations 323-250 Dorothy Wassyng Carpets & Rugs 251-367 Eunice Johnson Winslow Helen R. Yellin INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM A Boston, Massachusetts Collector A Collector, Wisconsin An East Coast Museum A Gentleman, New Jersey Glossary I The Metropolitan Museum of Art Conditions of Sale II A Mid-Atlantic Museum to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund Terms of Guarantee IV A New England Collection Information on Sales & Use Tax V A New Jersey Collector Buying at Doyle VI A Private Collector, Long Island Selling at Doyle VIII A Private Collector, New Jersey Auction Schedule IX A Prominent New York Family Company Directory X The Collection of Bennett and Judie Weinstock Absentee Bid Form XII Lot 51 2 American School 19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Young Girl Watercolor on paper 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 inches Provenance: Mrs. Frances Armour C Property of an Estate, Fifth Avenue, NY $200-300 3 Benjamin West American/British, 1738-1820 Allegory Brown ink, wash, gouache and graphite pencil on paper 13 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches 1 Patrick Noon, Senior Curator of Paintings and Elizabeth 1 MacMillan Chair of the Department of Paintings at the American School Minneapolis Institute of Arts, has observed that the 19th Century present work, “... is an allegory honoring some naval hero. A Lady with a Rake and a Gentleman with a Scythe With West, Nelson comes first to mind since he painted Watercolor on paper the subject of Nelson’s death as well as several apotheosis 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches compositions. However, the bust of the figure being Provenance: honored does not resemble Nelson and seems to Sale: Sotheby’s, New York Important American Furniture and Related represent an older man, perhaps Alexander Hood?” Decorative Arts, property of the Rosen Family, Feb. 1, 1991, lot 703 We extend our gratitude to Mr. Noon for his very kind C Property of an Estate, Fifth Avenue, NY assistance in cataloguing this lot. $500-800 C See Illustration $8,000-12,000 See Illustration 4 5 4 6 John Trumbull American School American, 1756-1843 19th Century Lady in White Baby with Ferrett Oil on canvas Oil on canvas laid down to board 23 3/4 x 19 5/8 inches 16 x 12 inches Provenance: Provenance: Victor D. Spark, New York Diana H Bittel Antiques, Bryn Literature: Mawr, PA Theodore Sizer, The Works of Acquired from the above, Colonel John Trumbull, Artist of Jan. 24, 2007 the American Revolution, C Property from a New Jersey revised ed., Yale University Press, Collector 1967 illus., fig. 103 $800-1,200 C See Illustration $4,000-6,000 See Illustration 7 American School 5 19th Century American School Portrait of a Young Man with a 19th Century Black Stock in Three-Quarter View A Young Girl with Grapes, with a Inscribed indistinctly on the Dog and a Parrot reverse Oil on canvas Watercolor and graphite pencil 47 1/4 x 36 inches on paper C Property from the Collection of 3 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches Bennett and Judie Weinstock C Property from a New Jersey $2,000-3,000 Collector See Illustration $100-200 3 6 6 DOYLE • APRIL 5, 2017 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 7 8 Attributed to Rufus Porter Portraits of a Young Man and Young Woman, thought to be Brother and Sister Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper laid down to card, painted as ovals 4 x 3 1/4 inches and 4 3/8 x 3 1/4 inches, respectively C Property from a New Jersey Collector $3,000-5,000 See Illustration 9 Attributed to Justus Da Lee and Family Portraits of a Man and a Young Woman, believed to be members of the Beauregard Family, descended from the Da Lee and Minton Families of New Orleans One (of the young woman) inscribed H M Da Lee on the verso; on the back of each is a label inscribed Miniature from the Beuregard [sic] Family, a descendant of the Da Lee and Minten families of New Orleans. (1810) 8 Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper, painted as ovals 3 1/8 x 3 inches and 3 5/8 x 3 inches, respectively. American folk art scholars Suzanne Rudnick Payne and Michael R. Payne, authors of the article, “To Please the Eye: Justus Da Lee and His Family,” [Folk Art, vol. 29, no 4, Winter 2004/5, pp. 46-57] write that Justus Da Lee was a small watercolor portrait artist from Cambridge, NY. “While Justus was the major artist of the family, starting in the 1830s, several of his family members also painted in an extremely similar style. This artist career for 12 the family group continued until 1848, after which Justus was described as a grocer in Buffalo, NY.” 12 14 We thank the Paynes for their kind assistance American School L. Findlay in cataloguing this work. 19th Century American, 19th Century C Property from a New Jersey Collector Two Young Girls with a Calico Cat Seated Mother and Child, 1847 $1,200-1,800 Pastel on paper Signed L. Findl...; inscribed L. Findlay See Illustration 16 x 21 1/8 inches and dated 1847 twice on the verso Provenance: Watercolor and graphite pencil on 10 Betsy and Timothy Trace, Cortlandt paper American School Manor, NY 9 x 6 inches 19th Century Sale: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, C Property from a New Jersey Portrait of a Lady with a Veil, Lace Collar and NH, Aug. 5, 2007, lot 1459 Collector 9 Brooch and Portrait of a Man with Brown Hair Acquired at the above $150-250 and a Cravat with a Stickpin: Two C Property from a New Jersey See Illustration Each oil on canvas, within a painted oval Collector Each 30 x 25 1/4 inches $4,000-6,000 Provenance of both: See Illustration and Back Cover By descent from Sherman Fairchild, Eastover, Lloyd Neck, NY 13 C Property of an East Coast Museum Shepard Alonzo Mount $900-1,100 American, 1804-1868 Portrait of a Man with a Beard and 11 Black Stock, 1854 Attributed to J. H. Gillespie Signed S.A. Mount and dated 1854 Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. George Wanton on the reverse Ellery and Mary Goddard Ellery, circa 1820 Oil on canvas, within a painted oval Inscribed on the reverse of one, George Wanton 30 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches; Ellery / youngest son / of / Wm. Ellery ‘The Together with American School, Signer’ / of / Declaration of Independence 19th Century, Portrait of a Lady and on the other, Mrs. George Wanton Ellery Wearing a Gold Crucifix, oil on Watercolor, gouache and graphite pencil on canvas, within a painted oval, paper, painted as ovals 30 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches Each 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 inches Provenance of both: By descent from Sherman Fairchild, Provenance: Probably acquired at auction Oct. 25, 1992 Eastover, Lloyd Neck, NY 13 C Property from a New Jersey Collector C Property of an East Coast Museum $800-1,200 $1,500-2,000 See Illustration See Illustration 14 11 8 DOYLE • APRIL 5, 2017 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 9 15 Thomas Birch American, 1779-1851 Fishing on a Summer’s Afternoon, 1841 Signed T. Birch and dated 1841 (lr) Oil on canvas 15 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches Provenance: Acquired in an antique shop in Nantucket around 1997 C $1,500-2,500 See Illustration 15 17 16 17 Andrew Melrose William Louis Sonntag, Sr. American, 1836-1901 American, 1822-1900 (i) The Mohawk Valley Near Little Sunrise in the Adirondacks, circa 1850 Falls, signed AMelrose with Oil on canvas conjoined initials; titled on an 26 3/4 x 35 7/8 inches, ovoid Adelson Galleries label on the Provenance: reverse Dr. E. Maurice Bloch, Los Angeles Oil on canvas Exhibited: 20 x 10 inches Los Angeles, Terry DeLapp Galleries, A Selection (ii) The Berkshire Hills, of 19th Century American Paintings... Spring Massachusetts: The Ledge, Lenox Exhibition, 1964 Signed AMelrose with conjoined Literature: initials; titled on an Adelson Terry DeLapp Galleries, Los Angeles, A Selection Galleries label on the reverse of 19th Century American Paintings... Spring Oil on canvas, 20 x 10 inches Exhibition, 1964, illus. Provenance of both: Nancy Dustin Hall Moore, William Louis Sonntag: Adelson Galleries, Inc., Boston, MA Artist of the Ideal, Goldfield Galleries, C Los Angeles, CA, 1980, no. 335 $3,000-5,000 C See Illustration $8,000-12,000 See Illustration 18 William Louis Sonntag American, 1822-1900 Mountain Vista, 1892 Signed W.L.