American Art at Christie’s, May 16

Editor’s Note: The following information is courtesy of artdaily.org. For complete information, please click through here. Today’s featured image is Fitz Henry Lane, Gloucester, Stage Fort Beach. Image courtesy artdaily.org

On May 16, Christie’s presents Important American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture. The Spring Americana art sale features 100 lots that span a multitude of genres, including Impressionism, Modernism, 19th Century, and Illustration.

Leading the sale is Fitz Henry Lane’s (1804-1865), Gloucester, Stage Fort Beach, painted in 1849; a seminal painting which marked the birth of the artist’s mature style, heralding a new direction for American Art in the mid-19th century. Lane was a close follower of luminism, which some deem as the aesthetic counterpart to the Transcendentalist theories of Ralph Waldo Emerson and David Thoreau. The sale also includes works by Oscar Bluemner, Georgia O’Keefe, Norman Rockwell and Maxfield Parish. Complete details available at Christie’s website.

Many auction houses hold previews and sales coordinated with the shows of Americana Week. Auctions these days cater as much to the consumer as they do to the wholesale market. You can head to auctions to browse as you would in a museum, compare works and estimates and prepare a winning bid. We’ll post additional information on the auctions of Americana Week as it becomes available.

Keno Auctions
Keno Auctions will showcase a remarkable selection of furnishings composed of Americana, furniture, decorative arts and paintings in an auction on January 17, at the start of Americana Week.

Bonhams Auction
Bonhams is presenting its Fine American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts auction taking place January 19 during Americana Week. The sale includes a cross selection of English and Continental furniture and decorative arts.

Christie’s Auction
Christie’s New York is presenting two weeks of sales, viewings and a symposium devoted to three centuries of American craftsmanship, including important furniture, folk art, silver, and decorative arts. The sales begin on January 19 with Important American Silver, followed by John James Audubon’s The Birds of America: The Duke of Portland Set on January 20, Important American Furniture and Folk Art on January 20, Chinese Export on January 23, and the Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Jr. Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain on January 24.

Sotheby’s Auction
Sotheby’s will present its Americana auction including furniture, folk art, silver, porcelain, prints and carpets January 20 – 21 during Americana Week.

Bonhams | 580 Madison Avenue Manhattan, NY 10022 | (212) 644-9001
Christie’s | 20 Rockefeller Plz, suite #6, New York | (212) 636-2000
Keno | 127 East 69th Street, New York | (212) 734-2381
Sothebys | 1334 York Ave New York, 10021| (212) 606-7000