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African-American artists have top billing in Nadeau’s sale May 20

African-American artists
Original oil painting by Rex Goreleigh (1902-1986), titled ‘Social Hour,’ one of three works the artist Goreleigh in the sale (est. $10,000-$20,000). Nadeau’s Auction Gallery image

 

WINDSOR, Conn. – Original oil paintings by noted African-American artists Henry O. Tanner (1859-1937) and Rex Goreleigh (1902-1986), plus a late 19th century table by the Philadelphia furniture maker A. & H. Lejambre, are just a few of the expected top lots in Nadeau’s Auction Gallery’s upcoming Outdoor Furnishings, Antiques, Custom Mahogany and Decorative Accessories Auction, slated for Saturday, May 20, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

Items will include marble sculptures, contemporary and decorative furnishings, a collection of Inuit carvings, paintings and prints, silver, crystal, porcelain, Victorian iron urns, Oriental carpets and rugs, items from the Credit Suisse collection and merchandise from estates out of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and the surrounding areas.

Rex Goreleigh was born in Pennsylvania but spent most of his life in Princeton, N.J., where he made and taught art. There, he founded the Princeton Group Arts, an attempt to bridge racial divisions through art. His 1971 painting Social Hour, one of three works by Goreleigh in the sale, is sizable at 42 1/2 inches by 60 1/2 inches, and artist-signed. It should achieve $10,000-$20,000.

Henry Ossawa Tanner was the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim, having moved to Paris in 1891, where he continued to live and was accepted into French artistic circles. His oil on board titled Portrait of a Woman with a Head Scarf is unsigned but has been stamped and signed by his son, Jesse, on the back. The work, measuring 13 3/4 inches by 10 1/2 inches, is estimated to sell for $10,000-$20,000.

 

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Oil on board painting by Henry O. Tanner (1859-1937), titled ‘Portrait of a Woman with a Head Scarf,’ unsigned (est. $10,000-$20,000). Nadeau’s Auction Gallery image

 

Although New York firms dominated the production of luxury furniture in the 1870s and 1880s, Philadelphia’s A. & H. Lejambre also produced high-quality work, particularly in the Anglo-Japanese style. The spider inlaid Victorian table in the sale features a top with metalwork of brass, copper and pewter, with brass edging, all on turned legs. This table has an estimate of $4,000-$6,000.

 

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Late 19th century spider inlaid Victorian table by Philadelphia furniture manufacturer A. & H. Lejambre (est. $4,000-$6,000). Nadeau’s Auction Gallery image

 

The jewelry and decorative accessories category will include a Navajo belt buckle collection,. The jewelry category will also feature a partially restored early 1960s Rolex “Pepsi” Oyster Perpetual GMT chronometer-wristwatch (est. $2,000-$4,000).

 

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Partially restored early 1960s Rolex ‘Pepsi’ men’s Oyster Perpetual GMT chronometer-wristwatch (est. $2,000-$4,000). Nadeau’s Auction Gallery image

 

Chinese porcelain will feature a blue and white Meiping Phoenix Bird vase (below) having a reticulated carved top and hardstone finial; and a famille rose charger with hand-painted warrior battle scene, 3 inches tall. Both have estimates of $500-$1,000. Oriental rugs and carpets will include a Kazak prayer rug, framed (6 feet by 8 feet 2 inches), Kirman, Bidjar, Heriz, and Hamaden.

 

African-American artists
Chinese blue and white Meiping Phoenix Bird porcelain vase having reticulated carved top with hardstone finial, 18 inches tall (est. $500-$1,000). Nadeau’s Auction Gallery image

 

American, French, and contemporary furnishings will feature such names like Flexform, Baker, Sheraton, Queen Anne, Louis Vuitton, Pearson, Chippendale, Francois Geneva, Maitland Smith, Don Ruseau, Stickley, Kittinger and Colonial Williamsburg.

For details contact Nadeau’s at 860-246-2444 or 860-524-8666 or info@nadeausauction.com.

 

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