DALLAS – Dallas Auction Gallery’s spring sale of American and European Fine Art and Sculpture on Wednesday, May 20, features a selection of pieces from the collection of Dallas entrepreneur, author and philanthropist Sam Wyly. His collection includes works by well-known American artists such as Norman Rockwell, Frank Tenney Johnson and Rembrandt Peale.
LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding.
“We are honored that Mr. Wyly has chosen Dallas Auction Gallery to bring his collection to the worldwide market. It’s gratifying to be considered among the top auction houses internationally, and a special pleasure to assist such a renowned business legend, with deep local roots, in his estate planning,” noted Scott Shuford, Dallas Auction Gallery president.
First in war, first in peace and first in the Wyly collection is the circa 1856 portrait of George Washington by Rembrandt Peale (American, 1778-1860). The celebrated oil on canvas portrait of the “Father of our Country” carries an estimate of $125,000-$175,000.
Also expected to sell for $125,000-$175,000 is Frank Tenney Johnson’s 1907 oil on board painting titled The Pioneers.
Wyly’s collection also includes the painting Old Pedro the Goat Herder by popular Texas artist Fred Darge (1900-1979), which is estimated to bring $20,000-$30,000.
After John James Audubon, American White Pelican, an engraving with etching, hand coloring and aquatint on wove paper by Robert Havell, 1836, has a $50,000-$70,000 estimate.
Norman Rockwell’s Barbershop Quartet, charcoal and colored pencil original on paper, 1936, is signed lower right. A study for the cover illustration of The Saturday Evening Post, Sept. 26, 1936, the original work is expected to sell for $100,000-$150,000.
The auction will also include outstanding pieces by contemporary artists Mel Bochner, Robert Indiana, Alexander Calder, Chen Yiming and Callum Innes, and sculptures by Harry Bertoia and John Chamberlain.
The May 20 sale will begin at 6 p.m. Central Time. For more information, call Dallas Auction Gallery at 214- 653-3900.
