Doyle’s Inaugural Boston Auction features fitting lineup, June 8
Arthur Clifton Goodwin, ‘Swan Boats, Boston Public Garden,’ estimated at $4,000-$6,000. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers
BOSTON – Doyle will hold its Inaugural Boston Auction on Thursday, June 8 at noon Eastern time. The sale will offer a wide range of property from collections and estates in the New England area and beyond. Featured will be artwork, furniture, silver, decorative arts and jewelry. The public is invited to the exhibition and auction in Doyle’s Boston gallery, located at 236 Clarendon Street, adjacent to Newbury Street. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Notable lots will include the following:
Raoul Dufy, ‘Le Port de Boston,’ estimated at $18,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers
Raoul Dufy, Le Port de Boston, 1950
Mixing Fauvism with Cubism, Raoul Dufy brought a whimsical, decorative aesthetic to the contemporary movements of his era. Illustrative, gestural compositions, along with a vivid color palette, are standard for Dufy’s work and are found in Le Port de Boston, a 1950 watercolor estimated at $18,000-$20,000. Finding his way to Boston in search of new treatments for the arthritis that was hampering his ability to paint, Dufy’s procedures were successful and led the artist to create a series of works which he dedicated to the medical professionals who ultimately saved his artistic career.
Detail of Arthur Clifton Goodwin’s ‘Swan Boats, Boston Public Garden,’ estimated at $4,000-$6,000. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers
Arthur Clifton Goodwin, Swan Boats, Boston Public Garden
Beloved for his Impressionist-inspired scenes of Boston, the former banker Arthur Clifton Goodwin was in fact self-taught. Beginning to paint at age 30 after arriving in Boston, Goodwin was a member of the Guild of Boston Artists and the Boston Society of Water Color Painters. Swan Boats, Boston Public Garden, estimated at $4,000-$6,000, is a prime example of Goodwin’s Impressionist-style color palette and quick, gestural strokes.
Furniture & Decorative Arts
Doyle’s Inaugural Boston Auction features an international selection of furniture and decorative arts from across 300 years. There are several examples of furniture by Danish designers from the mid-20th century, much of which is consigned by the Margolis family of Brookline, Massachusetts. The furniture is eminently useful and recognizable – a low table, a teak double chest, an extensive Paul Cadovius wall storage unit and an Eero Saarinen-designed tulip table that has an estimate of $800-$1,200.
Eero Saarinen-designed tulip table, estimated at $800-$1,200. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers
Folk art and other objects of 19th-century Americana come from a New Hampshire collection, highlighted by an impressive gilt and carved pilot house eagle and two pairs of portraits attributed to well-known folk artists Sheldon Peck and Joseph Whiting Stock. The pair from the latter, consisting of a portrait of a gentleman and a lady, are together estimated at $2,500-$3,500.
Portrait of a Lady and a Gentleman, attributed to Joseph Whiting Stock, together estimated at $2,500-$3,500. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers
Very nice examples of antique Massachusetts-made furniture are offered as well – a Chippendale Salem high chest of drawers, a Boston Federal sideboard bearing characteristics of the finest furniture made by the Seymours, and a compact and carefully carved Classical serving table made in Salem, which has an estimate of $1,500-$2,500.
Classical serving table made in Salem, Mass., estimated at $1,500-$2,500. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers
The sale also features a variety of American, British and Continental silver, including three lots of 18th-century Boston silver by Paul Revere, Jr. and Jacob Hurd, consigned by an estate. Also from the same collection are nautical antiques and instruments highlighted by a large scrimshaw-decorated whalebone plaque.
Dodie Thayer lettuce ware large tureen with stand, estimated at $5,000-$8,000. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers
Ceramics and glass of several eras are featured in the auction, including mid- to late 19th-century glazed pottery book and shoe-form flasks; an extensive set of Royal Copenhagen dinnerware in the ubiquitous and versatile Blue Flowers pattern, many of which have the popular basketweave rims; several pieces of Dodie Thayer lettuce ware, including a large tureen with stand that carries an estimate of $5,000-$8,000; and four lots of glass by Massachusetts glass artist Bernie D’Onofrio.
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