Charles Tinges inlaid Baltimore Federal tall-case clock, estimate $20,000/40,000. Cowan’s image.
CINCINNATI – Cowan’s Auctions Summer Fine and Decorative Art Auction will take place on July 13-14, 2013, with Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com. The auction will feature a diverse and eclectic array of American and Continental furniture, fine art, works on paper, glass, silver, sculptures, portraiture and more.
Day one will feature American fine and decorative art, including works by such artists as Paul Sawyier and Elizabeth Nourse. Day two of the sale will highlight English and Continental fine and decorative art. Also included in the auction will be a large single owner collection of A.E. Crowell miniature decoys, the Gwen P. Whalen collection of antique fans, and a collection of antique toys and Civil War folk art carved soldiers’ pipes from the Estate of Jan Sorgenfrei of Findlay, Ohio.
In addition to the July 13-14 Auction, Cowan’s will host an exhibition of over 20 paintings from the work of renowned Lexington artist, Henry Faulkner. Faulkner, known as an eccentric, would bring his bourbon-drinking goat, Alice, to parties and exhibitions. His oil paintings are characterized by their bright and rich tones, curvilinear brushstrokes and his distinctive and quirky subject matter. Five Faulkner paintings will be in the auction, including “Staircase in Taormina” and an Italian landscape, both estimated to bring $5,000/8,000.
Paintings by other well-known artists will also be featured in the auction. An oil on canvas by Ivan Federovitch Choultse, titled “Coucher de Soleil Sur la Mer,” is estimated to sell anywhere between $30,000/40,000. A Kentucky river scene by Paul Sawyier is expected to fetch $20,000/30,000. Cowan’s consistently realizes high prices for Sawyier’s work, such as “The Kentucky Arsenal,” bringing $84,000 in 2013. Additionally, a “Portrait of a Woman” by Frank Duveneck, and a painting by Huldah Mae Cherry titled “Breakfast in the Garden” are both estimated at $10,000/15,000 and expected to attract strong bidding.
American furniture is expected to garner attention in the sale. A Charles Tinges Inlaid Baltimore Federal tall-case clock is estimated to sell anywhere between $20,000/40,000. A pair of Philadelphia Federal card tables are estimated to bring $5,000/7,000, and a mahogany game table with John Needles label is estimated at $3,000/5,000.
Continental sculpture will hit the block in day two of the July auction. A work titled “Friends Forever” by Demetre Chiparus is expected to bring anywhere between $30,000/40,000. A piece by Anna Hyatt Huntington, titled “Stretching Panther,” is estimated to sell for $3,000/5,000; and “Archer” by Ferdinand Preiss is also expected to bring $3,000/5,000.
Other notable lots include an Andrew Clemens sand bottle estimated at $8,000/10,000, a sailor’s valentine is expected to bring anywhere between $3,000/5,000, and a Kerman Lavar Tree of Life area rug is estimated at $3,000/5,000.
For more information on any lot in the sale, call Cowan’s at 513-871-1670.
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ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE
Charles Tinges inlaid Baltimore Federal tall-case clock, estimate $20,000/40,000. Cowan’s image. Ivan Federovitch Choultse, ‘Coucher de Soleil Sur la Mer,’ oil on canvas, estimate $30,000/40,000. Cowan’s image. Andrew Clemens sand bottle, estimate $8,000/10,000. Cowan’s image. ‘Friends Forever’ by Demetre Chiparus, estimate $30,000/40,000. Cowan’s image.
