Paintings by women are the focus at Eldred’s March 13

Theresa Ferber Bernstein, 'Streetworkers,' estimated at $5,000-$10,000 at Eldred's.

EAST DENNIS, Mass. — More than 150 paintings by women artists head to market as part of Eldred’s Women In The Arts sale scheduled for Wednesday, March 13. The complete catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

Theresa Ferber Bernstein (1890-2002) lived a remarkable — and remarkably long — life, creating paintings alongside her husband William Meyerowitz in their Upper West Side artist loft in New York City. William passed in 1981, but Theresa would keep on painting, even having a public exhibition of 110 of her works on her 110th birthday. Streetworkers is an undated oil on canvas in her later expressionistic style. It is the sale’s top-estimated lot at $5,000-$10,000.

Alice Beach Winter (1877-1968) specialized in portraits of children, and her talent in this area brought her lucrative work illustrating books and magazine covers. Portrait of a Young Girl is undated and was likely a commission. It is estimated at $2,500-$3,500.

A native Illinoisan, Pauline Palmer (1867-1938) became synonymous with the Chicago art world, where she would eventually become president of the Chicago Society of Artists in 1919. Village scene, Provincetown, Massachusetts is a signed but undated oil on canvas. The work is estimated at $3,000-$5,000.

Rosebee (born Cecelia Surdut, 1932-2016) began painting at age 57 and within three years won a jury award at an Illinois art show for her primitive works. Eldred’s sale includes Noah’s Ark, an 8 by 10in oil on board in her naive style. It is signed (07) ROSEBEE, so it’s likely a 2007 work. It carries an estimate of $700-$1,000.