Hindman American and European Art sales deliver combined $2.5M total

Detail of Gertrude Abercrombie’s ‘Giraffe and Moon,’ $182,700, from the May 19 American Art sale. Image courtesy of Hindman
Left, Gustave Loiseau, ‘Le quai du Pothuis a Pontoise,’ $201,600, from the May 18 European Art sale; Right, Gertrude Abercrombie, ‘Giraffe and Moon,’ $182,700, from the May 19 American Art sale. Images courtesy of Hindman
Left, Gustave Loiseau, ‘Le quai du Pothuis a Pontoise,’ $201,600, from the May 18 European Art sale; Right, Gertrude Abercrombie, ‘Giraffe and Moon,’ $182,700, from the May 19 American Art sale. Images courtesy of Hindman

CHICAGO – Hindman held back-to-back art auctions in May, one a European art sale on May 18 and the other an American art sale on May 19, which together totaled $2.5 million.

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Hindman offers European art from Linden House, May 18

Detail of Charles Amable Lenoir’s ‘Pandora,’ estimated at $60,000-$80,000. Image courtesy of Hindman
Charles Amable Lenoir, ‘Pandora,’ estimated at $60,000-$80,000. Image courtesy of Hindman
Charles Amable Lenoir, ‘Pandora,’ estimated at $60,000-$80,000. Image courtesy of Hindman

CHICAGO – Masterworks of European art from the impressive Indianapolis estate, Linden House, will anchor Hindman’s European Art auction on Thursday, May 18. Highlighting the offering will be exquisite paintings by Charles Amable Lenoir, Gustave Loiseau and Louis Valtat. Overall, the auction will feature work by a wide range of artists, from Dutch Old Masters to 19th-century Academic painters, to Impressionists, post-Impressionists and European Modernists. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Hindman’s three mid-December art auctions take in $4.2M

N.C. Wyeth, ‘When Drake Saw for the First Time the Waters of the South Sea,’ $275,000
L-R: N.C. Wyeth, ‘When Drake Saw for the First Time the Waters of the South Sea,’ $275,000; Gladys Nilsson, ‘See Far: Son Good,’ $212,500; Albrect Durer, ‘The Four Horsemen,’ $62,500
L-R: N.C. Wyeth, ‘When Drake Saw for the First Time the Waters of the South Sea,’ $275,000; Gladys Nilsson, ‘See Far: Son Good,’ $212,500; Albrect Durer, ‘The Four Horsemen,’ $62,500

CHICAGO – In mid-December, Hindman Auctions achieved more than $4.2 million during three days of Fine Art auctions. Across the December 13 American and European Art, the December 14 Post War & Contemporary Art and the December 15 Prints & Multiples auctions, bidders from 32 countries and 42 states participated. Works by artists such as N.C. Wyeth, Orville Bulman, Gladys Nilsson, Larry Poons, Friedel Dzubas, Lois Dodd, Albrecht Durer and Julie Mehretu saw extraordinary engagement. Eager competition was demonstrated for the thoughtfully composed selection of more than 300 works.

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