Nature scenes found favor at Bruneau’s first sale of 2022

Watercolor on paper by Anthony Thieme, $12,500
Watercolor on paper by Anthony Thieme, $12,500
Watercolor on paper by Anthony Thieme, $12,500

CRANSTON, R.I. – Paintings by Julie Hart Beers, Anthony Thieme and Edgar S. Paxson were among the top lots in an Estate Fine Art & Antiques auction held January 6 by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers. Works by all three sold for five-figure sums.

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Intriguing Hussein Shariffe abstract headlines Bruneau & Co. Jan. 6 sale

Oil on canvas abstract by Hussein Shariffe, est. $8,000-$12,000
Oil on canvas abstract by Hussein Shariffe, est. $8,000-$12,000

CRANSTON, R.I. – An exquisitely carved mahogany stained glass bronze bar recovered from a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island and an abstract oil-on-canvas modern painting by the Sudanese Asian artist Hussein Shariffe (1934-2005), are expected top lots in Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ online-only Estate Fine Art & Antiques auction slated for Thursday, January 6. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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