Fern Coppedge winter scenes likely hot sellers at Hindman, May 19

Fern Coppedge, ‘The Lock Keepers Lodge,’ estimated at $30,000-$50,000. Image courtesy of Hindman
Fern Coppedge, ‘The Lock Keepers Lodge,’ estimated at $30,000-$50,000. Image courtesy of Hindman
Fern Coppedge, ‘The Lock Keepers Lodge,’ estimated at $30,000-$50,000. Image courtesy of Hindman

CHICAGO – A pair of Fern Coppedge winter scenes will anchor a strong group of American landscapes in Hindman’s Friday, May 19 American Art auction. The sale will provide a look at how a range of celebrated artists approached the genre. Spanning Impressionist to more abstract styles, paintings by Milton Avery, Maurice Prendergast and Wolf Kahn are also highlights. In addition to works by Fern Coppedge, paintings and sculptures by other accomplished historic and contemporary American women artists such as Gertrude Abercrombie, Miyoko Ito and Harriet Whitney Frishmuth will also be offered. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Coker’s Jan. 15 auction led by top-tier Euro. art, antiques with Washington family provenance

Ker-Xavier Roussel (French, 1867-1944), Satyr Chasing a Woodland Nymphette, oil-on-canvas, artist-signed. Size: 12in wide x 9 7/8in high. Provenance: Collection of Dr. Albert K. Chapman; M.R. Schweitzer Gallery NYC (acquired December 1963). Estimate $60,000-$80,000

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On Saturday, January 15, 2022, John W. Coker & Co., will auction antiques and fine art from several distinguished estates and families. The online-only event, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers, is highlighted by a very special selection of European Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings formerly in the collection of Dr. Albert Kinkade Chapman (1890-1984), president and CEO of Eastman Kodak.

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Nelson-Atkins welcomes French Impressionist works

Louis Valtat (French, 1869–1952), ‘Wheat Field with Poppies,’ 1915, oil on canvas, 21 5/8 in by 25 5/8 in (54.93 by 65.09 cm, Gift of Min-Hwan and Yu-Fan Kao, 2021.16.2
Louis Valtat (French, 1869–1952), ‘Wheat Field with Poppies,’ 1915, oil on canvas, 21 5/8 in by 25 5/8 in (54.93 by 65.09 cm, Gift of Min-Hwan and Yu-Fan Kao, 2021.16.2
Louis Valtat (French, 1869–1952), ‘Wheat Field with Poppies,’ 1915, oil on canvas, 21 5/8 in by 25 5/8 in (54.93 by 65.09 cm, Gift of Min-Hwan and Yu-Fan Kao, 2021.16.2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two paintings by French Impressionist artist Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927) and two paintings by his near contemporary, French artist Louis Valtat (1869-1952), have been accepted as gifts by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, deepening the museum’s holdings of Impressionist and Fauve works. The four paintings are already on view in the Bloch Galleries.

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