ATLANTA — Nearly 780 lots of fine American and English art, along with Continental and Asian art, will be offered at a massive two-day sale at Ahlers & Ogletree on Wednesday, April 3 and Thursday, April 4. The catalogs are now available for review and bidding at LiveAuctioneers.
Day 1’s highest-estimated lot is an untitled landscape by E. Ambrose Webster (1869-1935). Webster was one of the founders of the Provincetown art colony in Massachusetts and was a major figure in the American Modernist movement. The oil on canvas depicts an impressionistic landscape with trees, buildings, and mountains, is signed at the lower right, and comes in a gilt frame. It is estimated at $20,000-$25,000.
William Kent (1685-1748) was a painter and designer who heralded the Palladian style of architecture in England. Not only would he create complete interior designs for homes, he would also design their gardens in such a manner that he singlehandedly created the English landscape garden movement. His furniture is highly sought-after today, and this George III giltwood pier table is described by Ahlers & Ogletree as “in the manner of William Kent.” Dating to the 18th century, the table has a faux malachite patterned plaster top and a Vitruvian scroll frieze. It carries an estimate of $15,000-$30,000.
Spanish Baroque artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) made a career of religious artwork. Moses at the Rock of Horeb is a 19th-century depiction of the famous biblical event done in his style. The monumental work (49.5 by 98.125in) is noted by A&O to have alternative names, including Moses and the Water from the Rock of Horeb and Moses Striking the Rock, examples of which are held in the collection of Hospital de la Caridad in Seville, Spain, for which it was commissioned. The work is estimated at $8,000-$12,000.
This Chinese celadon dragon jardiniere with French gilt bronze mounts dates to the late 19th century. It features a flared rim above a tapering body, and is decorated with white dragons and cloud forms. It last sold at New Orleans Auction Gallery in 2021, and is now estimated at $4,000-$6,000.
