Gallery Selections
Fine nineteenth and twentieth-century works by renowned American artists, including important Florida and other tropical paintings for sale:
A. E. Backus (American, 1906-1990), Reynolds Beal (American, 1866-1951), Harriet Bowdoin (American, 1880-1947), Alfred T. Bricher (American, 1837-1908), Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978) (5), Edward Dufner (American, 1871-1957), Frederick Frieseke (American, 1874-1939), William Hart (American,1823-1894), John F. Kensett (American, 1816-1872), Carl Krafft (American, 1884-1938), Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954), Grandma Moses (American, 1860-1961); Martin Rettig (American, 1869-1856), Marian Williams Steele (American, 1912-2001), Anthony Thieme (American, 1888-1954), William John Whittemore (American, 1860-1955), Worthington Whittredge (American, 1820-1910), Guy C. Wiggins (American, 1883-1962), Laura Woodward (American, 1834-1926), Mabel May Woodward (American, 1877-1945) (3), George Wright (American, 1850-1916) and others.
Below is merely a sampling of our inventory. There are many other paintings at the gallery.
Hours: By chance or appointment. We are located at 205 Worth Avenue, Suite 202 (second floor with elevator access) in Palm Beach. All works are for sale. For further information, please call (561) 655-1425 or e-mail eddeb1@aol.com
A. E. "Beanie" Backus (American, 1906-1990), Royal Poinciana on the Indian River, Florida, circa 1960, signed, oil on canvas, 25 X 30 inches.
William Hart (American,1823-1894), The Joy of Autumn, 1868, signed, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches.
William John Whittemore (American, 1860-1955), Autumn Sunshine, a.k.a. A Quiet Street, signed, oil on canvas, 20 x 36 inches.
A scene on North Cape Ann.
Exhibited as A Quiet Street, J.D. Gill’s Art Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts, February 1891; National Academy of Design, April 1891. Exhibited as Autumn Sunshine: Art Institute of Chicago, Oct/Nov 1891; Boston Art Club 1892; World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, sold at the exhibition.
Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978), Un Monsieur Important. Signed, also signed and titled on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches Exhibited: Hammer Galleries. Literature: Orville Bulman: An Enchanted Life and Fantastic Legacy by Deborah C. Pollack
Frederick Frieseke (American, 1874-1939), Femme lisant à coté d'une lampe (Woman Reading by a Lamp), signed and dated 190?, oil on French canvas, 32 x 26 inches. Exhibited, according to Frieseke's notebook, p. 17, at the 1905 Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux–Arts. Also exhibited the same year at the Art Institute of Chicago. Included in the Frederick Frieseke Catalogue Raisonne.
Reynolds Beal (American, 1866-1951), Fort at St. Augustine, Matanzas River, signed and dated 1911, 24 x 30 inches.
Depicts Fort Marion, later known as Castillo San Marcos, St. Augustine, Florida. Recorded: Sidney Bressler, Reynolds Beal: Impressionist Landscapes and Seascapes, p. 87, inaccurately titled Fort at Jacksonville, Matanzas River.
Mabel May Woodward (American, 1877-1945)
Ogunquit Beach Scene, signed, oil on board,
10 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches,
Old fragment of Provincetown exhibition label with
partial title of Ogunquit ... affixed to back.
Mabel May Woodward (American, 1877-1945), Key West, Florida, unsigned, oil on board, 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches. Related painting: Key West, sold by Edward and Deborah Pollack Fine Art. Image by request.
Reginald Marsh (American, 1898 –1954)
Women on a Carousel,
Double-sided, temperas on board,
Signed and dated 1953,10 ¼ x 9 ¾ inches.
Provenance: Montross Gallery, New York; American Art Association, collection of N. E. Montross, 1919; Edgar J. Lownes, philanthropist (1870-1924).
.Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908), Echo Lake, Franconia Notch, White Mountains, New Hampshire, signed and dated 1868, oil on canvas,18 x 30 inches. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries.
(Anna Mary Robertson) Grandma Moses
(American, 1860-1961) Mountains, 1959, signed, oil on masonite, 16 x 24 inches.
Provenance: Galerie St. Etienne, New York (the artist's dealer).
Included in the catalog raisonné by Otto Kalir.
George Wright (American, 1850-1916), I Won't!, 1887,
signed, 24 1/2 by 30 1/4 inches.
Exhibited: National Academy of Design, 1888;
Memphis, Tennessee, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Celebrate America 19th Century Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, February-April 1999, no. 49, pp. 116-117, illustrated in color.
Anthony Thieme (American, 1888-1954), Riberia Street in Lincolnville, St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1940, signed, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches. Inscribed on the reverse "Negro Town, St. Augustine, Florida."
Exhibited: Images of Old Florida (1890-1950),
December 21, 1990-February 3, 1991,
Boca Raton Museum of Art.
Lincolnville is a prominent historical black neighborhood.
Bethel Church is on the left.
Laura Woodward, Fort Dallas, Miami, Florida, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches, ca. 1895, inscribed on reverse, Laura Woodward Artist, Fort Dallas, Amy Bennett. Also inscribed on stretcher: “Ft Dallas Miami, Laura Woodward Artist, From Amy Bennett with Love.” In 1895 Laura Woodward visited Julia Tuttle at Fort Dallas, where the Miami River converges with Biscayne Bay. From that visit, Woodward painted Fort Dallas, Miami.
A full provenance and literature list are available.
Guy C. Wiggins, Herald Square in Winter, New York, signed, oil on panel, 8 x 10 inches, also signed and titled on reverse.
Historical photograph of Herald Square, New York, NY from circa 1910.
Martin Rettig (American, 1869-1956), Peonies,
signed, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches.
John F. Kensett (American, 1816-1872)
View of the Genesee River
Unsigned, oil on canvas, 10 x 18 inches
Provenance: Kensett Estate Sale, 1873, pictured in the sale
Will be included in the John F. Kensett
Catalog Raisonné, begun by John Driscoll. Companion painting in the Rhode Island School of Design.
Edward Dufner (American, 1872-1957), A Morning in June, signed, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches. Provenance: Calvin Boddy, Private collection, South Carolina.
Carl Krafft (American, 1884-1938), Snow Scene, signed with signature and thumbprint, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches.
Edward and Deborah Pollack Fine Art
205 Worth Avenue, Suite 202 (second floor)
Palm Beach, Florida 33480
(561) 655-1425
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