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), Edward Lamson Henry (American, 1841-1919); 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), Frank H. Shapleigh (American, 1842-1906), 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
Edward Lamson Henry, The Station on Morris and Essex Railroad, ca. 1864. Henry’s first known railroad painting. Signed E.L. Henry (lower left), oil on board, 11 by 20 ½ in. Provenance: J. P. Morgan Chase, Acquired by 1974 by the previous owner. Exhibited: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Oakland Museum of California, The Painter’s America: Rural and Urban Life 1810-1910, 1974-75, no. 53. Literature: Elizabeth McCausland, The Life and Work of Edward Lamson Henry N.A. 1841–1919 New York State Museum bulletin, no. 339 (Albany: The University of the State of New York), September 1945, 154, illustrated on p. 263; Patricia Hills, The Painter’s America, (New York: Praeger, 1974), 52–53, illustrated on p. 53.
A. E. "Beanie" Backus (American, 1906-1990), Royal Poinciana on the Indian River, Florida, circa 1960, signed, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches.
William Hart (American,1823-1894), The Joy of Autumn, 1868, signed, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches.
Frank H. Shapleigh (American, 1842-1906), In St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida, signed and dated 1888, oil on canvas, 20 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches. Inscribed on reverse, In St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida by F.H. Shapleigh.
Historical photo of St. George Street.
Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978), La Barque A Demain, signed, oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches, also signed, titled, and dated 1969 on reverse. One of five paintings by Bulman at our gallery, La Barque A Demain is illustrated on page 164 in Orville Bulman: An Enchanted Life and Fantastic Legacy, by Deborah C. Pollack.
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
Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978), Du Sud, signed, also signed on reverse and dated 1976, oil on board, 10 x 8 inches. Original Bulman frame. Provenance: Private collection, Manalapan, Florida.
Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978), Flower Garden, signed and dated 1968, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches, Original Bulman frame. Provenance: private collection, Palm Beach
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.
Frieseke painting in frame.
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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