Montclair Art Museum
Yesterday, I reported that I had not yet received from the Montclair Art Museum the list of deaccessions I had been promised. (I commented further on the Montclair disposals here and here.)
Today, the list of consignments to Christie’s (including the three June sales, whose details are not yet posted on the auction house’s website) was sent to my inbox by Raechel Lutz, assistant to the museum’s director, Lora Urbanelli. I still have not received details about the costume deaccessions that are scheduled (along with items from other consignors, including the Cleveland Museum of Art) to be auctioned tomorrow in New York, at a sale conducted by Augusta Auctions.
Among the many items on the list that I just received from Montclair are: Gilbert Stuart portraits of “Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne” and “William Robert Fitzgerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster,” to be offered at Christie’s on June 4; Audubon‘s “The Birds of America,” seven volumes, offered there on June 24.
In the interest of furthering Montclair’s transparency, I’m reproducing the entire list that it sent me, at the link below. It would have been far better if you could have found this compendium posted on the museum’s own website (in the manner of the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s new deaccession database, which should become every museum’s gold standard for full disclosure).
Montclair Art Museum
Artwork for Deaccessioning
Spring 2009 – Christie’s
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
May 13, 2009
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Untitled, 1951
signed and dated ‘Jackson Pollock 51’ (lower right)
enamel on paper
17½ x 22 1/8 in. (44.5 x 56.2 cm.)
Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
May 14, 2009
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
White Music, 1983
signed and dated `R. Motherwell 83′ (upper right); signed again,
titled, inscribed and dated again, `”WHITE MUSIC” R. Motherwell Summer,
1983′ (on the reverse)
acrylic and printed paper collage on canvas laid down on masonite
72 x 36 in. (182.8 x 91.4 cm.)
Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967)
# 13–1953, 1952-53
signed `REINHARDT’ (lower right); signed again and titled `Ad Reinhardt `52′ (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
27 x 9 in. (68.5 x 22.8 cm.)
Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997)
On Grey, 1947
signed and dated `T. Stamos `47′ (lower left); signed again and titled
“ON GREY” Stamos’ (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
24 x 29.3/4 in. (60.9 x 75.5 cm.)
Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
May 20, 2009
Charles Sheeler (1883-1965)
The Blue Roof
signed and dated ‘Sheeler-47.’ (lower right)
tempera on paperboard
4¾ x 6 in. (12.1 x 15.2 cm.)
Stuart Davis (1892-1964)
Lake Front
signed and dated ‘Stuart Davis 1917’ (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
12½ x 15 in. (31.8 x 38.1 cm.)
John Marin (1870-1953)
Off Norton Island, Maine Coast
signed and dated ‘Marin 33’ (lower right)
watercolor on paper
15¼ x 21½ in. (38.7 x 54.6 cm.)
Edwin Willard Deming (1860-1942)
Dance at San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
signed ‘EW Deming’ with the artist’s device and inscribed indistinctly (lower left)
oil on canvas
45¼ x 72½ in. (114.9 x 184.2 cm.)
Edward Henry Potthast (1857-1927)
Wading
signed ‘E Potthast’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 x 20¼ in. (40.6 x 51.4 cm.)
Robert Henri (1865-1929)
John Sloan, 1909
signed ‘Robert Henri’ (lower right)–inscribed ’55/F’ (on the reverse)–inscribed ‘Sloan’ (along the upper
and right tacking edges)
oil on canvas
24¼ x 20 in. (61.6 x 50.8 cm.)
George Benjamin Luks (1867-1933)
Man with a Violin, ca. 1910
signed ‘George Luks’ twice (lower left)
oil on canvas laid down on board
36 x 29¾ in. (91.4 x 75.6 cm.)
Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919)
A Glimpse of the Sound
signed and dated ‘J. Alden Weir./1902’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Edward Willis Redfield (1869-1965)
Carversville Farm
signed and dated ‘EW Redfield. 1946.’ (lower right)–inscribed with title (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3 cm.)
Edward Willis Redfield (1869-1965)
Christmas Morning, 1932
signed ‘E.W. Redfield.’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
32¼ x 40 in. (82 x 101.6 cm.)
Walter Elmer Schofield (1867-1944)
Frosty Morning
signed ‘Schofield’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
26¼ x 30¼ in. (66.7 x 76.8 cm.)
Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861-1948)
Schooners at Anchor
signed ‘Irving R Wiles’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
20¼ x 29 in. (51.4 x 73.7 cm.)
Childe Hassam (1859-1935)
The Dock at Noon
signed and dated ‘Childe Hassam 1916’ (lower right)
watercolor on paper laid down on board
15¼ x 22¼ in. (38.7 x 56.5 cm.)
William James Glackens (1870-1938)
Wickford Harbor, Rhode Island, 1909
signed ‘W Glackens’ (lower left)–dated ‘1909’ and inscribed with title (on the upper stretcher bar)
oil on canvas
26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3 cm.)
Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861-1948)
Shelter Island, 1928
signed ‘Irving R Wiles’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
32½ x 40 in. (82.6 x 101.6 cm.)
William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)
Portrait of William B. Dickson, 1905
signed with conjoined initials ‘Wm.M. Chase.’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
27 x 22 in. (68.6 x 55.9 cm.)
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)
Brook in Woods
bears signature ‘ABierstadt.’ (lower left)
oil on paper laid down on canvas laid down on masonite
20 x 29¾ in. (50.8 x 75.6 cm.)
Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
Two Men Rowing on a Lake, 1892
signed and dated ‘Homer/1892’ (upper right)
watercolor on paper
15 x 21½ in. (38.1 x 54.6 cm.)
Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
The Broncho Buster
inscribed ‘Copyright by/Frederic Remington.’ and ‘ROMAN BRONZE WORKS. N.Y.’ (on the base)–
inscribed ‘No 190’ (beneath the base)
bronze with brown patina
22½ in. (57.2 cm.) high
Charles H. Humphriss (1867-1934)
Indian’s Appeal to Manitou, 1906
inscribed ‘CH Humphriss/1906’ (on the base)–stamped ‘ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-‘ (along the
base)
bronze with brown patina
16½ in. (41.9 cm.) high on a marble base 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high
Hermon Atkins MacNeil (1866-1947)
A Chief of the Multnomah Tribe
inscribed ‘HA MacNeil/’05’ and ‘MVLTNOMAH’ (along the base)–stamped ‘AMER. ART FDRY. NY’ (along
the base)
bronze with brown patina
36 in. (91.4 cm.) high
Chaim Gross (1904-1991)
Handstand
inscribed ‘Chaim/Gross’ with the artist’s device and stamped ‘2’ and ‘1/6’ (along the base)
bronze with brown patina
25¼ in. (64.1 cm.) high on a marble base 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high
Cast in 1977.
George Lovett Kingsland Morris (1905-1975)
Labyrinth
signed ‘Morris’ (lower right)–signed ‘George L.K. Morris,’ dated ‘1957’ and inscribed with title (on the
reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
49¼ x 36 in. (125.1 x 91.4 cm.)
Ben Shahn (1898-1969)
Ohio Skyline, 1945
signed ‘Ben Shahn’ (lower right)
tempera on paperboard
10 x 25½ in. (25.4 x 64.8 cm.)
George Copeland Ault (1891-1948)
The Stairway
signed and dated ‘G.C. Ault ’21’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
18¼ x 14¼ in. (46.4 x 36.2 cm.)
John F. Francis (1808-1886)
Still Life with Fruit and Nuts, 1868
signed and dated ‘J.F. Francis, 1868.’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
10½ x 13½ in. (26.7 x 34.3 cm.)
Thomas Worthington Whittredge (1820-1910)
The Glen, 1862
signed and dated ‘W. Whittredge/1862’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900)
View of Sugar Loaf Mountain from the Artist’s Home, 1875
signed and dated ‘J.F Cropsey 1875’ (lower center)
oil on canvas
14¼ x 24¼ in. (36.2 x 61.6 cm.)
Thomas Ball (1819-1911)
Sunshine, 1872
signed and dated ‘T. BALL 1872’ (on the reverse)
marble
19 in. (48.3 cm.) high
Old Master and 19th Century Art
June 4, 2009
Gilbert Stuart (North Kingston, RI 1755-1828 Boston)
Portrait of Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne (1725-1813),
half-length, in a brown jacket
oil on canvas
36 1/4 x 28.1/2 in. (92.1 x 72.4 cm.)
Gilbert Stuart (North Kingston, RI 1755-1828 Boston)
Portrait of William Robert Fitzgerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster
(1749-1804), half-length, wearing the Order of St. Patrick
oil on canvas
32 1/4 x 27 in. (82 x 68.5 cm.)
Christie’s Interiors
June 10, 2009
American School, 19th Century
Portait of a lady seated on a sofa holding a book
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 25 in. (76.8 x 63.5 cm.), unframed
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a boy playing with a hoop
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 25 in. (76.8 x 63.5 cm.)
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a child with a hoop and a toy
horse
oil on canvas
35 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. (90.2 x 74.3 cm.)
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a child with a hoop and a toy horse
oil on canvas
35 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. (90.2 x 74.3 cm.)
American School, 19th Century
Double head study
oil on canvas
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.)
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a girl in a pink dress
oil on canvas
36 x 29 in. (91.4 x 73.7 cm.)
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of Howard Jackson
oil on canvas, oval
24 x 19 3/4 in. (61 x 50.2 cm.)
John Henry Dolph (American, 1835-1903)
Cat with her kittens
signed `JDolph’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 24 in. (46.4 x 61 cm.)
Henry Thomas Gulick (American, 20th Century)
The red sofa
oil on plywood
14 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (37.5 x 47.6 cm.)
William McDougal Hart (American, 1823-1894)
Autumn by the lake in the mountains, 1864
signed and dated `Wm. HART 64′ (lower left)
oil on canvas
40 1/4 x 54 1/4 in. (102.2 x 137.8 cm.)
Leon Karp (American, 20th Century)
The Yellow Settee
signed `Leon Karp’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
53 1/4 x 36 1/2 in. (135.3 x 92.7 cm.)
American School, 19th Century
Mother with child holding cherries
oil on canvas
12 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (31.1 x 22.2 cm.)
American School, 19th Century
A leisure day in the meadow; and a companion painting
each oil on canvas
each 26 x 36 1/4 in. (66 x 92.1 cm.)
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a gentleman in a black costume
oil on panel
29 x 23 1/2 in. (73.7 x 59.7 cm.)
Frederick Ballard Williams (American, 1871-1956)
Ragged Island, Maine
signed `Fredk. Ballard Williams’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
27 1/4 x 32 in. (69.2 x 81.3 cm.)
Books and Manuscripts
June 24, 2009
John James Audubon. The Birds of America.
New York, 1940-1944. 7 vols.