GALLERY SELECTIONS                   OCTOBER 25 - DECEMBER 20, 2014

DORA CARRINGTON (1893-1932)
The Road Signs
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 10 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches
Inscribed (on road signs): BANS/ WILTS.ST/ DUNBRY LANE/ MILTONSHILL
Executed about 1901
DLA-4925

JEROME MYERS (1867-1940)
At a Harlem Theater
Watercolor and crayon on paper, 8 3/8 x 10 5/8 inches (sight)
Signed (at lower right): Jerome Myers (41)
DLA-5959

ROGER FRY (1866-1934)
Andre Gide Playing the Virginals
Pen and ink on paper, 9 5/8 X 13 3/4 inches
Executed in 1918
DLA-6004

DUNCAN GRANT (1885-1978)
Self Portrait with Still Life
Pencil on paper, 10 7/16 x 7 7/16 inches (sight)
Executed probably about 1914
DLA-5917

EARNEST LAWSON (1873-1939)
Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia
Oil on canvas mounted on board, 16 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches 
Signed (at lower right): E LAWSON; Signed and inscribed (on the back): E Lawson/ 119 E 19 St/ NY 
Probably executed in 1924
DLA-5963

ROBERT M. KULICKE (1924-2007) 
Single Red-Green Tomato 
Oil on gessoed masonite, 6 x 5 1/16 inches (sight)
Signed and dated (at bottom center, in pencil): Kulicke 84;
Painted in 1984
Private Collection
ALBERT YORK (1928-2009)
Landscape with Woman under Umbrella and Dog
Watercolor on paper, 10 15/16 x 8 7/8 inches
Executed about 1969
Private Collection

FRENCH
Lay Figure
Wood and metal; stand metal, 19 inches (height)
Mark on back: MAQUETTE FRANCAISE/ [illeg]/ SUR ARMATURE ARTICULEE
Executed about 1880
DLA-5976

VANESSA BELL (1879 - 1961)
The Statue Reflected in the Pond, Charleston
Oil on canvas, 20 x 14 inches 
Signed, dated, and inscribed (on the back): VB/ Charleston/ 1953? 
Stamped (on the stretcher): (VB) [estate stamp]
Painted probably in 1953
Private Collection
FRENCH 
Lay Figure
Wood, 20 1/2 inches (height)
Executed about 1880
DLA-5975

CHARLES JONES (1866-1959)
Pea Gardens
Vintage gold-toned gelatin silver print, 6 x 4 3/16 inches
Probably executed about 1895-1910
DLA-5802
WILSON A. BENTLEY (1865-1931)
Windowpane Frost
Vintage photomicrograph on printing-out paper with gold chloride toning from glass plate negative, 
3 3/4 x 3 inches
Executed between 1885-1919
Private Collection
VANESSA BELL (1879-1961)
The Garden at Charleston; Small Pond with Classical Torso 
Oil on wood panel, 15 15/16 x 12 inches
Signed and inscribed (on back, in ball point pen); 
V Bell/Charleston/Garden
Probably executed about 1940
DLA-6002

AMERICAN
Ice Fishing Decoy: Daffy Duck
Painted wood, metal, and glass, 7 1/16 x 1 9/16 inches
Probably executed in the early 20th century
Private Collection
BILL TRAYLOR (1854 – 1949)
Man Seated Smoking
Pencil on cardboard, 13 1/16 x 6 15/16 inches (irreg.)
DLA-1247

DUNCAN GRANT (1885-1978)
Angelica at the Piano, Charleston
Charcoal on paper, 30 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches 
Inscribed (at lower right): fixed
Executed about 1940
DLA-6007
         
Yellow and red tomato on brown table in black frame
GWEN JOHN (1876 – 1939)
Woman in Railway Carriage
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 5 7/16 x 3 13/16 inches [sight]
Stamped (at lower right): Gwen John [estate stamp]
Probably executed during the late 1920s – early 1930s
Private Collection

Statue with reflection in pond with trees and landscape
Rock landscape with lighthouse, ocean, and flock of birds
Performer in front of green curtain with audience and front and on the side in box seats
Frosted fern in sprial pattern laid flat on black ground
Daffy duck laying flat with orange beak and metal wings
Woman in yellow coat with orange hat in purple and green room with window with blue curtain
Man seated on chair smoking pipe
Orange womand and umbrella and dog on beach with small clouds in the blue sky in background
Headless and armless female torso statue on rock in pond in landscape
Man seated at piano
Wooden lay figure laid flat on white ground
Four peapods with the center right pod split with stems pointing up
Head of man in front of drawings of cups on tan paper
Three sections of figures: top section groups of figures with pink ground, other two sections of figures point towards roadside and figures playing ball and cooking in pencil below
Figure seated facing away in chair at the piano wearing a kerchief
Wooden lay figure laid flat on white ground
The exhibition will consist of about 30 works of art. Among the American pieces are a painting by Ernest Lawson (1873 – 1939) member of The Eight; watercolors by Ashcan School-associated artists Ethel Myers (1881 – 1960) and Jerome Myers (1867 – 1940); a terra cotta sculpture Seated Circus Performer by Elie Nadelman (1882 – 1946); a photograph of a windowpane frost by Wilson A. ("Snowflake") Bentley (1865 -1931); and Man Seated Smoking, a drawing by the universally esteemed self-taught artist Bill Traylor (1854 -1949).

Contemporary American works include a painting and a cloisonné pear jewel by Robert M. Kulicke (1924 - 2007) and a watercolor by Albert York (1928 – 2009), executed about 1969, which has never before been exhibited. 

The British Bloomsbury School is represented by the paintings of Vanessa Bell (1879 – 1961); works on paper by Duncan Grant (1885 – 1978) and Roger Fry (1866 -1934); and a watercolor by Dora Carrington (1893 -1932). Among the British modernists are Gwen John (1876 –1939) and the photographer Charles Jones (1866 -1959), known for his stunning images of vegetables and flowers which he cultivated personally.

Objects on display include a 20th century hand-carved Ice Fishing Decoy and two 19th century French Lay Figures.

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