GALLERY SELECTIONS: RECENT ACQUISITIONS
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 photograph on printing-out paper with gold chloride toning from glass plate negative
4 x 3 inches
Executed between 1885-1919
DLA-5106
AMERICAN (20th Century)
Ice Fishing Decoy: Ladybug
Painted wood and metal, 4 inches (length)
DLA-6014
The exhibition will consist of 45 British, American, and contemporary works of art.
The American works include a painting by Ernest Lawson (1873 – 1939) and a drawing by George Luks (1867 – 1933), both members of The Eight; watercolors by Ashcan artists Ethel Myers (1881 – 1960) and Jerome Myers (1867- 1940); vintage photomicrographs by Wilson (“Snowflake”) Bentley (1865 – 1931); and works on paper by American modernists Elie Nadelman (1882 – 1946); Mark Tobey (1890 – 1976); and Charles Prendergast (1863 – 1948).
Contemporary American works include two paintings by Robert Kulicke (1924 – 2007); a watercolor by David Levine (1926 – 2009); an oil by John Heliker (1909 – 2000); and two paintings, one of them from the Mellon collection, by Lennart Anderson (born 1928).
Among the early 19th century British watercolors exhibited are those by Richard (“Mad”) Dadd (1817 – 1886); Edward Lear (1812 – 1888); John Varley (1778 – 1842); Cornelius Varley (1781 – 1873); and Peter De Wint (1784 – 1849).
20th century British Bloomsbury works include paintings by Vanessa Bell (1879 – 1961); works on paper by Duncan Grant (1885 – 1978); Roger Fry (1866 – 1934); and Dora Carrington (1893 – 1932). British modernism is represented by a drawing by Walter Richard Sickert (1860 – 1942); vintage photographs by Charles Jones (1866 – 1959); and watercolors by Gwen John (1876 -1939).
Objects on display include 20th century American carved ice fishing decoys; and a 19th century French lay figure.
ROBERT M. KULICKE (1924 – 2007)
Multicolored Tulips in Grey Vase on Black Background
Oil on silk mounted on cardboard, 8 15/16 x 9 13/16 inches (sight)
Signed, dated, and inscribed (at top center): Kulicke 62
Painted in 1962
This work is in a metal frame made by the artist.
Private Collection
FRENCH
Lay Figure
Wood and metal, 19 inches (height)
Mark on back: MAQUETTE FRANCAISE/ [illeg]/ SUR ARMATURE ARTICULEE
Executed about 1880
DLA-5977
GWEN JOHN (1876-1939)
House, Meudon
Gouache on paper, 3 3/4 x 5 inches
Stamped (on back): Gwen John [estate stamp]
Probably executed in the early 1930s
DLA-5349
JOHN HELIKER (1909-2000)
Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
Oil on linen, 17 x 16 inches
Painted circa 1989
DLA-5746
JOHN VARLEY (1778 – 1842)
View of St Mary, Redcliffe
Watercolor, pencil, and pen and grey-blue ink on paper,
6 1/16 x 4 3/4 inches [sight]
Probably executed about 1828 - 1830
DLA-5598
WILSON A. BENTLEY (1865 – 1931)
Snowflake
Vintage photomicrograph on printing-out paper with gold chloride toning from glass plate negative,
3 5/8 x 3 1/16 inches
Executed between 1885 - 1919
DLA-5130
LENNART ANDERSON (born 1928)
Landscape with Corner of Building
Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 7/8 inches
Signed (at lower right, in pen): Anderson
DLA-6019
MARK TOBEY (1890 – 1976)
Untitled
Monotype: gouache on paper,
6 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches [sight]
Signed, dated, and inscribed (in ballpoint pen, at lower left): For John/ Basle June 24-66; (at lower right): Tobey 64
Executed in 1964
DLA-3816
QUENTIN BELL (1910-1996)
Plate: Blue Sun
Fired, painted, and glazed clay, 7 3/4 inches (diameter)
Signed (on the back): B
DLA-6022
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