The 27th Annual John A. Noble Art Auction Set for November 20

The Noble Maritime Collection will stage its 27th Annual John A. Noble Art Auction on Friday, November 20, 2015 beginning at 6:30 PM at the museum. The auction features 43 works of antique and contemporary paintings, prints, photographs, and objets d’art, including works in wood and glass.

Guests can view the art that will be on the auction block at the Preview Exhibition opening on Thursday, October 22 from 6 until 8 PM, and during the museum’s regular hours, Thursdays through Sundays from 1 until 5 PM.

Long-time auctioneer Chris Olert, along with Damon Urban, will preside over the auction block. Tickets are $85.00 per person.

The Noble Maritime Collection is located at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, New York. Admission to the museum is by donation. To learn more about it, call (718) 447-6490

Can’t make it to the auction? Fill out this Order to Bid and fax it to the museum at (718) 447-6056

Order of the Auction

1. William H. Bartlett (1809-1854)
Ness Sands Lighthouse (near Bristol)
Engraved by F.W. Topham
Engraving, 1841, 7” x 4 ¾”
Gift of Lewis and Bonnie Chapman
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

2. Herman Zaage (1927-2008)
Dueling Ferns
Mezzotint, 2000, 5” x 7 ½”
Gift of David Seeley
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

3. Jasper Cropsey (1823-1900)
Looking Oceanward from Todt Hill
Reproduction of the original 1895 oil painting, 21 ¼” x 35”
Gift of Chris Olert in memory of Sheila O’Mara

4. William H. Bartlett (1809-1854)
The Narrows from Staten Island
Hand-colored steel engraving by Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857), 5 ½” x 7 ¾”
Published by George Virtue, London, 1837
Gift of Ciro Galeno, Jr.
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

5. John A. Noble (1913-83)
Old Sails, Old Clothes, Old Man
Lithograph, Edition 288, 1979, 14” x 18”
Gift of James Scott, in memory of Dr. Denis Donovan

6. Carol Brody
Untitled
Watercolor, date unknown, 10” x 14”
Gift of Chris Olert, in memory of Sheila O’Mara

7. Henry Schlevogt (d. 1984)
Vanity Set
Atmomizer, perfume bottle, and nudes mirrored tray
From the Schlevogt Ingrid Studios
Malachite glass, c. 1930
Gift of Gale Bellafiore in memory of Kurt Thomas

8. Bill Higgins
Twilight, Jersey Side
Photograph, 2015, 11 ½” x 17”
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

9. Gabriela Handal
Figs and Italy go together like birds of a feather
Pencil on paper, 2015, 2 ½” x 3 ½”
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

10. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971)
This is My Own
First edition, inscribed by the artist
Published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1940
Gift of Daisy Aberlin

11. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971)
Illustration from This is My Own
Portfolio edition, 7 ½” x 9”
Produced by the National Council of American
Soviet Friendship, Inc., May, 1971
Gift of Daisy Aberlin
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

12. George A. Robbins
622 Nantucket Street
Watercolor on paper, c. 1980, 9 5/8” x 13 ½”
Gift of Nancy L. Pouch
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

13. Tom Chibarro
Untitled
Gouache on watercolor paper, date unknown, 22” x 16 ½”
Gift of David Seeley
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

14. Halina McCormack
Lights On
Mixed medium on canvas, 2015, 3” x 3”
Framing donated by the artist

15. Frank Hanavan
Sixth Avenue
Watercolor on paper, 2014, 3 ¼” x 2 ½”
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

16. Colin Hunter, A.R.A. (1841-1904)
Lobster Fishermen
Etching, date unknown, 8 ½” x 4 3/8”
Gift of Lewis and Bonnie Chapman
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

17. Esteban Chavez
First Noble Print
Photo etching, 2000, 5 3/8” x 4”
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

18. Christopher Clarke
Gypsum Plant with Salt
Etching, A.P., 2006, 5 ¼” x 12”
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

19. Bill Murphy
Gypsum, June 21, 1986
Watercolor on paper, 1986, 16 ¼” x 22 ¾”
Anonymous gift

20. Anna Audette (1938-2013)
Winter Storage
Oil on canvas, 2000, 18” x 42”
Gift of Louis Audette
with
Anna Audette and Suzanne Nothinagle
Ruins
Poems and Paintings of a Vanishing America
Bunker Hill Publications, 2013
Gift of Louis Audette

21. Eric Holmes (1960-2014)
Untitled/New Orleans
Photograph, 2007, 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”
Gift of Diana Jacobson

22. Michael McWeeney
Untitled/Timeline Panorama
Detail from photographic mural, 2015, 2’ x8’

23. Wallace Nutting (1861-1941)
Vermont in October
Hand-colored photograph, date unknown, 7” x 5”
Gift of Chris Olert, in memory of Sheila O’Mara

24. Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A. (1727-1815)
Ld. Wentworth
Hand-colored etching from the original drawing by Han Holbien, 1793, 9” x 7 7/8”
Inscribed on reverse: “From the Original Drawing by Hans Holbien. Engrav'd by F. Bartolozzi R, A, Historical Engraver to his Majesty. / In his Majesty's collection. / Publish'd as the Act directs July 1, 1793, by I. Chamberlaine."
Portrait of First Baron Thomas Wentworth, who is associated with King George III of England
Gift of Eileen Montanez

25. John A. Noble (1913-83)
Coal Pirate
Lithograph, Edition 290, 1979, 12” x 17 3/8”
Anonymous gift

26. Mari Reiman (1924-95)
Drenthe
Oil on canvas, 1950, 19 ¼” x 23”
Gift of Ada Kadin
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

27. Bill Lyons
Rush to the Ferry
Silver gelatin print, 2014, 8” x 11 ¾”
Framing donated by the artist

28. Betty Bressi (1917-2014)
Untitled
Pen and ink on paper, date unknown, 19 ½” x 24”
Gift of Susan Visconti
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

29. Evergreen Forest Products, Inc.
Handcrafted table
Purpleheart and yarula
7' 10'' long, 30'' high, and 32'' wide
Gift of Charles Zimmerman

30. Roger Sherry
Natural-edged hors d'oeuvres board with matching coasters
Native American Persimmon, 30" x 8”
Gift of the artist

 

31. Bill Murphy
Window
Etching, 1993, 7 ½” x 5”
Gift of Chris Olert, in memory of Sheila O’Mara

32. John A. Noble (1913-83)
Dockbuilders, Whale Creek
Also known as Steers in Whale Creek
Lithograph, Edition c. 150, 1955, 11 7/8" x 15 7/8"

33. Jack Demyan (1923-99)
Jazz Players
Oil on canvas, c. 1995, 19 ¾” x 23 ¾”
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

34. Michael Falco
Cannoneers at Gettysburg
Civil War Pinhole Project, 2012, 10 ¼” x 13”

35. Appomattox
Civil War Pinhole Project, 1915, 10 ¼” x 13”
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

36. Fragment of a 34-star Civil War
US Flag 1861-1863
Cloth, 8” x 5”
Gift of Richard Walsh
Framing donated by Island Art Center

37. Sean Sweeney
Stalwarts of New York Harbor
Digital photograph, 2015, 11” x 16”
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

38 Lance J. Reha
Wavertree on the Kill Van Kull
Photograph, 2015, 16” x 20”

39. Michael McWeeney
View from the Fresh Kills
Photograph, 2015, 11 5/8” x 21 ¼”
Framing donated by Island Art Center

40. Kathy Fieramosca
Rose Study
Oil on panel, 2015, 6”x 8”
Framing donated by the artist

41. Richard Gaffney (1935-98)
Strutting Goose
Etching and aquatint, #16, date unknown, 18 ½” x 19 ¾”
Gift of Chris Olert, in memory of Sheila O’Mara

42. Norman Pate (1922-2004),
Untitled
Wood, date unknown, 9 ½” x 28”
Noble Maritime Collection

43 Stephen Szoke
The Wanderer
Etching, II/V, 2008, 13 3/8” x 20 ¼”
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

44. Elle Finn
Umbrellas
Pen and ink, 2015, 13” x 19”
Framing donated by the artist

45. Bill Murphy
Emerson Hill
Watercolor on paper, 1987, 21” x 33”
Gift of Chris Olert, in memory of Sheila O’Mara

46. John A. Noble (1913-83)
Dying in the English Kills
Mast and Man #2
Lithograph, Edition 300, 1967, 11 7/8” x 15 ¾”
Gift of the Noble Family

47. William Behnken, N.A.
Night Passage: Noble & Serene
Mezzotint, 2015, 12" x 24"
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

 

 

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