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The American Scene including Important Photographs from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation 
This spring, Sotheby’s is pleased to present The American Scene including Important Photographs from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, an online sale which will featuring 19th Century and Western American art. This auction will be lead by George Inness’ monumental exhibition piece A Summer Morning being sold by the Brooklyn Museum of Art to support Museum Collections. A selection of still life paintings by William McCloskey, Margaretta Peale and Severin Roesen will be offered alongside exceptional Hudson River School paintings by Albert Bierstadt, Alfred Bricher, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Sanford Gifford and Francis Augustus Silva. Additional properties will be sold by the Art Institute of Chicago, the Late Paula and Don Gaston, and Barbara and Ted Alfond.
Additionally, this auction will include an important suite of photographs by Ansel Adams being sold by the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation to support their continued mission. For nearly 70 years, the Foundation’s residency program has benefitted artists from Agnes Martin to Hee Sook Kim and including Ansel Adams. This collection of ten photographs executed in the 1940s capture the topography of the Taos landscape and will be positioned alongside works of American Western art by artist such as Walter Ufer, William Wendt and Cyrus Dallin.
The sale will be live for bidding from 9 – 24 May, closing at 1PM EDT on Tuesday 24 May. The exhibition preview will be open in our York Avenue galleries from 19 – 24 May. For bidding registration questions, to request condition reports or set up an appointment to view these lots in person, please contact the American Art department at +1 212 606 7280 or americanart@sothebys.com.
For assistance with bidding and registration, please contact:
+1 212 606 7414
For all other enquiries please contact:
AMERICAN ART:
Kayla Carlsen
Senior Vice President
Head of Department
American Art
+1 212 606 7280
Charlotte Mitchell
Assistant Vice President
Specialist, Head of Sale
American Art
+1 212 606 7280
Charlotte.Mitchell@sothebys.com
Elizabeth Goodridge
Assistant Vice President
Specialist
American Art
+1 212 606 7280
Elizabeth.Goodridge@sothebys.com
Katie Maher
Associate Cataloguer
American Art
+1 212 606 7280
PHOTOGRAPHS:
Emily Bierman
Senior Vice President
Global Head of Department
Photographs
+1 212 894 1149
Lucie Kessler
Associate Specialist & Researcher
Photographs
+1 212 894 1149
all images © the gallery and the artist(s)
Ansel Adams Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
Ansel Adams Ranchos de Taos Church
Ansel Adams The Rio Grande, Below Taos
Ansel Adams Taos Pueblo, South House
Ansel Adams Ranchos de Taos, Rear of Church, Storm
Ansel Adams Taos Pueblo
Ansel Adams Taos Pueblo, Church
Ansel Adams Near Taos Pueblo
Ansel Adams At Taos Pueblo
Ansel Adams Ruins of the Old Church, Taos Pueblo
William Wendt Rock Ledge
William Wendt Mount Williamson
John George Brown Empty Pockets
John George Brown Old Memories
Conrad Wise Chapman The Beach at Trouville
Joshua Shaw Figures Overlooking Falls
ALEXANDER HELWIG WYANT Storm Over Lake George
Margaretta Peale Still Life with Peaches
JAMES GOODWYN CLONNEY The Storyteller
James Goodwyn Clonney Fishing on the Hudson
Thomas Hope Still Life with Pipe and Bubbles
Thomas Moran Grand Canyon
Francis Augustus Silva Crow's Nest on Hudson
Severin Roesen Still Life: Wine and Fruit
Winslow Homer Autumn Trees
Albert Bierstadt Sunset
Thomas Cole Mount Chocorua, White Mountains
Frederick William MacMonnies Diana
Alfred Thompson Bricher Beverly by the Sea
Leon Gaspard Snowy Day in a Russian Village
James Edward Buttersworth Ships Under Full Sail
George Inness A Summer Morning
George Inness Spring
William Starbuck Macy Bermuda
Martin Johnson Heade Still Life of Roses
Cyrus Dallin The Signal of Peace
Cyrus Dallin Appeal to the Great Spirit
Eric Sloane Land and Sky Phantasy
Eric Sloane Taos Moranda
Walter Ufer Young Pinons, Santa Clara Canyon
William Howard Yorke The American Clipper Ship Raphael
Albert Bierstadt Jungfrau After First Snow
Albert Bierstadt Forested Hills
Jasper Francis Cropsey On the Hudson Near Tappan Zee (Boats along the Hudson)
Alberta Binford McCloskey Matija Poppies
Walter Launt Palmer Sailboats, View of Venice
Warren Sheppard Casting the Nets
Theodore Wendel San Giorgio Maggiore and the Campanile seen across the Venetian Lagoon
John Williamson Autumn Valley
William Aiken Walker Cotton Picking
William Aiken Walker The Levee, New Orleans
Levi Wells Prentice Basket of Apples
Sanford Robinson Gifford A Study from Nature (Mount Desert, Maine)
George Henry Durrie Sleighs Arriving at the Inn
Thomas Doughty Landscape with Pine Trees and House
Frank Henry Shapleigh Camden Harbor Maine
John Frederick Kensett Fishing Near Forest Waterfall
David Johnson Near Hague, Lake George
Severin Roesen Still Life of Fruit
John George Brown I Won't Go
William J. McCloskey Still Life with Wrapped Lemons
Francis Augustus Silva The Old House by the River
Hovsep Pushman The Fleeting Joy
Sanford Robinson Gifford Mrs. Sanford Robinson Gifford (Mary Cecelia Gifford)
George Fuller The Gatherer of Simples
John F. Clymer Horned Chief
Kenneth Pauling Riley Winter Hunt
Conrad Wise Chapman The Beach at Brighton
John George Brown Winter Games
Severin Roesen Still Life with Peaches and Grapes
Thomas Doughty A Glimpse of the Sea
Francis Augustus Silva Highlands on the Hudson, Looking South from Newburgh, New York
