Two Centuries: American Art
New York
Two Centuries: American Art 
Sotheby’s is pleased to announce Two Centuries: American Art, the first among a series of online auctions dedicated to presenting paintings, sculptures and works on paper that explore the diverse subject matter and artistic styles of American Art throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. This auction will include artworks by prominent Ashcan School artists such as William Glackens, Robert Henri, Ernest Lawson, Maurice Prendergast and Everett Shinn being sold by An American Corporation. Leading the selection of Modernism in the sale is a group of works on paper from the Collection of Carolyn & Roger Horchow and sculptures from the Collection of Joseph & Blanche Blank. Two important portraits featured in this auction include William Merritt Chase’s Portrait of Miss B to be sold by the Richmond Art Museum, Indiana, and Winslow Homer’s portrait of Mrs. Lucy Houghton Valentine from a Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. This auction is live for bidding from 3-11 December 2020 and lots will begin closing at 2PM EST on Friday 11 December. Lots can be viewed with a Specialist by appointment.
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Kayla Carlsen
Senior Vice President
Head of Department
American Art
+1 212 606 7280
Elizabeth Pisano
Vice President
Senior Specialist
American Art
+1 212 606 7280
Elizabeth Goodridge
Associate Vice President
Specialist
American Art
+1 212 606 7280
ELIZABETH.GOODRIDGE@SOTHEBYS.COM
Charlotte Mitchell
Associate Vice President
Specialist
American Art
+1 212 606 7280
CHARLOTTE.MITCHELL@SOTHEBYS.COM
Tessa Kansas
Associate Cataloguer
American Art
+1 212 606 7280
Melissa Maza
Administrator
American Art
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Selected Lots
Charles Ephraim Burchfield The Tree of the Owl
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Reginald Marsh Downtown
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Everett Shinn Winter, Washington Square
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John Vassos Automobile
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Ernie Barnes Two-on-Two
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Eldzier Cortor Untitled (Two Seated Figures)
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Hugo Robus Startled Nude
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William Bailey Still Life with Seven Objects
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Joseph Stella Cactus, Century Plant
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John Marin River Movement
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Reginald Marsh Grain Elevators
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Wolf Kahn The Ultimate Purple Barn
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Arthur Szyk The Four Freedoms
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Andrew Wyeth Christmas is Here: A Christmas Card
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Winslow Homer Figure Study
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast Park Scene (The Park)
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William J. Glackens Bouquet on Red Tablecloth
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Frederic Remington The Cheyenne
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William de la Montagne Cary Racing the Steam Train
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Frederic Remington An Arab
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Oscar Edward Berninghaus Two Indians on Horseback
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Theodore Clement Steele A Winter Day
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Wolf Kahn Abandoned Sawmill
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Myrtle Jean MacLane Margaret
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Ernest Lawson The Valley
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Fern Isabel Coppedge Wind Gap Mills
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William James Glackens Strolling in Washington Square
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Guy Pène du Bois Billboard
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William Gropper Stock Exchange
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Leonard Baskin Swathed Youth
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Eldzier Cortor Compositional Nude
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Hayley Lever The Covered Bridge
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Wolf Kahn Gray Fall Day
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Boris Lovet-Lorski Untitled (Head of a Man)
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Olaf Wieghorst Indian Country
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Oscar Edward Berninghaus Signal of Surrender
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Elling William Gollings Evening Camp
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Herman Herzog From Sogne Fjord, Norway
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Leon Kroll The Song
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Winslow Homer Lucy Houghton Valentine
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Julian Alden Weir Flowers
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Joachim Ferdinand Richardt Boating on the Susquehanna
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William Merritt Chase Portrait of Miss B.
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Robert Henri Conversation in the Forest
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Elie Nadelman Man in Top Hat
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Guy Carleton Wiggins The Hansoms in Winter
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Walter Elmer Schofield Late Winter
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Charles C.J. Hoffbauer Dame en robe blanche
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Theresa Bernstein Armistice Day
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Reuben Nakian Leda and the Swan
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Hananiah Harari Railroad Signals
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Kenneth Southworth Davies Antique Sale (Canadian Goose Decoy)
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Reginald Marsh The Stripper
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Ben Shahn Head Study: A Diptych
