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“Frederic Church’s Olana On The Hudson” Published By Rizzoli Electa FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2018 • VOL. 49, NO. 45
Americana Meets Fantasy In Cordier’s Fall Fine And Decorative Arts Auction Two-Day Catalog Sale Slated For Nov. 10 And 11 By Amelia Rundle Three ships are tossed on choppy waves, the American flags rippling out from each one’s prow in the fierce easterly wind. Behind them, a lighthouse stands as the marker between safety and adventure, a nod to the Massachusetts landscape that master clockmaker Simon Willard called home. The ships, perpetually heading out to sea, decorate the arch of a tall-case clock by Willard that Cordier Auctions will be selling in its Fall Fine and Decorative Arts Auction. The This is a Towle Lady Mary flatware set. painted automaton increases the rarity of this clock, itself one of only 1,200 manufactured by Willard. Cordier expects that the clock will bring between $8,000 and $12,000 in the auction, which will be held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10 and 11, in Harrisburg, Pa. Along with the clock, other pieces of American history will be crossing the block, including an early Pennsylvania Windsor settee, possibly made in Harrisburg. A 19th-century needlepoint sampler, a 1900 Koken oak and leather barber chair, and a mid-18th-century Queen Anne tiger maple highboy will also highlight this sale. Over the course of two days, the auction will span categories from antique furniture to fine jewelry and sterling silver. Among the later cate- This is a Simon Willard rocking ship tall-case gories, stand-out lots are expected clock (detail of dial). to include a wristwatch by renowned Swiss manufacturer Patek Philippe, as well as an 18-carat brooch by mid-century jewelry artisan Ed Wiener. Wiener started his career in silver, but his later gold pieces were considered by critics as a move “from craft into art,” as his New York Times obituary puts it. A truly striking Towle sterling flatware set in the Lady Mary pattern, containing nearly 250 pieces of sterling and sterling-handled utensils and serving pieces in a massive storage case, is also among the anticipated lots. Woven throughout the auction are threads of fantasy and wonder inspired by artists like Mathurin Moreau, whose mythology-derived works grace numerous noble courtyards in France. A bronze sculpture after his work, depicting a woman and a fairy, lends an air of otherworldliness to this auction, which This is a period tiger maple highboy. Continued on page 2
Frederic Edwin Church, a central figure in a group of artists known as the Hudson River School, became internationally renowned as a painter of monumental landscapes. The spectacular panoramas he painted in the 1840s through 1890s helped shape not only the cultural identity of the United States, but also of himself when he applied his vision as an artist to the house and 250-acre landscape that he named Olana, known today as Olana State Historic Site, a National Historic Landmark. Olana is located just outside of Hudson, N.Y., in the heart of the Hudson River Valley. It is the masterwork of his career and stands as the most intact artist-designed environment in the country. Olana’s designed landscape has been sensitively restored over the last 10 years and can now be experienced by visitors very much as Church and his family experienced it in the 19th century, including the breathtaking vistas over the Hudson River Valley region that first drew the artist to this dramatic setting. The new book “Frederic
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Church’s Olana on the Hudson: Art Landscape Architecture” includes nearly 50 paintings and sketches by Church, alongside gorgeous photography by Larry Lederman, which captures the essence of the landscape and house at Olana, inside and out. Taken especially for this book, the images were shot in all seasons and all weather and include
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Fall Open House And Sale Planned For Adamstown Books Starting Nov. 9 And 10
Morphy’s Auction Of Walter J. O’Connor Historical Americana Collection Tallies $2.3 Million on page 10
Store Is Located In Lancaster Theological Seminary Across From Franklin & Marshall College Adamstown Books, located in the historic Lancaster Theological Seminary, is celebrating its fourth anniversary with a storewide sale during the month of November. Almost all books and prints will be 20 percent off. Adamstown Books features used and antiquarian books in a broad range of categories, with particular focus on religion and theology,
Witman Sells Abner Zook For $18,000 on page 12
“Do You Read Me?” Book On Vintage Communication Toys Published By Schiffer Pennsylvania history, and the American Civil War. The sale will kick off with a fall open house on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9 and 10. Store hours during the sale are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment. The seminary campus is located on College Avenue, directly across from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. Continued on page 4
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In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 7 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 7
FEATURED AUCTION RESULTS: Witman Auctioneers - October 20 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Page 12
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 8 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 19