Notable Indiana Art Sells For Good Prices at Auction
The May 23rd, 2010 Jackson Indiana Art Auction started promptly at 1:00 ET with art from Indiana, Ohio, and an unusual concentration of European Art. The ever-popular Claude Curry Bohm (1894 – 1971) was well represented at the auction with four oils and three watercolors. Bohm, who is known for his impressionistic snow scenes and usually command the highest prices, was no exception at this auction. A large 32x36, oil on canvas, signed lower right, depicting a winter scene with farm and corn shocks commanded a price of $10,000. Not very many Curry Bohm watercolors have come up for sale at local Indiana auctions, but a charming 18.5x21 watercolor depicting a village snow scene was purchased for $5,000. Other works of art offered at the auction by Bohm was a spring landscape titled “Spring Awaits.” Measuring 26x30 and signed lower right, the oil on canvas realizing a final bid of $7,000. A 25x28 oil on canvas titled “Lazy Morning” of a sailing ship at dock signed lower right was purchased by the bidder for $5000. Rounding out the selection of C. Curry Bohm paintings was a 24x30 O/C, SLL of crashing waves $900, 18x20 Watercolor, SLR of a winter scene was purchased for $1000 and the final 19.5x21 watercolor SLR came in at $750.Brown County artist Marie Goth (1887 to 1975) was well known for her portraits and flowers. Still, life paintings are a rare but welcome find at any Indiana auction. A well-done oil on board still life titled “Roses in a Black Bowl” was the highlight of the Indiana art at the auction. The painting was a nice size of 18x20, signed lower right, and was taken home by the highest bidder for $14,000.
A painting titled “The Little Lone Cabin” by Adolph Robert Shultz (1869 to 1963) received a bid of $5000. The painting was immaculate with bright green grass, blue skies, and an old cabin like those found in the Brown County area during the time he painted and lived in Nashville. The 20x24 oil on canvas was signed lower right.
One of the best Charles W. Dahlgreen paintings to come up for sale in the last several years was purchased for $5.500. The large 24x30, Oil on Board Signed lower right was a very well done depiction of a fall scene with cabin and corn shocks.
Two very well done oil on canvas fall landscapes by Madison Indiana artist William McKendree Snyder, 1849 – 1930, was up for auction. Both paintings were signed lower right and measured 12x18. The most beautiful painting of the two received a high bid of $1,750, and the other brought $1000.
Other Indiana Art Auction Results and Prices are:
Ruth Anderson - 12x16, O/B, SLR, titled “Evening in Chinatown” sold for $800
Edward R. Sitzman – 16x20, O/B, SLR, Landscape sold for $500
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