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PAAM Consignment Auction
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 7 pm
Auctioneer: James R. Bakker
MA License #154


Alvin Ross
Bags and Oranges, c.1968

James R. Bakker, in his 22nd year as PAAM’s auctioneer, brought the hammer down in a live auction. Highlights included a fine selection of works by Alvin Ross, Blanche Lazzell, Ross Moffet, James Lechay, Serena Rothstein, Chaim Gross and other favorites.


The proceeds from this auction directly benefited the exhibitions and educational initiatives of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Realized prices listed on this page include a 15% buyers premium.

PAAM's Spring 2008 Auction will be held on June 7th, at 7pm, and the Fall 2008 Auction is scheduled for September 20, 2008.

1. Alvin Ross
Bags and Oranges, c.1968
oil on canvas, 19 x 24"
sll, #35667, framed, est. 6000/8000

6,900

2. Juliet Kepes
Shore Birds
watercolor on paper, 20.5 x 29.5"
slr, framed, 100% to PAAM, est. 1000/1500
690

3. John Enos
Snow, 1941
oil on board, 9 x 12"
slr, PAAM exhib. label, verso, est. 400/600
690

4. William Boogar
Sea Gull (on stand), c.1940s
bronze, 3.5 x 3 x 2.75"
signed on base, est. 300/500
431.25

5. Lazlo de Nagy (Ygan)
Dunes & Sea, c.1920s
oil on board, 8 x 10"
slr, est. 400/600
316.25

6. Coulton Waugh
The Old Mill at Eastham, Cape Cod, c.1950s
hand-colored lithograph, 8.5 x 7" (sight)
signed in stone, est. 200/300
not sold

7. Helen Jameson
untitled (mudhead)
oil on board, 20 x 16"
from Afon collection, est. 800/1200
805

8. Charles Heinz
Provincetown Street Scene, c.1940
gouache on paper, 20 x 24"
sll, framed, est. 800/1000
230

9. Sol Wilson
untitled (2 fishermen and net)
gouache on paper, 12 x 7"
sll, est. 1200/1500
1.955

10. George Elmer Browne
The Trawlers
etching, 8 x 10"
sll, est. 400/600
373.75

11. Henrietta Dunn Mears
Twin Dunes - Provincetown
oil on board, 7 x 9"
est. 800/1200
460

12. Artist Unknown
Val Amor
oil on board, 20.5 x 12"
est. 800/1000
805

13. Harry E. Thompson
Potted Plant
wood block print, 3 x 3"
slr, est. 200/300
172.50

14. Arthur V. Diehl
untitled (fishing boar)
oil on board, 6 x 4"
est. 1000/1500
9200

15. Lionel S. Reiss
Boys on Wharf
etching, 4 x 9"
slr, framed, #68/100, est. 300/500
345

16. Helen Carr Wood
Provincetown Lane, 1941
oil on board, 18 x 24"
slr, Carnegie Inst. 1941 exhib. label, verso, est. 800/1200
1495

17. Heinrich Pfeiffer
untitled (wharf, boats, bay)
oil on canvas, 20 x 20"
sll, est. 1200/1600
1035

18. George Yater
Sun Glow Over Town, c.1933-34
watercolor on paper, 11 x 9"
slr, est. 2500/3000
1150

19. William H.W. Bicknell
Dunescape, 1924
etching, 8.5 x 12"
slr, est. 600/800
345

20. Karl Knaths
Study for Painting
ink marker on paper, 8.25 x 10.25"
signed (per Ferol Warthen), est. 200/400
258.75

21. Artist Unknown
untitled (seated figure), c.1930
oil on board, 24 x 20"
framed, est. 800/1200
not sold

22. Maurice King Burns
Up Commercial Street
oil on canvas, 30 x 25"
slr, restored, relined, beautifully framed, est. 3000/5000
2875

23. James Lechay
A Head
ink on paper, 12.5 x 10.5"
slr, est. 400/600
456.25

24. James Lechay
To DeHirsh Margulies, 1942
oil on canvas, 29 x 13"
est. 800/1200
not sold

25. Anne Brigadier
untitled (abstract)
oil on canvas, 20 x 16"
signed verso on stretcher, est. 200/300
316.25

26. John B. Foster
Coastal Landscape
watercolor on paper, 13 x 20" (sight)
sll, est. 800/1200
632.50

27. Albert Edel
Skarloff Wharf - Provincetown
color lithograph, 8.25 x 10.75"
slr, framed, est. 200/300
not sold

28. Lawrence Kupferman
Abstract
mixed media, 25 x 4.5"
sll, est. 600/800
230

29. Coulton Waugh
Oldest House in Provincetown
hand-colored lithograph, 7 x 9"
slr, est. 200/300
258.75

30. Ross Moffett
Boatyard
gouache on paper, 12 x 18"
sll, est. 4000/5000
5175

31. John Frank
3 Female Figures, 1964
ink on paper, 12 x 8.75"
slr, est. 200/300
86.25

32. Jim Forsberg
Portals
relief print, 15 x 19.5"
slr, est. 600/800
not sold

33. Agnes Weinrich
Schooner at Dock, c.1920
oil on board, 8.5 x 10"
slr, est. 800/1200
1,725

34. Sanger
Farm, New Jersey, 1973
wood block print, 14 x 18"
slr, framed, sight measured, est. 200/300
373.75

35. Blanche Lazzell
Abstract
gouache on paper, 9 x 8"
signed verso, est. 2500/3000
4600

36. Dorothy Lake Gregory
untitled (two women)
oil on board, 9 x 11"
slr, est. 400/600
345

37. Dorothy Loeb
untitled (seated male figure)
oil on paper, 10 x 13" (sight)
unsigned, estate of the artist, est. 400/600
977.50

38. Gilbert Franklin
Stele, 1979
conte crayon on paper, 20 x 14"
slr, est. 400/600
not sold

39. Dorothy Churchill Wyman
Christopher Wren Church,
Provincetown (Congregational)
graphite on paper, 10.5 x 7"
slr, est. 300/500
not sold

40. John Whorf
untitled (seascape, surf with rocks), c.1950s
watercolor on paper, 15 x 22"
slr, insc. "For Bud and Mrs. Hodgin", est. 4000/6000
not sold

41. Dorothy Churchill Wyman
Still Life with Shell
oil on paper, 8.75 x 11.75"
slr, est. 400/600

42. Dorothy Lake Gregory
Provincetown Still Life with Cat
oil on canvasboard, 18 x 12"
estate stamped, est. 700/900
1725

43. Caleb Arnold Slade
The Annunciation
oil on board, 10 x 8"
signed verso, est. 400/600
not sold

44. Bruce McKain
untitled (boats), 1951
watercolor on paper, 15.5 x 20"
slr, unframed, est. 800/1200
977.50

45. Dorothy Lake Gregory
Midsummer Night's Dream
lithograph, 13 x 10"
slr, est. 600/800
345

46. William Boogar
Sea Horse Letter Opener, c.1940s
bronze, 9 x 1 x .5"
signed on blade, est. 500/700
316.25

47. Julian Levi
Low Tide, 1943
lithograph, 9 x 11"
slr in pencil, est. 250/350
143.75

48. Oliver Chaffee
Provincetown Woods
mixed media on paper, 8 x 10"
est. 400/600
287.50

49. Blanche Lazzell
untitled (dunes & sea)
watercolor on paper, 6.25 x 8.5"
sll, est. 800/1200
1035

50. Bernard Simon
Whale
grey marble, 19 x 7"
unsigned, estate of the artist, est. 800/1200
575

51. Joseph Kaplan
Portrait Study
etching, 6 x 5.75"
est. 200/300
86.25

52. Dorothy Churchill Wyman
Dunes, Provincetown
monoprint, 4.5 x 7.75" (sight)
slr, est. 300/500
115

53. Artist Unknown
Sailboat
oil on canvas, 8.5 x 10.5"
unsigned, est. 300/500
1035

54. Blanche Lazzell
Across the Way, 1941
gouache on paper, 11 x 8"
slr, est. 2500/3000
6325

55. William H. Littlefield
A Kind of a Kind of Another Spring
mixed media on canvas, 11 x 18"
signed, titled verso, est. 800/1200
1265

56. LaForce Bailey
untitled (dock, beached boat, #32)
gouache on paper, 22.5 x 28"
slr, est. 2000/3000
1955

57. Lucy L'Engle
untitled (abstract)
gouache on paper, 23 x 17"
est. 800/1200
1610

58. Maurice King Burns
Side Street, Provincetown
oil on canvas, 30 x 25"
slr, restored, relined, beautifully framed, est. 3000/5000
3795

59. Albert Edel
Fishing Boats
etching, 3.5 x 4.5"
slr, framed, est. 200/300
not sold

60. Ferol Sibley Warthen
Still Life "Setup", c.1945
oil on paper, 24.5 x 24"
slr, est. 1000/1500
2070

61. Demetrius
untitled (reclining female nude)
graphite on paper, 9 x 12"
est. 800/1000
not sold

62. M. Douglas
untitled (view of Provincetown with Christopher Wren Tower)
oil on canvas panel, 20 x 16"
slr, framed, est. 500/700
1150

63. James Hansen
Untitled Portrait, 1994
oil on canvas, 26 x 24"
signed verso, framed, est. 4000/6000
2300

64. Heinrich Pfeiffer
October
oil on canvasboard, 14 x 12.75"
slr, framed, est. 800/1200
690

65. Dorothy Loeb
untitled (couple standing)
oil on paper, 14 x 10" (sight)
sur, est. 400/600
not sold

66. Ada Rayner
Still Life Daffodils and Narcissus
oil on board, 24 x 20"
sul, unframed, est. 400/600
373.75

67. George Elmer Browne
untitled (studio interior)
charcoal on paper, 14 x 9.5"
sll, framed, est. 400/600
287.50

68. Tod Lindenmuth
untitled (rescue dory), 1934
oil on canvas, 30 x 50"
sll, original frame, est. 3000/5000
7475

69. Emily Farnham
untitled (For Georgia), c.2000
collage, 6 x 4"
sll, inscr. ur, plexi box frame,
100% to PAAM, est. 400/600
115

70. Helen Carr Wood
Vorse Lane Tree, c.1950
oil on canvasboard, 24 x 20"
slr, est. 600/800
not sold

71. Ada Rayner
Still Life with Iris
oil on board, 24 x 20"
unsigned, unframed, est. 400/600
115

72. Dorothy Lake Gregory
untitled landscape
oil on board, 9 x 12"
unsigned, estate stamped,
est. 500/700
460

73. Helen Carr Wood
St. Petersburg Woodpile and Homes, c.1930s
oil on board, 18 x 24"
slr, partial PAAM exhib. label, verso, est. 600/800
230

74. Karl Knaths
untitled study (head)
ink marker on paper, 8.25 x 10.25"
signed (per Ferol Warthen), est. 200/400
230

75. Bruce McKain
untitled (Peter & Linda), 1951
casein on board, 24 x 19.5"
slr, original frame, est. 1500/2000
1495

76. Frank Carson
Coastal Landscape
watercolor on paper, 13.5 x 19.5" (sight)
slr, est. 400/600
402.50

77. LaForce Bailey
untitled (fishermen's meeting, #36), 1845
gouache on paper, 22.75 x 31.5"
sll, est. 2000/3000
3450

78. Artist Unknown (Be.)
Wiers (sic) and Sand Bars, No. Truro, 1961
oil on paper, 11.5 x 7.5"
signed illegibly ll and verso, est. 400/600
258.75

79. Dorothy Lake Gregory
David Copperfield and Peggotty
photographic print, 5.25 x 7.5"
shaped image, slr, est. 200/300
230

80. Hilla von Rebay
untitled (4 hand painted greeting cards)
watercolor, ink on paper, 5 x 7"
2 intaglios, 1 drawing, 1 offset, all hand colored, est. 400/600
517.50

81. Artist Unknown
Lucky Strike Handbag
woven folded cigarette wrappers, 7 x 11 x 3"
Gift to Robyn Watson from Berta Walker, est. 250/350
230

82. Ada Rayner
Peony Still Life
oil on board, 24 x 20"
slr, unframed, est. 400/600
115

83. Serena Rothstein
Framed Sketchy Landscape #3, 1958
oil on paper, 19 x 24"
framed, est. 2000/3000
not sold

84. Artist Unknown
Schooner, Provincetown Harbor
oil on canvas, 12 x 18"
slr, est. 600/800
460

85. Peter Busa
Pendulum, 1959
oil on canvas, 24 x 20"
slr, framed, est. 3000/5000
13,800

86. Charles Heinz
Provincetown Rooftops, 1938
gouache on paper, 19 x 26"
slr, est. 800/1200
1,725

87. Karl Knaths
Harbor Scene
mixed media on paper, 6 x 5.5"
slr, est. 800/1000
1725

88. Ross Moffett
Art In Narrow Streets, 1964
book, 9 x 6", 110 pages
softcover, first edition, est. 50/100
63.25

89. Gladys Wilkins Murphy
Iris
etching, 7 x 5"
unsigned, estate of the artist, est. 200/300
115

90. James Wingate Parr
Trapboat "The Charlotte", c.1955
oil on canvas, 20 x 41"
sll, framed, est. 1500/2000
862.50

91. George Elmer Browne
Lakeside Camp, c.1916
graphite, pastel on paper, 4 x 7"
signed verso, framed, est. 150/250
86.25

92. LaForce Bailey
untitled (artist, Provincetown street scene)
gouache on paper, 23 x 31"
slr, est. 2000/3000
2,760

93. Heinrich Pfeiffer
untitled (a Provincetown lane)
oil on canvasboard, 14 x 13"
sll, framed, est. 600/800
431.25

94. Nanno de Groot
untitled (gulls on shore), 1963
ink on paper, 18 x 24"
slr, from his last series of drawings,
est. 500/700
1.495

95. Joe Kaplan
untitled (boats, buildings)
gouache on illustration board, 22 x 30"
slr, original frame, est. 1000/1500
1,955

96. Marston Hodgin
Hatches Harbor
watercolor on paper, 23 x 30"
slr, double-sided, unframed, est. 400/600
805

97. William H. Littlefield
Propitious Moment, 1958
oil on paper, 12.5 x 4.375"
sll, est. 400/600
402.50

98. William H. Littlefield
untitled (2/6/1936), 1936
mixed media on paper, 23 x 15"
sll, framed, est. 400/600
258.75

99. Gerrit Hondius
Galeforce Farm, c.1930
ink wash on paper, 7.5 x 9.5"
sll, framed, est. 250/450
316.25

100. Provincetown Historical Association
Here's Provincetown, 1979
book, 8.5 x 5.5"
96 pages, softcover, mint cond., est. 50/100
not sold

101. Nina Vassi
Connie (? girl with vase)
oil on board, 19 x 16"
slr, est. 500/700
230

102. Libbian Trynz
untitled (abstract still life)
oil on Masonite, 18 x 23.25"
slr, framed, est. 300/500
345

103. Ross Moffett
Study for Man, Holyoke Mural
charcoal on paper, 24 x 16.5"
est. 1500/1800
575

104. Joseph Kaplan
untitled
ink on paper, 6 x 12"
slr, est. 200/400
862.50

105. Chaim Gross
Self Portrait, 1975
color lithograph, 19 x 13.5"
signed, #94/100, est. 400/600
172.50

106. William McK. Spierer
Sunday Morning (Bradford Street, Provincetown)
photo offset print, 6.25 x 9"
slr, framed, est. 100/200
86.25

107. Helen Carr Wood
Bridge Scene, Florida, c.1930s
oil on canvasboard, 12 x 16"
sll, est. 400/600
not sold

108. Helen M. Grose
Seascape, Cape Cod
watercolor on paper, 13.5 x 17"
slr, framed, sight measured, est. 400/500
172.50

109. Gay Dickerson
After the Bath
oil on canvasboard, 24 x 18"
slr, framed, est. 400/600
not sold

110. Wheeler
untitled (head), 1939
pastel on paper, 16 x 12"
est. 400/600
not sold

111. Ada Rayner
Bouquet with Figurine
oil on board, 20 x 24"
slr, unframed, est. 400/600
258.75

112. William Boogar
Sea Gull (in flight), c.1940s
bronze, 5 x 3.75 x 1.5"
signed on wing, 1 of 2, est. 200/300
172.50

113. William Boogar
Sea Gull (in flight), c.1940s
bronze, 5 x 3.75 x 1.5"
signed on wing, 2 of 2, est. 200/300
172.50

 
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