For those of you who enjoy the hunt as well as the purchase, the Attic Sale is back. Bert Gallery has a large inventory of paintings from years of brokering private collections and estates. Over time some of those works are discounted or we may get in a nice original work of art that does not fit into an exhibit. Watch this section for updates to include Attic Sale items, New Inventory, Special Sales, Auction results that are relevant to the local art market and general thoughts on the Art Market. This is my special little corner of the website so enjoy.
Ray Prosser (Contemporary)
Watercolors 11″ x 14″ :
1. Country House – $150.
2. Boats on Shore – $150.
3. Single Boat – $150.
Watercolors 14″ x 18″ :
4. Boats – $200.
5. Large Ferry – $200.
6. Steamer – $200.
December 5, 2011
Jafir – Early 20th Century
New York City
Framed Etching 10″ x 7″
$300. Now $150.
December 3, 2011
Jafir – Early 20th Century
New York City Street Scene
Framed Etching 10″ x 7″
$300. Now $150.
Original $400. – Now $325.
Etching 10” x 5”
M. Le Troudadec – L. Jouvet, 1926
JEAN AUSCHER (French / 1898 – c. 1950): Jean Auscher was born in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) in 1898. He studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, where he won a premier grand prix. Jean Auscher exhibited at the Salon d’Automne and the Salon des Tuileries from 1923-1933, and these were his years of promise and success. From that point his career seems to have faltered, partly because there was no longer a market for the kind of limited edition print portfolios and livres d’artiste Auscher had relied on to make a living, and partly perhaps because his art began to seem rather backward-looking. Although his vigorous hand-coloured etchings of dancehalls, cabarets, gamblers, and stars of the music hall and theatre in the 1920s (such as our portrait of the actor/director Sacha Guitry) owe something to the Expressionism of Dix and Grosz, much of Jean Auscher’s work has a flavour of Symbolism about it. Among his most notable works are the self-published print portfolios (all circa 1925) La Faune des Dancings, Le Baccara, and Têtes d’affiches. Like many of the Parisian artists of his day, Auscher also created some erotica and semi-erotica, notably watercolours illustrating Apollinaire’s Les Onze Milles Verges, and colour lithographs illustrating his friend Alfred Machard’s dubious Printemps Sexuels. Jean Auscher dips from view in the 1930s, to reappear after WWII as a court illustrator, publishing a visual record of the post-war trials of Pétain, Maurras, and Laval. Auscher also illustrated with original etchings a 1948 edition of David Golder by Irène Nemirovsky, for the Cercle lyonnais du livre. Jean Auscher is believed to have died around 1950. See: Raymond Hesse, “Jean Auscher”, Byblis 19, 1926. Idburyprints.com
August 14, 2011
New York, Architectural Scenes on Sale
American architectural art gained its finest era during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Nowhere had the world witnessed such an explosion of building and construction than in the modern American city, most particularly, New York. Buildings and bridges rapidly rose to astounding heights and cityscapes appeared to grow on an almost daily basis. This was a new landscape and a new world and American artists embraced.
August 8, 2011
Edna Lawrence (1898–1986)
New York in the 1940’s
Framed Watercolor 13” x15”
Was $850. - Now $425.
Jafir – There are a series of early 1900’s etchings of New York City, all signed by Jafir from the Passionate Collector show. So far, we have not been able to identify this competent artist but you get to enjoy a great survey of skyscrapers in the Big Apple.
Jafir (Early 20th Century)
Busy Waterfront
$300.
Framed Etching 10” x 7”
$100 Off – Now $200
F. Usher DeVoll (1873–1941)
Silvery Morning – New York Harbor
Pastel on Paper 14” x 11”
$2,500 (Now $2,250)
F. Usher DeVoll is a very special Rhode Island artist, known for taking nocturnal ferry rides to capture the New York skyline.
F. Usher DeVoll (1873–1941)
Skyscrappers – Night Impressions
Pastel on Paper 14” x 11″
Originally $1,800. (Now $1,620.)
SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE
As part of our summer chores, we are sorting through inventory and building new painting racks. The result is that we are having a Summer Sale!
For the month of August, look for various paintings that will go on sale as we get our inventory organized.
Feel free to call or e-mail with questions. Cathy Bert
July 30, 2011
Harley Bartlett
Contemporary Artist
Oil on Canvas 25″ x 30″
Schooner on Narragansett Bay
Original Price $5,000,
Now Available for $4,000.
There are select works of art from the Passionate Collector Exhibit on sale for the month of August. This week is 15% off the show price.
Félicien Joseph Victor Rops
La Dame Au Masque 1879
Show Price $500.
Now $425. Framed and Matted
A new Elijah Baxter (1849 – 1939) painting of Chrystanthemums at the gallery. It is a lovely addition to the current Spring show.
Baxter was an early member of the Providence Art Club and founding member of the Newport Art Association.
May 21, 2011
H.R. Burdick 19th Century watercolors in the Bert Gallery Attic Sale
We have a lovely collection of H.R. Burdick landscape colors that are part of a very large estate we will be combing through for the next year. These all came from the Estate Sale of the family, “Oris Burdick in 1985.”
We put them in museum mats, an elegant gold frame and they are ready to hang for $120.
Great little work of original art to put away for yourself or a special present. Look for more of these watercolors to be posted as we continue to sort. In auction Burdick can sell from $150 – $300.
May 5, 2011
H.R. Burdick (1844 -1942) Biography
Burdick, born in Connecticut, moved to Providence in 1864 and stayed for a twenty year period. He began his art career in Providence in 1863 at the age of 19 where he was engaged in retouching photographs. He attended the Union Hall School in Providence, Institute in Boston and the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston.
Burdick’s paintings hang in many public buildings and his articles on art have been printed in various art journals. As the oldest living member of the Boston Art Club, he was honored by the group when his portrait of then President Coolidge was placed on exhibition at the Club in 1927. As an active member of the Boston Art Club, Burdick was a contemporary of numerous artists. The Boston Art Club members mentioned in Burdick’s private papers include: John Joseph Enneking, John R. Key, Alfred Ordway, Frank H. Shapleigh, William E. Norton, Scott Leighton, James Wells Champney, R. Swain Gifford, Jean Paul Selinger and William F. Halsall.
Source: Charles Vogel- AskArt
Framed, watercolor by American Artist
Image size is 4.5″ x 5″
Massachusetts Landscape #2
$120.
Framed, watercolor by American Artist
Image size is 4.5″ x 5″
Massachusetts Landscape #3
$120.
