Clarke Auction Gallery to Host 3rd Annual Fine Art Auction

    /24-7PressRelease/ - LARCHMONT, NY, October 08, 2007 - The auction will feature fine art from Americans John Wilde, Sarai Sherman, Ellen Lanyon, Joseph Delaney, Louis Bouche, Thomas Nast, Edmund T. Quinn, Sidney Loeb, Ellen Emmet Rand, Minna Citron, Daniel Celentano, Louis Kronberg, deMay Smith, Sandor Bernath, Merton Clivette, Walter Gay, Arthur Davies, Louis Paul Dessar, Peggy Bacon, and Syd Browne.

International art includes works by Frida Kahlo, C.R. Sasso, Louis Bombled, Carlos Vasquez, Antonio Fabres, William Malherbe, J.J. Henner, Wilhelm Trubner, Armand LaRoche, J.A. O'Connor, Andre Gisson, Hippolyte Petitjean, Miklos Farkashazy, John McGhie, Conrad Schreiber, Victor Rodriguez, Julian Barrow, Frank Vaders, and Wladyslaw Chmielinski.

Also noteworthy is a large 18th C. oil of Scotland's Black Watch, a superb collection of c.1900 Italian miniatures on bone, a striking 20th C. modern gouache of lower Manhattan, a series of c.1929 German Expressionist portraits and a charming 1920's "Le Terrier" floral still life by William Malherbe.

Ronan Clarke, founder and owner of Clarke Auction Gallery, notes the range and strength of the current inventory, "We've found great WPA period, Mid-Century American, classic European, and contemporary art in estates and our consignors have given us some unique pieces as well. For example, we have a collection of wonderful mid 40's to mid 50's pieces by little known Ray Wendell, a great 1955 John Wilde, two rescued works of Thomas Nast, a large bronze by Sidney Loeb, and a superb oil by E.T. Quinn titled "The Potter", exhibited widely in 1891, but hidden thereafter."

About Clarke Auction Gallery
Clarke Auction Gallery, Westchester's Premier Auction Gallery, conducts monthly catalogued sales featuring distinctive fine and decorative arts, antiques, exceptional furniture, oriental rugs, sterling silver and mid-century modern. For further information, please contact us at (914)833-8336 or [email protected] or visit our website http://www.ccauctiongallery.com

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