OHN WILLIAM GODWARD
(English 1861-1922)
Untitled – Classical Beauty (c)
1909 oil on canvas
signed and dated J. Godward ’09 upper left
20 x 16 in. frame: 24 x 20 in.

Provenance: Property from the Estate of a Collector Milton Massachusetts

Grogan & Company thanks Vern G. Swanson PhD. for his assistance in preparing the catalogue entry for this painting.
He writes “This stunningly alive ‘beauty’ engages the viewer in an intimate yet virginal way. Her deep chestnut braided hair contrasts vividly against the white veined marble and rich colours of her clothing. She wears a pink dress fastened at the shoulders with pearl fibulae. A moss-green shawl complements the pink dress attesting to Godward’s innate ability to enliven his work with subtle chromatic choices. The artist understood his times just enough to imbue a more Aesthetic vision of Classical restraint.
In the year 1909 [Godward] was approaching the apogee of his fame. His ‘beauties’ paintings of 20 by 16 inches women were extremely popular and during this year he painted at least fourteen such works. It was his habit to arbitrarily title each one with a Classical Greco-Roman woman’s name he found in a compendium. Since he didn’t title his work on the back until 1911 many of the known paintings do not related to exhibited pieces. Sadly this oil too has lost its proper title and might have been labeled Aglaea Amyta Cynthis Lysilla Myrtis or Phylacis to name a few unlocated pictures he painted in 1909.
The work does not correspond to any of the artist’s models and seems to be a portrait probably of Paul E. Cremetti’s bride who appears in two other known paintings A Fair Beauty (1910) and Classical Beauty (a) (1909 Swanson 2018 color plate 241 p.247). This latter canvas is dedicated to Eugene Cremetti’s new daughter-in-law that is very similar perhaps even a study to the untitled oil now being examined. The son had come into his father’s art business in 1906 and was married in 1909. This latter painting is very similar painting except for its size of 14 x 12 inches and has a slightly different variegation to the marble. However the Untitled painting is both a larger and more compelling version.”
Condition
Wax lined; uneven and yellowed varnish; scattered inpainting around edges (visible out of frame); two small (approx. 3/4 in. in length) horizontal areas of loss along bottom edge.

Restoration work was likely performed by the Finlayson Brothers (who did the 1953 restoration of the John Singer Sargent murals at the Boston Public Library).

Lady’s 18K White Gold Dinner Ring, with an 1.25 carat emerald cut green diamond, within a rose gold border of pink round diamonds and an outer white gold border of round diamonds, the split shoulders of the band also mounted with round diamonds, diamond accent weight- .7cts., size 6, with appraisal.
Condition
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Deardorff Portrait Series 8×10 Camera, with Ansco Studio Stand. No lens, Ilex shutter. Includes a total of 4 different sized backs, two are revolving. Clean bellows, smooth focus and lever operation, overall very clean condition. Camera is approximately 21x22x31 inches. Stand approximately 50x30x30 inches.

Dama imperial. Origen oriental. Siglo XX. Elaborada en marfil con base de madera calada. Decorada con elementos vegetales, orgánicos, zoomorfos y mascarones a manera de dragones. Presenta marcas, manchas y desgaste. 25 x 13 x 13 cm.

ROY CROSS
United Kingdom, b. 1924
“Constitution Captures Java 1812”. Signed and dated lower right “Roy Cross 1998″. Titled on frame plaque.
Oil on canvas, 30″ x 52″. Framed 37″ x 59″.

Dimensions
Oil on canvas, 30″ x 52″. Framed 37″ x 59”.

Artist: John GOULD (1804-1881). Title/Subject: Harpyopsis Novae-Guineae, (Harpy Eagle), used for both the cover illustration of Peyton Skipworth’s book on Great Bird Illustrators and their art 1830-1930 and John Gould’s final work Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. Medium: lithograph. Size image: 21 x 14 in. Size frame: 31 x 25 in. Created: 1830-1888. Condition: toning to paper.

Mr. William Shakespeare, Comedies, Histories & Tragedies: Published According to the True Original Copies. Title: Shakespeare. The First Collected Edition of the Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. A Reproduction in Exact Facsimile of The Famous First Folio, 1623, By the Newly Discovered Process of Photo-Lithography, Executed by Express Permission of Lord Ellesmere and the Trustees of the British Museum, from the Matchless Copies in Bridgewater House and in the National Library, at the Suggestion, and Under the Superintendence of H. Staunton Author: William Shakespeare Place: London Author: William Shakespeare Publisher: Day & Son, Limited, Lithographs and Publishers Date:1866. Description: Hardcover. Binding 19th century ruby red morocco gilt stamped panels.A beautiful edition. Condition: Good condition. Spine has separated from backing material.

Title: Mapping the Trans Mississippi West Author: Carl I. Wheat Place: San Francisco Publisher: The Institute of Historical Cartography, Date: 1957-1960 Description: 1957-1960: Volume 1, 2, 3 & 4. First edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Hardcover. Each volume bound linen cloth, with spine gilt lettering. Facsimile of hundreds of maps. v. 1. The Spanish entrada to the Louisiana Purchase, 1540-1804. v. 2. From Lewis and Clark to Fremont, 1804-1845. v. 3. From the Mexican War to the Boundary Surveys, 1846-1854. v. 4. From the Pacific Railroad Surveys to the onset of the Civil War, 1855-1860. Condition: Very good condition.

SAM GILLIAM ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA WALL SCULPTURE, oil paint on wood and metal. Measures 63″ height by 42″ width by 26″ depth. Signed to verso. The nicest one sold at auction! ARTIST BIO: Sam Gilliam born November 30, 1933 is a color field painter and lyrical abstractionist artist. Gilliam, an AfricanAmerican, is associated with the Washington Color School,[1] a group of Washington, D.C. area artists that developed a form of abstract art from color field painting in the 1950s and 1960s. His works have also beendescribed as belonging to abstract expressionism and lyrical abstraction.[2] He works on stretched, draped and wrapped canvas, and adds sculptural 3D elements. He is recognized as the first artist tointroduce the idea of a draped, painted canvas hanging without stretcher bars around 1965. This was a major contribution to the Color Field School.[3]
Condition
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CBS, 1978. (2) piece lavender theatrical dress with waterfall sleeves and large skirt, embellished with white and pink flowers and metallic leaves. Channeling Marie Antoinette in a white wig, Mitzi wore this floral confection in a musical comedy sketch titled, “The History of the Dance” during the section spoofing the French court in the 18th century.