Attr. Ivan Fedorovich Choultse (Russian Federation, 1874/77 – 1939) Painting of a mountainous winter landscape with a stream in the foreground. Possibly Swiss Alps. Signed lower left. Oil on Masonite. Provenance: Heinrich Riss (Board of Directors United Metal Works Berndorf AG 1969- Austria) and thence by descent. Choultse studied painting with Constantin Krighitsky and became the court painter to Czar Nicholas II. After the Russian Revolution, he immigrated to Paris, and in 1923 began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais. Although Choultse continued to paint Russian scenes whilst in Paris, he also undertook several trips to Switzerland’s Engadine. He was fascinated with the mountainous landscape of the area surrounding St. Moritz, especially in the winter. Sight Size: 31.5 x 23.5 in. Overall Size: 36 x 28 in.
Condition
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Excellent condition with no damage or repairs. Please Email or call for a detailed condition report. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, repairs, restorations or the effects of aging. Packaging, Insurance, Handling And Shipping Are Done In House And Is 200.00 For This Item In The Continental U.S. Or You Are Welcome To Pick Up In Person Or Make Your Own Shipping Arrangements.

JOSEPH HENRY SHARP (1859–1953)
Crow Encampment, Montana
oil on canvas
30 × 36 inches
signed lower right
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Condition
Surface condition is excellent. Painting has been lined. Multiple specks of inpainting in sky; top of teepees, along left side; center teepee; to right of center teepee, in trees; and near horse’s nose.

Queen Anne Connecticut-type Carved Cherry High Chest, (alterations, restoration), ht. 81, wd. 40, dp. 20 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

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Arthur Burdett Frost (1851-1928)
Fall Woodcock Shooting, 1885
signed “A. B. Frost” lower right

watercolor and gouache, 13 1/2 by 21 1/2 in. titled on a plaque attached to back of frame

Henry M. Reed, author of the original A. B. Frost Book, became interested in Frost in the 1960s when, as a sportsman, he went looking for prints to decorate his office. Reed was initially attracted to the artist’s hunting and fishing scenes. When Reed, who was from New Jersey, learned A. B. Frost was a New Jersey artist, he became even more intrigued. A Newark Evening News article on famous New Jersey artists left Reed wondering why Frost was not included, so he went down to the newspaper’s office and pitched an article on the artist, which was immediately accepted.

This started a lifetime of research into Frost and extensive correspondence with his living grandchildren. Reed met the custodian of the estate, Mr. McDonald, and bought some paintings from him. As McDonald was aging, he later asked Reed to become custodian himself. Reed’s family recalls letters and phone calls coming in to the house all the time, requesting authentication and buying and selling works.

Over time, Reed was recognized as the leading authority on A. B. Frost. At one point, he owned all twelve original paintings for the famous Shooting Pictures portfolio. He authored “The A. B. Frost Book” in 1967 and updated it in 1993. His involvement in the art world expanded, and he was on the Board of Trustees of the Montclair Art Museum and on committees for the Whitney Museum and Bucknell University Art Gallery (his alma mater).

Reed acquired this painting, “Fall Woodcock Shooting,” from the Dorrance sale in 1989. He writes: “The late John T. Dorrance, Jr. had been the Chairman of the Campbell Soup Company and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Philadelphia Museum of Art…Included in the Dorrance collection were thirteen of the finest A. B. Frost sporting works ever to come to the market. This was an event and opportunity which would probably never present itself again. For the first time, four of the original twelve watercolors from The Shooting Pictures portfolio would be sold, as well as some of the most beloved and famous of all Frost’s work, including Ordered Off, Gun Shy, and The Conciliator. Collectors had always known that the original works from which the famous prints were made must be somewhere. To come upon them ‘face to face’ for the first time was an exhilarating experience.”

Reed landed “Fall Woodcock Shooting” for the top price of the Dorrance sale for a Frost: a strong $85,250, which remained the record for a Frost painting from 1989 until 2015, when “Quail – A Covey Rise” sold for $180,000. He recalls, “It was indeed a landmark sale. With competition from sporting artists such as Rosseau, Osthaus, and Pleissner, and in the company of Renoir and Monet, A. B. Frost emerged as the star of this day.”

Of the thousands of works that Frost is known to have produced, “Fall Woodcock Shooting,” with its excellent composition and superb condition, ranks right at the top. The work reveals Frost as one of the greatest illustrators of his generation. The hunter is perfectly positioned as the setters come across the woodcock by a brook, a Frost masterwork in every sense.

Reed’s enthusiasm for Frost’s paintings is clear: “Every scene portrayed is one that each of us who has hunted with dog and gun has experienced – the setter staunchly on point, the gun ready, thumb on the safety, and heart pounding as we await the explosive fluttering of wings as the bird flushes…all of these are situations which the artist handles with such realism and familiarity that the viewer is placed squarely in the center of the adventure…The pointing dogs are magnificent – sneaky, noses moist and low, and their weightless balance, with forefoot raised, is perfection. The landscape backgrounds for the shooting pictures signify autumn, with grey morning mist behind the birches, the fallen leaves wet with morning dew…” This painting, as the star of the Dorrance sale, was one of Reed’s prized possessions.

Provenance: John T. Dorrance, Jr. Collection
Henry M. Reed Collection, acquired from Sotheby’s, October 1989
Private Collection, New Jersey, by direct descent in the family from the above

Literature: Henry M. Reed, “The A. B. Frost Book,” Charleston, SC, 1993, pp. 83-106, 148-154, dust jacket.
Henry M. Reed, “The A. B. Frost Book,” Rutland, VT, 1967, illustrated.
Sotheby’s New York, “The Collection of John T. Dorrance, Jr. Catalog,” October 18 & 19, 1989, lot 70, illustrated.

Condition
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Watercolor with gouache highlights on paper, signed ‘Henry P. Smith’ lower right.

19 x 21 1/4 in. (sheet), 26 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (frame).

Property from a Distinguished New York Art Dealer

Condition
Some pale staining. Staining on the reverse. Otherwise in good condition.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold “as is” in accordance with our conditions of sale.

Bible, Latin. Biblia Latina with Additions by Menardus Monachus. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 6 August 1479. Thick folio, fifth Koberger Bible, printed in gothic type in two columns throughout, rubricated in red and blue throughout with a dynamic fourteen-line initial on folio one in red, blue, and green whose center contains a blue heart centered on a green cross being pierced by a red arrow, bound in very good full 16th century German blind-stamped pigskin over boards, edges stained blue; book and binding in an excellent state of preservation with some slight worming to inner boards affecting only the first few leaves front and back, and an older ownership stamp that has been neatly rubbed away from the surface of the leaf at the foot of the first leaf of text, two text leaves with clean vertical cuts to bottom margin, 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.

[a12, b-y10, z6, A6, B-N10, O-P6, Q-S10, T-V8, X-Z10, aa-bb10, cc6].
Goff B564; HC 3072*; Pell 2301; Oates 993; Bod-inc B-273; Sheppard 1456; Pr 1993; BMC II 417; BSB-Ink B-435; GW 4239.
Estimate $8,000-12,000

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Chinese, painted decoration of young boy feeding rooster, calligraphy text, Qianlong mark, 2-5/8 x 3-1/4 in., Provenance: Private Collection of Siao Huy Wu, Raleigh, North Carolina

Condition
staining, firing anomalies, surfaces consistent with age and use

A North Italian Neoclassical Marquetry Commode Attributed to Giovanni Maffezzoli (1776-1818), Late 18th Century with an inset Siena marble top, the molded cornice inlaid to show dentiled and beaded bands, the case fitted with three long drawers inlaid to show Classical ruins within ribbon-tied floral borders and flanked by columnar pilasters with Ionic capitals, each side fitted with a door similarly inlaid to show Classical and Gothic structures and released by a spring mechanism, raised on foliate carved toupie feet. Height 37 1/2 x width 48 3/8 x depth 23 5/8 inches. Provenance: Sold Sotheby’s New York, December 13, 2003, Lot 94