Lot 32
Emil Nolde
German, 1867-1956
Marsh Landscape Near Utenwarf (Green and Blue), circa 1920
Signed Nolde (lr)
Watercolor on thin Japan paper
13 3/4 x 17 inches (35 x 43.2 cm)
Provenance:
Galerie Rudolf Hoffmann, Hamburg, Germany
(With) Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, as Green and Blue, no. WCA 3847, acquired from the above April 1968
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above December 1968
Private collection, New York, gift from the above
Private collection, New York, gift from the above, 1976
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Dr. Manfred Reuther of the Nolde Stiftung, Seebull and is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity.
Sold for $134,5000

Rejected for admission by the Munich Academy of Fine Arts in 1898, Emil Nolde took private classes in painting for three years and made a point of visiting galleries is Munich and Paris to familiarize himself with currents in contemporary art. The very personal style that he developed in this period was characterized by vigorous brushwork and brilliant color, which clearly allied his work with German Expressionism. In 1906 and 1907 he was a member of the revolutionary Expressionist group Die Brücke; then, in the years from 1908 through 1910 he joined the Berlin Secession. Finally, he exhibited with Kandinsky's Der Blaue Reiter group in 1912, after which he gave up all such associations. Nolde was a gifted watercolorist, noted both for vivid floral still lifes and for brooding, stormy landscapes, such as this work.

Lot 41
Janos Vaszary
Hungarian, 1867-1939
Beach Scene (Strandolok)
Signed Vaszary J. (ul)
Oil on canvasboard
17 x 26 3/8 inches (43.2 x 67 cm)
Exhibited:
Zurich, Galerie Semiha Huber, Jubilaum Ausstellung, 1967
Property from the Marie J. Doty Collection
Sold for $77,500

Lot 46
Maurice Utrillo
rench, 1883-1955
L'Eglise D'Aubazine (Correze), 1932
Signed Maurice, Utrillo, V. and dated 1932 (lr); inscribed as titled (ll)
Oil on canvas
18 1/2 x 22 inches (47 x 55.9 cm)
Provenance:
Andre Weil, Paris
Hans Stiebel
Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York
Literature:
Petrides, Paul. L'oeuvre Complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1969, Vol. III, p. 54, no. 1398, illus.
Property from the Estates of Eric and Irene Stiebel
Sold for $68,500

This charming scene was painted four years after Utrillo was awarded France's Legion of Honor and his worldwide artistic reputation was assured. The subject itself is the church and abbey in Aubazine, a town located in the Corrèze department in the south of France. Built in the twelfth-century by Saint Stephen of Aubazine, the structure was initially home to the Cistercian order.

Upon viewing this simple yet evocative rendition of the Aubazine abbey, it is easy to agree with Maurice de Vlaminck that "one must give an important place in his [Utrillo's] work to cathedrals and churches.When Utrillo paints the imposing bulk of a basilica, or the pointed spire of a village chapel, he unconsciously expresses the love that man feels toward his Creator." Cleary French cathedrals and country churches were a beloved subject for Utrillo, and one that he returned to time and time again. Here, beneath the pale blue backdrop of the sky, the spires and cross atop the Aubazine abbey tower above all else. The building itself takes up half the picture space, seeming to dwarf the trees, buildings and playful children that surround it.

Lot 47
Henri Matisse
French, 1869-1954
Portrait de Femme a la Robe Persanne, Nice, 1933
Signed Henri Matisse and dated 1933 (lr)
Pencil on paper
12 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (32.7 x 25 cm)
Provenance:
Wally Findlay Galleries, New York
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
B.C. Holland Inc., Chicago, Illinois, no. c83-6-12
Private collection, Texas
Aneri Art Ltd., New York, 1989
Private collection, Washington, D.C.
Exhibited:
New York, Wally Findlay Galleries, Henri Matisse: Important line and charcoal drawings dating from 1905-1952, Nov. 9-Dec. 12, 1981
Literature:
Wally Findlay Galleries, Henri Matisse: Important line and charcoal drawings dating from 1905-1952, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1981, p. 24, illus.
Property from the Estate of a Washington, D.C. Philanthropist
Sold for $67,300

Lot 31
Albert André
French, 1869-1954
Sur la Terrasse a Laudun, 1921
Signed Albert André (lr); inscribed on the stretcher a Terrasse a Laudun; Andre/15 rue Laffitte, Paris; B.L.K. Oct. 3 1928; and numbered 9714; inscribed and numbered Andre n. 11997 and titled on an old label affixed to the frame
Oil on canvas
31 11/16 x 31 11/16 inches (80.5 x 80.5 cm)
Provenance:
The artist
Durand-Ruel & Co., Paris, acquired directly from the artist April 7, 1921
Louis Kronberg, New York, acquired from the above October 4, 1928
Property from the Marie J. Doty Collection
Sold for $32,50

Lot 50
Joseph Floch
Austrian/American, 1895-1977
Spanische Landschaft, 1929
Signed Floch (ll)
Oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 32 inches (65.4 x 81.3 cm)
Provenance:
The artist
Eric Kohn, New York
Dr. Arthur Grishman, New York
Exhibited:
Vienna, Austria, Die Kunst in unserer Zeit, 1930
Literature:
Salmon, Andre, "Zu den Gemalden von Joseph Floch", Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, February 1930
Pallauf, KarlJosef Floch - Leben und Werk, 1894-1977, no. 204, p. 189, illus.
Property from the Estate of Arthur and Edith Grishman
Sold for $25,000

Lot 35
Jean Dufy
French, 1888-1964
Moulin a Aubes (Limousin), 1921
Signed Jean Dufy and dated 1921 (lc)
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 1/8 inches (38.1 x 46 cm)
Provenance:
Herman Goldsmith, New York, circa 1969, from the artist
Please note this work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by Jacques Bailly. The certificate number for the work is 4103.
Property from the Estates of Eric and Irene Stiebel
Sold for $23,750

Lot 34
Henri Baptiste Lebasque
French, 1865-1937
Jeune Garcon au Kimono
Signed H. Lebasque (lr)
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches (73 x 60 cm)
Provenance:
Island Weiss Gallery, New York
Private collection, Washington, D.C., acquired from the above in 2004
Property from the Estate of a Washington, DC Philanthropist
Sold for $22,500

Lot 62
Sigmund Joseph Menkes
Polish/American, 1896-1986
Interior View with Black-Eyed Susans and Lilies Before an Open Window
Signed Menkes (lr)
Oil on canvas
73 1/4 x 42 3/8 inches (186 x 107.6 cm)
Property from the Estate of Felix C. Ziffer
Sold for $22,500

Lot 5
George Armfield
British, circa 1808-1893
Sir Walter Scott's Dogs, 1854
Signed G. Armfield and dated 1854 (ll)
Oil on canvas
28 1/8 x 36 inches (71.5 x 91.5 cm)
Provenance:
Loomis Collection, acquired circa 1872 in Dublin
Burdett Loomis, Jr., Hartford, Connecticut, by descent from his mother; thence by descent in the family
Private collection, Essex, Connecticut
Exhibited:
New London, Connecticut, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, no. 380
Sold for $21,250

It is purported that George Armfield painted this in Abbottsford, home of Sir Walter Scott, and that Scott's favorite dog, Maida, is pictured at center. Maida was a stag-hound of the old Highland breed. Scott wrote of Maida in a letter to Sir Adam Ferguson and described him as "one of the hansomest dogs that could be found; it was a present to me from the chief of Glengary, and was highly valued, both on account of his beauty, his fidelity, and the great rarity of the breed."