Major American modernists and 19th century master will feature at the spring sale of American art at Christie’s in New York on May 19. There are 98 lots with artists ranging from Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, and Max Weber, to 19th century artists Frederic Edwin Church, John Singer Sargent, and James McNeill Whistler. The Western section is led by Alfred Jacob Millier’s Pawnee Running a Buffalo painted in 1854. Here is a small selection:
Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900)
A New England Lake courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2016
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)
Pawnee Running a Buffalo courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2016 UPDATE: THIS MADE $1,565,000
Max Weber (1881-1961)
New York courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2016 UPDATE: THIS MADE $1.925,000
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
François Flameng and Paul Helleu courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2016 UPDATE: THIS MADE $1,325,000