Winter Lone Jack, MO A fine selection of fresh and exciting material, all gathered from local homes and estates. Begin with a newly discovered group of Thomas Hart Benton mural studies in graphite on paper. These eleven sketches from 1946 illustrate a number of the artist’s initial impressions and ideas of composition for the Harzfeld’s Department Store mural of 1947. This mural, titled Achelous and Hercules, is now a part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Click here to read a Kansas City Star Online article detailing the historical significance of this series of sketches, as well as The Star's post auction report. Selections from the estate of Gordon Stark, another familiar name both locally and nationally, include Paintings, Furniture and Folk Art.
Various other Estates and Collections have yielded early 19th C. Painted Dutch Furniture, a French Panetiere, a sharp 19th C. Specimen Table, superb Minton Figural Majolica pieces, Japanese Prints, Asian Arts & Antiques, a few Architectural Items, outstanding artist-signed Rookwood Art Pottery, a highly carved Ivory Stein and much more. Artist Listing:
John W. Orth |
Regional works of Art include a 1930s Watercolor by Kansas artist Birger Sandzen, Pencil Signed prints by Benton, works from a couple of the Prairie Print Makers and a number of pieces by Kansas City Art Institute students and instructors. There is also a rare Thomas King Baker painting, one of K.C.’s, so to speak, ‘Outsider’ artists active in the 50s and 60s. George Caleb Bingham engravings round out this great group of works with appeal both locally and nationally. 
