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January 31, 2010 Indiana Art Auction

Attendance appeared to be very good at the January 31, 2010 Jackson Art Auction held at their facilities in Indianapolis, IN. One hundred and one works of art, including a few pieces of Brown County Pottery, were up for sale to the highest bidder. Leading the auction was an Edward K. Williams 20x24 Oil on canvas winter scene that took the highest bid of the auction at $16,000 plus a 10% buyer's premium. Although the painting was not named by the artist, the composition was a winter scene with stream and distant hills in the background and was most likely Brown County.

Included in the auction were several paintings from the talented and sought after Brown County artist Claude Curry Bohm. A 24x30 oil on canvas fall scene called "Sunday Conversation" sold for $15,000. This painting was painted in the same technique as a similar painting that sold in the Wickliffe & Associates auction on
January 16^th 2010 called "Sunday in Vermont . Due to the resemblance of the two painting, I believe the painting that sold at the Jaskson auction was also painted in Vermont. Although both paintings had churches as the focal point I could not say for sure they were of the same town although there we closely matched in appearance. A Bohm 22x28 oil on board called "Winter Greys" sold for $8,000 and a 12x16 oil on board titled "A Bright Morning" went to the hight bidder for $2,400.

A not so often seen, Dale Bessire 24x30 oil on canvas winter scene was on the auction block bringing $2,750. For the second straight Jackson auction a Glenn Copper Henshaw oil on canvas was up for sale. Painted in a style not typical of his pastels the 16x20 vivid summer landscape sold for $4,500. As with most auctions there was several Will Vawter Gouache's depicting the illustrations used in the James Whitcomb Riley books. In addition, a nicely done Vawter, 14x17 oil on board, sold for $3,750 that was very clean and in a nice frame.

Overall, 20% of the paintings sold for $1,000 or more with the remaining 80% selling for less then $1,000. At the top end only two paintings sold for more then $10,000, three were between $4,000 and $5,000 and eleven came in at the $1,000 to $2,000 range. There were enough paintings in various prices range to cater to any level of Indiana art collector.

Other notable results from the auction include:

10.5x16.5, O/B, Barton Hays, Still Life: Pitcher with Apples, SLR sold for $1000
24x34, O/C, John Zwara, "Pasedena Gate", , SLR 1945 sold for $2400
10x14, O/B, Georges La Chance, "Distant Farm" , , SLR ,sold for $1500
15x20, O/C, John E. Bundy, Richmond Woods , E, SLL, sold for $700
12x16, O/B, Louis Bonsib, Rural Landscape , W, SLR, sold for $600
20x14, O/B, Patricia Rhoden, "Harmony in Light - in White" , SLR, sold for $500
16x20, O/B, Ida Gordon, Brown County Homestead, , SLR, sold for $350
14x22.5,Pen & Ink, Will Vawter, (12) Pen & Ink Drawings "Fortunes in Friendship" Illustrations, sold for $250
6x9, Watercolor, Jerry Smith, Indiana Farm, SLR, , sold for $185
7x8, Etching, Kenneth Reeve, "Homeward Bound" , SLR, sold for $90


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Buying Past and Present Indiana Art

Indiana Art Online is interested in purchasing original works of art by past and present Indiana artists. The table below list some of the artists we are interested in purchasing . If you have Indiana art for sale please send an email to art@indianaartonline.com.

First Name		Middle	Last Name
John		Otis	Adams
Adam		Emory	Albright
George		Ames	Aldrich
Ruth		B	Anderson
Clayson		Herbert	Baker
George		Herbert	Baker
Elizabeth			Baum
George			Baum
Gustave			Baumann
Dale			Bessire
Claude		Curry	Bohm
Louis		William	Bonsib
Francis		Forcer	Brown
Francis		Clark	Brown
Anthony			Buchta
Luck			Buck
Ken			Bucklew
John		Elwood	Bundy
Peggy			Burkett
Ruthven			Byrum
Varaldo		J	Cariani
Gianni			Cilfone
Charles			Dahlgreen
David			Dale
Homer		G	Davission
Orrin			Draver
James			Eccles
Maude		Kaufman	Eggemeyer
Walter			Eyden
Gordon			Fiscus
Constance			Forsyth
William			Forsyth
Frank		J	Girardin
Marie			Goth
Carl		Christopher	Graf
Genevieve		Goth	Graf
Louis		Oscar	Griffith
Frederick		Ebbesen	Grue
Richard		Buckner	Gruelle
Charles			Gruppe
Lucy			Hartrath
Barton		S	Hays
Glenn		Cooper	Henshaw
Floyd		D	Hopper
Art			Humple
George			LaChance
Ethel			Lomasney
Leota		Williams	Loop
Carl			Lotick
Evelynne			Mess
George		Jo	Mess
Charles		W	Mundy
Nancy			Noel
Frederick		W.	Rigley
Thom		C	Robinson
Robert		M	Root
Margaret			Rudisill
Paul			Sargent
R	L		Selfridge
Ada	Walter		Shulz
Adolph	Robert		Shulz
Alberta	Rehm		Shulz
Edward	R		Sitzman
Derk			Smit
Jerry			Smith
Florence	Bartley		Smithburn
William	McKendree		Snyder
Otto			Stark
Theodore	Clement		Steele
Dwight			Steininger
Bryan			Tarlton
Harry	R		Townsend
Joseph	Albert		Trover
Arnold			Turtle
John	Williams		Vawter
Frank			Vietor
Jean			Vietor
Clifton	A		Wheeler
Edward	K		Williams
Carl	E		Wolsey
John			Zwara

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January 16th, 2010 Indiana Art Auction

There were 65 paintings for sale at the "Wickliff and Associates Auctioneers, Inc " auction held on January 16 th, 2010 in Indianapolis, IN. Many Indiana artists were represented in the auction, including a very nice selection of 15 works of art by  Claude Curry Bohm. Other Notiable works were Brown County Artists  Edward K. Williams, Carl Graf , Varaldo J. Cariaini, Ida Gorgan, L. O. Griffith and Genevieve Goth Graf

A few results from the auction include:

Claude Curry Bohm ,24x30, Oil on Canvas , "Sunday in Vermont" SLL, sold for $29,000
Claude Curry Bohm, 16x20, Oil on Board , "Waiting for a Ride" SLL, sold for $16,000
Claude Curry Bohm ,20x36, Oil on Canvas , "The House of the Surveyor" SLL, sold for $11,000

Carl Graf ,16x10 Oil on Board , "Where Poppies Bloom", SLR, sold for $3,750
Marie Goth, 24x20 Oil on Canvas, Portrait of Lady Sewing,  signed verso, sold for $7000
Edward K. Williams, Water Color, "The End of Winter", SLL, sold for $3,500

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Claude Curry Bohm - Quick Facts

Birth: 10-19-1894 Death: November 18, 1971
Married: Lillian
Known For: Snow Scenes

Art Education: National Academy and Art Institute of Chicago

Associations: Charter member Brown County Art Gallery Association, member Brown County Art Guild, Hoosier Salon, North Shore Art Association in Gloucester Massachusetts and Rockport Art Association in Rockport Massachusetts

Awards: Edward Rector Memorial from the Hoosier Salon, Tri Kappa Purchase Prize, Lawrence A. Downs Prize, Chicago Municipal Art League Prize, and Frederick N. Vance Memorial Award from the Brown County Art Gallery, The Gold Medal in the Chicago Palette and Chisel, Daughters of Indiana Award, Hoosier Salon Summer Landscape Prize, "The Grey Blanket" selected to represent 1940's Worlds Fair

Facts

Grew up in New Orleans
Eloped at age 18 to marry Lillian
First Visited Brown County in 1920
Moved to Brown County in 1932
Work at General Motors during WWII
Lived in three different Studio Homes
Painted with V. J. Cariani and Carl Graf
Liked music and attended Indiana University performances
Inherited part of Lucie Hartrath's Estate

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Sources:

1. M. Joanne Nesbit and Barbara Judd - Those Brown County Artists - "The Ones Who Came, the Ones Who Stayed, The Ones Who Moved On 1900 - 1950" - Nanna's Books 1993
2. Lyn Letsinger-Miller - The Artists of Brown County - Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis 1994

Martinsville Art Sanctuary Art Show

During its first Friday of each month studio tour, the Art Sanctuary in Martinsville, Indiana held a reception for the Art Alliance of Brown County.  Multiple works from Alliance member artists were displayed in the former church main sanctuary. Anabel Hopkins who maintains a studio in Brown County had several of her oils on display and for sale.   Working in acrylic, Monique Cagel displayed many of her lanscapes consisting of typical Brown County scenes. Monique works from her Sleepy Cat Studio in Brown County and is currently an associate member of the Brown County Art Gallery Artist Association, Hoosier Salon, and Indiana Heritage Arts among others. Daren Pitts Redman displayed several of her art quilts and was the only textile artist represented at the show. Daren lives in Brown County and hand dyes the fabrics used in her work. Water Color artists were represented by the works of Tom Tuley. Also, Judy and Tom Prichard brought pottery from their Oak Grove Studio in Brown County.

In addition to the show in the main sanctuary, many of the resident artists had their studios open to the public to browse and purchase their works. The Art Sanctuary holds an open house from 5:00 to 10:00 the first Friday of every month and is located 190 North Sycamore Street in Martinsville, IN.

More information about the Art Sanctuary, shows and hours can be found at their website http://www.artsanctuaryindiana.com/.

 
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