NAA Fine Art Auction 2002

List of pieces to be auctioned with:
LOT NO., Artist, Title of work, medium, framed size, comments of artist (if given), Value.

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50. ANDREA ALUKONIS: "Twofold." 1998. Sculpture, butternut wood, 29 X 9 X 4. Abstract sculpture, hand carved. Image suggests two elements close enough to be one. Value $500.00

86. MATTHEW ANNANTOUNIO: Untitled. Circa 1995. Painted in Ireland . Value:

121. SUSAN BAILEY: "Ravenna Street." 2002. Oil, 22 X 19. Value $275.00

19. DONNA BALDASSARI: "Lavender Sky in Essex." Oil on panel, 11 X 11. Value $265.00

38. DEBRA BALL: "Showing Your Warrior." 2001. Color photograph, 17 X 20. Value 375.00

58. PATRICIA BASHFORD: "Koh Samet, Thailand." 2002. Giclee print, 16 X 20. Value $150.00

65. AUDREY BECHLER: "Marsh Creek." 2001. Watercolor, 20 X 27. Value $550.00

100. JOAN K. BEDIZ: "Eastern Point Light." Pastel, 23 X 31. I’ve painted this lighthouse a few times and the pure joy of the painting process adds to the satisfaction of the final product. Value $450.00

64. MERRY BENINATO: "Mountain Falls." French dyes on silk, 20 X 16. An imaginary landscape inspired by summer camping trips in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Value $395.00

89. M.J. BENSON: "Dawn, Castelliha in Chianti, Italy." 2001. Color photography, signed, limited edition, 1 of 35 edition. Value $500.00

56. JOHN BLACK: "Plum Island Marsh." 1998. Acrylic, 20 X 42. Value $700.00

59. DOTTIE D. BRAGDON: "Chess Board with Chess Pieces." 2002. Clay and wood, 4 X 20 X 20. 64 individually glazed tiles in chessboard and 32 individually made chess pieces fired in a reduction kiln. Value $500.00

42. BARBARA BREWER: "Hope Springs Eternal." 1999. Photograph, 12 X 14. Value $90.00

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35. JEFFREY BRIGGS: "Classical Bath Scene." Foundry cast aluminum, 13 X 13 X 3/4. This relief was cast at Mystic Valley Foundry, Somerville, MA. Value $350.00

4. LINDLEY BRIGGS: "Nereid.." 2001. Lost wax bronze casting, mahogany base, 3 X 4 X 3. This sculpture was cast at the New England Sculpture Service Foundry, Everett, MA. Signed limited edition 2/30. Value $560.00

31. ROBERTA (BIRDIE) BRITTON: "Isle." 2002. Acrylic, 11 X 14. Value $200.00

43. SHARON C. BROWN: "Beach Sentinel." 2001. Oil on canvas, 9 X 11. While my son body surfed at Hunting Beach, CA. I sketched this tilting lifeguard in my sketchbook to work from later. Value $325

124. JOANNE CAPUTO-CARFAGNE: "Flow." 2000. Mixed media, 48 X 26. Value $700.00

23. ALFRED CARFAGNE: "Camlann." 2001. Digital painting, 35 X 23. Value $475.00

130. J. J. CARROLL: "Pup." 2002. Mixed media, 8 X 6. Value $250.00

125. JOHN V. CODY: "Eastern Point Light, Gloucester Harbor." 1998. Watercolor, 17 X 21. Value $250.00

113. CYNTHIA COOPER: "Fall Marsh." 2002. Acrylic, 25 X 29. Frame pine antique gold with liner. Value $375.00

24. DEBRA CORBETT: "Irish Sky." 2002. Oil on canvas, 20 X 28. Value $1000.00

5. ROGER CRAMER: "Tangerine Dream." 2001. Racu fired clay with fumed white crackle glaze, 12 X 8. Value $325.00

112. MARIE CRONE: "Deer Island Fishing Spot." 2001. Watercolor, 18 x 28. Value $375.00

109. HERBERT CROOKS: "Quill’s Pond Winter, Newbury, MA." 1998. Oil, 13 X 26. Value $300.00

108. ROBERT M. CURRIER: "The Baptistry, Pisa, Italy." 2001. Gelatin silver print, infrared film, selenium toned, 16 X 20. Taken with 2 1/4 X 2 1/4 negative with 150 MM Haselblad lens. Value $200.00

113. SHARYN G. DAHN: "Oriental Composition." 2002. Mixed media, watercolor, acrylic, ink, 16 X 20. A warm painting with an Oriental flavor, suggesting a sunset. Value $250.00

98. PEG DALTON: "Salt Hay Stacks, Newbury, MA. Oil bar, 14 X 18. Value $295.00

62. DAVID DAVIES: "Lamp V." 2001. Oak, sandblasted glass, 8 X 5 X 20. Influenced by the disparate iconography of the American automobile hood ornament and the traditional Japanese lantern, this lamp merges severe geometric references to flight with harmonic balance and the organic warmth of wood. Value $395.00

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77. LESLIE DONDERO: ‘Ellie Mae." 2001. Sculpture, sea glass and copper wire, 12 X 7 X 7. Value $165.00

68. ELEANOR DRISCOLL: "Marguerites." 2002. Oil, 16 X 20. Value $700.00

127. WILLIAM DUKE: "Turned Tide." 2000. Oil on canvas, 12 X 17. Value $300.00

84. CHRIS ENOS: "Untitled" (Southwest Series). Silver gelatin print, 18 X 16. Value $300.00

15. KERIN FOLEY: Commissioned portrait "Travis at Sixteen"( sample), charcoal portrait. This is a sample of the quality of portraiture. Buyer will be able to commission a portrait of his/her own, 24 X 32. Value $800.00

26. SUSAN KAPUSCINSKI GAYLORD: "Spirit Book #34: Found Vision." 2002. Mixed media. book of Mexican amatyl paper, Japanese paper, brass beads, glass seed beads, and thread in a cradle of grape vine pieces on a stand of binder’s brand, Mexican amatyl paper, and Japanese paper. Value $625.00

129. WILDA GERIDEAU-SQUIRES: "Tall Ship." 2000. Photograph, 18 X 21. This photograph of a "Tall Ship" was taken from the promontory overlooking the harbor of St. Johns, Newfoundland. This picture has been on exhibit for a year in the Senate Offices of the State House and has received a second place ribbon at the Danvers Art Association Exhibit. Value $250.00

118. BOB GERTZ: "Annisquam Light." 2001. Watercolor, 21 X 26. The light was first called "Wigwam" by Gen. George Washington. Painted from Wingaersheek Beach. Value $380.00

9. PAMELA HIBBARD GIARRATANA: "Ipswich River Loosestrife." 2001. Oil on canvas, 20 X 17, Gold frame with liner. Value $275.00

85. DOROTHY PARKER GIVNER: "Memories of Spring." 2002. Watercolor, 25 X 19. Value $500.00

20. M. J. GORTON: ‘Green Turtle." 2000. Monotype, 22 X 25. Value $400.00

60. BARBARA HAACK: Untitled "Green Plate.". 2001. Clay , slab built green plate. Value $70.00

75. SUSAN HAMMER: "Windows." 1999. Photograph, 14 X 17. This photograph of an original window of the Clam Shack on Water Street was taken during the reconstruction of the Clam Shack, Newburyport, MA. Value $75.00

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122. KATRINA HART: "Summer Stream." 2000. Pastel on paper, 29 X 16, mahogany frame. Value $650.00

87. EDITH HEYCK: "Dream Scene." 2001. Acrylic collage, 29 X 32, pewter wood frame. Exotic hand-made papers with monoprint paint techniques combine to create a New England Autumn "Dream Scene." Value $600. 00 -$800.00

53. LINDA J. HIRSCH: "Spirit of Mashpee." 2000. Digital photograph, 28 X 24, Vertical whelk shell, black-lit. Value $450.00

39. HELEN HODGES: "Fish Beach Shacks." 2001. Watercolor, 20 X 23. Value $195.00

72. ELAINE INSERO: "Dreamscape." 2002. Monoprint, 17 X 13. One of a series of collages and monoprints directly influenced by a three week trip to New Mexico. Value $275.00

99. FRED JILLSON: "Miss M." 2001. Charcoal, conte crayon and gold leaf, 17 X 13. Value $125.00

16. RICHARD JOHNSON: "South." Watercolor, 13 X 12. Value $125.00

14. KIKI TARON KINNEY: "Quitsa Dawn." 1999. Photograph, 20 X 16. Taken at the Quitsa boat landing in Chilmark in the Island of Martha’s Vineyard. Image is on Iris-giclee and printed on Arches watercolor paper. Image won "Best of Show" in 2000 in the Marblehead Art Assoc., Coastal Towns Show. Value $600.00

106. ELAINE LANSKY: "Kaleidoscope." 2002. Fine craft, sea glass mosaic, 9 X 4 X 4. Authentic sea glass on glass vase with tile grout and silicone sealant. Value $175.00

95. JOHN LAVOIE: "Lower Federal Street, Newburyport." 2001. Oil on canvas, 20 X 24. Value $350.00

47. MARGETTE LEANNA: "Plum Island Bridge." 2002. Acrylic, 23 X 19. Value $300.00

32. CLAUDINE LESK: Untitled. 2001. Fabric collage, 15 X 12. Value $200.00

83. MARJET LESK: "Low tide Ipswich River." 2001. Oil, 16 X 13. Value $350.00

79. AGNES MANNING: "August Bloom", Acrylic, 16x20 inches, value $1500

7. BETTY MARESCA: "Crows in the Field." 2000. Gouache, 18 X 27. Value $200.00

8. BARBARA MATTINA: "Autumn Light." 2001. Pastel, 14 X 13. Value $250.00

101. DIANE MCLEOD-PACKER: "Jen." 2001. Hydrocal, 9 X 7 X 16 on mahogany base. Won the Sculpture Award, Kent Art Association, Fall Show 2001. Value $450.00

128. JUDY METCALFE: "Sailboat - Rockport Harbor." 2001. Watercolor, 20 X 16. Value $300.00

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114. KENT MILLER: "Shipwreck, Wiscasset, ME." 1996. Watercolor, 20 X 26. Value $400.00

116. RUTH B. MINAS: "Down East." 2001. Oil, 16 X 20. Value $425.00

10. ALFRED MOSKOWITZ: "Brothers." 1992. Hydrocal, 14 X 10 X 7. "Brothers" was inspired by a photograph taken by our father on August 14, 1935. This was the day, coincidentally, that Pres. Franklin Roosevelt signed Social Security into law. Value $700.00

27. MARGE MOTES: "Winter Magic, Newburyport, MA.." Color photograph, 16 X 16. This is a photograph of the Black Box Theater on Water Street, which will become the new Laura Coombs Hills Gallery at NAA. This photograph has won awards at Newburyport Art Association and the Concord Art Association, Concord, MA. Copies of awards are on the back of the work. Value $150.00

54. SKIP MOTES: "Plum Island Refuge; Evening." 2002. Pastel and dry pigment, 12 X 12. "This small gem covers an enormous terrain. The built-up surface brings the viewer back from an atmospheric world to the flatness of the picture plane." Jennifer Moses, Juror. This work won the Laura Coombs Hills Award for Pastel, NAA Winter Juried Show - Part I, January 2002. Value $225.00

36. ROBERT H. MOTES: "Standing Clock." 2002. Steel, 65 X 14 X 7. The clock is one of the artist’s new pieces from his steel furniture line. He recently moved from Baltimore, MD to his new studio in Cornish, Maine. Value $450.00

126. HAZEN MUDGETT: "The Birches." 1999. Color photograph, 16 X 20. Value $125.00

45. TAMMY PICONE NOHELTY: "Autumn Harvest." 2001. Polaroid Time Zero print, 20 X 21. Autumn Harvest is one in a series of Botanical Polaroid Time-Zero prints photographed using studio lighting and shot with a modified Polaroid One-Step camera. It is printed on an Epson 1270 with archival Lumijet Portfolio Series woven fiber paper and Epson inks. Value $265.00

52. NANCY PHILO OLESON: "Back in a Minute." 2002. Watercolor, 31 X 37. Watercolor of an interior overlooking Casco Bay, Maine. Two wicker chairs are pulled up waiting for someone’s return. Value $1000.00

111. MEG PIER: "Santorini Steps." Photograph, 22 X 19. Value $200.00

73. DENNIS POIRIER: "Gray Day, Ram Island." 2001. 11 X 14, Oil. Value $400.00

80. HELEN POWELL: "Still Life, Maine." 1997. Color photograph, 17 X 21. Value $175.00

81. GORDON PRZYBYLA: Untitled, (figure). 2000. Acrylic, 15 X 12. Value $400.00

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71. ROBERT PYLE: "Sprucehead, Maine." 1982. Gelatin silver print, selenium toned, 20 X 22. First exhibited at FOTO Gallery, NYC (Greenwich Village), Nov. 1982 in a group show of New England photographers, and subsequent exhibitions including group and solo shows, also at an exhibit at the Beebe Estate Gallery, Melrose, MA. Value $350.00

6. PEARL RACETTE: "Flowing Tulips." 2002. Polaroid emulsion transfer photograph on watercolor paper, 11 X 14. Value $225.00

123. RANDY RADKE: "Salt Marsh Passage." 2000. Gelatin silver print from Tidewater Series, 20 X 16. This photograph was captured in the Summer 2002 at Sawyers Creek in the Rowley Marsh, part of the Great Salt Marsh. "It reminds me of a by-gone era which hasn’t changed very much with the passage of time." Value $180.00

48. JOHN RALEIGH: "Alpenglow, Antarctica." 2002. Photograph printed on archival medium with archival inks, mounted using acid-free materials, 20 X 20. Value $350.00

63. SARAH RALEIGH: "Pompeii Portrait." 2000. Printed on archival media with archival inks, mounted using acid-free materials, 16 X 20. Value $190.00

76. MARJORIE RECKE: " Parson’s Seat, Cape Cod National Seashore Park." 1999. Oil, 12 X 15. Juried into the Whistler Museum Show 2000, and NAA Invitational Show, Merrimack Place, Newburyport, MA. Value $275.00

91. CAROL REYNOLDS: "Path to the River, Maudslay." 2001. Pastel. 18 X 24. Value $300.00

33. JONATHAN RICHARD: "Sand Walkers." 2000. Cibachrome print, 21 X 17. Value $200.00

97. WILL RICHARD: "Apple Orchard and Fog." 1999. Ilfochrome photograph, 23 X 35. Spring Fog, Washington County, Maine. Value $400.00

44. PAT RODRIGUES: "Room." 2001. Oil on canvas, 28 X 40. Value $500.00

70. ELLEN ROLLI: "Marsh Glow." 2001. Acrylic, 21 X 23. Value $900.00

69. CONNIE ROSSETTI: "Carved Vessel." 2001. Terra-cotta hand built earthenware, 9 X 4 X 4. The carved geometric design on this piece initiated a new expression in my approach to earthenware. Public response has been favorable to this technique with touches the realm of the subconscious. Value $125.00

74. JANET ROSSMAN: "Peony and Iris." 2002. Watercolor, 38 X 30. Value $375.00

30. JAN V. ROY: "Naxos." 2000. Acrylic, 19 X 14. Value $150.00

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117. MARY ROYCE: "Prescott Park." 2000. Photograph, 24 X 30. Juried into the NAA\ Maritime Museum Exhibit, Newburyport, MA. Value $350.00

120. DAVID SAUMS: "John F. Kennedy, Harvard." 1991. Silver gelatin print, 14 X 18. Value $160.00

55. LULLY SCHWARTZ: Portrait Commission. (Sample) Oil on canvas, 16 X 20, unframed. Will do a portrait of one person (clothed). No exception or one animal portrait, either from photo by artist or patron at artist’s discretion. Value $850.00

92. CAMERON SESTO: "Hunter’s Moon." 2001. Oil encaustic on wood panel, 17 X 21. Frame handcrafted by the artist. Value $1400.00

93. JOHN SHEEDY: "Early Spring Off Newman Road." 2002. Oil on panel, gold leaf frame, 18 X 12. Painted from studies at Olde Towne Hill and Newman Road, Newbury, MA. Value $600.00

21. MATTHEW SHELTER: "Moonrise, Parker River Refuge." 2001. Photograph, 16 X 20. Value $165.00

46. CHARLES SHURCLIFF: "Flooding Marsh." 1999. Watercolor, 16 X 16. Value $700.00

110. SILVANA SIUDUT: "Moon Over Plum Island, MA." 2002. Acrylic on paper, 21 X 27. As an artist when painting sunsets the challenge is to capture a moment in time, a moment that is a gift to all of us. A time when peace reigns and prayers rise to the heavens. Value $550.00

40. SUSAN SPELLMAN: "Painting on Rings Island." 2001. Oil, gold frame, 15 X 18. Value $450.00

107. PEGGY STANIOSKI: "Marsh View." 2001. Oil on panel, gold frame, 12 X 15. Value $295.00

57. LAURA STOVER: "Summer Bouquet." 2000. Pastel on sanded paper, gold frame, 27 X 21. Value $375.00

11. ROBERT WILLIAM STREETER: "Loch Broom, Ullapool Scotland." 1999. Gelatin silver print, 32 X 28. Dry mounted original first off photographed hand print. Value $298.00

115. JACOB TOWLE: "Meeting House, Newburyport, MA." 2001. Watercolor, 32 X 26. Value $280.00

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102. ANN TUCKER: Commissioned Portrait, (Sample). Pastel, 20 X 20. This is a sample of the artist work for a portrait commission (same size and media). Value $800.00

34. JOYCE WETHERBEE: "Summer Patio." Watercolor, 24 X 32. Value $1000.00

104. LYDIA WIDMER: "Sargent’s Legacy." 2001. Giclee archival print 1/1, 16 X 19. Printed with Epson 2000: on 10 ml., archival matte professional media. Value $185.00

67. WILL WOLF: "The Grand View." Gelatin silver print, 16 X 20. Value $150.00

22. RUTH WOODBURY: "Floral Reverie." 1991. Watercolor, 19 X 15. Value $275.00

90. JOYCE AUDY ZARINS: "Kinetic Forces #5." 2000. Steel, aluminum, 10 X 15 X 10. Exhibited at NAA during Featured Artist Show, Sept. 2000 with Audrey Bechler. Fabricated at my studio in Amesbury, MA. Value $350.00

12. MARJORIE AKERMAN: "Queen Ann’s Lace." 1968. Oil on canvas board, 23 X 19.Signed and dated lower right. Value $350.00 -$400.00

29. MARJORIE AKERMAN: "Roadside Tree." 1973. Pastel, 20 X 24. Signed and dated lower right. Label on reverse side. Value $350.00 -$400.00

17. JOHN APPLETON BROWN: "The Upper Merrimac." 1889. Reproduction of Engraving, 11 X 13. Part of a collection of prints from the American Art Collection, circa 1889. Value $100.00 - $150.00

66. DOROTHY D. BROWN: "Peonies and Iris." 1960. Oil on canvas, 25 X 19. Signed lower right. Label upper right corner, Thirty-third Exhibition of Paintings by Contemporary New England Artist, April 9-21, 1962. Checklist for exhibition attached on back of frame. Value $300.00 - $500.00.

78. DOROTHY D. BROWN: Untitled (peonies). 1965. Pastel on paper, 33 X 27. Signed lower right . Value: $300.00 - $500.00

1. DOROTHY D. BROWN: Untitled (marsh and haystack). Undated (possibly before 1970). Applique, mounted on wood dowel, 22 X 19. Signed lower left. Value $200.00 - $250.00

37. DOROTHY D. BROWN: "Haystacks." 1793. Watercolor, 18 X 22. Value $150.00 (reserve)

28. DOROTHY D. BROWN: "Ducks Landing." 1979. Watercolor, 22 X 26. Value $250.00 (reserve)

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50A. M.L. CORLISS : Untitled. C 1890. Watercolor, 11 X 15. Merrrimack River from Cashman Park looking east toward Newburyport with train crossing to Ring’s Island. Value: $100.00 (reserve).

61. LAURA COOMBS HILLS: "The Old House at Newburyport." 1887. Oil on canvas, 19 X 23. Signed lower right, L.C. Hills. Stretcher, lower right, "The old house at Newburyport, painted, Oct. 1887." Upper panel on back of frame; "Property of Agnes Saviers, Laguna Beach, California." Attached to back of canvas is an envelope "Laguna Beach Art Association," containing an index card, "Laura Coombs Hills - Painter, 22 Essex St., Newburyport, Mass." The card contains a handwritten resume of Hills through 1928. The house depicted in the painting is most probably the house of her grandfather at the corner of Washington and Market Streets. The painting was purchased from a seller in California in 2001, and was found by him discarded at a church yard sale. Value $3,500.00 - $5,000.00

103. GERTRUDE B. JOHNSON: "Off Inn Street, Newburyport, MA." 1960. Seriograph, 12 X 14. Value $80.00 - $100.00

3. JON KODWYCK: Untitled #1 (Women’s head). 1970. Ink and Colored Pencil, matted, 14 X 12. Signed and dated, lower right. Value $100.00 - $150.00

82. JON KODWYCK: Untitled #2 (Women’s head). 1991. Ink and Colored Pencil, matted ,14 X 12. Signed and dated, lower right. Value $100.00 - $150.00

96. JON KODWYCK: Untitled #3 (Women’s head). 1991. Ink and Colored Pencil, matted, 14 X 12. Signed and dated, lower right. Value $100.00 - $150.00

41. JON KODWYCK: "Untitled #4" (Women’s head). 1991. Ink and Colored Pencil, matted, 14 X 12. Signed and dated, lower right. Value $100.00 - $150.00

25. JAMES B. MICKELSON: "Floral" 1969. Oil on canvas, 30 X 26. On back stretcher, lower panel, "Artist: James B. Mickelson, Rockport, Mass, 1969." Value $400.00 - $600.00

88. FULL FRENCH EASEL WITH SEAT, AND ROLL OF CANVAS: Value: $150.00 - $175.00

105. PASTEL BOX WITH USED PASTELS: Value: $50.00 - $75.00

18. A. ROSENTHAL: "Rockport Dock." Before 1950. Oil on canvas board, 7 X 8. Signed with initials, lower left A.R. Said to be the work of A. Rosenthal, no further information other than purchased at estate sale in 1950. Value: $100.00 - $150.00

51. SAM SARGENT: "The Pines." before 1958. Oil on canvas, 20 X 24. Sticker on backside of canvas, "Exhibition by Merrimack Valley Artists, Sam Sargent, Newburyport, The Pines" The painting would have been painted before 1958, when Sargent moved from Newburyport to Maryland. Painted, perhaps, on August 14, 1948, when the Art Association met at Moseley Pines for a work picnic, and "quite a bit of painting was done" (minutes of the Newburyport Art Association, August 14, 1948). Value $600.00 - $800.00

94. ARTHUR A. SHURTLEFF (SHURCLIFF): "Fountain Plan, Oak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, MA. For F.S. Mosley." 1913. Five sheets, approx. size 28 X 23; 20 x 15; 27 x 23; 29 x 23; 15 x 23, unframed. Original 1913 blueprint plans for the pond and fountain at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Newburyport. Value: $75.00 - $100.00

2. WOLFE TAVERN PLATE: 9 inches in diameter. Wolf Tavern, Newburyport, MA and taken down in the 1960's. Wolfe Tavern stood at the corner of State Street and Harris Street, Newburyport, MA. Value: $40.00

119. CHILDREN’S BOOKS. Variety of story books, all new. Value $80.00 - $100.00

49. BOOKS WITH ART GAME: Variety of story books, all new. $80.00

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