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Alte Fischerhutten - Expressionist Oil Painting of Fisherman’s Village, 1949
By Max Pechstein
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Alte Fischerhütten (1949) by Max Pechstein is an oil on canvas in which the artist transforms a humble cluster of weathered fishing huts into a study of light, form, and atmosphere. Broad, rhythmic brushstrokes delineate the worn timbers and thatched roofs, while a sky streaked with lavender and rose imbues the scene with a quiet, almost meditative luminosity. Pechstein's bold outlines and flattened perspective are tempered by a late-career restraint, allowing the simple geometry of dunes, huts, and sea to resonate with an almost timeless calm. The artwork is signed lower right, "HMPechstein 1949" and signed verso, "Alte Fischerhütten 1949 HMPechstein”
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe
Lempertz, Cologne, June 15, 1966, lot 531
Selected Artists Galleries, New York, acquired by 1970
Private Collection, New York, acquired from the above
Private Collection, by descent from above
Phillips, New York, Wednesday, November 15, 2023, lot 123
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Literature:
Aya Soika, Max Pechstein The Catalgoue raisonne of oil paintings, Volume II 1919–1954, Munich, 2011, no. 1949/12, p. 490, illustrated
Hermann Max Pechstein was born on December 31, 1881, in Zwickau, into a working-class family headed by his father, a textile-mill craftsman. Drawn to art early on, he apprenticed as a decorative painter from 1896 to 1900 before enrolling at Dresden’s School of Applied Arts and, from 1902, studying under Otto Gussmann at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. His academic grounding—unique among his future peers—laid a solid foundation for the bold, expressive work that would follow.
In 1906 Erich Heckel invited Pechstein to join Die Brücke, the pioneering Expressionist collective, and he quickly became one of its most active members. Exposure to ethnographic wood carvings in Dresden in 1905 spurred his first woodcuts, and travels to Italy (1907) and Paris (1908)—where he befriended the Fauvist Kees van Dongen—expanded his palette and compositional daring. After relocating to Berlin in 1908, he co-founded the New Secession in 1910, serving as its chairman and gaining acclaim for richly colored prints inspired by Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves.
With the outbreak of World War I, Pechstein’s peripatetic life took him from internment in Japan to service on the Western Front in 1916. In the revolution’s aftermath, he aligned with radical socialist art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
House in the Countryside - Impressionist Oil Painting, c. 1888
By Piet Mondrian
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist's pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian's early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. The artwork is signed lower right, "Piet Mondrian”
Provenance:
Dutch Estate, 1982
Katharine and Nicholas Fox Weber Collection
Exhibition:
London, David Zwirner, Piet Mondrian: Painting 1900-1905, November 26, 2015-January 23, 2016
Literature:
Robert Welsh...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Viaduc de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (The Saint-Germain-en-Laye Viaduct)
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Maurice de Vlaminck’s Le Viaduc de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (circa 1910-1911), an arresting oil on canvas framed in ornate gold, captures the industrial elegance of a viaduct west of Pa...
Category
1910s Cubist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Quart and a Half
By Andrew Wyeth
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Quart and a Half" is an American Realist abstract landscape watercolor on paper painting by Andrew Wyeth in 1961. The artwork is 21 x 29 1/4 inches and is 33 3/4 x 42 1/4 x 1 inches...
Category
20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Waiting Figure - Post War Abstract Landscape Painting, 1967
By Roland Petersen
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Waiting Figure" is a Post War abstract landscape oil on canvas painting by Roland Petersen in 1967. The artwork is 68 x 56 inches and, with the frame, is 69 3/8 x 57 1/2 x 3 inches....
Category
20th Century Post-War Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trees in Brittany
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Abel George Warshawsky. "Trees in Brittany" is an impressionist landscape, oil on canvas in a palette of greens by Abel George Warshawsky. The a...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waterfall
By Hiroshi Senju
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Waterfall" is an abstract landscape natural pigments and platinum on Japanese mulberry paper mounted on board painting by Hiroshi Senju in 2021. The artwork is 36 x 46 inches and 36...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Platinum
$325,000
Evening Mesa and Rim
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Evening Mesa and Rim" is an oil on panel work by Duncan Martin. The framed size is 21 x 25 1/4 x 1 inch.
Provenance:
Private Collection
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Grand Canyon Series
By Sheldon Parsons
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Grand Canyon Series" is an oil on panel painting by Sheldon Orrin Parsons, painted in 1943. The work is signed in the lower left, “Sheldon Parsons 16”...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is an oil on panel painting by Duncan Martin. The framed size is 17 x 20 7/8 x 1 inch.
Provenance:
Private Collection
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,600
Scouting
By Frank Tenney Johnson
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Scouting" is an oil on canvas painting by Frank Tenney Johnson. The framed piece measures 23 3/4 x 27 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches.
Johnson was well-known for his work of the American west, particularly for his portrayal of cowboys at night, lit by moonlight. Johnson utilized knives and fingers when painting, so his work is recognizable for its distinctive marks.
Provenance:
Biltmore Galleries, Scottsdale...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$65,000
Apaches
By Olaf Wieghorst
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Apaches" is an oil on canvas painting by Olaf Wieghorst. The painting is signed on the lower left, "O-Wieghorst". The framed piece measures 25 1/2 x 29 3/4 x 2 in.
“When the time comes for me to put away my palette and unsaddle my pony for the last time, I hope that my canvases will in some small measure add to the historical recording of an era, the cowboy, and the great American West.” ~ Olaf Wieghorst
Wieghorst worked with the mounted patrol of the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Cavalry (1920-1922) with occasional interludes as a wrangler on ranches in the western states. Wherever he went, he sketched and painted the Western culture he loved, often selling his work as calendar and magazine illustrations.
His work appeared in Zane Grey...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$55,000
Venetian Boats at Sotto Marino
By Edgar Payne
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Venetian Boats at Sotto Marino" is a painting by Edgar Alwin Payne. The painting is signed lower left, "Edgar Payne". The framed piece measures 31 1/2 x...
Category
Early 20th Century Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Tall Trees
By Timothy Tompkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Acrylic enamel on linen
Category
20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Linen
Below Twin Peaks
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gertrude Partington Albright. "Below Twin Peaks" is a landscape painting, oil on canvas in an earth-tone palette by artist Gertrude Partington...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunrise Over River
By Scott Prior
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Scott Prior. "Sunrise Over River" is an oil on canvas painting depicting a waterscape with a pink and violet sunrise above a misty green and yellow river by contemporar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$20,000 Sale Price
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Plastic Feeder, Lockford, CA
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Plastic Feeder, Lockford, CA” is a landscape painting, watercolor on paper in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is s...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Padlocked
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Padlocked” is a landscape painting, watercolor on paper in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is signed in the lower ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Out to Dry (or Paulette
s Mop)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Out to Dry (or Paulette's Mop)” is a landscape painting, watercolor on pressed board in an earth-tone palette by American art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fresh Supply
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Fresh Supply” is a landscape painting, watercolor on paper in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is signed in the low...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Pair of 2 Panel Japanese Byobu
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A landscape painting by an unknown Japanese artist.
Category
Early 20th Century Land Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pigment
Geese
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Geese” is a landscape painting, watercolor on paper in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is signed in the lower left...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$12,500
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is a figurative painting, oil on canvas in blues and browns by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$25,000
Twin Cypress
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Mary Deneale Morgan. "Twin Cypress" is a modern American landscape painting, gouache on paper in an earth-tone palette by femal...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
6 Panel Japanese Byobu, Japan, Meiji/Taisho Period (Early 20th Century)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A six panel Japanese Byobu in gold and green, paint on paper and wood by an unknown artist from the Meigi or Taisho peiord. The artwork is unsigned. Provenance: Private Collection
Heather James Fine Art...
Category
19th Century Tribal Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paint
Thrashing Machine
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by John Christopher Smith. "Thrashing Machine" is a modern painting, oil on board in browns and blues by John Christopher Smith. The artwo...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Immutable Torso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Immutable Torso” is a landscape painting, watercolor on watercolor board in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is sig...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Peak of Barn Roof
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Peak of Barn Roof” is a landscape painting, watercolor on pressed board in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is unsi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Tree Study, Whittier, CA
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Tree Study, Whittier, CA” is a landscape painting, watercolor on watercolor board in an earth-tone palette by American artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Tree with Bare Branches
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Tree with Bare Branches” is a landscape painting, watercolor on paper in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is signed...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Hollow Tree, Hollow Trunk
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Hollow Tree, Hollow Trunk” is a landscape painting, watercolor on pressed board in an earth-tone palette by American artist ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Exposed, Uprooted
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Exposed, Uprooted” is a landscape painting, watercolor on paper in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is signed in th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Needle
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Tony de los Reyes. "The Needle" is a contemporary paiting, oil on linen in browns and blacks by American artist Tony de los Reyes. The artwork is signed on the verso, "...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hermit Creek Canyon, Grand Canyon
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Dewitt Parshall. ""Hermit Creek Canyon, Grand Canyon"" is a modern landscape painting, oil on canvas in an earth-tone palette by Dewitt P...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stately Eucalypti
By Paul Grimm
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Paul Grimm. "Stately Eucalypti" is a landscape painting, oil on board in an earth-tone palette by artist Paul Grimm. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "Paul Grimm".
Paul Grimm (1891-1974) was an artist born to German parents in South Africa in 1891. As a small child, he moved with his parents to the United States. He reportedly was seen as having artistic talent as a child and, as an adult, attended a university-level art school in New York. Between 1910 and 1920, he reportedly went to South America for a few years before returning stateside and settling in southern California.
Grimm gained much of his present-day fame by painting landscapes of southern California in the 1920s. Many works depict alluvial fans and desert vegetation in the eastern half of Riverside County. The San Jacinto Mountains appear frequently in his work. Most of the works are oil on canvas. A residence on Calle Palo Fierro in the Palm Springs Warm Sands Neighborhood was built for him in 1935. He had a studio on Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs from the 1950s until his death in 1974.
Provenance:
with George Stern Fine Arts...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$28,000
Rooted Silence
By Paul Grimm
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Paul Grimm. "Rooted Silence" is a landscape painting, oil on board in an earth-tone palette by artist Paul Grimm. It is signed in the lower right, "Paul Grimm".
Paul Grimm (1891-1974) was an artist born to German parents in South Africa in 1891. As a small child, he moved with his parents to the United States. He reportedly was seen as having artistic talent as a child and, as an adult, attended a university-level art school in New York. Between 1910 and 1920, he reportedly went to South America for a few years before returning stateside and settling in southern California.
Grimm gained much of his present-day fame by painting landscapes of southern California in the 1920s. Many works depict alluvial fans and desert vegetation in the eastern half of Riverside County. The San Jacinto Mountains appear frequently in his work. Most of the works are oil on canvas. A residence on Calle Palo Fierro in the Palm Springs Warm Sands Neighborhood was built for him in 1935. He had a studio on Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs from the 1950s until his death in 1974.
Provenance:
with George Stern Fine Arts...
Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$25,000
Laguna Hills
By William Wendt
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by William Wendt. "Laguna Hills" is an impressionist landscape, oil on canvas in an earth-tone palette by American artist William Wendt. The artwork is signed in the lower...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$95,000
Spring Sunset
By Ralph Waterhouse
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Ralph Waterhouse. "Spring Sunset" is a landscape painting, oil on canvas laid on board in a palette of oranges and greens by American artist Ralph Waterhouse. The artwo...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Bacchanal
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Irving Norman. "Bacchanal" is a macabre social surrealism painting, oil on canvas in a dark palette of reds, blues, and blacks by artist Irving Norman. The artwork is u...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$125,000
American Street Scene
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Irving Norman. "American Street Scene" is a macabre social surrealism city scape, oil on canvas in a bold palette of reds, blues, and yellows by artist Irving Norman. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
6 Panel Japanese Byobu
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Japanese screen. A six panel, Japanese Byobu screen depicting white birds perched in a pine tree and flying over a flowing river.
Provenance:
...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pigment
Untitled
By Eric Jon Holswade
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Eric Jon Holswade. This untitled flashe on paper painting is executed in bright blues, yellows, ochre, reds, white and browns and depicts a mountainous landscape. Sign...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Kiho
By Eric Jon Holswade
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A flashe and gouache on paper painting by contemporary artist Eric Jon Holswade. "Kiho" depicts the architecture of the Kiho building and is executed in greens and reds against a neu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Outside: Lake Balboa 9
By Andrew Taylor
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media painting, Outside: Lake Balboa 9 depicts abstracted twigs, tree branches and flora, executed in violets, pinks, red, green and pale yellow. Outside: Lake Balboa 9 is si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Abatement
By Matty Byloos
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An acrylic on board painting, Abatement by contemporary artist Matty Byloos, is executed in deep violets, umber and white and depicts a an abstracted house against a swirling and dri...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$10,000
Rest Stop v.2
By Timothy Tompkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A commercial enamel on aluminum painting by contemporary artist Timothy Tompkins. Signed verso, "Timothy Tompkins, 2016".
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel
Untitled
By Joan Nelson
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An acrylic ink and acrylic medium on paper landscape by Joan Nelson.
Provenance:
General Electric Corporate Collection;
Heather James Fine Art.
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ink
Rolling Meadow
By Timothy Tompkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An acrylic enamel on linen painting by contemporary artist Timothy Tompkins. Rolling Meadow is executed primarily in lush oranges, reds and green and depicts a fall field of grass and trees with a blue mountain range in the background.
The inspiration for Timothy Tompkins's paintings stem from an interest of engagement with the tropes and language of the medium’s historical movements such as pop, still life, and history painting. The paintings are grouped into series by subject, and frequently show variations on a similar theme. Tompkins's ideas about art-making express a combination of concepts: the material nature of painting and how the viewer perceives its surface, the history of painting as a medium, abstraction, memory, representation, and technology. Using commercial sign...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Linen
Longevity Painting v.2
By Timothy Tompkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
commercial enamel on aluminum
Signed, titled, and dated on verso, "Timothy Tompkins, Longevity Painting v.2, 2015".
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel
Bird
s Eye View
By Eric Jon Holswade
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Oil, Flashe & Gouache on cardboard
My first experience with painting occurred when I stood in front of Barnett Newman’s “Vir Heroicus Sublimis” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Never had I encountered such an extraordinary feeling of freedom and wonder. I had found my place in the world.
While attending the School of Visual Arts I fed off The Abstract Expressionist movement, looking closely at the work of Franz Kline, Motherwell and Joan Mitchell. It was during my senior year that I began to focus on the color and spacial work of Blinky Palermo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Gouache, Oil
