Also see
Childe Hassam at Auction I
Childe Hassam at Aution II
Willam Merritt Chase at Auction
Frederic Church at Auction
Christie’s will launch 19th Century American Art during the January 2022 Americana Week. The curated sale of 69 lots is dedicated to 19th Century American paintings, drawings and sculpture, and is anchored by by Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Church and John Frederick Kensett.
Leading the sale is the resplendent
In the Yosemite by Albert Bierstadt which captures the awe of Cathedral Rocks on a crystalline day, and is among the property from the Estate of Patrick Rutherford, Jr. (estimate: $300,000-500,000).
as well as Albert Bierstadt’s epic Lake Tahoe,
Childe Hassam’s early street scene with flags, Just Off the Avenue, Fifty-Third Street, May 1916
and Portrait of My Sister (Hattie) by William Merritt Chase.
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Frederic Church’s Winter Scene in Hartford, painted circa 1846-47, is a beautiful winter landscape of the artist’s hometown which reflects the influence of Thomas Cole (estimate: $200,000-300,000).
Albert Bierstadt, another master of the Hudson Valley School, is represented this season with a 
View of Nassau, The Bahamas (estimate $700/1,000,000). One of a small series of works inspired by his visits to this tropical paradise– a location also frequented by American artists including Louis Comfort Tiffany and Winslow Homer– in the mid-1870s and through the early 1890s, the work is distinguished by its impressive scale, vivid hues, saturated sunlight and attention to architectural detail.