Christie’s NOVEMBER 30, 2011
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MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
Movement, Sails
Estimate: $1,000,000 – $1,500,000
Painted in 1916, Movement, Sails is one of the earliest and most advanced Cubist paintings produced in America. Marsden Hartley created this seminal work and a series of related paintings during a three-month stay at the lively summer colony in Provincetown, Mass. In the simplified composition of Movement, Sails, flat planes and muted colors have replaced the crowded spaces and brilliant palettes of Hartley’s earlier works. This acute reduction of abstracted elements was revolutionary for an American painting in the late 1910s. The Movement series marked Hartley’s final experimentation with pure abstraction. His shift from symbolist Expressionism to the subdued Cubism of Movement, Sails was followed by the return of figurative elements in his art. The rapidity of these changes in style demonstrates his continual experimentation and innovation, and distinguishes Hartley as one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century.
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MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
ARROYO HONDO, NEW MEXICO
Estimate $100,000 - $150,000 Price Realized $104,500
Christie's 2012
MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
THE CEDAR HEDGE (SPRING BREEZES AND RAINS) CHESTNUT HILL, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Estimate $40,000 - $60,000 Price Realized $47,500
MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT
Estimate $100,000 - $150,000 Price Realized $92,500
Christie’s May 18, 2011
Marsden Hartley
Autumn Cascade
Oil on board Painted circa 1910
Oil on board Painted circa 1910
Estimate: $350,000-550,000
Christie's 2008
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Sotheby’s September 2012
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Christie's 2008
MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
LIGHTHOUSE
Estimate $5,000,000 - $7,000,000 Price Realized $6,313,000
Christie's 2007
MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
LANDSCAPE, NEW MEXICO
Estimate $700,000 - $1,000,000 Price Realized $1,272,000
MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
AUTUMN LANDSCAPE, DOGTOWN
Estimate $400,000 - $600,000 Price Realized $600,000
More Christie's
White Sea Horse
PRICE REALIZED
$965,000
Still Life
PRICE REALIZED
$677,000
Mount Katahdin, Snow Storm
PRICE REALIZED
$482,500
View from a Window
PRICE REALIZED
$218,500
Gorges du Loup, Provence
PRICE REALIZED
$182,500
Flowers
PRICE REALIZED
$116,500
Labrador Ducks
PRICE REALIZED $116,500
Sotheby's 2013
MARSDEN HARTLEY
1877 - 1943
1877 - 1943
GARDENER'S GLOVES AND FIELD IMPLEMENTS
Estimate
150,000 — 250,000
Sotheby’s September 2012
MARSDEN HARTLEY
STILL LIFE WITH WHITE BOWL
Estimate
50,000 — 70,000
LOT SOLD. 62,500
Sotheby’s May 17 2012
Estimate 30,000 — 50,000
Lot Sold 25,000
Sotheby’s December 2011
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Swann 2011
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Sotheby’s December 2011
MARSDEN HARTLEY
1877 - 1943
1877 - 1943
UNTITLED (STILL LIFE)
Estimate 700,000 — 900,000 LOT SOLD. 3,218,500
MARSDEN HARTLEY
1878 - 1943
1878 - 1943
STILL LIFE WITH FLOWERS
Estimate 200,000 — 300,000
LOT SOLD. 194,500
Bonhams 2012
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Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943)
Trees, 1927 14 3/4 x 12in
Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943)
Trees, 1927 14 3/4 x 12in
Sold for US$ 5,625
Swann 2011
- MARSDEN HARTLEYAlpspitzeEstimate $3,000 - $5,000 Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $10,200
Swann 2010![]()
MARSDEN HARTLEYMountain LandscapeEstimate $5,000 - $8,000Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $10,200
