Susan Menconi, Menconi + Schoelkopf (69th Street) with a pair of paintings by Everett Shinn.

Review and Photos By Carol Sims

NEW YORK CITY — Courting collectors of American art with specially curated displays, mimosas and coffee, several private art dealers located near Madison Avenue between 67th Street and 79th Street welcomed walk-ins for three hours on Wednesday morning, November 18. Just off Madison used to be held in the evening, but with Sotheby’s American art sales starting at 6:30 pm, the 13 participants opted for 9 am to noon, which still left time for people to get over to Bonhams’ American art sale at 2 pm, about ten blocks down at 580 Madison Avenue. Wednesday marked the close of The American Art Fair, making for a very full day for seven fair participants who were also doing JoM.

Two Seattle-based collectors told Antiques and The Arts Weekly they were delighted with the new daylight hours. Laura Vookles, chief curator of collections at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, N.Y., also liked the shift; she had come in for the morning to research possible acquisitions.

Debra Force was delighted with the results of JoM. She sold an Edward Potthast and had two paintings going out on approval, a J. Alden Weir and Luigi Lucioni. The Lucioni had just arrived days before on Friday.

Collectors should know that with the JoM plan in hand, it is not likely that one would be able to visit all 13 dealers during the allotted time. A four-hour open house would be a good improvement. Nonetheless, popping in on several private galleries during open house hours is very convenient. Collectors have the rare opportunity of low-key browsing without an appointment. This year, the cool but sunny weather made for a very pleasant morning to seek out the private gallery suites and penthouses tucked away between Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue — Just off Madison. For information, www.justoffmadison.com.

Gallery

Just off Madison visitors caught first glimpses of recently hung works, like this Charles Courtney Curran painting at Debra Force Fine Art.

David Tunick, Inc (69th Street) featured this Winslow Homer (1836–1910) etching with white highlights on simulated Japan paper titled “Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake” and dated 1889. It is 17 1/2 by 22 5/8 inches. Image courtesy of the gallery.

MME Fine Art, LLC (79th Street) had interest in “The White Sloop” by Irving R. Wiles (1861-1948).

MME Fine Art, LLC (79th Street).

Joel Rosenkranz of Conner · Rosenkranz (74th Street) with Harriet Goodhue Hosmer’s marble sculpture “Puck On A Toadstool,” circa 1856.

This 20-by-24-inch oil on board was painted in 1969 and was titled “1-69.” It was one of many pieces that sold at the solo show for Flora Crockett (1892–1979) at Meredith Ward Fine Art (74th Street). Ward represents the Crockett estate.

David Tunick with Edward Hopper’s 1921 etching “Evening Wind.”

Debra Force Fine Art (69th Street) displayed this Jane Peterson oil portrait from circa 1929, “The Answer.”

Taking up the better part of a wall at Menconi + Schoelkopf was a radiant painting by Francis Brooks Chadwick, “The Bridge at Grez-sur-Loing in Springtime.”