Bruneau & Co Estate Fine Arts & Antiques Auction Online Only
Monday, February 21st at 6pm EST
63 4th Ave. Cranston, RI
BruneauandCo.com
401.533.9980
Info@BruneauandCo.com

CRANSTON, R.I. — Original paintings by noted, listed artists that span multiple generations and genres will headline Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ next online-only Estate Fine Art & Antique Auction scheduled for Monday, February 21, beginning at 6 pm EST. More than 350 lots, pulled from prominent estates and collections across New England, will come up for bid.

“Continuing on the momentum of last month’s sale, this catalog features an incredible single-owner collection of 32 paintings by noted New England artists of the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century,” said Kevin Bruneau, Bruneau & Co’s president and an auctioneer. “Names include Robert Spear Dunning, George Whitaker, Charles Gifford, and Bryant Chapin, among others. It will be interesting to see how they perform today. The art market is red-hot right now.”

Travis Landry, a Bruneau & Co. auctioneer and the firm’s director of Pop Culture, added, “While the antique art is sure to perform, this catalog does contain some great pieces of modern and contemporary art. The Roger Mühl oil on canvas is sure to attract interest, along with the Michael Steiner bronze. Also, we can’t forget about the two Maqbool Fida Husain watercolors. This auction is jam-packed. Collectors and investors need to mark their calendars right away.”

The paintings by Roger Mühl (France, 1929-2008) and Maqbool Fida Husain (India, 1913-2011) are expected top achievers, each with estimates of $8/12,000. The Mühl work depicts pale pink and red tulips in a celadon colored vase, the canvas measures 19½ by 20½ inches and it retains the original label from Findlay Galleries of NYC.

Maqbool Fida Husain is often called “the Picasso of India.” The two signed paintings by Maqbool Fida Husain in the auction are both watercolors. One is a polychromatic rendering, depicting a dancing Ganesha and measures 20 by 14 inches; it was purchased directly from the artist. The other is an equestrian painting, depicting a galloping, monochromatic horse in moonlight and is larger than the other work, at 33 by 24 inches. Both are from the same Ohio collector and comes with a certificate of authenticity from Shafat Husain, the artist’s son.

A still life painting of fruit by Robert Spear Dunning (Mass./N.H., 1829-1905), depicting peaches, a pear and bundles of red and green grapes glistening under light is expected to gavel for $6/9,000. Dunning was a founder of the Fall River School in Massachusetts and is best known for his realist trompe l’oeil paintings.

A large, unsigned Seventeenth Century Flemish Old Master hunting scene, measuring 34½ by 43¾ inches, carries an estimate of $3/5,000 and depicts a man on horseback and three men wielding spears chasing a deer across the river with hunting dogs.

A fine Chinese silk gold thread dragon robe dating to the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) is expected to change hands for $2/3,000. The beautiful early robe is finely decorated with raised gold thread five-toed dragons flying among clouds with bats and cranes, and with a lower crashing wave border.
An early Twentieth Century round African Baule tribe Kplekple carved wood mask with two horns, protruding eyes, a low mouth and beard, decorated in red, black and white paint and deaccessioned from the collection of a cultural museum in Alabama, should reach $2/3,000. The mask has a minor split bottom right and a few areas of wear and losses to the paint.

A preview is available by appointment the week of and day of sale, with doors opening at 9 am EST. The auction will begin at 6 pm EST. Bidding is available via in-person, absentee, telephone or Internet.

Internet bidding will be facilitated by liveauctioneers.com, invaluable.com, bidsquare.com, bidlive.bruneauandco.com and the mobile app “Bruneau & Co.” on iTunes or GooglePlay.

Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers is at 63 Fourth Avenue. For additional information, 401-533-9980, info@bruneauandco.com or www.bruneauandco.com.

Roger Mühl Abstract Tulips
Maqubool Friday Husain Ganesha & Horse
2PC Christo & Jean-Claude fabric
Robert Spear Dunning
John Carlin
C.H. Gifford
Fredrick Batcheller
Edwin Roberts
Bryant Chapin
E.L. Swann
Selection of Robert Genn
Bruno Cote
Benjamin Champney
Selection of Armenian Contemporary Art
Joseph Greenwood
William Aiken Walker
Charles Franklin Pierce
Alvian Fisher
Henry Suydam
Antonio Jacobsen
Bill Mack Nude Woman Bas Sculpture (1 of 2)
Selection of Middle Eastern Rugs
Sun Wallpaper Advertising Sign
Collection of African Arts from an Alabama Museum
Sticks Handmade Friedrich’s Chair
John Ed Nordic Modern Bronze Bird Sculpture
Alfred Mortiz & David Aschenbaum Violins
Selection of Over 100 Swarovski Crystal Figures
Motorola Aero-Vane Catalin Tube Radio
Large Collection of 19-20th Century Chinese Textiles Found in an Old Estate