Bakker – Spring Online Live Auction
June 1 at 1pm
bakkerproject.com
559 Commercial Street Provincetown, MA 02657

PROVINCETOWN, MASS. — Bakker Gallery, known for its carefully curated auctions, has again brought together a collection of fine art by artists associated with not just Provincetown, but the Cape and beyond. Each of Bakker’s auctions limits its lots to less than 180 pieces, ensuring you a quality sale that includes at least one of your new favorite pieces of art. Bakker never has hidden reserves; if you win the lot at the starting bid, rest assured you have actually won the lot.

A wide collection of master artists from the early Twentieth Century makes Bakker Auction’s June 1 sale particularly remarkable. More than 20 artists represented in the auction painted in Provincetown at the same time and were friends with, teachers and students of each other. Charles W. Hawthorne, a student of William Merritt Chase, came to Provincetown in 1904 and is credited with establishing the town as one of the most important art colonies in the country by the 1910s. Two paintings, “Harbor” ($10/15,000) and Helen ($10/15,000), a portrait of Gerrit Beneker’s daughter done circa 1927, are perfect examples of his range in style and subject. Each, at a reasonable starting bid of $5,000, could be an opportunity to own a museum quality piece by one of America’s most significant artists of the time period.

Among Hawthorne’s contemporaries in the auction include Arthur Woelfle’s “Game of Cards,” circa 1927 ($3/5,000) and George Elmer Browne, “Figures at Shore” ($800-$1,200), who would later exhibit together outside of Provincetown in the late 1920s. A rare early piece by Calum Scott, “Beachfront, Provincetown,” circa 1910, is an example of his impressionist style. Scott would go on to exhibit in the Provincetown Art Association’s Third Annual Exhibition in 1917 along with four other artists in the June sale: Nancy Ferguson (“Provincetown,” $10/15,000), Oscar Gieberich (“The Cove,” $1,5/2,000), Charles Hawthorne and George Elmer Browne. Bruce McKain, Ross Moffett, Lucy L’Engle and John Whorf all came to Provincetown to study under Charles Hawthorne and are represented in the sale.

Decorative art pieces include a unique ship’s porthole with tin by Peter Hunt ($400/600) and a colorful painted table ($800-$1,200) and two trays by Nancy Whorf who worked for Hunt in his artisan workshop. A piece by folk artist Rosebee, “Skating on the Village Pond” ($500/700), is a perfect example of her work based on the stories her grandfather told of a time when things were “straight forward and simple.”

A masterwork by Arthur Diehl, “Figures and Dory” ($6/8,000), one of the most successful artists of the 1920s in Provincetown, is a timely offering coinciding with the Cape Cod Museum of Art’s current exhibition, “Showman with a Paint Brush: The Life and Art of Arthur Diehl” and with the release of Diehl’s definitive autobiography.

Other artists included in the auction are Paul Resika, “Dune with Golden Rod,” 1979 ($2/3,000) and Sal Del Deo, “Provincetown Wharf,” 1986 ($1/1,500), both iconic figures in the art colony who continue to work into their 90s. Works in bronze include pieces by Chaim Gross and William Boogar. Arthur Cohen, John Dowd, Mary Giammarino, John Hare, Gerrit Hondius, Ray Nolin, and Selina Trieff are just a few other artists sure to bring collectors far and wide together online on June 1.

Bakker Gallery is at 359 Commercial Street. For additional information, 508-413-9758 or www.bakkerproject.com.

Charles W. I Hawthorne (1872-1930)

Arthur Diehl (1870-1929)
MA Lie. #154
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BAKKER GALLERY 359 Commercial St. Provincetown, MA 02657
Bakker specializes in American art with an emphasis on works by artists associated with the Cape and the Provincetown Art Colony
559 Commercial Street Provincetown, MA 02657