Tom Veilleux Gallery 20th Century American

CHESTER BEACH ( 1881-1956) Vortex I (1912) 14¼” x 14½” x 5” marble Signed with monogram, dated 1912, inscribed ROME. Provenance: Estate of the artist Vortex II (c.1912) 18¼” x 15½” x 3” marble Signed with monogram lower left Provenance: Estate of the artist Chester Beach exhibited a work entitled Vortex at the National Academy of Design in 1915 and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1916. Most likely that work was one of the pieces shown here. Influenced by Rodin, Beach’s work is in the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was included in the recent exhibition Rodin in America at the Cantor Arts Center. WILLIAM GLACKENS (1870-1938) Bouquet with Poppy (c. 1915) 15½” x 12¼” oil on canvas Signed lower left. Label with title and inscription verso. Provenance: William Glackens (or Ira Glackens, his son) by gift to Sanford Becker, their accountant, New York to Sanford E. Becker, his son to Isabel Becker, his wife Tulips & Freesia 24” x 18” oil on canvas Label with title and inscription verso Provenance: Estate of the artist LILIAN WESTCOTT HALE (1881-1963) Agnes Dogget (c. 1916-17) 22” x 14¾” charcoal Signed lower right Lilian Westcott Hale Provenance: Descended in family of sitter (who was a neighbor of Hale in Dedham, Massachusetts) The Burnous (1907) 21⅞” x 13⅜” charcoal Signed upper left Provenance: Collection of the artist To the collection of Bela Pratt, Boston, Massachusetts, 1908 By descent through the Pratt family Exhibition: Drawings by Lilian Westcott Hale , Rowlands Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, opened January 20, 1908 After seeing Hale’s first exhibition of drawings where The Burnous was purchased by the American sculptor Bela Pratt, Edmund Tarbell wrote, “Your drawings are perfectly beautiful- as fine as anything could be. They belong with our old friends Leonardo, Holbein, and Ingres, and are to me the finest modern drawings I have ever seen.” ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971) Hermes, the Herald (c.1937-38) 9” x 10¾” crayon, ink and ink wash Signed center right Hermes, the Herald, Listening (c. 1937-38) 10⅜” x 12½” crayon, ink and ink wash Signed lower left These two drawings of the heroic male figure Hermes were commissioned by TIME magazine for a 12 page promotional publication called Influence which was published in 1938. It celebrated the magazine’s influence as the foremost news periodical of the day to the 780 businesses TIME acknowl- edged as their clientele. GASTON LACHAISE (1882-1935) Dancing Nude (c. 1930-32) 23” x 18¼” pencil Signed lower center Head 15¾” x 11¼” pencil Signed lower right ROBERT LAURENT (1890-1970) Female Form 8” tall pink marble Signed Provenance: Private collection Seated Figure (c. 1953) 12” x 7” x 4½” alabaster Signed Exhibited: The Robert Laurent Memorial Exhibition , 1972-1973, University of New Hampshire, Durham. Illustrated: Peter V. Moak. The Robert Laurent Memorial Exhibition, 1972- 1973, exhibition catalogue, University of New Hampshire, Durham, April 1972, illustrated fig. 73. America’s earliest modern direct carver, Robert Laurent, studied in New York and Paris. His work is in numerous museums including the Brooklyn Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art. ELIE NADELMAN (1882-1946) Acrobat (1920) 14½” tall bronze Provenance: By direct descent in the artist’s family Literature: Haskell, Barbara: Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life , Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 2003, illustrated pp. 114. Kirstein, Lincoln: The Sculpture of Elie Nadelman , The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1948, illustrated pp. 39 (possibly another cast). The Museum of Modern Art, New York: Five American Sculptors: Calder Flannagan Lachaise Nadelman Lipchitz, Reprint Edition, 1969, Arno Press, reprint of Lincoln Kirstein, The Sculpture of Elie Nadelman , illus- trated pp. 35 (possibly another cast). Ramljak, Suzanne: Elie Nadelman: Classical Folk, American Federation of Arts, New York, 2001, illustrated pp. 55. Haskell, Barbara: Whitney Museum of Art, New York: The Sculpture and Drawings of Elie Nadelman , 1975, illustrated pp. 63. Exhibitions: New Society of Artists, E. Gimpel and Wildenstein, New York, Second Annual Exhibition of the New Society of Artists, November 1920 (possibly another cast). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Sculpture of Elie Nadelman , 1948 (possibly another cast). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, The Sculptures and Draw- ings of Elie Nadelman, September 23-November 30, 1975. This exhibition traveled to: Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institu- tion, Washington, D.C., December 18, 1975– February 15, 1976. Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, June 12-August 19, 2001. This exhibition traveled to: The Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 21-December 30, 2001. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Elie Nadelman, Sculptor of Modern Life, April 3-July 20, 2003. According to Barbara Haskell, Acrobat was Nadelman’s first bronze sculp- ture depicting a modern subject. Additional information regarding works in this catalogue