Day 2- Important Chinese, Fine Art & Antiques
Sun, Aug 6, 2023 11:00AM EDT
Lot 1026
Martha Herpst (1911-1936) Original O/C "Floral"
Estimate: $300 - $500
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| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,500 | $250 |
| $7,500 | $500 |
| $20,000 | $1,000 |
| $50,000 | $2,500 |
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| $250,000 | $10,000 |
Martha Herpst C 1940 Titusville PA. Listed in who's who of women artists. "Floral" on Canvas. Beautiful Reticulated Gilt Carved Frame. Highly Decorative.
HERPST, Martha Jane [Painter, teacher, collector] b.1911, Titusville, PA / d.1986, Titusville.
Addresses: Titusville. Studied: PAFA, 1932; Grand Central Sch. Art, NYC, with Wayman Adams, Edmund Greacen, Harvey Dunn & Georg Lober; Guy Pene Du Bois. Member: Nat. Arts Club; AAPL; S.Indp.A. Exhibited: Nat. Arts Club, NYC, 1933-72; Butler Art Inst., 1938 & 1945; Titusville Women's Club, 1934, 1935; S. Indp. A., 1937-40; Benson Mem. Lib., Titusville, 1946; AAPL Grand Nat., New York, 1946-70; Ogunquit AA, 1951-61; Catherine Lorillard Wolfe AC, 1954-62. Awards: Grand Central Sch. Art Medal, 1933. Work: Nat. Arts Club; Titusville Woman's Club; Univ. Pittsburgh, Titusville; Gannon College, Erie, PA; Titusville Masonic Lodge. Commissions: portrait of Charles T. Evans, Titusville Masonic Lodge, 1943; portraits of Mrs. Edgar Doty & Mrs C. Burgess, comn. by Edgar Doty, Titusville Recreation Center, 1954; portrait of Archbishop John Mark Gannon, comn. by Rev Ch. Cooper for Gannon College, 1958. Comments: Preferred media: oil, watercolor. Specialty: portraits. Teaching: St. Joseph Acad. H.S., Titusville, 1955-69; pvt. instr. 1970-. A noted collector of 18th century furniture, silver, glass and oriental art, she left her early American glass collection to the Corning Mus., and her 18th century miniatures to the PAFA. Sources: . courtesy of Julia G. Militello, Westfield, NY.
Overall Size: 31 3/4 x 27 3/4 in.
Sight Size: 22 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.
#2758
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