Fresh-to-market rarities at Thomaston Place weekend auction
- May 18, 2010 11:30
A canvas-on-panel fireboard depicting a fantastical Garden of Eden scene, by naïve Revivalist Erastus Salisbury Field (1805-1900), has been plucked for auction from a Brunswick, Maine, home.
This re-discovered piece of Americana, with a pre-sale estimate of $25,000 to $35,000, was made by a man who sought solace after his wife died by creating religious-themed fantasy paintings in a cave. Two similar versions of "Garden of Eden" are in the collections of the Shelburne Museum and The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
In a three-day sale, May 21-23, Maine auctioneer Thomaston Place is also featuring a handsome Andrew Wyeth painting titled "Ridge Church," purchased directly from the artist by the consignor; several ship portraits; and a wide swath of paintings, antiques, decorative arts, jewelry, and more.
_-Closing-the-Distance_100x100_c.jpg "Lot 204: Bob Kuhn (1920–2007),Closing the Distance, 1977, acrylic on masonite, 24 x 48 in, Sold: $409,500")
![A 19th century Seven Piece "Chrysanthemum" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago](/images/c/78/96/Tiffany___Co__Makers_Seven_Piece_"Chrysanthem100x100_c.jpg "A 19th century Seven Piece \"Chrysanthemum\" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago")
