Some artists have risen to fame and some are beginning to rise. Some paintings by the famous are in the receding shadows,

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1 RISING STARS SLEEPING GIANTS [RS] Irving Ramsay Wiles ( ) The Dressing Table Oil on panel 13 7 /8 x 10 inches Signed lower left: Irving R. Wiles; titled on verso Some artists have risen to fame and some are beginning to rise. Some paintings by the famous are in the receding shadows, unnoticed sleeping giants just before the coming dawn. Herein find twenty-one rising and emerging opportunities.

2 Louis M. Salerno, Owner Brent L. Salerno, Co-Owner Chloe Heins, Director Angela M. Scerbo, Administrator Nina LiGreci, Gallery Coordinator Nina Sangimino, Research Associate Chelsea DeLay, Researcher Shannon Cassell, Administrative Assistant Rita J. Walker, Controller Q UESTROYAL F INE A RT, LLC Important American Paintings 903 Park Avenue (at 79th Street), Suite 3A & B, New York, NY T: (212) F: (212) HOURS: Monday Friday 10 6, Saturday 10 5 and by appointment gallery@questroyalfineart.com From the vast body of nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists, there are some stars who have already risen, and whom most of us can easily identify. Then, there are those who are just beginning to rise, but are not yet high enough for all to see. Their work has been gradually appreciating at auction and on the private market, just slightly beyond the footlights. Similarly, there exists paintings by proven masters that lie within the shadows, overlooked by collectors whose attention is diverted for a number of reasons this work is consequently undervalued. It would not take much for these paintings to shine again: a museum show, books and magazine articles, or improving economic conditions. This is a catalogue of opportunity and potential. Paintings by artists that we consider to be rising stars will have the initials [RS] next to the image, while paintings by the soon-to-awaken sleeping giants will be labeled with the initials. You should ask about our research and reasoning to be certain that our logic is sound. Please keep in mind that I acquired these works for the gallery, and while I may have paid less than what you ultimately might, spending my own money is the only meaningful proof of my conviction. louis m. salerno, Owner

3 [RS] Romare Bearden ( ) Untitled (Melon Season), ca Collage of various papers with ink on gessoed card stock mounted to board 11 1 /2 x 8 1 /2 inches Signed lower left Gifford Beal ( ) City Streets, 1908 Gouache and watercolor on paper 9 x 11 3 /16 inches Signed and dated lower right: GIFFORD. BEAL. 08.

4 Frank Myers Boggs ( ) The Statue of Liberty 42 1 /8 x 24 3 /16 inches Signed lower left: BOGGS Alfred Thompson Bricher ( ) Lifting Fog, Grand Manan, ca Oil on board 12 x 20 inches Signed lower left: ATBricher (artist s monogram)

5 Emil Carlsen ( ) May Morning, /8 x 20 1 /8 inches Signed and dated lower left:.emil. CARLSEN. 80. Robert Spear Dunning ( ) Tabletop Still Life with Fruit, /16 x 17 1 /4 inches Signed and dated lower left: R. S. Dunning. 91; signed, inscribed, and dated on verso: Robert. S. Dunning. Pinxit. [sic.] / 1891.

6 Martin Johnson Heade ( ) Cherokee Roses in a Glass Vase 19 1 /4 x 12 1 /8 inches Signed lower right: M.J. Heade William Glackens ( ) Café in the Garden Oil on panel 8 9 /16 x 10 3 /4 inches Initialed on verso: W. G. / by E. G.

7 Charles Hoffbauer ( ) Madison Square Park 20 1 /16 x 16 1 /16 inches Signed lower left: Ch Hoffbauer right George Inness ( ) Palisades on the Hudson, ca /8 x 30 1 /8 inches Signed lower right: G. Inness

8 Hugh Bolton Jones ( ) The Meadow Brook 22 1 /4 x 32 1 /4 inches Signed lower left: H. BOLTON JONES Ernest Lawson ( ) Inwood, Upper Washington Heights 17 3 /4 x 21 5 /16 inches Signed lower left: LAWSON

9 Hayley Lever ( ) Battery from Brooklyn, East River, New York Oil on board 12 3 /8 x 15 5 /8 inches (sight size) Signed lower left: Hayley Lever; titled, signed, and inscribed on verso: Battery from Brooklyn / East River / New York / Hayley Lever / 253 W. 82. City John Marin ( ) New York Series: From Weehawken Heights, /16 x 28 1 /8 inches Signed and dated lower right: Marin 50; inscribed on verso: 28 x 22 / WEEHAWKEN

10 [RS] Anna Mary Robertson Grandma Moses ( ) Home, 1956 Oil and glitter on board 11 3 /8 x 15 5 /8 inches Signed lower center: MOSES.; dated, inscribed, and titled on verso: Nov / 1733 / Home, A. Lassell Ripley ( ) Grouse in the Birches Watercolor on paper 16 3 /4 x 23 1 /8 inches (sight size) Signed lower left: A. Lassell Ripley

11 Harry Roseland ( ) The Fortune Teller Oil on board 10 1 /4 x 14 inches Signed lower right: HARRY.ROSELAND. John Singer Sargent ( ) In the Tyrol, 1914 Watercolor on paper 15 1 /8 x 20 1 /8 inches (sight size) 15 3 /4 x 21 1 /16 inches (full size)

12 [RS] Guy C. Wiggins ( ) Washington s Birthday Wall Street Winter, /8 x 20 1 /8 inches Signed lower right: Guy Wiggins.; titled, dated, and signed on verso: Washington s Birthday- / Wall St. Winter / Guy Wiggins. William Louis Sonntag ( ) Landscape 15 1 /4 x 21 5 /8 inches Signed lower left: W L Sonntag