SHANNON’S FINE ART AUCTIONEERS

OCTOBER 24

Fine Art Auction

Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers’ Fine Art Auction on October 24 will feature more than 200 paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures that range from the 19th century to the contemporary era. Included in the auction will be pieces by John George Brown, Edward Moran, Eric Sloane, Martha Walter,walter Launt Palmer and more. Grandma Moses’ painting Over the Bridge is a nostalgic winter scene of children riding in a sled over a covered bridge.the excitement on their faces of the fresh snowfall captivate in the artist’s simplistic and recognizable style.the work has a presale estimate of $80,000 to $120,000. Cleveland artist Otto

Henry Bacher is represented in the auction by a rare early work of women banking in Newyork City.the piece, titled Interior of Fifth Avenue Bank, New York, from 1980, shows the bank that was among the first to have a room where women could bank independently. It is expected to sell between $30,000 and $50,000.

Also of note in the sale is a 1927 sporting scene by Percival Rosseau titled Pointers on the Hunt (est. $60/80,000), which depicts four hunting dogs in the artist’s highly realistic style.

Otto Henry Bacher (1856-1909), Interior of Fifth Avenue Bank, New York, 1890. Oil on canvas, 18½ x 21½ in., signed and dated. Courtesy Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers. Estimate: $30/50,000

Grandma (Anna Robertson) Moses (1860-1961), Over the Bridge, 1960. Oil on Masonite, 16 x 24 in. Courtesy Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers. Estimate: $80/120,000