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October Issue 2004
Morris & Whiteside Galleries on Hilton Head Island, SC, Presents 16th Annual Renaissance Auction
Morris & Whiteside Galleries, a nationally recognized fine arts gallery and auction house will present its Sixteenth Annual Renaissance Auction on Oct. 29, 2004, in the Elizabeth Wallace Theater of the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, on Hilton Head Island, SC.
The two-hundred lot auction will feature significant
American paintings and sculpture, including works by Andrew Wyeth,
Stephen Scott Young, Mary Whyte and West Fraser, as well as members
of the National Academy of Western Art, Cowboy Artists of America,
Plein Air Painters of America, National Watercolor Society and
other leading artists organizations throughout the United States.
A fully illustrated, color catalogue is available through the
galleries for $25. including shipping and handling. In its fifth
year in South Carolina, the Renaissance Auction has become
a major fine arts auction in the southeast following its move
from Santa Fe, NM, in Oct. 2000. Last year the event produced
over two million dollars in sales with top lots that included
Howard Terpning's War Cry to the Sun, that sold for $308,000.;
Clark Hulings' Grand Canyon from the South Rim, that fetched
$246,400. and Wilson Hurley's Easter Sunday Morning - Grand
Canyon, that was hammered down at $196,000.
Significant lots for this year's event include Andrew Wyeth's
Ocean House with a pre-sale estimate of $150,000 to $200,000;
Eanger I. Couse's Flute Player - Moonlight, estimated at
$40,000 to $60,000 and Herman W. Hansen's Courier with an Emergency
Order from the Front, that is expected to bring between $17,000
and $20,000, and a signature, 1972 casein by William Halsey that
is estimated at $12,000 to $15,000. Also, of special note will
be Charleston, SC, artists Mary Whyte, whose watercolor, Far
Away, is estimated at $20,000 to $22,000 and West Fraser,
whose plein air oil, Rhythms of Light, is expected to bring
$12,000 to $14,000. This is the first year for both artists in
the sale.
Other artists whose works will be offered include William Acheff,
Cyrus Afsary, Roy Andersen, Yolande Ardissone, John Asaro, Clyde
Aspevig, Ken Auster, Del-Bourree Bach, Joe Beeler, Oscar Berninghaus,
Christopher Blossom, Harley Brown, Scott Burdick, Blair Buswell,
John Buxton, Paul Calle, Darden Camlin, Steve Childs, Scott Christensen,
Elaine Coffee, Michael Coleman, Don Crowley, Stan Davis, Arless
Day, Bernard D'Andrea, Jane DeDecker, Mike Desatnick, David Drinkard,
June Dudley, Nick Eggenhofer, Ray Ellis, John Encinias, Kim English,
Tony Eubanks, Fred Fellows, Dan Gerhartz, Cassandra Gillens, Veryl
Goodnight, Walt Gonske, Russell Gordon, Bruce Greene, Walter Greer,
Robert Gifffing, Edward Griffith, George Hallmark, Michael Harrell,
William Hook, Malcolm Hughes, Clark Hulings, Shirley Hunter, Douglas
Hyde, Harry Jackson, Michael Karas, Milt Kobayashi, Darlis Lamb,
Jim Lamb, Steven Lang, David Leffel, Liz Lesperance, Joseph Lorusso,
Tom Lovell, Susan Lyon, Grant Macdonald, Kevin Macpherson, Frank
McCarthy, Dave McGary, Dan McCaw, Sherrie McGraw, Eric Michaels,
Dean Mitchell, Kobus Moller, Jim Morgan, John Moyers, William
Moyers, Don Nagel, Joyce Nagel, Gary Niblett, Jim Norton, Joseph
Orr, Bill Owen, Jim Palmer, Marge Parker, Carol Peek, Joel Phillips,
Pino, Joan Potter, Robert Pummill, Todd Reifers, James Reynolds,
Ed Rice, Kenneth Riley, Laura Robb, Peggi Kroll Roberts, Mary
Russell, Jerry Ruthven, Tom Ryan, Sandy Scott, Marilyn Simandle,
Nicola Simbari, Mian Situ, Gary Ernest Smith, Gordon Snidow, Michael
Stack, Leon Stacks, Linda St. Clair, Paul Strisik, Ray Swanson,
Sonya Terpening, David Thimgan, Richard Thomas, Kent Ullberg,
Robert Vickrey, Kent Wallis, Melvin Warren, Curt Walters, William
Whitaker and Coby Whitmore.
All works will be available for preview at the Arts Center of
Coastal Carolina, Oct. 25 - 29, from 10am to 5pm and a preview
reception will be held from 5:30-7pm on Friday. The auction will
begin at 7:30pm and is expected to end at 9:30pm. Absentee and
Telephone Bid Services are available by contacting the gallery
at 843/842-4433.
For further information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at 843/842-4433 or at (www.morris-whiteside.com).
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