George Copeland Ault

Lot 435 George Copeland Ault (American, 1891-1948) Edge of the Woods Signed and dated "G.C. Ault' 18" l.l., identified on a label affixed to the stretcher. Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm), framed. Condition: Retouch, signature partially reinforced. Estimate $1,000-1,500

George Copeland Ault (1891-1948) My Studio signed and dated 'G.C. Ault '28.' (lower right) watercolor and pencil on paper 13½ x 10¾ in. (34.3 x 27.3 cm.) Pre-Lot Text Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts: The Collection Provenance The artist. Edith G. Halpert, New York, acquired from the above, 1928. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Christie's, New York, 4 December 1987, lot 301. Vanderwoude-Tananbaum Gallery, New York. Zabriskie Gallery, New York. Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2003. Literature Zabriskie Gallery, George Ault: Paintings and Drawings,exhibition checklist, New York, 2004, no. 7, illustrated. H. Kramer, "Painter George Ault: Immaculate Realist with Order,Delicacy," New York Observer, March 29, 2004, pp. 1, 16,illustrated. Exhibited New York, The Downtown Gallery, 1928. New York, Zabriskie Gallery, George Ault: Paintings and Drawings,March 9-April 24, 2004.

George Copeland Ault (1891-1948) Straw Flowers and Bittersweet signed and dated 'G.C. Ault '31.' (lower left)--signed and datedagain and inscribed with title (on a label affixed to thestretcher) oil on canvas 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm.) Pre-Lot Text Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts: The Collection Provenance The artist. Helen Ault, New York, niece of the above, acquired from theabove. By descent. Christie's, New York, 29 November 2001, lot 79. Acquired by the present owner from the above.

George Copeland Ault (1891-1948) The Stairway signed and dated 'G.C. Ault '21' (lower left) oil on canvas 18¼ x 14¼ in. (46.4 x 36.2 cm.) Pre-Lot Text Property of the Montclair Art Museum, sold to benefit the Acquisition Endowment Fund Provenance The artist. Mrs. George C. Ault, wife of the artist. Gift to the present owner from the above, 1961. Literature Society of Independent Artists, Annual Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1922, n.p., no. 32 (as The Double Stairway). The Academy of Arts, Berlin, American Realism, exhibition catalogue, p. 136, no. 4. N. Homma, G. Levin and J. Meikle, Visions of Tomorrow: New York and American Industrialization in the 1920s-1930s, exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, Japan, 1988, pp. 142, 187, no. 122, illustrated. M.S. Kushner, A. Anreus, M. Grzesiak and V. Wageman, Three Hundred Years of American Painting: The Montclair Art Museum Collection, New York, 1989, p. 130, no. 13, illustrated. Exhibited New York, Society of Independent Artists, Annual Exhibit, 1922. Berlin, Germany, The Academy of Arts, and elsewhere, American Realism 1920-1940, November 9-December 28, 1980. New Brunswick, New Jersey, Johnson and Johnson World Headquarters, American Painting of the Early Twentieth Century, December 1984-February 1985. Tokyo, Japan, Isetan Museum of Art, and elsewhere, Visions of Tomorrow: New York and American Industrialization in the 1920s-1930s, April 21-May 9, 1988.

George Copeland Ault (1891-1948) A Newark Home signed and dated 'G.C. Ault '20.' (lower right) oil on panel 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.) Provenance Phillips, de Pury & Company, New York, 28 November 2000, lot 187. James Graham & Sons Inc., New York. Exhibited New York, James Graham & Sons, Inc., Modern Views: American Landscape Painting from 1918 to 1940, April 18-May 31, 2002.