Gerrit Albertus Beniker

GERRIT ALBERTUS BENEKER American, 1882-1934 The Beachcombers Wharf". Signed and dated lower right "Gerrit A. Beneker 1917". Inscribed verso in the artist's hand "The Beachcombers Wharf by Gerrit A. Beneker 1917 Provincetown, Mass.". Presented in its original hand-carved and gilt Newcomb-Macklin frame. Exhibited: St. Botolph Club, Boston: Impressionism on Cape Cod, Nov. 1, 1999. Provenance: Private Collection, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Oil on canvas, 16" x 20". Framed." CONDITION: Some broad craquleur. Two small ares fluorece on the upper edge, but do not appear to be inpaint. Original canvas.

Gerrit Albertus Beneker (American, 1882-1934) Portrait of Peggie Polk signed and dated 'Gerrit A Beneker/1927' (lower right) and signed, inscribed and dated 'PEGGIE POLK/by Gerrit A. Beneker AUG. 1927' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 24¼ x 20 1/8 in. (61.6 x 51.2 cm.) Beneker was an idealist whose mission was to create art that would inspire and honour the American working man. His subjects were the working men on the bridges, tunnels and skyscrapers of early twentieth century America, and their families.

GERRIT ALBERTUS BENEKER (American, 1882-1934) DOUBLE WORK: HIGGINS WHARF & VIEW FROM THE HOMESTEAD. Unsigned, Circa 1925-30. Oil on canvas scene shows Higgins Wharf in Provincetown Harbor with several figures working on a single mast schooner with three colorful dories and one man arranging a net. The wharf is on tall wood posts and has a building on the end. Beyond the scene are several large sailboats in a calm harbor under pink highlighted white clouds in a light blue sky. Second side being an oil on canvas scene shows a view looking over a Cape Cod style house towards Corn Hill, Truro, MA. The scene is shown under a colorful blue to rose sky with ocean in the distance. Housed in a double sided gray painted wood frame with gray liner. This piece can be turned over without rearranging the painting. SIZE: Sight: 24-1/4" x 29-1/4". PROVENANCE: Consigned by a family member. A letter to accompany the painting from this family member. CONDITION: Very minor touch up to side two, otherwise very good. 9-20443 (10,000-15,000)

GERRIT ALBERTUS BENEKER (American, 1882-1934) My Country , 1918 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in. Signed lower right From the Estate of Charles Martignette. Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000. Beneker, Gerrit Albertus : . American painter and illustrator, 1882-1934 Condition Report*: This piece is framed to an overall size of 46.25 x 36.25 in. Wax-relined canvas with heavy inpainting to figure's left arm and scattered areas down figures left side heavier in lower region, possible repair central left edge below hand. *Heritage Auction Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Heritage regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact, and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Heritage. All lots offered are sold "AS IS".

Gerrit Albertus Beneker (American,1882-1934) October in Long Neck /A View of Truro,Massachusetts Signed and dated "Gerrit A. Beneker 1926, October 19." l.l.,identified in artist's inscription on the reverse and stretcher. Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm), framed. Condition: Retouch, losses (retouched), craquelure, surfacegrime. N.B. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Gerrit Beneker first traveledto Massachusetts in 1912 to study with Charles Hawthorne inProvincetown. Over the following years, Beneker enjoyed asuccessful career which took him throughout the country; he workedas an illustrator in New York, produced a series of posters for theU.S. Navy in Washington, D.C., and was an artist-in-residence atthe Hydraulic Pressed Steel Co. in Cleveland, Ohio. Beneker,however, was always attracted to the coastline of Massachusetts¹Cape. He returned for summers, and in 1920 purchased a home inTruro. He was also a founding member of the Provincetown ArtAssociation. Estimate $8,000-12,000