Severin Roesen

Lot Description Severin Roesen (1815-1872) Still Life with Fruit signed 'Roesen.' (lower right) oil on board 20 x 16½ in. (50.8 x 41.9 cm.) Provenance Walter W. and Julia Ella Scoville Lance, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Theodore Dwight Lance, Worcester, Massachusetts, by descent. Private collection, by descent. Sotheby's, New York, 17 October 1980, lot 95. Acquired by the present owner from the above. Pre-Lot Text Property from the Collection of Joy and Ed Bell Literature S.A. Nash, Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern, exhibition catalogue, Dallas, Texas, 1982, pp. 38-39, no. 7, illustrated. Exhibited Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern, September 26-November 14, 1982.

Lot Description Severin Roesen (1815-1872) Still Life: Wine and Fruit signed 'Roesen.' (lower center) oil on canvas 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm.) Provenance Private collection, Texas. Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1982. Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1983. Pre-Lot Text Property from the Baltimore Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund Literature J.H. O'Toole, Severin Roesen, Cranbury, New Jersey, 1992, p. 44, fig. 17, illustrated. Exhibited Easton, Maryland, The Academy Art Museum, and elsewhere, The Art of Still Life from The Baltimore Museum of Art, August 3-October 6, 2007.

Lot 44 SEVERIN ROESEN (american circa 1815-1872) ABUNDANT STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT AND GLASS OF WINE Oil on canvas 28 3/4 in. x 36 in. (73 x 91.4cm) provenance: Property of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fisher, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Sotheby's Parke Bernet, sale of January 24, 1974, lot 556. The Collection of the late John R. Williams. Christie's, New York, sale of October 8, 2004, lot 118. Estate of Judith Stanley Coleman, Red Bank, New Jersey note: A letter of authenticity from Judith O'Toole dated August 30, 2009 will accompany this lot. Estimate $15,000-25,000 This painting on fabric has been glue-lined and mounted on a new stretcher. The paint layer is well-adhered to the fabric support. It exhibits a typical stretching tension pattern of age/mechanical crackle as well as several sigmoid or spider-web shaped cracks. These sigmoid cracks are the result of blows suffered by the painting at some point in the past. Examination in UV light indicates a synthetic resin varnish applied over remnants of an earlier natural resin varnish. This is the result of the painting having been carefully cleaned with the varnish reduced but not completely removed in the most sensitive areas. Careful inpainting of a moderate amount is scattered throughout though the lower few inches of the painting are more heavily retouched. Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Freeman's Conditions of Sale. Sold for $29,000

Severin Roesen (1815-1872) Still Life with Fruit signed with conjoined initials 'SRoesen' (lower right) oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) Theodore Wiedemann, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Gift to the present owner from the above, 1980. Sold with the approval of the Trustees of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to benefit acquisition funds C.R. Scott, ed. et al., Paintings from Europe and the Americas in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: A Concise Catalogue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994, p. 295, illustrated.

Sale 34 Lot 5 SEVERIN ROESEN (AMERICAN, 1815-1872) FLORAL STILL LIFE Oil on canvas: 20 x 16 in. Framed; lower right signed: S. Roesen; This painting is accompaniedby a letter of authentication from Judith Hansen O'Toole of theWestmoreland Museum Provenance: Private Collection Williamsport Pennsylvannia; Roan'sAuction Gallery, 1981, to Leon Prince and thence by descent Estimate $ 60,000-90,000