Nell Walden Blaine Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Nell Walden Blaine Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 20, 2024
Nell Blair Walden Blaine Etching SIGNED #14/40
Est: $100 - $200
Nell Blair Walden Blaine (New York , Massachusetts, 1922-1996) large etching pencil signed lower right, numbered 14/40 lower left and titled 'Still Life with Grapefruit' lower center. Image measures 10.75 in. x 13.75 in. Sheet measures 18 in. x 21.5 in. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Nov. 20, 2024
Nell Blair Walden Blaine Etching SIGNED #5/10
Est: $100 - $200
Nell Blair Walden Blaine (New York , Massachusetts, 1922-1996) etching pencil signed and dated '77 lower right, numbered 5/10 lower left and titled 'David at Table' lower center. Image measures 12.75 in. x 7 in. Sheet measures 20.75 in. x 13 .375 in. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Nov. 20, 2024
Nell Blair Walden Blaine Etching SIGNED #14/28
Est: $100 - $200
Nell Blair Walden Blaine (American, 1922-1996) etching pencil signed lower right, numbered 14/28 lower left and titled 'Jestina Smiling' lower center. Image measures 5 in. x 4 in. Sheet measures 13.75 in. x 10.5 in. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Nov. 20, 2024
Nell Blair Walden Blaine Etching SIGNED #4/15
Est: $100 - $200
Nell Blair Walden Blaine (American, 1922-1996) etching pencil signed lower right, numbered 4/15 lower left and titled 'The Room' lower center. Image measures 7.75 in. x 5.75 in. Sheet measures 15 in. x 11 in. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Nov. 20, 2024
Nell Blair Walden Blaine Etching SIGNED
Est: $100 - $200
Nell Blair Walden Blaine (American, 1922-1996) etching pencil signed lower right, numbered 9/20 lower left and titled 'Man and Child' lower center. Image measures 9.75 in. x 8.875 in. Sheet measures 16 in. x 13 in. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Nov. 08, 2024
Nell Blaine, Jestina's Reds
Est: $500 - $700
Nell Blaine Jestina's Reds 1994 lithograph in colors image: 23.75 h x 22.75 w in (60 x 58 cm) sight: 30.375 h x 28.375 w in (77 x 72 cm) Signed, titled and numbered to lower edge 'AP 19/30 Jestina's Reds N. Blaine'. This work is artist's proof 19 of 30 apart from the edition of 150. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Oct. 31, 2024
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist
Est: $100 - $150
[ART] Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist. In 1942, she moved to New York City to study painting under Hans Hofmann to whom she was connected by printmaker Worden Day. Through her yearlong training at the Hans Hofmann School, she adopted a non-painterly style. By 1943, she joined the American Abstract Artists group as its youngest member. Blaine studied etching and engraving with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 starting in 1945. Blaine's work had begun as "tightly realist" but transformed to an abstract style, which was inspired by artists such as Piet Mondrian, Fernand Leger, and Jean Helion. Blaine's association with the American Abstract Artists group led to her receiving her first solo exhibition, held at Greenwich Village's Jane Street Gallery, of which she was a founding member and was home to the earliest known artists' cooperative in New York. Blaine briefly lived and worked in Paris around 1950 with Larry Rivers, traveling across Europe and exhibiting with the American Abstract Artists group in France, Denmark, and Italy. This experience inspired her to try traditional 19th century European painting. She showed at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery starting in 1953. Blaine was prominent among a prestigious circle of New York artists and poets which included John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Willem de Kooning, Kenneth Koch, Lee Krasner, Jane Freilicher, Leland Bell, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Robert De Niro Sr., and Rudy Burckhardt. In 1955, she designed the original logo of column heads and layout for weekly New York newspaper The Village Voice Offered here is a 1972 envelope upon which she writes about students of Hans Hofmann etc. Signed "N". RARE!
East Coast Books
Oct. 24, 2024
NELL BLAIR WALDEN BLAINE, American 1922-1996, Still Life, oil on canvas, 25 x 18 in. (63.5 x 45.7 cm.), Frame: 26 x 19 x 1 in. (66 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm.)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
NELL BLAIR WALDEN BLAINE American, 1922-1996 Still Life oil on canvas signed lower right "N Blaine"
Shannon's
Oct. 16, 2024
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) Artist's Proof Etching
Est: $200 - $300
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) Artist's Proof Etching [Gloucester Lodge in Fall]. Signed and dated by artist in pencil lower right. Titled in pencil lower center and stated AP in pencil lower left. Measures 10.75 x 13.75 inches image size and 22 x 24 inches sheet size. EX/EX+ condition. Created on Arches paper with infinity symbol. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Oct. 16, 2024
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) Aquatint AP [Gloucester]
Est: $200 - $300
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) Aquatint in colors on wove paper, signed, titled, A/P Artist's Proof 3/25 [Gloucester Table]. Measures 13.5 x 19.75 inches image size and 22 x 27 inches sheet size. EX/EX+ condition. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Oct. 10, 2024
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist
Est: $100 - $150
[ART] Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist. In 1942, she moved to New York City to study painting under Hans Hofmann to whom she was connected by printmaker Worden Day. Through her yearlong training at the Hans Hofmann School, she adopted a non-painterly style. By 1943, she joined the American Abstract Artists group as its youngest member. Blaine studied etching and engraving with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 starting in 1945. Blaine's work had begun as "tightly realist" but transformed to an abstract style, which was inspired by artists such as Piet Mondrian, Fernand Leger, and Jean Helion. Blaine's association with the American Abstract Artists group led to her receiving her first solo exhibition, held at Greenwich Village's Jane Street Gallery, of which she was a founding member and was home to the earliest known artists' cooperative in New York. Blaine briefly lived and worked in Paris around 1950 with Larry Rivers, traveling across Europe and exhibiting with the American Abstract Artists group in France, Denmark, and Italy. This experience inspired her to try traditional 19th century European painting. She showed at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery starting in 1953. Blaine was prominent among a prestigious circle of New York artists and poets which included John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Willem de Kooning, Kenneth Koch, Lee Krasner, Jane Freilicher, Leland Bell, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Robert De Niro Sr., and Rudy Burckhardt. In 1955, she designed the original logo of column heads and layout for weekly New York newspaper The Village Voice Offered here is a 1972 envelope upon which she writes about students of Hans Hofmann etc. Signed "N". RARE!
East Coast Books
Sep. 14, 2024
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist
Est: $100 - $150
[ART] Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist. In 1942, she moved to New York City to study painting under Hans Hofmann to whom she was connected by printmaker Worden Day. Through her yearlong training at the Hans Hofmann School, she adopted a non-painterly style. By 1943, she joined the American Abstract Artists group as its youngest member. Blaine studied etching and engraving with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 starting in 1945. Blaine's work had begun as "tightly realist" but transformed to an abstract style, which was inspired by artists such as Piet Mondrian, Fernand Leger, and Jean Helion. Blaine's association with the American Abstract Artists group led to her receiving her first solo exhibition, held at Greenwich Village's Jane Street Gallery, of which she was a founding member and was home to the earliest known artists' cooperative in New York. Blaine briefly lived and worked in Paris around 1950 with Larry Rivers, traveling across Europe and exhibiting with the American Abstract Artists group in France, Denmark, and Italy. This experience inspired her to try traditional 19th century European painting. She showed at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery starting in 1953. Blaine was prominent among a prestigious circle of New York artists and poets which included John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Willem de Kooning, Kenneth Koch, Lee Krasner, Jane Freilicher, Leland Bell, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Robert De Niro Sr., and Rudy Burckhardt. In 1955, she designed the original logo of column heads and layout for weekly New York newspaper The Village Voice Offered here is a 1972 envelope upon which she writes about students of Hans Hofmann etc. Signed "N". RARE!
East Coast Books
Aug. 03, 2024
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist
Est: $100 - $150
[ART] Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist. In 1942, she moved to New York City to study painting under Hans Hofmann to whom she was connected by printmaker Worden Day. Through her yearlong training at the Hans Hofmann School, she adopted a non-painterly style. By 1943, she joined the American Abstract Artists group as its youngest member. Blaine studied etching and engraving with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 starting in 1945. Blaine's work had begun as "tightly realist" but transformed to an abstract style, which was inspired by artists such as Piet Mondrian, Fernand Leger, and Jean Helion. Blaine's association with the American Abstract Artists group led to her receiving her first solo exhibition, held at Greenwich Village's Jane Street Gallery, of which she was a founding member and was home to the earliest known artists' cooperative in New York. Blaine briefly lived and worked in Paris around 1950 with Larry Rivers, traveling across Europe and exhibiting with the American Abstract Artists group in France, Denmark, and Italy. This experience inspired her to try traditional 19th century European painting. She showed at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery starting in 1953. Blaine was prominent among a prestigious circle of New York artists and poets which included John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Willem de Kooning, Kenneth Koch, Lee Krasner, Jane Freilicher, Leland Bell, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Robert De Niro Sr., and Rudy Burckhardt. In 1955, she designed the original logo of column heads and layout for weekly New York newspaper The Village Voice Offered here is a 1972 envelope upon which she writes about students of Hans Hofmann etc. Signed "N". RARE!
East Coast Books
Jul. 11, 2024
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist
Est: $100 - $150
[ART] Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist. In 1942, she moved to New York City to study painting under Hans Hofmann to whom she was connected by printmaker Worden Day. Through her yearlong training at the Hans Hofmann School, she adopted a non-painterly style. By 1943, she joined the American Abstract Artists group as its youngest member. Blaine studied etching and engraving with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 starting in 1945. Blaine's work had begun as "tightly realist" but transformed to an abstract style, which was inspired by artists such as Piet Mondrian, Fernand Leger, and Jean Helion. Blaine's association with the American Abstract Artists group led to her receiving her first solo exhibition, held at Greenwich Village's Jane Street Gallery, of which she was a founding member and was home to the earliest known artists' cooperative in New York. Blaine briefly lived and worked in Paris around 1950 with Larry Rivers, traveling across Europe and exhibiting with the American Abstract Artists group in France, Denmark, and Italy. This experience inspired her to try traditional 19th century European painting. She showed at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery starting in 1953. Blaine was prominent among a prestigious circle of New York artists and poets which included John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Willem de Kooning, Kenneth Koch, Lee Krasner, Jane Freilicher, Leland Bell, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Robert De Niro Sr., and Rudy Burckhardt. In 1955, she designed the original logo of column heads and layout for weekly New York newspaper The Village Voice Offered here is a 1972 envelope upon which she writes about students of Hans Hofmann etc. Signed "N". RARE!
East Coast Books
Jun. 15, 2024
Nell Blair Walden Blaine, Summer Forest
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Nell Blair Walden Blaine (American, 1922-1996), summer forest, oil on board, signed L/L and dated '63, 16" x 24", framed 19 1/2" x 27 1/2". Provenance: Westbury, New York collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Jun. 04, 2024
Nell Blair Walden Blaine (American, 1922-1996) - View, Early September
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Nell Blair Walden Blaine (American, 1922-1996) - View, Early September Signed ‘NW Blaine’ bottom left; also titled, located, and dated verso, watercolor with pastel on paper Sight size: 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6cm) Executed in 1990. Provenance Property from the Collection of Dr. Julian Katz and Dr. Sheila Moriber Katz, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. Lot Essay Please note that a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the present lot will go to the Julian and Sheila Katz Scholarship Fund at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine. To learn more about Dr. Julian Katz and Dr. Sheila Moriber Katz, please visit our website. For other works from the Katz Collection, see lots 69 - 90.
Freeman's
May. 09, 2024
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist
Est: $100 - $150
[ART] Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist. In 1942, she moved to New York City to study painting under Hans Hofmann to whom she was connected by printmaker Worden Day. Through her yearlong training at the Hans Hofmann School, she adopted a non-painterly style. By 1943, she joined the American Abstract Artists group as its youngest member. Blaine studied etching and engraving with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 starting in 1945. Blaine's work had begun as "tightly realist" but transformed to an abstract style, which was inspired by artists such as Piet Mondrian, Fernand Leger, and Jean Helion. Blaine's association with the American Abstract Artists group led to her receiving her first solo exhibition, held at Greenwich Village's Jane Street Gallery, of which she was a founding member and was home to the earliest known artists' cooperative in New York. Blaine briefly lived and worked in Paris around 1950 with Larry Rivers, traveling across Europe and exhibiting with the American Abstract Artists group in France, Denmark, and Italy. This experience inspired her to try traditional 19th century European painting. She showed at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery starting in 1953. Blaine was prominent among a prestigious circle of New York artists and poets which included John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Willem de Kooning, Kenneth Koch, Lee Krasner, Jane Freilicher, Leland Bell, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Robert De Niro Sr., and Rudy Burckhardt. In 1955, she designed the original logo of column heads and layout for weekly New York newspaper The Village Voice Offered here is a 1972 envelope upon which she writes about students of Hans Hofmann etc. Signed "N". RARE!
East Coast Books
Mar. 21, 2024
Watercolor, Nell Blaine
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Nell Blaine (American, 1922-1996), "Free Lancer," 1957, watercolor, signed and dated lower right, titled lower center, sight: 19.5"h x 27.5"w, overall (with frame): 25"h x 33.25"w
Clars Auctions
Mar. 14, 2024
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist
Est: $100 - $150
[ART] Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American artist. In 1942, she moved to New York City to study painting under Hans Hofmann to whom she was connected by printmaker Worden Day. Through her yearlong training at the Hans Hofmann School, she adopted a non-painterly style. By 1943, she joined the American Abstract Artists group as its youngest member. Blaine studied etching and engraving with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 starting in 1945. Blaine's work had begun as "tightly realist" but transformed to an abstract style, which was inspired by artists such as Piet Mondrian, Fernand Leger, and Jean Helion. Blaine's association with the American Abstract Artists group led to her receiving her first solo exhibition, held at Greenwich Village's Jane Street Gallery, of which she was a founding member and was home to the earliest known artists' cooperative in New York. Blaine briefly lived and worked in Paris around 1950 with Larry Rivers, traveling across Europe and exhibiting with the American Abstract Artists group in France, Denmark, and Italy. This experience inspired her to try traditional 19th century European painting. She showed at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery starting in 1953. Blaine was prominent among a prestigious circle of New York artists and poets which included John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Willem de Kooning, Kenneth Koch, Lee Krasner, Jane Freilicher, Leland Bell, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Robert De Niro Sr., and Rudy Burckhardt. In 1955, she designed the original logo of column heads and layout for weekly New York newspaper The Village Voice Offered here is a 1972 envelope upon which she writes about students of Hans Hofmann etc. Signed "N". RARE!
East Coast Books
Mar. 02, 2024
Nell Blair Walden Blaine, New York, Massachusetts (1922 - 1996), table setting still life, 1961, lithograph, 10"H x 14"W
Est: $80 - $120
Nell Blair Walden Blaine New York, Massachusetts, (1922 - 1996) table setting still life, 1961 lithograph Pencil signed and numbered 73/80 lower right. Signed and dated in the print. Biography from the Archives of askART: Nell Blaine, painter of still lifes and landscapes in brilliant colors, created abstract work that gives the appearance of being done in a carefree, totally lighthearted manner but in fact is the result of years of disciplined study. It is also an effect achieved after rehabilitation from polio, which nearly took her life. Suffering a paralyzed right hand, she taught herself to paint with her left hand, and she devoted much time to applying colors, some times as many as fifty varieties. She attributed her fascination with color with its discovery when she was two years old and corrective eye surgery allowed her to see color for the first time. Blaine was raised in the Richmond, Virginia, where she grew to hate the prevalent racial discrimination and left home at an early age. In high school, she was skilled enough to begin selling her artwork, which was mostly posters and portraits. She attended the Richmond School of Art, now Virginia Commonwealth University, between 1939 and 1942 but left its classical realist curriculum when one of the instructors introduced her to modern art. She used money she had earned from commercial art and went to New York and studied with Hans Hofmann, teacher of Abstract Expressionism. Shortly after, she married a jazz musician and immersed herself in the world of jazz, beating drums and improvising expressive dances, and associating with Charlie Parker, Dizzie Gillespie, and Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. Her paintings of that time reflect her strong developing sense of relationship between jazz and abstract art. In 1944 at age twenty two, she became the youngest member of the American Abstract Artists and exhibited hard-edged geometric paintings, mostly black and white with accents of bright colors. She joined a cooperative of abstract artists and worked so hard at organizing shows that some referred to it as the Blaine Street Gallery. She was a strong personality who had special influence on Larry Rivers and Jane Freilicher and appeared to thrive in the New York art scene of the 1940s. However, she decided that her lifestyle was unhealthy, and she left the city, had a period of seclusion, and then went to France where she admired the work of Gustave Courbet, Jean Antoine Watteau, Eugene Delacroix, and Nicholas Poussin and took up figurative art in an abstract style. She became known as a "painterly realist," and added landscapes and interiors to her subject matter. She earned fellowships to Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony and began spending at least half the year in Gloucester, Massachusetts. She also traveled in Mexico. In 1959 on the island of Mykonos, Greece, she had polio. Her New York art friends in an exhibition of seventy-one artists raised money for extensive treatment at Mount Sinai Hospital. After recovery, she settled in a studio on Riverside Drive, spent her summers in Gloucester, and painted from her wheelchair. She died in 1996. Source: Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, American Women Artists
Ripley Auctions
Mar. 02, 2024
Nell Blair Walden Blaine, New York, Massachusetts (1922-1996), Fishing Boats, Lithograph Trial Print (T.P.), 13 1/2"H x 17"W (sight), 25 1/2"H x 31 3/4"W (frame)
Est: $200 - $400
Nell Blair Walden Blaine New York, Massachusetts, (1922-1996) Fishing Boats Lithograph Trial Print (T.P.) Pencil signed lower right, titled lower center. Biography from the Archives of askART: Nell Blaine, painter of still lifes and landscapes in brilliant colors, created abstract work that gives the appearance of being done in a carefree, totally lighthearted manner but in fact is the result of years of disciplined study. It is also an effect achieved after rehabilitation from polio, which nearly took her life. Suffering a paralyzed right hand, she taught herself to paint with her left hand, and she devoted much time to applying colors, some times as many as fifty varieties. She attributed her fascination with color with its discovery when she was two years old and corrective eye surgery allowed her to see color for the first time. Blaine was raised in the Richmond, Virginia, where she grew to hate the prevalent racial discrimination and left home at an early age. In high school, she was skilled enough to begin selling her artwork, which was mostly posters and portraits. She attended the Richmond School of Art, now Virginia Commonwealth University, between 1939 and 1942 but left its classical realist curriculum when one of the instructors introduced her to modern art. She used money she had earned from commercial art and went to New York and studied with Hans Hofmann, teacher of Abstract Expressionism. Shortly after, she married a jazz musician and immersed herself in the world of jazz, beating drums and improvising expressive dances, and associating with Charlie Parker, Dizzie Gillespie, and Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. Her paintings of that time reflect her strong developing sense of relationship between jazz and abstract art. In 1944 at age twenty two, she became the youngest member of the American Abstract Artists and exhibited hard-edged geometric paintings, mostly black and white with accents of bright colors. She joined a cooperative of abstract artists and worked so hard at organizing shows that some referred to it as the Blaine Street Gallery. She was a strong personality who had special influence on Larry Rivers and Jane Freilicher and appeared to thrive in the New York art scene of the 1940s. However, she decided that her lifestyle was unhealthy, and she left the city, had a period of seclusion, and then went to France where she admired the work of Gustave Courbet, Jean Antoine Watteau, Eugene Delacroix, and Nicholas Poussin and took up figurative art in an abstract style. She became known as a "painterly realist," and added landscapes and interiors to her subject matter. She earned fellowships to Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony and began spending at least half the year in Gloucester, Massachusetts. She also traveled in Mexico. In 1959 on the island of Mykonos, Greece, she had polio. Her New York art friends in an exhibition of seventy-one artists raised money for extensive treatment at Mount Sinai Hospital. After recovery, she settled in a studio on Riverside Drive, spent her summers in Gloucester, and painted from her wheelchair. She died in 1996. Source: Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, American Women Artists
Ripley Auctions
Feb. 03, 2024
AMERICAN PAINTING BY NELL BLAIR WALDEN BLAINE 1963
Est: $100 - $150
An American oil painting on board by Nell Blair Walden Blaine, 1963. The expressionist painting depicts a summer landscape with trees. The artists signature and date is lower on the left. Framed. Nell Blair Walden Blaine, 1922 to 1996, was an American landscape painter, expressionist, and watercolorist. From Richmond, Virginia. Nell Blair Walden Blaines work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the National Academy of Design, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Rose Art Museum, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Museum of Modern Art. Collectible American Fine Art.
Antique Arena Inc
Jan. 27, 2024
NELL BLAINE (AMERICAN 1922-1996)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
NELL BLAINE (AMERICAN 1922-1996) View of Delphi with Donkeys, 1959 ink wash on paper 46 x 55 cm (18 1/8 x 21 5/8 in.); framed dimensions: 65 x 71 cm (25 5/8 x 28 in.) signed and dated lower left, titled lower right CONDITION Observed in frame under glass, the work is in good condition, minor waviness to the paper, staining to the edges and corners, no other visible issues to report. N.B. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Jan. 27, 2024
NELL BLAINE (AMERICAN 1922-1996)
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
NELL BLAINE (AMERICAN 1922-1996) Summer Time, Saratoga, 1961 oil on canvas 62 x 94 cm (24 3/8 x 37 in.); framed dimensions: 79 x 110 cm (31 1/8 x 43 1/4 in.) signed and dated lower left PROVENANCE Christie's, New York, NY, July 14, 2004, lot 28 CONDITION Observed in frame, the work is in good condition, very minor surface grime, no other visible issues to report. UV light inspection showed no signs of retouching. N.B. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Jan. 18, 2024
NELL BLAIR WALDEN BLAINE, American 1922-1996, "Hudson River", 1961, pastel on paper, 9 x 12 in. (22.9 x 30.5 cm.) (sheet), Frame: 16 1/4 x 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. (41.3 x 1.9 x 47.6 cm.)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
NELL BLAIR WALDEN BLAINE American, 1922-1996 "Hudson River", 1961 pastel on paper signed and dated lower left "M. Blaine / '61"
Shannon's
Jan. 06, 2024
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) Nell Blaine oil on board floral still life, 20 by 1
Est: $300 - $500
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) Nell Blaine oil on board floral still life, 20 by 14 inches, signed lower right, "N. Blaine," framed. Condition: Very good.
Blackwood March Auctioneers
Nov. 11, 2023
NELL BLAIR BLAINE AMERICAN 1922-1996
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Summer Landscape, dated 1963, oil on board, 16 x 24 in (40.6 x 61 cm), framed 19 1/2 x 27 1/2 in (49.5 x 70 cm), signed lower left, PROVENANCE: Private collection Old Westbury, NY
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
Oct. 24, 2023
Nell Blaine (American 1922 - 1996) Original Pen and Ink, Portrait of a Lady. Signed and dated lower right '59. paper size 7-3/4 x 5-1/2 inches. Overall framed size 17 x 15 inches
Est: $400 - $800
Nell Blaine (American 1922 - 1996) Original Pen and Ink, Portrait of a Lady. Signed and dated lower right '59. paper size 7-3/4 x 5-1/2 inches. Overall framed size 17 x 15 inches
Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions
Jun. 28, 2023
Nell Blaine American, 1922-1996 Seated Nude, 1955
Est: $600 - $800
Nell Blaine American, 1922-1996 Seated Nude, 1955 Signed and dated N. Blaine 1955 (ll); inscribed as titled on the verso Pastel on paper 24 1/4 x 18 5/8 inches (61.6 x 47.3 cm) C Estate of Dr. Robert Siffert
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
May. 20, 2023
Nell Blaine (Am. 1922-1996), "Gerbera + Iris", Colored lithograph, framed under glass
Est: $300 - $500
Nell Blaine Am. (1922-1996) "Gerbera + Iris" Colored lithograph, framed under glass Signed in pencil l.r., titled in pencil l.c., "AP" in pencil l.l. 21 1/2" x 15 3/4" sight, 28 1/2" x 22 3/4" framed
Barridoff Auctions
Apr. 20, 2023
Nell Blaine, Untitled
Est: $800 - $1,200
Nell Blaine Untitled gouache on paper laid to paper board 8.5 h x 8 w in (22 x 20 cm) This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Apr. 20, 2023
Nell Blaine, Shooting Gallery
Est: $800 - $1,200
Nell Blaine Shooting Gallery c. 1940 India ink on paper 5.125 h x 8.5 w in (13 x 22 cm) Titled to lower edge 'Shooting Gallery'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Apr. 20, 2023
Nell Blaine, Abstraction
Est: $800 - $1,200
Nell Blaine Abstraction 1944 gouache and India ink on paper 6.75 h x 4.875 w in (17 x 12 cm) Provenance: Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Apr. 20, 2023
Nell Blaine, Abstraction
Est: $800 - $1,200
Nell Blaine Abstraction c. 1948 India ink on paper 8 h x 5 w in (20 x 13 cm) Provenance: Tibor De Nagy Gallery | Private Collection | Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Apr. 20, 2023
Nell Blaine, Abstraction
Est: $800 - $1,200
Nell Blaine Abstraction c. 1948 India ink on paper 8.875 h x 8.375 w in (23 x 21 cm) Provenance: Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York | Private Collection | Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Mar. 29, 2023
Nell Blaine, Furniture Sketches
Est: $800 - $1,200
Nell Blaine Furniture Sketches marker on paper 10.875 h x 8.375 w in (28 x 21 cm) This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Mar. 26, 2023
NELL BLAIR WALDEN BLAINE (American, 1922-1996)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
'Silvery Harbor and Clouds', 1981 Watercolor and pastel on paper Signed lower left, titled, dated, and inscribed 'Gloucester, Mass.' on verso, with Rita Rich Collection and Fischbach gallery labels, framed h. 18 w. 24 in. overall: 24-1/2 x 30-1/2 in. (frame)
Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC
Mar. 23, 2023
Nell Blaine, Abstraction
Est: $800 - $1,200
Nell Blaine Abstraction marker on paper 11.625 h x 8.625 w in (30 x 22 cm) This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Mar. 05, 2023
Attrib Nell Blaine (1922-1996) American, 2 Ptgs
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
"In The Studio" a pair of abstract still life paintings. Signed and dated 86. Nell Blaine, painter of still lifes and landscapes in brilliant colors, created abstract work that gives the appearance of being done in a carefree, totally lighthearted manner but in fact is the result of years of disciplined study. It is also an effect achieved after rehabilitation from polio, which nearly took her life. Overall size: 24 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. Sight size: 17 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Mar. 04, 2023
Nell Blaine Etching, Signed Edition
Est: $100 - $200
Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida.
Palm Beach Modern Auctions
Jan. 25, 2023
Nell Blaine, Gray Abstraction
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Nell Blaine Gray Abstraction c. 1940 gouache on paper 12 h x 9 w in (30 x 23 cm) Provenance: Acquired from Marilyn Harris (the artist's partner) by the present owner This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Jan. 25, 2023
Nell Blaine, Abstraction
Est: $800 - $1,200
Nell Blaine Abstraction c. 1940 graphite on paper 11 h x 8.5 w in (28 x 22 cm) Provenance: Acquired from Marilyn Harris (the artist's partner) by the present owner This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Jan. 25, 2023
Nell Blaine, Abstraction
Est: $800 - $1,200
Nell Blaine Abstraction c. 1940 marker on paper 12 h x 9 w in (30 x 23 cm) Provenance: Acquired from Marilyn Harris (the artist's partner) by the present owner This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Jan. 25, 2023
Nell Blaine, Toys
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Nell Blaine Toys gouache, oil and graphite on paper laid to paper board 12.5 h x 9.5 w in (32 x 24 cm) Provenance: Acquired from Marilyn Harris (the artist's partner) by the present owner This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Jan. 25, 2023
Nell Blaine, Abstraction
Est: $800 - $1,200
Nell Blaine Abstraction 1940 India ink on paper 11 h x 8 w in (28 x 20 cm) Provenance: Acquired from Marilyn Harris (the artist's partner) by the present owner This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Jan. 25, 2023
Nell Blaine, Abstraction
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Nell Blaine Abstraction c. 1940 gouache on artist-made paper 9 h x 6 w in (23 x 15 cm) Provenance: Acquired from Marilyn Harris (the artist's partner) by the present owner This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Jan. 25, 2023
Nell Blaine, Abstraction
Est: $800 - $1,200
Nell Blaine Abstraction c. 1940 linocut on paper 8.5 h x 5.625 w in (22 x 14 cm) Provenance: Acquired from Marilyn Harris (the artist's partner) by the present owner This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Jan. 25, 2023
Nell Blaine, Abstraction
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Nell Blaine Abstraction c. 1940 gouache on lined paper 7.875 h x 10 w in (20 x 25 cm) Provenance: Acquired from Marilyn Harris (the artist's partner) by the present owner This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright