May Austin Claus Sold at Auction Prices

MAY AUSTIN CLAUS (B. 1882, MA ARTIST

PROVINCETOWN, ATTENDED THE BOSTON MUSEUM SCHOOL, MEMBER OF PA SOCIETY OF MINIATURE PAINTERS, THE BOSTON ART CLUB, AND SALONS OF AMERICA) EARLY 20TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A MATURE WOMAN IN A BLACK SILK EVENING DRESS WITH A TEAL FEATHER FAN. IN AN EXCEPTIONAL CARVED AND GILDED FRAME, PROBABLY HANDMADE BY WALFRED THULIN. FRAME SHOWS SOME PAINT LOSS AT BASE. SIGHT SIZE 52 1/4" X 36", OVERALL 59" X 43".

MAY AUSTIN CLAUS (1882- ?), Surf, Peaked Hill Bar, Watercolor

MAY AUSTIN CLAUS (1882- ?), Surf, Peaked Hill Bar, Watercolor

May Austin Claus (American, b. 1882) Mrs. Rutherford. Identified on a label from the Baltimore Water Color Club Twenty-Eighth Exhibi...

May Austin Claus (American, b. 1882) Mrs. Rutherford. Identified on a label from the Baltimore Water Color Club Twenty-Eighth Exhibition affixed to the reverse. Gouache on celluloid, sight size 7 x 4 7/8 in., framed. Condition: Not examined out of frame.

May Austin Claus (American, b. 1882) Mrs. Rutherford. Identified on a label from the Baltimore Water Color Club Twenty-Eighth Exhibitio

May Austin Claus (American, b. 1882) Mrs. Rutherford. Identified on a label from the Baltimore Water Color Club Twenty-Eighth Exhibition affixed to the reverse. Gouache on celluloid, sight size 7 x 4 7/8 in., framed. Condition: Not examined out of the frame.

May Austin Claus (American, b. 1882) Three Portraits: Arshele Sasha Gorky, Amedeo Collari, and Vera. Gorky inscribed and titled "May Au

May Austin Claus (American, b. 1882) Three Portraits: Arshele Sasha Gorky, Amedeo Collari, and Vera. Gorky inscribed and titled "May Austin Claus/410 Boylston Street/Boston, Mass./ Arshele [sic] Sasha Gorky" on the reverse, Collari signed "May Austin Claus." u.l., identified on a label affixed to the backing, Vera signed and dated "M.A. Claus '18" u.l., inscribed and titled "M.A. Claus/410 Boylston/ Boston, Mass/ Vera" on the reverse; Gorky graphite on celluloid, Collari gouache on celluloid, sizes to 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 in., framed. Condition: Vera with restored crack to celluloid, not examined out of frames. N.B. While the relationship between Claus and Arshile Gorky is unknown, Gorky lived in the Greater Boston area between 1922 and 1924, enrolling and teaching at the New School of Design and Illustration (1). Claus's portrait of Gorky reflects one of the name variants he adopted ('Arshele') before settling on "Arshile" in 1932. (2) (1) http://arshilegorkyfoundation.org/gorkys-life/chronology (2) Ibid.

May Austin Claus, American b. 1882, "West End Dunes Provincetown, Mass", watercolor on paper, 3 3/4" x 4 3/4" in the original frame.