Fern Isabel Coppedge Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Fern Isabel Coppedge Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 14, 2024
Fern Isabel Coppedge, Autumn
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge Autumn oil on canvas 16.25 h x 16.25 w in (41 x 41 cm) Signed to lower edge 'Fern I. Coppedge'. Provenance: Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Aug. 16, 2024
Painting, Fern Coppedge
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Fern Coppedge (American, 1883-1951), "August Reflections," oil on canvas, signed lower right, gallery title label (Newman Galleries, Philadelphia) affixed verso, canvas: 20"h x 24"w, overall (with frame): 31.25"h x 35.25"w
Clars Auctions
Jun. 20, 2024
Painting, Fern Coppedge
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Fern Isabel Kuns Coppedge (American, 1883-1951), "August Reflections," oil on canvas, signed lower right, gallery title label (Newman Galleries, Philadelphia) affixed verso, canvas: 20"h x 24"w, overall (with frame): 31.25"h x 35.25"w
Clars Auctions
Jun. 02, 2024
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951 - Winter in the Village
Est: $60,000 - $100,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951 - Winter in the Village Signed ‘FERN I. Coppedge’ bottom right; also pencil signed, titled and located ‘NEW HOPE, PA’ on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61cm) Executed circa 1941. Provenance The Artist. (Purportedly) acquired directly from the above. Private Collection, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Pedersen Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey. Acquired directly from the above. Private Collection, New Jersey. Exhibition "Fern I. Coppedge: A Forgotten Woman," James A. Michener Arts Center (now Art Museum), Doylestown, Pennsylvania, September 16-November 25, 1990, as Hillside Village. Literature Fern I. Coppedge: A Forgotten Woman, James A. Michener Arts Center, Doylestown, 1990, p. 37 (illustrated as Hillside Village. Les and Sue Fox, Fern Coppedge 1883-1951: One Woman's Struggle for Equality in the Art World, West Highland Publishing, Cincinnati, 2021, p. 182, no. CWF-4 (illustrated as Village Hillside). Lot Essay The present work is a quintessential view of Lambertville–an uphill village in New Jersey easily identifiable by the steeple of its First Presbyterian Church, which clearly dominates the scene. Coppedge represented this view several times throughout her career, in many different formats. Its balanced composition, a strict combination of verticals (houses, church) and horizontals (the river), is softened by the curving hills in the background, as well as the wooden fence, which trickles down the winding road in a bold diagonal that introduces a strong dynamic in the picture plane. The intense, solid colors are characteristic of the artist's mature style; they act as visual steps that guide our eye all the way through to the top of the composition, and help enliven the sight of an otherwise dreary, gray winter day.
Freeman's | Hindman
Jun. 02, 2024
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) - Winter Scene (Near New Hope)
Est: $25,000 - $50,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) - Winter Scene (Near New Hope) Signed ‘Fern I. Coppedge’ bottom right, oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8cm) Provenance Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Lot Essay The present painting will be included in the forthcoming Fern Coppedge Catalogue Raisonné compiled by Les and Sue Fox (2024).
Freeman's | Hindman
May. 10, 2024
Fern Isabel Coppedge, Summer, The Upper Delaware
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge Summer, The Upper Delaware c. 1935 oil on canvas 18 h x 20 w in (46 x 51 cm) Signed to lower right 'Fern Coppedge'. Titled to verso 'Summer, The Upper Delaware'. Provenance: Collection of Brett Fager | Thence by descent This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 17, 2024
Fern Isabel Kuns Coppedge (1883 - 1951) American
Est: $6,500 - $8,500
Fern Isabel Kuns Coppedge (1883 - 1951) Oil on board, Signed LowerLeft, Measures (22 x 28 inches) w/frame (26 x 32 inches) Fern Isabel Kuns was born in the tiny town of Cerro Gordo, nestled in the heart of central Illinois farm country some 12 miles from Decatur. The daughter of farmer John Leslie Kuns and Maria Dilling Kuns, Fern was born on July 28, 1883 and died in New Hope, Pennsylvania on April 21, 1951 at the relatively young age of 67. Raised with four sisters and a brother (photo above) Fern Kuns was a precocious child with bright blue eyes and an early appreciation of the art and beauty of her surroundings. Sadly, Fern's second brother, the Kuns’ firstborn child, Joseph, died at age 10 three years before Fern was born. In 1886, the Kuns family moved to California for a year, which Fern’s oldest sister Mary recalled as the best year of her childhood. When potential opportunities didn’t work out they headed east for Kansas.
Cutler Bay Auctions
Jan. 19, 2024
Painting, Fern Coppedge
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951), Springtime (Bucks County), oil on canvas board, signed lower left, board: 8.5"h x 12"w, overall (with frame): 15.5"h x 19.5"w
Clars Auctions
Dec. 03, 2023
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) - Spring at St. Davids
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) - Spring at St. Davids Signed ‘Fern I. Coppedge' bottom left; also pencil titled on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas 16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6cm) Provenance Private Estate, Akron, Ohio.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 03, 2023
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) - Clearing Off Gloucester Harbor
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) - Clearing Off Gloucester Harbor Signed 'Fern I. Coppedge' bottom left; also inscribed with title on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas 14 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. (35.9 x 41cm) Executed circa 1930s. Provenance Private Collection, Missouri. Freeman's, Philadelphia, sale of June 4, 2017, lot 88. Acquired directly from the above sale. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Literature Les and Sue Fox, Fern Coppedge 1883-1951: One Woman's Struggle for Equality in the Art World, West Highland Publishing, Cincinnati, 2021, p. 225, no. CGF-39 (illustrated).
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 03, 2023
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) - Boats in Harbor
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) - Boats in Harbor Signed ‘Fern I. Coppedge’ bottom left, oil on canvas 38 1/8 x 39 5/8 in. (96.8 x 100.6cm) Provenance The Artist. A gift from the above. Collection of Margaret Effa Kuns, the Artist's sister, Kansas. By descent in the Artist's family, Kansas. Private Collection, Colorado. Exhibition Ashby Hodge Gallery of American Art, Central Methodist University, Fayette, Montana (on long-term loan). Literature Les and Sue Fox, Fern Coppedge 1883-1951: One Woman's Struggle for Equality in the Art World, West Highland Publishing, Cincinnati, 2021, p. 224, no. CGF-27 (illustrated). Lot Essay On the advice of her friend Henry Snell, Fern Coppedge first visited Cape Ann, and specifically the harbor of Gloucester, in the summer of 1916. She regularly visited the enchanting harbor thereafter until 1934. Like Fitz Henry Lane, Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam, or Jane Peterson before her, Coppedge felt attracted to the unique New England light, and enjoyed capturing the shimmering sea, picturesque clapboard houses, lobster traps, and rugged granite cliffs. Contrary to her male counterparts, she mostly avoided tourist locations and preferred to paint in quaint, semi-deserted places, such as Pigeon Cove, Norman's Woe, or Rocky Neck. Here, as an exception, the artist presents the viewer with the dramatic entrance to the harbor, recognizable by the familiar silhouette of Gloucester City Hall's spire in the background, at left. A master colorist, Coppedge fully embraces her late-career's distinctive garish hues, thus ensuring the composition's fiery atmosphere and overall dynamism. Water occupies the majority of the canvas. Usually painted in very deep turquoise, Coppedge instead chooses to employ dark lavender tones, rusty oranges, and bright ultramarine, which contribute to the golden atmosphere and charge it with intensity–almost as if a summer storm is approaching. Across from us, past the diagonal pontoon stretching into the water, are nestled buildings–brightly colored boxes and cubes of various sizes that recall Coppedge's signature cottages from Bucks County that she typically depicts blanketed in snow. A geometric composition, Boats in Harbor still leaves room for delicacy, namely the soothing curves of the boats' floating sails and the shimmering light rays on the surface of the water, thus proving that although the decor is captured in a very modern and bold style, Coppedge still sees the harbor as her own safe haven.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 03, 2023
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) - Winter Village, New Hope
Est: $50,000 - $80,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) - Winter Village, New Hope Signed ‘Fern I. Coppedge.’ bottom right; also inscribed ‘Dolores’ verso and inscribed ‘1934/Wedding/gift’ on stretcher verso, oil on canvas 18 ¼ x 20 1/8 in. (46.4 x 51.1cm) Housed in a Reuben Moore Price frame. Provenance The Artist. A (wedding) gift from the above. Collection of Margaret Effa Kuns, the Artist's sister, Kansas. By descent in the Artist's family. Private Collection, Colorado. Literature Les and Sue Fox, Fern Coppedge 1883-1951: One Woman's Struggle for Equality in the Art World, West Highland Publishing, Cincinnati, 2021, p. 197, no. CWF-81 (illustrated as Winter Village Landscape, New Hope). Lot Essay Fern Coppedge settled in Bucks County in 1920 and, for the next 30 years, trained her eye on the region’s picturesque hamlets and idyllic landscapes—many of them nestled under a blanket of downy snow. Winter Village, New Hope features hallmarks of the artist’s appealing, if idiosyncratic, style from the early 1930s: the bold palette becomes less naturalistic as the eye follows the icy-blue Delaware Canal winding gently between the pink, orange, and turquoise houses. A figure, so often absent from Coppedge’s work, instills the warmth of humanity, and of community, in an otherwise frigid landscape.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 03, 2023
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) - Canal in Summer
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) - Canal in Summer Signed ‘F. Coppedge’ bottom center right; also signed and dated ‘'11’ verso, oil on canvas 24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7cm) Provenance The Artist. A gift from the above. Collection of Margaret Effa Kuns, the Artist's sister, Kansas. A (wedding) gift from the above, 1957. Collection of Margaret E. Kuns's granddaughter. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Colorado. Literature Les and Sue Fox, Fern Coppedge 1883-1951: One Woman's Struggle for Equality in the Art World, West Highland Publishing, Cincinnati, 2021, p. 251, no. CSF-107 (illustrated).
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 15, 2023
Fern Coppedge
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
American 1883-1951 Winter Morning on the Schuylkill Signed Fern I. Coppedge. (ll); inscribed as titled on the stretcher Oil on canvas 16 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches (41.3 x 35.9 cm) Unframed This painting will be included in Les and Sue Fox’s Fern Coppedge Catalogue Raisonne Craquelure; frame rub; wear at the edges; small spot of inpainting in the lower right quadrant in the river.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 08, 2023
Fern Isabel Kuns Coppedge
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Fern Isabel Kuns Coppedge American, 1883-1951 New Hope, PA Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Provenance: Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia The collection of Christie Powell Private collection, purchased from the above in 2022. Light scratch in the lower right corner and another in the upper left quadrant, just to the left of this second scratch is a small break in the canvas, approximately 1/4 inch in size.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 17, 2023
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883 -1951) Gloucester Harbor
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883 -1951) Gloucester Harbor oil on canvas signed Fern I. Coppedge and inscribed 14 rue Beaujon/Windsor Hotel (stretcher) 19 5/8 x 24 inches. Provenance: Private Collection, Maryland Freeman's, Philadelphia, June 3, 2018, Lot 145 Private Collection, acquired from the above Literature: Les and Sue Fox, Fern Coppedge 1883-1951: One Woman's Struggle for Equality in the Art World, Cincinnati, 2021, no. CGF-31, p. 224, illus. The present lot depicting a calm harbor with fishing boats may not be of Gloucester Harbor, as indicated by the title, but rather a waterway in rural France. The summer of 1925, Fern Isabel Coppedge traveled to Europe, where she painted scenes in Austria and Czechoslovakia, as well as two significant paintings of Venice. Before she returned to Pennsylvania, the artist stayed in Paris while she awaited her voyage home from Cherbourg, France, on the S.S. Lancastria. The stretcher of the painting bears an inscription in the artist's hand, 14 rue Beaujon/Windsor Hotel. At this address stands a Hausmann-inspired hotel, which, when it debuted in 1907, was called Hotel Windsor (it is now the Sofitel Paris Arc de Triomphe). However, it is unknown if or when Coppedge may have traveled from Paris to Normandy to paint, or why she wrote the address of a Paris hotel on the stretcher. In email correspondence with Les Fox, co-author of Fern Coppedge 1883-1951: One Woman's Struggle for Equality in the Art World, he agrees that the scene was likely at least inspired by or painted in France, based on the inscription and the buildings seen along the white cliffs of the distant shoreline, which do not appear to be those of Gloucester. As the artist does not appear to have kept any journals, at this time the subject will remain an art historical mystery.
Hindman
Aug. 22, 2023
Fern Isabel Kuns Coppedge (1883 - 1951) American
Est: $800 - $1,500
Fern Isabel Kuns Coppedge (1883 - 1951) Oil on Masonite, Signed Lower Right, Measures ( 13.5 x 15.5 inches ) w/frame ( 19 x 20.5 inches ) Fern Isabel Kuns was born in the tiny town of Cerro Gordo, nestled in the heart of central Illinois farm country some 12 miles from Decatur. The daughter of farmer John Leslie Kuns and Maria Dilling Kuns, Fern was born on July 28, 1883 and died in New Hope, Pennsylvania on April 21, 1951 at the relatively young age of 67. Raised with four sisters and a brother (photo above) Fern Kuns was a precocious child with bright blue eyes and an early appreciation of the art and beauty of her surroundings. Sadly, Fern's second brother, the Kuns’ firstborn child, Joseph, died at age 10 three years before Fern was born. In 1886, the Kuns family moved to California for a year, which Fern’s oldest sister Mary recalled as the best year of her childhood. When potential opportunities didn’t work out they headed east for Kansas.
Cutler Bay Auctions
Jun. 18, 2023
Fern Coppedge Winter Woodland Brook Painting
Est: $40,000 - $50,000
COPPEDGE, Fern Isabel, (American, 1883-1951): "Woodland Brook", winter landscape with buildings, Oil/Canvasboard, signed lower left, Russell Canvas Board label verso, pencil notations on frame, 16" x 16", framed 22.75" x 22.75". Condition: Minor specks of paint flake.
Amero Auctions
Jun. 13, 2023
Fern Isabel Kuns Coppedge (1883 - 1951) American
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Fern Isabel Kuns Coppedge (1883 - 1951) Oil on Board, Signed, Measures ( 4 x 6 inches ) w/frame ( 8 x 9 inches ) Fern Isabel Kuns was born in the tiny town of Cerro Gordo, nestled in the heart of central Illinois farm country some 12 miles from Decatur. The daughter of farmer John Leslie Kuns and Maria Dilling Kuns, Fern was born on July 28, 1883 and died in New Hope, Pennsylvania on April 21, 1951 at the relatively young age of 67. Raised with four sisters and a brother (photo above) Fern Kuns was a precocious child with bright blue eyes and an early appreciation of the art and beauty of her surroundings. Sadly, Fern's second brother, the Kuns’ firstborn child, Joseph, died at age 10 three years before Fern was born.In 1886, the Kuns family moved to California for a year, which Fern’s oldest sister Mary recalled as the best year of her childhood. When potential opportunities didn’t work out they headed east for Kansas.
Cutler Bay Auctions
Jun. 04, 2023
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) The Mill at Bowman's Hill (October)
Est: $50,000 - $80,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) The Mill at Bowman's Hill (October) Signed 'Fern I Coppedge' bottom right; also pencil titled on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61cm) Provenance Collection of Dr. James Powell and Mr. William J. Powell. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Exhibited "Fern I. Coppedge: A Forgotten Woman," James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, September 16-November 25, 1990. Literature Alan Goldstein, Fern I. Coppedge: A Forgotten Woman, James A. Michener Arts Center, Doylestown, listed p. 43. Les and Sue Fox, Fern Coppedge 1883-1951: One Woman's Struggle for Equality in the Art World, West Highland Publishing, Cincinnati, 2021, p. 257, no. CSF-142 (illustrated as Neeley's Mill).
Freeman's | Hindman
Jun. 04, 2023
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) October, Point Pleasant
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) October, Point Pleasant Oil on canvasboard 10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5cm) Executed circa 1945. Provenance Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Exhibited "Fern I. Coppedge: A Forgotten Woman," James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, September 16-November 25, 1990. Literature Alan Goldstein, Fern I. Coppedge: A Forgotten Woman, James A. Michener Arts Center, Doylestown, listed p. 42. Note The present work will be included in the next edition of the Catalogue Raisonné of the Artist's work prepared by Les and Sue Fox.
Freeman's | Hindman
Jun. 04, 2023
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) Winter From Skillman's
Est: $60,000 - $100,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) Winter From Skillman's Signed 'Fern I. Coppedge' bottom right; also titled on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61cm) Executed circa 1940s. Provenance Collection of a former New Hope mayor, Pennsylvania. Jim’s of Lambertville, Lambertville, New Jersey. Acquired directly from the above in December 2005. Collection of Sydney F. and Sharon Martin, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The Estate of Sydney F. Martin. Literature James M. Alterman, New Hope for American Art, Jim’s of Lambertville, Lambertville, 2005, p. 90 (illustrated). Les and Sue Fox, Fern Coppedge 1883-1951: One Woman's Struggle for Equality in the Art World, West Highland Publishing, Cincinnati, 2021, p. 195, no. CWF-73 (illustrated as Winter from Skillmans, New Hope). Note Originally born in Decatur, Illinois, Fern Coppedge became widely celebrated throughout her thirty-year-long career for her colorful winter scenes set in the many villages of Bucks County, where she lived from 1920 onwards, and which she depicted many times over. The present work is a quintessential work from Coppedge’s mature years, as revealed by the bold and contrasting hues of the composition. Painted in the artist’s favored format, it depicts an iconic stretching view of the village of Lambertville (New Jersey) as seen from New Hope (Pennsylvania), specifically from Skillman’s – a local institution named after its owners. The locale, which Coppedge painted several times in her career, is clearly identifiable by the iconic steeple of Lambertville's First Presbyterian Church in the center. To its right, in stark contrast, is the New Jersey Rubber Company, which locals referred to as "Stink Mill". Past the faraway purple hills is the Goat Hill Quarry which Daniel Garber, Fern Coppedge’s neighbor in Lumberville, immortalized several times. The work combines several of Coppedge's favorite and hallmark subjects, namely the tortuous trees which frame the composition as well as the symphony of lavenders, pinks and aquamarine reflected in the icy Delaware river, a palette which the artist also adopted in her Gloucester marine scenes. Through punchy blocks of colors, Coppedge enlivens the stark river landscape and channels her buoyant, warm personality into what becomes the synthesis of her best artistic capacities.
Freeman's | Hindman
Jun. 04, 2023
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) The Winter Stream
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) The Winter Stream Signed 'Fern I. Coppedge' bottom left, oil on canvas 16 1/4 x 14 in. (41.3 x 35.6cm) Provenance The Michael Thomas Collection, Morristown, New Jersey. Acquired directly from the above. Collection of Sydney F. and Sharon Martin, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The Estate of Sydney F. Martin.
Freeman's | Hindman
May. 19, 2023
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) Winter Scene
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) Winter Scene oil on canvasboard signed Fern I Coppedge. (lower right) 16 x 16 inches. Property from the Collection of Stanley B. Slocum The present lot will be included in the forthcoming Fern Coppedge Catalogue Raisonne compiled by Les and Sue Fox. Provenance: William Union, Worchester, Massachusetts Acquired from the above by the present owner Lot note: During her 30-year career, Fern Isabel Coppedge became renowned for her ability to capture the distinct winter light of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Though born in Cerro Gordo, Illinois in 1888, she spent her early adult life in California and Kansas. She later studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and then in New York with William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League. In 1917, Coppedge and her husband, Robert, relocated to Philadelphia, where she studied with John Fabian Carlson and Henry Snell. She also attended classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she studied with, among others, Daniel Garber, who would be an important mentor. In 1920, the artist and her husband purchased both a house in Philadelphia and a historic home in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, near New Hope, with Fern spending time at both residences. She had been encouraged to move to Bucks County by Daniel Garber for the fertile artistic opportunities offered by the snow-covered hills and valleys of the Delaware River, to which he was also drawn. From Garber and her previous teachers, Coppedge gravitated to the impressionist style, but made it her own, using brighter colors, a more modern sensibility, and often, a winter theme. In 1931, a New York Evening Post review of Coppedge's solo exhibition at New York's Carlyle Hotel stated: "For the particular kind of painter that Fern Coppedge happens to be, the absence of snow makes the same difference in the pursuit of her career as the lack of water would make to a swimmer...A really worthwhile snowstorm brings her out with bearskin coat, cap and ear muffs and fur gloves to go trampling through the deep drifts. Then she paints until her fingers are stiff and must be thawed out before she can go on. It's the snow that makes painting a passion for Coppedge." Both The Lock Keepers Lodge (Lot 27) and Winter Scene (Lot 28) are quintessential examples of Coppedge's adeptness in describing the sharp, cold air and scintillating light reflecting off snow in a Bucks County winter. In Winter Scene, a small village nestles in the valley, tucked between the rolling hills. A group of buildings in the midground are boldly outlined with black, painterly strokes that reflect the artist's modernist use of unorthodox stylistic choices. Likewise, bare, sinuous trees appear to unnaturally curve and embrace these buildings. The broad sky is depicted in yellow, blue, and lavender shadows that shimmer across the snow and which echo the colors of the structures. Deep in shadow, a glimpse of a canal can be seen in the foreground, carving a deep path. Although the village in Winter Scene is a general view, the buildings in The Lock Keepers Lodge are more specific. The artist frequently depicted the cottages and homes of the lock keepers of the Delaware canal, but as was her usual practice, Coppedge did not name the present lodge. However, variations of these buildings along the canal can be seen in other paintings. In the present artwork, vertical and horizontal brushstrokes delineate the characteristic fieldstone construction of the buildings, with the walls glowing gold in the winter sun. Above them to the left rise deeply purpled hills, and to the buildings' right, the curve of the canal. The swathe of brilliant white snow that winds through the composition contrasts dramatically with the surrounding hillside and seems to capture the frosty brightness of the winter landscape. Through these two rich scenes of some of her favorite subjects, Coppedge's enthusiasm for the landscape shines as it joyfully plunges the viewer into the winter vistas through dazzling displays of color and brushwork.
Hindman
May. 19, 2023
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) The Lock Keepers Lodge
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) The Lock Keepers Lodge oil on canvas signed Fern I Coppedge. (lower right) 18 1/4 x 20 inches. Property from the Collection of Stanley B. Slocum The present lot will be included in the forthcoming Fern Coppedge Catalogue Raisonne compiled by Les and Sue Fox. Provenance: Newman Galleries, Philadelphia and New York (label verso) Dr. Barry L. Glazer, Philadelphia Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981 Lot note: During her 30-year career, Fern Isabel Coppedge became renowned for her ability to capture the distinct winter light of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Though born in Cerro Gordo, Illinois in 1888, she spent her early adult life in California and Kansas. She later studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and then in New York with William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League. In 1917, Coppedge and her husband, Robert, relocated to Philadelphia, where she studied with John Fabian Carlson and Henry Snell. She also attended classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she studied with, among others, Daniel Garber, who would be an important mentor. In 1920, the artist and her husband purchased both a house in Philadelphia and a historic home in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, near New Hope, with Fern spending time at both residences. She had been encouraged to move to Bucks County by Daniel Garber for the fertile artistic opportunities offered by the snow-covered hills and valleys of the Delaware River, to which he was also drawn. From Garber and her previous teachers, Coppedge gravitated to the impressionist style, but made it her own, using brighter colors, a more modern sensibility, and often, a winter theme. In 1931, a New York Evening Post review of Coppedge's solo exhibition at New York's Carlyle Hotel stated: "For the particular kind of painter that Fern Coppedge happens to be, the absence of snow makes the same difference in the pursuit of her career as the lack of water would make to a swimmer...A really worthwhile snowstorm brings her out with bearskin coat, cap and ear muffs and fur gloves to go trampling through the deep drifts. Then she paints until her fingers are stiff and must be thawed out before she can go on. It's the snow that makes painting a passion for Coppedge." Both The Lock Keepers Lodge (Lot 27) and Winter Scene (Lot 28) are quintessential examples of Coppedge's adeptness in describing the sharp, cold air and scintillating light reflecting off snow in a Bucks County winter. In Winter Scene, a small village nestles in the valley, tucked between the rolling hills. A group of buildings in the midground are boldly outlined with black, painterly strokes that reflect the artist's modernist use of unorthodox stylistic choices. Likewise, bare, sinuous trees appear to unnaturally curve and embrace these buildings. The broad sky is depicted in yellow, blue, and lavender shadows that shimmer across the snow and which echo the colors of the structures. Deep in shadow, a glimpse of a canal can be seen in the foreground, carving a deep path. Although the village in Winter Scene is a general view, the buildings in The Lock Keepers Lodge are more specific. The artist frequently depicted the cottages and homes of the lock keepers of the Delaware canal, but as was her usual practice, Coppedge did not name the present lodge. However, variations of these buildings along the canal can be seen in other paintings. In the present artwork, vertical and horizontal brushstrokes delineate the characteristic fieldstone construction of the buildings, with the walls glowing gold in the winter sun. Above them to the left rise deeply purpled hills, and to the buildings' right, the curve of the canal. The swathe of brilliant white snow that winds through the composition contrasts dramatically with the surrounding hillside and seems to capture the frosty brightness of the winter landscape. Through these two rich scenes of some of her favorite subjects, Coppedge's enthusiasm for the landscape shines as it joyfully plunges the viewer into the winter vistas through dazzling displays of color and brushwork.
Hindman
Jan. 08, 2023
Manner of Fern Coppedge American Impressionist O/C
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
View of a Village through the Trees and Across the River, oil on canvas, signed in red lower mid-margin. Condition: painting has been relined in the past and shows signs of touch up under black light (see photos #14 & 15) See photos (#11, 12, 13) of appraisal dated 2012, painting was valued at $25,000. A New Hope Impressionist painting, resembling Fern Coppedge's (American, 1883-1951) use of displaying contrasting colors in a beautiful landscape. Coppedge painted her version of reality: where there were dull brown houses, she painted turquoise and pink – this is seen in the work here with bright and vibrant colors that may not have been at the actual place. Overall Size: 23 1/2 x 27 in. Sight Size: 18 x 21 1/4 in.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Dec. 04, 2022
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) Harbor After Glow
Est: $50,000 - $80,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) Harbor After Glow Signed 'Fern I Coppedge.' bottom right; also pencil titled and signed on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2cm) Provenance Private Collection, New Jersey. Note The present painting will be included in the forthcoming Fern Coppedge Catalogue Raisonné compiled by Les and Sue Fox (2022). Fern Coppedge first visited Cape Ann, and especially the harbor of Gloucester, on the advice of her friend Henry Snell in the summer of 1916. She regularly visited the enchanting harbor thereafter until 1934. Like Henry Fitz Hugh Lane, Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam or Jane Peterson, Coppedge felt attracted to the unique New England light, and enjoyed capturing the shimmering sea, picturesque clapboard houses, lobster traps, and rugged granite cliffs. Contrary to her male counterparts, she mostly avoided the touristic locations and preferred to paint in quaint, semi-deserted places, such as Pigeon Cove, Norman's Woe, or Rocky Neck (East Gloucester), a small inlet jutting into Gloucester's vast harbor - as shown here. A master colorist, Coppedge bathes her subject in a soothing light, and ensure the composition's overall dynamism via an alternance of bold hues of color, which gives depth to the picture and helps the viewer's eye to reach the far horizon. Seen stretching across the bottom of the canvas, the town is symbolized by a row of colorful boxes and cubes of various formats and sizes. All boldly colored, they recall Coppedge's signature cottages from Bucks County that she usually depicts blanketed in snow. Water here occupies most of the canvas. Painted in turquoise, lavender and pink hues, the sea blends with the similarly colored sky above, and contrasts with the nearby rusty and earthy tones, thus contributing to the work's light atmosphere and airy quality. Boats moored in the harbor - a favorite motif of Coppedge - are meticulously rendered and are responsible for the painting's overall structure, and balance. As to their slow, vanishing trail left behind, it poetically suggests the cozy, tranquil atmosphere of an old-fashioned New England town, which the artist liked so much. The unlined canvas in overall very good condition. With a minuscule flake at bottom right (on the far right sail of the boat), as well as at center (close to the canoe in the water) and above, near the far right sailboat. Examination under UV light reveals minor areas of restoration at bottom left and bottom right corners (just above the signature). Some apparent inpainted flakes as well at upper center, just above the faraway hill. See Specialist's pictures for more details. Frame: 30 5/8 x 35 5/8 x 2 in. To request additional information, please email Raphaël Chatroux at rchatroux@freemansauction.com
Freeman's | Hindman
Jun. 08, 2022
FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (AMERICAN, 1883 - 1951) "FIRST SNOW".
Est: $18,000 - $25,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883 1951) was a Bucks County, Pennsylvania artist especially known for her snowy landscape scenes. This one, titled "First Snow", depicts a unique and charming, colorful and vibrant rural winter scene with a stone home and barn in the background, located in Lumberville, Pennsylvania. Signed by artist in lower-left corner. Titled on the verso of the stretcher. Housed is a gilted wood frame. This painting has been restored and nicely varnished, with canvas craquelure throughout, but overall in very good vintage condition with wear commensurate with age. This is not a standard shippable item and will require 3rd party shipping or pickup arrangements to be made. Artist: American, 1883-1951. Condition: Very Good. Created: Early 20th Century. Frame: Gilt wood frame. Medium: Oil on Canvas. Signature: Lower left Title: "First Snow". Work Size: 14" x 13". Condition: Dimensions: Frame: 20 - 1/2" x 19" x 1".
Morphy Auctions
Jun. 06, 2022
FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (AMERICAN, 1883–1951) A GLOUCESTER FISH MARKET
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) A Gloucester Fish Market Signed 'Fern I. Coppedge.' bottom left, oil on canvas 24 x 30 1/8 in. (61 x 76.5cm) Executed circa 1916. Provenance Private Collection, New Jersey. Exhibited "Thirteenth Annual Competitive Art Exhibition,"Wanamaker's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November, 1916. Literature "Student's Exhibition at Wanamaker's, Philadelphia" in International Studio Magazine, November 1916 (illustrated). "Recent Work of Topeka Artist Finds Unusual Praise in East," in The Topeka Daily Capital, December 24, 1916. Les and Sue Fox, Fern Coppedge 1883-1951: One Woman's Struggle for Equality in the Art World, West Highland Publishing, Cincinnati, 2021, p. 221, no. CGF-11 (illustrated). Frame: 30 1/2 x 36 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. The wax-lined canvas in overall very good condition. Although the work has been painted with a thick layer of paint, we notice some areas which are bare. However, this is part of the artist's working method. Examination under UV light reveals careful inpainting along the top outer edge of the canvas: at upper center, and in the upper right corner. See specialist's pictures for more details.
Freeman's | Hindman
Jun. 06, 2022
FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (AMERICAN, 1883–1951) CARVERSVILLE BROOK
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) Carversville Brook Signed 'Fern I. Coppedge.' bottom left; also pencil titled on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas 18 x 20 in. (45.7 x 50.8cm) Executed in the late 1930s. In a Phillip N. Yates frame. Provenance The Artist. Acquired directly from the above. Private Collection, then Estate. A gift from the above. Private Collection. Acquired directly from the above. Private Collection. Acquired directly from the above through auction. Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Acquired directly from the above. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Literature Les and Sue Fox, Fern Coppedge 1883-1951: One Woman's Struggle for Equality in the Art World, West Highland Publishing, Cincinnati, 2021, p. 259, no. CWF-197 (illustrated). Frame: 26 x 28 x 1 1/2 in. The unlined canvas (still on its original stretcher) in very good condition. With a pinpoint flake at center right, in between the trees. Examination under UV light reveals a small spot of retouching at the base of the tree trunks to the right, in the snow. Faint craquelure on the house's roof and nearby in the snow. See Specialist's pictures for more details.
Freeman's | Hindman
Jun. 06, 2022
FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (AMERICAN, 1883–1951) WINTER DECORATION
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) Winter Decoration Signed 'Fern I. Coppedge' bottom right, oil on canvas 38 1/4 x 40 in. (97.2 x 101.6cm) Executed circa 1935. Provenance Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Acquired directly from the above. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William M.B. Fleming, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Exhibited "One Hundred Thirty-First Annual Exhibition," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 26-March 1, 1936, no. 142. National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, New York, New York, January-February, 1937. Trenton High School, Trenton, New Jersey, April 1937. "The Philadelphia Ten: A Women's Artist Group 1917-1945, Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 23-March 15, 1998; and Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, May 10-July 19, 1998; and Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, September 25-November 15, 1998; and The Old Jail Museum, Albany, Texas, January 23-March 20, 1999; and Concord Art Association, Concord, Massachusetts, April 16-June 11, 1999; and James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, July 10-October 3, 1999 (a traveling exhibition). Literature Sunday Times, New York, New York 1937. "The Philadelphia Ten: A Women's Artist Group," in American Art Review, Vol. X, No. 1, January-February 1998, pp. 119 (illustrated). Page Talbott and Patricia Tanis Sydney, The Philadelphia Ten: A Woman's Artist Group 1917-1945, Galleries at Moore and American Art Review Press, 1998, pp. 77, 89-90, pl. 40 (illustrated p. 77). Les and Sue Fox, Fern Coppedge 1883-1951: One Woman's Struggle for Equality in the Art World, West Highland Publishing, Cincinnati, 2021, p. 196, no. CWF-77 (illustrated). Note Throughout a career of over thirty years, Fern Coppedge became widely celebrated for her colorful winter scenes set in the many villages of Bucks County, where she lived from 1920 onwards, and which she depicted many times over. Winter Decoration is a quintessential work by Fern Coppedge. One of the largest she ever produced, it depicts an iconic view of the village of Lambertville (New Jersey) as seen from New Hope (Pennsylvania). The locale, which Coppedge painted several times in her career, is clearly identifiable via the canal in the foreground, running parallel to the icy Delaware River in the middle ground, and because of the iconic steeple of Lambertville's First Presbyterian Church in the background. Several factory buildings are also recognizable thanks to their distinctive, bold color: the Lear Mill to the left, and the New Jersey Rubber Company to the right (which locals refered to as "Stink Mill"), as well as the Goat Hill Quarry which Garber immortalized several times. The work combines several of Coppedge's favorite, and hallmarks, subjects (namely the shadow-patterned snow and the bare, tortuous trees which frame the composition) and offers a synthesis of her mid-career style. As she often liked to do in her oils of the same period, Coppedge here introduces a subtle opposition between the old and the new, the pastoral and the modern. On one side, the expanding New Jersey shore is marked by several factory buildings spewing their fumes into the air. On the other however, a quaint Pennsylvanian country-side sits tranquil and frozen in the snow. To accentuate the feeling of a transforming, ever-changing landscape, the artist introduces a soft, vibrating touch at play in the twining plumes of smoke, the lavender-mist sky, and the bold halos of color seen shimmering through the squared-windows of the foreground cottages. Frame: 44 x 46 x 1 1/2 in. The relined canvas in very good, close to excellent, condition. Examination under UV light only reveals minor inpainting at upper center quadrant, in the roof of the house where the smoke is coming from. See specialist's pictures for more details.
Freeman's | Hindman
May. 26, 2022
Fern Isabel Coppedge (1883-1951) Buckingham Mountain in October 18 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (46 x 51.1 cm.) (Painted circa 1940s.)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (1883-1951) Buckingham Mountain in October signed 'Fern I Coppedge.' (lower right) and inscribed with title (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 18 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (46 x 51.1 cm.) Painted circa 1940s. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Dec. 08, 2021
Fern Isabel Coppedge, Untitled (Gloucester Harbor Scene)
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge Untitled (Gloucester Harbor Scene) oil on canvas laid to board 13 h × 16 w in (33 × 41 cm) Signed to lower left 'F. Coppedge'. condition: Work is in good condition with a few hairline cracks scattered throughout. Some light surface soiling, most notable to extreme perimeter. Slight wear to edges of canvas where frame rubs against surface of paint. One associated area of loss to upper left corner. However, overall work presents well. Framed without glazing measuring 16 x 19 inches.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Dec. 08, 2021
Fern Isabel Coppedge, June in the Catskills
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge June in the Catskills oil on canvas 18.25 h × 20 w in (46 × 51 cm) Signed to lower edge 'Fern I Coppedge'. Condition of the item is not included in this description. Condition reports are available from Rago upon request. Rago strongly recommends that you review a condition report for each item on which you plan to bid. Email condition@ragoarts.com to request a condition report.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Dec. 05, 2021
FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (AMERICAN, 1883–1951) THE WINTER VALLEY
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) The Winter Valley Signed 'Fern I. Coppedge' bottom center right, oil on canvas 18 x 20 in. (45.7 x 50.8cm) Provenance Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Condition report: Frame: 24 x 26 x 2 in. The unlined canvas in very good condition. With a faint upper stretcher bar mark running along the top edge of the canvas. Examination under UV light reveals purplish specks in the sky, due to dust and not to restoration. We also notice a small repaired puncture hole at bottom center right, on the left-hand side of the cabin's roof at bottom right. See Specialist's pictures.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 05, 2021
FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (AMERICAN, 1883–1951) LOCK KEEPER’S COTTAGE
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) Lock Keeper’s Cottage Oil on canvas 16 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. (41 x 41cm) Executed circa 1921. Provenance Gratz Gallery, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Acquired directly from the above in 2005. Private Collection, Carversville, Pennsylvania. Condition report: Frame: 20 5/8 x 20 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. The unlined canvas in overall good condition. Examination under UV light reveals several areas of retoration, the main one being visible at upper left, right above the house, on the tip of the hill and in the sky (see specialist's pictures). We also notice localized and overall minor, pinpoint retouching in certain areas such as: at upper left (on the house's roof and at left in the foliage), at bottom left in the bushes, as well at center right and bottom right (the tips of the hollyhocks and along the tree trunks). See specialist's pictures for more details.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 05, 2021
FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (AMERICAN, 1883–1951) LUMBERVILLE WINTER
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) Lumberville Winter Signed 'Fern I. Coppedge' bottom center right, oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61cm) Executed circa 1930. Provenance Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Acquired directly from the above. Private Collection, Carversville, Pennsylvania. Condition report: Frame: 28 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. The wax-lined canvas in overall excellent original condition, with no sign of inpainting as seen under UV light, except for a small repair on the blue hill at upper right (very minor old scratch).
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 05, 2021
FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (AMERICAN, 1883-1951) GLOUCESTER HARBOR
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) Gloucester Harbor Signed 'Fern I. Coppedge' bottom left, oil on canvas 18 1/8 x 21 in. (46 x 53.3cm) Provenance Private Collection, Pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private Collection, California. Condition report: Frame: 26 x 29 x 1 in. The unlined canvas in very good condition. Examination under UV light reveals three dots of inpainting in the foreground at bottom center right (in the grass). Otherwise untouched.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 05, 2021
FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (AMERICAN, 1883–1951) SNOWY COUNTRY SIDE (LAMBERTVILLE IN WINTER)
Est: $60,000 - $100,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) Snowy Country Side (Lambertville in Winter) Signed bottom center right; also titled, signed and inscribed with Artist's address (4011 Baltimore Ave) on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas 25 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (63.8 x 76.5cm) Executed circa 1920. Provenance Beacon Hill Fine Art, New York, New York. Acquired directly from the above. Collection of Virginia and Stuart Peltz, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Footnote: Exhibited The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton (now Water Mill), New York, July 1922. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1922. "An American Tradition: The Pennsylvania Impressionists," Beacon Hill Fine Art, New York, New York, November 24, 1994-February 3, 1996 (as View of New Hope). Literature The New York Herald, July 2, 1922. The Philadelphia Public Ledger, December 2, 1923. Debra Force, An American Tradition: The Pennsylvania Impressionists, an exhibition catalogue, Beacon Hill Fine Art, New York, 1995, p. 31 (illustrated as New Hope Village). Condition report: Frame: 32 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 2 in. The relined canvas in overall very good condition, with very fresh colors. Examination under UV light reveals scattered areas of (very minor restoration). See for example at upper center right (on the hill), upper right corner (repair in the sky, just above the hill), at center and center left (the main house's right side and the house further to the left). Inpainted minuscule flakes at upper center left (in the tree). The painting appears to have been cleaned as only residual varnish can be seen at center left, on the trees.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 05, 2021
FERN ISABEL COPPEDGE (AMERICAN, 1883–1951) DECEMBER AFTERNOON (CARVERSVILLE)
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 1883–1951) December Afternoon (Carversville) Signed 'Fern I. Coppedge' bottom right; also signed, inscribed with Artist's address (4011 Baltimore Ave/Philadelphia, PA) and titled on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas 30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2cm) Executed circa 1924-1925. In a Phillip N. Yates frame. Provenance Hirschl & Adler, New York, New York. Acquired directly from the above in January 1998. Collection of Stuart and Virginia Peltz, Massachusetts. Footnote: Exhibited National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, New York, New York, n.d. Literature Revue du Vrai et du Beau, Paris, January 25, 1927. Page Talbott and Patricia Tanis Sydney, The Philadelphia Ten: A Woman's Artist Group 1917-1945, Galleries at Moore and American Art Review Press, 1998, p. 74, pl. 37 (illustrated). Brian H. Peterson, Pennsylvania Impressionism, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown and University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2002, p. 113, no. 22 (illustrated). Note The present work depicts the small village of Carversville, named after its first postmaster, and situated about forty-five miles north of Philadelphia, in Bucks County. A quaint hamlet, Carversville is currently protected by a Historic District Ordinance which prevents its population from growing much larger or being developed with new homes or businesses. Recognizable by the confluence of two streams, the Cuttalossa Creek and the Paunacussing Creek, the Carversville island was one of the artist's favorite painting locations, not far from Lumberville (where she lived). Several other oils by the artist depict the same locale, with only the vantage point differing. See for example, Freeman's sale of December 5, 2019, lot 119 (Snow Bridge Creek). Here, the artist once again demonstrates her mastery at capturing the so-distinct winter light, giving the impression of a cold, grey December day. To do so, Coppedge uses a very restricted color palette, which reminds us of the muted harmonies Redfield himself displays in his winter scenes. She depicts the gentle muddied-turquoise flow of the Paunacussing Creek, which borders bright houses on the riverbanks, all subtly covered with blotches of green-yellows, brown-oranges and opalescent blues. In the background, one can spot the Bridge in Solebury Township, a historic double-arched stone bridge erected in 1854, which Coppedge here treats as a mosaic, outlining each squared stone with various shades of yellow, mauve and blue. Condition report: Frame: 39 x 39 x 2 1/4 in. The unlined canvas in excellent original condition. With light craquelure at center in the snow. Examination under UV light reveals miniscule dots of inpainting (due to old flakes it seems) at upper center (sky), center right (snow) and bottom left (snow as well). See Specialist's pictures for more details.
Freeman's | Hindman
Oct. 17, 2021
Painting, Fern Coppedge
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
Fern Coppedge (American, 1883-1957), "Autumn," oil on canvas, signed and titled on upper stretcher bar, title label affixed verso, accompanied by period Newcomb Macklin frame, canvas: 20"h x 18"w, overall (with frame): 23.5"h x 21.5"w
Clars Auctions
Jun. 12, 2021
FERN ISABEL KUNS COPPEDGE (American 1883-1951) A PAINTING, "Summertime River and Cottages,"
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
FERN ISABEL KUNS COPPEDGE (American 1883-1951) A PAINTING, "Summertime River and Cottages," oil on canvas board, signed L/L, "Fern I. Coppedge." 11" x 12 7/8" Provenance: JR Mooney Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas.
Simpson Galleries, LLC
Jun. 09, 2021
Fern Isabel Coppedge, Brookville
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge Brookville oil on canvas 16 h × 16 w in (41 × 41 cm) Signed to lower right 'Fern Isabel Coppedge'. Titled to stretcher 'Brookville'. Provenance: Private Collection Condition of the item is not included in this description. Condition reports are available from Rago upon request. Rago strongly recommends that you review a condition report for each item on which you plan to bid. Email condition@ragoarts.com to request a condition report.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 06, 2021
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 18831951) Village in Winter
Est: $60,000 - $100,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 18831951) Village in Winter Signed 'Fern I. Coppedge' bottom center right, oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2cm) Provenance Private Collection, Illinois. Freeman's, Philadelphia, sale of June 25, 2006, lot 168. Acquired directly from the above sale. Private Collection, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Footnote: Note The present painting will be included in the forthcoming Fern Coppedge Catalogue Raisonné compiled by Les and Sue Fox (2021). Condition report: The wax-lined canvas in overall fair to good condition, with fresh colors and a nicely preserved impasto. Examination under UV light reveals scattered areas of restoration: at upper left, in the sky above the houses, as well as at center left, below the same houses, in the snow. Minor restoration at center left, near the tree on the left hand side. The most important repair can be seen at bottom center left and bottom center, in parts of the snow and river. Some pinpoint restoration at bottom right corner. See Specialist's pictures for more details. Frame: 36 x 41 x 2 1/2 in.
Freeman's | Hindman
Jun. 06, 2021
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 18831951) Lumberville House in Winter
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 18831951) Lumberville House in Winter Signed 'Fern I Coppedge' bottom right, oil on canvas 18 x 20 in. (45.7 x 50.8cm) Executed circa 1935. Provenance The Artist. (Purportedly) acquired directly from the above. Private Collection, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Pedersen Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey. Acquired directly from the above. Private Collection, New Jersey. Footnote: Exhibited "Fern I. Coppedge: Forgotten Woman," James A. Michener Arts Center (now Art Museum), Doylestown, Pennsylvania, September 16-November 25, 1990, as Winter, Stockton. Note The present painting will be included in the forthcoming Fern Coppedge Catalogue Raisonné compiled by Les and Sue Fox (2021). Condition report: The unlined canvas in excellent original condition with no sign of inpainting as seen under UV light. Frame: 25 x 27 x 2 1/2 in.
Freeman's | Hindman
Jun. 06, 2021
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 18831951) April
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Fern Isabel Coppedge (American, 18831951) April Signed 'Fern I. Coppedge.' bottom right; also with original preparer's stencil verso, oil on canvasboard 8 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (21 x 26.4cm) Provenance The Artist. Acquired directly from the above. Collection of Lynn C. Perry, Pennsylvania. Private Collection, Miami, Florida. By descent in the family. Private Collection, Florida. Footnote: Note The present painting will be included in the forthcoming Fern Coppedge Catalogue Raisonné compiled by Les and Sue Fox (2021). Condition report: In excellent orifinal condition with no sign of inpainting as seen under UV light. The bold/lime greens fluoresce under UV light: we believe it is due to the pigments rather than a sign of restoration. Frame: 14 3/4 x 12 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Freeman's | Hindman
Apr. 24, 2021
FERN COPPEDGE (1883-1951) ROCKPORT MASS OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Fern Isabel Kuns Coppedge (1883-1951) An Untitled View of Motif #1 Rockport Massachusetts Early 20th century. The newly discovered oil on canvas view of Rockport's iconic art colony landmark Motif #1 in fall is signed lower right and displayed in what appears to be the original frame. Canvas measures 16 x 20 with a framed size of 19.75 x 23.75 inches. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell.
Dirk Soulis Auctions
Mar. 23, 2021
Fern Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) PA artist, Autumn landscape painting, early work created before moving to Bucks County, PA, oil ...
Est: $3,000 - $6,000
Fern Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) PA artist, Autumn landscape painting, early work created before moving to Bucks County, PA, oil on canvas, signed on back "Fern I. Coppedge, 900 Fillmore St., Topeka Kas.", 16" x 20", framed size 20-1/2" x 24-1/2", good condition with age cracking
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