Felrath Hines Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Felrath Hines Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 14, 2024
Felrath Hines, 1913-1993, #213
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
Felrath Hines 1913-1993 #213 1978 oil on canvas 18 x 22 inches signed, dated, titled and inscribed Provenance: private collection, from the estate of the artist Hines studied design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y., and his paintingsâin the tradition of the De Stijl movementâoften contain strong design elements. His work moved from semiabstract landscapes in the 1940s and 1950s to geometric abstracts. He was a member of Spiral.
Black Art Auction
Nov. 21, 2024
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) Western Landscape (Red & Ochre) 60 x 48 in (152.4 x 122 cm) (Painted in 1979)
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) Western Landscape (Red & Ochre) oil on linen 60 x 48 in (152.4 x 122 cm) Painted in 1979
Bonhams
Sep. 25, 2024
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) #213, 1978
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) #213, 1978 signed, titled, inscribed and dated '1978 FELRATH HINES #213' (on a board affixed to the reverse) oil on canvas 18 x 22 in. 45.7 x 55.9 cm.
Bonhams
May. 16, 2024
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) No 1 1987
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) No 1 1987 acrylic on canvas 34 by 40 in. 86.4 by 101.6 cm. This work was executed in 1987.
Bonhams
Mar. 30, 2024
Felrath Hines, Maryland, Indiana (1913 - 1993), abstract, ca. 1989, pastel on paper, 19 1/4"H x 20 1/4"W(sight), 26 1/4"H x 27 1/4"W(frame)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Felrath Hines Maryland, Indiana, (1913 - 1993) abstract, ca. 1989 pastel on paper Signed lower right. Provenance: From the estate of Dorothy C. Fisher Biography from the Archives of askART: An artist first and foremost, Felrath Hines (1913-1993) worked to create universal visual idioms from a place of complex personal experience, though known to be "color blind" in his relationships with friends and acquaintances, Hines's life in 20th century American society was as vibrant as his ever-more-subtle works of art. Hines's figurative and cubist-style artwork morphed into soft-edged organic abstracts as he grappled with hues in his chosen oil medium. The New York art worldvwas small when he arrived there in the early 1960s, especially for African American artists, who were routinely marginalized by prestigious galleries and museums. Hines's fellow artist Romare Bearden invited him to join as a founding member of Spiral, a group of African American visual artists who initially met in response to the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. Several Spiral members attended the March on Washington, and they mounted their first and only group exhibition at their Christopher Street studio in 1965. Unconvinced that there existed styles or subjects that could be categorized as exclusively "black art," Hines continued to pursue his abstract sensibility. His social life, including jazz clubs and art openings, led Hines to the 28th Street apartment of acquaintance Frank Neal, where such luminaries as James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, Charles Sebree and Billy Strayhorn gathered and discussed creative and social issues, as well as their careers and place in the white dominant world. In addition to his work as an artist, Hines became known for his impeccable conservation work and his accurate and sensitive in-painting, allowing him to open his own private conservation practice in 1964. His client list included the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Miss Georgia O'Keeffe, who, as well, became a loyal friend. In 1972 he left NYC for Washington DC to become Chief Conservator of the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery and, later, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, a job from which he retired in 1984. From that time to his death in 1993, he produced more paintings than during the rest of his career combined. Fellow artist, Erika D. Passantino, wrote in the catalog for a 2002 June Kelly Gallery show, "Hines balanced a universal, almost Platonic, language of reduction with an insistence on the primacy of individual expression – and for Hines, it was abstract by necessity." Hines knew and was true to his premise that "each person paints out of the life he lives." Written and submitted by Rachel Berenson Perry Author of "From Dark to Light: The Life and Work of Felrath Hines," published by Indiana University Press and the Indiana Historical Society.
Ripley Auctions
Mar. 01, 2024
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) Fall Dance, 1990
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) Fall Dance, 1990 signed, signed with artist's initials, titled and dated 'Felrath Hines FH Fall Dance 90' (lower right) pastel on paper 22 x 38 in. 55.9 x 96.5 cm.
Bonhams
Mar. 01, 2024
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) What Way the Wind, 1984
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) What Way the Wind, 1984 titled twice 'WHAT WAY THE WIND' (on the overlap); signed thrice, titled again twice, inscribed and dated four times 'F.HINES-'WHAT WAY THE WIND' 1984' (on the stretcher) oil on linen 22 x 24 in. 55.8 x 61 cm.
Bonhams
Nov. 11, 2023
FELRATH HINES AMERICAN 1913-1993
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
Untitled, dated 1969, oil on canvas on panel, 12 x 16 in (30.5 x 40.6 cm), framed 16 1/2 x 21 in (41.9 x 53.3 cm), signed lower left, datd 1969, PROVENANCE: Certificate of authenticity from Willow Fine Art, FL. From a private collection St. Louis ,MO
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
Oct. 28, 2023
Felrath Hines (1913-1993)
Est: $6,000 - $12,000
"Abstract" 24" x 18" oil on canvas, signed lower right, dated 1963. Recently Cleaned; recent frame.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
May. 18, 2023
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) Untitled #1 1979
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) Untitled #1 1979 signed, titled and dated 1979 on the stretcher bar oil on canvas 34 by 40 in. 86.4 by 101.6 cm.
Bonhams
Nov. 16, 2022
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) Untitledcirca 1960
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) Untitled circa 1960 oil on paper 24 by 36 in. 61 by 91.4 cm. This work was executed circa 1960.
Bonhams
Oct. 06, 2022
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Bouquet.
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Bouquet. Oil on burlap canvas, 1957. 787x1187 mm; 31x46 3/4 inches. Signed in oil, lower right recto. Signed, titled and dated in oil, center verso. Provenance: Park Avenue Gallery, Mount Kisco, NY; private collection, Connecticut (1960); private collection (2016), acquired from Swann Galleries, April 7, 2016. Bouquet is a significant mid-century painting by Felrath Hines - a scarce large canvas from his first abstract period. Born in Indianapolis, Hines studied painting and design at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he befriended artist Charles Sebree. Inspired by Sebree, Hines moved from Chicago to New York in 1946. In the 1950s, he quietly developed an organic abstraction idiom while working in the shop of master framer Robert M. Kulicke. Through this close contact with the art world, Hines was both introduced to many other artists and his future career in art conservation. Hines achieved critical recognition for these beautiful, painterly abstractions of nature with two solo exhibitions at Parma Gallery in 1957 and 1959, and his inclusion in group exhibitions at the John Heller Gallery and Parma Gallery in New York and the Barnett Aden Gallery in Washington, DC in the 1950s. In the late 1950s, Hines also met Romare Bearden, with whom he would later become a founding member of the Spiral Group in 1963. Several paintings from this breakthrough period of abstraction are now in institutional collections; including Transition, 1953, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Hanging Garden, 1954, SFMOMA, Untitled (Abstraction), circa 1960, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Untitled, 1960, Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 19, 2022
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) Untitled circa 1962
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
FELRATH HINES (1913-1993) Untitled circa 1962 oil on canvas 30 by 35 3/4 in. 76.2 by 90.8 cm. This work was executed circa 1962. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Mar. 31, 2022
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Untitled (Square Composition).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Untitled (Square Composition). Oil and monotype on wove paper, 1981. 447x200 mm; 17 5/8x23 5/8. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Signed and dated in pencil, lower margin. Provenance: private collection, Maryland. Untitled (Square Composition) embraces Hines's belief in, "the universal language of pure shapes and colors" with his use of geometry rooted in a Cubist practice. Everett p. 42.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 31, 2022
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Untitled (Green Composition).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Untitled (Green Composition). Oil monotype on wove paper, 1981. 447x200 mm; 17 5/8x23 5/8. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Signed and dated in pencil, lower margin. Provenance: private collection, Maryland. Untitled (Green Composition) is a late work on paper that morphs Cubism into soft-edged organic abstraction. Hines explores a range of green hues and the relationships of light, line and color.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 10, 2021
Felrath Hines (1913-1993)
Est: $2,500 - $5,000
Geometrical Abstract 16" x 12" oil on board, signed lower left
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Apr. 24, 2019
Felrath Hines, Signed Watercolor on Paper
Est: $500 - $700
"Untitled". Watercolor on paper by Felrath Hines (1913-1993). Signed lower right and dated "81". Image size approx. 10" x 14". Overall frame size approx. 20" x 17". Some wear to the frame.
Weiss Auctions
Mar. 19, 2017
FELRATH HINES (American, 1918-1993)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Abstract in red no apparent signature, with artist's inventory number '25352 / 40' on stretcher oil on canvas h. 30 w. 36 in. Provenance: The collection of Dr. Laura Hines, former wife of Felrath Hines
Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC
Mar. 19, 2017
FELRATH HINES (American, 1918-1993),
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Abstract composition no apparent signature oil on paper h. 24 w. 36 in. Provenance: The collection of Dr. Laura Hines, former wife of Felrath Hines
Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC
Mar. 19, 2017
FELRATH HINES (American, 1918-1993)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Abstract composition (hunter green) no apparent signature oil on paper h. 24 w. 36 in. Provenance: The collection of Dr. Laura Hines, former wife of Felrath Hines
Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC
Feb. 18, 2017
Felrath Hines, Grey Hill with Blue. o/c, 1969.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Hines, Felrath (United States, 1913-1993). Gray Hill with Blue. #125. 1969. Oil canvas. Signed, dated, titled and numbered on back. 36" x 30".
Quinn's Auction Galleries
Feb. 18, 2017
Felrath Hines, #1 / #131. o/c, 1976/77.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Hines, Felrath (United States, 1913-1993). #1 / #131. c.1976/77. Oil canvas. Signed, dated, and numbered on back. MDS inventory #131. 34" x 40".
Quinn's Auction Galleries
Oct. 06, 2016
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Untitled (Abstraction).
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Untitled (Abstraction). Oil on linen canvas, circa 1960. 1219x1524 mm; 48x60 inches. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New York. Felrath Hines achieved critical recognition for his painterly abstraction of nature with two solo exhibitions at Parma Gallery in 1957 and 1959, and his inclusion in group exhibitions at the John Heller Gallery and Parma Gallery in New York in the 1950s. This abstraction expressionist painting by Felrath Hines is the largest canvas by this artist to be offered at auction. In 1960, the artist began painting pure abstraction and on a larger scale; another similar canvas from 1960 is in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. He was a founding member of the Spiral Group in 1963, and had a long career as a museum painting conservator.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 07, 2016
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Bouquet.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Bouquet. Oil on burlap canvas, 1957. 787x1187 mm; 31x46 3/4 inches. Signed in oil, lower right recto. Signed, titled and dated in oil, center verso. Provenance: Park Avenue Gallery, Mount Kisco, NY; private collection, Connecticut (1960). This mid-century modern painting by Felrath Hines is the largest painting by this abstract artist to be offered at auction. Felrath Hines achieved critical recognition for his painterly abstraction of nature with two solo exhibitions at Parma Gallery in 1957 and 1959, and his inclusion in group exhibitions at the John Heller Gallery and Parma Gallery in New York in the 1950s. He was a founding member of the Spiral Group in 1963, and had a long career as a museum painting conservator.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 02, 2015
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Spring.
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Spring. Oil on cotton canvas, circa 1954-57. 406x508 mm; 16x20 inches. Signed in oil, lower right recto. Signed and titled in pencil on the upper stretcher bar, verso. Provenance: the artist; Parma Gallery, New York; The Olsen Foundation; thence by descent to Fred Olsen, CT; private collection, MA. Felrath Hines achieved critical recognition for this type of painterly abstraction of nature with two solo exhibitions at Parma Gallery in 1957 and 1959, and his inclusion in group exhibitions at the John Heller Gallery and Parma Gallery in New York in the 1950s. He was a founding member of the Spiral Group in 1963, and had a long career as a museum painting conservator.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 10, 2014
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Untitled (Abstract Composition).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993) Untitled (Abstract Composition). Watercolor on wove paper, 1954. 241x305 mm; 9 1/2x12 inches. Signed and dated in watecolor, lower right. Proveance: Harold Rubin, New York; gifted to private collection, Somerset, UK. This fine example of Hines' modernist abstraction is the first watercolor by this artist to come to auction. During the 1950s, Hines achieved critical recognition with two solo exhibitions at Parma Gallery in 1957 and 1959. Through the 1950s, he continued in this Abstract Expressionist style while working as a conservator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 16, 2013
Felrath Hines (American, 1918 -1993); Landscape, 1962; Oil on canvas (framed); Signed, dated and titled; 22" x 22"; Provenance: Philip Douglas Fine Art, New York (label on verso); Private Collection, New York
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Felrath Hines (American, 1918 -1993); Landscape, 1962; Oil on canvas (framed); Signed, dated and titled; 22" x 22"; Provenance: Philip Douglas Fine Art, New York (label on verso); Private Collection, New York
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