Will Hicox Low Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Will Hicox Low Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 29, 2024
Poster by Will Hicok Low (1853-1932) - Scribner's Fiction Number
Est: €200 - €400
Poster by Will Hicok Low (1853-1932) - Scribner's Fiction Number
Van Sabben Poster Auctions
Jun. 02, 2024
Will Hickok Low, 1899. France / America Watercolor on board. Illustration likely from "As You Like It" Signed and Dated, lower left Will Low189p. Framed and matted in a T format. Sight size 6 x 9.25in, overall size 16...
Est: $600 - $900
Will Hickok Low, 1899. France / America Watercolor on board. Illustration likely from "As You Like It" Signed and Dated, lower left Will Low189p. Framed and matted in a T format. Sight size 6 x 9.25in, overall size 16 x 20in.
Tremont Auctions
May. 10, 2024
Will Hicok Low, Untitled (Mary and Christ with Angels)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Will Hicok Low Untitled (Mary and Christ with Angels) 1884 watercolor on paper sight: 10.5 h x 9 w in (27 x 23 cm) Signed and dated to lower left 'Will H Low 1884'. Signed to label to verso 'Will H. Low' This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jan. 02, 2023
Will Hicok Low (NY,French,1853-1932) oil painting antique
Est: $6,000 - $7,500
ARTIST: Will Hicok Low (New York, France, 1853 - 1932) NAME: As You Like It YEAR: 1899 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Few very small scattered inpaintings/touch ups. Some damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 26 x 20 inches / 66 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: 31 x 25 inches / 78 x 63 cm SIGNATURE: lower left PROVENANCE: Will Low painted a series of works, this one included, as illustrations for Dodd, Mead & Company's 1899 publication of William Shakespeare's As You Like It . Here Low depicts an episode from Act II, scene vii, in which Jaques tells of meeting a fool in the forest who "...drew a dial from his poke,/And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye,/Says very wisely, 'It is ten o'clock:/Thus we may see,' Quoth he, 'how the world wags:/'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine,/And after one hour more 'twill be eleven;/And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe,/And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot;/And thereby hangs a tale.'" Framed dimensions: 31 x 25 x 3/4 in. The label on the reverse reads in full "Oil Painting by Will H. Low/illustrating a scene from/Shakespeare's As You Like It/reproduced in Dodd Mead's/edition of the play 1900./Gift of Mary B. Danaher/May 7, 1947." CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119563 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Will Hicok Low, born in Albany, New York, in 1853, was a leading muralist and figurative painter who explored both Barbizon landscape and a colorful Victorian style. He studied with academic painter Jean-Leon Gerome from 1872-1877, in Paris, France. He was the second husband of artist Mary MacMonnies Low, and a friend of writer Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, New York City, elected an Associate in 1888, and an Academician in 1890. He exhibited at the National Academy for 60 years.In March 1901, Will Low wrote an article for International Quarterly, "National Expression in American Art," in which, defending the achievements of American painters of the day versus the Europeans, he sought to tie American art to the great traditions of the past, that were being carried forward in the America of his day. American artists were "another link in the long chain which brings from Greece through Italy and France to the shore of our western hemisphere." He also wrote art criticism for Scribner's, McClure's and Century.Low is represented in the collection of the National Academy by a drawing, in graphite, black ink, charcoal, and watercolor, of a Greek muse for the cover of the Academy's Sixty Sixth Annual Exhibition in 1891. He also painted figurative panels on a 19th Century cabinet in the collection of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia.Will Hicok Low died in Bronxville, New York in 1932.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Nov. 13, 2022
Signed Will Hicok Low, 'Young French Girl'. Oil on Canvas, circa 1901
Est: $3,000 - $15,000
Signed Will Hicok Low, 'Young French Girl'. Oil on Canvas, circa 1901 Signed Will Hicok Low (American,1853 -1932). 'Young French Girl'. Oil painting on canvas, signed and dated 1901, lower right. Canvas stamped verso, 'P. Folinet Fils Lefebrve Paris'.Various marks and labels to back of stretcher and frame, including an early label noting lawrence park, bronxville, ny's art colony. Will Hicok Low, born in albany, new york in 1853 ,was a leading muralist and figurative painter who explored both barbizon landscapes and colorful victorian style. He was the second husband of artist Mary MacMonnies Low, and a friend of writer Robert Louis Stevenson. He studied with academic painter Jean-Leon Gerome and Carolus-Duran from 1872-1877 in paris. As a member of the national academy of design, new york city, he was elected an associate in 1888, and an academician in 1890. He exhibited at the national academy for sixty years. Low was also well respected as a muralist with commissions that included the waldorf astoria. Will Low was one of bronxville, n.y.'s earliest residents of lawrence park, a community of artists, arriving in 1897. Will studied many art forms, but excelled as a muralist. Notable among his many accomplishments were the thirty-six twelve-foot high panels for the rotunda of the new york state education building in albany, which he painted in his bronxville studio between 1913 and 1918. He finished his last painting, a mural donated to the bronxville school, only a few hours before his death. His works are held in numerous museums including the the smithsonian, the metropolitan museum of art, the brooklyn museum, the high museum of art, among others.
Collective Hudson, LLC
Jul. 03, 2022
Will Hicok Low (NY,French,1853-1932) oil painting antique
Est: $6,250 - $8,000
ARTIST: Will Hicok Low (New York, France, 1853 - 1932) NAME: As You Like It YEAR: 1899 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Few very small scattered inpaintings/touch ups. Some damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 26 x 20 inches / 66 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: 31 x 25 inches / 78 x 63 cm SIGNATURE: lower left PROVENANCE: Will Low painted a series of works, this one included, as illustrations for Dodd, Mead & Company's 1899 publication of William Shakespeare's As You Like It . Here Low depicts an episode from Act II, scene vii, in which Jaques tells of meeting a fool in the forest who "...drew a dial from his poke,/And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye,/Says very wisely, 'It is ten o'clock:/Thus we may see,' Quoth he, 'how the world wags:/'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine,/And after one hour more 'twill be eleven;/And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe,/And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot;/And thereby hangs a tale.'" Framed dimensions: 31 x 25 x 3/4 in. The label on the reverse reads in full "Oil Painting by Will H. Low/illustrating a scene from/Shakespeare's As You Like It/reproduced in Dodd Mead's/edition of the play 1900./Gift of Mary B. Danaher/May 7, 1947." CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119563 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Will Hicok Low, born in Albany, New York, in 1853, was a leading muralist and figurative painter who explored both Barbizon landscape and a colorful Victorian style. He studied with academic painter Jean-Leon Gerome from 1872-1877, in Paris, France. He was the second husband of artist Mary MacMonnies Low, and a friend of writer Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, New York City, elected an Associate in 1888, and an Academician in 1890. He exhibited at the National Academy for 60 years.In March 1901, Will Low wrote an article for International Quarterly, "National Expression in American Art," in which, defending the achievements of American painters of the day versus the Europeans, he sought to tie American art to the great traditions of the past, that were being carried forward in the America of his day. American artists were "another link in the long chain which brings from Greece through Italy and France to the shore of our western hemisphere." He also wrote art criticism for Scribner's, McClure's and Century.Low is represented in the collection of the National Academy by a drawing, in graphite, black ink, charcoal, and watercolor, of a Greek muse for the cover of the Academy's Sixty Sixth Annual Exhibition in 1891. He also painted figurative panels on a 19th Century cabinet in the collection of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia.Will Hicok Low died in Bronxville, New York in 1932.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 02, 2022
Will Hicok Low (NY,French,1853-1932) oil painting antique
Est: $6,750 - $8,500
ARTIST: Will Hicok Low (New York, France, 1853 - 1932) NAME: As You Like It YEAR: 1899 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Few very small scattered inpaintings/touch ups. Some damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 26 x 20 inches / 66 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: 31 x 25 inches / 78 x 63 cm SIGNATURE: lower left PROVENANCE: Will Low painted a series of works, this one included, as illustrations for Dodd, Mead & Company's 1899 publication of William Shakespeare's As You Like It . Here Low depicts an episode from Act II, scene vii, in which Jaques tells of meeting a fool in the forest who "...drew a dial from his poke,/And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye,/Says very wisely, 'It is ten o'clock:/Thus we may see,' Quoth he, 'how the world wags:/'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine,/And after one hour more 'twill be eleven;/And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe,/And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot;/And thereby hangs a tale.'" Framed dimensions: 31 x 25 x 3/4 in. The label on the reverse reads in full "Oil Painting by Will H. Low/illustrating a scene from/Shakespeare's As You Like It/reproduced in Dodd Mead's/edition of the play 1900./Gift of Mary B. Danaher/May 7, 1947." CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119563 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Will Hicok Low, born in Albany, New York, in 1853, was a leading muralist and figurative painter who explored both Barbizon landscape and a colorful Victorian style. He studied with academic painter Jean-Leon Gerome from 1872-1877, in Paris, France. He was the second husband of artist Mary MacMonnies Low, and a friend of writer Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, New York City, elected an Associate in 1888, and an Academician in 1890. He exhibited at the National Academy for 60 years.In March 1901, Will Low wrote an article for International Quarterly, "National Expression in American Art," in which, defending the achievements of American painters of the day versus the Europeans, he sought to tie American art to the great traditions of the past, that were being carried forward in the America of his day. American artists were "another link in the long chain which brings from Greece through Italy and France to the shore of our western hemisphere." He also wrote art criticism for Scribner's, McClure's and Century.Low is represented in the collection of the National Academy by a drawing, in graphite, black ink, charcoal, and watercolor, of a Greek muse for the cover of the Academy's Sixty Sixth Annual Exhibition in 1891. He also painted figurative panels on a 19th Century cabinet in the collection of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia.Will Hicok Low died in Bronxville, New York in 1932.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Aug. 08, 2021
Will Low painting
Est: $500 - $700
Will Low Jason painting American gouache and watercolor on board signed, dated 1896 17.5"h x 13.5"w overall: 30"h x 25.25"w
Treadway Gallery
Jun. 26, 2021
WILL HICOK LOW (1853-1932)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
"French Coastal Scene" oil on panel 9 x 11 inches. signed. framed 14 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (overall)
John McInnis Auctioneers
Sep. 24, 2020
Will Hicok Low, two works
Est: $400 - $600
Will Hicok Low two works 1881, 1891 gouache on paper board 8 h × 12 w in (20 × 30 cm) Lot includes On the Veranda and Indians with Soldier. Titled to verso of one work. Signed and dated to lower edge of each work. Provenance: Dawsons, 20 April 1996, Lots 415 and 603 condition: Works are in overall good condition. Dimensions provided for the largest work. Sheets are toned. Loss to corner of one work. Works presents well. Unframed.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Aug. 24, 2016
WILL HICKOCK LOW (American/French, 1853-1932) TWO CITY VIEWS; PARIS & VENICE.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Oil on wood panels. Unframed. Venice scene signed lower right, Pairs scene having partial signature visible lower right . Venice view with inscription on verso "Venice August 1900 from our window in the Palazzo Barbarigo the night of the 29th Aug. before the ..." SIZE: Paris: 8-3/4" x 10-1/2". Venice: 10-3/4" x 8-1/4" PROVENANCE: Originally from the artist's wife's Estate (Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low) CONDITION: Slight warp to board, Venice with vertical crack, otherwise good 50806-9
James D. Julia
Jun. 04, 2016
Will Low Scribner's Magazine Poster Fiction Number
Est: $300 - $600
Will Low Scribner's Magazine Poster Fiction Number
Concept Art Gallery
Mar. 05, 2016
Will Hicok Low, (American, 1853-1932), Ideal Head, oil on canvas, 16.25" x 13"
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Will Hicok Low (American, 1853-1932) Ideal Head oil on canvas signed lower left 16.25" x 13" Provenance: Property from a New York Collector Literature: Roy Pedersen, Jersey Shore Impressionists: The Fascination of Sun and Sea 1880-1940, Down the Shore Publishing, West Creek, New Jersey, 2013, p. 22-23, illustrated in color p. 22.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Dec. 23, 2015
Will Low (1853-1933) American artist
Est: $100 - $150
Will Low (1853-1933) American artist and writer on art. He was born at Albany, New York. In 1873 he entered the atelier of Jean-Léon Gérôme in the École des Beaux Arts at Paris, subsequently joining the classes of Carolus-Duran, with whom he remained until 1877. Returning to New York, he became a member of the Society of American Artists in 1878 and of the National Academy of Design in 1890. His pictures of New England types, and illustrations of John Keats, brought him into prominence. Subsequently he turned his attention to decoration, and executed panels and medallions for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, a panel for the Essex County Court House in Newark, New Jersey as well as numerous panels for private residences and stained glass windows for various churches, including St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark. He was an instructor in the schools of Cooper Union , New York, during 1882 to 1885, and in the school of the National Academy of Design from 1889 to 1892. Low, who is known to a wider circle as the friend of R. L. Stevenson, published some reminiscences, A Chronicle of Friendships, 1873-1900 (1908). A mural by him is located in the Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse. Original auto-lithograph, plate signed, 12 x 8 flush. Autolithography means an original image made directly on the stone or plate. This is from a portfolio done for the American Artists' War Emergency Fund, one of the numerous war activities of the National Arts Club of New York, its object being to aid American Artist Soldiers or their dependents. This project was done in 1918. Slight faults bottom edge [handling] are not important.
East Coast Books
Apr. 11, 2012
American School, 19th/20th Century Lot of Ten Historical, Literary, and Mythological Illustrations, Including Signed Works B: Henry ...
Est: $800 - $1,200
American School, 19th/20th Century Lot of Ten Historical, Literary, and Mythological Illustrations, Including Signed Works B: Henry Sandham (Canadian, 1842-1910), Helen Maitland Armstrong (American, b. 1869), and Will Hickok Low (American, 1853-1932). Watercolor on paper mounted to illustration board, sizes to 18 1/2 x 14 1/4 in., unframed mounted to paperboard. Condition: Various states of water damage, insect damage, staining, and toning.
Skinner
Sep. 27, 2011
WILL HICOCK LOW (1853-1932)
Est: €80 - €120
WILL HICOCK LOW (1853-1932) Commemorative Diploma héliogravure, cadre 44 x 53 cm (17¼ X 21 in.)
Christie's
Feb. 04, 2010
WILL HICKOK LOW (American, 1853-1932) "TATOOED BOY PLAYING THE WHISTLE".
Est: $400 - $800
Watercolor sketch shows a nude boy covered in tatoos playing a horn shaped whistle under a tree near water. Titled and signed below. Housed in a molded wood frame with line highlighted matte. SIZE: Sight: 13" x 9-3/4". CONDITION: Fair to good with some drip and white marks. 9-96286
James D. Julia
Jul. 16, 2009
WILL HICOK LOW (American, 1853-1932) The Camp at
Est: $600 - $800
WILL HICOK LOW (American, 1853-1932) The Camp at Night, 1879 Gouache on paper 3 x 11-1/4 inches (7.6 x 28.6 cm) Signed and dated lower left: 1879 W.H. Low Titled along left edge: The Camp at Night EXHIBITED: The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, "1998 Collector's Show & Sale", 1999, no. 227 (label verso).
Heritage Auctions
May. 08, 2008
WILL HICKOK LOW (American, 1853-1932) An Arcadian Nude Oil on canvas 14-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches (36.8 x 27.3 cm) Signed lower right: Will H Low PROVENANCE: Mary Louise Fairchild MacMonnies Low & Will Hickok Low; Thence by descent to the present owner.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
WILL HICKOK LOW (American, 1853-1932) An Arcadian Nude Oil on canvas 14-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches (36.8 x 27.3 cm) Signed lower right: Will H Low PROVENANCE: Mary Louise Fairchild MacMonnies Low & Will Hickok Low; Thence by descent to the present owner.
Heritage Auctions
May. 22, 2007
Will Hicock Low (American, 1853-1932)
Est: $18,000 - $24,000
Nude in a Forest signed and dated 'Will Low 1894' (lower left) oil on canvas 28 1/2 x 21in
Bonhams
Feb. 25, 2004
Will Hicock Low
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
American, 1853-1932 THE BEAUTY THAT IS A ROSE Signed and dated 1888 Will HLow New York (ll) Oil on canvas 20 x 28 inches
Doyle New York
Feb. 25, 2004
Will Hicock Low
Est: $200 - $300
American, 1853-1932 THE BEAUTY THAT IS A ROSE Signed and dated 1888 Will HLow New York (ll) Oil on canvas 20 x 28 inches
Doyle New York