Walter Augustus Simon Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Walter Augustus Simon Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 14, 2024
Walter Augustus Simon, 1916-1979, Egyptian Man
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Walter Augustus Simon 1916-1979 Egyptian Man 1961 pencil on paper 17-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches (sheet) signed, W. Simon on recto, and identified with title verso Provenance: private collection, Philadelphia, PA
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Nov. 12, 2024
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979, AMERICAN) Second Avenue, New York City.
Est: $6,000 - $10,000
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979, AMERICAN) Second Avenue, New York City. Oil on thin board, 1960. 387x507 mm; 15¼x20 inches. Signed in oil, lower right. Provenance: the artist, Montclair, NJ; Margaret Kelly, Bloomsburg, PA; private collection. Illustrated: L' Image, Cairo, Egypt, January 7, 1964. Second Avenue, New York City was painted while the artist was completing his PhD in art history at New York University. In 1961, after earning his doctorate, Simon joined the diplomatic corps of USIA (United States Information Agency), and continued painting while posted abroad.
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May. 22, 2021
Walter Simon, 1916-1979, The Iron Eagle
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Walter Simon 1916-1979 The Iron Eagle The Iron Eagle 1960 oil on canvas 36 x 40 inches signed label verso: Montclair Museum 29th Annual New Jersey State Exhibition
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Apr. 22, 2021
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) Untitled (Study in Grey).
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) Untitled (Study in Grey). Casein on press board, circa 1955-60. 508x203 mm; 20x8 inches. Signed in casein, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New Jersey.
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Apr. 22, 2021
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) Untitled (Study in Brown).
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) Untitled (Study in Brown). Casein on press board, circa 1955-60. 508x203 mm; 20x8 inches. Signed in casein, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New Jersey. Born in Brooklyn, Walter Augustus Simon studied art at Pratt Institute, the National Academy of Design and New York University in the 1930s. After army service during World War II and with help of the G.I. Bill, Simon re-entered NYU and earned a BS and MA in art history the late 1940s, and finally a PhD in 1961, with a dissertation on Henry Ossawa Tanner. The same year, Simon joined the diplomatic corps of USIA (the United States Information Agency) and managed to continue an artistic career while posted abroad in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Kabul and Cairo. Simon has exhibited his work in many museum and university galleries including the High Museum of Art, the Palais de Congress, Paris, and Spelman College Museum of Art. His art work is found today in the collections of Atlanta University, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
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Apr. 04, 2019
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) Second Avenue, New York City.
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) Second Avenue, New York City. Oil on thin board, 1960. 387x507 mm; 15 1/4x20 inches. Signed in oil, lower right. Provenance: the artist, Montclair, NJ; Margaret Kelly, Bloomsburg, PA; private collection. Illustrated: L' Image, Cairo, Egypt, January 7, 1964. Second Avenue, New York City was painted while the artist was completing his PhD in art history at New York University. In 1961, after earning his doctorate, Simon joined the diplomatic corps of USIA (United States Information Agency), and continued painting while posted abroad.
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Apr. 02, 2015
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) San Fernando Fault #R-2.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) San Fernando Fault #R-2. Acrylic on textured cardstock, 1971. 580x292 mm; 12 7/8x11 1/2 inches. Signed in acrylic, lower right. Provenance: the artist, Valencia, CA; Margaret Kelly, Bloomsburg, PA; private collection.
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Apr. 02, 2015
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) Second Avenue, New York City.
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) Second Avenue, New York City. Oil on thin cardstock, 1960. 387x507 mm; 15 1/4x20 inches. Signed in oil, lower right. Provenance: the artist, Montclair, NJ; Margaret Kelly, Bloomsburg, PA; private collection. Illustrated: L' Image, Cairo, Egypt, January 7, 1964. Second Avenue, New York City was painted while the artist was completing his PhD in art history at New York University. In 1961, after earning his doctorate, Simon joined the diplomatic corps of USIA (United States Information Agency), and continued painting while posted abroad.
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Oct. 09, 2014
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) The Iron Eagle.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) The Iron Eagle. Oil on cotton canvas, circa 1960. 914x1016 mm; 36x40 inches. Signed in oil, lower right. Provenance: the artist, Montclair, NJ; private collection. Exhibited: The Twenty-Ninth Annual New Jersey State Exhibition, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, 1960, with the label on the upper stretcher verso. This large oil painting is one of a series of New York City's Second Avenue, painted while Simon was completing his PhD in art history at New York University.
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May. 12, 2012
Walter Augustus Simon (American, 1916-1979) Union Coal Co., Sha No. 7
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Walter Augustus Simon (American, 1916-1979); Union Coal Co., Sha No. 7; Oil on cardstock (framed); Signed; 16 1/2" x 12" (sight); Provenance: Private Collection, Maine
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Feb. 17, 2011
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) The Iron Eagle.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) The Iron Eagle. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. 914x1016 mm; 36x40 inches. Signed in oil, lower right. Provenance: the artist, Montclair, NJ; private collection. Exhibited: The Twenty-Ninth Annual New Jersey State Exhibition, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, 1960, with the label on the upper stretcher verso. This large oil painting is one of a series of New York City's Second Avenue, painted while Simon was completing his PhD in art history at New York University.
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Jun. 24, 2010
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) City Abstraction.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) City Abstraction. Oil on canvas, circa 1948. 760x510 mm; 30x20 inches. Initialed (indistinctly) in oil, lower right. Provenance: the estate of the artist, Virginia.
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Oct. 28, 2009
Walter Simon, screenprint
Est: €30 - €40
edition 61/65, Untitled, signed lower right
Boven’s in coop with Douwes Fine Art
Oct. 08, 2009
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) San Fernando Fault #R-2.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) San Fernando Fault #R-2. Acrylic on textured cardstock, 1971. 580x292 mm; 12 7/8x11 1/2 inches. Signed in acrylic, lower right. Provenance: the artist, Valencia, CA; Margaret Kelly, Bloomsburg, PA; private collection.
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Oct. 08, 2009
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) Second Avenue, New York City.
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) Second Avenue, New York City. Oil on thin cardstock, 1960. 387x507 mm; 15 1/4x20 inches. Signed in oil, lower right. Provenance: the artist, Montclair, NJ; Margaret Kelly, Bloomsburg, PA; private collection. Illustrated: L' Image, Cairo, Egypt, January 7, 1964. Second Avenue, New York City was painted while the artist was completing his PhD in art history at New York University. In 1961, after earning his doctorate, Simon joined the diplomatic corps of USIA (United States Information Agency), and continued painting while posted abroad.
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Mar. 09, 2009
Walter Simon (American, 1916-1979), opaque watercolor on cardboard; random letters and numbers amongst geometric forms, signed lower...
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Walter Simon (American, 1916-1979), opaque watercolor on cardboard; random letters and numbers amongst geometric forms, signed lower right "W. Simon," matted and framed under glass, ss: 12" h. x 10 3/8" w. [Provenance: Purchased directly from artist by consignor , c. 1970, He was a full professor at Bloomsburg State College, PA.]
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Mar. 09, 2009
Walter Simon (American, 1916-1979), oil on canvas, hawk/eagle and architectural elements, signed lower right "W
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Walter Simon (American, 1916-1979), oil on canvas, hawk/eagle and architectural elements, signed lower right "W. Simon," matted and framed under glass, ss: 14 1/2" h. x 19" w. [Provenance: Purchased directly from artist by consignor , c. 1970, He was a full professor at Bloomsburg State College, PA.]
Winter Associates, Inc.
Oct. 07, 2008
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) 715 Washington Street, Greenwich Village.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
WALTER AUGUSTUS SIMON (1916 - 1979) 715 Washington Street, Greenwich Village. Oil on canvas, 1947. 902x610 mm; 36x24 inches. Signed in oil, lower left. Provenance: from the artist's estate, Virginia. This is only the second known work of the artist to come to auction. Illustrated: Cedric Dover, American Negro Art, 1960, plate 44; International Review of African American Art, Hampton University, 1998, volume 15, no. 2, p. 30. Exhibited: Twenty Sixth Annual New Jersey State Exhibition, The Montclair Art Museum, 1957, with the label on the frame back. Born in Brooklyn, Walter Augustus Simon studied art at Pratt Institute, the National Academy of Design and New York University in the 1930s. After army service during World War II and with help of the G.I. Bill, Simon re-entered NYU and earned a B.S. and M.A. in art history the late 1940s, and finally a PhD. in 1961, with a dissertation on Henry Ossawa Tanner. The same year, Simon joined the diplomatic corps of USIA (the United States Information Agency) and managed to continue an artistic career while posted abroad in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Kabul and Cairo. Simon has exhibited his work in many museum and university galleries including the High Museum of Art, the Palais de Congress, Paris, and Spelman College Museum of Art. His art work is found today in the collections of Atlanta University, the Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.
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