Wally Strautin Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Wally Strautin Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 06, 2024
Wally Strautin, Abstraction
Est: $600 - $800
Wally Strautin Abstraction acrylic yarn latch hook tapestry 32 h x 59.2 w in (81 x 150 cm) Signed to verso 'W. Strautin'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 03, 2022
Wally Strautin, Figural Abstraction
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Wally Strautin Figural Abstraction 1984 needlepoint 30 h × 16.125 w in (76 × 41 cm) Woven signature and date to lower left 'Wally 1984'. This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 03, 2022
Wally Strautin, Abstract Composition
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Wally Strautin Abstract Composition acrylic yarn latch hook tapestry 35 h × 59 w in (89 × 150 cm) Signed to verso 'W Strautin'. This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 03, 2022
Wally Strautin, Meeting of the Vines
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Wally Strautin Meeting of the Vines 1949 oil on linen laid to board 38 h × 25.875 w in (97 × 66 cm) Signed and dated to right edge 'W. Strautin 8-1949'. This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 02, 2022
Wally Strautin, Abstract Composition
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Wally Strautin Abstract Composition oil on canvas 44.5 h × 24 w in (113 × 61 cm) Signed to lower left 'W. Strautin'. This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 02, 2022
Wally Strautin, Knight in Armor
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Wally Strautin Knight in Armor oil on canvas laid to board 36 h × 30 w in (91 × 76 cm) Signed and titled to verso 'Wally Strautin Knight in Armor'. This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
May. 12, 2022
JACKSON POLLOCK Untitled.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
JACKSON POLLOCK Untitled. Oxidized copper, 1938. 311 mm; 12 1/4 inches (diameter). Provenance: Gifted by the artist to Wally Strautin (1898-1995), American abstract artist, New York; acquired by Francis V. O'Connor (1937-2017), New York-based art historian, poet, artist and co-editor of the Jackson Pollock catalogue raisonné (published in 1978); gifted by bequest to the current owner. Exhibited: "Jackson Pollock: New Found Work", Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, October 5-November 26, 1978, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., December 22, 1978-February 11, 1979; The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, March 12-May 6, 1979; "Jackson Pollock: Early Sketchbooks and Drawings", The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 27, 1997-February 8, 1998; "Jackson Pollock/David Smith: Paintings and Sculptures from the 1930s and 1940s", Washburn Gallery, New York, February 15-March 24, 2001 (illustrated). Published: Francis V. O'Connor & Eugene V. Thaw, editors, Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Drawings, and Other Works, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1978, volume 4, number 1047; Ellen G. Landau, Jackson Pollock, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1989, page 106; Nan Rosenthal, The Jackson Pollock Sketchbooks in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997, page 25, figure 16. In 1932, Pollock (1912-1956) wrote to his father, "Sculptoring I think is my medium. I'll never be satisfied until I am able to mould a mountain of stone, with the aid of a jack hammer, to fit my will." While he created approximately 12 sculptures during his career (of which 6 are extant), sculpture preoccupied the artist throughout his life. He started studying sculpture when he took a clay modeling class in high school. When he moved to New York in 1930, he continued his sculpture studies under Ahron Ben-Shmuel where he practiced direct carving. He also studied under the modernist figural sculptor Robert Laurent at the Arts Students League. He turned to sculpture during times of personal crisis: in 1932-33, when his father was dying, when he became uncomfortably famous in 1949, and when he returned to drinking alcohol in 1951. The present work dates from when he was receiving treatment for alcoholism and a nervous breakdown at New York Hospital's psychiatric hospital from June through September 1938. It was a difficult time for the artist and he allegedly resisted therapy and resented being there. He also created one other copper plate during this time, which is held by held by the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts. The composition of the current work is based loosely on Michelangelo's Creation of Man in the Sistine Chapel, the figure sitting with one fist clenched at his thigh atop an equine whose stick-like legs and head jut out from underneath him. Pollock had seen photographs of the frescoes and sketchbooks from this time (held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) show Pollock's interest in how the Italian artist rendered the body. O'Connor, the co-editor of his catalogue raisonné and who held the present work in his collection for over 40 years, wrote of this sculpture, "Just as I have discovered that frontality in self-portraiture usually signals moments of transition when it is necessary to face up to the self, sculpture has a way, for the male at least, of supplying three-dimensional evidence of fitness—of conceiving something as tangible as one's own person when the normally engendering self-image has fallen into eclipse." Pollock took a long break from sculpture in the 1940s, after which he became one of the most prominent Abstract Expressionist artists in America. It wasn't until he and his wife, the artist Lee Krasner, moved to the Springs, East Hampton, Long Island, in 1945 that he had the space to again take up sculpting. He started creating sculptures out of found objects on the beach (including natural objects such as twigs and sand), and many of these ephemeral sculptures are now lost. Sculpture also preoccupied him in the time leading up to his death—he was working with the artist Tony Smith (1912-1980) on three-dimensional works in July 1956, another difficult time that included a creative block, alcoholism and depression, shortly before his fatal car accident.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 12, 2021
Wally Strautin, Untitled
Est: $800 - $1,200
Wally Strautin Untitled 1946-47 needlepoint 34 h × 38.875 w in (86 × 99 cm) Woven signature and date to upper left 'W. Strautin 1946-7'. condition: Work is in good overall condition with surface soiling and pinpoints of white accretion throughout. Work presents well. Framed without glazing measuring 37 x 41 inches.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Nov. 12, 2021
Wally Strautin, Abstract Composition
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Wally Strautin Abstract Composition 1956 oil on canvas laid to board 26 h × 38 w in (66 × 97 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'W. Strautin 1956'. 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
Nov. 11, 2021
Wally Strautin, The Dance
Est: $800 - $1,200
Wally Strautin The Dance needlepoint 33 h × 44.125 w in (84 × 112 cm) Wooven signature to lower right 'W. Strautin'. condition: Work is in good overall condition with one missed stich to lower right edge. Work presents well. Framed without glazing measuring 36 x 46 inches.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Nov. 11, 2021
Wally Strautin, Abstract Landscape
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Wally Strautin Abstract Landscape 1956 oil on canvas 30 h × 40 w in (76 × 102 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'W. Strautin 1956'. condition: Work is in good overall condition and has been lined. Areas of minor cracking and some points of inpainting scattered throughout, most notably to center of composition within purple field. Paint has been stabilized. Presents well with vibrant colors. Framed without glazing measuring 39 x 49 inches.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Apr. 28, 2021
Wally Strautin, Untitled
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Wally Strautin Untitled 1958 oil on canvas laid to board 43 h × 33.75 w in (109 × 86 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'W. Strautin 58'. condition: Work is in good condition with light surface soiling overall. Scattered areas of hairline cracking and white surface accretion throughout. Canvas is lightly buckling overall with inpainting visible when examined under UV light predominately to hairline cracking. Framed without glazing measuring 52 x 43 inches.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 12, 2021
Wally Strautin (American, 1898-1995) Abstract Composition, c. 1940
Est: $800 - $1,200
Wally Strautin (American, 1898-1995) Abstract Composition, c. 1940 oil on canvas signed Strautin (lower right) 30 x 36 inches. Provenance: Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago Property from the Collection of Leonard Stark, Chicago, Illinois
Hindman
Dec. 16, 2020
Wally Strautin, Untitled
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Wally Strautin Untitled 1956 oil on canvas 30 h × 40 w in (76 × 102 cm) Signed and dated to lower left 'W. Strautin 1956'. condition: Work has been lined. Minor hairline cracking throughout and scattered areas of inpainting visible when examined under blacklight. Work shows minor signs of mildew. Colors present well. Unframed.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 21, 2020
Wally Strautin, Untitled
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Wally Strautin Untitled 1952 oil on canvas 31 h × 41 w in (79 × 104 cm) Signed and dated to lower left 'W. Strautin 1952'. This work is located at, and will ship from, Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey. condition: Work has been lined and is in good overall condition. Craquelure throughout, however, surface is stable Light surface soiling. Colors are strong and vibrant. Framed without glazing measuring 39 x 49 inches.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Sep. 24, 2020
Wally Strautin, two works
Est: $600 - $800
Wally Strautin two works 1952 gouache and watercolor on paper, ink and watercolor on vellum 30 h × 21 w in (76 × 53 cm) Signed and dated to one work. Estate stamp to other work. 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
Sep. 24, 2020
Wally Strautin, two works
Est: $600 - $800
Wally Strautin two works 1947 watercolor on paper, pastel on paperboard 12 h × 18 w in (30 × 46 cm) Signed and dated to both works. condition: Works are in fair condition. Watercolor with foxing throughout and one tear to lower edge. Tape remnants along all four edges and moisture damage to lower right quadrant. Pastel on paper with one tear to right edge and partial tear to upper left corner. Wear to edges of board including losses to upper right corner and lower left corner. Unframed.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Sep. 24, 2020
Wally Strautin, two works
Est: $600 - $800
Wally Strautin two works 19511952 gouache on paper 24 h × 18 w in (61 × 46 cm) Signed and dated to two works. condition: Works are in overall good condition. Dimensions provided are of the largest work. Some minor wear, loss, and tearing along edges. Works present well. Unframed.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 26, 2020
Wally Strautin, Meeting of the Vines
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Wally Strautin Meeting of the Vines 1949 oil on board 38 h × 25.875 w in (97 × 66 cm) Signed and dated to right edge 'W. Strautin 8 - 1949'. condition: Light surface soiling overall and abrasions and areas of hairline cracking throughout. Slight warping to board along lower edge due to moisture. Framed without glazing measuring 47 x 35 inches.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
May. 20, 2020
Wally Strautin, Deep Currents
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Wally Strautin Deep Currents 1948 oil on canvas 30 h × 40 w in (76 × 102 cm) Signed and dated to lower left 'W. Strautin 1948'. This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey. condition: Good condition with vibrant colors. Framed without glazing measuring 40 x 50 inches.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Mar. 25, 2020
Wally Strautin, Untitled
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Wally Strautin Untitled 1943-1944 oil on Masonite 27 h × 17 w in (69 × 43 cm) Signed and dated to verso 'Signed in 92 Wally Strautin 1943-44'. condition: Good condition. Light surface soiling. A few chips to Masonite with pigment loss. Framed without glazing measuring 31 x 21 inches.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 28, 2016
Wally Strautin (1898- )
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Meeting Of The Vines Oil on Canvas 38" x 26". Signed lower left
Morphy Auctions
Feb. 28, 2016
Wally Strautin (1898- 1995).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
The Dancer Needlepoint 46" x 34". Signed and dated 1945-6 lower left
Morphy Auctions
Feb. 28, 2016
Wally Strautin (1898- 1995).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
The Dance Needlepoint 12" x 43". Signed lower right
Morphy Auctions
Nov. 21, 2015
Wally Strautin (American, 1898-1995).
Est: $4,000 - $8,000
Deep Currents. oil on canvas. signed and dated 1948 on lower left. Size 30 x 40.
Morphy Auctions
Nov. 21, 2015
Wally Strautin (American, 1898-1995).
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Mask/Carnival. needlepoint. signed and dated, 1947, on lower left. Size 44 x 17.
Morphy Auctions
Jun. 30, 2015
Wally Strautin (American, b 1898), oil on canvas, Abstract, signed lower right, 33" x 25" overall, geometric sketch on verso The co...
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Wally Strautin (American, b 1898), oil on canvas, Abstract, signed lower right, 33" x 25" overall, geometric sketch on verso The consignor of this lot is donating 5% of the hammer price to the Wounded Warriors Project.
William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals
May. 12, 2012
Wally Strautin, (American; 1898 - 1989), Abstract Composition, Oil on canvas, 30" x 36"
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Wally Strautin (American; 1898 - 1989) Abstract Composition Oil on canvas c. 1940. (Valleja) Wally Strautin graduated from the Cooper Union School on Art in New York in 1931. She was a close friend of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, and upon Krasner's suggestion, produced primarily abstract works early in her career (from 1929-1944), and exhibited them at the Society of Independent Artists (an organization founded in 1916 to promote the work of avant-garde contemporary artists). A comparable work by Strautin is featured in the exhibition, Modern Dialect, American Paintings form the John and Susan Horseman Collection, which recently opened at the Dixon Gallery (museum) in Memphis. 30" x 36"
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 29, 2009
WALLY STRAUTIN, American (b. 1898), "Deep Currents", oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated 1948., 30 x 40
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
WALLY STRAUTIN American (b. 1898) "Deep Currents" oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated 1948. 30 x 40 Other Notes: This painting was exhibitied in 1948 in New York City at the New School for Social Research as part of a group show of the Spiral Group, a short-lived abstract artists group that was active from the late 1940s through the 1950s. This work was mentioned in the "Art Digest" magazine, November 1, 1948.
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