Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Wallflower Bronze Sculpture, young standing girl in a dress statue figure, 10.25 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches, unsigned, Roman Bronze Works NY foundry stamp. Note that stone plinth in last image was unaffixed and does not accompany lot. A larger version, 15.25 inches, sold for USD 50,000.00 at Sothebys in 2011. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event. Estate Ref. GVW
Gertrude Vanderbilt Studio 2 Personal Library Music Items Deluxe Mozart Death Anniversary Box Set Paderewski 1941 Manru Opera Score. Mozart cloth and board Paderewski 4vo quarter leather. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney WWI Poster From Studio Archive Plus Yacht And Statue Blueprints Etc. Freedom Hall poster with artist signature appearing as part of the printed image at the lower right together with a copy of her lettering design for the base of the spanish monument and several yacht blueprints together with a photocopy of a sculpture article referencing one of the artists commissions. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Studio Tiffany French Art Deco Agate Jade Moon Phase Desk Calendar Clock Sterling Silver Vermeil. 3.5in x 4.75in x 1.875in with legs extended, top dial signed Tiffany and Co, legs are gilt silver vermeil stamped Tiffany and Co France and sterling, roman numeral dial features date , month and moonphase insets on a guilloche type field, bezel is white enamel with gilt and small green hour markers that appears to be moss in snow jade. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
NOTE: This is one of 8 lots in the sale that is in NY NJ CT TriState storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick up by appt. with our Greater New York staff. All other lots in this auction ship from St. Petersburg, Florida. Gertrude Vanderbilt Studio Carved Oak Bench with Garden Paint Patina. From the greenhouse, lift top, 43 inches high x 47 iches wide x 20 inches deep, this may have elements of English or German Jacobean or Tudor design of perhaps a British or American Arts and Crafts Movement connection, origin undetermined, see condition report and note heavy spiderwebs, some likely insect dust but not obviously heavily eaten however treatment must be done by buyer before inside or porch use, sold for outdoor use only.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Studio Darwin And Botanical Personal Library Books. Darwin ex libris FR or RF 20c 2 in 1 Merrill etc NY, cloth together with Beautiful Leaved Plants EJ Lowe with Howard 60 lg illus Groombridge London 8vol gilt quarter leather gilt edges binding damage. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Studio Diamonds Pearls Personal Library Books. Great Diamonds of the World Streeter reviewed by HRH the Queen and HRM Empress Eugenie ED by Hatton and Keane London Bell Sons 8vo full leather damaged together with the Story of the Pearl Marcus and Co NY Rockwell Kent frontispiece and color tipped in Marcus Gems photo tattered. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
NOTE: This is one of 8 lots in the sale that is in NY NJ CT TriState storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick up by appt. with our Greater New York staff. All other lots in this auction ship from St. Petersburg, Florida. Gertrude Vanderbilt Studio Pair Large Possibly Roman or Ancient Terra Cotta Jardiniere Garden Urns. scrafitto bi color animalier side panels including horses and shaped lips with top of lips featuring incised lines and three florettes, 26 inches high x 37.625 inches top diameter x aprx 19.5 inches lower base diameter, with later wood edge canvas lids not illustrated.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Studio Dedicated Personal Library Book From Hellen Hay Whitney With Poetry. Sonnets and Songs Hellen Hay Whitney Harper 1905 HB inscribed to Gertrude from HHW 10.3.1905 with 4 lines of poetry all apparently in ink in authors hand. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Signed GVW Stamped De Strelecki Sculpture Also Titanic Photographs. This lot comprises 4 photos incl a large Arlington Fountain hand signed by Gertrude V Whitney, a large Blinded WWI stone sculpture photograph embossed stamped DE STRELECKI by fine art photographer Jean De Strelecki and a mat signed likely FR Marsten slightly illegible medium sized upward angle photo of GVWs Titanic Memorial against a cloudscape that sits along the Potomac together with a smaller Halvord gravure image of the Titanic figure without its base. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
NOTE: This is one of 8 lots in the sale that is in NY NJ CT TriState storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick up by appt. with our Greater New York staff. All other lots in this auction ship from St. Petersburg, Florida. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Studio Two Large Artist Salon Chairs Victorian Aesthetic Movement. mahogany or related hardwood with softer secondary woods, upholstery stripped down to muslin underlayer, arched back example 47 x 35 x aprx. 30.5 inches with aprx. 20.5 inches interior depth, crest rail example 47.5 x 36.375 x 31 inches with aprx. 21.75 inches interior depth, no visible signature or mark, the arched back example with an absent arm swivel fitting, the crest rail example with sliding arm compartments. According to the family both of these chairs were used in the Studio to draw and paint. See condition report.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Portrait Photo Monument Archive Jewelry Receipt Telegram More, Cristobal Colon Colombian GVW sculpture monument Ambassador Lodge correspondence archive, GVW photos and South American press clippings, GVW Untermeyer Memorial doors photos, Morel Chaumet Paris jewelry suite illustrated HP Whitney receipt, Harry boarding ship telegram to Gertrude, other art and object correspondence incl Sothebys. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Signed Sculpture Photo A Portrait And Toni Frissell Photos. The signed photograph of her Arlington Fountain, the portrait imprinted Blackstone NY on margin together with two sculpture photos signed by fine art photographer and WWII poster artist Toni Frissell and an additional unsigned image of Gertrude at work in a studio. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 1943 Memorial Exhibition Society Letters To Flora.Fine archive folder of East Coast Society exhibition invitation related and regret letters from a cavalcade of fabulous stationery letterhead locations incl French and Co 57th St, Newport, hand inscribed Calico Cottage, E 67th St., Old Adam House, The Glen,Barberry Hill, Washington Valley, E 70th St, Beacon St, Harborview, Knickerbocker Club,Foreign Affairs Quarterly, Butterfield 8, Pricket Patch, Park Ave, Wheatly, The Langdon, Paul Chafin Ft Lauderdale Telegram, War Dept WDC, University Club, E 66th St, E 62nd St, Foxcroft School, Bear River Ranch, Palm Beach, Parke Bernet, Port Sewal, E 73rd st Wakehurst, Lloyds Landing, et al together with some Whitney Museum invitations and stationary with a show leaflet with cover printing only. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Three Drawings. This lot contains two pencil sketches, 5in x 8in and 8in x 5in discovered in the Vanderbilt Whitney Studio Archive in a folder with a post war family label GVW misc sketches together with a pencil signed Gertrude Vanderbilt school girl homework hand colored assumedly traced map of South America. The horizontal work is a stylized figural study for a mural, frieze or bronze with dancing female forms which may be for a known work or interestingly may be an early composition anticipating her future sculpture career. The vertical composition is of a bespectacled older woman with circumstance and condition of life annotation, both unsigned. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
NOTE: This is one of 8 lots in the sale that is in NY NJ CT TriState storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick up by appt. with our Greater New York staff. All other lots in this auction ship from St. Petersburg, Florida. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Studio Bechstein Grand Piano. interior with seal, A. and C. Bechstein Berlin, family reports serial number of 36325, with stool of unknown manufacture, 38.5 x 56.875 x 72.375 inches closed, stool is 19.5 14 inches diameter, family states instrument underwent a USD 25,000.00 conservation, all keys sound. A focal point of the Old Westbury Studio and the center of many New York and international society soirees, both a beautiful instrument and historic artifact.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Mrs Whitney Studio Photograph Album. Handwritten label photographs of Mrs Whitneys Studio Wheatley Hills, 25 bw images as one per page including front and rear exteriors, main studio works in progress, murals, some visible antiques, geese, a posed idyllic semi nude male poolside, etc, last page and rear inside cover left blank. 4.5in x 6.125in, album aprox 7in x 10in x 0.75in, exterior deterioration. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
NOTE: This is one of 8 lots in the sale that is in NY NJ CT TriState storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick up by appt. with our Greater New York staff. All other lots in this auction ship from St. Petersburg, Florida. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Marble Sculpture Base or Large Roman Medieval Renaissance Beaux Arts Marble Well Cistern or Column.wreath decoration to all sides, in sections as follows, features a tapering midsection and a stepped base, midsection 26 inches high x 44 inches bottom width and 41.75 inches top width, bottom depth 24.25 and top depth 22 inches with a 34 x 13.75 interior opening, base 12.5 x 46 inches wide x 26.25 inches bottom depth and 25.125 top of base step depth, step height is 1.75 included in 12.5 inch overall base height, top 8 inches high x 42 inches wide x 22.625 inches base of top depth and 22 inches top of top depth.
NOTE: This is one of 8 lots in the sale that is in NY NJ CT TriState storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick up by appt. with our Greater New York staff. All other lots in this auction ship from St. Petersburg, Florida.Gertrude Vanderbilt Studio Roman Antiquity to Medieval Renaissance Marble Well Head.well head, fountain or cistern architectural garden centerpiece, carved stone, 29.75 inches high, 59 inch top diameter, 48 inch base diameter, elephant and fruit tree coat of arms, bird and plant carved frieze reliefs. Does not include three quarter round base.
NOTE: This is one of 8 lots in the sale that is in NY NJ CT TriState storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick up by appt. with our Greater New York staff. All other lots in this auction ship from St. Petersburg, Florida. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Paris Bedroom. this lot is the Time Capsule Paris city house sculpture studio early 20th century bedroom contents of artist, socialite and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney that was recreated in her Old Westbury, Long Island Studio later in the 20th century when the furnishings were returned from France, now comprising 13 items plus accessories offered as a single ensemble lot as follows: 1) Armoire, 92 x 52 x 17.5 inches, carved, oak or similar density wood, with screen doors, elaborate interior locking arm with absent lock, with two keys, three shelves and a portion of the absent front right foot present. Condition: Lock and lower right foot section absent, fabric behind screen old and torn, some cracked and absent front panel edge moldings, wood with an old handsome dark patina with some minor estate storage scattered surface wear. 2) Covered Baloon Porter Throne Chair, 55.5 inches high x 28.625 inches wide x 33 inches deep, 23.5 inches interior depth to front of cushion, walnut or related hardwood. Condition: Wood frame generally quite sound with visible scattered surface wear, upholstery worn, damaged and stained. 3) Chandelier, gilt and painted figural light fixture, wood with metal supports, 33 inches high x 45.5 inches diameter. Condition: Cracking and flaking throughout, partially rewired requiring rewiring and inspection by a licensed electrician before use, damages, old weathered patina. 4) GM Miller 1967 watercolor of Paris house bedroom interior including some of the objects offered in this lot but not others, 13.25 x 19.875 sight, 21.75 x 28.125 x 1.5 inches overall framed, gilt frame. Condition: Gererally very sound overall with some scattered light foxing, frame edge wear. 5) Writing Desk, cabriole leg, chinoiserie, 35 x 28.75 x 17.875 inches, no visible markings, stationery according to the family is War era but unmarked, associated accessories are later 20th century Asian made with differing markings and according to the family have been displayed in situ at the Old Westbury Studio for several decades and thus are included in the lot although not from the earlier Paris era. Condition: Period patina has mellowed and darkened however is mostly intact with areas of alligatoring, lid chip, interior inset writing surface and border damages. 6) French Fauteuil, the armchair features patinated carved wood, 39.625 x 26.75 x 27 inches, interior seat depth 21.75 inches, no visible markings. Condition: All over even surface wear, upholdtery stains. 7) Canopy Bed, carved painted wood, fitted with large wheels, aprx 114 x 51 x 82.625 inches, mattress aprx 74.75 x 49.5 x 10 inches incl. top pad excluding 4 inch deep x 72.5 long x 47 inch wide inset box spring. Condition: Generally sound and intact overall with even wear and patination, textiles a bit dusty and with generally even age discoloration. 8) Chaise Lounge Chair, carved walnut or related hardwood, cabriole legs, 34.625 x 30 x 78.626 inches, aprx. cushion height 18.5 inches, interior seat depth 70 inches, with a tassel throw and two cushions. Condition: One rear leg broken through and reglued, overall surface wear, upholstery with overall even wear, throw generally good. 9) Antique Dressing Table with Fitted and Mirrored Fold Out Vanity Interior, figural mahogany or related hardwood, cabriole legs terminating in gilt metal sabots, together with a pair of Paris style 20th century porcelain lamps with as is shades and a pair of signed Sevres porcelain small lidded jars broken and as is, 27.5 x 30.875 x 19 inches overall closed, no visible markings. Condition: Structurally sound with multiple small losses and small damages such as the front edge of the pull out platform is detached, top eschutcheon inlays absent, keys absent, accessory compart worn with lining losses and damages with accessories mostly absent and several of the ones present with wear and or damage, cabinet with surface finish wear, loose knobs, in as found estate condition. 10) Vanity Bench With Cane Seat And Carvings, 20th century in the 18th century manner conspicuously newer than the other furniture, 22 x 26.25 x 15.5 inches. Condition: Wear at handle corners, otherwise appears sound. 11) Bookshelf w/ French Books, carved gilt wood with a fabric lined interior and cabriole legs together with 15 assorted old French hardcover books, 30.25 x 20.5 x 9 inches excluding books, no visble markings. Condition: Overall heavily worn patina, lower shelf side crack, books worn. 12) Photo of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney by Taponier, standing circa Paris era portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in a long dress and opera length pearls stamped Phot. Taponier float mounted in a hand decorated mat in a modern Arts and Crafts manner corner decorated gilt frame with late 20th century framing label on backing consistent with many photographs and works on paper of pre War era in the Studio having been reframed by later generations by Greater New York area framers in the second half of the 20C, 8.75 x 4.875 inches, 16.625 x 12.75 x 0.75 inches framed. Condition: Appears clean throughout, frame wear throughout, house paint drip on glass. 13) Inlaid Square Lamp Table, featuring a flame veneer center with inlaid border and lower stretcher center surface of possible circle of Galle Art Nouveau influence, 26.25 x 24.5 x 21.75 inches, impressed four digit turn of the 19th to 20th century factory stamp underneath. Condition: Craquelure, darkened varnish and surface dust.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Troy Kinney Etching of GVW With Parrot. 11.5in x 8.5in visible sight, 16.5in x 13.5in x 0.75in. Note this edition was signed in the impression lower margin as we have seen other Vanderbilt Whitney family examples of this image however this work, from Gertrudes studio, is encased in a J Pocker and Son NY double matting to the image with a identifying rear overlay of a previous framing backing remnant that we have not disturbed. Not examined out of frame. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Studio Melbourne Hardwick Coast Watercolor. Marine seascape watercolor signed Melbourne H Hardwick lower left, 14.5in x 18.5in visible sight, 27.75in x 31.75in x 1in framed. Gilt frame. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Studio Lg US President Grover Cleveland JF Jarvis Photograph Plus Transcript Copy. Photo 8.3in x 13in on 9.5in x 13.4in gilt edge card of inauguration with large crowd and extensive flag buntings together with a fairly early 20th century typed transcription of 1885-1889 correspondence between Grover Cleveland, Frances Folsom Cleveland and Rose Elizabeth Cleveland and Mr and Mrs Whitney ie Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Harry P Whitney after originals in the Whitney Collection of the Library of Congress. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 1942 Last Will And Cash Book Named Paintings Jewelry Stocks Heirs. 15in x 21.75in x 1.5in leather and fabric bound Estate of Gertrude V. Whitney CASH BOOK AND JOURNAL containing in the rear Journal section in the rear a multi page hand written Last Will with detailed fine art and personal property specific heir one to several item bequeathments, USD 2,500,000 to the Whitney Museum, extensively detailed in many front section pages with sales of transportation stocks, tobacco stock, Park Bernet furniture, bonds and a treasure trove of detailed historical financial holdings et al, including a pearl and diamond bracelet to Gloria Vanderbilt, jewelry to Flora Whitney Miller, etc. Provenance and Shipping: The first 100 lots in this sale are from the Studio of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. At one time she was regarded as the wealthiest woman in America. The 8 largest items which are identified in the first sentence of their listings are in NY NJ CT Tri-State storage 1 hour from Manhattan with pick ups administered by our staff by appt. and the remaining 92 lots were removed from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY estate by our staff during real estate staging and transported to our Florida warehouses where they are available to be shipped via UPS or Tampa Bay pick up. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Last year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and dozens of lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family over two record setting auctions. We are now excited to present a third sale including Vanderbilt Whitney Library Books, Archive Photography and Documents plus Important Studio Art, Historic Furnishings and Garden Sculpture. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt. at our main St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 13th through Friday January 19th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. There is no in person preview available for the 8 Tri-State storage lots, their preview is photo only. The sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. Winning bidders are invoiced Sunday and Monday and items are not available for pick up or shipping until payments are processed electronically as there is no payment processing at our warehouse. Thank you for your interest and participation in another exciting Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC online event.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney American, 1875-1942 Bust of a Young Lady Marble, raised on a marble base Bust height 13 3/4 inches Overall 21 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance: The artist Thence by descent in the family In overall good condition. General old marks and scratches to white marble. One abrasion to the figure's proper left cheek. Scattered pitting mostly to the face and top of the head, including one filled pock-mark to the figure's proper right cheek. A gray vein in the marble extends along the base of the neck. Some abrasions, residue, and chips to the base.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney American, 1875-1942 Portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Signed G. V. WHITNEY and further marked to bottom verso Bronze with a dark brown and green patina, mounted to a marble base Bronze height 8 1/4 inches Overall 9 1/4 x 7 5/8 x 4 inches Provenance: The artist Thence by descent in the family Some dust and dirt accumulation in recessed areas. Minor abrasions to marble base. Otherwise in overall good condition.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney American, 1875-1942 Maquette for the Titanic Memorial Wax over plaster Height: 8 1/8 inches Provenance: The artist Thence by descent in the family There are various cracks in the wax.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney American, 1875-1942 At His Post, 1916-19 Signed Gertrude Whitney, dated indistinctly, inscribed 13, and stamped ROMAN BRONZE WORKS NY. at the base Bronze with a brown patina Height: 14 1/4 inches Literature: Ellen Roberts, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Sculpture, fig. 36 Provenance: The artist Thence by descent in the family The patina is worn at some of the high points and there is oxidation and plaster remnants in the pits.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (Am. 1875-1942) Tête pour le Mémorial du Titanic, 1915 Bronze Signature and date incised verso Approx. 8 3/4" x 3 1/4" x 3 3/4" actual (including base)
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Wallflower Bronze Sculpture, young standing girl in a dress statue figure, 10.25 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches, unsigned, Roman Bronze Works NY foundry stamp. Note that stone plinth in last image was unaffixed and does not accompany lot. A larger version, 15.25 inches, sold for USD 50,000.00 at Sothebys in 2011. Provenance: This is a personal example kept by noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, at her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Earlier this year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family. We are now excited to present a second sale including the Vanderbilt Whiney Archive and Important Studio Garden Sculpture and Decorations. All lots but 18 large garden sculpture and annex decorations have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with the garden sculpture and large annex decorative arts now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday July 15th through Friday July 21st as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. NOTE: There are no in person previews available for the large lots stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale.
One of 15 Vanderbilt garden and large annex lots that is NY-NJ-CT Tri-State pick up 1 hr from Manhattan, the rest of the sale ships from the Tampa Bay. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney fountain pedestal plaster maquette sculpture. 36in high overall including stone base and separate top collar x 10in diameter base. No visible signature, statue incomplete. Provenance: This is the personal example kept by noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, the storage administrated by our staff at her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this spring during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Earlier this year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family. We are now excited to present a second sale including the Vanderbilt Whiney Archive and Important Studio Garden Sculpture and Decorations. All lots but these 18 large garden sculpture and annex decorations have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with the garden sculpture and annex decorative arts now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday July 15th through Friday July 21st as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. NOTE: There is no in person preview available for this lot, part of the 18 large garden sculpture and decoration lots stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale.
One of 15 Vanderbilt garden and large annex lots that is NY-NJ-CT Tri-State pick up 1 hr from Manhattan, the rest of the sale ships from the Tampa Bay. UPDATED DESCRIPTION 7.22.2023 BEFORE 9AM ET: Studio of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, based on the Kore of Chios in the Acropolis museum, the fragmented nature reflects the actual fragmentation of the sculpture, plaster maquette sculpture, 31in high (41in high including wooden base), 41.5in x 13.5in wide x 8in deep, no visible signature. Provenance: Studio of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, the storage administrated by our staff at her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this spring during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Earlier this year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family. We are now excited to present a second sale including the Vanderbilt Whiney Archive and Important Studio Garden Sculpture and Decorations. All lots but these 18 large garden sculpture and annex decorations have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with the garden sculpture and annex decorative arts now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews for items in Florida are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday July 15th through Friday July 21st as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. NOTE: There is no in person preview available for this lot, part of the 18 large garden sculpture and decoration lots stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney sculpture poster from her archive Pedro Gomez Huelva Lisbon Seville ferry. Depicts GVW sculpture before harbor boat and port, lithograph by Matev Madrid, 42in x 26.375in sheet. Provenance: Vanderbilt Whitney family landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio former residence of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff this spring during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Earlier this year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family. We are now excited to present a second sale including the Vanderbilt Whiney Archive and Important Studio Garden Sculpture and Decorations. This lot and all lots but the 18 large garden sculpture and decorations have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with the 18 large garden sculpture and decorative arts now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday July 15th through Friday July 21st as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 18 large garden sculpture and decorations stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney estate jewelry appraisal by Witherbee Black 1942 Black Starr Frost 339k family sale annotations. 24pp, 218 entries of diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald, pearl and gold jewelry and more. Provenance: The Vanderbilt Whitney Family Archive from the landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio former residence of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff this spring during real estate staging. Comprising over 500 to 1000 items offered as 50 to 100 lots including the Cornelius Vanderbilt era, late Victorian photography including Yale athletics and fraternal photography, important Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Flora Whitney items including soiree costumes and couture as well as love letters, documents, equestrian memorabilia, ephemera and more. A once in a lifetime glimpse into family threads that are forever woven into the American experience of a nature seldom seen on the market. The Studio, decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Earlier this year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family. We are now excited to present a second sale including the Vanderbilt Whiney Archive and Important Studio Garden Sculpture and Decorations. All lots but the 18 large garden sculpture and annex decorations have been transported to our Florida facilities, including Archive items, for FL pick up or shipping with the 18 large garden sculpture and decorative arts now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Florida previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday July 15th through Friday July 21st as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 18 large garden sculpture and decorations stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. This lot qualifies for Flat Rate Shipping within the Continental U.S. from our designated UPS Store. Cost is 36 dollars for the first lot and 12 dollars for each additional Flat Rate Shipping lot, picked up, packed and shipped insured with tracking via the UPS Store's choice of UPS, USPS, FedEx or DHL with their choice of ground, media, first class or air. Please be advised shipping may take several weeks due to sale total lot volume and or ground service. Alternately, winning bidders as well as any bidders outside of the Continental US not eligible for Flat Rate Shipping may have our UPS Store pick up and ship the item with their regular services as with any other lot in the auction, choosing the the UPS range of air delivery options at varying costs. We do not offer in house shipping for this event.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Male Nude Athlete Bronze, standing statue scuplture on marble plinth base, 19.5 7 x 5, 20.5 x 8 x 8 inches overall object including base, no visible signature, Roman Bronze Works foundry stamp. This example illustrated in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Sculpture by Roberts, Fig. 8, p22. Provenance: Illustrated in situ, Wall Street Journal, 4.2.2021, pM4. This is the personal example kept by noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 7
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Pair Lindbergh Maquettes, pr plaster relief sculptures commemorating the first transatlantic flight, each approximately 11.5 inches diameter x 1.5 inches deep, one a portrait of aviator Charles A. Lindbergh inscribed New York Paris and the other with his airplane Spirit of St. Louis above a seascape, wings and a hand with a torch, with unattached shadowboxes. Provenance: This is the personal example kept by noted scupltor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 14
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Bust of Man Bronze II, statue sculpture portrait, one of two GVW male bronze busts offered as separate lots in this sale, the artist completed multiple compositions of her husband Harry Payne Whitney of which this may be one but still undetermined, 15.5 x 7.5 x 8.5 inches, 19 x 9 x 8 inches overall object including dark stone plinth base, no visible signature or foundry stamp. Provenance: Illustrated in situ, Wall Street Journal, 4.2.2021, pM4. This is the personal example kept by noted scupltor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 6
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney The Kiss Bronze Nudes, statue sculpture of embracing male and female lover figures, 13 x 8 x 5.5 inches overall including both textured and smooth affixed bases, no visible signature, Roman Bronze Works foundry stamp on side of base. A larger stone version is illustrated in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Sculpture by Roberts, p11. Provenance: Illustrated in situ, Wall Street Journal, 4.2.2021, pM4. This is the personal example kept by noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 2
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 7ft Bronze Shepherd Statue, Shepherd sculpture of a young nude male figure wearing a fig leaf, one of six bronzes from the artists studio widely publicized gardens, now in storage in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area for pick up by appt 1 hour from Manhattan, all items other than the six garden bronzes are Florida pick up or shipping, 88 x 26 x 22 inches, signed. NOTE: This work was offered in 2016 for USD 850,000.00. Ref: Vanderbilt Whitney family supplied archive image of Stam Gallery, New York catalogue and price list. Provenance: This is the personal example kept by noted scupltor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 20
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 2ft WWI Relief bronze, Blinded, also known as After the Battle, sculpture of two soldiers advancing forward with one holding rifle and the other standing upright, a victim of poison gas, this is a smaller counterpart to two other related relief bronzes all offered individually in this sale and may have also been designed for the Madison Square Victory Arch, one of six bronzes from the artists studio widely publicized gardens, now in storage in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area, this bronze for pick up by appt 1 hour from Manhattan, all items other than the six garden bronzes are Florida pick up or shipping, 24 x 20 x 6.5 inches, signed. This example illustrated in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Sculpture by Roberts, Fig. 52, p67. Provenance: This is the personal example kept by noted scupltor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 22
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 5ft Battle Bronze With Study II, Battle Scene No. 2 for the Madison Square Victory Arch, a soldier with his arm raised advances before an image of the artists The Law, alternately Youth, with soldiers on both sides in various action depictions, wall relief sculpture with accompanying full size framed pencil study, this is one of two companion 65 inch wide bronze reliefs each with their full sized framed pencil studies being offered as individual subsequent lots in this sale, one of six bronzes from the artists studio widely publicized gardens, now in storage in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area, this bronze and its framed pencil study for pick up by appt 1 hour from Manhattan, all items other than the six garden bronzes are Florida pick up or shipping, bronze 24 x 65 x 6.5 inches, study 27.75 x 67.25 sight, 29.25 x 69 x 1.5 inches framed, no visible signature to bronze or drawing however there were some surrounding vine and leaf residues and a beam shelf obscuring some edge areas of bronze during inspection. Provenance: This is the personal example kept by noted scupltor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. This example and its pencil study both illustrated in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Sculpture by Roberts, Figs. 49 and 51, pp65-66. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 23A 23B
Prev Next View Item Edit item Delete item Make Cover Lot Feature This Lot Graphs Recent Referers Images Bid History Jump to Lot#: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 5ft Battle Bronze With Study I All Images Amounts Low Estimate: $10,000 High Estimate: $20,000 Start Price: $5,000 Reserve Price: $0 Consigner: Reference Number: 0 bids on this item Statistics Total Pageviews: 60 Current Visitors: 0 Description Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 5ft Battle Bronze With Study I, Battle Scene No. 1 for the Madison Square Victory Arch, a soldier with his arms by his sides advances with soldiers on both sides in various action depictions, wall relief sculpture with accompanying full size framed pencil study, this is one of two companion 65 inch wide bronze reliefs each with their full sized framed pencil studies being offered as individual subsequent lots in this sale, one of six bronzes from the artists studio widely publicized gardens, now in storage in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area, this bronze and its framed pencil study for pick up by appt 1 hour from Manhattan, all items other than the six garden bronzes are Florida pick up or shipping, bronze 25.25 x 65 x 6.5 inches, study 27.75 x 67.25 sight, 29.25 x 69 x 1.5 inches framed, no visible signature to bronze or drawing however there were some surrounding vine and leaf residues and a beam shelf obscuring some edge areas of bronze during inspection. This example and its pencil study both illustrated in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Sculpture by Roberts, Figs. 48 and 50, pp65-66. Provenance: This is the personal example kept by noted scupltor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 21A 21B
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Defiant Soldier Bronze, At His Post later called Still At His Post, WWI statue sculpture, 14.5 x 9.5 x 8, signed on top of base, Roman Bronze Works foundry stamp on side of base. This example illustrated in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Sculpture by Roberts, Fig. 36, p52. Provenance: Illustrated in situ, Wall Street Journal, 4.2.2021, pM4. This is the personal example kept by noted scupltor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 9
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney WWI Doughboy Bronze, Private 15th Regiment, statue sculpture of soldier saluting at attention holding rifle wearing helmet, 20.625 x 7.5 x 6 inches, signed on top of base, R.B.W. monogram Roman Bronze Works foundry mark on side of base. This example illustrated in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Sculpture by Roberts, Fig. 41, p57. IMPORTANT: SEE DETAIL IMAGE POSTING DATES, INQUIRY ANSWERING DATES AND PREVIEW DATES BELOW. Provenance: Illustrated in situ, Wall Street Journal, 4.2.2021, pM4. This is the personal example kept by noted scupltor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. IMPORTANT NOTE: Detail images for all lots will be posted by Monday evening January 9th and inquiries will be answered beginning Tuesday January 10th. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 4
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 43inch Soldiers Bronze, His Bunkie, statue sculpture WWI soldier carries a fellow fallen soldier, one of six bronzes from the artists studio widely publicized gardens, now in storage in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area for pick up by appt 1 hour from Manhattan, all items other than the six garden bronzes are Florida pick up or shipping, 43.5 x 26.75 x 19 inches, signed Gertrude V. Whitney on top of base, stone plinth not included. This example illustrated in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Sculpture by Roberts, Fig. 37, p53. Provenance: This is the personal example kept by noted scupltor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 19
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 39inch Engineers Bronze, The 102nd Engineers later known as In the Trenches, ref: Roberts, statue sculpture of WWI soldier digging a trench, one of six bronzes from the artists studio widely publicized gardens, now in storage in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area for pick up by appt 1 hour from Manhattan, all items other than the six garden bronzes are Florida pick up or shipping, 32 x 39 x 19 inches, signed Gertrude V. Whitney on top of base, Roman Bronze Works NY foundry mark on edge of base, stone plinth not included. This example illustrated in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Sculpture by Roberts, Fig. 34, p50. Provenance: This is the personal example kept by noted scupltor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 18
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Bust of Man Bronze I, John, statue sculpture portrait, one of two GVW male bronze busts offered as separate lots in this sale, 12 x 9 x 10, 17 inches high overall object including black stepped stone plinth base, signed Gertrude V. Whitney on subject left side edge. This example illustrated in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Sculpture by Roberts, Fig. 76, p90. Provenance: Illustrated in situ, Wall Street Journal, 4.2.2021, pM4. This is the personal example kept by noted scupltor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff from her landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. All lots but six large bronzes have been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping with six garden bronzes now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 6
