Meyer R. Wolfe Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Meyer R. Wolfe Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 11, 2024
Meyer R. Wolfe
Est: $300 - $500
(New York/California, 1897-1985) Artist and Model, 1972, signed lower right "Wolfe", oil on board, 20 x 24 in.; Heydenryk wood frame, 26-1/8 x 30-1/8 x 1-1/4 in. Provenance: Gift of the Estate of the Artist; Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund
Brunk Auctions
Apr. 11, 2024
Meyer R. Wolfe
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(New York/California, 1897-1985) Beach Cabanas, 1944, signed lower right "Meyer Wolfe 1944", oil on Masonite, 25 x 30 in.; wood frame, possibly Heydenryk, 30-3/4 x 35-3/4 x 2 in. Provenance: Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund
Brunk Auctions
Apr. 11, 2024
Meyer R. Wolfe
Est: $500 - $700
(New York/California, 1897-1985) Mirage, 1973, signed lower right "Wolfe", signed and dated verso, oil on board, 24 x 36 in.; original wood frame, 29-1/4 x 49-1/8 x 1-1/4 in. Provenance: Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund
Brunk Auctions
Apr. 11, 2024
Meyer R. Wolfe
Est: $500 - $700
(New York/California, 1897-1985) Untitled, acrobats, 1950, signed lower right "Wolfe", oil on Masonite, 25 x 30 in.; original frame, 33 x 38 x 1-1/2 in. Provenance: Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund
Brunk Auctions
Apr. 11, 2024
Meyer R. Wolfe
Est: $200 - $400
(New York/California, 1897-1985) Montparnasse, 1968, signed lower right "Wolfe", oil on board, 27-7/8 x 25 in.; original wood frame, 31-1/4 x 28-1/4 x 1-1/2 in. Provenance: Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund
Brunk Auctions
Apr. 11, 2024
Meyer R. Wolfe
Est: $500 - $700
(New York/California, 1897-1985) The Widow, 1947, signed 24-1/4 x 38-1/4 in; original wood frame, 30-1/4 x 44-3/4 x 1-1/2 in. Provenance: Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund Exhibited, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse, New York, Paintings of the Year, March 13-April 13, 1947
Brunk Auctions
Apr. 11, 2024
Meyer R. Wolfe
Est: $600 - $900
(New York/California, 1897-1985) Black Women in an Interior, 1948, signed lower right "Wolfe", dated verso, oil on Masonite, 20-1/8 x 16-1/8 in.; unframed Provenance: Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund
Brunk Auctions
Mar. 08, 2024
Meyer Wolfe
Est: $700 - $900
(New York, 1897-1985) Jaime the Dwarf, Mallorca, Spain, signed lower right "Meyer R. Wolfe 28", inscribed canvas verso "Jaime The Dwarf 1928/Mallorca Spain", oil on canvas, 36-1/2 x 23-1/2 in.; carved wood frame, 40-1/2 x 28 in. Provenance: Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund
Brunk Auctions
Mar. 08, 2024
Meyer R. Wolfe
Est: $800 - $1,200
(New York, 1897-1985) Bedouins, Kairouan, Tunisia, 1924, signed lower left "Meyer R. Wolfe", oil on canvas, 25-3/4 x 21-1/2 in.; painted and gilt wood frame, 30-1/2 x 26 in. Provenance: Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund
Brunk Auctions
Mar. 08, 2024
Meyer R. Wolfe
Est: $500 - $700
(New York, 1897-1985) Brahim, Kairouan, Tunisia, 1927, signed lower left "Wolfe 27", also inscribed with title and dated 1928 canvas verso, oil on canvas, 14 x 12 in.; unframed Provenance: Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund
Brunk Auctions
Jun. 11, 2022
Meyer Wolfe (American, 1897-1985), Red Eye's Hall (Nashville, Tennessee)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Meyer Wolfe (American, 1897-1985), Red Eye's Hall (Nashville, Tennessee) lithograph, 1934, pencil signed, dated, titled, and numbered 21/25 lower margin, matted and framed. Image size 14 x 11 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 25 x 20 3/4 in. This rare lithograph is from a series of prints by Meyer Wolfe that illustrates the lives of African Americans in Nashville during the Jim Crow era. Red Eye's Hall was a dance hall in Nashville named after its owner, Red Eye. While present in several collections such as the Art, Design, and Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara, our records show that this lithograph has never been offered at auction. Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
Leland Little Auctions
Jan. 29, 2022
Meyer Wolfe regional Realist Lithograph, Vanderbilt Clinic
Est: $600 - $700
Meyer R. Wolfe (Tennessee/New York, 1897-1985), "Vanderbilt Clinic," 1939, American regional realist lithograph depicting a group of Black patients with weary expressions in a segregated waiting room at the Vanderbilt Medical Clinic in Nashville, Tennessee. A narrow doorway shows a white nurse, seated at a desk and reading, in an adjacent room. Titled and numbered "Ed 25" lower left. Signed and dated '39 lower right. Double matted and framed under glass in a giltwood frame. Sight: 13 5/8" H x 19" W. Framed: 18 1/4" H x 23 1/2" W. Note: this is perhaps the best recognized of a series of approximately 15 lithographs created by Wolfe depicting lives of African Americans in Nashville during the Jim Crow era, and speaks to healthcare challenges the artist observed facing many Black Nashvillians. There were 25 prints in the single edition; the stone plates used to create this and other prints in the series are no longer extant. This particular image, along with Wolfe's "Red Eye's Hall" and "Tuesday-Ophelia" from the same series, are among the labor related prints and drawings in the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection at the Library of Congress; "Vanderbilt Clinic" is also in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Art and Vanderbilt University. Biography: Meyer ("Mike") Wolfe was born into a Jewish Lithuanian immigrant family, the second of ten children. He was raised in a low-income, multiracial neighborhood of Nashville just north of the Tennessee State Capitol, where he observed the social and cultural lives of his African American friends. As a teen with an interest in drawing, he became a protege of Pulitzer Prize winning Nashville cartoonist Carey Orr. In 1917 he studied briefly at the Art Institute of Chicago and worked as an illustrator. In 1918 he moved to New York and met Ashcan School painter John Sloan, who became one of his most influential teachers. Wolfe traveled to Paris in 1926 to train at the Academie Julian in Paris. While overseas, he met (and later married) the fashion photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe. Meyer exhibited at the San Francisco Art Association, the New York 1939 World's Fair, and in Nashville, where he later returned to live. However, much of his later life was spent supporting and managing his wife's career, and as a result, many of Wolfe's paintings and prints were never publicly shown or sold. His narrative lithographs of African American life in Nashville during the 1930s are considered among his most important works and very rarely come on the market. His work is also held by the National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian Institution, the Tennessee State Museum, and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis. Sources: "Meyer Wolfe: The Star of All Things" (digital exhibit catalog for the 2021 exhibit at the Nashville Parthenon); Dr. Lawrence Wolfe; Robert Ikard, Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Summer, 2007.
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Nov. 28, 2020
Meyer Wolfe (American, 1897-1985, Oil on Canvas Board
Est: $100 - $150
Size: 16 x 12 inches. Signed lower right. Biography: Meyer (Mike) Wolfe (1897 - 1985) was an American sculptor and painter. Born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, he studied in Chicago at the Academy of Fine Arts. At the Art Students League of New York under John French Sloan, he went to Paris to train under Pierre Lauren at the Academie Julian. His 1934 lithograph, Red Eye's Hall, is featured at the Library of Congress. His works Mooney's Place, Women Bathing, and Brother Matthew Preaching are held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Elder's Fine Art & Antiques
Jan. 25, 2020
2 Meyer Wolfe Lithographs of Acrobats
Est: $400 - $450
Two (2) Meyer (Mike) R. Wolfe (New York/California/Tennessee, 1897-1985) lithographs on paper one (1) titled "Acrobats # 3" and one (1) titled "Acrobats # 5" depicting acrobats. Both titled in pencil, lower left, one (1) signed and dated "Meyer Wolfe '50" in pencil, lower left, and one (1) signed and dated "Meyer Wolfe 1951" in pencil, lower left. Artist's signature, address, medium, and title en verso of "Acrobats # 5". Both matted and housed under glass in identical black wooden frames. Sights range in size from 14 1/8" H x 10 1/4" W to 14 3/4" H x 10" W. Framed - 23 3/4" H x 19 5/8" W. Both American, mid 20th century. Artist Biography: Meyer Wolfe was a painter and printmaker born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He studied in Chicago at the Academy of Fine Arts and in New York at the Art Students League under John Sloan, a member of the Ashcan school. Wolfe worked as a newspaper illustrator in New York during the 1920's and in 1926, he went to Paris to train at the Academie Julian under Pierre Lauren. He subsequently resided in San Francisco in 1932, where he exhibited at the San Francisco Art Association, New York City around 1939 when he exhibited a the New York World's Fair, and in Nashville, where he died in 1985. He was married to the photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe. His works are represented in institutions including the Library of Congress, The Smithsonian Art Museum, and The Frist Center for the Visual Arts. (Source: The Art of Tennessee exhibit catalog, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, 2006; the International Fine Print Dealers Association; AskArt).
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Jan. 25, 2020
Meyer Wolfe O/B, Nude Painting
Est: $350 - $450
Meyer (Mike) R. Wolfe (New York/California/Tennessee, 1897-1985) abstract oil on board painting depicting the back of a nude female, seated on a blue cushion against a green backdrop. Signed "M. Wolfe" lower right. Housed in a gilt wood frame with off white linen liner. Sight - 19 1/4" H x 15 3/8" W. Framed - 21 7/8" H x 17 7/8" W. American, early/mid 20th century. Artist Biography: Meyer Wolfe was a painter and printmaker born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He studied in Chicago at the Academy of Fine Arts and in New York at the Art Students League under John Sloan, a member of the Ashcan school. Wolfe worked as a newspaper illustrator in New York during the 1920's and in 1926, he went to Paris to train at the Academie Julian under Pierre Lauren. He subsequently resided in San Francisco in 1932, where he exhibited at the San Francisco Art Association, New York City around 1939 when he exhibited a the New York World's Fair, and in Nashville, where he died in 1985. He was married to the photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe. His works are represented in institutions including the Library of Congress, The Smithsonian Art Museum, and The Frist Center for the Visual Arts. (Source: The Art of Tennessee exhibit catalog, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, 2006; the International Fine Print Dealers Association; AskArt).
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Jan. 25, 2020
Meyer Wolfe O/C, Nude with Siamese Cat
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
Meyer (Mike) R. Wolfe (New York/California/Tennessee, 1897-1985) abstract oil on canvas painting depicting a standing nude female holding a veil over her head, a Snowshoe Siamese cat by her feet, against a yellow, green, and blue background. Signed "M. Wolfe" lower right. Housed in a gilt bronze and black wooden frame with off white linen liner. Sight - 19 3/8" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed - 22 1/2" H x 18 1/4" W. American, early/mid 20th century. Artist Biography: Meyer Wolfe was a painter and printmaker born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He studied in Chicago at the Academy of Fine Arts and in New York at the Art Students League under John Sloan, a member of the Ashcan school. Wolfe worked as a newspaper illustrator in New York during the 1920's and in 1926, he went to Paris to train at the Academie Julian under Pierre Lauren. He subsequently resided in San Francisco in 1932, where he exhibited at the San Francisco Art Association, New York City around 1939 when he exhibited a the New York World's Fair, and in Nashville, where he died in 1985. He was married to the photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe. His works are represented in institutions including the Library of Congress, The Smithsonian Art Museum, and The Frist Center for the Visual Arts. (Source: The Art of Tennessee exhibit catalog, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, 2006; the International Fine Print Dealers Association; AskArt).
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Apr. 08, 2018
Meyer R. Wolfe, (American, 1897-1985), Still Life, c. 1932, oil on canvas, 21" x 18"
Est: $400 - $600
Meyer R. Wolfe (American, 1897-1985) Still Life, c. 1932 oil on canvas signed lower left 21" x 18" Catalog Note: Remnants of period label from 1932 on the stretcher
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Feb. 08, 2018
AMERICAN SCHOOL (20th century) COLLECTION OF EIGHT AFRICAN AMERICAN THEMED PRINTS BY VARIOUS ARTISTS.
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
All unframed. 1) Howard Cook (1901-1980) "Cumberland Girl", lithograph, signed lower right. 2) Irwin Hoffman (1901-1989) "El Jibaro", etching, signed lower right and titled lower left, Associated American Artists edition, 1940. 3) Meyer Wolfe (1897-1985) "Red Eye's Hall", lithograph, signed and dated lower right, titled and numbered lower left "3/25", 1934. 4) Nicki Wolfe (20th century) "Gratefully", lithograph, signed and dated lower right, 1935, numbered lower left "ed. 25". Lynd Ward (1905-1985) Four Wood engravings, to include 5) "Song without Words", signed and dated lower right "1936". 6) "Vertigo", signed and dated lower right "1937". 7) Man with Telescope, signed lower right, 1930. 8) "Giant", signed lower right and titled lower left. SIZE: 1) 11-5/8" x 8-1/4". 2) 12" x 9-1/4". 3) 14" x 11". 4) 12-3/4" x 9-3/4". 5) 5-1/2" x 3-3/4". 6) 5" x 3-3/8". 7) 3-3/4" x 3-3/4". 8) 16" x 5-1/2". PROVENANCE: 1) Mary Ryan Gallery, New York. 3) Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC. 5-8) Werninger Graphics. CONDITION: 1 & 2) hinged at top, tape residue. 3) shrink wrapped. 4) loose, discoloration verso. 8) on tissue paper, with folds and discoloration 52968-1
James D. Julia
Oct. 18, 2014
Meyer Wolfe (American, 1897-1985)
Est: $300 - $400
Smoky Mountain Farm. Lithograph, 1937. Signed (l.r.), titled and dated (l.l.). Sight size 11 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. Matted and framed.
Capo Auction
Sep. 12, 2008
Meyer R. Wolfe "Stevens Inn", 1944, Baptist, New
Est: $800 - $1,200
Meyer R. Wolfe "Stevens Inn", 1944, Baptist, New Jersey, bar interior with hunters, oil on masonite, 24" x 30", SLR "M. Wolfe 1944", titled verso. Artist: American, 1897-1985. Shipping: $120.00 plus insurance.
Alderfer Auction