Marguerite Zorach Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Marguerite Zorach Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 14, 2024
ATTR MARGUERITE ZORACH AMERICAN LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING
Est: $100 - $150
Attributed to Marguerite Thompson Zorach, American, 1887 to 1968, oil painting on canvas depicting a mountain landscape. Signed lower right. Framed. Marguerite Zorach was an American Fauvist painter, textile artist, and graphic designer, and was an early exponent of modernism in America. She won the 1920 Logan Medal of the Arts. Modern American Fine Art, Landscape Oil Paintings, Wall Art, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.
Antique Arena Inc
Dec. 06, 2024
MARGUERITE ZORACH (1887-1968) FAUVIST 'STILL LIFE GRAY VASE'
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Framed oil on canvas painting, "Still Life, Gray Vase," signed lower right Marguerite Zorach (American, 1887-1968), Kraushaar Galleries New York label verso dated 1961 with title, sight: approx 29 5/8"h, 24.5"w, overall: approx 37 1/8"h, 31.75"w, 8.75lbs
Austin Auction Gallery
Nov. 10, 2024
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (ME/CA/NY, 1887-1968)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (ME/CA/NY, 1887-1968) "Celeste" graphite on board, titled, signed and dated 1933 in pencil, a dog head portrait of a Dalmation, signed and dated 1933 in pencil, in a pale mahogany box frame, matted but no glass, OS: 21" x 25", SS: 11 1/2" x 16, scuffed mat.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Nov. 10, 2024
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (ME/CA/NY, 1887-1968)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (ME/CA/NY, 1887-1968) Still Life with Blue Jug, watercolor on board, signed lower left and dated '33, with note indicating this was de-accessioned from the Slater Museum in Norwalk, Conn, 3/94. In 1930's gold and blue molded frame, matted under glass, OS:21 1/2" x 17 1/2", SS: 16 1/2" x 13".
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Nov. 10, 2024
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (ME/CA/NY, 1887-1968)
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (ME/CA/NY, 1887-1968) "Library Still Life", oil on canvas, circa 1915 (her late Fauvist period), unsigned, artist identified on frame tag (with title) and on stretcher. In brown painted mitered frame, OS: 34" x 27", SS: 28 1/2" x 21 1/2" Probably in Paris after marrying William Zorach in 1911, he was Lithuanian, and the cloth has a decidedly Eastern European flavor, in a Bohemian setting..
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Sep. 26, 2024
UNKNOWN ARTIST - UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE)
Est: $300 - $500
Lot 31 Unknown Artist Untitled (Landscape) oil on panel bears signature of "Marguerite Zorach" to lower right 20 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches frame dimensions: 21 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches, wood frame Provenance: From a 5th Avenue Collection
Capsule Gallery Auction
Jul. 06, 2024
ATTR MARGUERITE ZORACH AMERICAN LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING
Est: $100 - $150
Attributed to Marguerite Thompson Zorach, American, 1887 to 1968, oil painting on canvas depicting a landscape. Signed with a monogram, lower right. Signed lower left. Framed. Marguerite Zorach was an American Fauvist painter, textile artist, and graphic designer, and was an early exponent of modernism in America. She won the 1920 Logan Medal of the Arts. Modern American Fine Art, Landscape Oil Paintings, Wall Art, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.
Antique Arena Inc
Mar. 07, 2024
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (1887-1968) "THREE FIGURES".
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (1887-1968) "THREE FIGURES". American, second quarter 20th Century. Watercolor on paper, matted and framed. View of three figures in a wooded setting. Signed on lower right. Exhibited in "The Feminine Hand" at the Zanesville Museum of Art, spring 2013. Light toning. 10"h. 6.75"w. (sight). Frame, 18"h. 14"w.
Amelia Jeffers
Feb. 14, 2024
Zorach, Woodcut "A Happy New Year" 1936
Est: $400 - $600
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (Am. 1887-1968), woodcut, circa 1936, signed lower left in block and inscribed in margin "Edith G. Halpert - Berthe K. Goldsmith". Frame size: 20" high, 16" wide; sight size: 9 1/4" high, 6 5/8" wide. Light rippling. Not examined out of frame. Provenance: Conner-Rozenkranz Gallery, NYC; label verso. Similar on display at MOMA, NY.
Schwenke Auctioneers
Dec. 31, 2023
Marguerite Zorach, City Street View, Watercolor
Est: $800 - $1,000
Marguerite Zorach (American, 1887-1968), city street view, watercolor, signed L/L, 11 3/4" x 8 3/4", framed 17 3/4" x 14 3/4". 1-inch tear. Provenance: Westbury, New York collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Dec. 10, 2023
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (AMERICAN, 1887 - 1968)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
"Nude Woman with Lantern"; 1919; Graphite on Paper; 10" x 6.25; Signed Lower Right; Framed (under glass); Note: Possible study for c. 1922 painting "Two Nudes".
James Cox Gallery
Dec. 10, 2023
MARGUERITE (1887 - 1968) & WILLIAM (1889 - 1966) ZORACH
Est: $300 - $500
"1961 Christmas Card"; 1961; Linocut; 5" x 6.75"; Signed Lower Right; Unframed; Note: inscribed lower margin "A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from Bill and Marguerite Zorach 1961".
James Cox Gallery
Dec. 10, 2023
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (AMERICAN, 1887 - 1968)
Est: $600 - $800
LOT OF TWO: A. "Seated Nude"; 1927; Lithograph; 17.5" x 13.5"; Signed Lower Right; Unframed / B. "Nude with Cat"; 1927; Lithograph; 18.5" x 13.5"; Signed Lower Left; Unframed.
James Cox Gallery
Nov. 14, 2023
Figures and Falls
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
Property from a Private New York Collection Marguerite Thompson Zorach 1887 - 1968 Figures and Falls signed Marguerite Zorach and dated 1920 (lower right) oil on canvas 24 ¼ by 20 ¼ in. 61.6 by 51.4 cm. Executed in 1920.
Sotheby's
Nov. 08, 2023
Marguerite Zorach (1887-1968) Painting
Est: $3,000 - $6,000
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Winter Still Life, 1956, oil painting on canvas, signed. Framed. Size: 20'' x 24'', 51 x 61 cm (stretcher); 28'' x 32'', 71 x 81 cm (frame).
Material Culture
Oct. 28, 2023
MARGUERITE ZORACH, (American, 1887-1968), Garter Snake on Rocks, oil on canvas, 14 x 24 in., frame: 21 1/4 x 31 1/8 in.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
MARGUERITE ZORACH (American, 1887-1968) Garter Snake on Rocks oil on canvas signed Marguerite Zorach lower right
Grogan & Company
Oct. 17, 2023
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Figures in Moonlight (Brunswick Mills)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Figures in Moonlight (Brunswick Mills) oil on canvas signed Marguerite Zorach (lower right); with Kraushaar Gallery label and label reading Given to Peggy Zorach / on her birthday 1963 / as an irrevocable gift to be disposed of as he wishes / William Zorach / Marguerite Zorach (on the reverse) 36 x 28 inches. Provenance: Peggy Zorach (daughter-in-law of the Artist), 1963, gift from the Artist Kraushaar Galleries, New York Acquired from the above, 1986 Sold: Sotheby's, New York, September 27, 2011, Lot 202 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Marguerite Thompson Zorach was born in Santa Rosa, California, in 1887. She grew up in Fresno and quickly showed an interest in and aptitude for artistic expression. In 1908, she moved to Paris to further her education in the arts. She attended the Academie de la Palette, where the influence of Fauvism was prevalent. Freed from the constraints of traditional and academic precepts, she developed a more personal aesthetic. In Paris, she frequented the Modernists populating the Parisian cafes at the time, including Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso, or Henri Matisse. In 1910-1911, Zorach visited far-flung places in Asia, North Africa, and Hawaii before returning to California in 1912 and settling in the lower Sierra Nevada mountains. While this new setting offered the artist unparalleled inspiration, she finally relocated to New York City, where she married William Zorach, whom she had previously met in Paris. The two developed an unwavering artistic collaboration, for example exhibiting together at the Armory Show in 1913. Notwithstanding the life-long partnership with her husband, Marguerite remained creatively independent, embracing feminist agendas and innovative forms and media, notably experimenting with textiles. She was resolutely a Modernist artist, subscribing to the notion that fine art and craft weren't intrinsically opposed and, in fact, meshed well together. She also served as the President of the Modernist New York Society of Women Artists. During her lifetime and career, Marguerite Thompson Zorach wasn't quite afforded the widespread critical recognition that she deserved. It wasn't until after her death in 1968 that her work came under more astute scrutiny, revealing its role as an original and significant catalyst behind American Modernism, and not merely an instance of it.
Hindman
Sep. 29, 2023
Signed M Zorach Watercolor and attributed to Marguerite Zorach 14.5"H x 11.25"W
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Signed M Zorach Watercolor and attributed to Marguerite Zorach Attributed to Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968). It is signed "M ZORACH" on the lower right. The artwork, which is on Arches paper. It has a label from Christie's on the reverse side.
Collective Hudson, LLC
Sep. 21, 2023
WILLIAM ZORACH The Hog Slaughter.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
WILLIAM ZORACH The Hog Slaughter. Watercolor and pencil on paper, 1917. 280x219 mm; 11 1/4x8 3/4 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right recto. Provenance: Private collection, Chicago. Marguerite Thomas Zorach (1887-1968) and her husband William (1887-1966) are renowned for their innovation during the rise of American modernism, embodied by their unique blend of Cubism and Fauvism as well as the scope of their varied careers. Marguerite was an early exponent of modernism in America, born in California into a well-to-do family. She exhibited an interest in art at an early age, and studied at Stanford University before traveling to Paris with her aunt, where she was introduced to Gertrude Stein and exposed to the work of Henri Matisse. There she discovered her affinity for the color palette of the Fauves. Marguerite studied for a period of time at the conservative Académie de la Grande Chaumière before attending the progressive art school La Palette, where she met her future husband, William. Their marriage, in 1912, began a strong companionship in which the two artists consistently inspired, influenced and shaped each another's artistic lives. Born in 1887 in Lithuania, William Zorach immigrated to Cleveland, with his family at age four. He worked as both a sculptor and watercolorist at the vanguard of American modernism, after briefly studying in Paris in the early 1910s. While Zorach initially practiced painting, his interests in sculpture, which took root in 1917, soon eclipsed all other media. By the 1930s, Zorach was regarded as one of America's premier sculptors and was honored with multiple commissions and exhibitions including shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Swann Auction Galleries
Aug. 19, 2023
Marguerite Zorach (Am. 1887-1968), The Dancers, Woodblock print, framed under glass
Est: $600 - $800
Marguerite Zorach (Am. 1887-1968) The Dancers, 1920 Linoleum cut, framed under glass Signed in pencil l.r. 9 13/16" x 7 3/16" sight, 19 1/4" x 15 1/4" framed
Barridoff Auctions
Jul. 20, 2023
The Swamp and Portrait of a Man: A Double-Sided Work
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Property from the Estate of Angela Gross Folk Marguerite Thompson Zorach 1887 - 1968 The Swamp and Portrait of a Man: A Double-Sided Work signed M. Zorach and dated 1916 (lower right of The Swamp) oil on canvas 20 by 24 in. 50.8 by 61 cm. Executed in 1916.
Sotheby's
May. 18, 2023
Marguerite Zorach (attrib), watercolor
Est: $700 - $1,000
Attributed to Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968), Three Ballerinas, signed "M ZORACH" lower right, on Arches paper, Christie's label verso, loose and unframed, 14.5"h x 11.25"w
Millea Bros Ltd
May. 06, 2023
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH, (American, 1887-1968), Flower Market, France, ca. 1910-11, oil on board, 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 in., frame: 16 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (American, 1887-1968) Flower Market, France ca. 1910-11, oil on board monogrammed MT lower left
Grogan & Company
Apr. 29, 2023
Marguerite Thompson Zorach, California, Maine, New York (1887-1968), Self Portrait, pencil on paper, 10 1/2"H x 8"W (sight), 13 1/2"H x 11"W (frame)
Est: $600 - $800
Marguerite Thompson Zorach California, Maine, New York, (1887-1968) Self Portrait pencil on paper Titled lower left, signed and inscribed lower right. Biography from the Archives of askART: A native of Fresno, California, Marguerite Zorach arrived in Paris in the fall of 1908, an experience that placed her in the first generation of American painters to be influenced by and to espouse the Fauves, artists whose work was based on color and rhythm. She studied at the progressive school, La Palette, and shortly after met fellow student, William Zorach, a Lithuanian born lithographer from Cleveland. They returned to the United States and married in 1912, and then worked together closely, especially as painters in oil. Many critics regard her early years as a painter, 1908-1920, as her most productive when she was experimenting with both Fauvism and Cubism and actively promoting the work of these painters in America. She was not fully recognized for her role as a modern American artist until 1970, two years after she died, when some of her early canvases were rediscovered. She had destroyed many of them, having changed her medium after the birth of her children to work in brilliantly colored wools rather than oils to express her love of color. In her large-scale needleworks, she explored wide ranges of color and a variety of stitches. In fact, her needlework skills were a key factor in the Marguerite and William and their two children having some stability during the Depression of the 1930s. Because of an arrangement made by their New York dealer, Edith Halpert, Marguerite had a commission for a tapestry with Abby Rockefeller for the family home at Seal Harbor, Maine. The Zorach family visited the Rockefellers, and Marguerite was then given a commission for a tapestry that earned her $18,000.00, "a sum that allowed the Zorachs to continue their work as artists and also provided for their two young children." (Pollock, 129) She and her husband both exhibited in the 1913 Armory Show in New York, and she served as Director of the Society of Independent Artists and the first President of the New York Society of Women Artists. Sources include: Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, American Women Artists Lindsay Pollock, The Girl with the Gallery
Ripley Auctions
Apr. 16, 2023
Signed Marguerite Thompson Zorach Oil PAINTING WITH STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Signed Marguerite Thompson Zorach Oil PAINTING on CANVAS Artist Board Signed Marguerite Thompson Zorach Oil Painting on Artist Board Biography: Born in Santa Rosa, CA on Sept. 25, 1887, Marguerite Thompson Zorach was raised in Fresno and showed artistic promise at age three. A brilliant student, she was one of the first women admitted to Stanford University in 1908. Shortly after her enrollment, she was lured to Paris by an aunt who was living there. She studied art for four years in Paris and, while there, met her future husband William Zorach. Returning to Fresno in 1912, she camped with her family in the Sierra Madre and did a series of paintings of that area. The following year, she returned to NYC, married Zorach, and lived in Brooklyn for her remaining years. A pioneer in modern art, she was one of the few young artists to introduce Fauvist and Cubist styles to the U.S. between 1910-20. The Zorachs made another trip to Yosemite in 1920. She died in Brooklyn on June 27, 1968.
Collective Hudson, LLC
Apr. 01, 2023
Marguerite Zorach, Am. 1887-1968, Vase of Flowers, Oil on canvas, framed, 21 7/16" x 17 1/2" sight, 25 5/8" x 21 5/8" framed
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Marguerite Zorach Am., 1887-1968 Vase of Flowers Oil on canvas, framed Signed l.l., artist label verso with address "276 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY"
Barridoff Auctions
Apr. 01, 2023
William Zorach, Am. 1887-1966, Marguerite Seated, 1950, Pencil on paper, framed under glass, 5 3/4" x 8 5/8" sight, 11 5/8" x 14 5/16" framed
Est: $600 - $800
William Zorach Am., 1887-1966 Marguerite Seated, 1950 Pencil on paper, framed under glass Signed and dated l.c.
Barridoff Auctions
Feb. 04, 2023
Marguerite Zorach lithograph
Est: $800 - $1,200
Marguerite Zorach (1887-1968) Floral Still-Life with Scissors and Thimble- lithograph, 1929, signed, dated and numbered '50-3' in pencil, some very minor soiling otherwise good condition. 16 1/2 x 12''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Dec. 06, 2022
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Nudes and Still Life
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Nudes and Still Life Signed 'M.Zorach' bottom right, watercolor on Japon paper 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (27.3 x 20.9cm) Provenance Kraushaar Galleries, New York, New York. Private Collection, Pennsylvania. In overall good condition. Japon paper is fixed via tape to parchment paper under mat. Paper has been lightly toned with time. Right edge has slight undulation. Small tear present at the top left edge, hidden under mat. Frame: 12 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 05, 2022
Marguerite Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Tulips and Lilacs
Est: $25,000 - $40,000
Marguerite Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Tulips and Lilacs Signed 'MARGUERITE ZORACH' bottom right, oil on canvas 26 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (66.4 x 51.1cm) Executed in 1938. Provenance Christie's, New York, sale of September 13, 1995, lot 122. (Presumably) acquired directly from the above sale. Kraushaar Galleries, New York, New York. Acquired directly from the above in 1997. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold and Sandy Rifkin, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Note We wish to thank Mr. Jonathan Zorach, the Artist's grandson, for confirming the authenticity of the present work, and for his assistance in cataloguing the Lot. Marguerite Zorach, née Thompson, grew up in Fresno, California. After graduating from Stanford University, she embarked on a four-year trip to Paris, where she was introduced to avant-garde movements, and became particularly enthralled by French Fauvism, and Cubism. While on the old continent, the artist travelled frequently. She also journeyed to the Near East and Asia, thus gaining insight into global cultures and design. In Paris, she studied and exhibited her work. It is also there that she met her husband, William Zorach. In 1912 the married couple returned to the United States and settled in New York City's Greenwich Village, and later in Brooklyn. In 1913, she exhibited at the Armory Show in New York alongside her husband, and started to count among the new dominating voices of American Modern Art. While she mostly painted landscapes and is known for her ambitious embroideries, Marguerite Zorach also produced a number of still lifes which she arranged herself, extracting flowers from her garden to arrange them in her home interior. The present work features several lilacs and tulip stems arranged in the family faience pitcher, which can be seen in other compositions, holding different bouquets depending on the seasons. The pot sits straight on a tabletop, solidly flanked by a book as well as a jar. Yet, the surrounding vanishing lines suggest the table is slightly tilting towards us, as if about to flip. This extraordinary movement, paired with the elegant, free arabesques of some of the flower stems, is indicative of the deep influence Fauvist Henri Matisse, and Cubist Pablo Picasso held on the artist. In a flattened space, the still life comes to life: it jiggles and moves without any human intervention and with minimal brushwork. The painting is a joyful whirlwind of color, pattern and movement: the eye goes back and forth between the weighted jar, the sinuous stems, the pounding background, the curled edges of the leaves, the floating book, and the over-hanging flower buds. Through her love of color and shapes, Zorach here offers an efficient and organic synthesis of her European heritage and her own visual language and sensibility. The unlined canvas in excellent original condition with no sign of inpainting as seen under UV light. With a minuscule flake at upper right corner, hidden by the cast shadow of the frame. See Specialist's pictures for more details. To request additional information, please contact Raphaël Chatroux at rchatroux@freemansauction.com
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 13, 2022
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (NY/ME/CA, 1887-1968)
Est: $35,000 - $45,000
"Library Still Life", oil on canvas, unsigned, circa 1930's. Frame tag giving artist's name and title of painting, depicting spring wildflowers in a glass hobnail vase, milk glass chicken on a basket, pink cloth with decorative edge and a surround of books. Housed in an artist made brown painted mitered frame, OS: 34" x 27", SS: 28 1/2" x 21 1/2", good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Nov. 13, 2022
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (NY/ME/CA, 1887-1968)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
"Atom Bomb", oil on canvas, signed lower right, semi-abstract, title provided by consignor, housed in artist made white painted and barnwood mitered frame, OS: 33" x 31", SS: 25 1/2" x 23 1/2", flaking to frame.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Nov. 12, 2022
MARGUERITE ZORACH AMERICAN 1887-1967
Est: $4,000 - $8,000
City Streets, watercolor, 9 x 12 in (22.9 x 30.5 cm), framed 14/12 x 17 1/2 in (36.8 x 44.5 cm), signed lower right
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
Nov. 12, 2022
MARGUERITE ZORACH AMERICAN 1887-1968
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Lake in Springtime, watercolor, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in (31.8 x 24.1 cm), framed 20 3/4 x 17 in (52.7 x 43.2 cm), signed lower right, dated 1916, PROVENANCE: Private collector Philadelphia, PA
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
Nov. 04, 2022
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Mountain Stream, circa 1952 Oil
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Mountain Stream, circa 1952 Oil on canvas 24-1/4 x 20 inches (61.6 x 50.8 cm) Signed lower right: Marguerite Zorach Signed and titled on label on the reverse: Marguerite Zorach / Mountain Stream PROVENANCE: Spanierman Gallery, New York; Private collection, New Jersey; By descent to the present owner from the above. An important painter and textile artist, Marguerite Zorach was one of a small group of avant-garde artists and writers who advanced the cause of modernism in New York City during the early twentieth century. Inspired by European Fauvism and Cubism, Zorach played a vital role in introducing Post-Impressionist aesthetics into the United States. Zorach was born in Santa Rosa, California, and raised in Fresno. Although she later had the opportunity to attend Stanford University, she decided to study painting in France instead. Shortly after arriving in Paris in the fall of 1908, Zorach visited the Salon d'Automne, where she saw and was impressed by the work of vanguard painters such as Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, and Albert Marquet. After a brief period of study at the conservative Ecole de la Grand Chaumiere, Zorach enrolled at classes at La Palette. Viewed as one of the more progressive art schools of the day, La Palette was managed by John Duncan Fergusson, an expatriate Scotsman described as "chef d'ecole of a group in Paris who called themselves Post-Impressionists." Zorach soon began to experiment with the bold, expressive color, dark contour lines, and simplified forms associated with the Fauvist style. During her three years in Paris, she made frequent visits to the leading commercial galleries and to the Salon des Independants and the Salon d'Automne, where she exhibited her work in 1911. Through a family connection, she also came into contact with Gertrude Stein, who invited the young painter to attend several of her soirees. It was through Stein that Zorach met Pablo Picasso, as well as the noted sculptor Ossip Zadkine. Zorach returned to California in the spring of 1912, following a seven-month trip that took her to Egypt, Palestine, India, China, and Japan. She spent the following summer working in the Sierra Nevada mountains, creating some of the most striking paintings of her career. These, and much of her Parisian work, were displayed in Zorach's first solo exhibition, held in Los Angeles in October 1912. Zorach then moved to New York City; on December 24 she married William Zorach, a promising sculptor she had met in Paris at La Palette. Along with her husband, one of the first American sculptors to work with the direct carving technique, Zorach taught at the Modem Art School in Manhattan. Her paintings were included in many important modernist exhibitions, including the Armory Show (1913) and the Forum Exhibition (1916). Zorach's work was also displayed at the Society of Independent Artists and the People's Art Guild, as well as at the Daniel Gallery and the Montross Gallery. In 1925, she served as the first president of the newly established New York Society of Women Artists. The Zorachs also lived and worked in Cornish, New Hampshire, Georgetown Island, Maine, and Provincetown, Massachusetts. A landscape specialist, Zorach's paintings were deeply inspired by her love of nature. She continued to employ a Fauvist style until around 1914, when she began to incorporate Cubist forms into her work. Zorach was also active as a textile artist, employing the same vivid color and abstract forms in her batiks and tapestries as she had in her paintings. After 1920, she adopted a more representational approach in both her paintings and drawings. Zorach had a distinctive and singular approach to landscape painting: She treated forms within her compositions in both the faceted fashion typical of analytical Cubism, and al
Heritage Auctions
Aug. 28, 2022
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (NY/ME/CA, 1887-1968)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
"Atom Bomb", oil on canvas, signed lower right, semi-abstract, title provided by consignor, housed in artist made white painted and barnwood mitered frame, OS: 33" x 31", SS: 25 1/2" x 23 1/2", flaking to frame.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 28, 2022
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (NY/ME/CA, 1887-1968)
Est: $35,000 - $45,000
"Library Still Life", oil on canvas, unsigned, circa 1930's. Frame tag giving artist's name and title of painting, depicting spring wildflowers in a glass hobnail vase, milk glass chicken on a basket, pink cloth with decorative edge and a surround of books. Housed in an artist made brown painted mitered frame, OS: 34" x 27", SS: 28 1/2" x 21 1/2", good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 28, 2022
MARGUERITE ZORACH (NY/ME/CA, 1887-1968)
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
French Fishermen Tending Boats, oil on canvas, heavily influenced by the Fauvists, signed lower right and dated 1911, in a figured mahogany mitered frame with gold liner, 32 1/2" x 27", SS: 26 1/2" x 21", good condition, repaired puncture top center edge. She was painting at Martigues, northwest of Marseille at this time, befriended Raoul Dufy, who was from the town and a proponent of the Post-Impressionists.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Jun. 30, 2022
MARGUERITE ZORACH View of Wethersfield Cove, Connecticut.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
MARGUERITE ZORACH View of Wethersfield Cove, Connecticut. Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor, 1929. 292x440 mm; 11 1/2x17 1/2 inches, full margins. Edition of 30. Signed, dated and numbered 30/10 in pencil, lower right. A very good impression of this extremely scarce, early lithograph. Marguerite Thomas Zorach (1887-1968) and her husband William (1887-1966) are renowned for their innovation during the rise of American modernism, embodied by their unique blend of Cubism and Fauvism as well as the scope of their varied careers. Marguerite was an early exponent of modernism in America, born in California into a well-to-do family. She exhibited an interest in art at an early age, and studied at Stanford University before traveling to Paris with her aunt, where she was introduced to Gertrude Stein and exposed to the work of Henri Matisse. There she discovered her affinity for the color palette of the Fauves. Marguerite studied for a period of time at the conservative Académie de la Grande Chaumière before attending the progressive art school La Palette, where she met her future husband, William. Their marriage, in 1912, began a strong companionship in which the two artists consistently inspired, influenced and shaped each another's artistic lives. Born in 1887 in Lithuania, William Zorach immigrated to Cleveland, with his family at age 4. He worked as both a sculptor and watercolorist at the vanguard of American modernism, after briefly studying in Paris in the early 1910s. While Zorach initially practiced painting, his interests in sculpture, which took root in 1917, soon eclipsed all other media. By the 1930s, Zorach was regarded as one of America's premier sculptors and was honored with multiple commissions and exhibitions including shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 17, 2022
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (1887-1968) The Zorach Family in a Landscape and
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
MARGUERITE THOMPSON ZORACH (1887-1968) The Zorach Family in a Landscape and Floral Still Life: A... oil on canvas image, 23 3/4 x 19 in. (60.3 x 48.3 cm.); overall, 28 x 23 1/4 in. (71.1 x 59.1 cm.)
Christie's
May. 10, 2022
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Still Life with Flowers, 1922 O
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Still Life with Flowers, 1922 Oil on canvas laid on panel 24 x 20 inches (61.0 x 50.8 cm) Signed and dated lower right: M. Zorach - 1922- PROVENANCE: The Downtown Gallery, New York; Private collection, Scituate, Massachusetts. EXHIBITED: Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, n.d. We would like to thank Jonathan Zorach, the artist's grandson, for his cataloguing assistance. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
May. 10, 2022
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Bringing in the Hay (Mountain F
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Bringing in the Hay (Mountain Farm), 1915 Watercolor on paper 11 x 14-1/4 inches (27.9 x 36.2 cm) (sheet) Signed and dated lower right: Marguerite Zorach / 1915 Titled lower left: Mountain Farm PROVENANCE: The artist; Mr. and Mrs. William Kent, Jr., Brooklyn, New York, acquired from the above; Ethel Kent Wheatley, by descent from the above; Private collection, Scituate, Massachusetts, by descent from the above. EXHIBITED: Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, "Harmonies and Contrasts: The Art of Marguerite and William Zorach," November 8, 2011-January 6, 2002. We would like to thank Jonathan Zorach, the artist's grandson, for his cataloguing assistance. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
May. 10, 2022
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Baby Girl (The Awakening), c. 1918
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Baby Girl (The Awakening), c. 1918 oil on canvas laid to board signed M. Zorach (lower right) 18 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches. Provenance: Estate of the Artist Kraushaar Galleries, New York, acquired from the above Private Collection Sold: Doyle, New York, November 15, 2017, Lot 72 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Literature: Nancy Mowll Mathews, American Dreams: American Art to 1950 in the Williams College Museum of Art, New York, 2001, p. 130 Lot note: The present lot depicts the artist's second child, one year old Dahlov, who was born in 1917. Her mother has depicted her here not as an innocent baby, but as a powerful presence, monumental and straining against the confines of the canvas. The artwork bears an original frame designed and carved by Dahlov's father, William Zorach. Together, the painting and the frame is a testament to the artist couple's combined creativity and a commemoration of love for their new daughter.
Hindman
May. 01, 2022
MARGUERITE ZORACH, (American, 1887-1968), Mountainside Road, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in., frame: 24 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
MARGUERITE ZORACH (American, 1887-1968) Mountainside Road oil on canvas signed Marguerite Zorach lower right
Grogan & Company
Jan. 13, 2022
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) The Zorach Children with Turtle
Est: $600 - $800
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) The Zorach Children with Turtle, 1928 Lithograph on paper 16-1/4 x 15-7/8 inches (41.3 x 40.3 cm) (sheet) Signed, dated, and inscribed in pencil along the lower edge PROVENANCE: Private collection, Massachusetts. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Jan. 13, 2022
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Girl in a Green Hat, 1912 Water
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Girl in a Green Hat, 1912 Watercolor and pencil on paper 11 x 8-1/2 inches (27.9 x 21.6 cm) (sheet) Signed lower right: M. Zorach PROVENANCE: The collection of the Zorach Children; Private collection, Massachusetts. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Jan. 13, 2022
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Cliffs, 1912 Ink on paper 8-7/8
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Cliffs, 1912 Ink on paper 8-7/8 x 11-3/4 inches (22.5 x 29.8 cm) (sheet) Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse: Marguerite Zorach / Cliffs 1912 PROVENANCE: The collection of the Zorach Children; Kraushaar Galleries, New York; Private collection, Massachusetts. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Jan. 13, 2022
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Waterfall in the Mountains, 191
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887-1968) Waterfall in the Mountains, 1910 Ink on paper 11-5/8 x 9 inches (29.5 x 22.9 cm) (sheet) Signed with monogram Titled on the reverse: Waterfall PROVENANCE: The collection of the Zorach Children; Kraushaar Galleries, New York; Private collection, Massachusetts. HID01801242017
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