19th Century American & Western Art

Christie’s American Art department is thrilled to present its annual sale of 19th Century American & Western Art during Americana Week on 18 January.  This curated auction of American paintings, works on paper and sculpture, is led by two marquee collections. The Morton and Norma Lee Funger Collection features Martin Johnson Heade’s 1871 masterwork Cattleya Orchid with Two Brazilian Hummingbirds and Thomas Cole’s 1828-29 View Near Catskill as well as important works by Albert Bierstadt, William Harnett and Eastman Johnson. Thoughtfully assembled over decades, Western Masterworks: Property from a Distinguished Private Collection is highlighted by Thomas Moran’s Afterglow, Green River, Wyoming alongside important works by Bierstadt, Eanger Irving Couse, James Earl Fraser and Ernest Martin Hennings. Other sale highlights include Worthington Whittredge’s A Wagon Train on the Plains, Platte River, Colorado, Albert Bierstadt’s South Dome, Yosemite Valley, California and works by William Bradford, Louis Remy Mignot, John Frederick Peto, Frank Tenney Johnson and Charles Marion Russell. 

In addition to the above, the auction includes a large and diverse offering of lots offered without reserve.