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    Art Fix Daily
    Sept 3 2014

    Four important oil paintings are added to Ahlers & Ogletree's Oct. 4-5 auction

    Atlanta , Georgia


    ATLANTA, Ga. - Four original oil paintings from the renowned James
    Cowan Collection of fine artwork, gathered in the early part of the
    last century and mostly housed at a museum in Nashville, have been
    added to Ahlers & Ogletree's already loaded two-day Fall Estates
    Auction event slated for Oct. 4-5, in the firm's gallery located at
    715 Miami Circle (Suite 210) in Atlanta.

    The artworks are by the Armenian-American artist Hovsep Pushman
    (1877-1966); American artist Lillian Mathilde Genth (1876-1953); the
    Dutch-American artist Willem Van Den Berg (1886-1970); and the
    British-Italian painter Henry King Taylor (1799-1869). The works will
    blend nicely with the high-end furniture pieces and decorative
    accessories already in the sale.

    The signed oil on wood panel by Hovsep Pushman is seen as the
    strongest piece of the group, with a pre-sale estimate of
    $30,000-$50,000. Titled Sacred Lotus of the Nile, the 28 inch by 20
    inch work (minus the original gilt and ebonized frame) depicts a woman
    at bust length with dark hair and wearing a jeweled tiara, necklace
    and emerald green camisole, with Asian sculptural objects. The back of
    the work is inscribed with the title, and has a stamp from a
    photography studio in Aurora, Ill., where Cowan lived. The back also
    has a possible inventory number ("3A").

    Pushman was born in Asia Minor (Armenia). When he was still in his
    teens his family emigrated to Chicago, where he studied Chinese
    culture, immersing himself in Asian art (a subject that was to become
    his forte). Pushman studied in Paris and toured the Orient, and was
    best known for his contemplative still lifes and sensitive portraits
    of women (such as the painting in this auction).

    The oil on canvas painting by Henry King Taylor, titled Marine
    Painting with Promontory, is an apparently unsigned attribution, but
    with a pencil inscription signed "H. K. Taylor." The work depicts
    sailboats (or schooners) on a tumultuous and choppy sea, with two
    standing male figures. Measuring 16 inches by 24 inches (minus frame)
    the painting is expected to hit $8,000-$12,000.

    Henry King Taylor was a master at the tricky genre of maritime
    paintings. He lived and was active in both Italy and the United
    Kingdom, which made him something of an anomaly in the art world, and
    his paintings today are highly sought after. In Feb. 2007, one of his
    ships-at-sea works, titled Mount Orgueil Castle, Jersey, was sold
    through Bonhams in London for $27,774.

    Lillian Mathilde Genth's signed oil on board, titled Oldest Water
    Fountain, Tangier (est. $2,000-$4,000), depicts an Orientalist
    Tangier, Morocco cityscape, loosely and expressively rendered with
    Moorish architecture and figures in turbans and other traditional
    dress. The frame holding the 9 3/4 inch by 13 3/4 inch painting displays
    the artist's name and the title plaque on the bottom.

    Genth was born in New York and died in Philadelphia, but she traveled
    the world in between. She was known early on for her paintings of
    female nudes in landscapes, but later in her career - around 1928 -
    she started painting scenes of her many travels, which took her to
    Spain, North Africa, Japan, China, Fiji, Bali, New Guinea and
    Thailand, where she did a portrait of the King.

    The 16 1/2 inch by 13 1/4 inch (minus the frame) oil on canvas painting by
    Willem Van Den Berg, titled Child with Fishbowl, carries a modest
    pre-sale estimate of $1,500-$3,000. The painting, signed lower right,
    is a figural work, depicting a boy or girl child wearing a large white
    collar over a black top holding a glass fish bowl with bright orange
    goldfish swimming inside the bowl.

    Van Den Berg was Dutch-born, but he split his time between Holland and
    the United States, where his work was exhibited at the Art Institute
    of Chicago in 1935. He also studied in Paris, at the Barbizon School.
    His oeuvres included still lifes and figural paintings, as well as
    portraits and landscapes, but he's probably best known for his images
    of peasants, farmers and fishermen.

    Eager bidders will find the paintings' provenance nearly as
    tantalizing as the desirable artworks themselves. In 1927, the city of
    Nashville received an anonymous donation of fine art - dozens of
    paintings that became the signature collection of the city's new art
    museum at the Parthenon, a copy of the Greek temple built for an
    exposition in a Centennial Park in downtown Nashville.

    It was revealed that the paintings had been given to the city by James
    M. Cowan, a wealthy insurance executive from Illinois with deep family
    ties to Tennessee. Cowan donated a total of 63 paintings to the
    museum, but that was less than one-tenth of the estimated 700 works of
    art that he'd collected. Cowan had no children and the collection was
    broken up following his death.

    Various nieces and nephews inherited the bulk of the estate. Dr.
    Kirven Weekley, a lineal descendant of Cowan, is the consignor of the
    paintings in the Ahlers & Ogletree auction (his maternal grandfather
    was Cowan's nephew, and he acquired them through inheritance). His
    decision to part with the paintings presents a rare opportunity for
    serious collectors of fine art.

    The auction was already packed with fine American and French
    furniture, a collection of antique Persian rugs, watches and other
    estate jewelry, landscape paintings by noted Austrian artists,
    scientific objects in excellent condition, sterling silver, Flora
    Danica china, decorative objects and a great selection of items from
    private collections out of Florida, Atlanta and St. Louis, Mo.

    More than 1,000 quality, mostly fresh-to-the-market lots will cross
    the auction block, in a wide array of categories. Doors will open at
    10 a.m. on both days, and start times both days will be 11 a.m.
    Eastern time. Previews will be held at the Ahlers & Ogletree gallery
    from Wednesday thru Friday (Oct. 1-3), from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The
    Thursday preview will extend until 9 o'clock p.m.

    Internet bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com and
    Invaluable.com. Bidders wishing to participate online should register
    with their platform of choice up to 24 hours prior to auction. Phone
    and absentee bids will be taken up to 24 hours prior to sale.
    Inquiries regarding bidding or the auction may be made via e-mail
    ([email protected]) or by phone, at (404) 869-2478.

    Ahlers & Ogletree is a multi-faceted, family-owned business that spans
    the antiques, estate sale, wholesale, liquidation, auction and related
    industries. Ahlers & Ogletree is always seeking quality consignments
    for future auctions. To consign an item, an estate or a collection,
    you may call them at (404) 869-2478; or, you can e-mail them at
    [email protected].

    To learn more about Ahlers & Ogletree and the Oct. 4th-5th Fall
    Estates Auction, please log on to www.AandOAuctions.com. All items for
    sale in the auction may be viewed in a virtual catalog on the website,
    at the address given above. Light refreshments will be served on both
    auction days.

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    Press Contact:

    Robert Ahlers
    Ahlers & Ogletree
    P: (404) 869-2478
    [email protected]

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