Thomas (1813) Crawford Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Thomas (1813) Crawford Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 23, 2018
Thomas B Crawford, Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth..., Etching
Est: $700 - $900
Artist: Thomas B Crawford, American (1813 - 1857) Title: Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth... Year: 1842 Medium: Etching Image Size: 8 x 37 inches Size: 14 x 39 in. (35.56 x 99.06 cm)
RoGallery
May. 22, 2014
Thomas Crawford (1814-1857)
Est: $70,000 - $100,000
Thomas Crawford (1814-1857) >Hunter's Horn <br>signed and dated 'CRAWFORD/FECIT/ROME 1854' (on the base) >marble <br>56 in. (142.2 cm.) high
Christie's
Apr. 26, 2014
After Thomas Crawford (American, 1813-1857)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
After Thomas Crawford (American, 1813-1857), "Apollo Lycian", 1837, marble, inscribed "T. Crawford" and dated on base, height 59 1/4 in . Provenance: Estate of the reknowned antiquarian Lee B. Anderson
Neal Auction Company
Sep. 16, 2012
American School, mid-19th c., White Marble
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
American School, mid-19th c., "Standing Child Angel with Crossed Arms", white marble, height 42 1/2 in Note: This charming figure strongly recalls comparable designs by Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908) and Thomas Crawford (1813-1857) and the expatriate American artists working in Rome and Florence. It may have been intended either as a parlor ornament or as a memorial figure (though it shows no conspicous weathering). Illustrated: Sherrill, "Living with Antiques," The Magazine Antiques, (May 1976), p.1038; Lebow, "A Gothic Tale," House and Garden, May 1987, p.194; and Dubrow, American Furniture of the 19th Century, p. 64. Please Note: Starting Bid USD $1300
Neal Auction Company
May. 12, 2012
Thomas Crawford (American, 1813 - 1857) George Washington Greene, ca. 1878
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Thomas Crawford (American, 1813 - 1857); George Washington Greene, ca. 1878; Plaster; Signed "T. Crawford Fec.t (illegible) Mar. MDCCCXL"; 27 1/2" high; Provenance: The Eileen and Marvin Reingold Collection
Rago Arts and Auction Center
May. 14, 2009
THOMAS CRAWFORD
Est: $500 - $600
THOMAS CRAWFORD (1813 - 1857) American sculptor; studied in Rome under Thorwaldsen; renowned for his work on the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, especially the bronze doors and the bronze figure of Liberty which surmounts the dome A.L.S. "Thos. Crawford" 1p. 8vo., [n.p.], Jan. 31, 1845, to his friend Rev. Charles Brooks in Boston. At this time, there was great speculation about who would be selected to design and build the monument to George Washington on the grounds of the Capitol in Richmond, which the Virginia legislature was considering. Crawford had petitioned the legislature to allow him to build the monument, but in the interim, the legislature turned the selection process into a competition with a prize of $500 to be awarded to the winner. With this in mind, Crawford writes: "...Many thanks for your attention my dear Mr. Brooks in sending me the letter from Washington. I have not had an opportunity of getting into Town with it, and now I must send instead of handing it to you, but I am not the less grateful I assure you for the interest you have taken in the Equestrian affair. Something may come of it yet and what has been done, well seems to pave the way for further advancements - I must endeavor to make some impression upon the association and it may be induced to accept the plan I shall offer. Intend getting into Boston on Monday morning and shall then call…". In very good condition. Of the forty-one designs from architects that were submitted, including designs from such significant figures in American architecture as A.J. Davis, Robert Mills, James Renwick, and Edward B. White, Crawford was finally chosen. He worked on the statue for seven years and had it cast in Munich, Germany. Today, his neoclassical memorial stands 60 feet tall and is one of Richmond's most notable monuments to one of the nation's greatest heroes. Tragically, Crawford did not live to see its completion, nor the installation of all his U.S. Capitol work. At the height of his productivity he died of a brain tumor. He was only 44 years old.
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Jan. 23, 2009
Thomas Crawford (1813-1857), 1838-1855
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
Thomas Crawford (1813-1857), 1838-1855 George Washington inscribed T.C.; plinth inscribed Washington white marble 31½ in. high
Christie's
May. 03, 2008
An Italian Carrara Marble Figure of "Armed
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
An Italian Carrara Marble Figure of "Armed Freedom" , after Thomas Crawford (American, c. 1813-1857), a variant reduction after the colossal bronze figure (cast by Clark Mills), 1855-1858, installed 1863 on the lantern of the United States Capitol dome, h
Neal Auction Company
Nov. 29, 2007
CRAWFORD, THOMAS
Est: $400 - $600
1485. THOMAS CRAWFORD (1813? - 1857) Irish- American sculptor; studied in Rome under Thorwaldsen; renowned for his work on the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, especially the bronze doors, and the bronze figure of Liberty which surmounts the dome. Scarce and fine content A.L.S. "Crawford" and "Craw" 3pp., 4to., Rome, "Thursday Oct. 1838", to his friend George W. Greene, the American Consul at Rome, who was responsible for finding emergency medical care for the sculptor a year earlier, thus saving his life. The sculpture writes a tongue-in-check, sometimes sarcastic letter to his friend, in part: "Caro Greene - 'Thank him for thus much and address as above !... I swear by the shadow of a hungry man that I would follow your directions to the letter and send you two lines...I think you have commenced rather early in forwarding your impertinence to a representative of the U.S. (not in Congress assembled but) in dire anger at the liberty you have taken to address thus familiarly the CONSUL for the time being...Neither have I rec'd any directions from you concerning the cash...I have submitted the drawing of a fragment found in the Academy of Fine Arts to the inspection of some of the most profound Antiquries [sic] in Rome...A certain Mr. Fill-lips was presented with no less that 12 of those decorations for his usefull services in endeavoring to introduce to his Countrymen a taste for the Histronic [historic] branches of Painting...". In a postscript, he concludes: "Mind your leg Mr. Philipot and make your appearance here as soon as possible / Yours Craw". Old plastic tape repairs at seal tear on address leaf and at three fold break edges, otherwise very good. Crawford's affection for George Greene led to his sculpting a bust of him. $400 - 600
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Feb. 24, 2007
CRAWFORD, THOMAS
Est: $450 - $550
THOMAS CRAWFORD 1813?-1857) American sculptor; studied in Rome under Thorwaldsen; renowned for his work on the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, especially the bronze doors, and the bronze figure of Liberty which surmounts the dome. A.L.S. "Thos. Crawford, " 2pp., 4to, New York, July 31, 1845, to his friend George W. Greene, the American consul at Rome. Crawford asks his assistance in clearing his personal belongings through customs into Rome: "...I write in the greatest haste to request you will if possible obtain for us a Lascia Passau that will enable us to get into Rome our Boxes - there are 8 of them quite large, and containing a little of every thing. 3 out of the 8, contain models which I have to execute in Rome... ". Crawford originally planned to stay a short time in Italy, studying and learning, but as fate would have it, he spent the rest of his life there, executing his finest works from his studio in Rome. Minor age-stain, otherwise very good. $450-550
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Nov. 30, 2005
THOMAS CRAWFORD 1813-1857
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
PROPERTY FROM THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS GEORGE WASHINGTON measurements height: 19 in. alternate measurements (48.3 cm) inscribed with the artist's monogrammed initials T.C. white marble on a 6 inch marble base Executed circa 1850. PROVENANCE Estate of John Ward James Lenox, New York (purchased from the above), March 1875 Gift to the present owner from the above, 1876 EXHIBITED Baltimore, Maryland, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The White Marmorean Flock: Neoclassical White Marble Sculpture in America, May-September 1969 LITERATURE Henry T. Tuckerman, The Character Portraits of Washington, New York, 1859, p. 81 Ernest Harms, "A Rediscovered Washington Portrait," Antiques, February 1953, p. 135 Antiques, January 1954 Ernest Harms, "The Real Features of George Washington," Art in America, December 1955, pp. 46-7 Thomas B. Brumbaugh, "The Evolution of Crawford's Washington," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1962, p. 13 Robert L. Gale, Thomas Crawford: American Sculptor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1964, pp. 197, 215 NOTE The present portrait bust of George Washington by Thomas Crawford is one of three known versions; the other two are currently in the collections of the New York Historical Society and the Museum of Our National History, Lexington, Massachusetts. According to The New York Public Library, it is based on the life portrait of Washington made by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon at Mount Vernon in 1785. In 1859, Henry T. Tuckerman praised this particular version: "The latest and most triumphant attempt to embody and illustrate the features, form, and character of Washington in statuary, was made by the late American sculptor -- Thomas Crawford. How well he studied, and how adequately he reproduced the head of his illustrious subject, may be realized by a careful examination of the noble and expressive marble bust of Washington from his chisel, now in the possession of John Ward, Esq. of New York." (The Character and Portraits of Washington, New York, p. 81). Critic Ernest Harms adds, "There can be no doubt that, from the sources available to him, Thomas Crawford arrived at the highest degree of similarity to the features of George Washington which any artist has achieved" ("The Real Features of George Washington," Art in America, 1955, p. 56). One of America's foremost neoclassical sculptors, Crawford was born in New York City in 1813. He began his career at the age of nineteen as an apprentice at the stone-cutting firm of Frazee and Launitz, the leading monument makers of the day. Frazee was one of the first American artists to work successfully in the classical tradition and Launitz had studied under the well-known Danish sculptor Bertel Thorwaldsen. After three years at the firm, Crawford, like many of his contemporaries, sought European training and he departed for Rome in May of 1835. He arrived at the studio of Thorwaldsen with a letter of introduction from Launitz and soon thereafter became the Danish sculptor's only American student. Thorwaldsen's studio was a popular destination for Americans touring Europe and as Crawford's skill became increasingly apparent, he began to receive numerous commissions for portrait busts. Throughout his career, Crawford also created allegorical works and large-scale public monuments, most notably The Progress of American Civilization (1853-63), now in the Senate Wing of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Sotheby's
May. 25, 1994
*THOMAS CRAWFORD (1813-1857) BRIDE OF ABYDOS
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
inscribed and dated T. Crawford. Fecit Rome 1842 white marble Height: 28 1/4 in.71.8 cm. including socle Inspired by Byron's poetry, Thomas Crawford executed The Bride of Abydos in Rome, commissioned by John Parker of Boston. Before the work even left the studio it elicited the praise of Fanny Longfellow, the wife of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Thorwaldson, the eminent Danish Neo-classical sculptor. "The Bride of Abydos...and many other works were all examined by the noble old man whose praises and bellissimas made the young artist's heart leap as he wrote home (to his sister Jenny) "What a happy incident was the coming of Thorwaldson upon my Birthday"' (Gale, p. 21). Provenance: Galerie Etienne Levy, Paris Literature: R. L. Gale, Thomas Crawford: American Sculptor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1964, pp. 21, 45 William H. Gerdts, American Neo-Classic Sculpture The Marble Resurrection, New York, 1973, pp. 118, 119, no. 129, illustration of another version in the collection of Sewell Biggs, Middletown, Delaware.
Sotheby's