Thomas Brownell Eldred Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Thomas Brownell Eldred Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 04, 2024
Thomas Eldred and Ludwig Sander, two mid-20th C. American prints, including: Thomas Eldred (American, 1903-1993), “Music Maker”, color lithograph, c. 1940s, ed. 11/25, abstract composition with many rectangular shapes...
Est: $100 - $200
Thomas Eldred and Ludwig Sander, two mid-20th C. American prints, including: Thomas Eldred (American, 1903-1993), "Music Maker", color lithograph, c. 1940s, ed. 11/25, abstract composition with many rectangular shapes in various shading techniques and colors, including eggplant, rust, yellow, and blue-green, pencil signed lower right, titled lower center, editioned lower left, matted and hinged, toning, small tear to left margin, etc., plate size: 9" h. x 6" w.; along with Ludwig Sander (American, 1906-1975), "To Grant Arnold", lithograph, c. 1933, two-wheeled pull cart rests beside a building among wood boards, pencil signed lower right, titled lower left, matted and hinged, light toning and mat burn, etc., plate size: 8 ¼" h. x 12" w.; wear consistent with age.
Winter Associates, Inc.
Oct. 22, 2024
Thomas Brownell Eldred, Untitled (three works)
Est: $400 - $600
Thomas Brownell Eldred Untitled (three works) 1936 pencil on paper 17.75 h x 12 w in (45 x 30 cm) 17.625 h x 12 w in (45 x 30 cm) 17.625 h x 12 w in (45 x 30 cm) Signed and dated to each work 'Eldred 36'. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Oct. 22, 2024
Thomas Brownell Eldred, Untitled (Abstract Composition)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Thomas Brownell Eldred Untitled (Abstract Composition) 1941 watercolor on paper sight: 12 h x 17.75 w in (30 x 45 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'Eldred Dec. '41'. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Feb. 10, 2024
Thomas Eldred, New York, Michigan (1903 - 1993), abstract surrealist sketches, 1936, pencil on paper, 18”H x 12”W
Est: $500 - $700
Thomas Eldred New York, Michigan, (1903 - 1993) abstract surrealist sketches, 1936 pencil on paper Three signed and dated lower right. One signed and dated upper right. Biography from Williams American Art Galleries: Thomas Brownell Eldred, painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Climax, Michigan in 1903. Eldred began his education studying economics at Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where he graduated in 1926. His interest in art was evident in the large portfolio that he had accumulated during his time there. He was accepted to the Art Institute of Chicago and studied under John Norton. After four years in Chicago and a stint with the Merchant Marines, Eldred hitchhiked to New York where he attended the Art Students League. It was there that he met and worked under Thomas Hart Benton and Guy Pene DuBois. Eldred declined an invite to the artist's colony, Yaddo, and instead took a teaching position (funded by the WPA program) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That job lead to his partnering with Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Group. The Guggenheims acquired Eldred's work to go in their new museum, The Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). Eldred traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17. Other artists there included Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. When Hayter opened a school in the U. S. in 1940, Eldred joined him again, along with Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock. During the 1930s and 1940s, Eldred produced a body of work of which much of it illustrates the complex position of modernist abstraction at this time. Eldred's art, engaging directly or flirting with abstraction, was eclectic. It reveals the impact of a myriad of major artists: Arp, Braque, Feininger, Kandinsky, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. His work can resemble that of the American artist associated with the American Abstract Artists group, and it can have the structure of modern geometric abstraction or the fluidity of biomorphism. Frequently both elements cohabit his work. Eldred died in 1993 in Grove City, Pennsylvania.
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 26, 2023
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED, American 1903-1993, Abstract, ca. 1936, oil on canvas, 35 1/4 x 26 inches (89.5 x 66 cm.), Frame: 42 1/2 x 2 x 33 3/4 in. (108 x 5.1 x 85.7 cm.)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED American, 1903-1993 Abstract, ca. 1936 oil on canvas signed lower right "Eldred"
Shannon's
Oct. 07, 2023
Thomas Eldred, New York, Michigan (1903 - 1993), abstract surrealist sketches, 1936, pencil on paper, 18”H x 12”W
Est: $500 - $700
Thomas Eldred New York, Michigan, (1903 - 1993) abstract surrealist sketches, 1936 pencil on paper Three signed and dated lower right. One signed and dated upper right. Biography from Williams American Art Galleries: Thomas Brownell Eldred, painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Climax, Michigan in 1903. Eldred began his education studying economics at Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where he graduated in 1926. His interest in art was evident in the large portfolio that he had accumulated during his time there. He was accepted to the Art Institute of Chicago and studied under John Norton. After four years in Chicago and a stint with the Merchant Marines, Eldred hitchhiked to New York where he attended the Art Students League. It was there that he met and worked under Thomas Hart Benton and Guy Pene DuBois. Eldred declined an invite to the artist's colony, Yaddo, and instead took a teaching position (funded by the WPA program) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That job lead to his partnering with Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Group. The Guggenheims acquired Eldred's work to go in their new museum, The Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). Eldred traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17. Other artists there included Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. When Hayter opened a school in the U. S. in 1940, Eldred joined him again, along with Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock. During the 1930s and 1940s, Eldred produced a body of work of which much of it illustrates the complex position of modernist abstraction at this time. Eldred's art, engaging directly or flirting with abstraction, was eclectic. It reveals the impact of a myriad of major artists: Arp, Braque, Feininger, Kandinsky, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. His work can resemble that of the American artist associated with the American Abstract Artists group, and it can have the structure of modern geometric abstraction or the fluidity of biomorphism. Frequently both elements cohabit his work. Eldred died in 1993 in Grove City, Pennsylvania.
Ripley Auctions
Aug. 05, 2023
Thomas Eldred lithograph
Est: $80 - $150
Thomas Eldred (1903-1991) The Dictator lithograph, ca. 1936, signed, titled and numbered 9/16 in pencil. 12 x 7 1/4"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jul. 01, 2023
Thomas Eldred, New York, Michigan (1903-1993), King and Queen, 13 3/4”H x 17”W
Est: $140 - $250
Thomas Eldred New York, Michigan, (1903-1993) King and Queen Numbered 8/25 lower left, titled lower middle, signed lower right. Biography from Williams American Art Galleries: Thomas Brownell Eldred, painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Climax, Michigan in 1903. Eldred began his education studying economics at Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where he graduated in 1926. His interest in art was evident in the large portfolio that he had accumulated during his time there. He was accepted to the Art Institute of Chicago and studied under John Norton. After four years in Chicago and a stint with the Merchant Marines, Eldred hitchhiked to New York where he attended the Art Students League. It was there that he met and worked under Thomas Hart Benton and Guy Pene DuBois. Eldred declined an invite to the artist's colony, Yaddo, and instead took a teaching position (funded by the WPA program) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That job lead to his partnering with Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Group. The Guggenheims acquired Eldred's work to go in their new museum, The Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). Eldred traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17. Other artists there included Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. When Hayter opened a school in the U. S. in 1940, Eldred joined him again, along with Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock. During the 1930s and 1940s, Eldred produced a body of work of which much of it illustrates the complex position of modernist abstraction at this time. Eldred's art, engaging directly or flirting with abstraction, was eclectic. It reveals the impact of a myriad of major artists: Arp, Braque, Feininger, Kandinsky, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. His work can resemble that of the American artist associated with the American Abstract Artists group, and it can have the structure of modern geometric abstraction or the fluidity of biomorphism. Frequently both elements cohabit his work. Eldred died in 1993 in Grove City, Pennsylvania.
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 04, 2022
Thomas Brownell Eldred (1903 - 1993)
Est: $2,500 - $4,000
Thomas Brownell Eldred (New York, Michigan, 1903 - 1993) Oil on Canvas. Signed verso on stretcher. Provenance: current owner purchased artwork from estate of Thomas Eldred's son Sight Size: 29.25 x 24.25 in. Overall Framed Size: 30 x 25 in. During the 1930's, Eldred's career as an artist progressed. He declined an invitation to the famous artist's colony, Yaddo, for financial reasons, and instead took a teaching position, funded by the WPA program, at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. In Brooklyn, Eldred met Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Artists group. During these years, the Guggenheims acquired his work for their new Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). He traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17, along with Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. In 1940, Hayter opened a school in the United States, where Eldred joined him again, along with such artists as Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock.
Helmuth Stone
Dec. 04, 2022
Thomas Brownell Eldred (1903 - 1993)
Est: $2,500 - $4,000
Thomas Brownell Eldred (New York, Michigan, 1903 - 1993) Oil on Canvas. Signed lower right. Provenance: current owner purchased artwork from estate of Thomas Eldred's son Sight Size: 30.25 x 24.25 in. Overall Framed Size: 31 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. During the 1930's, Eldred's career as an artist progressed. He declined an invitation to the famous artist's colony, Yaddo, for financial reasons, and instead took a teaching position, funded by the WPA program, at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. In Brooklyn, Eldred met Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Artists group. During these years, the Guggenheims acquired his work for their new Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). He traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17, along with Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. In 1940, Hayter opened a school in the United States, where Eldred joined him again, along with such artists as Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock.
Helmuth Stone
Dec. 04, 2022
Thomas Brownell Eldred (1903 - 1993)
Est: $2,500 - $4,000
Thomas Brownell Eldred (New York, Michigan, 1903 - 1993) Oil on Canvas. Appears to be unsigned but has not been examined outside of framing. Provenance: current owner purchased artwork from estate of Thomas Eldred's son Sight Size: 30.5 x 24.5 in. Overall Framed Size: 31.25 x 25.25 in. During the 1930's, Eldred's career as an artist progressed. He declined an invitation to the famous artist's colony, Yaddo, for financial reasons, and instead took a teaching position, funded by the WPA program, at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. In Brooklyn, Eldred met Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Artists group. During these years, the Guggenheims acquired his work for their new Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). He traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17, along with Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. In 1940, Hayter opened a school in the United States, where Eldred joined him again, along with such artists as Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock.
Helmuth Stone
Mar. 30, 2022
Thomas Brownell Eldred, Blue Door
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Thomas Brownell Eldred Blue Door 1942 oil on canvas 50 h × 40 w in (127 × 102 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'Eldred '42'. Provenance: Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York | Private Collection Exhibited: Artists for Victory, Inc., New York This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey. condition: Work is in good overall condition. Canvas shows craquelure to white and yellow pigments and is slightly lose on stretcher. Areas of in painting within white field, visible under UV inspection. Work presents well. Framed without glazing measuring 55 x 45 inches.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 09, 2021
Thomas Eldred, American (1903-1993), Untitled, 1941, watercolor on paper, 11 3/4" H x 17 1/2" W (image), 23 1/4" H x 29 1/4" W (frame)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Thomas Eldred American, (1903-1993) Untitled, 1941 watercolor on paper signed and dated lower right. Provenance: From a private collector, Indianapolis. Provenance: Ars Longa Modern Art Gallery, NH. Biography from Williams American Art Galleries: Thomas Brownell Eldred, painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Climax, Michigan in 1903. Eldred began his education studying economics at Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where he graduated in 1926. His interest in art was evident in the large portfolio that he had accumulated during his time there. He was accepted to the Art Institute of Chicago and studied under John Norton. After four years in Chicago and a stint with the Merchant Marines, Eldred hitchhiked to New York where he attended the Art Students League. It was there that he met and worked under Thomas Hart Benton and Guy Pene DuBois. Eldred declined an invite to the artist's colony, Yaddo, and instead took a teaching position (funded by the WPA program) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That job lead to his partnering with Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Group. The Guggenheims acquired Eldred's work to go in their new museum, The Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). Eldred traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17. Other artists there included Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. When Hayter opened a school in the U. S. in 1940, Eldred joined him again, along with Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock. During the 1930s and 1940s, Eldred produced a body of work of which much of it illustrates the complex position of modernist abstraction at this time. Eldred's art, engaging directly or flirting with abstraction, was eclectic. It reveals the impact of a myriad of major artists: Arp, Braque, Feininger, Kandinsky, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. His work can resemble that of the American artist associated with the American Abstract Artists group, and it can have the structure of modern geometric abstraction or the fluidity of biomorphism. Frequently both elements cohabit his work. Eldred died in 1993 in Grove City, Pennsylvania.
Ripley Auctions
Nov. 07, 2020
Thomas Eldred, (New York / Michigan) (1903-1993), THREE surrealist drawings, 1936, pencil on paper, 17 1/2"H x 12"W (one- paper)
Est: $300 - $500
Thomas Eldred (1903-1993) THREE surrealist drawings, 1936 pencil on paper signed lower right. Biography from Williams American Art Galleries Thomas Brownell Eldred, painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Climax, Michigan in 1903. Eldred began his education studying economics at Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where he graduated in 1926. His interest in art was evident in the large portfolio that he had accumulated during his time there. He was accepted to the Art Institute of Chicago and studied under John Norton. After four years in Chicago and a stint with the Merchant Marines, Eldred hitchhiked to New York where he attended the Art Students League. It was there that he met and worked under Thomas Hart Benton and Guy Pene DuBois. Eldred declined an invite to the artist's colony, Yaddo, and instead took a teaching position (funded by the WPA program) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That job lead to his partnering with Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Group. The Guggenheims acquired Eldred's work to go in their new museum, The Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). Eldred traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17. Other artists there included Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. When Hayter opened a school in the U. S. in 1940, Eldred joined him again, along with Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock. During the 1930s and 1940s, Eldred produced a body of work of which much of it illustrates the complex position of modernist abstraction at this time. Eldred's art, engaging directly or flirting with abstraction, was eclectic. It reveals the impact of a myriad of major artists: Arp, Braque, Feininger, Kandinsky, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. His work can resemble that of the American artist associated with the American Abstract Artists group, and it can have the structure of modern geometric abstraction or the fluidity of biomorphism. Frequently both elements cohabit his work. Eldred died in 1993 in Grove City, Pennsylvania. 17 1/2"H x 12"W (one- paper)
Ripley Auctions
Sep. 26, 2020
Thomas Eldred, (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993), THREE surrealist drawings, pencil on paper, 17 1/2"H x 12"W (one- paper).
Est: $300 - $500
Thomas Eldred (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993) THREE surrealist drawings pencil on paper signed lower right. Biography from Williams American Art Galleries Thomas Brownell Eldred, painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Climax, Michigan in 1903. Eldred began his education studying economics at Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where he graduated in 1926. His interest in art was evident in the large portfolio that he had accumulated during his time there. He was accepted to the Art Institute of Chicago and studied under John Norton. After four years in Chicago and a stint with the Merchant Marines, Eldred hitchhiked to New York where he attended the Art Students League. It was there that he met and worked under Thomas Hart Benton and Guy Pene DuBois. Eldred declined an invite to the artist's colony, Yaddo, and instead took a teaching position (funded by the WPA program) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That job lead to his partnering with Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Group. The Guggenheims acquired Eldred's work to go in their new museum, The Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). Eldred traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17. Other artists there included Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. When Hayter opened a school in the U. S. in 1940, Eldred joined him again, along with Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock. During the 1930s and 1940s, Eldred produced a body of work of which much of it illustrates the complex position of modernist abstraction at this time. Eldred's art, engaging directly or flirting with abstraction, was eclectic. It reveals the impact of a myriad of major artists: Arp, Braque, Feininger, Kandinsky, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. His work can resemble that of the American artist associated with the American Abstract Artists group, and it can have the structure of modern geometric abstraction or the fluidity of biomorphism. Frequently both elements cohabit his work. Eldred died in 1993 in Grove City, Pennsylvania. 17 1/2"H x 12"W (one- paper).
Ripley Auctions
Sep. 26, 2020
Thomas Eldred, (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993), TWO color etchings, 25 1/4""H x 19 1/2""W (paper).
Est: $150 - $250
Thomas Eldred (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993) TWO color etchings "Masks", pencil signed and numbered 7/23, and Untitled, pencil signed and numbered AP (Artist Proof). "Masks" in fair condition as shown. Thomas Eldred, (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993) TWO color etchings, "Masks", pencil signed and numbered 7/23, and Untitled, pencil signed and numbered AP (Artist Proof). "Masks" in fair condition as shown. Biography from Williams American Art Galleries Thomas Brownell Eldred, painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Climax, Michigan in 1903. Eldred began his education studying economics at Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where he graduated in 1926. His interest in art was evident in the large portfolio that he had accumulated during his time there. He was accepted to the Art Institute of Chicago and studied under John Norton. After four years in Chicago and a stint with the Merchant Marines, Eldred hitchhiked to New York where he attended the Art Students League. It was there that he met and worked under Thomas Hart Benton and Guy Pene DuBois. Eldred declined an invite to the artist's colony, Yaddo, and instead took a teaching position (funded by the WPA program) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That job lead to his partnering with Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Group. The Guggenheims acquired Eldred's work to go in their new museum, The Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). Eldred traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17. Other artists there included Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. When Hayter opened a school in the U. S. in 1940, Eldred joined him again, along with Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock. During the 1930s and 1940s, Eldred produced a body of work of which much of it illustrates the complex position of modernist abstraction at this time. Eldred's art, engaging directly or flirting with abstraction, was eclectic. It reveals the impact of a myriad of major artists: Arp, Braque, Feininger, Kandinsky, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. His work can resemble that of the American artist associated with the American Abstract Artists group, and it can have the structure of modern geometric abstraction or the fluidity of biomorphism. Frequently both elements cohabit his work. Eldred died in 1993 in Grove City, Pennsylvania. 25 1/4""H x 19 1/2""W (paper).
Ripley Auctions
Sep. 02, 2020
Thomas Eldred, (American, 1903-1993), Geometric Abstraction, 1941, watercolor and graphite, 20" x 14"
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
signed and dated lower right
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 14, 2020
Thomas Eldred, (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993) TWO color etchings, ""Masks"", pencil signed and numbered 7/23, and Untitled, pencil signed and numbered AP (Artist Proof). ""Masks"" in fair condition as shown.
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Eldred, (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993) TWO color etchings, ""Masks"", pencil signed and numbered 7/23, and Untitled, pencil signed and numbered AP (Artist Proof). ""Masks"" in fair condition as shown. Biography from Williams American Art Galleries Thomas Brownell Eldred, painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Climax, Michigan in 1903. Eldred began his education studying economics at Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where he graduated in 1926. His interest in art was evident in the large portfolio that he had accumulated during his time there. He was accepted to the Art Institute of Chicago and studied under John Norton. After four years in Chicago and a stint with the Merchant Marines, Eldred hitchhiked to New York where he attended the Art Students League. It was there that he met and worked under Thomas Hart Benton and Guy Pene DuBois. Eldred declined an invite to the artist's colony, Yaddo, and instead took a teaching position (funded by the WPA program) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That job lead to his partnering with Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Group. The Guggenheims acquired Eldred's work to go in their new museum, The Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). Eldred traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17. Other artists there included Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. When Hayter opened a school in the U. S. in 1940, Eldred joined him again, along with Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock. During the 1930s and 1940s, Eldred produced a body of work of which much of it illustrates the complex position of modernist abstraction at this time. Eldred's art, engaging directly or flirting with abstraction, was eclectic. It reveals the impact of a myriad of major artists: Arp, Braque, Feininger, Kandinsky, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. His work can resemble that of the American artist associated with the American Abstract Artists group, and it can have the structure of modern geometric abstraction or the fluidity of biomorphism. Frequently both elements cohabit his work. Eldred died in 1993 in Grove City, Pennsylvania. 25 1/4""H x 19 1/2""W (paper)
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 14, 2020
Thomas Eldred, (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993) TWO surrealist drawings, 1936, pencil on paper, signed lower right.
Est: $300 - $500
Thomas Eldred, (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993) TWO surrealist drawings, 1936, pencil on paper, signed lower right. Biography from Williams American Art Galleries Thomas Brownell Eldred, painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Climax, Michigan in 1903. Eldred began his education studying economics at Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where he graduated in 1926. His interest in art was evident in the large portfolio that he had accumulated during his time there. He was accepted to the Art Institute of Chicago and studied under John Norton. After four years in Chicago and a stint with the Merchant Marines, Eldred hitchhiked to New York where he attended the Art Students League. It was there that he met and worked under Thomas Hart Benton and Guy Pene DuBois. Eldred declined an invite to the artist's colony, Yaddo, and instead took a teaching position (funded by the WPA program) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That job lead to his partnering with Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Group. The Guggenheims acquired Eldred's work to go in their new museum, The Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). Eldred traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17. Other artists there included Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. When Hayter opened a school in the U. S. in 1940, Eldred joined him again, along with Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock. During the 1930s and 1940s, Eldred produced a body of work of which much of it illustrates the complex position of modernist abstraction at this time. Eldred's art, engaging directly or flirting with abstraction, was eclectic. It reveals the impact of a myriad of major artists: Arp, Braque, Feininger, Kandinsky, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. His work can resemble that of the American artist associated with the American Abstract Artists group, and it can have the structure of modern geometric abstraction or the fluidity of biomorphism. Frequently both elements cohabit his work. Eldred died in 1993 in Grove City, Pennsylvania. 17 1/2""H x 12""W (paper- one)
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 14, 2020
Thomas Eldred, (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993) THREE surrealist drawings, 1936, pencil on paper, signed lower right.
Est: $400 - $500
Thomas Eldred, (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993) THREE surrealist drawings, 1936, pencil on paper, signed lower right. Biography from Williams American Art Galleries Thomas Brownell Eldred, painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Climax, Michigan in 1903. Eldred began his education studying economics at Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where he graduated in 1926. His interest in art was evident in the large portfolio that he had accumulated during his time there. He was accepted to the Art Institute of Chicago and studied under John Norton. After four years in Chicago and a stint with the Merchant Marines, Eldred hitchhiked to New York where he attended the Art Students League. It was there that he met and worked under Thomas Hart Benton and Guy Pene DuBois. Eldred declined an invite to the artist's colony, Yaddo, and instead took a teaching position (funded by the WPA program) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That job lead to his partnering with Werner Drewes, one of the founding members of the American Abstract Group. The Guggenheims acquired Eldred's work to go in their new museum, The Museum of Non-Objective Art (now the Guggenheim Museum). Eldred traveled to Paris and studied with William Stanley Hayter in his influential printmaking workshop, Atelier 17. Other artists there included Chagall, Jaques Lipchitz, Miro and Matta. When Hayter opened a school in the U. S. in 1940, Eldred joined him again, along with Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock. During the 1930s and 1940s, Eldred produced a body of work of which much of it illustrates the complex position of modernist abstraction at this time. Eldred's art, engaging directly or flirting with abstraction, was eclectic. It reveals the impact of a myriad of major artists: Arp, Braque, Feininger, Kandinsky, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. His work can resemble that of the American artist associated with the American Abstract Artists group, and it can have the structure of modern geometric abstraction or the fluidity of biomorphism. Frequently both elements cohabit his work. Eldred died in 1993 in Grove City, Pennsylvania. 17 1/2""H x 12""W (one- paper)
Ripley Auctions
May. 16, 2020
Thomas Eldred, (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993), untitled abstract, 1944, gouache / ink on paper, 11 3/4"H x 16 3/4"W (sight), 17"H...
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Thomas Eldred (New York / Michigan, 1903-1993) untitled abstract, 1944 gouache / ink on paper signed lower right. From Ask Art: Born in Climax, Michigan, Thomas Eldred became a painter in abstract style, printmaker, and teacher who lived in Climax, Upper Nyack, New York, and Grove City, Pennsylvania where he died in 1993. He credited William Stanley Hayter as a major influence on his painting style. Eldred studied at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Art Students League with Thomas Hart Benton and Guy Pene duBois. From 1933 to 1938, he taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in the WPA program. Source: Who Was Who in American Art by Peter Falk. 11 3/4"H x 16 3/4"W (sight), 17"H x 22"w (frame)
Ripley Auctions
Mar. 10, 2020
Thomas B. Eldred American, 1903-1993 (i) Abstract # 4, 1942 (ii) Abstract #9, 1942
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Thomas B. Eldred American, 1903-1993 (i) Abstract # 4, 1942 Signed Eldred and dated '42 (ll) Gouache and ink on paper 18 x 12 1/4 inches (45.7 x 31.1 cm) (ii) Abstract # 9, 1942 Signed Eldred and dated '42 (lr) Gouache and ink on paper 12 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches (32.4 x 24.5 cm) Unframed C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Mar. 10, 2020
Thomas B. Eldred American, 1903-1993 (i) Abstract # 11, 1941 (ii) Abstract #3, 1942
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Thomas B. Eldred American, 1903-1993 (i) Abstract # 11, 1941 Signed Eldred and dated '41 (lr) Gouache and ink with traces of graphite on paper Image 11 7/8 x 8 inches (30.16 x 20.32 cm) Provenance: Connor-Rosenkranz Gallery, New York Private collection, New York Exhibited: Little Rock, AK, Arkansas Art Center, 48th Collectors Show and Sale, Nov. 11, 2016-Jan. 8, 2017, (ii) Abstract # 3, 1942 Signed Eldred and dated '42 (lr) Gouache and ink on paper 12 1/4 x 18 inches (31.11 x 45.72 cm) Unframed C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jun. 11, 2019
Thomas Eldred (1903 - 1993), American O/C
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Born in Climax, Michigan, Thomas Eldred became a painter in abstract style, printmaker, and teacher who lived in Climax, Upper Nyack, New York, and Grove City, Pennsylvania where he died in 1993. From 1933 to 1938, he taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in the WPA program. He has exhibited at: Art Institute of Chicago, 1932, 1933 and 1936, Detroit Museum of Fine Art (prize), Brooklyn Museum of Art, New School of Social Research, Edward Hopper House Foundation, Nyack, New York. Little Gallery, Chicago, Rockford, Illinois Art Gallery. Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, Guggenheim Museum, 1940s. Signed bottom right. Overall size : 20 x 24 in.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Jun. 11, 2019
Thomas Eldred (1903 - 1993), American O/C
Est: $4,000 - $8,000
Born in Climax, Michigan, Thomas Eldred became a painter in abstract style, printmaker, and teacher who lived in Climax, Upper Nyack, New York, and Grove City, Pennsylvania where he died in 1993. From 1933 to 1938, he taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in the WPA program. He has exhibited at: Art Institute of Chicago, 1932, 1933 and 1936, Detroit Museum of Fine Art (prize), Brooklyn Museum of Art, New School of Social Research, Edward Hopper House Foundation, Nyack, New York. Little Gallery, Chicago, Rockford, Illinois Art Gallery. Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, Guggenheim Museum, 1940s. Signed bottom right Overall size : 64 x 51 in.
Sarasota Estate Auction
May. 26, 2019
Thomas Eldred (1903 - 1993), American O/C
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Born in Climax, Michigan, Thomas Eldred became a painter in abstract style, printmaker, and teacher who lived in Climax, Upper Nyack, New York, and Grove City, Pennsylvania where he died in 1993. From 1933 to 1938, he taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in the WPA program. He has exhibited at: Art Institute of Chicago, 1932, 1933 and 1936, Detroit Museum of Fine Art (prize), Brooklyn Museum of Art, New School of Social Research, Edward Hopper House Foundation, Nyack, New York. Little Gallery, Chicago, Rockford, Illinois Art Gallery. Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, Guggenheim Museum, 1940s. Signed bottom right. Overall size : 20 x 24 in.
Sarasota Estate Auction
May. 26, 2019
Thomas Eldred (1903 - 1993), American O/C
Est: $4,000 - $8,000
Born in Climax, Michigan, Thomas Eldred became a painter in abstract style, printmaker, and teacher who lived in Climax, Upper Nyack, New York, and Grove City, Pennsylvania where he died in 1993. From 1933 to 1938, he taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in the WPA program. He has exhibited at: Art Institute of Chicago, 1932, 1933 and 1936, Detroit Museum of Fine Art (prize), Brooklyn Museum of Art, New School of Social Research, Edward Hopper House Foundation, Nyack, New York. Little Gallery, Chicago, Rockford, Illinois Art Gallery. Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, Guggenheim Museum, 1940s. Signed bottom right Overall size : 64 x 51 in.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Jun. 16, 2016
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED, American (1903-1993), Untitled, mixed media on paper, signed and dated '42 lower right., 20 3/4 x 15 inches...
Est: $500 - $700
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED American (1903-1993) Untitled mixed media on paper, signed and dated '42 lower right. 20 3/4 x 15 inches (sight) Provenance: Private Collection, New York.
Shannon's
Sep. 15, 2012
Thomas Brownell Eldred "Untitled," c. 1950, color etching
Est: $300 - $500
Thomas Brownell Eldred (American, 1903-1993) "Untitled," c. 1950, color etching, 6.75" x 5.25", pencil signed lower right, framed
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 15, 2012
Thomas Brownell Eldred "Untitled," 1941, watercolor
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Thomas Brownell Eldred (American, 1903-1993) "Untitled," 1941, watercolor, 16.5" x 11.25", signed and dated lower right, framed
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Apr. 29, 2012
Thomas Brownell Eldred (American, 1903-1993)
Est: $600 - $800
Untitled Composition signed 'Eldred' (upper right) oil on canvas 24 x 20in unframed
Bonhams
Feb. 13, 2012
Thomas Brownell Eldred (American, 1903-1993) Untitled Composition 24 x 20in unframed
Est: $700 - $900
Untitled Composition signed 'Eldred' (upper right) oil on canvas 24 x 20in unframed
Bonhams
Feb. 12, 2012
Thomas Brownell Eldred (American, 1903-1993) Untitled Composition 24 x 20in unframed
Est: $700 - $900
Untitled Composition signed 'Eldred' (upper right) oil on canvas 24 x 20in unframed
Bonhams
Oct. 22, 2011
Thomas Eldred- ''Coalition''; Standing Figure- 2
Est: $200 - $400
Thomas Eldred- ''Coalition''; Standing Figure- 2 lithographs (1 in col
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
May. 22, 2011
Thomas Brownell Eldred
Est: $300 - $400
Thomas Brownell Eldred (American, 1903-1993) "Abstract Figure," 1936, ink on paper, 15" x 4", signed and dated lower left, framed
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Oct. 23, 2010
Thomas Eldred lithograph
Est: $100 - $150
Thomas Eldred (American 1903-1993)- Coalition- lithograph, ca. 1936, signed, titled and numbered 13/25 in pencil, minor foxing throughout. 12 1/2 x 18 1/4''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Sep. 13, 2009
Thomas Brownell Eldred, Abstract, mixed media
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Thomas Brownell Eldred (American, 1903-1993) "Non-Objective Abstract," 1941, mixed media on paper, 18" x 14", signed and dated, framed
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 13, 2009
Thomas Brownell Eldred, The Garden, watercolor
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Thomas Brownell Eldred (American, 1903-1993) "The Garden," 1942, watercolor and gouache with background mottling, 16.5" x 21.75", signed and dated, framed
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Dec. 11, 2008
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED (American, 1903-1993)
Est: $3,500 - $4,500
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED (American, 1903-1993) Nonobjective Abstract, 1941 Watercolor and gouache on paper Signed and dated verso: Eldred 41 18 x 14 inches (45.7 x 35.6 cm) Acquisition source stated that this work was exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum during the 1940s. Overall in excellent condition. Not examined outside frame.
Heritage Auctions
Dec. 11, 2008
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED (American, 1903-1993)
Est: $3,500 - $4,500
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED (American, 1903-1993) Weather Change, 1941 Mixed media on paper Signed and dated upper right: Eldred 41 Titled lower center: "WEATHER CHANGE" 14 x 10-3/4 inches (35.6 x 27.3 cm) Some discoloration along the lower right corner. Overall in very good condition. Not examined outside frame.
Heritage Auctions
Dec. 07, 2008
Thomas Brownell Eldred (American, 1903-1993) "The
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Thomas Brownell Eldred (American, 1903-1993) "The Garden," 1942, watercolor and gouache, mixed media on paper with an interesting mottled background, 16.5" x 21.75", signed and dated lower right, archival matting and conservation glass, framed
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jan. 31, 2008
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED (American 1903-1993)
Est: $200 - $300
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED (American 1903-1993) TWO DRAWINGS.1) Modern drawing showing a man with pointed stick and nude female. Housed in a modern molded wood frame with mattes. 2) Nude man with enlarged foot and hand. Housed in an old gilt frame with new matte. SIZE: SIGHT: Both are 10-1/2" x 8". CONDITION: Both have foxing. Good. 9-74727
James D. Julia
Jan. 26, 2008
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED(American, 1903-1993)
Est: -
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED(American, 1903-1993) Untitled. Oil on canvas. Signed. Provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. 40" x 30".
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Aug. 28, 2007
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED (American 1903-1993)
Est: $200 - $300
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED (American 1903-1993) TWO DRAWINGS. 1) Modern drawing showing a man with pointed stick and nude female. Housed in a modern molded wood frame with mattes. SIZE: 10-1/2" x 8". 2) Nude man with enlarged foot and hand. Housed in an old gilt frame with new matte. SIGHT SIZE: 10-1/2" x 8". Both are signed in pencil "Eldred". CONDITION: Both have foxing. Good. 9-74727 SM
James D. Julia
May. 13, 2006
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED (American, 1903-1993) ABSTRACT
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Watercolor on paper shows red ovals at the end of black arms against a blue, yellow, red and green block background. Signed bottom right "Eldred 41". Housed in a modern silver and wood gilt gold frame with matte. Accompanying lot is some biographical information on the artist. SIZE: 12-1/4" x 17". CONDITION: Very good. 9-70129
James D. Julia
Mar. 10, 2005
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Modernist Compositiion with Green, Rose and Red. Gouache on heavy wove paper, 1941. 375x280 mm; 15x11 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower left. Partially signed in gouache, lower left. In good condition.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 10, 2005
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Modernist Composition in Green, Yellow and Purple. Gouache on heavy wove paper, 1941. 300x202 mm; 11 7/8x8 7/8 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. In good condition.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 09, 2003
Thomas Brownell Eldred (1903-1993)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
untitled 1941
Wright