Victor Joseph Gatto Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Victor Joseph Gatto Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 18, 2024
Victor Joseph Gatto (1890-1965) Mother and Child
Est: $200 - $400
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1890-1965) Mother and Child, graphite drawing on paper, signed. Framed. Size: 8.25'' x 10.75'', 21 x 27 cm (sight); 14'' x 16.75'', 36 x 43 cm (frame). Provenance: Private Pennsylvania Collection (by descent to present owner).
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May. 25, 2024
AMERICAN MIXED MEDIA PAINTING BY VICTOR JOSEPH GATTO
Est: $100 - $150
Victor Joseph Gatto, American, French, 1890 to 1965, mixed media painting on paper depicting a portrait of an animal in a jungle. Signed lower right. Provenance: From the private collection of Mr. Armstrong head of Whitney. Victor Gatto is known for Primitive urban landscape. Born in New York City, he lived there most of his life, retiring to Miami, Florida. He was 45 before he began to paint, having boxed professionally and served in the US Navy . In 1938, he chanced upon an art show in Greenwich Village. Inspired, he began to paint and shortly after attracted critical attention including work exhibited at the Whitney Museum. His oil paintings are remarkably complex. He used brushes with only a few hairs for great detail and built them up layer after layer. One of a kind artwork.
Antique Arena Inc
May. 25, 2024
AMERICAN MIXED MEDIA PAINTING BY VICTOR JOSEPH GATTO
Est: $100 - $150
Victor Joseph Gatto, American, French, 1890 to 1965, mixed media painting on paper depicting a double portrait of tigers in a jungle. Signed lower left. Provenance: From the private collection of Mr. Armstrong head of Whitney. Victor Gatto is known for Primitive urban landscape. Born in New York City, he lived there most of his life, retiring to Miami, Florida. He was 45 before he began to paint, having boxed professionally and served in the US Navy . In 1938, he chanced upon an art show in Greenwich Village. Inspired, he began to paint and shortly after attracted critical attention including work exhibited at the Whitney Museum. His oil paintings are remarkably complex. He used brushes with only a few hairs for great detail and built them up layer after layer. One of a kind artwork.
Antique Arena Inc
May. 09, 2024
Victor Joseph Gatto
Est: $800 - $1,200
(American/New York, 1893-1965) Knights, signed in lower right corner "Joseph Gatto", oil on canvas, 19 x 23-3/4 in.; white painted wood frame, 22-1/8 x 26-7/8 in. Provenance: Maria and Conrad Janis Estate; Property sold to benefit the American Folk Art Museum
Brunk Auctions
Feb. 14, 2024
Gatto, Two Works On Paper
Est: $300 - $500
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965), one work featuring tiger, other with panther and water buffalo. 19" high, 24" wide. Toning, soiling, edge wear.
Schwenke Auctioneers
Feb. 14, 2024
Gatto, O/B "Whorehouse"
Est: $600 - $800
Victor Joseph Gatto (Am. 1893-1965), signed "VJ Gatto" lower right. Frame size: 9 1/2" high, 7 7/8" wide; sight size: 7" high, 5" wide. Not examined out of frame.
Schwenke Auctioneers
Nov. 08, 2023
Victor Joseph Gatto (1890-1965) Two Works
Est: $300 - $600
Victor Joseph Gatto (American,1890-1965) Two Works: Landscape and Portrait, ink drawings on paper, each signed. Framed. Size: Ranging from 7.25'' x 5.25'', 18 x 13 cm (sight); 11'' x 9'', 28 x 23 cm (frame) to 14.5'' x 19.75'', 37 x 50 cm (sight); 17.5'' x 22.75'', 44 x 58 cm (frame).
Material Culture
Nov. 08, 2023
Victor Joseph Gatto (American,1890-1965) Landscape
Est: $800 - $1,600
Victor Joseph Gatto (American,1890-1965) Landscape, oil painting on canvas panel, signed. Framed. Size: 16'' x 20'', 41 x 51 cm (canvas); 19'' x 22.5'', 48 x 57 cm (frame).
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Jul. 09, 2023
Victor Gatto O/B Jungle Scene, Lion
Est: $400 - $450
Victor Joseph Gatto (New York/Florida, 1890-1965) oil on board folk art jungle scene painting depicting a lion surrounded by diagonal palm trees and forest foliage. Signed "V.J. Gatto" lower right. Small biography on the artists affixed en verso. Housed in a painted frame with scrolling giltwood decoration. Sight: 8 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W. Framed: 12" H x 15" W.
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Jul. 09, 2022
VICTOR JOSEPH GATTO (American, 1893-1965)
Est: $300 - $500
VICTOR JOSEPH GATTO (American, 1893-1965), ''Evolution'', oil on canvasboard, signed ''Victor Joseph Gatto'' lower middle right. Canvasboard 8-1/2''h, 10-3/4''w.
South Bay Auctions Inc
Apr. 29, 2021
Victor Joseph Gatto (American,1890-1965)
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
Victor Joseph Gatto (American,1890-1965) "Lions Attacking Water Buffalo," oil on canvas, signed. verso stretcher titled. Framed. Size: 24'' x 29'', 61 x 74 cm (board); 27.75'' x 33'', 70 x 84 cm (frame).
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Apr. 29, 2021
Victor Joseph Gatto (American,1890-1965)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Victor Joseph Gatto (American,1890-1965) "Camping By Moonlight," oil on canvas panel, signed. Framed. Size: 13.75'' x 10'', 35 x 25 cm (board); 17'' x 13'', 43 x 33 cm (frame).
Material Culture
Nov. 13, 2020
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893–1965), , At the Races
Est: $600 - $1,000
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893–1965) At the Races Signed bottom right, oil on Masonite. Executed mid-1950s. 12 3/8 x 31 in. (31.4 x 78.7cm) together with: The Lighthouse Signed bottom right, oil on canvas. Executed 1940s. 14 x 16 in. (35.6 x 40.6cm) together with: Nude Builders Signed bottom center, oil on paperboard. Executed 1950s. 9 x 11 3/4 in. (22.9 x 29.9cm) together with: Jonah and the Whale Signed bottom left and bottom right, titled bottom center, oil on artist's board. Executed 1940s. 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4cm) Unframed together with: Horse and Foal Signed bottom left, oil on artist's board. Executed 1950s. 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4cm) (5) provenance: The Artist. The Collection of Sterling and Dorothy Strauser. Private Collection, Princeton, New Jersey (by descent in family). note: "Sterling told the story that Gatto always said he 'wasn't no set-up painter like Strauser.' He said everything he painted came directly from his imagination." - the Artist's granddaughter. "The primitive, like Gatto, goes without any rules at all. He draws it all from himself. The intensity of it is what it depends upon...We think he was the best example of a twentieth-century primitive that we ever saw." - Sterling Strauser in an interview with Lynda Hartigan of the National Museum of American Art, August 10, 1989.
Freeman's | Hindman
May. 05, 2019
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) Landscape with Horses
Est: $200 - $400
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Landscape with Horses, oil painting on canvas board, signed. Framed. Provenance: Private Collection; Ex. Estate of Jack Savitsky (1910-1991). Size: 6'' x 9'', 15 x 23 cm (board); 10.25'' x 13.5'', 26 x 34 cm (frame).
Material Culture
Dec. 05, 2018
Victor Joseph Gatto American, 1890-1965 Tiger Hunt at Night
Est: $600 - $900
Victor Joseph Gatto American, 1890-1965 Tiger Hunt at Night Signed Victor Joseph Gatto (lr) Oil on canvasboard 16 x 20 inches The James P. and Joan M. Warburg Collection
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 05, 2017
VICTOR JOSEPH GATTO (American, 1890-1965)
Est: $700 - $900
Storks in everglades oil on canvasboard h. 16 w. 20 in. overall: 25 x 29 in. with faint signature lower left, framed Provenance: centenarian estate, Stamford, CT.
Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 15, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) 2 Works
Est: $300 - $500
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) 2 Works: 1) "Mushroom Zoo", ink drawing on paper, signed. Framed. Size: 8.75'' x 10.75'', 22 x 27 cm (sheet); 13'' x 17'', 33 x 43 cm (frame); 2) "Tiger by the Pond", ink drawing on paper, signed. Framed. Size: 8.75'' x 10.75'', 22 x 27 cm (sheet); 13'' x 17'', 33 x 43 cm (frame).
Material Culture
Oct. 15, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) "Space Newspaper"
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) "Space Newspaper", oil painting on canvas, signed. Framed. Size: 22'' x 36'', 56 x 91 cm (stretcher); 25.75'' x 39.75'', 65 x 101 cm (frame).
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Jul. 16, 2017
VICTOR JOSEPH GATTO (American, 1890-1965)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Storks in everglades oil on canvasboard h. 16 w. 20 in. overall: 25 x 29 in. with faint signature lower left, framed Provenance: centenarian estate, Stamford, CT.
Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC
May. 15, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) "Battling Knights"
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) "Battling Knights", c. 1946, oil painting on canvas, signed. Framed. Size: 16'' x 20'', 41 x 51 cm (stretcher); 23.25'' x 27.25'', 59 x 69 cm (frame).
Material Culture
May. 15, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) "Battle of the Knights"
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) "Battle of the Knights" #53, oil painting on canvas board, signed. Size: 22'' x 30'', 56 x 76 cm (board); 25.25'' x 33.25'', 64 x 84 cm (frame).
Material Culture
May. 15, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) "Central Park Lake"
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) "Central Park Lake" #57, oil painting on canvas, signed. Framed. Size: 24'' x 30'', 61 x 76 cm (stretcher); 28.25'' x 34.25'', 72 x 87 cm (frame).
Material Culture
May. 15, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) "Space Newspaper"
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) "Space Newspaper", oil painting on canvas, signed. Framed. Size: 22'' x 36'', 56 x 91 cm (stretcher); 25.75'' x 39.75'', 65 x 101 cm (frame).
Material Culture
May. 15, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) "In The Swamp"
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) "In The Swamp" #59, oil painting on canvas, signed. Framed. Size: 24.25'' x 30'', 62 x 76 cm (stretcher); 28.25'' x 34.25'', 72 x 87 cm (frame).
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May. 15, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) "Rocket to the Moon"
Est: $200 - $300
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) "Rocket to the Moon", ink drawing on paper, signed. Framed. Size: 8.75'' x 11'', 22 x 28 cm (sheet); 13'' x 17'', 33 x 43 cm (frame).
Material Culture
May. 15, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) "Tiger on the Pond"
Est: $200 - $300
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) "Tiger by the Pond", ink drawing on paper, signed. Framed. Size: 8.75'' x 10.75'', 22 x 27 cm (sheet); 13'' x 17'', 33 x 43 cm (frame).
Material Culture
May. 15, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) "Mushroom Zoo"
Est: $200 - $300
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) "Mushroom Zoo", ink drawing on paper, signed. Framed. Size: 8.75'' x 10.75'', 22 x 27 cm (sheet); 13'' x 17'', 33 x 43 cm (frame).
Material Culture
Apr. 05, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Washington Square Park, New York oil on canvasboard 21 ¾ x 28 in. (55.2 x 71.1 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 19, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) Survivors of the Sinking of the Indianapolis
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Survivors of the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, Pacific Ocean WWII, oil painting on board. Framed. Size: 15.5'' x 11.5'', 39 x 29 cm (sight); 17.25'' x 13.25'', 44 x 34 cm (frame). Jonathan Demme Collection.
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Mar. 19, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) "After the Flood"
Est: $4,000 - $7,500
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) "After the Flood", oil painting on canvas, signed. Framed. Size: 11.5'' x 15.5'', 29 x 39 cm (sight); 15.5'' x 19.5'', 39 x 50 cm (frame). Jonathan Demme Collection.
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Mar. 19, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) Ship on Stormy Sea
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Ship on Stormy Sea, oil painting on canvas, signed. Framed. Size: 15.5'' x 18'', 39 x 46 cm (stretcher); 18'' x 20.75'', 46 x 53 cm (frame). Jonathan Demme Collection.
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Mar. 19, 2017
Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965) "The Pearl Divers"
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) "The Pearl Divers" (Under the Sea), oil painting on canvas. Provenance: Epstein/Powell American Primitives (label on verso). Framed. Size: 15.5'' x 19.75'', 39 x 50 cm (sight); 19.5'' x 23.75'', 50 x 60 cm (frame). Jonathan Demme Collection.
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Jun. 11, 2016
VICTOR JOSEPH GATTO (American, 1890-1965).
Est: $400 - $600
VICTOR JOSEPH GATTO (American, 1890-1965), jungle river with tiger, lions, and monkeys, oil on masonite, signed lower left, in carved wood, gesso, and folk art frame. Painting sight 4-1/2''h, 3-3/4''w, overall frame 23''h, 15-1/2''w. Craquelure to painting, loss and wear to fabric on frame.
South Bay Auctions Inc
Oct. 12, 2015
Victor Joseph Gatto, Flamingos
Est: $300 - $500
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Flamingos, oil painting. Size: 7.75" x 9.75", 20 x 25 cm (sight); 14.25" x 13.5", 36 x 34 cm (frame). Provenance: A New York gentleman's collection, purchased from Hartzell's Auction Gallery. Proceeds from the sale of this item to benefit the Sterling Strauser Gallery at East Stroudsburg University.
Material Culture
Jun. 21, 2015
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965)
Est: $600 - $900
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Lone Horse Grazing, oil painting on board. Size: 10" x 13", 25 x 33 cm (board); 14.5" x 17.75", 37 x 45 cm (frame).
Material Culture
May. 30, 2015
VICTOR JOSEPH GATTO (American, 1893-1965), jungle
Est: $800 - $1,200
VICTOR JOSEPH GATTO (American, 1893-1965), jungle scene with tiger, panther, and monkeys, oil on board, signed lower left. 12''h, 16''w. Dust and grime.
South Bay Auctions Inc
Mar. 22, 2015
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Planet Mercury
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Planet Mercury, oil painting on canvas. Size: 24" x 30", 61 x 76 cm (stretcher); 24.25" x 30.25", 62 x 77 cm (frame). Provenance: Epstein-Powell.
Material Culture
Mar. 22, 2015
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Sistine Chapel
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Sistine Chapel, oil painting on canvas. Size: 21" x 26", 53 x 66 cm (stretcher); 24" x 28.5", 61 x 72 cm (frame). Provenance: Epstein-Powell.
Material Culture
Mar. 22, 2015
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Indian War Canoe
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Indian War Canoe, oil painting on canvas board. Size: 21.75" x 30", 55 x 76 cm (board); 27.5" x 32.25", 70 x 82 cm (frame). Provenance: Epstein-Powell.
Material Culture
Mar. 22, 2015
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Hunters
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Hunters, oil painting on canvas. Size: 17.25" x 27", 44 x 69 cm (stretcher); 19" x 29", 48 x 74 cm (frame). Provenance: Epstein-Powell.
Material Culture
Mar. 22, 2015
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Pygmies in the Jungle
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Pygmies in the Jungle, oil painting on board, craquelure with minor pigment loss. Size: 15.5" x 19.5", 39 x 50 cm (sight); 19.5" x 23.5", 50 x 60 cm (frame). Provenance: Epstein-Powell.
Material Culture
Mar. 22, 2015
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Christ and the Devil
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965) Christ and the Devil, oil painting on canvas. Size: 24" x 30", 61 x 76 cm (stretcher); 29.75" x 35.75", 75.5 x 91 cm (frame). Provenance: Epstein-Powell.
Material Culture
Nov. 15, 2014
Victor J. Gatto (American, 1890-1965)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Untitled Oil on canvasboard (framed) Signed 9" x 12" Provenance: Shulman Family Collection
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Nov. 15, 2014
Victor J. Gatto (American, 1890-1965)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Untitled Oil on board (framed) Signed 12" x 18" Provenance: Shulman Family Collection
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jul. 27, 2014
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965), "Tigers in the Jungle", oil on canvas, signed lower right, 25" x 30-1/2". Framed.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Jul. 17, 2014
Victor Joseph Gatto, Pink Flamingos, Watercolor
Est: $900 - $1,200
Artist: Victor Joseph Gatto, American (1893 - 1965) || Title: Pink Flamingos || Year: circa 1960 || Medium: Watercolor, signed l.r. || Size: 5 in. x 4.5 in. (12.7 cm x 11.43 cm) || Frame Size: 11.5 x 9 inches
RoGallery
Nov. 17, 2013
Victor Joseph Gatto Drawing, Via LaFranca
Est: $200 - $400
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965), â€aeVia LaFranca", ca. 1950s, ink drawing on paper, signed, under glass in a wooden frame. Size: 8.5" x 11" (sheet), 14" x 16.5" (frame).
Material Culture
Nov. 17, 2013
Victor Joseph Gatto Drawing
Est: $200 - $400
Victor Joseph Gatto (American, 1893-1965), â€aePeace Be Still", ca. 1950s, pencil drawing on paper, titled and signed. Size: 9" x 11" (sheet), 15" x 17.5" (mat).
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