Alfred (1816) Hart Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Alfred (1816) Hart Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 27, 2024
Unmounted Hart stereos of CPRR construction
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Heading: Author: Hart, Alfred A. Title: Four original unmounted stereoview albumen photographs by Alfred A. Hart of construction of the Central Pacific Railroad, each with double image Place Published: No place Publisher: Date Published: c.1866-69 Description: 4 unmounted stereo photographs, each approx. 10x21.5 cm (4x8½”). Rare set of four unmounted stereoviews by Alfred A. Hart, the official photographer recording the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad before being superseded by Carleton Watkins in 1869 (Watkins ”inherited” Hart‘s negatives and published them under his own name as well as the photographs he took himself). The present unmounted images were undoubtedly printed by the photographer Frank Durgan, who was given access to Hart‘s negatives, which were under the control of Hart‘s employers, the CPRR. A number of Hart‘s stereoviews on mounts with Durgan‘s imprint are extant. These unmounted views were acquired from an antique dealer who bought them at an estate sale in Lewiston, Maine. Durgan relocated to Lewiston sometime after 1870, opening up a photography studio, and selling stereoviews made from the Hart negatives. It seems evident that these images were printed by Durgan in California when he had use of the negatives, and taken east by him when he traveled to Maine. On the back of each is a penciled number, which look of the period, and these numbers correspond to the negative numbers of the images reproduced in Mead Kibbey‘s important study, ”The Railroad Photographs of Alfred A. Hart, Artist,” published by the California State Library Foundation, 1996. The unmounted images, however, extend farther that those reproduced in the book, which are of the actual cards for which the images were trimmed down. We have not encountered any other unmounted examples of Hart stereoviews (other than four we sold in 2021 which came from the same source as these), though there are some at the Society of California Pioneers that were printed sometime later by Charles Turrill from negatives possessed of Carleton Watkins.The images include: 29. Trestle in Clipper Ravine, near Clipper Gap. 92. Heath‘s Ravine Bank. 80 feet high. 82 miles froom Sacramento. 251. Upper Cascade Bridge, above Cisco. 258. Castle Peak, from Railroad, above Donner Lake.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Jun. 21, 2022
[WESTERN AMERICANA]. HART, Alfred A. (1816-1908), photographer. A group of 4 Central Pacific Railroad stereoviews. Sacramento, CA.
Est: $300 - $400
[WESTERN AMERICANA]. HART, Alfred A. (1816-1908), photographer. A group of 4 Central Pacific Railroad stereoviews. Sacramento, CA. 6 x 3 in. stereoviews on cardstock mounts (rich tonality, very fine condition; edge/corner wear to mounts). Photographer's imprint on verso, and most with applied paper label bearing title on recto. Titles/numbers include: 166. Emigrant Gap Tunnel, Wall and Snow covering. -- 221. Truckee River below Truckee Station, looking West, toward Donner Lake. -- 267. View near the State Line, Truckee River. -- 338. First Construction Train passing the Palisades, Ten Mile Canyon.
Hindman
Sep. 30, 2020
ALFRED HART JOINING OF THE RAILS Promontory Point
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
ALFRED A HART 355 The Last Rail - The Invocation. Fixing The Wire, May 10th, 1869, 3.5X7" Albumen Print Stereo View on Carleton Watkins' Central Pacific R.R. mount. ASG# HW/1176 Alfred Hart (b. 1816, Norwich, CT - d. Alameda County, California, 1908) worked as an itinerant portrait and panorama painter for traveling productions before turning to photography in the late 1850s. He migrated West where he made an extraordinary series of Western Topographic Views as the official photographer documenting the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento, California to Promontory Point, Utah (1865 - 1869). Along with A.J. Russell and C. R. Savage he photographed the joining of the rails. Carleton Watkins purchased the negatives from Hart and published them under his imprint. Lawrence and Houseworth also published some of Hart's work in the 1860s. Hart returned to painting as his primary medium after this period.
Andrew Smith Gallery Photography Auctions, LLC
Sep. 30, 2020
ALFRED HART CPRR INDIAN Gazes on new world 1869
Est: $800 - $1,200
ALFRED A. HART 340. Indian Viewing R.R. From Top Of Palisades. 435 Miles From Sacramento Cal., 1864, 3.5x6.8" Albumen Stereo View. ASG# AAH/1830 This image was used as the cover for Martha Sandwiess' "Print the Legend." Alfred Hart (b. 1816, Norwich, CT - d. Alameda County, California, 1908) worked as an itinerant portrait and panorama painter for traveling productions before turning to photography in the late 1850s. He migrated West where he made an extraordinary series of Western Topographic Views as the official photographer documenting the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento, California to Promontory Point, Utah (1865 - 1869). Along with A.J. Russell and C. R. Savage he photographed the joining of the rails. Carleton Watkins purchased the negatives from Hart and published them under his imprint. Lawrence and Houseworth also published some of Hart's work in the 1860s. Hart returned to painting as his primary medium after this period.
Andrew Smith Gallery Photography Auctions, LLC
Mar. 15, 2015
Hart, New England Coastal Scene, O/C
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Alfred Hart (American 1816-1906), New England coastal scene with lighthouse, reminiscent of the work of Fitz Henry Lane and Mag Blood Mellen, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right "A. Hart 1874". Provenance: CA estate.
Kaminski Auctions
Apr. 07, 2013
ALFRED HART OIL ON CANVAS dated 1875Landscape with Fishermansight- 16" x 20" estimate 1000-1500
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ALFRED HART OIL ON CANVAS dated 1875Landscape with Fishermansight- 16" x 20" estimate 1000-1500
Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc.
Jun. 27, 2010
Alfred Hart 1816-1906) 26"x36" o/c Veracruz 'Luminous Tropical Landscape' (Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico) signed and dated lower left
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Alfred Hart 1816-1906) 26"x36" o/c Veracruz 'Luminous Tropical Landscape' (Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico) signed and dated lower left
California Auctioneers
Apr. 03, 2009
ALFRED A. HART, American, 1816-1906, Early American farm scene., Oil on canvas, laid down on masonite, 28" x 35". Framed.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
ALFRED A. HART American, 1816-1906 Early American farm scene. Signed and dated lower left "A. Hart 1848". Oil on canvas, laid down on masonite, 28" x 35". Framed.
Eldred's
Nov. 22, 2008
Alfred A. Hart (1816-1906) landscape with farm
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Alfred A. Hart (1816-1906) landscape with farm house and cattle Signed and dated 'A. Hart 1848' lower left, oil on canvas laid down on masonite, framed. H: 28 in. W: 35 in. (sight) PROVENANCE: Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts.
Freeman's
Jun. 08, 2004
Alfred Hart Tropical Landscape oil painting
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Alfred Hart 1816-1906 A Lush Tropical Landscape with a Waterfall and Mountains bey ond, 1874 signed and dated l/l: A. Hart 1874 oil on canvas 26 x 36 inches ( 66.0 x 91.4 cm ) Provenance: Private Collection, San Francisco, California
Bonhams
Jun. 06, 2004
Attributed to Alfred A. Hart (American, 1816-1906)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Leading the Cows to Drink by the Mill. Signed "A. Hart 1848" l.r. Oil on canvas, depicting a boy on horseback on a country lane with cows watering next to a mill with mountains and lake in the distance, 28 5/8 x 35 in., later frame. Condition: Laid down onto masonite, retouch to background. Note: Alfred Hart was born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1816. He moved in 1848 to Hatrford, where he lived for a number of years and exhibited there and in New York City. He later moved west, first to Cleveland, Ohio, then to Sacramento, California, where he worked as a photographer for the Central Pacific Railroad. He moved to San Francisco in the 1870s and exhibited his portrait paintings at the San Francisco Art Association (1872-1878) and received a gold medal at the California State Fair in 1872.
Skinner