Will Simmons Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Will Simmons Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 17, 2023
WILLIAM SIMMONS, LOW TIDE: POLPERRO VILLAGE, O/C
Est: $400 - $600
William St. Clair Simmons (English 1878-1899), "Low Tide: Polperro, Cornwall England" late 19th century, oil on canvas, depicting a small seaside town with figures and a boat, signed to lower right, framed. Provenance: From the Estate of Joyce Lowenstein, Atlanta, Georgia. Approximate dimensions: canvas h. 20.25", w. 25"; frame h. 28.25", w. 33", d. 2.25".
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Jan. 29, 2023
WILL SIMMONS "L'INSAISISSABLE" DRYPOINT ENGRAVING
Est: -
Will (William) Simmons (1884 - 1949) "L'Insaisissable" (The Unattainable) Drypoint Engraving on Paper. Known primarily as a painter and etcher of natural history subjects, William Simmons was the son of Edward Emerson Simmons (1852-1931) who was one of the original Ten American Painters. From a distinguished Massachusetts family, Will's father was first cousin to Ralph Waldo Emerson, and he grew up in the Old Manse, the house in Concord, Massachusetts in which Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the volumes of short stories, Mosses from an Old Manse. Simmons was a member of the Society of American Artists, the Chicago Society of Etchers, California Print Makers, and Prairie Printmakers. He exhibited at the Art Institute in Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the United States National Museum, of Washington, D.C. His works hang in the New York Public Library, Smithsonian Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the Bibliothèque in Paris, and the Public Library in Liverpool, England. Artist: Will Simmons Title: "L'Insaisissable" Medium: Drypoint Engraving Signature Type: Pencil Signature Location: Lower Right Site Measurement: 10.75 x 4.75 in. Image Keywords: Antique Artwork, Art; Ref: BD1043
Bradford's
Sep. 24, 2022
Will SIMMONS: "Bison on the Trail"
Est: $100 - $150
Will SIMMONS (1884-1949): "Bison on the Trail". Etching on wove paper, 1921. Signed and dated in the plate. Another version published in the Print Connoisseur, Vol. II, Number 2, in December 1921. Image size: 7 x 4 5/8 inches.
Armstrong Fine Art
Jun. 18, 2022
THIRTEEN PIECE WILL SIMMONS PRINT LOT
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
SIMMONS, Will, (American, 1884-1949): Thirteen piece unframed print lot, to include: 1) Jumping Tarpon, Etching and Aquatint, 18" x 13.25" with margins, pencil signed lower right, numbered 4/15? lower left, signed on the plate upper right and dated 1921; 2) Two Bear Cubs Wrestling, Etching, 9.5" x 6.25" with margins, pencil signed lower right; 3) "Toes", Bear Cub in the Forest, Etching, 12.5" x 9.5" with margins, marked "1 of 2 Trial Proof", signed lower right, titled lower mid margin; 4) "Solicitude", depicting Monkey Mother and Child with Snake, Drypoint, 12" x 6.75" with margins, signed lower right, medium and titled inscribed lower left; 5) Bear Cub Laughing, Etching, 5" x 3.5" with margins, signed "Best Ever, From Will Simmons"; 6) Crouching Cat, Drypoint, 3.5" x 4.5" with margins, signed in the plated and dated 1910 NYC; 7) Polar Bear Cub in the Snow, Etching, 5.5" x 4.5" with margins, pencil signed lower right; 8) Fox Following Footprints in the Snow, Color Aquatint, 13.5" x 18" with margins, signed lower right; 9) Hummingbirds Collecting Pollen, Etching, 11.5" x 9.25" with margins, pencil signed lower right; 10) Two Black Swans in a Pond at Sunset, Color Aquatint, 12" x 9.75" with margins, pencil signed lower right, marked "Trial Color Proof" lower left; 11) "Polar Sports", Polar Bear Cubs Frolicking in the Water, Color Aquatint, 18" x 12.75", pencil signed lower right, titled mid margin; 12) "Children of the Snow", Color Aquatint, 12" x 11.5" with margins, signed lower right, titled lower margin, taped to a backboard and mat; 13) Polar Bear on the Ice, Color Engraving, 12.75" x 16.5" with margins, pencil signed lower right.
Burchard Galleries Inc
May. 21, 2022
THIRTEEN PIECE WILL SIMMONS PRINT LOT
Est: $500 - $800
SIMMONS, Will, (American, 1884-1949): Thirteen piece unframed print lot, to include: 1) Jumping Tarpon, Etching and Aquatint, 18'' x 13.25'' with margins, pencil signed lower right, numbered 4/15? lower left, signed on the plate upper right and dated 1921; 2) Two Bear Cubs Wrestling, Etching, 9.5'' x 6.25'' with margins, pencil signed lower right; 3) ''Toes'', Bear Cub in the Forest, Etching, 12.5'' x 9.5'' with margins, marked ''1 of 2 Trial Proof'', signed lower right, titled lower mid margin; 4) ''Solicitude'', depicting Monkey Mother and Child with Snake, Drypoint, 12'' x 6.75'' with margins, signed lower right, medium and titled inscribed lower left; 5) Bear Cub Laughing, Etching, 5'' x 3.5'' with margins, signed ''Best Ever, From Will Simmons''; 6) Crouching Cat, Drypoint, 3.5'' x 4.5'' with margins, signed in the plated and dated 1910 NYC; 7) Polar Bear Cub in the Snow, Etching, 5.5'' x 4.5'' with margins, pencil signed lower right; 8) Fox Following Footprints in the Snow, Color Aquatint, 13.5'' x 18'' with margins, signed lower right; 9) Hummingbirds Collecting Pollen, Etching, 11.5'' x 9.25'' with margins, pencil signed lower right; 10) Two Black Swans in a Pond at Sunset, Color Aquatint, 12'' x 9.75'' with margins, pencil signed lower right, marked ''Trial Color Proof'' lower left; 11) ''Polar Sports'', Polar Bear Cubs Frolicking in the Water, Color Aquatint, 18'' x 12.75'', pencil signed lower right, titled mid margin; 12) ''Children of the Snow'', Color Aquatint, 12'' x 11.5'' with margins, signed lower right, titled lower margin, taped to a backboard and mat; 13) Polar Bear on the Ice, Color Engraving, 12.75'' x 16.5'' with margins, pencil signed lower right.
Burchard Galleries Inc
May. 21, 2022
WILL SIMMONS ORIGINAL PAINTING MOTHER SWAN AND CHICKS FLOATING IN A POND
Est: $500 - $800
SIMMONS, Will, (American, 1884-1949): Mother Swan and Chicks Floating in a Pond, sight size 9.75'' x 15.5'', signed lower right, unframed.
Burchard Galleries Inc
May. 21, 2022
ORIGINAL WILL SIMMONS PAINTING POLAR BEAR FAMILY
Est: $500 - $800
SIMMONS, Will, (American, 1884-1949): Polar Bear Mother and Cubs, Gouache/Board Oval, 10.75'' x 18'', signed lower left, unframed.
Burchard Galleries Inc
May. 21, 2022
WILL SIMMONS ORIGINAL PAINTING
Est: $500 - $800
SIMMONS, Will, (American, 1884-1949): ''Tussle'', Gouache/Board, 16'' x 14'', signed lower right, titled verso, unframed.
Burchard Galleries Inc
May. 01, 2022
Will Simmons color aquatint
Est: $200 - $300
Will Simmons Among the Lilies color aquatint American (1884-1949) paper pencil signed 9.75"h x 6"w overall: 17"h x 13"w
Treadway Gallery
Jan. 23, 2019
WILLIAM SIMMONS, Spain, 1884-1948, Four etchings:, From 7" x 5" to 9" x 6". Unframed.
Est: $100 - $200
WILLIAM SIMMONS Spain, 1884-1948 Four etchings: "Bison on the Trail", "Fawn" and two copies of "Juvenilia". All with short artist biography verso. From 7" x 5" to 9" x 6". Unframed.
Eldred's
Jan. 09, 2019
Will Simmons El Condor Mira Etching
Est: $50 - $100
Will Simmons El Condor Mira Etching. Etching of two condors / vultures sitting on rock protrusion, light depiction of desert town in background, Signed in Plate, appears to also be signed in pencil below print. Matte measure approx 19 by 14, Artwork measures approx 12 in By 8 in. Some discoloration and wear on paper and matte. Condor, vulture, bird of prey artwork, desert landscape, scenic art., fine art, home decoration. 4 Etcher, painter, and teacher William Simmons was born in an artists' colony at Elche, Spain. His father, Edward Emerson Simmons, was a noted nineteenth century landscape and mural painter. William Simmons studied with Jules Joseph Lefevbre at the Académie Julian in Paris, with Thomas Alexander Harrison, and also with his father. He produced etchings, drypoints, and aquatints whose subject matter was primarily natural history. He was a member of several professional societies, and his works are held by numerous institutions, including the Smithsonian Institution. He died at Baltimore, Maryland.
The Benefit Shop Foundation Inc.
May. 21, 2018
Three Etchings by Will Simmons (1884 - 1949)
Est: $150 - $250
An etching of herons which is pencil signed, numbered 4/30 and also has an dedication note by the artist, an etching of a bear and a turtle, with pencil inscription and signed on the paper it's meant to be mounted upon, and an etching of a map titled "Judds Bridge" which is pencil signed and with pencil inscription.
Locati LLC
Dec. 20, 2017
WILLIAM JOSEPH SIMMONS VERSUS THE KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN
Est: $400 - $500
WILLIAM JOSEPH SIMMONS VERSUS THE KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN Interesting group of three documents and three printed pamphlets, all related to the schism between WILLIAM JOSEPH SIMMONS (1880-1945), the founder of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and HIRAM W. EVANS (1881-1966), who succeeded Simmons as "Imperial Wizard" of the Klan and forced Simmons out of the Order. This collection includes: typed document, 1p. 4to., Atlanta, Jan. 5, 1924, a decree ordering the banishment of Simmons, in part: "...the Grand Dragons, Realms of the United States of America have charged you... of certain high crimes and misdemeanors as attested by copy of the charges hereto attached, and it appearing to the Imperial Wizard that the charges are of such an unusual and serious character that, for the best interests of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, official action must be taken thereon, and, it further appearing to me that under the Constitution and Laws of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the nature of the charges are such that I must in line of duty in pursuance thereof, issue against you an official order of banishment..." The facsimile signature of Hiram W. Evans appears at the conclusion, and the document is countersigned by "Imperial Kligrapp" (secretary) H.K. Ramsey, also in facsimile. Appended to the above is a second typed document, 3pp. 4to., [Atlanta, n.d.], a "presentment" made to Evans outlining the charges against Simmons, in part: "... the said William Joseph Simmons, then and there and at all times well knowing that he had been the founder of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and its first Imperial Wizard, and its only Emperor, and at all times then and there well knew and at all times fully understanding the Christian purposes, the love of Country and Flag, and the high ideals for which the Order was created, has on divers and sundry occasions... collected sums of money in the name of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan... and has never made any accounting or report to our Order... The said William Joseph Simmons... has desecrated and prostituted our ideals and purposes by establishing and creating a competitive order known as Ku Klux Klan, and also Knights Kamelia, or Kamelia, thus intending, by the creation of said Order, to wrongfully and improperly pollute, illegally compete and wrongfully injure Knights of the Ku Klux Klan... The said William Joseph Simmons, unmindful of the high duties of his office, and of his oath of allegiance to this Order, has on many occasions throughout the States of the United States, entered into unlawful conspiracies, confederations and combinations with unknown representatives, friends, hirelings and stool-pigeons, to foster and maintain a spirit of dissatisfaction and hatred among certain members of our Order, and did conspire... to foster and maintain against this Order expensive litigation throughout the United States... In being in such a state of intoxication on innumerable occasions, as to render the said William Joseph Simmons incompetent to sanely think or act, and the frequency of such delinquencies being such as to constitute the said William Joseph Simmons a common drunkard, wholly unsuited and unfitted for the high office of Emperor of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan..." This "presentment is signed in type by seventeen state-level "Grand Dragons", and in facsimile by H.K. Ramsey. WITH: typed document, 1p. 4to., Atlanta, Feb. 1, 1924, a copy of Simmons'' resignation as a member of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, signed in type by both Simmons and Evans at the conclusion. WITH: typed document, 3pp. 4to., [Atlanta], Feb 1, 1924, a copy of the settlement between Simmons and the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, in which Simmons agrees to sell all of his copyrights to Klan-related materials to the Order, and to forfeit his salary as "Emperor". The document is signed in type by Simmons and his wife, Bessie. Copies of these decrees and decisions were distributed to each local "Klavern", with these in particular originating from the files of John F. Marshall, "Kligrapp" (secretary) of the Altoona, Pennsylvania chapter. Also present are three booklets, each published by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and giving their perspective on the case, includes: "Full Court Record and Statement of Fact in Regard to Litigation Instituted by Col. W.J. Simmons in April 1923 - Concerning the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan" (Atlanta, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc.), [1923], 29pp. 8vo.; "Minutes of the Imperial Kloncilium, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Meeting of May 1 and 2, 1923 Which Ratified W.J. Simmons'' Agreement with the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan" (Atlanta: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc.), 1923, 60pp. large 8vo.; and "The Whole Truth about the Effort to Destroy the Klan" (Atlanta: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc.), 1923, 28pp. 8vo., a propagandistic retelling of the case from the point of view of Evans and his supporters. This last piece bears the signature of John F. Marshall of the Altoona Klan on the front cover. All pieces show some toning, folds and minor chips to the edges, else very good.
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Sep. 23, 2017
***William Simmons, "Coastal Village," O/C
Est: $800 - $1,200
William Simmons (British, 19th century), "Coastal Village" - late 19th century, oil on canvas, signed to lower right recto. A scene depicting a coastal town. Framed approximately 28.25" x 33.25", sight approximately 19.625" x 24.375".
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
May. 21, 2016
Will Simmons (American, 1884-1949) Two Engravings of Monkeys & Butterflies
Est: $50 - $100
Both sgn. lower right, Will Simmons. One numbered 2/2 & one numbered 1.
Cottone Auctions
Apr. 18, 2016
Four 19th/20th C. prints and drawings: William "Will" Simmons (American, 1884-1949), etching depicting two spider monkeys and butter...
Est: $75 - $150
Four 19th/20th C. prints and drawings: William "Will" Simmons (American, 1884-1949), etching depicting two spider monkeys and butterfly in tropical rain forest, pencil signed "Will Simmons" along lower margin LR, scattered foxing, loss to UL ebonized frame, ss: 10 7/8" h. x 4 7/8" w.; two indistinctly pencil signed etchings, first depicting dirt path winding under New England elm trees, second depicting moonlit lake; along with chalk on paper drawing depicting figure in landscape, indistinctly signed LL, ss: 8 1/8" h. x 6 1/8" w., some works with early labels verso, all works framed behind glass, some matted, none examined out of frames.
Winter Associates, Inc.
Dec. 12, 2014
William Francis Simmons (Will)
Est: $500 - $900
William Francis Simmons (Will) (Massachusetts/Maryland, 1884-1949) HERON, 1907 oil on panel, original frame, signed & dated lower right and verso H9 1/2" W7 1/2" Provenance: Beals Island, Maine private collection
Charlton Hall
Jul. 26, 2014
Cat
Est: $50 - $100
trial proof
Copley Fine Art Auctions
Jul. 26, 2014
Bonne Veine - Gina and Will Simmons
Est: $50 - $100
Bonne Veine - Gina and Will Simmons
Copley Fine Art Auctions
Jun. 13, 2014
William Francis Simmons (Will)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
William Francis Simmons (Will) (Massachusetts/Maryland, 1884-1949) HERON, 1907 oil on panel, original frame, signed & dated lower right & verso H9 1/2" W7 1/2" Provenance: Beals Island, Maine private collection
Charlton Hall
Jun. 18, 2009
WILL SIMMONS Collection of approximately 30 etchings.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
WILL SIMMONS Collection of approximately 30 etchings. Circa 1920s to 1940s. Each signed in pencil, lower margin. Various sizes and conditions.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 09, 2009
Four etchings: Will Simmons (CT artist, 1884-1949)
Est: $150 - $250
Four etchings: Will Simmons (Connecticut artist, 1884-1949), monkeys in a wooded setting with butterfly, signed lower right, some toning, matted, plate size 10 3/4" h. x 4 3/4" w.; Troy Kinney (American, 1871-1938) woman with faun, signed lower left, mat burn and toning from prior matting, plate size 6 1/2" h. x 7 3/4" w.; Marylka Modjeska (American, 1893-1966) western landscape, signed lower right, very minor loss, creases, and small stains/foxing in margins, plate size 9" h. x 12 1/4" w.; and Homer J. Williams (?), "Grand Canyon" with tree in foreground, taped to backing at top corners, matted, plate size 7" h. x 5" w.
Winter Associates, Inc.
Mar. 31, 2007
William Simmons
Est: $200 - $400
William Simmons Connecticut (1884-1949) MONKEYS etching, unframed, signed: lower right, Will Simmons image size: H7" W8 3/4"
Charlton Hall
Jul. 27, 2006
Moose Etching by William Simmons
Est: $800 - $1,200
Signed "Will Simmons," lower right
Copley Fine Art Auctions
Aug. 22, 2002
OIL ON CANVAS "MOOSE AND CALF" BY WILLIAM SIMMONS (1884-1949).
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Simmons was a member of the Society of American Artists among other societies. He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the U.S. National Museum. The scene shows an impressionistic landscape in spring or early summer colors with shallow river, having moose and calf waiting. Housed in a gilt guido frame. Unsigned, acquired directly from the artist's estate. SIZE: 18" h x 27" w. CONDITION: Very good. 9-92105.
James D. Julia