Alice Ravenel Huger Smith Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Alice Ravenel Huger Smith Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 29, 2024
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH, AMERICAN, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 1876-1958, SURF, 1931, Watercolor on Whatman's watercolor board, Board: 13 x 21 3/4 in. (33 x 55.2 cm.); Sight: 12 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. (31.8 x 52.7 cm.), Frame
Est: $15,000 - $30,000
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH AMERICAN, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1876-1958 SURF, 1931 Watercolor on Whatman's watercolor board Lower right signed and dated: Alice R. Huger Smith 31 Catalogue note: One of the catalysts of the Charleston Renaissance, Alice Ravenel Huger Smith was a native and lifelong resident of that city. Smith is best remembered for her scenic views of Charleston streets and poetic marsh vistas in which she captures the mystical aura of the Carolina Lowcountry. In her memoir, Smith explained that "my own lovely flat country of rice fields, of pinewoods, of cypress swamps, of oaks, lotus, and all their attendant feathered folk would yield me a full harvest if diligently spaded." From 1924 on, she painted almost exclusively in watercolor, finding that medium most conducive to achieving the atmospheric effects she sought in her landscapes. These evocative scenes are generally devoid of human presence or activity, serving instead as odes to the natural beauty around her. Along with her friends Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Alfred Hutty, and Anna Heyward Taylor, Smith was at the center of Charleston's artistic reawakening during the early twentieth century. An active contributor to the city's cultural development, she was a founding member of the Charleston Etchers Club and the Southern States Art League. She was also involved in the Historic Charleston Foundation, Carolina Art Association, and the Music and Poetry Society. Smith exhibited widely through the South, but also in the Midwest and the Northeast, gaining a national reputation. Her work can be found in many prominent institutional collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, the High Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and the de Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, among others. Source: The Johnson Collection (thejohnsoncollection.org/alice-smith/)
Potomack Company
Oct. 16, 2024
Rare Alice Ravenel Huger Smith Woodblock
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
(American/South Carolina, 1876-1958) Moss Hung Tree, signed lower left, "Alice R. Huger Smith", dated lower right "August 27th 1918", inscription verso from original backing "Aug 17 1918 / A Moss Hung Tree / Charleston / Carolina"; color woodblock, sight 11-1/2 x 6 in.; modern black frame, 16-1/4 x 9-3/4 in. Provenance: David Allen Fine Art, Arlington, Virginia, 11/13/2012; Private Maryland Collection
Brunk Auctions
Oct. 01, 2024
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $25,000 - $45,000
American, 1876-1958 Wild Rice on the Savannah, 1958 Signed Alice R. Huger Smith (lr) Watercolor on board 21 x 12 3/4 inches Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist Thence by descent in the family Accompanied by its original frame
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Sep. 08, 2024
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH FRAMED WATERCOLOR PRINT
Est: $75 - $100
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith Framed Watercolor Print. Measures 10" x 8.25", weighs 1 lb 13 oz.
Charleston Estate Services Auctions & Appraisals
Jul. 23, 2024
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876 - 1958) Watercolor - Sunset Landscape. image 9 x 13-1/2 inches. Overall framed size is 14 x 18-1/2 inches
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876 - 1958) Watercolor - Sunset Landscape. image 9 x 13-1/2 inches. Overall framed size is 14 x 18-1/2 inches
Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions
Jun. 27, 2024
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
(American/South Carolina, 1876-1958) Flower Seller, signed "ARHS", watercolor on paper, 10-3/4 x 7-1/2 in.; modern wood frame, 14-1/2 x 11 in. Provenance: Private Collection, Illinois
Brunk Auctions
Nov. 18, 2023
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(American/South Carolina, 1876-1958) Portrait of a Child, signed lower right "Alice R H Smith 1970", watercolor on artist's board, 22 x 15 in.; painted frame, 23-1/2 x 16-1/2 in. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection
Brunk Auctions
Nov. 08, 2023
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith American, 1876-1958 A Landscape in South Carolina Initialed ARHS (lr) Watercolor on paper mounted to board 15 1/8 x 10 3/4 inches The work is mounded to a support board; some staining at the edges.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jun. 18, 2023
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH LITHOGRAPH RICE PLANTATION
Est: $200 - $300
Framed limited edition color lithograph by Charleston, South Carolina artist Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876-1958) who was a native and lifelong resident of that city. From The Rice Plantation Series, published by The Carolina Art Association, 1972, printed by Donnelley Printing Company, signed, offset lithograph on paper. In frame 31"x27"x1". Weight 10 pounds. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Estate.
Charleston Estate Services Auctions & Appraisals
May. 19, 2023
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
(American/South Carolina, 1876-1958) Flower Seller, signed lower right "ARHS", watercolor on paper, 10-3/4 x 8 in.; modern wood frame, 17 x 13-1/2 in. Provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania
Brunk Auctions
May. 19, 2023
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
(American/South Carolina, 1876-1958) Waterfowl, signed lower right "Alice R. Huger Smith", watercolor on Whatman's board, 15 x 20-1/2 in.; giltwood frame, 27-1/4 x 32-1/4 Provenance: Sold Sloans & Kenyon, June 1, 2003, lot 1524 ($18,000 hammer); Private Collection, Washington, D.C.
Brunk Auctions
Apr. 28, 2023
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) THE SERVANT watercolor, framed, signed with initials A.R.H.S. sight H10 1/4" W6 1/2" Provenance: R. Dietz collection DuBose Gallery, Texas South Carolina collection Other Notes: Bearing old labels on verso.
Charlton Hall
Nov. 17, 2022
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876-1958) In a Low Country Forest 16 x 21 3/4 in. (40.6 x 55.3 cm.)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876-1958) In a Low Country Forest signed 'Alice R. H. Smith' (lower right) watercolor on paper 16 x 21 3/4 in. (40.6 x 55.3 cm.)
Bonhams
Nov. 12, 2022
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
(American/South Carolina, 1876-1958) Swamp Fishing, signed lower right "Alice Ravenel Huger Smith", watercolor on artist's board, 17 x 22 in.; natural teak frame, 27 x 31-1/2 in. Provenance: Private Collection
Brunk Auctions
Sep. 23, 2022
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) SOUTH CAROLINA (a Lowcountry cabin with figures) watercolor, framed, signed sight H19" W15" Provenance: Pierce Galleries, Mass., 1972 Dr. & Mrs. C.G. Hopper, Jr. Collection
Charlton Hall
Sep. 23, 2022
The Pringle House Etchings Portfolio
Est: $200 - $400
The Pringle House Etchings Portfolio TWENTY DRAWINGS OF THE THE PRINGLE HOUSE ON KING STREET, CHARLESTON, SC by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith and D. E. Huger Smith, [ND] circa 1913; title page, 3 text panels and 20 illustrations, original folio with bookplates (Mildred Bliss, 1879-1969; Robert Woods Bliss, 1875-1962, and Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Library) Provenance: Robert & Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Library Broadfoot, 1975 Dr. & Mrs. C.G. Hopper, Jr. Collection
Charlton Hall
Sep. 17, 2022
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $300 - $600
(South Carolina, 1876 - 1958) Original stone lithograph on rag paper signed in the plate. The piece looks to have three layers of color. The paper has yellowed a bit but the work has full margins. H13 1/2" W11 5/8" (total size) Sold from the collection of an Upcountry, South Carolina gentleman.
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Aug. 16, 2022
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina 1876 - 1958) Watercolor on paper, Market Seller, sight size 11 x 7 inches Label on back Philip Kohlert frames, Buffalo N.Y.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina 1876 - 1958) Watercolor on paper, Market Seller, sight size 11 x 7 inches Label on back Philip Kohlert frames, Buffalo N.Y.
Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions
Jul. 09, 2022
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith Watercolor Painting, The Silent Watchers
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) tonalist watercolor Low Country landscape painting, titled "The Silent Watchers", depicting two white cranes perched in branches amid a purple and blue-hued treeline. Below lies a sunlit, marshy body of water, clustered with lily pads. Signed "Alice R. H. Smith" lower right. Printed label with artist name, location, title and original price, en verso. Housed and matted under glass in a giltwood frame. Sight: 21 3/8" H x 15" W. Framed: 30 3/4" H x 24" W. Note: also included with this lot is a copy of the limited edition book, ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA: AN APPRECIATION ON THE OCCASION OF HER EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY FROM HER FRIENDS, Privately published, ed. of 800, 1956, which lists this painting as #599, painted 1953 and originally sold to Dr. and Mrs. Sullivan of Nashville, Tennessee. Biography (adapted from the Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC): Charleston, South Carolina served as the birthplace, lifelong residence, and continuous source of inspiration for Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. Largely a self-taught artist, Smith was instrumental in the Charleston Renaissance along with friends Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Alfred Hutty, and Anna Heyward Taylor. She served as a founding member of the Charleston Etchers Club and the Southern States Art League and was a part of the Historic Charleston Foundation, Carolina Art Association, and the Music and Poetry Society. Smith produced a body of work influenced by the lyricism of her associate Birge Harrison and other Tonalist landscape painters as well as the Japanese Ukiyo-e prints she studied and created. Smith's work is included in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the High Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and the de Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, among many others.
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Jun. 21, 2022
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina 1876 - 1958) Watercolor on paper, Market Seller, sight size 11 x 7 inches
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina 1876 - 1958) Watercolor on paper, Market Seller, sight size 11 x 7 inches
Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions
Jun. 06, 2022
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH (AMERICAN, 1876–1958) ROSEATE SPOONBILL PERCHED ON BRANCH
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (American, 1876–1958) Roseate Spoonbill Perched on Branch Signed 'Alice R.H. Smith' bottom right, watercolor on paper laid down to card Sheet size: 10 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. (26.4 x 34.6cm) Provenance Private Collection, New Jersey. Frame: 18 7/8 x 20 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. The sheet is laid down to a heavy piece of cardoard at all four corners, making it impossible to dissociate the two. The cardboard itself is lodged within the mat via brown paper tape placed along all four outer edges. Though it can be easily removed to inspect the edges of the board, it was not done entirely. The watercolor appears in excellent original condition, with fresh colors and a clear paper.
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 09, 2021
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876-1958) American
Est: $6,500 - $8,500
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876-1958) American ,Watercolor / Papel Signed Lower Right ,measures 19.5 x 26.5 inches
Cutler Bay Auctions
Sep. 19, 2021
4 ALICE RAVENEL HUGER PRINTS
Est: $300 - $500
Four Framed Vintage Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (American, 1876–1958) Prints from the series A Carolina Rice Plantation of the Fifties."The Sprout-Flow" "Mending a Break in the Rice Field Bank". In Frames 2@ 24"x29"x1".... "Fields Prepared for Planting" and 'The Pinelands". In Frames 2@ 23"x27"x1" and 24"x29"x1". Weight combined 27 pds. NO IN HOUSE SHIPPING. PROVENANCE: A Private Charleston SC Estate.***Pickup only or Shipping on this item offered through Pak Mail 843-849-0310 - info@charlestonshipping.com , Quik Mail Etc 843-723-6598 quikmailetc@gmail.com , The UPS Store 843-856-9099 store2130@theupsstore.com , Please contact one of them or your own choice of shipper directly. ***
Charleston Estate Auctions
May. 23, 2021
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH, LOWCOUNTRY WATERCOLOR
Est: $14,000 - $20,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (American/South Carolina, 1876-1958). "Egrets and Cypress", watercolor. Signed lower right. Provenance: From the Lifetime Collection of Billy S. Arant, Jr., Chattanooga, TN. Approx. 31" x 24.25" (frame), 21.5" x 14.5" (sight)
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
May. 23, 2021
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH, FIGURAL WATERCOLOR
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (American/South Carolina, 1876-1958). "Lady with Hoe Smoking Pipe", watercolor. Signed lower right "ARHS". Note: Smith was a leading figure as an painter, writer, and historian during the Charleston Renaissance. Provenance: From the Lifetime Collection of Billy S. Arant, Jr., Chattanooga, TN. AApprox. 20.5" x 15" (frame), 12" x 7" (sight), 12.5" x 7.5" (sheet).
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
May. 18, 2021
ALICE SMITH (1876-1958) STILL LIFE OIL ON BOARD
Est: $100 - $200
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (UNITED STATES, 1876 - 1958) oil painting on board depicting a still life scene. Measures approx. 16 1/2" height x 12 1/2" width overall including frame.
Elite Auctioneers, LLC
Aug. 08, 2020
Three Alice Ravenel Huger Smith Prints
Est: $100 - $150
Three prints after watercolors by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (Charleston, South Carolina, 1876-1958): 1. Framed print depicting figures standing in a swamp/bayou landscape, matted and under glass in wood frame; sight 20 3/4"W x 14"H; frame 27 1/2"W x 21"H; good condition, minor abrasions to frame---2. Two unframed prints, "View of St. Michael's From Balcony" and "Garden Gates with Wisteria", from the collection of the Carolina Art Associaton, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina; image 7"W x 12"H; sheet size 11"W x 16"H; good condition
Ivy Auctions
Apr. 02, 2020
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) ST PHILIP'S CHURCH SPIRE, CHARLESTON graphite on paper, framed, signed sight H21" W16 1/2" Provenance: Pennsylvania collection
Charlton Hall
Sep. 29, 2019
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH WATERCOLOR
Est: $14,000 - $18,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876-1958) Original Watercolor on Watercolor Board. Pinewoods swamp with woman on path. Board 9"x22". In Frame under glass measures 16"x29"x 3/4". Weight 5 pds. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. A native and lifelong resident of Charleston SC, Smith was born in Charleston SC on July 14, 1876, the daughter of Daniel Elliott Huger Smith and Caroline Ravenel. Smith is best remembered for her scenic views of Charleston streets and poetic marsh vistas in which she captures the mystical aura of the Carolina Lowcountry. From 1924 on, she painted almost exclusively in watercolor, finding that medium most conducive to achieving the atmospheric effects she sought in her landscapes. Along with her friends Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Alfred Hutty, and Anna Heyward Taylor, Smith was at the center of the Charleston Renaissance, Charleston's artistic reawakening during the early twentieth century. She was an active contributor to the citys cultural development and a founding member of the Charleston Etchers Club and the Southern States Art League. She was also involved in the Historic Charleston Foundation, Carolina Art Association, and Music and Poetry Society. Smith exhibited widely through the South, but also in the Midwest and the Northeast, gaining a national reputation. Her work can be found in many notable permanent collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, High Museum of Art, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and de Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, among others.
Charleston Estate Auctions
Sep. 27, 2019
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) MARSH AT DAWN watercolor on paper, framed, signed lower right sheet; H15 1/2" W21 1/2" Provenance: Pennsylvania private collection
Charlton Hall
Mar. 31, 2019
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH HARVEST LITHO
Est: $250 - $350
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith "Ready for the Harvest" Lithograph from the series A Carolina Rice Plantation of the Fifties. Signed in the plate. Measures in frame 29 1/4"x25"x1 1/4". Weight 9 pds. PROVENANCE: A Private Charleston SC Estate.. Born in 1876 to a distinguished family, her paternal grandmother (who raised her; Smiths mother died when she was 12), Eliza Carolina Middleton Huger, was the granddaughter of Arthur Middleton, signer of the Declaration of Independence and patriarch of Middleton Place plantation, and her fathers father was a descendent of Bishop Robert Smith, the first post-Revolution Bishop of South Carolina, she grew up amidst the waning shadow of her familys former wealth, in a city as poor as it was proud. Poverty was the inheritance of the land in which I dwelt, she wrote in her Reminiscences, memoir-like recollections about her childhood and family life that Smith began penning at age 74 (she died in 1958 at age 81). Along with her friends Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Alfred Hutty, and Anna Heyward Taylor, Smith was at the center of Charleston's artistic reawakening during the early twentieth century. She was an active contributor to the citys cultural development and a founding member of the Charleston Etchers Club and the Southern States Art League. She was also involved in the Historic Charleston Foundation, Carolina Art Association, and Music and Poetry Society.
Charleston Estate Auctions
Oct. 21, 2018
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH THE PLANTATION SETTLEMENT
Est: $300 - $400
Framed limited edition color lithograph by Charleston, South Carolina artist Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876-1958) who was a native and lifelong resident of that city. The print is titled Sunday Morning at The Great House and is #366 of a limited edition of 984, Published by the Lakeside Press Chicago c. 1972 . The original watercolor work was done in the 1930s and was from her series, A Carolina Rice Plantation of the Fifties. Professionally framed and double matted. In frame measures 30.75x26.25. Weight is 9 pds 4 oz. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. Born in 1876 to a distinguished family, her paternal grandmother (who raised her; Smiths mother died when she was 12), Eliza Carolina Middleton Huger, was the granddaughter of Arthur Middleton, signer of the Declaration of Independence and patriarch of Middleton Place plantation, and her fathers father was a descendent of Bishop Robert Smith, the first post-Revolution Bishop of South Carolina, she grew up amidst the waning shadow of her familys former wealth, in a city as poor as it was proud. Poverty was the inheritance of the land in which I dwelt, she wrote in her Reminiscences, memoir-like recollections about her childhood and family life that Smith began penning at age 74 (she died in 1958 at age 81). Along with her friends Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Alfred Hutty, and Anna Heyward Taylor, Smith was at the center of Charleston's artistic reawakening during the early twentieth century. She was an active contributor to the citys cultural development and a founding member of the Charleston Etchers Club and the Southern States Art League. She was also involved in the Historic Charleston Foundation, Carolina Art Association, and Music and Poetry Society
Charleston Estate Auctions
Oct. 21, 2018
2 ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH PRINTS
Est: $300 - $400
Two Framed color prints by Charleston, South Carolina artist Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876-1958) who was a native and lifelong resident of that city. Professionally framed and double matted. In frame each measures 28 1/2x22 1/2"x2". Weight combined is 17 pds. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. Born in 1876 to a distinguished family, her paternal grandmother (who raised her; Smiths mother died when she was 12), Eliza Carolina Middleton Huger, was the granddaughter of Arthur Middleton, signer of the Declaration of Independence and patriarch of Middleton Place plantation, and her fathers father was a descendent of Bishop Robert Smith, the first post-Revolution Bishop of South Carolina, she grew up amidst the waning shadow of her familys former wealth, in a city as poor as it was proud. Poverty was the inheritance of the land in which I dwelt, she wrote in her Reminiscences, memoir-like recollections about her childhood and family life that Smith began penning at age 74 (she died in 1958 at age 81). Along with her friends Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Alfred Hutty, and Anna Heyward Taylor, Smith was at the center of Charleston's artistic reawakening during the early twentieth century. She was an active contributor to the citys cultural development and a founding member of the Charleston Etchers Club and the Southern States Art League. She was also involved in the Historic Charleston Foundation, Carolina Art Association, and Music and Poetry Society
Charleston Estate Auctions
Nov. 18, 2017
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (American/S.C.)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (American/South Carolina, 1876-1958), "Herons in Flight", watercolor on board, signed lower right, "Whatman's Water Color Boards" printed en verso, 16 3/4 in. x 21 3/4 in., framed. Provenance: Acquired from the artist, Charleston, SC, c. 1936; descended in the family. Note: One of the main figures of the Charleston Renaissance, Alice Ravenel Huger Smith is best known for her scenic depictions of Charleston and her captivating views of poetic marshes such as the work offered here. The vast expanses of surrounding waterways, swamps and vegetation were an endless source of inspiration. Smith painted almost exclusively in watercolor from 1924 onward, finding the medium most advantageous to achieving the atmospheric effects she sought in her landscapes. In this work, Smith captures the mystical aura of the South Carolina Lowcountry through her particularly vibrant use of color to represent the foliage and water, accented by the white of the graceful, long-limbed birds taking flight. Ref.: Severens, Martha R. The Charleston Renaissance. Spartanburg, SC: Saraland Press, 1998; Smith, Alice 1876-1958. The Johnson Collection. http://thejohnsoncollection.org/alice-smith. Accessed Oct. 12, 2017.
Neal Auction Company
Jun. 25, 2017
CARTING RICE ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH
Est: $275 - $475
Framed Vintage limited edition large color print by Charleston, South Carolina artist Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876-1958) who was a native and lifelong resident of that city. The print is titled "Carting Rice from a Small Field" and is #362 of a limited edition of 984, Published for the Carolina Art Association (Gibbes Museum of Art) by R.R Donnelley / Lakeside Press Chicago c. 1972 . The original watercolor work was done in the 1930s and was from her series, Rice Plantation". She donated her original watercolors Rice Plantation series to the Carolina Art Association in 1936, ensuring the set would remain intact and cared for. Professionally framed and double matted with silk mat and gold molding. In frame measures 31x26.25x1. Weight is 9 pds 4 oz. PROVENANCE: The Estate of a Charleston SC Art Dealer / Gallery Owner. Born in 1876 to a distinguished family, her paternal grandmother (who raised her; Smiths mother died when she was 12), Eliza Carolina Middleton Huger, was the granddaughter of Arthur Middleton, signer of the Declaration of Independence and patriarch of Middleton Place plantation, and her fathers father was a descendent of Bishop Robert Smith, the first post-Revolution Bishop of South Carolina, she grew up amidst the waning shadow of her familys former wealth, in a city as poor as it was proud. Poverty was the inheritance of the land in which I dwelt, she wrote in her Reminiscences, memoir-like recollections about her childhood and family life that Smith began penning at age 74 (she died in 1958 at age 81). Along with her friends Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Alfred Hutty, and Anna Heyward Taylor, Smith was at the center of Charleston's artistic reawakening during the early twentieth century. She was an active contributor to the citys cultural development and a founding member of the Charleston Etchers Club and the Southern States Art League. She was also involved in the Historic Charleston Foundation, Carolina Art Association, and Music and Poetry Society.
Charleston Estate Auctions
Jun. 04, 2017
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. South Carolina Low Country. Bayou River landscape. Watercolor painting. S.L.R. Original label on reverse. Titled "The Creek on Flood". Framed. Sight size: 14-1/2" x 20". Overall size" 24" x 30".
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. South Carolina Low Country. Bayou River landscape. Watercolor painting. S.L.R. Original label on reverse. Titled "The Creek on Flood". Framed. Sight size: 14-1/2" x 20". Overall size" 24" x 30". Alice Smith studied with artists Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Alfred Hutty, and Anna Veyward Taylor
Tremont Auctions
Nov. 17, 2016
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $5,000 - $10,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) THROUGH THE PINES watercolor, framed, signed & titled, lower right and old label on verso sight H10 1/2" W13 1/3" Provenance: Lucy Verner Scoville collection
Charlton Hall
Nov. 17, 2016
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) SELF PORTRAIT (Ms. Alice Smith), 1908 watercolor on board, framed, signed & dated lower right and titled on verso H30" W21 1/2" Provenance: Purchased from the Pringle estate Georgia collection
Charlton Hall
Sep. 24, 2016
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith Watercolor Painting, Original Work
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Information from the consignor: "My mother purchased the piece from a gallery on Boylston St. in Boston, Massachusetts. As a child, it has always hung in my home and I'm currently seventy-three. My mother referred to it as CATTAILS IN MOON GLOW, I don't know if it is the correct name for the piece but it is the name my family assigned to it."
Palm Beach Modern Auctions
Sep. 09, 2016
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (SC, 1876-1958), East Bay - corner of Tradd - Charleston, SC
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
watercolor on paper, monogrammed at lower right, the location is inscribed on the original cardboard backing, the backing is further inscribed Mrs. R. W. Bingham / Galt House, sold with the original frame. Sheet 5 x 10 1/8 in. This watercolor showing Charleston's Rainbow Row, likely dates to circa 1915-1920, after the artist and her father published The Dwelling Houses of Charleston, South Carolina. Born into a prominent Charleston family, Smith was a leading member of the Charleston Renaissance and the founding member of the Charleston Etcher's Club and the Southern States Art League. Acquired by the consignor in Chapel Hill, NC. The owner's name on the verso may be that of Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham. Mr. Bingham was born in Orange County, NC, attending both UNC-Chapel Hill and UVA before settling in Louisville, KY. In December 1916, Bingham married Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, also from NC and the widow of Standard Oil Company's cofounder, prominent Florida developer, and art collector, Henry Flagler. The Galt House was a well-known hotel in downtown Louisville, KY, that closed its doors in 1919.
Leland Little Auctions
Apr. 07, 2016
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) MIST ON THE BEACH watercolor, framed, signed lower right sheet H14 1/2" W10 1/2" Provenance: Georgia private collection
Charlton Hall
Jun. 26, 2015
Portfolio of Pringle House prints, Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $400 - $600
Portfolio of Pringle House prints, Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) TWENTY DRAWINGS OF THE PRINGLE HOUSE ON KING STREET, CHARLESTON, SC, 1914 title page, 3 pages text, and 20 lithographic prints housed in original hinged portfolio cover Provenance: Property of a Southern gentleman
Charlton Hall
Dec. 12, 2014
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) EGRETS AND CYPRESS watercolor, framed, signed lower right sight H21 1/2" W14 1/2" Provenance: Property of a prominent Charleston family, by descent
Charlton Hall
Sep. 20, 2014
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) CHARLESTON MARSH SCENE watercolor, framed, signed: lower right, Alice R. H. Smith sight size H8 1/2" W11" Provenance: Columbia, South Carolina private collection
Charlton Hall
Jun. 13, 2014
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) COMING THROUGH THE FIELD watercolor, framed, signed lower right sight H11 1/2" W8 3/8" Provenance: Beals Island, Maine private collection
Charlton Hall
Mar. 21, 2014
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (South Carolina, 1876-1958) EGRETS AND CYPRESS watercolor, framed, signed lower right sight H21 1/2" W14 1/2" Provenance: Property of a prominent Charleston family, by descent
Charlton Hall
Nov. 23, 2013
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH, American, 1876-1958, Marsh landscape, likely Charleston, South Carolina., Watercolor on paper, 8" x 11½"...
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH American, 1876-1958 Marsh landscape, likely Charleston, South Carolina. Signed lower right "Alice R. H. Smith". Provenance: A Cape Cod, Massachusetts estate. Watercolor on paper, 8" x 11 1/2" sight. Framed.
Eldred's
Nov. 23, 2013
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH, American, 1876-1958, Boating at sunset., Watercolor, 18" x 13" sight. Unframed.
Est: $5,000 - $10,000
ALICE RAVENEL HUGER SMITH American, 1876-1958 Boating at sunset. Signed lower right "Alice R.H. Smith". Provenance: A Cape Cod, Massachusetts estate. Watercolor, 18" x 13" sight. Unframed.
Eldred's