Robert Vickrey Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Robert Vickrey Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 13, 2024
Robert Vickrey, New Glasses
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
Robert Vickrey New Glasses 1986 egg tempera on panel 30.375 h x 22.375 w in (77 x 57 cm) Signed to lower left 'Robert Vickrey'. Provenance: Foster Harmon Galleries of American Art, Naples, FL | Private Collection | Thence by descent This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Nov. 13, 2024
ROBERT REMSEN VICKERY (Massachusetts/Florida/New York, 1926-2011), Girl, Cat and Jump Rope., Color lithograph, 17.75" x 24.5". Framed 28.25" x 33.75".
Est: $300 - $500
ROBERT REMSEN VICKERY Massachusetts/Florida/New York, 1926-2011 Girl, Cat and Jump Rope. Signed and numbered 4/250 in pencil lower margin.
Eldred's
Oct. 08, 2024
ROBERT VICKREY, AMERICAN, MASSACHUSETTS 1926-2011, COPS, 1988, Oil on canvas laid on board, 32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 121.9 cm.), Frame: 40 x 56 in. (101.6 x 142.2 cm.)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
ROBERT VICKREY AMERICAN, MASSACHUSETTS, 1926-2011 COPS, 1988 Oil on canvas laid on board Lower right signed and dated: Robert Vickrey '88; verso Kennedy Galleries, inc. label: # 45105 Catalogue note: Robert Vickrey graduated from Yale in 1947 with a B.A.. The following winter he took art classes with Kenneth Hayes Miller and Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League, then returned to Yale for a B.F.A. degree. His pictures are composed of meticulously painted details and complex compositions. These contrived arrangements of figures and austere landscape elements, however, reflect the artist's interest in social and cultural symbols that menace the individual rather than mere verisimilitude. Source: Virginia M. Mecklenburg Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Museum of American Art, 1987) (via: americanart.si.edu/artist/robert-vickrey-5148)
Potomack Company
Aug. 14, 2024
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY (Massachusetts/Florida/New York, 1926-2011), "Monet and Fallen Banyan"., Egg tempera on gesso panel, 9" x 15". Framed 16" x 22.5".
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY Massachusetts/Florida/New York, 1926-2011 "Monet and Fallen Banyan". Signed lower left "Robert Vickrey". Titled on label verso for Tree's Place Gallery, Orleans, Massachusetts.
Eldred's
May. 16, 2024
Robert Vickery (American, b. 1926) Rosemary's Baby, 1994
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Robert Vickery (American, b. 1926) Rosemary's Baby, 1994 egg tempera on gesso panel signed Robert Vickery (lower right) 23 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches. This lot is located in Chicago. Property from a Private Collection in Naples, Florida Provenance: Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, Florida
Hindman
May. 02, 2024
ROBERT VICKREY, American 1926-2011, Castles in the Air, 1989, egg tempera on gesso panel, 17 x 23 in. (43.2 x 58.4 cm.), Frame: 21 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 27 in. (54 x 3.2 x 68.6 cm.)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ROBERT VICKREY American, 1926-2011 Castles in the Air, 1989 egg tempera on gesso panel signed and dated lower left "Robert Vickrey '89"
Shannon's
Apr. 23, 2024
ROBERT VICKREY, AMERICAN, MASSACHUSETTS 1926-2011, COPS, 1988, Oil on canvas laid on board, 32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 121.9 cm.), Frame: 40 x 56 in. (101.6 x 142.2 cm.)
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
ROBERT VICKREY AMERICAN, MASSACHUSETTS, 1926-2011 COPS, 1988 Oil on canvas laid on board Lower right signed and dated: Robert Vickrey '88; verso Kennedy Galleries, inc. label: # 45105 Catalogue note: [Robert] Vickrey attended Wesleyan University and completed a B.A. degree at Yale in 1947. The following winter he took classes with Kenneth Hayes Miller and Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League, then returned to Yale for a B.F.A. degree. The 1950s were successful years for Vickrey. In addition to painting, he made experimental films, and in 1957 began traveling around the world for Time magazine, doing sketches of movie stars and royalty. In his work Vickrey assumes the viewpoint of the realistic observer, but calls himself "anti-romantic," and says that to the careful viewer his paintings "always [convey] a sense of danger." He paints meticulously detailed images using egg tempera, but the contrived arrangements of figures and austere landscape elements reflect Vickrey's interest in transforming outmoded social and cultural symbols into forms that menace the individual. A memorial statue shrouded by drapery, for example, becomes "a corrupt beast of war." Source: Virginia M. Mecklenburg Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Museum of American Art, 1987) (via: americanart.si.edu/artist/robert-vickrey-5148)
Potomack Company
Mar. 27, 2024
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY - TYGER, TYGER
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Robert Remsen Vickrey (American,1926 - 2011). Tyger, Tyger, egg tempera on Masonite, signed lower left, titled, dated verso
Litchfield Auctions
Feb. 27, 2024
Robert Vickery (1926 - 2011), "Trapped Bird," Tempera on Masonite, 16" H x 12" W
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Robert Vickrey (1926-2011) "Trapped Bird" Tempera on Masonite Signed lower left: Robert Vickrey; titled in pencil, verso; titled again on a gallery label affixed to the frame, verso
John Moran Auctioneers
Nov. 01, 2023
Robert Vickery (American, 1926-2011) George, 1964 12 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (31.5 x 24.5 cm) framed 12 2/5 x 21 1/2 x 1 3/5 in.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Robert Vickery (American, 1926-2011) George, 1964 signed 'Robert Vickery' (lower right) egg tempera on Masonite 12 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (31.5 x 24.5 cm) framed 12 2/5 x 21 1/2 x 1 3/5 in.
Bonhams
Oct. 17, 2023
Robert Vickrey (American, 1926-2011) Night Steps, 1997
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Robert Vickrey (American, 1926-2011) Night Steps, 1997 egg tempera on gessoed panel signed Robert Vickrey (lower right) 16 x 23 inches. Provenance: Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, Florida Acquired from the above by the present owner
Hindman
Sep. 14, 2023
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY, BALLOON DANCE, SCREENPRINT
Est: $400 - $800
Artist: Robert Remsen Vickrey, American (1926 - 2011) Title: Balloon Dance Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in ink Edition: 250, AP 45, HC Size: 31 in. x 23 in. (78.74 cm x 58.42 cm) Description: Artist Robert Vickrey's paintings have both elements of Realism and Surrealism and have also been labeled Magic Realism. "Balloon Dance" has a dream-like quality which is prevalent in his work. The Screenprint print that is signed and numbered in pen.
RoGallery
Sep. 13, 2023
Robert Remsen Vickrey, Oil on Panel, Wall
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
(American, 1926-2011) signed l.l.c. "Robert Vickrey". Midtown Galleries label fixed to verso. Sight: 11-1/2"h x 15-1/2"w Overall: 19"h x 23-1/8"w Provenance: Midtown Galleries Provenance: Property from a Private Princeton, NJ Collection
Nye & Company
Sep. 01, 2023
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY (AMERICAN, 1926-2011)
Est: $200 - $600
Robert Remsen Vickrey American, 1926-2011 Backstage at Circus Ink, graphite on paper, signed in ink Portrait of a seated clown in Pierrot costume, inscribed below, set behind glass and framed.
Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jul. 28, 2023
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY (Massachusetts/Florida/New York, 1926-2011), "The New Bike"., Egg tempera on panel, 16" x 23". Framed 24" x 30".
Est: $10,000 - $20,000
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY Massachusetts/Florida/New York, 1926-2011 "The New Bike". Signed lower right "Robert Vickrey". Titled verso. Lot includes a collection of five assorted volumes pertaining to the artist and his egg tempera technique.
Eldred's
Jul. 22, 2023
Robert Vickrey. "Head of a Clown," red pencil
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
(American, 1926-2011). Red pencil on paper, signed "Robert Vickrey" ll, 24 x 20 in., framed.
Alex Cooper
Jul. 08, 2023
Robert Vickrey Tempera on Board Painting of a Nun, Rainy Crossing
Est: $2,800 - $3,200
Robert Remsen Vickrey (American, 1926-2011), "Rainy Crossing," egg tempura on board, imaginative realist painting depicting a nun wading or traversing across a reflective green surface toward a white horizontal line, her back to the viewer. Signed "Robert Vickrey" lower right. Titled en verso on label from Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, FL. Housed in a simple giltwood frame with a linen mat and gilt filet. Sight: 11" H x 15" W. Framed: 18" H x 22" W. Biography: Robert Vickrey once described his artistic objective as "the perfect fusion of a beautiful abstract shape and a spiritual anachronism." He was known for his expressive realist paintings -often featuring nuns and clowns - produced in one of the most difficult mediums in art: egg tempera. He was first introduced to the medium during his studies at Yale University under Lewis E. York. He also studied briefly at the Art Students League in New York under Reginald Marsh and Kenneth Hayes Miller. As well as having a successful career as a painter, Vickrey was an avante-garde filmmaker, winning awards at the New York Golden Reel Festival, and illustrated over seventy-five cover portraits for Time magazine beginning in 1957.
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Jun. 10, 2023
Robert Vickrey. "Shadow Patterns & Butterfly," egg tempera
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
(American, 1926-2011). Egg tempera on board, 1977, signed, 16 x 12 in., framed.
Alex Cooper
Jun. 05, 2023
ROBERT VICKREY LITHOGRAPH
Est: $200 - $300
ROBERT VICKREY (United States, 1926-2011) lithograph, "The Red Truck," a child playing with a toy truck. Signed lower left, titled verso, 23.75" x 35.75" (image), 33" x 45" (frame).
O'Gallerie
May. 25, 2023
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926-2011) Nun in the Corner 6 1/2 x 9 in. (16.5 x 22.9 cm.)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926-2011) Nun in the Corner signed 'R. Vickrey' (lower right) tempera on Masonite 6 1/2 x 9 in. (16.5 x 22.9 cm.)
Bonhams
Apr. 19, 2023
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY (AMERICAN, 1926-2011) Eight Balloons egg tempera and
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY (AMERICAN, 1926-2011) Eight Balloons egg tempera and gesso on panel 22 1/4 x 27 1/2 in. (56.5 x 69.9 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 01, 2023
Robert Remsen Vickrey, The Red Truck, Offset Lithograph on Board
Est: $1,600 - $2,000
Artist: Robert Remsen Vickrey, American (1926 - 2011) Title: The Red Truck Portfolio: Year: 1967 Medium: Offset Lithograph on Board Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 29.75 x 41.75 inches
RoGallery
Mar. 08, 2023
Robert Remsen Vickrey Lithograph The Visitor
Est: $250 - $350
Vickrey, Robert Remsen (American, 1926-2011), The Visitor, color lithograph, numbered 10/200, titled, and signed in pencil. Image 17.25 x 212.5 inches. In gilt frame, 26.25 x 29.75 inches.
Concept Art Gallery
Feb. 02, 2023
Robert Remsen Vickrey (American, 1926-2011) Untitled, circa 1995 Egg tempera on
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Robert Remsen Vickrey (American, 1926-2011) Untitled, circa 1995 Egg tempera on gesso panel 5-5/8 x 7 inches (14.3 x 17.8 cm) (sight) Signed to lower left: R. VICKREY Property from the Estate of Myra Janco Daniels, Naples, Florida HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 17, 2022
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926-2011) The Scythe 35 3/4 x 30 in. (90.8 x 76.2 cm.) (Executed in 1971.)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926-2011) The Scythe signed 'Robert Vickrey' (lower center) sanguine on paper 35 3/4 x 30 in. (90.8 x 76.2 cm.) Executed in 1971.
Bonhams
Nov. 05, 2022
Robert Remsen Vickrey, American (1926-2011), Pinocchio Puppet, 2010, egg tempera on gesso panel, 15 1/4"H x 11 1/2"W (sight), 23 1/4"H x 19 1/2"W (frame)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Robert Remsen Vickrey American, (1926-2011) Pinocchio Puppet, 2010 egg tempera on gesso panel signed lower right. Provenance: Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, Florida. Biography from Harmon-Meek Gallery: Although Robert Vickrey announced his presence on the New York art stage in 1951, the very year that the New York School of Abstract Expressionism was launched, he still managed to stay true to what he thought might just survive the ages, let alone find a place in contemporary art museum and gallery exhibitions as well as support from art collectors. He quipped that when the Whitney Museum of American Art selected one of his early nun paintings The Labyrinth for its Whitney Annual in 1951 "I almost fell over" and when they purchased it for their permanent collection "I did fall over". With that he accepted representation at the Creative Gallery in New York City that same year. He would not be without New York representation for the next fifty years, a testament to his confidence that what he had to offer was viable, if not always "popular". In 1954 his fourth New York exhibition was at the long-established Midtown Galleries,who not only sold his work with regularity through the late 1970's, but also sold the greatest number of his paintings to museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Butler Institute of American Art. Because of their convenient 57 th Street location scores of art directors from many magazines saw his paintings in their exhibitions (both group and solo). The Gruskins advised him when asked by these magazine and book art directors to sell images of specific paintings for single usage in their publications. The art world would later attempt to labelVickrey as a commercial artist, which was not the case at all since he was not painting a new painting to fit a story line, but instead they were using an already created painting to fit the article. Some of his paintings were selected for the covers of Psychology Today and the AMA Medical Journal. By the late 1970s, and partly due to the new interest in photo-realism in art, Vickrey found himself being coaxed away from galleries who were interested in his unique lyrical realist paintings in egg tempera, and in the 1980's, alkyd oil. First was Hirschl & Adler Galleries from 1978 to 1981, then ACA Galleries from 1981 to 1987, the Kennedy Galleries from 1988 to 1993 ending with Gerald Wunderlich Gallery from 1994 to 2001 – completing the fifty years of continual New York Gallery representation and exhibitions. Essentially the tragedy of 9/11 dealt a blow to many galleries in New York City including Wunderlich. By that time he was selling almost all he could create via his galleries on Cape Cod and Naples so he decided to not pursue further New York representation with another gallery. Plus he was 75. When Vickrey moved from his Fairfield, Connecticut home to one on Cape Cod in Orleans he liked the idea of consigning works to a local gallery where he could easily see quick sales results. He started his first relationship with the century old Munson Gallery in 1976 and then moved to Tree's Place Gallery in 2000, who still exhibit his work today for his estate. Perhaps the only gallery to match Midtown's record for sales and exhibitions is the Harmon-Meek Gallery in Naples, Florida which did annual exhibitions starting in 1981 and through his death in 2011 with a memorial exhibition. The gallery also curated and loaned more than twenty-three Vickrey exhibitions (mostly retrospectives) to museums from coast to coast.The Vickrey estate is also represented by the gallery presently. Vickrey had a dry wit and penned numerous articles to the local Cape Cod newspapers, also authoring books The Affable Curmudgeon in 1987 an then Cape Cod's Cockiest Crook in 1996 which was about the traumatic episode of his personal investment counselor stealing his entire life savings (along with ten other Cape Cod residents) which he discovered on Friday the 13th in December of 1991. Submitted by: William Meek, Harmon-Meek Gallery
Ripley Auctions
Nov. 05, 2022
Robert Remsen Vickrey, American (1926-2011), Red Sail, 1992, egg tempera on gesso panel, 17"H x 23 1/4"W (sight), 25 1/4"H x 31 1/4"W (frame)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Robert Remsen Vickrey American, (1926-2011) Red Sail, 1992 egg tempera on gesso panel signed lower right. There is craquelure on the balloons and flaking to the paint on the lower balloon and the dress including the brown area under the dress. There is also an area of cloudiness in the lower shadow under the figure. The frame has loss to the silver leaf. Biography from Harmon-Meek Gallery: Although Robert Vickrey announced his presence on the New York art stage in 1951, the very year that the New York School of Abstract Expressionism was launched, he still managed to stay true to what he thought might just survive the ages, let alone find a place in contemporary art museum and gallery exhibitions as well as support from art collectors. He quipped that when the Whitney Museum of American Art selected one of his early nun paintings The Labyrinth for its Whitney Annual in 1951 "I almost fell over" and when they purchased it for their permanent collection "I did fall over". With that he accepted representation at the Creative Gallery in New York City that same year. He would not be without New York representation for the next fifty years, a testament to his confidence that what he had to offer was viable, if not always "popular". In 1954 his fourth New York exhibition was at the long-established Midtown Galleries,who not only sold his work with regularity through the late 1970's, but also sold the greatest number of his paintings to museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Butler Institute of American Art. Because of their convenient 57 th Street location scores of art directors from many magazines saw his paintings in their exhibitions (both group and solo). The Gruskins advised him when asked by these magazine and book art directors to sell images of specific paintings for single usage in their publications. The art world would later attempt to labelVickrey as a commercial artist, which was not the case at all since he was not painting a new painting to fit a story line, but instead they were using an already created painting to fit the article. Some of his paintings were selected for the covers of Psychology Today and the AMA Medical Journal. By the late 1970s, and partly due to the new interest in photo-realism in art, Vickrey found himself being coaxed away from galleries who were interested in his unique lyrical realist paintings in egg tempera, and in the 1980's, alkyd oil. First was Hirschl & Adler Galleries from 1978 to 1981, then ACA Galleries from 1981 to 1987, the Kennedy Galleries from 1988 to 1993 ending with Gerald Wunderlich Gallery from 1994 to 2001 – completing the fifty years of continual New York Gallery representation and exhibitions. Essentially the tragedy of 9/11 dealt a blow to many galleries in New York City including Wunderlich. By that time he was selling almost all he could create via his galleries on Cape Cod and Naples so he decided to not pursue further New York representation with another gallery. Plus he was 75. When Vickrey moved from his Fairfield, Connecticut home to one on Cape Cod in Orleans he liked the idea of consigning works to a local gallery where he could easily see quick sales results. He started his first relationship with the century old Munson Gallery in 1976 and then moved to Tree's Place Gallery in 2000, who still exhibit his work today for his estate. Perhaps the only gallery to match Midtown's record for sales and exhibitions is the Harmon-Meek Gallery in Naples, Florida which did annual exhibitions starting in 1981 and through his death in 2011 with a memorial exhibition. The gallery also curated and loaned more than twenty-three Vickrey exhibitions (mostly retrospectives) to museums from coast to coast.The Vickrey estate is also represented by the gallery presently. Vickrey had a dry wit and penned numerous articles to the local Cape Cod newspapers, also authoring books The Affable Curmudgeon in 1987 an then Cape Cod's Cockiest Crook in 1996 which was about the traumatic episode of his personal investment counselor stealing his entire life savings (along with ten other Cape Cod residents) which he discovered on Friday the 13th in December of 1991. Submitted by: William Meek, Harmon-Meek Gallery
Ripley Auctions
Nov. 05, 2022
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY, (American, 1926-2011), Snow and Rocks (Truro), gouache on paper, sight: 21 x 28 1/4 in., frame: 31 x 38 1/2 in.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY (American, 1926-2011) Snow and Rocks (Truro) gouache on paper signed Robert Vickrey lower right
Grogan & Company
Oct. 27, 2022
ROBERT VICKREY, American (1926-2011), "Late Afternoon, Mikonos", 1987, egg tempera on panel, 7 7/8 x 12 inches
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
ROBERT VICKREY American, (1926-2011) "Late Afternoon, Mikonos", 1987 egg tempera on panel signed lower right "Robert Vickrey"
Shannon's
Sep. 28, 2022
Robert Vickrey Portrait of Jomo Kenyatta
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Robert Vickrey (American, 1926-2011). Egg yolk tempera on paperboard portrait of Jomo Kenyatta, former Prime Minister (1963-1964) and subsequently President (1964-1978) of Kenya and anti-colonial activist. Signed along the left margin. This painting depicts Kenyatta commissioned by TIME Magazine in 1964. Vickrey provided 77 cover illustration portraits for TIME Magazine during his career. Exhibitions: Miami University Art Museum, "Robert Vickrey: Recent Paintings," March 19 - May 8, 1988. Provenance: The Harmon Gallery, Naples, Florida; Private Minnesota Collection. Jomo Kenyatta (Kenyan, 1897-1978) was an anti-colonial activist and politician who played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the British Empire into an independant republic as the country's first indigenous head of government. Born in Kiambu, British East Africa, he became politically active through the Kikuyu Central Association and travelled to London in 1929 to lobby for Kikuyu land affairs. He co-organized the 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester before returning to Kenya the next year to become a school principal. The following year he was elected as the President of the Kenya African Union, attracting much indigenous support but animosity from white colonialists. In 1952, he was incorrectly arrested as a part of the Kapenguria Six for allegedly masterminding the Mau Mau Uprising. Upon his release from prison he successfully was elected President of KANU and led them to victory in the general election to achieve the position of Prime Minister. As Prime Minister he transitioned Kenya from a colony to a nation and became president in 1964. Kenyatta died in 1978 of a heart attack while in office. Though he has been lauded as the Father of the Nation and was given the honorary title of Mzee, his rule was often criticised as dictatorial, authoritatrian, and neocolonial.
Revere Auctions
Sep. 22, 2022
Robert Remsen Vickrey, Balloon Dance, Screenprint
Est: $600 - $900
Artist: Robert Remsen Vickrey, American (1926 - 2011) Title: Balloon Dance Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in ink Edition: 250, AP 45, HC Size: 31 in. x 23 in. (78.74 cm x 58.42 cm)
RoGallery
Jul. 16, 2022
Robert Remsen Vickrey Painting, Greece
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
(American, 1926-2011) Postcard from Santorini, 1992, signed lower right "Robert Vickrey", egg tempera on gesso panel, 14-7/8 x 10-7/8 in.; silver gilt wood frame, 22-1/8 x 18-1/8 in. Provenance: Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, Florida (labels verso); Private North Carolina Collection
Brunk Auctions
Jul. 07, 2022
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY (Massachusetts/Florida/New York, 1926-2011), "The Visitor"., Color lithograph, 18" x 22" sight. Framed 27" x 31".
Est: $200 - $300
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY Massachusetts/Florida/New York, 1926-2011 "The Visitor". Numbered 80/200. Signed lower right.
Eldred's
May. 10, 2022
Robert Vickrey (American, 1926-2011) Apparition
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Robert Vickrey (American, 1926-2011) Apparition oil on masonite signed Robert Vickrey (lower right) 25 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota Provenance: The Artist ACA Galleries, New York Private Collection, acquired from the above, 1985 Sold: Christie's, New York, September 28, 2010, Lot 259 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Exhibited: New York, Salmagundi Club, American Watercolor Society, Annual watercolor & pastel exhibition, February 20 - March 22, 1984 (won Bronze Medal of Honor)
Hindman
May. 01, 2022
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY, (American, 1926-2011), Nun, egg tempera on Masonite, 14 x 20 in., frame: 23 5/8 x 29 1/2 in.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
ROBERT REMSEN VICKREY (American, 1926-2011) Nun egg tempera on Masonite signed R. Vickrey lower right
Grogan & Company
Apr. 28, 2022
ROBERT VICKREY, American (1926-2011), Cobblestones and Balloons, tempera on board, 20 x 30 inches
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ROBERT VICKREY American, (1926-2011) Cobblestones and Balloons tempera on board signed lower right "Robert Vickrey"
Shannon's
Apr. 28, 2022
ROBERT VICKREY, American (1926-2011), Red Lighthouse at the Shore, 1953, tempera on board, 13 x 27 3/4 inches
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
ROBERT VICKREY American, (1926-2011) Red Lighthouse at the Shore, 1953 tempera on board signed lower left "R. Vickrey 53"
Shannon's
Apr. 28, 2022
ROBERT VICKREY, American (1926-2011), Moonlight Mural, tempera on board, 8 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
ROBERT VICKREY American, (1926-2011) Moonlight Mural tempera on board signed lower right "Robert Vickrey"
Shannon's
Apr. 27, 2022
Robert Vickrey "Portrait of H. H. Humphrey" Egg Yolk Tempera
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Robert Vickrey (American, 1926-2011). Egg yolk tempera on masonite portrait of Hubert Humphrey, the respected Minnesota Senator and Vice President. Signed along the lower left. This painting depicts Humphrey at the zenith of his public recognition during his presidential run in 1968. This painting was commissioned by TIME Magazine, and would have been the magazine cover had Humphrey won the 1968 presidential election. Vickrey provided 77 cover illustration portraits for TIME Magazine during his career.
Revere Auctions
Mar. 16, 2022
Robert Remsen Vickrey, Balloon Dance, Screenprint in ink
Est: $500 - $700
Artist: Robert Remsen Vickrey, American (1926 - 2011) Title: Balloon Dance Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in ink Edition: 250, AP 45, HC Size: 31 in. x 23 in. (78.74 cm x 58.42 cm)
RoGallery
Mar. 06, 2022
ROBERT VICKERY (AMERICAN, 1926-2011).
Est: $300 - $500
Offset Lithograph. "Red Truck". Signed in the plate lower left. From a New York collection.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Dec. 02, 2021
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926-2011): Brick Landscape
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Tempera on Masonite, signed 'Robert Vickrey' lower right, with label from Midtown Galleries, NY. 24 x 36 in., 33 1/2 x 45 in. (frame). Note: Massachusetts-based painter Robert Vickrey was known for his work in the ancient medium of egg tempera. Along with painters Andrew Wyeth, Jared French and Paul Cadmus, Vickrey worked in a style that combined Surrealism with Realism and became known as Magic Realism. Property from the Estate of Phyllis Rothschild Farley
STAIR
Dec. 02, 2021
Robert Vickrey, (American, 1926-2011), Snow and Rocks, circa 1955, tempera on paper taped to board, 18" x 27 3/4"
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Robert Vickrey (American, 1926-2011) Snow and Rocks, circa 1955 tempera on paper taped to board signed lower right 18" x 27 3/4" Provenance: Midtown Galleries, New York, New York (label verso) Metropolitan Museum Centennial Exhibition of the AWS, New York, New York (label verso) Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut (label verso) The Collection of Senator William Benton (label verso)
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Nov. 18, 2021
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926-2011) Sparkling Shadows 7 x 12 in. (17.8 x 30.5 cm.) (Painted in 2009.)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926-2011) Sparkling Shadows signed 'R. Vickrey' (lower left) egg tempera on gesso board 7 x 12 in. (17.8 x 30.5 cm.) Painted in 2009. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Nov. 18, 2021
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926-2011) Lake Regatta 6 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (16.5 x 28.3 cm.) (Painted in 1995.)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926-2011) Lake Regatta signed 'R. Vickrey' (lower left) egg tempera on gesso board 6 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (16.5 x 28.3 cm.) Painted in 1995. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Sep. 27, 2021
Robert Vickrey (American, 1926-2011) Wanderer Butterfly, 1984
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Robert Vickrey (American, 1926-2011) Wanderer Butterfly, 1984 egg tempera on board signed Robert Vickrey (lower right) 10 x 7 ¾ inches. Property from a Private Collection, Columbus, Ohio Provenance: The Harmon Gallery, Naples, Florida
Hindman
Aug. 14, 2021
Robert Vickrey, Am. 1926-2011, Portrait of Blonde Girl, Egg tempera on panel, framed, 8 3/4" x 6 13/16" actual, 16 7/16" x 14 7/16" fra
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Robert Vickrey Am. 1926-2011 Portrait of Blonde Girl Egg tempera on panel, framed Signed l.r., The Harmon Gallery label on verso 8 3/4" x 6 13/16" actual, 16 7/16" x 14 7/16" framed Provenance: Purchased from Harmon-Meek Gallery Naples, Florida c. 1970 to Private Collection Portland, Maine Other Notes: Purportedly a portrait of the artist's daughter.
Barridoff Auctions
Aug. 01, 2021
Robert Vickrey (MA, FL, NY 1926-2011) "Clown"
Est: $250 - $500
Robert Vickrey (Massachusetts, Florida, New York 1926-2011) "Clown" Exhibited tempera on paper painting. With art donor loan label attached verso. Signed lower left. Vickrey has created many paintings that appeared on the cover of "Time" magazine and has written extensively on his methods of using tempera. He has frequently been called an American Surrealist or Magic Realist and uses symbolism extensively. He learned the technique of tempera painting from Lewis York, a protege of Daniel Thompson, Jr. who wrote the textbook for the tempera class at the Yale School of Fine Art. In 1950, Vickrey worked with Josef Albers at Yale. Between 1952 and 1963, Vickrey was in nine annual exhibitions of the Whitney Museum and from 1957 to 1968, had 78 works published on "Time" magazine covers. His work is in numerous museums including the National Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian, the National Academy of Design, the Brooklyn Museum, the Butler Institute of American Art, the Chrysler Museum, and the Corcoran Collection. Sight Size: 26 x 20 in. Overall Framed Size: 30 x 24 in. Framed behind glass.
Helmuth Stone