Nelson Cook White Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Nelson Cook White Art Value Price Guide

Jan. 20, 2025
Nelson Cooke White (American, 1900 - 1989), "San Trovaso, Venice", oil on wooden panel, depicts canal view with arched bridge in foreground, duomo and church steeples in distance, inscribed verso "San Trovaso - Venice...
Est: $125 - $250
Nelson Cooke White (American, 1900 - 1989), "San Trovaso, Venice", oil on wooden panel, depicts canal view with arched bridge in foreground, duomo and church steeples in distance, inscribed verso "San Trovaso - Venice- by Nelson C. White, Waterford, Conn.", in gilded frame with loss, wear consistent with age including age checking to wooden panel especially evident in thinly painted areas, light rubbing where board meets frame, etc., ss: 8 3/4" h. x 12 1/4" w., frame size: 16 1/8" h. x 19 3/4" w.
Winter Associates, Inc.
Jul. 20, 2024
Nelson Cooke White (1900 -1989) American
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Nelson Cooke White (1900 - 1989) Oil on canvasboard, signed lower right, measures (16 x 20 inches) w/frame (19 x 23 inches) Connecticut painter, art historian, and collector, Nelson C. White (1900-1989) was born in Waterford, Connecticut, to artist Henry C. and Grace Holbrook White. He attended the Pomfret School in northeastern Connecticut and graduated from there in 1919. From the age of three, he was surrounded by art and artists and spent time with his parents at the home of Florence Griswold in Old Lyme.Nelson C. White’s early training as an artists was with his father. During 1920 through 1924, he studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City and attended Yale University for one year. During this time, he continued to study with his father and became acquainted with Dwight Tryon, his father’s mentor. He also met Thomas Dewing, and important American figure painter. It was shortly after that he began to devote himself to landscape and marine painting.In 1929, he married Aida Rovetti and they established their home in Waterford. The influence of American artists he met with his father was of great value to him. The painters he met at an early age, Child Hassam, Will Howe Foote and Harry Hoffman, among them, were important to his development.
Cutler Bay Auctions
Mar. 26, 2024
Nelson Cooke White (1900 - 1989) American
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Nelson Cooke White (1900 - 1989) Oil on canvasboard, signed lower right, measures (16 x 20 inches) w/frame (19 x 23 inches) Connecticut painter, art historian, and collector, Nelson C. White (1900-1989) was born in Waterford, Connecticut, to artist Henry C. and Grace Holbrook White. He attended the Pomfret School in northeastern Connecticut and graduated from there in 1919. From the age of three, he was surrounded by art and artists and spent time with his parents at the home of Florence Griswold in Old Lyme. Nelson C. White’s early training as an artists was with his father. During 1920 through 1924, he studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City and attended Yale University for one year. During this time, he continued to study with his father and became acquainted with Dwight Tryon, his father’s mentor. He also met Thomas Dewing, and important American figure painter. It was shortly after that he began to devote himself to landscape and marine painting. In 1929, he married Aida Rovetti and they established their home in Waterford. The influence of American artists he met with his father was of great value to him. The painters he met at an early age, Child Hassam, Will Howe Foote and Harry Hoffman, among them, were important to his development.
Cutler Bay Auctions
Jan. 21, 2022
Nelson Cooke White (AM 1900-1989)
Est: $400 - $800
Nelson Cooke White (American 1900-1989) Spring landscape watercolor and gouache signed lower right identified reverse descending in White Family 9 x 12" 17 x 20" as framed.
Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jan. 21, 2022
Nelson Cooke White (AM 1900-1989)
Est: $400 - $600
Nelson Cooke White (American 1900-1989) Summer Landscape with a pond pastel on paper descending in branch of the White Family 19 x 21" 30x 30" as framed
Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jan. 21, 2022
Nelson Cooke White (AM 1900-1989)
Est: $400 - $600
Nelson Cooke White (American 1900-1989) Pastel Seascape identifed reverse 9 x 12" 18 x 21" as framed descending in white family
Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 04, 2020
NY SCALLOP BOAT PAINTING - N. WHITE
Est: $200 - $300
Old oil painting on board of fishing boats signed Nelson C. White. Back identified SCALLOP DREDGERS, PECONIC BAY (NY). 9.5 x 14 inches, framed 17.5 x 21.5. (Nelson Cooke White 1900-1989 was a CT marine and landscape painter)
Americana Auctions
Jun. 04, 2020
NELSON COOKE WHITE, Connecticut, 1900-1989, Eve and the serpent., Pastel on board, 9" x 12". Unframed.
Est: $200 - $300
NELSON COOKE WHITE Connecticut, 1900-1989 Eve and the serpent. Signed lower right "Nelson C. White". Pastel on board, 9" x 12". Unframed.
Eldred's
Jul. 15, 2018
NELSON COOKE WHITE 'POND' OIL PAINTING ON BOARD
Est: $200 - $300
Nelson Cooke White (American, 1900-1989) oil painting on board depicting a landscape scene. Signed lower left. Titled 'The Pond' on label to verso. Measures 5" (12.7cm) x 3 1/4" (8.2cm) + 1 7/8" (4.8cm) frame.
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Jul. 25, 2016
Nelson Cooke White (Connecticut, 1900-1989), oil on board, "Shore At Waterford," 1944, coastal seascape depicting tide rippling towa...
Est: $200 - $500
Nelson Cooke White (Connecticut, 1900-1989), oil on board, "Shore At Waterford," 1944, coastal seascape depicting tide rippling towards rocky beach shore, signed LR, inscribed in pencil verso "To Edith W. Bean, From her friend, Nelson C. White, Jan. 1944; Shore At Waterford, By Nelson C. White," in bronze-painted wooden frame, expected wear including some discoloration and frame rubbing along edges, minor flaking UL, frame with some surfaces scratching and sporadic chipping/nicking along sides and corners, ss: 9 1/2" h. x 13 1/2" w.
Winter Associates, Inc.
Dec. 23, 2015
Nelson C. White (1900-1989) American painter
Est: $50 - $75
[ART] Nelson C. White (1900-1989) American painter, art historian. ALS, Waterford, Ct., 1937, 4 pages, to the noted artist Horace Robbins Burdick (1844-1942). Excellent content; mentions William Merritt Chase and others. Fine.
East Coast Books
Apr. 11, 2012
Three Framed Works by Members of the White Family of Connecticut: Henry Cooke White (American 1861-1952), Summer Landscape, signed "...
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Three Framed Works by Members of the White Family of Connecticut: Henry Cooke White (American 1861-1952), Summer Landscape, signed "H.C. White" l.l., pastel on paper/board, sight size 7 x 11 in.; Nelson Cooke White (American, 1900-1989), Spring Landscape, signed "Nelson C. White" in pencil l.r., pastel on paper/board, sight size 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.; and Nelson Holbrook White (American, b. 1932), Manhattan Skyline from Hoboken Waterfront, signed and dated "Nelson Holbrook White 1993" l.r., titled and inscribed on the reverse, oil on canvasboard, 9 3/8 x 11 7/8 in. N.B. This lot contains works by grandfather, father, and son of the White family, with roots in Waterford and in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Each work is inscribed on the reverse.
Skinner
Jan. 11, 2010
Nelson Cooke White (American 1900-1989), watercolor, entitled and dated LL "Stratford on Avon, Aug 1959", pencil signed LR, in gilt ...
Est: $400 - $600
Nelson Cooke White (American 1900-1989), watercolor, entitled and dated LL "Stratford on Avon, Aug 1959", pencil signed LR, in gilt molded frame with double acidic ivory and blue mat; ss: 8 3/4" h., 11 1/2" w.
Winter Associates, Inc.
Sep. 23, 2007
NELSON C. WHITE (American, 1900-1989) COECLES
Est: $400 - $600
NELSON C. WHITE (American, 1900-1989) COECLES HARBOR SHORE, SHELTER ISLAND signed Nelson C. White, l.l.; inscribed on verso with title: "To Frederick Hartmans with the gratitude and appreciation of his friend Nelson C. White, March 1966"; watercolor; sight: 8 1/2 x 11 inches
Grogan & Company
Apr. 01, 2005
NELSON COOK WHITE ( American, 1900-1989)
Est: $600 - $800
NELSON COOK WHITE ( American, 1900-1989) "Clearing After Fog", Greens Harbor (New London). Signed lower left "Nelson C. White '35". Titled and presented on reverse "To T.P. Brightman, with the kind regards and appreciation of Henry C. and Nelson C. White, September, 1935". Watercolor on paper, 8" x 11 1/2 " sight.
Eldred's