Saturday, November 16, 2019
Social starts at 6:30 pm
Live auction starts at 8 pm
Member tickets: $40
Non-Member tickets: $50

Tickets can be purchased at the Museum
by calling 701.777.4195
or

 

 

Free event parking

Auction Preview
Thursday, October 20 until the Auction.
Museum Hours:
Monday – Friday, 9 to 5 pm
Saturday – Sunday, 1 to 5 pm

Auction Walk-about
Thursday, November 14, 7 pm. Laurel Reuter, Auction Curator, will lead an informal discussion about works in the Auction.

 

Welcome to the twenty-second annual Autumn Art Auction. The Museum originally started the auction in order to build a regional support system for the artists who live in our region. Galleries were few and far between; there wasn’t an established regional market. Thankfully, this has changed in North Dakota, especially in Grand Forks and its surrounding communities. Auctions and sales have become commonplace. Original art is the norm in locally owned restaurants. Young people are filling their homes with art from our own artists.

This Auction set the regional precedent for paying artists before paying ourselves. We never ask artists to donate art—although some do. For the first 19 years of this auction, we allowed artists to set a minimum price, which they were guaranteed to receive. Work that didn’t reach the artist’s minimum was brought in by the Museum and returned. Any amount over the reserve was split 50/50 between the artist and the Museum. Finally, we feel confident that the prices for art have stabilized. The artists and the Museum will split the sales 50/50 in the 2019 Art Auction.
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Others in the region have adopted our policy of paying artists. Instead of always being asked to donate, artists can expect actual income from auctions sponsored by art entities. And, bless you buyers for not forgetting that this is also a benefit for the Museum. We value your generosity.

Remember, when you buy through the Auction, the price includes framing. Frames are often custom made by the artists or framed by the Museum staff with archival materials. This adds significant value to most artworks, often as much as $400 in the Grand Forks market but considerably more elsewhere. Please note that sales tax is charged on all art that stays in North Dakota.

 

 

Click here to download Rules of the Auction
 
Click here to download Absentee Bid Form
 
Click here to view archived Autumn Art Auction catalogs

 

 


Patrons – $1000

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Sponsors – $750

 

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Family Day at the Museum
 
 
 

Supporters – $500

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You Are Here Gallery
 

 

 


 

 

Lot #1

Gillian Bedford
Backyard #1, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 20 inches
Range: $300 - 600

Lot #2

Paul Gronhovd
Evening Light
Digital archival print, intentional camera movement and composit images
12 x 12 inches
22 x 21.75 inches framed
Range: $350 - 500

Lot #3

Madelyn Camrud
The Hazzards of Excess, 2019
Mixed Media
19 x 21 inches
26.5 x 29 inches framed
Range: $450 - 650

Lot #4

Elmer O. Thompson
Elmer's Brother Fred with Kitten
Digital archival print of scanned glass plate negative
16.75 x 12.25 inches
25 x 21.25 framed
Range: $300 - 400

 

Lot #5

Sarah Christianson
Shale Shaker Street, July, 2015
C-print
20 x 24 inches
Range: $900 - 1,300

Lot #6

Sarah Christianson
Thunderstorm near Alexander, July, 2017
C-print
20 x 24 inches
Range: $900 - 1,300

Lot #7

Pirjo Berg
Up to the Mountain, 2019
Oil on synthetic paper mounted on board
12 x 12 inches
Range: $300 - 450

Lot #8

Zoe Powell
Divided Form - Silk Collection, 2018
Minnesota clay blend, cone 5 oxidation
8 x 15 x 19 inches deep
Range: $800 - 1,200

Lot #9

Vernal Bogren Swift
Earth Was Thus The Mother Of All Thing . . . Lucretius, first century B.C. 2018
Batik and shinshi sticks
16 x 66 inches
Range: $1,000 - 1,400

Lot #10

Daniel Sharbono
Untitled Lamp, c. 2014 - 2018
Mixed media including wood, wire mesh, LED lights, plastic plants, ceramics
14 x 12 x 12 inches
Range: $200 - 350

Lot #11

Daniel Sharbono
TLogom, c. 2017
Mixed media and embroidery
21 x 25 inches
Range: $300 - 400

Lot #12

Don Knudson
Trees, 2019
Wood, acrylic on panel
18 x 36 x 2 inches
Range: $350 - 550

Lot #13

Marlon Davidson & Don Knudson
Spring Birds, 2019
Wood, acrylic, canvas
Diameter 42 inches x 2 inches deep
Range: $650 - 850

Lot #14

Takashi Iwasaki
Oh, Victoria, 2019
Magazine paper, holographic sheet, glue on paper
9.18 x 7.25 inches
12 x 10 inches framed
Range: $700 - 1,200

Lot #15

Marley Kaul
Looking at the Overlooked, 2018
Acrylic on canvas, cherry frame
57 x 41.5 inches
Range: $4,000 - 5,000

Lot #16

Heidi Goldberg
Deep Snow Study in Blue, 2018
Intaglio and momotype on mulberry with linen and ink. Woven on a loom.
51 x 18.5  inches
Range: $900 - 1,200

 

Lot #17

Heidi Goldberg
Deep Snow Stude with Ice, 2018
Intaglio and monotype on mulberry with linen and ink. Woven on the loom.
54 x 18.5 inches
Range: $900 - 1,200

Lot #18

Heidi Goldberg
Enclosing Ourselves, 2019
Wood frame, intaglio on paper, linen
10 x 15.5 x 2 inches
Range: $250 - 350

Lot #19

Michael Conlan
Prairie Mountains, 2019
Archival pigment photographic print
40 x 40 inches
41.25 x 41.25 inches
Range: $450 - 650

Lot #20

Butch Holden
Visitors, 2003
Oil stick and oil pastel on paper
50 x 38 inches framed
Range: $500 - 1,000

Lot #21

Butch Holden
Basket, 2019
Stoneware
11 x 10.25 inch diameter
Range: $400 - 800

Lot #22

Butch Holden
River Plate, 2019
Stoneware
12 x 24 x 3 inches
Range: $200 - 400

Lot #23

Cyrus Swann
Bowl, 2019
Stoneware
6 x 14.5 inch diameter
Range: $150 - 300

Lot #24

Kimberly Benson
Wild Flowers in Pasture (Vanitas), 2019
Oil on canvas on panel
17 x 10.5 inches
Range: $375 - 600

Lot #25

Cyrus Swann
Botanical Bottles, 2019
Reductive stoneware
15.5 x 24 inches
Range: $450 - 550

Lot #26

Cyrus Swann
Wood Watchman, 2019
Mixed media salvaged wood, reduction fired stoneware
23 x 9.75 inches
Range: $150 - 200

Lot #27

Melanie Rocan
Rouge,  2010
Oil on canvas
42 x 36 inches
Range: $3,000 - 3,750

Lot #28

Guillermo Guardia
Untitled, 2019
Stoneware, underglazes, clear glazes
22 x 17 across x 8 inches deep
Range: $2,750 - 3,500

Lot #29

Richard Tsong-Taatarii
Oglala, South Dakota, 2013
Archival pigment print
12.25 x 18.75 inches
20.75 x 26.5 inches framed
Range: $400 - 700

Lot #30

Roxi Homelvig-Mathis
ITree Lightening I, 2013
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 20 inches
Range: $250 - 350

Lot #31

Elizabeth Woods
Minot Hills, 1992
Watercolor on paper
15 x 22 inches
19.25 x 26.25 inches framed
Range: $250 - 350

Lot #32

Matthew Anderson
Manipura, 2019
Watercolor with MaimeriBlu pigments on wood, Sennelier India Ink, using Karka scripting bruches
36 inch diameter
Range: $1,200 - 1,600

Lot #33

Adam Kemp
Lincoln Park, Are There Trees in Space, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 inches
Range: $1,500 - 2,200

Lot #34

Gretchen Kottke
Sound of Silence, 2019
Oil on canvas
18 x 36 inches
Range: $1,500 - 2,200

Lot #35

Kelli Nelson
Transmutation, 2018
Oi on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Range: $1,200 - 1,400

Lot #36-37

Ingrid Lincoln
Pair of Corn Pieces, 2016
Corn fiber, machine stitched
17.5 x 22 inched framed
Range: $400 - 450 pair
$300 - 400 each

Lot #38

Ingrid Lincoln
Corn Piece, 2016
Corn, machine stiched
17.5 x 10.5 inches
Range: $200 - 275

Lot #39

Arvin Davis
Cuban Today, 2019
Acrylic, smoke bombs, firecrackers
20 x 16 inches
Range: $700 - 1,200

Lot #40

Robert Archambeau
Vessel, c. 2015
11 x 9.5 inches
Value: $1,000

Lot #41

Brian Paulsen
London Memories, 2019
Ballpoint pen on paper
13 x 9 inches
Range: $600 - 900

Lot #42

Emily Williams-Wheeler
Dust Storm, 2018
Acrylic, graphite on panel
36 x 36 inches
Range: $800 - 1,000

Lot #43

Emily Williams-Wheeler
Early Winter Along the River, 2018
Encaustic and oil on panel
24 x 24 inches
Range: $500 - 700

Lot #44

Aleksander Hettich
Immersed, 2019
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches
Range: $400 - 700

Lot #45

Aleksander Hettich
Pomegranates, 2019
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Range: $350 - 650

 

Lot #46

Carl Oltvedt
Yellow Headed Blackbird IV, 2019
Pastel and charcoal on hand-toned Annigoni paper
34 x 26 inches framed
Range: $1,200 - 1,500

Lot #47

Mariah Masilko
Fox and Poplars, 2019
Watercolor
6 x 6.25 inches
10 x 10 inches framed
Range: $200 - 300

Lot #48

William Charles Harbot, aka Billy Chuck
I Did It, or Three Wishes, 2019
Mixed media collage with cast resin
20 x 16 inches
Range: $250 - 450

Lot #49

Shaun Morin
Send in the Clowns, 2015 - 2019
Oil on canvas
38.25 x 41.25 inches
Range: $2,000 - 2,800

Lot #50

Duane Perkins
Untitled, 2019
Porcelain
10 x 10 inch diameter
Range: $400 - 800

Lot #51

Duane Perkins
Untitled, 2019
Porcelain
15 x 6 inches
Range: $400 - 800

Lot #52

Jessie Thorson
Bird Brained, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Range: $2,000 - 2,500

Lot #53

Chris Pancoe
Untitled (coffee pot), 2017
Stoneware
10.5 x 7.5 x 5 inches
Range: $125 - 175

 

Lot #54

Ned Krouse
Prairie Song, 2017
Wheel thrown, slip decorated, raku fired
10.5 x 7.5 x 5 inches
Range: $350 - 450

Lot #55

Walter Piehl
Bison Skull #3, 2018
Acrylic on canvas with collage images by George Catlin and Karl Bodnar
36 x 24 inches
Range: $3,200 - 3,600

Lot #56

Frank Sampson
Bear-Time, 2019
Acrylic on Arches paper mounted on gator board
26 x 37.5 inches
Range: $3,000 - 4,000

Lot #57

Frank Sampson
Animals Are Coming to Town, 2019
Acrylic on Arches paper mounted on gator board
26 x 33 inches
Range: $3,000 - 4,000


Lot #58

Iosefa Faiai
Dread Series, 2009
Mixed media on three panels
48 x 12 inches inches
Range: $300 - 400

Lot #59

Iosefa Faiai
Dread Series, 2009
Mixed media on three panels
48 x 12 inches inches
Range: $300 - 400

Lot #60

Iosefa Faiai
Dread Series, 2009
Mixed media on three panels
48 x 12 inches inches
Range: $300 - 400

Lot #61

John Colle Rogers
Nekoma, 2019
Steel, shadow
72 x 48 x 3 inches
Range: $600 - 1,000


 


 

  

Lot #62

Mollie Douthit
Lab Partner, 2017
Oil on Linen
10 x 12  inches
Range: $900 - 1,000

Lot #63

Jessica Matson-Fluto
Squall, 2016
Monotype
7 x 14.5 inches
17.5 x 24.5 inches framed
Range: $300 - 400