Reginald Marsh

An urban realist painter of New York City genre, Reginald Marsh devoted his career to depicting people going about their everyday business including Bowery bums, vulgar party goers, and persons elbowing their way in crowded subways. He was also a printmaker, completing about 236 etchings*, lithographs*, and engravings*, and devoted much time, especially in the 1930s, to printmaking*. Many of his paintings were done in watercolor and egg tempera*.

He was born in Paris to American-born artist parents, Fred Dana and Alice Randall Marsh. His family settled in Nutley, New Jersey in 1900 and later in New Rochelle, New York. After graduating from Yale University, he worked as a free-lance illustrator in New York City for the Daily News and The New Yorker and studied at the Art Students League*.

He was much influenced by urban realists John Sloan, George Luks and Kenneth Hayes Miller. He went briefly to Europe and then returned to New York to pursue his sympathetic depiction of low-life subjects. In the 1930s, he did murals for the W.P. A.*, and in 1943, he was elected a full Academician to the National Academy of Design*.

Reginald Marsh died in Dorset, Vermont in 1954.

Source:
Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art

Pricing Forecast

The forecast for Marsh pieces is flat, auction results show pieces selling mostly below estimates, with a few passing at auction.

Title: A Seated Woman

Hammer Price*: -not sold-
*(Does not include auction fee to buyer)
Low Estimate: $400
High Estimate: $800

Signature: Signed Monogram
Size: 4.00″ x 2.88″
(10.16cm x 7.32cm)
Created: not given
Medium: Oil / Masonite

Auction Lot: 360
Auction House:
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales
Auction Date: 12/02/2016-12/03/2016

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© 2001 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Title: Three Chorus Girls, Four Men in a Box

Sales Price**: $16,250
**(Includes auction fee to buyer)
Low Estimate: $15,000
High Estimate: $25,000

Size: 16.25″ x 20.13″
(41.28cm x 51.13cm)
Created: not given
Medium: Oil / Canvas

Auction Lot: 83
Auction House: Bonhams New York
Auction Date: 11/22/2016

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© 2001 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Title: WALKING WOMAN: A DOUBLE-SIDED PAINTING

Sales Price**: $6,880
**(Includes auction fee to buyer)
Low Estimate: $25,000
High Estimate: $35,000

Signature: Signed and Dated
Size: 17.75″ x 13.58″
(45.09cm x 34.49cm)
Created: 1953
Medium: Oil / Canvasboard

Auction Lot: 112
Auction House: Sotheby’s New York
Auction Date: 11/21/2016

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Sales Price**: $1,560
**(Includes auction fee to buyer)
Low Estimate: $1,500
High Estimate: $2,500

Signature: Signed Lower Right
Size: 5.00″ x 4.00″
(12.70cm x 10.16cm)
Created: not given
Medium: Oil / Masonite

Auction Lot: 35
Auction House: John Moran Auctioneers
Auction Date: 07/30/2016

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Hammer Price*: $4,000
*(Does not include auction fee to buyer)
Low Estimate: $4,000
High Estimate: $8,000

Signature: Signed and Dated
Size: 14.00″ x 11.00″
(35.56cm x 27.94cm)
Created: c. 1953
Medium: Oil and ink / Board

Auction Lot: 193
Auction House: Stair Galleries
Auction Date: 06/12/2016

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© 2001 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Title: Strongman and Lady Friend

Sales Price**: $2,500
**(Includes auction fee to buyer)
Low Estimate: $2,000
High Estimate: $3,000

Signature: Signed
Size: 5.00″ x 4.00″
(12.70cm x 10.16cm)
Created: not given
Medium: Oil / Board

Auction Lot: 37
Auction House: Swann Galleries
Auction Date: 06/09/2016

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Sales Price**: $6,250
**(Includes auction fee to buyer)
Low Estimate: $6,000
High Estimate: $10,000

Signature: Signed Lower Right
Size: 13.39″ x 9.37″
(34.00cm x 23.80cm)
Created: 1949
Medium: Oil / Panel

Auction Lot: 35
Auction House: Freeman’s
Auction Date: 06/05/2016

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Sales Price**: $17,500
**(Includes auction fee to buyer)
Low Estimate: $20,000
High Estimate: $30,000

Signature: Signed and Dated
Size: 16.13″ x 19.88″
(40.97cm x 50.50cm)
Created: 1952
Medium: Oil / Board

Auction Lot: 10
Auction House: Bonhams New York
Auction Date: 05/18/2016

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Sales Price**: $30,000
**(Includes auction fee to buyer)
Low Estimate: $30,000
High Estimate: $50,000

Signature: Signed Lower Right
Size: 16.25″ x 20.00″
(41.28cm x 50.80cm)
Created: not given
Medium: Oil / Masonite

Auction Lot: 68113
Auction House: Heritage Auctions
Auction Date: 05/07/2016

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Hammer Price*: -not sold-
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Low Estimate: $8,000
High Estimate: $12,000

Signature: Signed on Reverse
Size: 15.00″ x 20.25″
(38.10cm x 51.44cm)
Created: not given
Medium: Oil / Board

Auction Lot: 94
Auction House:
Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers
Auction Date: 04/28/2016

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Hammer Price*: -not sold-
*(Does not include auction fee to buyer)
Low Estimate: $2,000
High Estimate: $4,000

Signature: Signed and Dated
Size: 5.00″ x 4.00″
(12.70cm x 10.16cm)
Created: 1952
Medium: Oil / Masonite

Auction Lot: 197
Auction House: Bonhams San Francisco
Auction Date: 03/07/2016

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Sales Price**: $3,690
**(Includes auction fee to buyer)
Low Estimate: $3,000
High Estimate: $5,000

Signature: Signed and Dated
Size: 5.00″ x 3.00″
(12.70cm x 7.62cm)
Created: 1952
Medium: Oil / Panel

Auction Lot: 346
Auction House: Skinner Inc, Boston
Auction Date: 01/22/2016

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