Due to an overwhelming response from the community, the "Sangster's Niagara" exhibition was extended through Saturday, November 30, 2013.
“Sangster’s Niagara” an exhibition of the major life’s work of Amos W. Sangster (1833-1904), the “Artist of the Niagara Frontier”, is currently on exhibit at Meibohm Fine Arts in East Aurora, NY, October 18 – November 16, 2013. This unprecedented collection is the culmination of more than two years of work at the gallery, uniting Sangster’s exquisite original studies with his signed etchings from the famed folio Niagara River and Falls from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.
Sangster’s ambitious project was published from 1886-89 as the self-taught artist’s dream, that was a decade in the making. It consisted of 153 copper etchings based on numerous ink and graphite drawings, as well as gouache paintings arranged in folios. The subject matter included the Niagara River, rapids, falls and gorge as well as its connection to the region, including Grand Island, area forts and Buffalo’s harbor and commerce. The artist’s intimate knowledge of the region is deftly recorded in sparkling or misty water, textured rocks, fort ruins, shadowed trees, riverbanks and buildings.
Amos W. Sangster, well respected by artists, collectors and the business community of the late 19th century now has a deserved light shed on his significant artistic and historical contribution to the Niagara Region. The fall 2013 issue of Western New York Heritage Magazine includes a feature article on Amos Sangster written by Mark Strong.
Note: More original artwork & etchings are available on our artist page for Amos W. Sangster's link.
Catalog of Exhibition:
Please contact the gallery concerning availability of works from past exhibits.
1. “Tow Leaving Buffalo Harbor”
12-3/8 x 7-1/4, folio etching in sepia, slr
700.00
2. Introductory to Folio with Vignette
Etching & Study for “Calm — Tow on
Lake Erie”
top: 4-5/8 x 5-1/2, vignette etching in sepia;
bottom: 4-3/4 x 8-3/4, original pencil study, ilr
950.00
3. “Buffalo Harbor”
7-7/8 x 13-1/2, ink wash study for folio
etching (II) of same name, slr
1600.00 (Sold)
4. “Buffalo Harbor” (II)
7-5/8 x 13-3/8, folio etching in sepia, sll,
(modern Chine-collé mount)
700.00 (Sold)
5. “Buffalo Harbor” (left half of 2 parts)
6-5/8 x 9-7/8, ink wash study for folio
etching (II) of same name, uns
775.00 (sold)
6. “Elevator — Buffalo Harbor”
7-1/8 x 4-7/8, ink wash & gouache study for
vignette etching (XVII) of same name, uns
600.00 (Sold)
7. Untitled- ‘Buffalo Harbor’
7 x 12-1/4, ink wash, gouache & pencil
study, uns
1600.00 (Sold)
8. Folio Contract with Sample Etching,
C.H. Frank Card & Study for Vignette
Etching “A Glimpse of the Horse-shoe,
from Pathway to Cave of the Winds”
study: 6-1/4 x 7-7/8, ink wash & pencil
for vignette etching (LXIX), uns
1300.00 (Sold)
9. “A Quiet Spot — Above Village of Fort Erie”
7-7/8 x 13, ink wash study for vignette
etching (VII) of same name, ill
1600.00
10. Untitled- ‘Interior of Fort Erie with Man’
10-1/8 x 14-1/4, ink wash study, uns
1600.00
11. “Old Wind Mill (Now removed)”
top: 5-1/2 x 8, ink wash & gouache study
ill; bottom: 3-5/8 x 4-1/2, vignette etching
of same name (X)
825.00
12. “Revolving Light at Entrance to
Niagara River”
top: 8-5/8 x 9-3/4, ink wash & gouache study,
ilr; bottom: 4-1/8 x 5, vignette etching of same
name (IV)
Doantion to 2019 History Museum - Paint the Town
13. “Life-boat Coming in from Wreck —
Lake Erie”
top: 5-1/4 x 5-7/8, ink wash, ilr; bottom: 5 x 7,
vignette etching of same name (VI)
825.00
14. “Interior Old Fort Erie — Looking Across
River to Buffalo”
7-1/2 x 13, ink wash study for folio etching of
same name (V), ill
1800.00 (Sold)
15. “Old Fort Erie — Sunset”
7-3/8 x 12-3/4, ink wash & gouache study
for folio etching of same name (No. 3), slr
1700.00
16. “First Sail on Lake Erie. Scene from
Mouth of Buffalo Creek in the year 1679”
4-1/2 x 7-1/2, vignette etching in sepia (III)
250.00 (Sold)
17. “First Sail on Lake Erie. Scene from
Mouth of Buffalo Creek in the year 1679”
7-1/2 x 13-3/4, ink wash study for vignette
etching of same name (III), ilr
1800.00 (Sold) Limited Edition (of 25) Gicleé prints are available for 150.00 (unframed)
18. “Two Miles below the Falls – American
Side” & “A Glimpse of the Rapids above
American Falls, from Goat Island”
top: 6-1/4 x 10-/2, pencil study for vignette
etching of same name (LXXVIII), uns;
bottom: 6-3/8 x 9-7/8, pencil study for folio
etching of same name (XXIII), uns
1100.00
19. “Luna Island, from Prospect Park,
American Side” (XXI)
7-1/8 x 14-1/8, folio etching, slr
600.00
20. “A Glimpse of the Rapids above
American Falls, from Goat Island” (XXIII)
7-7/8 x 12-7/8, folio etching, slr
600.00
21. “Luna Island, from Prospect Park,
American Side” & “Terrapin Point”
top: 6 x 10, pencil study for folio etching
of same name (XXI), uns; bottom: 6-1/2
x 9-3/8, pencil study for folio etching of
same name (XVII), uns
1100.00
22. “Winter View, Goat Island side of
Horseshoe Falls”
13-3/8 x 8-7/8, ink wash & gouache study
for folio etching of same name (XXVII), uns
1800.00 (sold)
23. “Winter View, Goat Island side of Horseshoe Falls” (XXVII)
13-3/8 x 8-3/4, folio etching in green, sll
700.00 (sold)
24. “Terrapin Point, Horse Shoe Falls”
top: 5-3/4 x 9-7/8, pencil study, uns;
bottom: 1-1/2 x 8-1/2, vignette etching of
same name (XLIII)
700.00 (sold)
25. “The end of the Pathway — Horseshoe Falls”
left: 9-1/2 x 2-1/2, ink wash study, uns; right:
10 x 3, vignette etching of same name (LVIII)
700.00
26. “Rapids above the Falls”
top: 3-3/4 x 8-1/2, vignette etching (LXIV);
bottom: 4-1/8 x 9-1/8, ink wash study
of the same name, uns
700.00
27. “American Falls - A View looking down
the River from Foot of Horse Shoe Falls -
American Side”
8-1/4 x 14, ink wash, gouache & pencil study
for folio etching of same name (XXVIII), uns
1500.00 (BPAC collection)
28. “American Falls - A View looking down
the River from Foot of Horse Shoe Falls -
American Side” (XXVIII)
7-1/2 x 13-1/4, folio etching, slr, (modern
Chine-collé mount)
700.00 (BPAC collection)
29. “A Glimpse of the Horse-shoe, from
Pathway to Cave of the Winds”
7-5/8 x 12, ink wash, gouache & pencil
study for vignette etching of same name
(LXIX), uns
1000.00
30. “A Glimpse of the Horse-shoe Falls”
left: 8-1/8 x 4-7/8, pencil study, uns;
right: 8-1/2 x4-1/2, vignette etching of
same name (LIV)
700.00 (Sold)
31. “The Road to Terrapin Point-Goat Island”
13-5/8 x 9-7/8, ink wash study for folio
etching of same name (XXXII), slr
1400.00
32. “Two Miles below the Falls - American Side”
4-1/8 x 8, ink wash study for vignette
etching of same name (LXXVIII), ilr
725.00 (Sold)
33. “View of the Horseshoe Falls from Canada
Shore, above the Ferry Landing”
7-3/4 x 13-3/4, ink wash study for folio
etching of same name (XV), slr
1700.00 (Sold)
34. “Fallen Rocks below American Falls”
9 x 13-1/4, ink wash study for folio etching
of same name (XVI), slr
1700.00 (sold)
35. “River Niagara” (Map of Lake Erie to
Lake Ontario, 1872)
12-1/2 x 20, hand colored map to include
cities, towns, forts & railroad lines
385.00 (Sold)
36. “Horseshoe Fall, winter view from
the Ice Bridge”
8-3/8 x 13-3/4, ink wash & gouache on
colored paper study for folio etching of
same name (XXIV), uns 1500.00 (sold)
37. “Pathway to the Old Maid-of-the-Mist
Landing - Canada Side”
left: 8 x 3-7/8, pencil study, uns;
right: 7-3/8 x 3-1/2, vignette etching of
same name (LXXIII)
700.00
38. “On Lundy's Lane - Canada”
left: 8 x 4, ink wash study, ill; right: 7-1/2 x 3-5/8,
vignette etching in green of same
name (LXVII)
800.00 (sold)
39. “Fisherman’s Cottage — American Side”
7-3/8 x 12-1/8, ink wash study on colored paper
for folio etching of same name (VII), ilr
1000.00 (Sold)
40. “Elevator — Buffalo Harbor”
left: 8-1/4 x 6-1/2, ink wash, gouache & pencil
study, uns; right: 4-3/4 x 2-3/4, vignette
etching in sepia of same name (XVII)
700.00 (Sold)
41. Untitled- ‘Sailboats on Lake Erie’
9 x 6-1/2, ink wash & gouache, ill
625.00 (sold)
42. Untitled- ‘Tug on Lake Erie’
3-7/8 x 4-3/4, pencil study, ilr
300.00 (sold)
43. “Squaw Island - American Side”
4-7/8 x 9-3/4, ink wash & gouache study for
vignette etching of same name (XVIII), uns
650.00 (sold)
44. Untitled- ‘Tonawanda Lumber’
4 x 9, pencil study, uns
400.00 (sold)
45. “A Quiet Spot - Above Village of Fort Erie”
5 x 7, ink wash study for vignette etching
of same name (VII), uns
400.00 (sold)
46. “Canada Shore — Above French Creek”
7-7/8 x 13-5/8, charcoal, pencil & gouache
study for folio etching of same name (VIII), slr
950.00 (sold)
47. “Tonawanda Island, Opposite
Tonawanda Village, American Side”
5-3/4 x 13-5/8, pencil study for folio etching
of same name (XII), uns
700.00 (sold)
48. “Tonawanda Island, Opposite
Tonawanda Village, American Side”
8-3/4 x 14-1/2, ink wash study for etching
of same name (XII), uns
800.00 (sold)
49. “Tonawanda Island, Opposite
Tonawanda Village, American Side” (XII)
6-1/8 x 13-1/2, folio etching, slr
500.00 (sold)
50. “Entrance to Cave of the Winds, Niagara
Falls, American Side”
13-1/8 x 8-1/2, ink wash & gouache study
for folio etching of same name (XXVI), sll
2000.00 (sold)
51. “Entrance to Cave of the Winds, Niagara
Falls, American Side” (XXVI)
13-5/8 x 8-7/8, folio etching, slr, (modern
Chine-collé mount)
700.00 (Sold)
52. “Above Lewiston — American Side”
4-1/8 x 9-1/8, ink wash study for vignette
etching of same name (LXXVII), uns
725.00
53. “A Relic of Old Fort Schlosser”
left: 4 x 9, ink wash study, ilr;
right: 8-3/8 x 3-5/8, vignette etching of
same name (XLIV), slr
750.00 (sold)
54. “Second Sister Island”
8-3/8 x 13-1/2, ink wash study for folio
etching of same name (XXX), uns
800.00
55. Untitled- ‘B’ & “The Cot”
top: 7-7/8 x 6, ink wash & gouache stylized
‘dropped capital’ letter, ilr; bottom: 6-3/8 x 8,
ink wash & gouache, study, ill
1400.00 (Sold)
56. “French Creek”, Untitled- ‘Boat’, Study
for ‘Ship’ (III), & Untitled- ‘Old Tree’
A: 4-5/8 x 10-5/8, ink wash & gouache study on colored
paper for vignette etching of same name
(No. 1), ill; B: 9 x 6-1/2, pencil study, uns;
C: 3-1/8 x 3-7/8, pencil study for vignette
etching of same name (III), uns; and
D: 4-7/8 x 3-3/8, pencil study, uns
1200.00
57. “Cascade, Below Terrapin Point”, “In
the woods on Goat Island”, & “The
Rapids, from Goat Island”
A: 9-1/8 x 6-1/8, ink wash & pencil study
for vignette etching of same name (XLVI),
uns; B: 8 x 3-1/8, ink wash for vignette
etching of same name (LXII), ilr; C: 4-1/8
x 9-1/8, ink wash study for vignette etching
of same name (LV), ilr
1300.00
58. “The Sentinel - Near the Old Suspension
Bridge”, “Under the Cliff”, & “Fort
Niagara - Three miles away”
A: 10 x 3, ink wash study for vignette
etching of same name (LXVIII), ilr;
B: 9 x 4-1/8, ink wash study for vignette
etching of same name (XCIV), ilr; C: 3 x 10,
ink wash study for vignette etching of same
name (XCIII), ilr
1300.00
59. “Brock's Monument, from the American Side”
8-3/8 x 13-1/4, ink wash study for folio
etching of same name (XL), slr
1600.00 (Sold)
60. “Opposite Lewiston”
9 x 13, watercolor study for folio etching
of same name (XLII), slr
1100.00
61. “Opposite Lewiston” (XLII)
6-7/8 x 12-1/4, folio etching, slr
500.00
62. “Looking up the Gorge above Lewiston”
7-3/4 x 13-1/2, ink wash study for folio
etching of same name (XXXIX), slr
1100.00
63. “From the Road to Brock’s Monument”
8-3/8 x 14, ink wash study for folio etching
of same name (XXXVIII), slr
1700.00 (Sold)
64. “The Sphinx of the Whirlpool”
8-1/2 x 13-1/2, ink wash study for folio
etching of same name (XXXV), uns
1400.00 (Sold)
65. “On the River Road — Canada Side”
11-5/8 x 7-5/8, ink wash study for folio
etching of same name (XLIV), uns
1200.00
66. “A Relic of Fort George Niagara”
13-1/4 x 8-3/4, ink wash study for folio
etching of same name (XLVII), slr
1300.00
67. “From the Bank near Brock's
Monument”
9-1/8 x 12-1/2, ink wash study for folio
etching of same name (XXXVII), slr
Donation to the 2019 History Museum - Pain the Town
68. “From the Bank near Brock's
Monument” (XXXVII)
7-3/4 x 12-1/2, folio etching, slr
600.00
69. “The Cedar Triangle, First Sister Island”
12-3/4 x 9-5/8, ink wash study for folio
etching of same name (XXVII), slr
1600.00
70. End of Folio Poem “To Niagara” (by James
W. Ward), Vignette Etching & Study for
“Ruined Dock at Fort Massasauga”
top: 3-5/8 x 8-1/2, vignette etching in burgundy;
bottom: 4-1/8 x 8-1/8, ink wash study for
vignette etching of same name (CIII), ill
1000.00
71. “Lake Ontario”
6-1/4 x 13-5/8, ink wash study for folio
etching of same name (L), uns
900.00
72. “Lake Ontario” (L)
6-3/8 x 13-1/2, folio etching, slr
500.00 (Sold)
Front Display Window
Right: “A Surf-tormented Shore”
23.25 x 36, etching, slr
3200.00
• All dimensions are in inches, height precedes width.
• All works are framed with conservation materials and framing is included in the pricing.
• sll = signed lower left, slr = signed lower right, ill = initialed lower left. ilr = initialed lower right, uns= unsigned.
• Roman numerals indicate the plate numbers for either the folio or vignette etching in the series.
• All works in the exhibition, original studies and etchings are by Amos W. Sangster (1833-1904) and were completed circa 1879–1886.
• All folio etchings are signed in pencil by the artist.
• Unsigned original studies and vignette etchings come with a certificate of authentication from Meibohm Fine Arts.
• All titles in quotes are taken from the main folio index.
• A Complete 10 portfolio set of Sangster’s Niagara River from Lake to Lake, is available for purchase. Please make an appointment to view this set. 7500.00
• Additional works by Amos W. Sangster are available through Meibohm Fine Arts. Limited Edition (ed. of 25) Giclée prints are available of #17 “First Sail on Lake Erie. Scene from Mouth of Buffalo Creek in the year 1679” unframed 150.00
• Donations are graciously being accepted to help fund a headstone for Amos W. Sangster at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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