From Hudson River School landscapes to works by Mary Cassatt and Milton Avery, the November 3 auction brings a broad selection of American art to Bonhams’ U.S. flagship.
By Howard Morrel & Leslie Hirsch
A Western landscape, a literary illustration and an intimate study of childhood will share the spotlight on West 57th Street this November.
On November 3, 2026, Bonhams will present its live American Art auction at 111 West 57th Street. The announced selection spans 107 lots, bringing together nineteenth-century landscapes, works associated with the Ashcan School and American Modernism.
For readers who follow the neighborhood’s cultural life as closely as its architecture, the sale offers a timely reason to look inside one of the street’s newer art destinations.
A Landscape with Room to Breathe
Among the highlights is John Frederick Kensett’s Scene Near Greeley, Colorado, painted circa 1870–72 and carrying an estimate of $120,000–$180,000.
The painting depicts the plains near Greeley with the Rocky Mountains on the horizon. Bonhams describes it as part of a small group of works inspired by Kensett’s travels in the American West, returning to market for the first time in nearly two decades.
Its expansive subject makes an appealing introduction to a sale that moves between very different scales and moods, from open landscapes to closely observed figures.
From the Printed Page to the Auction Room
Another highlight is N. C. Wyeth’s The Vigil, estimated at $100,000–$150,000. Created for an illustrated edition of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ The Yearling, the painting connects the sale with the history of American storytelling.
John Sloan’s Landscape Sketch and Brunette Nude, Striped Blanket: A Double-Sided Work offers a different kind of story. Estimated at $70,000–$100,000, the canvas pairs a landscape painted in 1917 with a nude from circa 1928–30.
Two compositions, made more than a decade apart, survive on the same canvas: a reminder that an artwork can preserve the working history of its maker as well as its finished image.
Cassatt, Marin and Avery Add to the Picture
The selection also includes Mary Cassatt’s Baby Charles: Head and Arms, estimated at $40,000–$60,000, alongside John Marin’s Village, Maine and Milton Avery’s Nude with Upraised Arms.
Together, these works give the auction a range that is worth exploring beyond its highest estimates. A landscape, a figure study and an illustration invite different kinds of attention; the appeal of the catalogue lies partly in those shifts.
All figures are pre-sale estimates, rather than sale results, and exclude buyer’s premium and applicable charges.
Another Chapter in 57th Street’s Cultural Life
Bonhams opened its new U.S. flagship at 111 West 57th Street earlier this year. The address places the auction house directly within the corridor that connects Carnegie Hall, the Art Students League and the residential towers of Billionaires’ Row.
For this report, the interest is in that proximity. Art, music and architecture are part of the same neighborhood, and an upcoming auction offers another way to engage with it.
The November sale is a chance to follow a group of works as they move from private collections toward their next chapter—and to discover a few unfamiliar names or unexpected favorites along the way.
American Art at Bonhams
November 3, 2026
111 West 57th Street, New York
Explore the Bonhams auction catalogue for the latest sale time, viewing arrangements and bidding information.
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All the best,
Howard Morrel & Leslie Hirsch
Christie’s International Real Estate
(212) 956-4823
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