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Artist Name:         Johann Berthelsen Artist Dates:         1883 - 1972 Painting Title:       Home at Great Neck Painting Date:       No Date Medium:              Oil on Canvas Signature:             Signed Lower Right Provenance:         Authenticated Condition:            Newly Cleaned Size Unframed:     20 x 16 Frame Condition:  Antique Artist Best Price:   $42,300 Offered At:             CALL

Curator's Comments: Painted circa late 1940s. The scene depicts the family home of Mr. Charles Tomick, a prominent Great Neck attorney of the time.  Acquired directly from the artist; by descent to the present owner  The artist's son, Lee Berthelsen, is the source of the description. And the Johann Berthelsen Conservancy has authenticated this painting. We are very happy with this Berthelsen, especially so because it is NOT one of the typical New York City snow scenes, which now appear much too numerous for our sense of security. Owing to increasing demand, we see China-sourced copies as a potential threat for collectors of Berthelsen.  Having said as much we are now posting a forgery alert. We have seen two of the New York City landmark scenes that were clearly copies offered at major auctions, and a host more on E-Bay, where they are attracting ignorant bids. This is  particularly true with the smaller sizes, and we see it as an increasing problem. Collectors should seek a professional opinion at all costs. Contact the Johann Berthelsen Conservancy, which provides authentification services E-mail to: info@berthelsenart.com. Our painting has just returned from a professional cleaning (with our restorer remarking that the work must have been hanging in the same place for at least 50 years), and we think the image is dramatically whiter and more interesting than even we first thought. Berthelsen, favoring the steeply sloping multi-gabeled gothic revival roof of Tomick's mansion is showing us the sunset snowfall's fusion of earth and sky, repeated in the total glowing absolutely perfect whiteness of the dwelling and the heavens. We have now been looking at this work for a long time, and we have become increasingly sensitive to its serene power. The painting is about "home" in every sense of the word--as a refuge from the elements and as a mental state that allows us peace in a world where our ultimate resting place is known to us from the start. Frankly, we think it epitomizes what Berthelsen did best, rendering the snowy world with absolute beauty--really, this is an outstanding work.  It is likely that the frame is one of the originals treated with white and brown spattering by the artist'd wife.

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