Select the auctions, events, and news you want to hear about.

Sign up for Mailing List

Contact us

Freeman's1550 West Carroll AvenueChicago, IL 60607

Press Inquiries[email protected]

Support

Tel. 312.280.1212 [email protected]

Browse

Auction Calendar Departments New & Noteworthy Press Services

Information

Locations About Us Request An Estimate How to Buy How to Sell Shipping/Packing Auction Forms

Careers FAQs ADA Privacy Policy AML Terms & Conditions

Copyright © 2026 IAG HOLDINGS, LLC. All Rights Reserved

Portrait in Blue ; together with Lounging Nude (Two Works) | Freeman's

For the Love of Barnes: The Collection of Dr. Richard J. Wattenmaker

|

Sale 2083

-

Live

| Philadelphia

Sep 22 | 12:00 PM EDT

Live

| Philadelphia

Lot 129

Portrait in Blue ; together with Lounging Nude (Two Works)

Portrait in Blue ; together with Lounging Nude (Two Works)

Portrait in Blue ; together with Lounging Nude (Two Works)

Portrait in Blue ; together with Lounging Nude (Two Works)

Portrait in Blue ; together with Lounging Nude (Two Works)

Lot 129

Portrait in Blue; together with Lounging Nude (Two Works)

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $300 - $500

Estimate$300 – $500

Status

Closed

To request further details about this lot, please email [email protected]

Please contact the Auction Specialist for details.

Raphaël Chatroux

Raphaël Chatroux

VP, Head of Department, Impressionist & Modern Art

[email protected]267.414.1253

Lynda Cain

Lynda Cain

VP, Head of Department, American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts

[email protected]267.414.1237

We are open for pick-up Monday-Friday: 9am-4:30pm.

For questions about shipping or packing, please contact [email protected] or see our Shipping/Packing page.

Coleman Homsey

(American, b. 1934)

Portrait in Blue; together with Lounging Nude (Two Works)

oil on Masonite mounted laid down to Masonite and unglazed fired black clay

The one signed 'C. HOMSEY' bottom left; the other signed in white paint 'C. HOMSEY' on the left side of the pillow

32 x 22 in. (81.3 x 55.9cm) / Sculpture's H (without base): 3 in. (7.6cm) - Length: 10 in. (25.4cm) - Depth: 4 1/2 in. (11.4cm)

The Collection of Dr. Richard J. and Eva Wattenmaker, Pennsylvania

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Provenance:

The Artist.

Acquired directly from the above.

Exhibited:

"Exhibition of Paintings by Coleman Homsey," The Brecks Mill Cronies, Bricks Mill, Wilmington, Delaware, March 5-22, 1964, no. 16 (for Portrait in Blue).

Framed: 38 1/4 x 28 x 2 in.
The oil is in very good condition, without any sign of inpainting under UV light. We notice the frame might be a bit too big for the piece, whose bottom left quadrant sticks out, as well as at upper right quadrant and center right slightly (with associated abrasions and in some cases, minor losses, in all these occasions, usually covered by the frame). See Specialist's pictures for more details.

The sculpture is in overall good original condition with accumulated dust in the crevices of the work. The work is affixed to a larger wooden base. We notice a crack on the woman's belly, between her stomach and her hips, which might be part of the technique.

The physical condition of lots in our auctions can vary due to age, normal wear and tear, previous damage, and restoration/repair. All lots are sold "AS IS," in the condition they are in at the time of the auction, and we and the seller make no representation or warranty and assume no liability of any kind as to a lot's condition. Any reference to condition in a catalogue description or a condition report shall not amount to a full accounting of condition. Condition reports prepared by Freeman's staff are provided as a convenience and may be requested from the Department prior to bidding.

The absence of a posted condition report on the Freeman's website or in our catalogues should not be interpreted as commentary on an item's condition. Prospective buyers are responsible for inspecting a lot or sending their agent or conservator to inspect the lot on their behalf, and for ensuring that they have requested, received and understood any condition report provided by Freeman's.

Please email [email protected] for any additional information or questions you may have regarding this lot.

Raphaël Chatroux is the Head of Department for Freeman's Impressionist & Modern Art.

Chatroux joined Freeman’s in 2016 as a Fine Art department intern. Later that year, he was the Samuel M. Freeman II Fellowship recipient and was promoted to cataloguer. Since his arrival, he has developed an expertise for a wide range of American and European art. He worked closely with Chairman Alasdair Nichol on the successful sales of The Collections of Heidi Bigham Stott in 2020 and The Peltz Collection of Pennsylvania Impressionists in 2021. Chatroux is associated with recent world records obtained for artists Cecilia Beaux, Emma Fordyce McRae, and Bo Bartlett. He was also instrumental in the acquisition of a Berthe Morisot oil painting by the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris. As a native of France, Chatroux has worked in various art centers in Paris including Hôtel Drouot, where he oversaw auctions of fine wine and good spirits and the Palace of Versailles, where he conceived and curated several bilingual audio-guide tours. Chatroux graduated from Paris-Sorbonne University with a degree in art history; he also holds a master’s degree in art law.

Lynda Cain serves as a Vice President of Freeman's and is the Head of Department for American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts.
She specializes in American furniture and decorative arts, Native American art, American folk art, and Pennsylvania furniture and decorative arts.
Cain joined Freeman's in 2001 as the company's first American furniture and decorative arts specialist. She began her career in American Decorative Arts as assistant curator at the Detroit Historical Museum. In 1984 she became curator of costume at the Detroit Historical Museum. In 1986, she relocated to Cambridge, Massachusetts and switched from museum work when she joined the American Furniture and Decorative Art Department at Skinner Inc., Bolton and Boston, Massachusetts. Before leaving New England in 1997, she had the great pleasure of directing the cataloguing project of the Folk Art Collection of Nine Fletcher and Bertram K. Little at Cogswell’s Grant, Essex, Massachusetts for the Society of the Preservation of New England Antiquities, now Historic New England. Ms. Cain joined the cast of the popular PBS series Antiques Roadshow in Season 19.
Growing up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, she was greatly influenced by the rich collections of American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts held by Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum. She notes her good fortune of working in our two great “attic states:” Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Each Commonwealth has tremendous inventory of historic material, great institutions, and citizens who treasure their inherited and collected items. Cain appears on the television Antiques Roadshow as an appraiser of decorative and folk arts.