Quinn’s Auction Galleries to Present Fine and Decorative Arts Auction, Sept. 25

Top lots include an oil on canvas by Daniel Ridgway Knight, a tempera on cloth by Jamini Roy, and a 19th-century Japanese six-panel folding screen

Falls Church, VA — September 2026 — Quinn’s Auction Galleries will present a 400-lot online-only Fine and Decorative Arts Auction on Thursday, September 25, beginning at 10am ET. Drawn from northern Virginia estates, residences, and private collectors, the sale spans fine, modern, and Asian art; furniture, silver, art glass, and decoratives; and ancient objects.

Highlights include modern and contemporary works by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Edward Ross, Joe Tilson, Robert Natkin, Richard Paul Lohse, and others, alongside Inuit prints by Martha Ittuluka’naaq and Luke Anguhadluq. European and American paintings feature works by Daniel Ridgway Knight, Eugene de Blaas, Heywood Hardy, Louis Aston Knight, and Maria J. C. a’Becket. The sale also includes an extensive selection of American art glass by Tiffany Studios, Steuben, Quezal, and Loetz, as well as historic religious objects including a 16th-century French processional crucifix and 18th-century Papal States silver.

Paintings

A strong candidate for top lot is an oil on canvas by Daniel Ridgway Knight (American, 1839-1924) titled Woman on a Balcony (1921). Artist-signed at lower right, the work depicts a woman standing on a balcony surrounded by flowers and measures 45 inches by 34½ inches (sight). The pre-sale estimate is $20,000-$30,000. A second painting by Knight is also entered in the sale.

Also expected to attract keen bidder interest is a tempera on cloth by Jamini Roy (Indian, 1887-1972) titled Snake Charmer. Rendered in red, ochre, green, and black with bold outlines and patterned garments, the 22½-inch by 17-inch work shows a woman with two birds. It is signed in Bengali at lower right and housed in a gilt and black frame with fabric liner. The estimate is $15,000-$20,000. A second painting by Roy is also in the sale.

A 1979 pastel and graphite on paper by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, 1940-2025) presents an abstract, map-like composition combining loosely drawn linear forms and pictographic marks with broad passages of rust, ochre, brown, olive, and coral. From the artist’s Porcupine Ridge Series and signed “JQTS” at lower right, the 38-inch by 31-inch framed work carries an estimate of $6,000-$9,000.

Hunting Scene, an oil on canvas by Heywood Hardy (English, 1842-1933), is artist-signed at lower left. The work measures 23 inches by 28 inches (sight) and is attractively framed. It is estimated at $4,000-$6,000.

A nocturnal still-life oil on canvas by Victor Nizovtsev (Russian-American, b. 1965), titled Dream Above the City, is artist-signed at lower right and measures 29 inches by 41 inches. The wildly colorful work features flowers, glowing lanterns, and sleeping figures suspended above a village. It is accompanied by the original signed gallery statement from Troika Gallery (Easton, Md.) and carries an estimate of $3,000-$4,000.

A silkscreen print by Sam Gilliam (Washington, DC, 1933-2022) titled St. Albans (1976) is pencil-signed, titled, dated, and editioned 56/60 by the artist. It measures 22¾ inches by 30 inches and is framed to 30¼ inches by 37 inches. The pre-sale estimate is $2,000-$3,000.

A color etching and aquatint on paper by Somnath Hore (Indian, 1921-2006), titled Genesis, is impression-signed and dated 1960. One of only five or six created by the artist, the print depicts a mother and child enclosed within an oval field surrounded by turbulent, heavily textured passages of burgundy, turquoise, and gray. It is signed and dated in pencil at lower right and carries an estimate of $2,000-$3,000.

Asian Art and Objects

A 19th-century Japanese six-panel folding screen (byobu) dating to the late Edo-Meiji period is rendered in ink, color, gofun, and gold leaf or gold pigment on paper. The continuous panoramic composition depicts an extensive samurai campaign unfolding across coastal waters and mountainous terrain, with armored warriors, commanders, fortified compounds, heraldic banners, and troop-laden vessels appearing between broad banks of stylized gold clouds. Painted in the traditional yamato-e manner associated with the Tosa school and its followers, the screen is finished with patterned brocade borders and a dark outer frame. The estimate is $2,000-$3,000.

Furniture

An octagonal Italian Renaissance Revival ebonized-wood center table closely related to the work of Florentine cabinetmakers Luigi and Angiolo Falcini is elaborately inlaid in varied fruitwoods, mother-of-pearl, pale materials, and fine metal stringing. The radiating top incorporates floral arabesques, classical motifs, circular foliate medallions, and a central portrait medallion depicting Christopher Columbus. Raised on a decorated faceted pedestal and quadripartite base with a brass tilting mechanism beneath, the table is estimated at $2,000-$3,000.

Art Glass

A pair of circa 1905-1915 Tiffany Studios (Corona, NY) gold iridescent Favrile glass candle lamps with Grapevine shades feature spirally ribbed stems, scalloped bobeches, candle sleeves, and metal fittings. Each is fitted with a silvered pierced-metal Grapevine-pattern shade lined with fabric and mica. The shades are stamped TIFFANY STUDIOS and one glass base is engraved L.C.T. The pair is estimated at $1,000-$1,500.

The September 25 auction is online only. Bidders may participate live via LiveAuctioneers or Invaluable, with absentee bidding available on HiBid and through Quinn’s website. An open gallery preview will be held Tuesday, September 22, through Thursday, September 24, from 11am to 4pm ET at Quinn’s Auction Galleries in Falls Church, Virginia.

For catalogues and bidding information, visit Quinn’s Auction Galleries.