WOLFS is a large, rambling gallery on the east side of Cleveland doing business here for over 45 years. WOLFS began life as an auction house and with a proud history in that world evolved to become a very different, eclectic art gallery dealing in fine paintings, sculpture and certain decorative arts.
In our long history we’ve set world record prices for artwork, sold many important estates and collections including Fine Art, Photography, Americana, Contemporary Art Glass . . . literally hundreds of thousands of items. And now for the last 10 years, we have become a small personal operation with a large and interesting collection.
We pride ourselves on the eclectic vibe of our gallery. We thrive on the excitement of dealing with many different works each with a different world of collectors ranging in periods, styles and disciplines; something we surely inherited from our many years as an auction house.
Unlike most galleries, the personality of our collection is ever-changing as we react to opportunities in the different markets we embrace.
Selling Art
We serve collectors, both beginning and sophisticated, we like to help build collections and support those seeking to realize their own artistic vision. We understand value and its importance in all of our relationships. Great things are not necessarily expensive things and there is a welcome place in our world for collectors with varying levels of income.
We serve designers who enjoy the variety and quality of our collection. Some designers prefer to hunt down artwork for their clients others encourage clients to tour through our various galleries on their own. Designers usually get it and we immensely enjoy working with this creative bunch.
We foster relationships and work hard to meet the art related needs of all the people in our world.
Fine Art Wanted
Acquiring fine art is our passion and keeps the gallery’s heart pumping. We handle the estates of select artists and collectors and often purchase individual works outright. We work with lawyers, the families of collectors, auction houses and other dealers in a full time effort to keep the gallery filled with great artwork. We encourage those needing to sell to contact the gallery, email images or call us.
These pages are filled with images of some of the interesting and important artworks we have handled over our many years, originally as an auction house and now a gallery, and tell a part of our story that words cannot depict. Please enjoy perusing some of the fine works and artist we have handled over the years.
Appraisals
An appraiser is a professional with the expertise and credentials needed to evaluate property. Bridget McWilliams is an Accredited Member of The Appraisers Association of America. The Appraisers Association of America is an international organization based in New York City with members in cities across the country as well as in Canada, Europe and Asia.
WOLFS specializes in the appraisal of fine art, antiques and personal property for private clients, attorneys, banks, trust and estate officers and institutions. We provide appraisals for all purposes including IRS accepted tax donation appraisals, estate tax and probate, insurance, fair market, damage/loss, divorce and liquidation. Our appraisals are fully researched, comprehensive and accurate and conform to the USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice). As there is no national license for personal property appraisers, USPAP compliancy is an important credential, and one that the IRS uses to measure appraisals as acceptable for tax purposes. Our appraisals provide comprehensive information about your valuable artwork or collections and our reports are expertly researched, photographed and contain full descriptions of the items included. A preliminary walk-through can be arranged in order to determine pricing and the scope of the appraisal at no charge.
Notable Sales
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930-2020)
Trinity, 1970
Karel Christiaan Appel (American, 1866-1937)
Dog Through Hoop, 1978
Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965)
Purple Mountain Landscape, 1953
George Bellows (American, 1882-1925)
Bleak Hills
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975)
Spring Storm, 1958
Jean Béraud (French, 1849-1936)
Scene de Grand Boulevard devant la Maison Klein
Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830 - 1902)
Hudson River Valley View with Cattle and Shepherds, 1870
Ángel Botello (Spanish, 1913-1986)
Niña con Sombrilla
Bernard Buffet (French, 1928-1999)
Still Life - Pitcher and Melons, 1955
Charles Burchfield (American, 1893 - 1967)
Woodland Pool in Spring, 1953
Theodore Earl Butler (American, 1861 - 1936)
Times Square, Armistice Day, November 11, 1918
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
Bullfight, 1948
Pietro Calvi (Italian, 1833 - 1884)
Sheik Benaly Ben Ladiar and Ale-y-dah
Giovanni Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697 - 1768)
Venice
Mary Cassatt (American, 1844 - 1926)
Woman Bathing (La Toilette), 1890-91
Paul Cézanne (French, 1839 - 1906)
Les Baigneurs, 1897
Marc Chagall (Russian-French, 1887 - 1985)
Four Tales from the Arabian Nights, 1948
(the complete deluxe edition)
Giorgio de Chirico (Italian, 188-1978)
Horses
Marvin Cone (American, 1891–1965)
Carousel Scene, c. 1930
Walter Crane (English, 1845-1915)
The Earth and Spring, 1875
Stuart Davis (American, 1894-1964)
Coffee Pot, 1931
Willem de Kooning (Dutch-American, 1904-1997)
Untitled, 1976
Stevan Dohanos (American, 1907-1994)
The Splendid Outcast, 19444
Julien Dupré (French, 1857-1910)
A Shepherdess and Her Flock
Henry Farny (American, 1847 - 1916)
The Hunting Party, 1901
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928 - 2011)
Cloister, 1964
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980)
The Star, 1918
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American1898 - 1952)
The Ladle, 1929
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898–1952)
Saturday at Chagrin Falls, 1931
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925–1996)
Salome, 1955
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910-1995)
The White Dam, 1939
Aaron Harry Gorson (American, 1872–1933)
U.S. Steel Mills, Pittsburgh, c. 1910
Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935)
Copp's Hill, Boston, 1890
Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935)
Feeding the Pigeons, 1888
Robert Henri (American, 1865-1929)
Portrait of a Young Girl
Anna Hyatt Huntington (American, 1876-1973)
Yawning Panther
Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930)
Untitled (Fields 258), 1977
Einar (Johan Einar) Jolin (Sweden, 1890–1976)
Hockey, 1919-1929
Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907-1954)
Self-Portrait with Bonito, 1941
Max Kalish (American, 1891–1945)
The Glass Blower, 1937
Max Kalish (American, 1891 - 1945)
The Spirit of American Labor
Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839 - 1924)
Gathering Roses
Leon Kroll (American, 1884-1974)
The Tennis Player
John La Farge (American, 1835-1910)
Study for Frick Building Window, Pittsburgh, PA, 1909
Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955)
Study for Les Illuminations: Villes I
Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French 1844-1925)
The Ploughman, 1911
Robert Longo (American, b. 1953)
Corporate Wars: Walls of Influence
Frederick William MacMonnies (American, 1863 - 1937)
Pan of Rohallion, c. 1890
Fletcher Martin (American, 1904-1979)
The Boxer
Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884-1920)
Tête de jeune fille
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian-American, 1895-1946)
Collage
Edmund Osthaus (American, 1858-1927)
Retriever & Young
Edward H. Potthast (American, 1857-1927)
The Grand Canyon
Frederic Remington (American, 1861-1909)
The Bronco Buster, 1895
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
The Dugout
Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958)
Still Life with Vase of Flowers
Olaf Carl Seltzer (Danish-American, 1877-1957)
The Wild Horse, 1910
William Sommer (American, 1867–1949)
Adam and Eve, c. 1915
William Sommer (American, 1867-1949)
Cart with Horse and Rider
Julian Stanczak (American, 1928–2017)
Unfolding Yellow, 1968
Tiffany Dragonfly Leaded Glass and Bronze Table Lamp
Jack Tworkov (American, 1900-1982)
Untitled (Q3-76-#5), 1976
Maurice (Valadon) Utrillo (French, 1883-1955)
L'Eglise de Droué, 1936
Bessie Onahotema Potter Vonnoh (American, 1872-1955)
Nymph Riding a Dolphin
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962)
Place de l'Opéra, Café de la Paix
Max Weber (American, 1881-1961)
Two Women
Edwin Lord Weeks (American 1849-1903)
Crossing the River