PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER (1924-2024), Mountain Waterfall, signed CARTER (lower right), oil on canvas, 24 x 291⁄2 in. (61 x 74.9 cm.), Executed in 2003, Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000

 

미 독립 250주년을 맞아 크리스티 뉴욕이 미국 주간(American Week, 1/13-27)에 "우리 국민: 미국 250년(We The People: America at 250)"과 "미국인 컬렉터(The American Collector)"를 주제로 온라인 경매를 연다.

 

이번 경매엔 건국의 아버지 루퍼스 킹이 주석을 단 헌법 초안, 링컨이 서명한 노예해방 선언문, 길버트 스튜어트의 조지 워싱턴 초상화, 스티브 잡스와 스티브 워즈니악이 서명한 애플 컴퓨터 설립 계약서, 그랜트 우드 회화 '아메리칸 고딕'의 유일한 드로잉, 그리고 지미 카터 전 대통령이 그린 회화와 그가 만든 소나무 커피 테이블, 그리고 로잘린 카터 부부의 개인 소장품 등이다.

 

 

PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER (1924-2024), Steeple, signed CARTER (lower right), oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm.), Executed in 2010, Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000

 

 

PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER (1924-2024), A Still Life (An Angry Pomegranate), signed CARTER (lower right), oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.), Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 4,000

카터 대통령이 그린 그림들에는 호넷의 둥지, 그가 세례를 받은 조지아주의 교회, 화난 표정의 석류가 있는 정물화, 폭포 풍경 등이 포함되어 있다. 경매 예상가는 2천달러에서 1만2천 달러 수준이다.

 

예술과 로큰롤을 사랑했던 카터 대통령은 미 해국 복무시절부터 취미로 그림을 그렸다. 그리고, 대통령 임기를 마친 1980년대부터 붓을 다시 들었다. AP 통신에 따르면, 그는 생전에 그림 그리기는 "드물게 누릴 수 있는 사적인 시간...이런 고독의 시간은 마치 또 다른 매우 평화로운 세상에 있는 것 같다"고 말한 적이 있다. 그는 또한 대통령직  퇴임 후 목수로 변신, 해비타트(Habitat for Humanity) 등 비영리 단체와 함께 저소득층을 위한 주택 건설 봉사에 적극적으로 참여했다. 카터는 목공예 사랑을 담은 책 'Craftsmanship of Jimmy Carter'(2017)과 회화 모음집 'The Paintings of Jimmy Carter'(2018)도 저술했다. 

 

 

TWO PEANUT SCARVES FOR GOVERNOR AND MRS. JIMMY CARTER, BY FRANKIE WELCH (1924-2021), CIRCA 1973. Estimate: USD 200 - USD 400

AN ASHWOOD JEWELRY CHEST, MADE BY PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER (1924-2024), Estimate USD 1,000 - USD 1,500

 

이외에도 이번 경매엔 땅콩 무늬 스카프, 다양한 넥타이, 텍사스주 포트워스 방문 당시 선물로 받은 스테트슨 모자 등 대통령 가족 소유의 개인 소장품들도 나온다. 카터 대통령은 2024년 12월 29일 100세의 나이로 세상을 떠났다. 

 

경매품들은 1월 16일부터 22일까지 록펠러센터 크리스티 갤러리에서 전시된다. 

 

 

Showcasing exceptional Americana – Online auction Jan 13-27, 2026

 

 BOTH AUCTIONS ON VIEW: JANUARY 16-22 AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER | Highlights include: Constitution draft annotated by Founding Father Rufus King; Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln; Apple Computer's founding contract signed by Jobs and Wozniak; Grant Wood's only drawing for 'American Gothic,' and personal items belonging to President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter

Impressionist & Modern, American and Latin American Art

 

 

We the People: America at 250

 

Special live auction of singular and historic objects to celebrate the 250^th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence – Live auction Jan. 23, 2026<br />The American Collector<br />Showcasing exceptional Americana – Online auction Jan 13-27, 2026

We the People: America at 250 | GILBERT STUART (1755-1828) GEORGE WASHINGTON (ATHENAEUM-TYPE) oil on canvas, 29½ x 24 1/8 in. Commissioned in 1804 by President James Madison, Estimate: $500,000-1,000,000

NEW YORK - Hundreds of rare treasures including foundational American documents from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, will be offered at Christie's New York in January in two sales that mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. We The People: America at 250 and The American Collector will be part of the largest Americana Week in history. This landmark series will include nine auctions and around 700 lots with a combined estimate around $80 million to $120 million, taking place online and at Rockefeller Center January 13-28, 2026. Both auctions will be on view at Rockefeller Center, January 16-22, 2026.  

 

Highlights of We the People include:  

 

#A contemporary broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence, published July 12th to 16th, in Exeter, New Hampshire by Robert Luist Fowle (estimate: $3 million – 5 million).

#A printed copy with handwritten edits of the second draft of the Constitution belonging to the Founding Father Rufus King. The document is believed to be the only obtainable copy of any printed draft of the Constitution (estimate: $3 million – 5 million).

#One of 27 known copies of a version of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of State William Seward, and Lincoln's secretary John Nicholay (estimate: $3 million – 5 million).

#The April 1, 1976 contract that founded the Apple Computer Company, signed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (estimate: $2 million – $4 million).

#President James Madison's portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart (estimate: $500,000 – $1 million).

#The only preparatory drawing for Grant Wood's masterpiece, American Gothic, sketched out on the back of envelope in 1930 after Wood was inspired by an A-frame farmhouse on a drive through Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and from the collection of the artist, Red Grooms (estimate: $70,000 –  $100,000).

I#mportant furniture, including a Classical Paint-Decorated Parcel-Gilt Couch, attributed to John and Hugh Finlay, Baltimore, circa 1815 (estimate: $150,000 – 300,000)

#The Chairman of Christie's Americas, Marc Porter, said: “America's multifaceted history, spirit, and cultures can be found in the incredible, storied objects that Christie's New York is sharing with the public in January to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States. This rich, diverse group of objects, from exceedingly rare drafts of founding documents to objects made for everyday domestic use to splendid examples of folk art, showcases the many overlapping histories and perspectives of our nation, and we are proud to show them.” 

 

The daughter of President and Mrs. Carter, Amy Carter, said:  “It is a pleasure to share this glimpse into my parents' world. I hope these objects paint a fuller picture of them -their lives of service, their devotion to each other and the joy and curiosity that kept them learning and engaged throughout their lives.”

 

 

The American Collector

 

This sale brings together a dynamic selection of traditional American folk art, furniture, silver, and rare books and manuscripts — each reflecting American cultural heritage and creative spirit. Highlighting connoisseurship and the personal stories behind collecting, the sale features property from distinguished and iconic American collections, including a selection from the Property of Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller 3rd from the Collection of Sandra Ferry Rockefeller; an exciting group of folk art and game boards from The Bruce and Doranna Wendel Collection; and highlights from the collection of President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting the Carter Family Foundation, a charitable organization that continues to support the projects of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter with a special emphasis on the rural Georgia community they loved.

 

Highlights of The American Collector include: 

 

-A vibrant double-sided paint-decorated Parcheesi board (estimate: $5,000-7,000) from the Bruce and Doranna Wendel Collection. A Connecticut couple, the Wendels, lovingly and meticulously assembled this group of American folk art pieces over the course of four decades with a special focus on decorative game boards. 

-A set of six Shaker Maple slat-back side chairs (estimate: $2,000- 4,000), Property of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd from the Collection of Sandra Ferry Rockefeller.

-An intimate and heartwarming handwritten letter from President Carter to Mrs. Carter on White House Stationary, wishing her happy birthday with the message, “It's nice to be growing old together with you," from the Private Collection of President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter (estimate: $2,000-3,000).

https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/american-collector-including-property-mr-mrs-john-d-rockefeller-3rd/lots/3949

 

 

Craftsmanship of Jimmy Carter, 2017

by Jimmy Carter (Author)

 

When Jimmy Carter was a boy he helped break the land with a mule-drawn plow. It was slow and tedious work. But, "looking back at the end of a day and seeing how much cropland had been prepared for planting," he says, "I enjoyed a sense of accomplishment and self-satisfaciton, knowing that I had done all that was humanly possible, even as a young boy, and had left behind me the visible proof of my work." He continues: "I still have similar emotions while working in my woodshop. Periods of drudgery that come with the repetitive use of chisel, drawknife, spokeshave, plane, rasp, scraper, sandpaper, or paint brush fade into relative insignificance when I can examine the result of my labor. The excitement of an original design, the meticulous detail of precise measurements, the characteristics of the chosen wood, the heft and beauty of the hand tools - some of them ancient in deisgn - are all positive aspects of crafting a piece of furniture. I like to see what I have done, what I have made. The pleasure does not fade as the years go by; in fact, with age my diminished physical strength has eliminated some of the formerly competing hobbies and made woodworking even more precious to me. The basic purpose of this book is to show the reader that even those with limited talent can develop adequate skills to produce worthwhile things. The entire process, from learning to creating, can be enjoyable. There is no limit to the skill that woodworkers can seek, and a few may uncover a level of artistry that is professionally beneficial.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0881466441

 

 

The Paintings of Jimmy Carter, 2018

by Jimmy Carter (Author)

 

In the 1980s former President Jimmy Carter took up painting in his free time. Using his home woodworking shop as a studio, Carter has since produced more than a hundred works, capturing the landscapes and people of his beloved Plains, Georgia, and the far-flung places to which he has traveled to advance the work of the The Carter Center. This book showcases in one place for the first time, more than fifty of his favorite paintings. The works are accompanied by his own written narrative.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Paintings-Jimmy-Carter/dp/0881466883