Updated 11/02/24
Maybelle Richardson Stamper
 Listed WPA Artist

 

  Work from the 1930's & 1940's
 

ALL of these pieces were given to her brother by Maybelle.
 Many years later,these were then given to her nephew by him and thence given to us ( my wife is her great niece ).
All pieces listed have never left the family .

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Maybelle was born in Dublin, NH in 1907 as Mabelle Richardson and raised in the Dublin / Hancock / Peterboro area of New Hampshire.In the 1920's she studied under George DeForest Brush in Dublin.She graduated from Keene, NH in 1927. She studied at Boston in 1928 & 29 before going to new York, where she studied from 1930 - 1937. She married Willson Stamper in 1937. ( This was an unhappy marriage and this period influenced her style of work ).She changed her name to Maybelle and kept her married name of Stamper for the rest of her life. She followed this by teaching at the Cinncinati Art Academy from 1938-1943.In the 1940's she visited Nova Scotia several times with friends and we have unknown/uncataloged  landscapes and lithographs from this period as well.  In 1943-46 she visited Captiva Island in Florida. She fell in love with the island and made it her home for the rest of her life. She painted landscapes, modern art, portraits etc, whatever it took to survive in the early period , becoming a talented, listed and well know artist through all this.  Above all, she is best known for her lithographs and rightly so. We have early works of hers on masonite, paper, paper bags, canvas. As she was a relation, this description will be added to as time goes on, and we dig up the notes  left by her. Her work has been in major exibitions from the 1930's through the 1990's. She died in 1995  leaving hundreds of cataloged pieces. Nearly all of the pieces offered here are NOT included in her cataloged works. See the publication "Songs Of Maybelle"  assembled by Jay Williams / McKissick Museum / University of South Carolina.
Maybelle did a lot of her early work at "the box" in the woods of Dublin, NH, and would retreat there for extended periods of time. It no longer exists, and the land no longer belongs to the Richardson family. We have the only existing  image of this cabin that we know of, and it was painted by Mabelle ( original spelling of her name )
Some or her exibitions:
1930's - New York - GRD Gallery,Krusharr Gallery,Morton Gallery, Studio Club, Eighth St. Playhouse, Montross Gallery
1930's - Womans Art Club - Cinncinati , Cinncinati Museum of Modern Art
1930's -World's Fair-New York
1940's - Cinncinati Modern Art Society
1960's - R.R. Robinson Gallery - Naples, FL
1960's - Currier Galley - Manchester, NH
1960's - Marion Koogler McNay Art Institue - San Antonio,TX
1960's - University of North Carolina-Greensboro, NC
Since these have never left the family, and many are unsigned,
 we will be putting the following stamp on the back
of ALL works in our collection  by Maybelle.
 Also, all pieces will be filed to disc with size
and any available info as a way of providing clear provenance in the
future and for possible printing.

#_____From the
Maybelle
Richardson
Stamper
Collection
Of
Alice & Michael
Aldrich

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MS50    
 "Element   of Strangeness"
size 11" x 8 3/4"
Signed 5/10
$ 400.

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MS52
Size 18 1/2" x 13"
Oil on paper.
Signed
This piece was lightly pasted onto stiff paperboard ( by Mabelle & yes, it should come off easily ) . No rips, tears, creases, stains, foxing, etc A very unusual piece for her. Obviously she was not sure how it was to display as the 2 lower right black streaks are where she crossed out her signature. She then signed it 180 degrees differently !! Also, this is a very early Mabelle ( early 30's ) as she signed it Mabelle Richardson and not Maybelle Richardson Stamper. These early  signatures do not show up again until she moved to Captiva.

(framed)
 Family


MS34
Size 12 1/2" x 9 1/4"
Signed
$ 400

 Sold 

MS 192 / Walcoff
Signed -
8 1/4" x 11 3/4" image size.
This piece was actually done by Muriel Walcoff. It is titled "of  Mabel to Mabel. A friend to a friend and we thought it belonged here. Also our last portrait of Maybelle

$ 300./ no discount

Sold
 


MS 227
Signed
9 3/4" x 12" image.
Lithograph
"Dawn" " 1/1"
"$10.00"

$ 550

Sold

MS 171
Signed
7 1/4" x  10"
Watercolor on paper.
This is the actual shape of the paper.
Her #89
Has one of her stories written into it.  

$ 300
Sold


MS 173
Signed - repeatedly
8 1/2" x 11"
Watercolor & drawing on watermarded writing paper
( parchment) - very thin, stamp shows on back as seen in lower right.
" Experiencing the fear of aloneness - Or is it fear? - Is it just the way it is -? - What is it ?"
Along the red border on the outside at right, she repeatedly wrote mabelle,mabelle..........then her initials mmr,mmr,mmr....
$300
 SOLD

MS 155
Signed - M. Richardson
( early signature )
10" x 14"
Ink sketch of central park on heavy paper.
A great sketch showing the skyscrapers through the winter trees. You can even see the old "General Motors" rooftop sign.
"$2.00 " on back.

$550
Sold

MS 149
Signed
" Mabelle Richardson
43 East  59th St. N.Y.C."
(early signature)
7 1/2" x 9"
Colored drawing on one side, hot dog cart sketch on other - heavy card stock.

$395.
Sold


Maybelle's first artwork

To David Bream at the Lincoln Grant School
in Covington, KY.
"I want to go to an art school. I want to be an artist"
To me, her finest piece of art.

Family

MS 64
Unsigned
19 1/2" x 12 1/2"
Oil on paper
$475
 Sold		  
MS 71
8 1/2" x 11"
Unsigned
Her # 23
Drawing on paper.
" some where to hide away from myself"
Fixed to artist board with paper hinges.
$150
 Sold

$400
 Sold
MS 75
Unsigned
( 1/2 signature and #248 on back )
7" x 10"
"understanding"
Watercolor on paper ( grocery bag )
Her old scotch tape on back can be seen and stampt shows through.
$75

Sold

MS77
"The Poor of Soul"
Image Size 8 3/4" x 11 3/4"
Unsigned
 Sold
$300
 Sold


MS 232
Unsigned
4" x 5"
Oil & watercolor on heavy card stock.

$200.

Sold


MS 162
Signed
8 3/4" x  10"
Lithograph
"The sky: the black lid of the mirror pot where the human generations boil - Baudelaire"

$450.

Sold


MS 245
Unsigned
8 1/4" x  11 3/4"
Lithograph
Girl & cats.

$475

Sold
16" x 23"
Unsigned
"Maybelle" - self portrait. One of only 2 found in her early work. The only one on paper.
$400
 SOLD

MS B1
Signed.
 Her # 113
7 3/4" 10 1/2". Oil on paper. Not damaged, this is the actual shape of the paper used.
SOLD
MS B2
Signed.
Her # 115
7 3/4" 10". Oil on paper. Not damaged, this is the actual shape of the paper used.
$300.00
 Sold

MS B3
Signed.
 Her #121
7 1/2" x 10 ". Oil on paper. Very slight cut in paper at center  right where light grey.dark grey meet. Not obvious.
$350
Sold
MS B4
Signed.
Her # 106
7 3/4" 10". VERY heavy oil on paper. Not damaged, this is the actual shape of the paper used.
$275.00
 Sold

MS B7
Signed.
Her # 12
8" 11 1/2". Appears to be water color &  oil on paper. This has one of her poems written on the back, which she did quite often.
$450.
Sold
MS B9
"Pure Joy"
Signed
8" x 9 3/4"
Abstracr lithograph.
$500
 Sold

MS B10
Signed.
Her #32
8 1/2" x 11"
Water color on paper. This paper has a fold in it as it is her receipt for her membership dues in The Art Students League Of New York.
$325.
Sold
MS B11
"Thingness"
Signed.
Her # 32 ( again)
Oil on cardboard.
5 1/4" x 7 1/2".
$275.
 Sold

MS B14
Signed.
Her # 108
7 1/2" x 10'. Small tear upper right corner. Small poem above signature.
$200.

Sold
MS B16
Signed.
Her # 109..
Oil on paper. Has a tear at top center. 7 1/2" x 10".
$300

Sold

MS B17
Signed.
Her # 24.
9" x 12'. Appears to be crayon on black card stock.
$500
 Sold
MS B18
Signed.
Her #72
Watercolor on paper.
10" x 14"
$400.
Sold

MS B20
Signed.
Her # 31.
Long poem on back and short one on front.
Crayon on paper. Approximately 9" x 14"
$375.

Sold
MS B25
"or whisper or whisper or shout"
Signed 7 1/2" 10" watercolor on paper.
Notes painted in background.
 $200.

SOLD

MS B26
Signed.
Her # 26
Watercolor on paper. 9"x 13".
$300.
SOLD
MS B30
"Baroque Vehicle"
Signed.
8" x 10 1/2".
Water color on paper.
$350.

Sold

MS B29
Signed.
Her #54
Oil on paper.
11" x 17".
On the lower edge ;
" Stay away human beings, I bite and shout,  and my song is fierce noise. Your ears are deaf to my songness."
$400

Sold
MS B40
Signed. Her # 20
10" 14".
Water color on paper
$400.
Sold
 
MS180
Signed
Abstract
Approximately 10 1/2" x 12"
Sold
MS C16
"Timid, timid"
Signed. Her # 53
11" x 17".
Watercolor on paper.
$350

Sold.

MS C15
Signed.
Her # 77 ( again)
Extremely fine "cobwebs" throughout"
(" x 14".
Watercolor on paper.
$ 400
 Sold
MS 243
Signed
10" x 13"
Another  with one of her stories running through it.
Her # 73
Watercolor & drawing on card stock.
$ 500
 Sold


MS C18
"Laugh, laugh, we clown ones"
 Signed twice.
 Her #76
Oil on paper. 9 3/4" x 15".
$ 450.

Sold
MS C17
"Out of roots"
Signed .Her #275
10 3/4" x 15 3/4"
Watercolor and line drawing on paper.
Very fine detail.
$ 300
 Sold

MS C13
Signed.
Watercolor on heavy paper.
9 1/2" x 12 1/4"
$350

Sold


MS C4
"Washing dishes at Doris'"
Unsigned.
9" x 11" watercolor.
Her #42.
Now look at what the piece  is attached to. A mint early broadside for the Cincinnati Art Museum.
$ 1,100
 Sold

MS 236
5" x  5 1/2" image size
Unsigned
Watercolor on paper.
This is one of 2 greeting cards in our collection
made by Maybelle.

$ 150
 Sold

MS C11
Signed.
 Her #28
6" x 18 1/2"
Oil on heavy paper.Actual shape. 3/4" tear in lower right side.
$250.
 Sold