Steven Stern Fine Arts · Los Angeles
We buy Selden Gile paintings
If you own a painting by Selden Connor Gile (1877–1947), or are settling an estate that includes one, Steven Stern Fine Arts would like to hear from you. Every inquiry is confidential, and we will talk you through the options to sell or consign.
Not sure what you have? Read how Selden Gile paintings are valued.
Why owners call us
A California specialist for your Gile
We know his work
The gallery has sold Gile oils on board of Marin County from his strongest decade, the 1920s, when he led the Society of Six. Both appear below.
Confidential from the first call
Owners, families, estates and advisors contact us privately. We never publish owners' or buyers' names, and we do not shop your painting around.
More than one way to sell
Steven Stern Fine Arts buys, sells, consigns and advises, so we can discuss a direct purchase, a consignment or a private sale, depending on the painting.
The process
Selling a Selden Gile, step by step
Photograph it
The front, the whole back, and the signature and date. Note any title, place name or label on the reverse.
Private evaluation
We look at the subject, date, medium, size, condition and history of the painting.
Discuss the options
Purchase, consignment or private sale. We talk through what makes sense for the painting and for you.
In-person viewing
For significant works and collections, the gallery travels to see paintings and meet owners.
Recent placements
Selden Gile paintings we have sold
Spring in the Hills, Marin
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Tiburon Bay
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Who buys Selden Gile paintings?
Gile's buyers are collectors of California modernism and of Bay Area painting, along with institutions. He was the founder and the central figure of the Society of Six, the Oakland group whose high-keyed, plein-air color anticipated the Bay Area figurative painters who came later.
His work runs from small boards painted in a sitting to larger canvases, and from the brilliant landscapes of the 1920s to the watercolors of the 1930s. The right route to market depends on what you own. A dealer who knows the field can tell you whether your painting is best bought outright, consigned, or placed privately. Read more about Gile's life and work.