Debra Force Fine Art, Inc., established in 1999, specializes in American paintings, drawings and sculpture from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Located on New York’s Upper Eastside, the gallery offers exceptional works in a variety of price ranges with a focus on quality and research. We welcome new and mature collectors, as well as institutions, and offer our extensive knowledge and resources in developing collections, understanding the market, and acquiring the most suitable works of art.
The gallery presents numerous exhibitions throughout the year, both on the premises and at a selection of art fairs throughout the country. Debra Force Fine Art is a member of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA).
We look forward to seeing you at the gallery or at an art fair, or simply speaking with you over the phone.
Buying and Selling Works of Art
Debra Force Fine Art offers a discreet and confidential gallery environment for private collectors and institutions to purchase or sell works of art through either consignment or direct acquisition.
Consulting
The gallery offers a comprehensive art advisory service available to collectors, museums, non-profit institutions, and corporations, as well as trusts, law firms, and banks. Our services include collection building and deaccessioning, estate planning and distribution, art collection development, and education of American art as well as of current market conditions. We also provide resources for and oversee restoration, framing, insurance, shipping, and installation.
Auction
Debra Force Fine Art offers expert assistance in selecting, evaluating and bidding at auction. We can provide the research necessary to determine the value of a property in the context of the artist's body of work and its place in the current market. We also provide expertise on selling at auction, including recommendations for the most suitable locations, appropriate timing, and terms of sale.
Appraisals
Debra Force Fine Art prepares fine art appraisals for fair market and insurance purposes, both for private collectors, museums, and other institutions. Appraisal reports are thoroughly researched and put together in accordance with the Uniform Standards of the Professional Appraisers Practice.
Debra Force Fine Art has sold works to the following institutions:
Allentown Art Museum
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
Art Institute of Chicago
Baltimore Museum of Art
Barry Art Museum, Old Dominion University
Birmingham Museum of Art
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Brandywine River Museum
Butler Institute of American Art
Cape Ann Museum
Carnegie Museum of Art
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin
Chrysler Museum of Art
Cincinnati Art Museum
Colby College Museum of Art
Columbia Museum of Art
Columbus Museum
Crocker Art Museum
Cummer Museum of Art
Dayton Art Institute
Denver Art Museum
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
Fenimore Art Museum
Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia
Georgia Museum of Art
Gibbes Museum of Art
Greenville County Museum of Art
Heckscher Museum
High Museum of Art
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
Hudson River Museum
Hunter Museum of American Art
Huntington Library, Art Collection & Botanical Gardens
Huntington Museum of Art
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Long Island Museum of American Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Charles H. MacNider Museum
McNay Art Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Milwaukee Art Museum
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Mint Museum
Montclair Art Museum
Montgomery Museum of Fine Art
Morgan Library
Morven Museum & Garden
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William & Mary
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University
National Portrait Gallery
New Britain Museum of American Art
New Orleans Museum of Art
New-York Historical Society
North Carolina Museum of Art
Norton Museum of Art
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Reading Public Museum
Saint Louis Art Museum
Saint Louis Mercantile Library
Smith College Museum of Art
Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University
Taubman Museum of Art
Telfair Museum of Art
Terra Foundation for American Art
Vero Beach Museum of Art
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Wadsworth Athenaeum
West Point Art Museum
Westmoreland Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
Wichita Art Museum
Williams College Museum of Art
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Old York Historical Society