Bonhams will present its live fall American art sale on 3 November in New York at the auction house's US flagship galleries at 111 West 57th Street. Spanning 107 lots, the sale traces the breadth of American art across the 19th and 20th centuries, from important Hudson River School paintings to celebrated examples of the Ashcan School and modernist movements. The Hudson River School, America's first significant native landscape tradition, anchors the 19th-century section, reflecting continued collector interest in the luminist and romantic visions of the American wilderness that defined the period. Works associated with the Ashcan School bring the narrative into the early 20th century, capturing the gritty urban realism with which artists such as Robert Henri's circle challenged genteel academic taste and painted New York as it actually looked. A John Frederick Kensett work, Scene, is among the early highlights of the November offering, placing the sale in a lineage of strong Bonhams results for American masters. The announcement comes as the American art market has been working through shifting tastes, with collectors increasingly looking beyond the biggest Impressionist and post-war names toward earlier American traditions that offer rarity at comparatively moderate prices. With more than a hundred lots across centuries and styles, the sale is positioned as a survey of American art history rather than a trophy-hunting exercise. The house has scheduled previews in New York in the days ahead of the auction, and collectors can expect the customary mix of room, telephone and online bidding when the gavel falls in early November. Previews and further catalogue highlights are expected to be released in the run-up to the November auction.