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Lots 552-554

552. Chaim Gross, attribution, (Austrian/American, b.1904), "Dancing Figures", c.1945; painted plaster sculptures, a pair, 20" x 6" x 5", unsigned. Important modern sculptor. Gross exhibited extensively in the 1930s-40s, at the World's Fair New York (1939), Museum of Modern Art (1940), Detroit Art Institute, and the Art Institute of Chicago. 800-1200

553. Leonardo M Nierman (Mexican, b.1932), "Abstract Bird", c.1970; chrome plated sculpture, 6" high and 15" at the widest point, signed and numbered. Sculptor and painter, gained notoriety in the 1960s for his abstract surrealist images. 800-1200


554. Alexander Archipenko (Russian/American, 1887-1964), "Floating Torso with Head", c.1935; hydrocal sculpture with a lacquered bronze pigment, 14" x 16.5" x 5.5", signed. A letter from France Archipenko Gray accompanies the object. Ms. Gray describes the work as, "one of an unumbered lifetime cast edition created by my late husband, Alexander Archipenko, c.1935". 5000-10,000


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Lot 555

555. Edgar Negret (Colombian, b.1920), "Face", c.1953; sculptural plaque, made of wire, nails, tile, and concrete, 16.5" x 11.5", signed and dated. Important sculptor. Negret worked with Spanish architect and sculptor, Gaudi, who was highly influential on Negret's early work of the 1950s. 2000-3000

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556. William F. Matthews (American, 20th century), "Still Life of Flowers", c.1920; a pair of gouaches, 10" x 13", framed, signed. New York painter. Spent some time in St. Louis. Colorful, very well done images of flowers in a vase. 200-400


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