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Sale Date:
June 4 & 5, 2005
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Lot Numbers and Descriptions
1251. Eduoard Buk Ulreich (American/Austrian, b.1889), "In Him We Live and Move and Have Our Being...", c.1960; casein, mixed media, 17" X 36", signed. 700-900
1252. Harry Dunn (American, 20th century), "Still Life and Figurine", c. 1950; mixed media and collage, 24" x 30", signed. 250-350
1253. Albert Urban (German/American, 1909-1959), "Still Life", c. 1940; color lithograph, 19" x 12", unsigned, provenance: estate of the artist. Highly important German modernist painter and printmaker. Was considered "degenerate" by the Nazis. 300-500
1254. Ritter (20th century), "Portrait of a Woman", c. 1953; watercolor/paper, 9.5" x 11", signed and dated. 250-350
1255. William S. Schwartz (Russian/American, 1896-1977), "Impressions of the West #13", c. 1962; oil/paper laid down on board, 14.5" x 11", signed and dated. Important Chicago modern painter. Schwartz studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and exhibited extensively throughout the 1920s-40s. His work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Detroit Institute of Art, Library of Congress, Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Biro-Bidjan Museum (Russia), and the Department of Labor. 1000-2000
1256. Helen Werler (American, 20th century), "Still Life with Flowers and Fruit", oil/canvas, 28" x 24.25", signed. 400-600
1257. Kenneth Callahan (American, 1905-1986), "Frieze", c.1960; pastel/ paper, 9" x 12", signed. Callahan was a self taught painter and sculptor. 300-500
1258. Poletti (American, 20th century), "Theatrical Scene " 1970; watercolor/ink, 14" x 13", signed and dated. 250-350
1259. Serge Clement (American, b.1933), "Portrait d’un Waif", 1969; oil/canvas, 24" x 20", signed and dated. 800-1200
1260. Harold Cohn (American, b. 1908), "Grapes", c.1940; oil/board, 6" x 10", signed. Detroit modernist painter. 600-800
1261. Joseph Meert (American, 1905-1989), "Blue/White", c.1960; oil/canvas, 20" x 16", signed. Meert painted social realist works early in his career before turning to abstraction. summers 2000-3000
1262. Eduardo Devetta (Italian, 20th century), "Paesaggio", c. 1955; oil/canvas, 40" x 28", signed. 800-1200
1263. Harold Cohn (American, b.1908), "Cherries and Apricot", c.1940; oil/board, 10" x 14", signed. Detroit modernist painter. 600-800
1264. Hofheim (Haindl) (German, 20th century), "Sonnen Blumen", c. 1950; oil/canvas, 35" x 23", signed; titled on verso. 1000-1500
1265. Mirriam McKinnie (American, b. 1906), "Figure of a Woman", c. 1940; mixed media/paper, 15" 23.5", signed. St Louis WPA era painter and printmaker. 400-600
1266. R.J. Holden (American, 20th century), "Blackberry River, Conn.", c.1950; watercolor/paper, 9" x 12", signed, tag on mat "Ford Times Art Collection for Schools", and title on verso. 300-500
1267. German Modern School (20th century), "Landscape with Buildings", c. 1960; oil/canvas, 21" X 11.5, signed indistinctly. 250-350
1268. American School, "Siamese Cat", c. 1950; oil/canvas, 11" x 8", unsigned. 200-300
1269. German Modernist School, portfolio of twelve color woodblock prints, one pictured, c.1966, average size is 12" x 18", stamp on print reads "Zollant Stgt. Flughfen". Each print is pencil signed and appears to read, "Pavil Arnold", and numbered. 300-500
1270. Harold Cohn (American, b.1908), "Grass on Sandy Hill", c.1940; oil/board, 11" x 14", signed. Detroit modernist painter. 600-800
1271. Helen Mueller (American, 20th century), "Church", c. 1950; tempera, 12" x 16", signed. 300-500
1272. Per Adalbert (Swedish, b. 1953) "Abstract", c. 1990; oil/canvas with collage, 60" x 39", signed. 800-1200
1273. Lee Chubb (American, 20th century), "Blue/Pink Collage", c. 1960; mixed media/ collage, 24" x 30", signed. 250-350
1274. Thauus Fischer etching, "Woman", titled indistinctly, signed in pencil, 7.5" x 6" 100-200
1275. Rudy Pozzatti (American, 20th century), lot of two works, one pictured: "Still Life", c. 1956; etching, 17.5" x 26.5", signed and dated; with another: "Tree in Spring", c. 1957, 18" x 24", signed, numbered, ed. 30. 300-500
1276. Thomas R. Way lithograph, colorful reproduction of a pastel by J. McNeil Whistler, titled "A Venetian Canal", 4.75" x 8.25" 100-200
1277. Bill Barrett (American, b. 1934), "Natural Boogie VIII", 1995; acrylic/canvas, 24" x 17.75", signed, title and date on verso. Barrett regularly exhibits at the Navy Pier in Chicago. summers. Painter and sculptor. Barrett studied at the University of Michigan. His work is in the collections of Neiman-Marcus, Hitachi, San Francisco Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Art, and the Utsukushi-ga-Hara Museum (Tokyo). He regularly exhibits at Navy Pier in Chicago. This is a major example of this artist’s work. 2000-3000
1278. Peter Keil (German,20th century), "Three Faces", c. 1995; oil/paper on board, 39" x 39", signed, titled and artist biography on verso. Keil is with Elvira Bach, Rainer Fetting, and Georg Baselitz in the Grossen Wilden of Berlin. He studied with Otto Nagel, Berlin Academy of Fine Art, and with Miro on Mallorca. 2000-3000
1279. Bill Barrett (American, b.1934), "Natural Boogie II", 1995; acrylic/canvas, 40" x 30", signed, titled and dated on verso. 3000-4000
1280. Emil Bisttram (American, 1895-1976), "Lines - Circles", 1944; mixed media, 6.75" x 5.25", signed. Bisttram studied at the National Academy of Art and Design, Cooper Union and Parson. He also studied mural painting with Diego Rivera. Important member of the Transcendental Painting Group, which was in Taos. 2000-3000
1281. J. Jay McVicker (American, b.1911), "Variation", 1982; polymer/canvas, 48" x 32", signed. Oklahoma painter. 3000-4000
1282. J. Jay McVicker (American, b.1911), "Blue-Green Division", c. 1970; polymer/canvas, 48" x 30", signed. Oklahoma painter. 2500-3500
1283. J. Jay McVicker (American, b.1911), "Tapestry of Squares", c. 1965; acrylic/canvas, 24" x 24", label on verso. Oklahoma painter. McVicker studied at Oklahoma State University, and eventually taught there. He painted traditional regionalism in the 1940s , and moved into abstraction later in his career. He exhibited extensively from the 1940s - 70s at the Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, Dallas Museum of Fine Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. 2000-3000
1284. J. Jay McVicker (American, b.1911), "Red Over Green", 1967; polymer collage/canvas, 42" x 42", signed, label on verso. Oklahoma painter. 3000-4000
1285. Lee Chubb (American, b. 1904) "Figures Making Lemonade", c.1960; oil/ canvas , 46" x 30", signed. 250-350
1286. Lee Chubb (American, b. 1904) "Lighthouse at Point Betsie", c.1960; acrylic and collage, 20" x 36", identified by label verso from the Academy of Professional Artists (St. Louis). Chubb was born in St. Louis and studied at the University of Illinois. She was interesed in various forms of art, making paintings, collages, sculpture, and even candles. There was a retrospective exhibit of her work athe Sheldon Art Gallery in St. Louis last year. 300-500
1287. Lee Chubb (American, b. 1904) “Abstract”, c.1960; oil/board, 27" x 19", unsigned. 250-350
1288. Lee Chubb (American, b. 1904) "Abstract Construction", c.1960; acrylic and collage, 20" x 33" (mounted on another board, making a border, 27" x 40" overall dimension), signed. 250-350
1289. Lee Chubb (American, b. 1904), "Amateur Chancellor", c. 1960; oil/board, 24" x 18", unsigned, St Louis Artist Guild label and portrait on verso. 250-350
1290. Medard Klein (American, b.1905), "Hiatas", c.1946; lumiprint, 10" x 12", signed and dated in pencil. Klein exhibited regularly at the Museum of Non-Objective Art (Guggenheim), Art Institute of Chicago, National Academy of Design, Laguna Beach Art Association, Oakland Art Gallery and the Institute of Design. 500-700
1291. Sam Francis (American, b, 1923) "Untitled", c. 1964; color lithograph, 16" x 12", signed. Letters from the "Friends of Art" (Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City) accompany the lot. Highly important contemporary artist. Francis studied at the University of California, and has been painting abstracts since 1947. 800-1200
1292. Medard Klein (American, b.1905), "Drawing #8", c.1944; mixed media/paper , 10" x 13.5", signed and dated, original artist label with title. 500-700
1293. Medard Klein (American, b.1905), "Abstract", c.1948; mixed media/fabric, 11" x 15", signed and dated. 500-700
1294. Medard Klein (American, b.1905), "Lithograph #6", 1945; lithograph, 13" x 10", 1/10, signed and dated in pencil. 300-500
1295. Angele Myrer (American, 1896-1970), "Abstract", c.1950; oil/canvas, 16" x 24", signed. Myrer studied with Knaths and Lazzell, and also at Cranbrook Academy. Myrer was a member of the Provincetown Artists Association (1938). 1500-2500
1296. Grace L. Hamilton (American, 20th century), "Texas, The Elderly Couple", c.1960; oil/canvas, 24" x 30", signed; titled on verso. 2000-3000
1297. Bonhumil Samuel Kecir (Czech, 1904-1987), "Still Life with Flowers", c. 1937; oil/board, 19.5" x 15.5", signed, unframed. Kecir studied in Prague and in Paris. There were major exhibitions of his work in Prague and in Pilsen (Czech Republic) in the mid 1930s. Upon the death of his mother in a concentration camp in 1937, Kecir developed mental illness, and was institutionalized. His work was seized and he was no longer allowed to exhibit his art. 1000-2000
1298. Amy Watson Wells Fell (American, b. 1898), "Nude", c. 1945; oil/canvas, 25" x 30", artist biography on verso. Fell worked primarily in New Jersey, and exhibited in the 1940s. 2000-3000
1299. Alex Minewski (American, 1917-1979), "Flowers and Pipe", c. 1960; oil/canvas, 26" x 20", signed ; artist label on verso. Minewski studied with Hans Hoffman. 1000-2000
1300. William Corasick (American, 1907-2002), "Black and White Abstract", 1975; oil/canvas, 24" x 36", signed. Philadelphia modernist painter. Corasick studied at Temple University and at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, National Academy of Design, and the Butler Art Institute (1930s-50s). 2000-3000
Sale Date:
June 4 & 5, 2005