Sale Date:
Sunday, May 23, 2004
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Lot Numbers and Descriptions
Estimate
701. Abraham Walkowitz, (American, 1878-1965), “Figure”, c. 1910; ink and watercolor/paper, 13” x 8.5”, signed.
600-800
702. Iver Rose (American, 1899-1972), “Clown”, c.1950; oil/masonite, 16” x 10”, signed; label verso from Oleschlager, Chicago.
600-800
703. Mervin Jules (American, b. 1912), “Young Boy with Dandelions”, c. 1950; oil/masonite, 24” x 12”, signed.
600-800
704. Fritzi Brod (American, b. 1900), “Landscape”, c. 1955; watercolor/paper, 16” x 24”, signed.
400-600
705. Thomas Fogarty (American, 20th century), “The Model”, c. 1950; oil/canvas, 16” x 12”, signed.
1000-2000
706. Henri Bolleurs (French, 1903-1985), “La Bolle Province”, c. 1959; acrylic/canvasboard, 12” x 16”, signed and dated.
300-500
707. D. Tepfer (American, 20th century), “Standing Nude”, c. 1950; oil/masonite, 60” x 29.5”, signed on verso, unframed.
800-1200
708. Phillip Ayer Sawyer (American, 1877-1949 ), “Nude in a Landscape”, c. 1928; oil/panel, 60” x 19”, signed and dated. Sawyer was working in Chicago when this work was executed.
1000-2000
709. Jean Minet (French, 20th century), “Flower Market”, c. 1950; oil/canvas, 32” x 24”, signed; Wally Findlay label verso.
1500-2000
710. Leslie Binner Buck (American, 20th century), “Roman Sculpture and Vases”, c.1940; oil/masonite, 27” x 16”, signed and dated; titled on label verso from Chicago Gallery Asssociation. Chicago/California painter, and wife of artist, Claude Buck.
2000-3000
711. Aaron Bohrod (American, 1907-1992), “Boat in a Harbor”, c.1932; watercolor/paper, 10” x 13”, signed and dated.
3500-4500
712. Aaron Bohrod (American, 1907-1992), “Head of a Woman”, c.1940; oil/board, 11” x 8.5”, signed.
3000-4000
713. Michael Lenson (Russian/American, 1903-1971), “Farm”, c.1930; oil/board, 18” x 20”, signed. Important New Jersey muralist and American Scene painter.
1500-2500
714. Albert Pels (American, 1910-1998 ), “Tango”, c. 1940; oil/canvasboard, 14” x 18”, signed.
1400-1800
715. Frances Chapin (American, 1899-1965), “Ice Skaters”, c.1940; oil/canvas, 28” x 40”, signed.
2500-4500
716. Hector Ortega (Venezuelan/Spanish, 20th century), “America”, c. 1960; oil/canvas, 36 x 46, signed and titled. Ortega worked and exhibited in Venezuela before moving to Spain to open a school. He was a painter, printmaker, architect, and landscape architect.
5000-7000
717. Tadashi Asoma (Japanese/American, b. 1922), “Black Bathing Suit”, c. 1967; oil/canvas, 47” x 41”, signed, titled, and dated.
1500-2500
718. Emil Bisttram (American, 1895-1976), “Still Life”, c. 1959; oil/board, 36” x 44”, signed and dated; label verso from artist’s inventory from 1976.
8,000-10,000
719. Don Southard (American, b. 1955), “Day at the Beach”, c.1990; acrylic/canvas, 81” x 71”, initialed; illustration of the work featured in a newspaper article accompanies the lot. Southard studied at Yale University and the University of Iowa. He has exhibited extensively in Chicago and internationally. He currently teaches advanced figure painting at the Art Institute of Chicago.
5000-7000
720. Frank Greco (American, 20th century), “Geometric Dimension”, c. 1944; oil/canvas, 34” x 42”, signed and dated. Greco designed posters for the New York City WPA.
7000-9000
721. Red Grooms (American, b. 1937), “Camel”, c.1965; color woodcut print, 9” x 7”, signed, dated, and numbered, 3/10.
800-1200
722. Leroy Neiman (American, b. 1926), “Stan Kenton”, c.1959; watercolor and drawing, 14” x 11”, signed, dated, and titled. Neiman worked for Playboy Magazine as an illustrator for a number of years.
600-800
723. Leroy Neiman (American, b. 1926), “Paris Cafe”, c.1959; drawing/paper, 13” x 22”, signed.
600-800
724. Leroy Neiman (American, b. 1926), “SS United States”, c. 1968; ink drawing, 14” x 23”, signed and dated.
600-800
725. Leroy Neiman (American, b. 1926), “Max Roach”, c. 1957; pastel and pencil/paper, 13” x 11”, signed, dated, and titled.
600-800
726. Leroy Neiman (American, b. 1926), “Stillman’s Gym”, c.1959; drawing/paper, 13” x 10”, signed.
600-800
727. John F. Swalley (American, b. 1887), “Industrial Harbor Scene”, c.1940; oil/canvas, 24” x 30”, signed. Toledo, Ohio modernist painter.
800-1200
728. Alberta Kinsey (American, 1875-1968), “French Quarter, New Orleans”, c.1940; oil/canvas laid down on board, 23” x 30”, signed. Kinsey worked in Cincinnati, and then in New Orleans for many years.
1500-2500
729. Eli Levin (American, 20th century), “Strip Bar”, c. 1976; oil/board, 18” x 24”, signed and dated. Oklahoma City regionalist painter.
4500-6500
730. Charles Turzak (American, 1899-1986), “Merchandise Mart (Chicago)”, c.1931; woodcut print, 9” x 11”, signed, numbered 37/50.
800-1200
731. John F. Swalley (American, b. 1887), “Maumee River Scene”, c.1940; oil/canvas, 24” x 30”, signed. Toledo, Ohio modernist painter.
800-1200
732. Emil Bisttram (American, 1895-1976), “Geometric Abstraction”, c.1944; gouache/paper, 9” x 10”, signed and dated.
2000-3000
733. Byron Browne (American, 1907-1961), “Abstract”, c. 1935; drawing with brown wash/paper, 11.5” x 9”, signed and dated. This is an excellent, early work on paper by this artist.
1500-2500
734. Conrad Buff (American, 1886-1975), “Rock Formation”, c.1970; oil/board, 10” x 9”, signed.
1000-2000
735. John Sennhauser (Swiss/American, 1907-1978), “Composition”, c.1937; watercolor and gouache/paper, 12.25” x 10”, signed and dated, provenance: Stevens Gallery, Phoenix. REF: American Abstract Art of the 1930s and 1940s; The J. Donald Nichols Collection, Wake Forest University. This is an exceptional inon-objective image by the artist.
3500-4500
736. Conrad Buff (American, 1886-1975), “Desert Pool”, c.1970; oil/board, 12” x 9”, signed.
1000-2000
737. Robert MacDonald Graham (American, b. 1919), “Still Life”, c.1942; oil and tempera/board, 25.5” x 19.5”, signed and dated; Associated American Artists label verso. Kansas City regionalist painter. Graham worked with Thomas Hart Benton. This is an important, early example of this artist’s work.
3000-5000
738. Harold Cohn (American, b. 1908 ), “Acrobats”, c. 1950; oil/board, 48” x 24”, signed.
1500-2500
739. William S. Schwartz (Russian/American, 1896-1977), “Old Man by the Sea”, c.1940; watercolor/paper, 21” x 17”, signed.
2500-3000
740. Joseph P. Meert (American, 1905-1989), “Chorus Line”, c.1950; oil/canvas, 46” x 88”, inscribed on verso, “Meert, NYC”. Meert was an abstract expressionist painter, and was close to Jackson Pollock and Thomas Hart Benton while at the Art Students League, in New York.
8000-10,000
741. Frank Holt (American, 1911-1987), “Tomorrow Comes Today”, c. 1960; oil/board, 16” x 20”, signed.
1000-2000
742. American School “The Bongo Player”, c.1950; carved wood, 32” x 9” x 10”, unsigned.
1000-1500
743. Alexander Nepote (American, 1913-1986), “Two in Transition”, c.1960; mixed media/board, 53.5” x 44”, signed.
800-1200
744. Lundy Siegrist (American, 1925-1985), “Temple and Jungle Birds”, c.1960; oil/canvas, 36” x 49.5”, signed.
2000-3000
745. Louis von Koelnau (American, b. 1924), “Figural Group”, c. 1952; bronze on a wood base, 9.5” x 7”, unsigned, lot is accompanied by numerous articles concerning the artist, as well as an exhibition catalog from a group exhibition in Stockholm of the artwork of von Koelnau, John Anderson, Urban Couch, Daniel Soderlind, Byron Bradley, and Robert Kilbride (all of whom were working painters and sculptors in Minneapolis at the time).
600-800
746. Paul H. Manship (American, 1885-1966), “Pisces”, c.1930; bronze medallion, zodiac design 6” diameter, signed.
1000-1500
747. Paul H. Manship (American, 1885-1966), “Sagittarius”, c.1930; bronze medallion, zodiac design 6” diameter, signed.
1000-1500
748. Bruno Cassinari (Italian, 1912-1992), “The Arena”, c. 1950; watercolor, 29” x 21”, signed; accompanied by literature concerning the piece.
1500-2500
749. Bill Barrett (American, b. 1934), “Abstract”, c. 2001; oil/canvas, 52” x 38”, signed and dated; signed and dated again verso. 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 the Navy Pier in Chicago.
8000-10,000
750. Bill Barrett (American, b. 1934), “Abstract”, c. 1996; bronze sculpture, 14” x 12”, signed and dated.
5000-7000
Sale Date:
Sunday, May 23, 2004