755. Emil Bisttram (American, 1895-1976), "Caligraphy", c.1950; oil wash/board, 18" x 24", signed. Highly important member of the Transcendental Painting Group. Bisttram became aware of the theory of dynamic symmetry in painting while studying with Jay Hambridge in the late 1920's. This theory, which highly influenced Bisttram's own work as well as his later teachings, advanced the principal that an ideal composition could be obtained by recognizing the proportional relationship of the golden section and the logarithmic spiral. After working with Diego Rivera for a year in 1931, Bisttram returned to the U. S. and settled in Taos. In 1938, he and Raymond Johnson founded the Transcendental Painting Group, which included artists committed to the non-objective painting style, as well as the deepening of the spirituality of society through art. The group disbanded in the 1940s, but Bisttram remained in Taos, and continued to cultivated these ideas for the remainder of his career. 3000-5000
756. Anne Lehman (American, 20th century), "Abstract", c. 1950; oil/canvas, 32" x 40". St. Louis modernist painter who studied with Bauhaus master, Werner Drewes, at the St. Louis School of Fine Art. 500-700
757. Joseph Sullivan Bolt (American, b. 1921), "Hieratic Group", c.1952; oil/board, 18" x 23", signed and dated. Bolt studied at the University of Georgia, and with Jean Charlot. He was a member of the College Art Association. 500-700
758. Chicago World's Fair poster, c. 1933; executed for the Century of Progress, 26.5" x 41", unframed. 500-700
759. Abraham Walkowitz (American, 1878-1965), lot of two works on paper, one pictured: "Abstract Composition", c. 1930; pencil drawing, 13" x 8.5", signed and dated; with another: ink/paper, 6.75" x 5.25", signed. Walkowitz emigrated from Siberia to the U.S. in 1889. He studied at the National Academy of Design, and then in Paris. He exhibited regularly at Stieglitz's Photo-Secession Gallery in the 1910s; he also exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show. There was a major retrospective of his work in 1939 at the Brooklyn Museum. 2500-3500
