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FRIDAY MAY 28, 2021 • VOL. 51, NO. 21
George Nakashima Furniture Among Headliners At Ahlers & Ogletree Sale 1966 Walnut Minguren Coffee Table Sold For $74,400 A polished bronze sculpture on a Lucite base by the Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926), titled “Sfera” and numbered (2 of 6), soared to $186,000 in an online Spring Fine Estates and Collections auction held March 27 and 28 by Ahlers & Ogletree, based in Atlanta, Ga. The work was the top earner in an auction that featured more than 1,000 lots. Pomodoro, now 94 years old, lives and works in Milan. He’s known for having designed a controversial fiberglass crucifix for the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, Wis., which is topped with a 14-foot diameter crown of thorns that hovers over the figure of Christ. The piece in the auction, 11 inches tall (sculpture, minus base), is in the artist’s online catalogue raisonné. Session one contained Asian arts, Modernism, Mid-Century and Contemporary design, fine art and decorative arts, estate jewelry and fashion. Session two featured period antiques, silver, fine art, important books and maps, antique scientific equipment and tools, and antique weapons. Both auction days were live-streamed on LiveAuctioneers. A collection of five furniture pieces by the renowned American woodworker George Nakashima (1905-90) came up for bid, each one offered as a single lot. All five were from the same seller, who acquired the pieces from her mother, a doctor in Tucson, Az., who purchased them directly from
Nakashima, whose furniture creations are highly prized by collectors. Leading the pack was a walnut Minguren coffee table crafted with rosewood butterfly, several free and raw edges and a natural reticulation, marked to the underside with the original owner’s name. It went for $74,400. Also sold was a walnut hanging wall case ($40,300), a This 1966 walnut Minguren coffee table with rosewood butterfly and several free and “conoid” end table raw edges by George Nakashima, one of five Nakashima pieces in the sale, sold for ($27,900), a set of $74,400. four cherry “New” chairs ($22,320) and a cherry din- titled “Mons Veritatis (Truth articulated sterling silver belt in ing table ($17,360). All prices Mountain)” 1982, artist signed and the form of a snake that could also quoted include a 24-percent dated, brought $10,540. Also, a be worn as a necklace, about 37.25 inches long, marked, buyer’s premium. went for $8,680. Paintings by American noted A late Victorian era listed artists were plentiful and (ca. 1880) English part included an abstract mixed media ebonized mahogany work by Ida Kohlmeyer (1912-97) library table in the titled “Cluster Drawing” (1975), Regency taste was the signed and dated and in a 61-bytop seller of session 41-inch frame ($17,360). An oil-ontwo, selling for $10,540. canvas Western Landscape by Ed The table was previMell (b. 1942), signed, 36-by-48 ously sold through inches, realized $40,300. An oil-onboth Sotheby’s and canvas portrait by Samuel Burtis Christie’s. It featured a Baker (1882-1967), titled “Viola with tooled green leather Guitar” (1919), signed, 37-by-30 writing surface above a inches, sold for $6,820. Greek key frieze with From Europe, an oil-ontwo concealed drawers masonite painting by Patrick James to both sides. Woodroffe (British, 1940-2014), Other furniture pieces from the U.K. included an Irish 18th-century Georgian silver or tea table having a dish or tray top ($9,920); an 18thA large late 20th century repousse sterling century George II footed vase by Grand (Italian) boasting a foli- mahogany console (or ate and grape motif and acanthus leaf scroll side table) with a handles, 192.40 ozt., realized $7,440. marble top in the manner of William monumental bird’s-eye view map Bradshaw (English, 1700-75) of Paris by Blondel la Rougery ($8,060); and a nicely carved (French), titled “Plan de Paris a Vol English mid-18th-century D’Oiseau” (ca. 1950s-60s), in a huge mahogany games table ($7,440). 65-by-83.5-inch frame, finished at Silver enthusiasts were treat$6,820. ed to a Joseph Craddock and In the jewelry and watches cat- William Ker Reid 1817 sterling egory, a Rolex stainless steel armorial lidded George III tureen Oyster Perpetual Submariner auto- bearing the Langton family coat matic men’s wristwatch (1968), of arms, 136.38 ozt. ($9,300), and model 5513, with case, found a new a large, late 20th-century The oil-on-canvas painting titled Western Landscape by Ed Mell (b. owner for $10,540, while an Elsa repousse sterling footed vase by Peretti for Tiffany & Company Continued on page 11 1942), signed, in a 41-by-53-inch giltwood frame, sold for $40,300.
“Milton Avery: The Connecticut Years” New Look At Famous Modernist Painter’s Early Years A new exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Conn., presents an intimate look at the formative years of the modernist painter Milton Avery (American, 1885–1965). Continued on page 8
Milton Avery’s “Rainbow Rocks,” 1921, is an oil-and-wax on board, 16-by-20 inches, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Inc., courtesy 2021, The Milton Avery Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
New Volume In Frick Diptych Series Focuses On Titian’s Pietro Aretino Book Is Sixth Title In Series The Frick Collection announced the sixth title in its popular Diptych series. The new volume, available at Frick Madison and through the museum’s website, focuses on Titian’s extraordinary portrait of the famed Italian writer, poet, playwright, and satirist Pietro Aretino. Each book in this series focuses on a single work in the Frick’s collection and includes an essay by a curator complemented by a contribution Continued on page 6
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 6 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . starting on page 7 AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 7
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CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . .on page 11