New Orleans Auction Galleries
Fine Art Auction
July 19, 2020
cover:
Dorothy Hood (American/Texas, 1919-2000) “Pony Express” oil on canvas, 40” x 40”
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) “Campbell’s Soup Can Shopping Bag”, 1964, silkscreen on paper bag, bag 23” x 17”, frame 30-1/4” x 30-1/4”
George Valentine Dureau (American/Louisiana, 1930-2014) “Invitation to St. Francisville”, ca. 1975, oil and crayon on canvas, a triptych, each 75” x 96”
Alessandro Mendini (Italian, 1931-2019) “Proust Fauteuil”, 1978, carved, painted and upholstered armchair, h. 43”, w. 40”
Fernand Leger (French, 1881-1955) “Study for the Fireplace Mural at the Nelson Rockefeller Mansion, 810 5th Avenue, New York”, 1938, gouache and pencil on paper laid on cardboard, sheet 11” x 7-1/2”
Robert “Bob” Tannen (American/Louisiana, b. 1937) “Jackson Square” steel, 120” x 144”, cathedral h. 61”
Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer (American/Louisiana, 1912-1997) “Imagined Landscape”, 1994, oil and oil stick on canvas, 67” x 66”
Jose-Maria
Cundin
(Spanish/Louisiana, b. 1938) “Untitled - Religious Figure” polyester resin sculpture with cloth and wood, h. 31” , w. 21”, d. 26”
Lewis Carroll (British, 1832-1898) and
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, New York: Maecenas Press Random House, 1969, limited edition portfolio with one color etching (facing frontispiece) and twelve color heliograves with woodcut remarque on wove Mandeure paper, signed by Dali on title page, this numbered 1,822 on colophon, in original linen-covered clamshell portfolio with toggle closures, leather spine with gilt lettering.
Clementine Hunter (American/Louisiana, 1886/87-1988) “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” oil on canvas-board, 12” x 30”
Toots Zynsky (American, b. 1951) “Rainbow Color Curved Bowl” filet-de-verre fused and thermo-fused colored glass threads, h. 4-5/8”, w. 16”, d. 4-1/4”
Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941) “Violet Seaform”, 1999, blown glass, small h. 1-7/8”, dia. 5”, large h. 8”, w. 13”, d. 11”
Louise Nevelson (Russian/American, 1899-1988) “Untitled”, 1956, wood and paper assemblage, 36” x 24”
William Woodward (American/Louisiana, 1859-1939) “Arts and Crafts Club [Courtyard]”, now the Historic New Orleans Collection, 520 Royal Street, 1922, oil on academy board, 16-3/4” x 16”
Roy Lichtenstein (American/New York, 1923-1997) “Dinner Plate”, 1966, six-piece transfer-printed porcelain service for one, diameter of plates 6” to 10-1/4”, height of teacup 2-1/2”
Robert Gordy (American/Louisiana, 1933-1986) “By the Sea”, 1980, acrylic on canvas, 74-1/2” x 142”
Lin Emery (American/Louisiana, b. 1926) “Petals” patinated bronze, h. 28”, w. 28”, d. 22”, base h. 48”