The American Art Fair Catalogue

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MODERN/POST-WAR VALLARINO FINE ART 222 EAST 49TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10017 VALLARINOFINEART.COM MAY 13-16, 23 BOOTH# 2G
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Helen Frankenthaler

American, 1928-2011

Untitled, 1978

Acrylic & crayon with mica on paper

30 3/4 × 41 3/4 inches

Signed & dated lower right

Provenance:

Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C., purchased in 1979 for $7,500 (accompanied by the original receipt, correspondence, exhibition loan agreements); Private Atlanta, Georgia Estate

Exhibitions:

Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC, Helen Frankenthaler: Twelve Works on Paper, January 6-28, 1979, No. 9, illustrated in color in catalog;

International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, DC, Frankenthaler on Paper: A Retrospective 1949-1984, February 22-July 27, 1985, a traveling exhibition to The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York,

Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

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Edward Dugmore

American, 1915-1996

Untitled, 1953

Oil on canvas

75 3/4 × 49 inches

Framed: 80 1/2 × 54 inches

Estate stamped verso

Provenance: The Estate of the Artist

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Milton Avery

American, 1885-1965

Pond and Pines, 1938

Watercolor & gouache on paper

22 1/2 × 31 inches

Signed lower right

Provenance:

Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY (label verso)

Private Collection, New York

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Gerald Coarding

American, 1911-1986

Untitled, c. 1945

Oil on canvas, double sided (verso is 1954)

35 × 55 1/2 inches

Signed verso

Provenance: The Collection of a Connecticut Gentleman

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Wolf Kahn

American, 1927-2020

Untitled, c. 1990s

Pastel on paper

30 x 44 inches

Signed lower right

Provenance: The Artist to Collection of Chris Porte

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George Biddle

American, 1885-1973

Tahitian Beauty, 1921

Oil on canvas

20 × 20 1/4 inches

Signed & dated lower right

Provenance:

Arts Council of the City of New York, New York

Property from the Collection of Helen Sonnenberg Tucker

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Charles Green Shaw

American, 1892-1974

Untitled, c. 1934

Oil and sand on canvas

18 × 15 inches

Framed: 21 1/4 × 24 3/8 inches

Signed lower left

Provenance:

The Estate of the Artist

Collection of Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., New Canaan, CT, acquired by inheritance in 1974

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York

Private Collection, Cincinnati, OH

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Walter Quirt

American, 1902-1968

Surreal Characters, 1942

Oil on canvas

29 × 39 1/2 inches

Framed: 39 × 49 inches

Signed lower right

Provenance: Collection of Phillip and Suzanne Schiller

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Guy Carleton Wiggins

American, 1883-1962

City Snow, c. 1917-18

Oil on board 10 × 7 3/4 inches

Signed lower right & titled verso

Provenance: Private Collection, White Plains, NY

Exhibited: Salmagundi Club, New York (partial label verso)

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Guy Carleton Wiggins

American, 1883-1962

The Avenue, c. 1917-18

Oil on board 10 × 8 inches

Signed lower left & titled verso

Provenance: Private Collection, White Plains, NY

Exhibited: Salmagundi Club, New York (partial label verso)

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Larry Poons

American, b. 1937

LP 27, 1975

Acrylic on canvas

64 × 18 inches

Framed: 68 5/8 × 22 5/8 inches

Signed & dated verso

Provenance: Knoedler Gallery, New York (label verso)

Private Collection, UK

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Lynne Mapp Drexler

American, 1928-1999

Untitled, 1959

Mixed media on paper

14 × 16 5/8 inches

Signed & dated verso upper right

Provenance: The Estate of the Artist

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Ernie Barnes

American, 1938-2009

Pool Hall, 1968

Oil on canvas

24 x 48 inches

29 1/2 x 53 1/2 x 2 inches framed

Signed lower right

Titled and dated verso

Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA

Purchased at Abell Auction, 1983

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Alexander Calder

American, 1898-1976

Victory, 1945

Gouache on paper

22 × 31 1/2 inches

Framed: 35 × 43 3/4 inches

Signed & dated lower right

Provenance: A Private Collection: 1165 Park Avenue, NYC

Gift of the Artist to composer Edgard Varese, 1948

Acquired by Perls Gallery from above

Purchased from above by current owner in 1989

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A07287

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Charmion von Wiegand

American, 1899-1983

Red, Yellow, Blue, 1959

Gouache over pencil on paperboard

13 × 13 inches

Framed: 20 1/4 × 20 1/4 inches

Signed with initials & dated lower left ‘C.V.W. 1959’

Provenance: Rose Fried Gallery, NY

Andre Zarre Gallery, NY

Acquired from the above by the previous owner, November 1981 (owned 1981-2007)

Exhibited: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Art on Paper, Nov-Dec 1979, no. 129.

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Alexander Calder

American, 1898-1976

Untitled, 1975

Gouache & ink on Canson paper

14 3/4 × 43 1/4 inches

Signed & dated lower right

Provenance:

The Estate of the artist acquired by the Pace Gallery New York, New York

Craig Baumgarten, private collection Los Angeles, CA acquired 1985

Private collection Sarasota, FL acquired 1987. On exhibit at the Pace Gallery titled Calders Calder May 3rd to June 8th 1985.

Pace Gallery, New York, label verso numbered 17358, Canson blind stamp upper right. This work is registered with the Archives of The Calder Foundation, New York, New York, under Application number A02756.

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Perle Fine

American, 1905-1988

Gabun, c. 1940s

Oil on panel 6 × 4 1/2 inches

Framed: 11 1/2 × 10 inches

Signed verso

Provenance: The Collection of Jane and John Gunther

Exhibited: New York, Art of this Century Gallery, This Century’s Spring Salon of Younger Artists, May 18 - Jun. 26, 1943

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36 INDEX CATALOG PAGE Helen Frankenthaler 4- 5 Gerald Coarding 10- 11 Wolf Kahn 12- 13 George Biddle 14- 15 Charles Green Shaw 16- 17 Guy Carleton Wiggins 20- 21 Larry Poons 22- 23 Walter Quirt 18- 19 Ernie Barnes 26- 27 Alexander Calder 28- 29 Lynne Mapp Drexler 24- 25 Alexander Calder 32- 33 Perle Fine 34- 35 Charmion von Wiegand 30- 31 Edward Dugmore 6- 7 Milton Avery 8- 9
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