ABSTRACT ADDICTIONS THE EDGE OF TOTALITY
Our new catalogue titled “The Edge of Totality” is the dividing line between seeing and not seeing, from this point one can begin to visualize the phenomena whose durations are limited to what one can com- prehend...... this is the heart and magic of art, never knowing or understanding and always revealing.......
BEING ON THE EDGE.......never arriving and forever stimulating!
As we venture into one of the most controversial periods of our lives with our country divided politically, the art market has taken a hit because of the overwhelming uncertainty and outcome. If one reads everything written about the current art market, it is unanimously agreed that gallery and auction house sales are down. VFA has not only continued to prosper but our acquisitions have grown by a third from this time last year purchasing 80 paintings in the first seven months of 2024. We have also recently purchased the estate of Alexander Liberman who was the first “Mad Man” and one of history’s greatest art directors and editors, heading up Conde Nast for 50 years and also being one of the most influential painters and sculptors coming out of the mid-twentieth century, truly a “Man for All Seasons.”
We continue to be driven by our curiosity and intuition regarding history, scholarship, knowledge and taste, which is reassured by our experience and foresight. We purchase important works of art daily and own everything we offer as we are passionate in what we believe in without the pretension that exists in the current art world.
In our catalogue you will see we have divided it into fifteen different categories: An overview of our diverse inventory, Alexander Liberman’s estate, Color Field, The Avery Family, the New York School, Jane Piper’s estate, Women artists, Abstract Expressionism, Jack Roth’s estate, Hard Edge, John Stephan’s estate, Black artists, John Little’s estate and Francois Aubrun’s estate. Our inventory historically reflects the importance of mid-century American art and its movements, showing the influence of each on the next generation.
Vincent Vallarino, Principal
Masha Stroganova, Director
Vanessa Vallarino, Creative Director
Many of our artists and the estates we own have recently shocked the art world by setting unprecedented records....... such as Lynne Drexler, Vivian Springford along with the women from the Abstract Expressionist movement which we’ve championed for the past twenty years. We have recently purchased the estate of Jane Piper who was an important follower of Arthur Carles along with her colleague Mercedes Matter, Carles’s daughter. Her work is singular in style and an important woman artist we feel should be closely revisited. We are proud to have brought these artists to the forefront which has taken the art world decades to recognize......this points out that VFA’s insight and vision is historically revealing. It is always reassuring to know that we became the frontrunners for something we believed in that has taken years to finally be recognized by the inconsistent, perplexing and trendy art world. I suggest that everyone should take a closer look examining what we have been collecting as we exhaustively research the past and selectively pursue the artists we feel need reevaluating. The art market is an extremely difficult place to navigate, and we have proven that a seasoned, trustworthy advisor is of the utmost importance in assisting and guiding one through this wild west out of control art market.
VFA’s annual catalogue is our signature statement that no other gallery comes close to producing. It shows our vast inventories along with our taste and vision revealing itself. We will continue production of our short films regarding what we do, how we do it and will focus on the wonderful works of art we possess. Once again, our goal is to produce something uniquely our own showing how art has been part of our lifestyle over the past fifty years and how our taste is ever evolving as our curiosity continues to drive us to places unknown.
Vincent Vallarino, 2024
ACQUISITION OVERVIEW
DOUG ARGUE
PABLO ATCHUGARRY
MILTON AVERY
ERNIE BARNES
EARL BISS
ANDRE BRASILIER
ROGER BROWN
ALEXANDER CALDER
HSIAO CHIN
GEORGE CONDO
FRIEDEL DZUBAS
PERLE
FINE
MICHAEL
GOLDBERG
SUSAN HERTEL
WOLF KAHN
RAY PARKER
ALMA THOMAS
ESTEBAN VICENTE
ROGER BROWN
AMERICAN, 1941-1997
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, 1982
OIL ON CANVAS
96 × 72 INCHES
97 1/2 × 73 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE: JOHN BERGGRUEN GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO ACQUIRED FROM ABOVE BY THE PRESENT OWNER, 1983
PROPERTY FROM THE PHYLLIS SELTZER TRUST, CLEVELAND, OHIO
EXHIBITED: CLEVELAND, OHIO, CLEVELAND CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, CONTEMPORARY ART FROM CLEVELAND COLLECTIONS SELECTED WORKS FROM THE PAST DECADE FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 26, 1988
GREYS AND GREENS, PAINTING #44, 1951
OIL AND SAND ON CANVAS
31 × 48 INCHES
39 × 56 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST. PRIVATE COLLECTION
EAST HAMPTON, NY
EXHIBITED:
BETTY PARSONS GALLERY, NY (LABEL)
AMERICAN, 1885-1965
POOL PLAYER, 1956
WATERCOLOR AND GOUACHE ON PAPER
20 × 26 INCHES
30 1/2 × 36 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
HCE GALLERY, PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
PRIVATE COLLECTION, BALTIMORE
(ACQUIRED FROM THE ABOVE IN 1965)
ANDRE BRASILIER
FRENCH, B. 1929
LA ROBE ÉTOILÉE, 1983
OIL ON CANVAS
50 3/4 × 38 INCHES
58 × 45 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED LOWER RIGHT PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, TOKYO, JAPAN ACQUIRED FROM THE ABOVE IN 2023 BY THE PRESENT OWNER
NOTE: ALEXIS BRASILIER HAS CONFIRMED THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS WORK. 990
WOLF KAHN
AMERICAN, 1927-2020
DISSONANT HARMONY, 1985 OIL ON CANVAS
44 × 66 INCHES
45 1/4 × 67 1/2 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED LOWER RIGHT PROVENANCE:
GRACE BORGENICHT GALLERY, NEW YORK ACQUIRED FROM THE ABOVE BY THE PRESENT OWNER, 1990
DOUG ARGUE
AMERICAN, B. 1962
UNTITLED, 2019
OIL ON CANVAS
72 × 70 INCHES
SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
COMMISSION FROM THE ARTIST
EXHIBITED:
“DOUG ARGUE: LETTERS TO THE FUTURE”
WEISMAN ART MUSEUM
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
JUNE 16TH - SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2023
SUSAN HERTEL
AMERICAN, 1930-1993
EARLY MORNING, C. 1986
OIL ON CANVAS
50 × 77 1/2 INCHES
59 × 86 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED UPPER LEFT PROVENANCE:
LEWALLEN GALLERY, SANTA FE, NM
PRIVATE COLLECTION, RANCHO MIRAGE, CA
ERNIE BARNES
AMERICAN, 1938-2009
POOL HALL, 1968
OIL ON CANVAS
24 × 48 INCHES
29 1/2 × 53 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES, CA
PURCHASED AT ABELL AUCTION, 1983
FRIEDEL DZUBAS
GERMAN/AMERICAN, 1915-1994
ENTRANCE, 1965 (DIPTYCH)
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
(LEFT CANVAS) 44 1/2 × 55 INCHES
(RIGHT CANVAS) 44 × 39 INCHES
SIGNED, TITLED, & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
LORETTA HOWARD FINE ART, NEW YORK
ACQUIRED FROM THE ABOVE BY THE PRESENT
LITERATURE:
PATRICIA LEWY, FRIEDEL DZUBAS: OUR COLLECTION, MEMPHIS 2019, PP. 46 AND 50, ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR
EXHIBITED:
LONDON, KASMIN LIMITED, FRIEDEL DZUBAS: RECENT PAINTINGS, SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1965 , MEMPHIS, THE DIXON GALLERY AND GARDENS, FRIEDEL DZUBAS: THE IRA A. LIPMAN FAMILY COLLECTION OCTOBER 2019 -JANUARY 2020
MICHAEL GOLDBERG
AMERICAN, 1924-2007
STILL LIFE, 1955
OIL, PAPER AND TAPE ON CANVAS
76 1/4 × 62 1/4 INCHES
79 1/4 × 65 1/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER CENTER
PROVENANCE:
YOUNG HOFFMAN GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL
EDWARD TYLER NAHEM, NEW YORK
MANNY SILVERMAN GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
PRIVATE COLLECTION, INSTALLED BY MICHAEL SMITH
AMERICAN, 1898-1976
THE BEAMS, 1963
GOUACHE AND INK ON PAPER
27 1/4 × 40 1/4 INCHES
36 5/8 × 49 5/8 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT PROVENANCE:
PERLS GALLERIES, NY
EVA LEE GALLERY, GREAT NECK, NY
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK, ACQUIRED IN 1966
EXHIBITED AT PERLS GALLERIES “ALEXANDER CALDER: 1963”
MARCH 19TH - APRIL 27TH 1963.
THIS WORK IS REGISTERED IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, UNDER APPLICATION NUMBER A05990.
ALMA THOMAS
AMERICAN, 1891-1978
UNTITLED (FROM THE MY GARDEN SERIES), 1966
ACRYLIC AND WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
30 × 22 INCHES
41 3/4 × 34 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
FROM THE ARTIST TO CHARLES YOUNG (1931-2005)
A FELLOW WASHINGTON, D.C. ARTIST
RAY PARKER
AMERICAN, 1922–1990
UNTITLED (SIMPLE PAINTING), 1963
OIL ON CANVAS
26 × 32 INCHES
31 × 37 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, CHICAGO, IL
MCCORMICK GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL
PRIVATE COLLECTION, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
UNTITLED (ABSTRACT), 1960
OIL ON CANVAS
31 × 31 INCHES
34 1/4 × 34 1/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
GALLERIA DELL’ARIETE, MILANO (LABEL VERSO)
PRIVATE COLLECTION, ROCKVILLE, MD
EARL BISS
NATIVE AMERICAN, 1947-1998
UNTITLED, C. 1970S
OIL ON CANVAS
21 1/2 × 66 INCHES
25 1/2 × 71 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED UPPER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, PROVIDENCE, RI
ESTEBAN VICENTE
SPANISH/AMERICAN, 1903-2001
THE WEST, 1980 OIL ON CANVAS
68 × 56 INCHES
71 1/2 X 59 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED, TITLED & DATED VERSO PROVENANCE:
RIVA YARES GALLERY (LABEL VERSO)
FRIEDEL DZUBAS
GERMAN/AMERICAN, 1915-1994
UNTITLED, 1980
OIL ON PAPER
34 × 34 INCHES
45 × 45 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
PROPERTY FROM THE KRONISH ESTATE, NY
ALAN DAVIE
SCOTTISH, 1920-2014
THE STUDIO NO 37, 1975
OIL ON CANVAS
48 × 60 INCHES
50 × 62 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & TITLED
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, CAMBRIDGE
ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST, 1992 ANON
SALE; BEURRET & BAILLY WIDMER AUKTIONEN
BASEL, 20 JUNE 2015, LOT 267
ACQUIRED AT THE ABOVE SALE BY THE PRESENT OWNER
GEORGE VRANESH
AMERICAN, 1926-2014
SCUFFLE, C. 1957
OIL ON CANVAS
34 1/2 × 26 1/2 INCHES
39 × 33 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
BRIGHT RED TREE SCREEN, C. 1990S
PASTEL ON PAPER
22 × 30 INCHES
29 3/4 × 38 3/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
PABLO ATCHUGARRY
URUGUAYAN, B. 1954
UNTITLED, C. 2000-2010
WHITE CARRARA MARBLE ON GRANITE
BASE
29 ¼ × 8 × 8 INCHES
INSCRIBED WITH THE ARTIST’S SIGNATURE NEAR THE BASE
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION (ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST)
HSIAO CHIN
CHINESE, B. 1935
RICORDO DI ROBERTO SCUDERI (IN MEMORY OF ROBERTO SCUDERI), 1961
OIL ON CANVAS
47 1/8 × 55 INCHES
50 × 58 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
COLLECTION OF BERNICE MCILHENNY WINTERSTEEN (PRESIDENT OF THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART)
PRIVATE COLLECTION, SOUTH CAROLINA (BY FAMILY DESCENT)
EXHIBITED:
“THE 1961 PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY PAINTING AND SCULPTURE,” CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 27, 1961 - JANUARY 7, 1962, IN THE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE NO. 168 (NOT ILLUSTRATED).
“PHILADELPHIA COLLECTS 20TH CENTURY,” PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA OCTOBER 3 - NOVEMBER 17, 1963
IN THE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, P. 19 (NOT ILLUSTRATED).
GEORGE CONDO
UNTITLED, 1985
GOUACHE ON PAPER
32 ½ × 47 7/8 INCHES
43 3/8 × 59 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
ANNINA NOSEI GALLERY, NEW YORK
PRIVATE COLLECTION
PHILLIPS, NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 14, 2000, LOT 190
ALEXANDER LIBERMAN ESTATE
ALEXANDER LIBERMAN
UKRANIAN/ AMERICAN, 1912-1999
UNTITLED, 1961
ACRYLIC ON LINEN
40 × 50 INCHES
46 × 56 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
ALEXANDER LIBERMAN
UKRANIAN/ AMERICAN, 1912-1999
UNTITLED, 1989
OIL STICK AND ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
92 × 89 INCHES
94 × 91 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
UNTITLED, 1948
OIL ON CANVAS
30 × 25 INCHES
36 × 31 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED VERSO PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
UNTITLED, 1948
OIL ON CANVAS
25 × 30 INCHES
31 × 36 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED VERSO PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
COLOR FIELD
ALICE BABER
LEON BERKOWITZ
FRIEDEL DZUBAS
CARL HOLTY
PAUL JENKINS
ROBERT NATKIN
RAY PARKER
KIKUO SAITO
ESTEBAN VICENTE
ESTEBAN VICENTE
SPANISH/AMERICAN, 1903-2001
INSIDE RED, 1986
OIL ON CANVAS
56 × 68 INCHES
57 × 69 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED, TITLED & DATED VERSO PROVENANCE: AMERINGER YOHE FINE ART (LABEL VERSO)
ALICE BABER
AMERICAN, 1928-1982
THE GREEN NIGHT OF THE JAGUAR, 1981
OIL ON CANVAS
30 × 50 INCHES
32 × 52 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
GALERIE GEORGES FALLS, PARIS
PRIVATE COLLECTION, PARIS
KIKUO SAITO
JAPANESE/AMERICAN, 1939-2016
CHEROKEE, 1980
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
58 × 91 INCHES
62 × 95 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED, TITLED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
SUZANNE MATHEWS, SAN ANTONIO
PRIVATE COLLECTION (ACQUIRED FROM THE ABOVE IN 2005)
THENCE BY DESCENT TO THE PRESENT OWNER
ESTEBAN VICENTE
SPANISH/AMERICAN, 1903-2001
RADIANCE, 1994
OIL ON CANVAS
50 × 42 INCHES
51 3/4 × 43 3/8 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED VERSO PROVENANCE:
AMERINGER YOHE FINE ART (LABEL VERSO)
PAUL JENKINS
AMERICAN, 1923-2012
PHENOMENA HIGH WATERMARK, 1979
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
51 × 38 INCHES
55 × 41 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
ALLEN RUBINER GALLERY, ROYAL OAK, MI
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
LEON BERKOWITZ
AMERICAN, 1919-1987
UNTITLED, C. 1970
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
44 × 70 INCHES
46 × 72 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
WHITE PINE, 1983
OIL ON CANVAS
JAPANESE/AMERICAN, 1939-2016
42 1/2 × 78 INCHES
45 × 80 1/4 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED & DATED VERSO PROVENANCE:
SALANDER O’REILLY GALLERIES, NY (LABEL VERSO)
AMERICAN, 1900-1973
RED GOLD, 1958
OIL ON CANVAS
56 × 42 INCHES
59 1/4 × 45 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
GRAHAM GALLERY, NYC (LABEL VERSO)
ARTIST ROY MEDDERS. MARTIN
DIAMOND, NEW ROCHELLE, NY
EXHIBITED:
1958 SOLO SHOW AT GRAHAM GALLERY, NYC. FRAMED POSTER ANNOUNCING THAT EXHIBITION INCLUDED IN THIS SALE CARL HOLTY
PAUL JENKINS
AMERICAN, 1923-2012
PHENOMENA WATER FENCE, 1979
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
60 × 50 INCHES
62 × 52 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
GIMPEL & WEITZENHOFFER GALLERY
NEW YORK (LABEL VERSO)
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
ROBERT NATKIN
AMERICAN, 1930-2010
UNTITLED, 1972
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
77 × 68 INCHES
78 × 69 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST TO PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
MILTON AVERY
AMERICAN, 1885-1965
SALLY MICHEL AVERY
AMERICAN, 1902-2003
MARCH AVERY
AMERICAN, B. 1932
SALLY MICHEL AVERY
AMERICAN, 1902-2003
TEA TIME, C. 1960S
OIL ON PANEL
20 × 16 INCHES
25 3/4 × 21 3/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & TITLED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
WRIGHT GALLERY, NEW YORK
PRIVATE COLLECTION, CHICAGO, IL
NOTE: THIS IS A PORTRAIT OF MILTON AVERY DRINKING TEA.
MILTON AVERY
AMERICAN, 1885-1965
DUNES AND DUNE GRASS, 1960
OIL ON PAPER
23 × 35 INCHES
32 × 44 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
MARIANNE FRIEDLAND GALLERY, TORONTO CANADA
THE ESTATE OF JACQUELIN WECHSLER, PITTSBURGH, PA
EXHIBITED:
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
‘MILTON AVERY 9/15/82 - 12/5/82, NO. 114
MARIANNE FRIEDLAND GALLERY
‘MAJOR PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER’ 1981
ILLUSTATED IN COLOR IN CATALOGUE EXHIBITION
SALLY MICHEL AVERY
AMERICAN, 1902-2003
COUNTRY LIVING, 1989
OIL ON CANVAS
40 × 50 INCHES
43 × 53 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
KORNBLUTH GALLERY, FAIR LAWN, NEW JERSEY
ACQUIRED BY THE PRESENT OWNER FROM THE ABOVE, CIRCA 1990S
NOTE:
THIS WORK WAS PAINTED IN THE CATSKILL REGION OF NEW YORK. THIS WORK IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER FROM THE MILTON AND SALLY AVERY ARTS FOUNDATION, NEW YORK
SALLY MICHEL AVERY
AMERICAN, 1902-2003
CAT SITTER, 1992
OIL ON CANVASBOARD
12 × 9 INCHES
22 × 18 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
MARCH
AMERICAN, B. 1932
AVERY
PERSON WITH A PLANT, 1977
OIL ON CANVASBOARD
20 × 24 INCHES
26 1/2 × 30 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
(ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST)
LILIES BY THE LAKE, 1983
OIL ON CANVAS
40 × 50 INCHES
43 × 53 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED BOTTOM RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
MAKLER GALLERY, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
PRIVATE CORPORATE COLLECTION
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
MILTON AVERY
AMERICAN, 1885-1965
LAVENDER SEA, 1948
WATERCOLOR AND GOUACHE ON PAPER
22 × 30 INCHES
32 × 40 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
MARIANNE FRIEDLAND GALLERY
TORONTO, CANADA (LABEL VERSO)
THE ESTATE OF JACQUELIN WECHSLER
PITTSBURGH, PA
EXHIBITED:
MARIANNE FRIEDLAND GALLERY
TORONTO, CANADA
‘MAJOR PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER’ 1981
ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR IN CATALOGUE FOR THE EXHIBITION
RELAXER BY THE SEA, 1944
WATERCOLOR AND PENCIL ON PAPER
22 1/2 × 31 INCHES
37 × 45 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED CENTER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
GIMPEL & WEITZENHOFFER GALLERY
NEW YORK (LABEL VERSO)
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
SALLY MICHEL AVERY
AMERICAN, 1902-2003
CHECKERS, 1983
OIL ON CANVAS
40 × 50 INCHES
41 × 51 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED, TITLED & DATED VERSO PROVENANCE:
ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST BY THE PRESENT OWNER, PRIVATE COLLECTION CHICAGO, IL
MARCH AVERY
AMERICAN, B. 1932
FARM FRIENDS, 2008
OIL ON CANVAS
40 × 60 INCHES
41 × 61 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT PROVENANCE:
YARES ART, SANTE FE
LANDSCAPE, 1985
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD
16 × 20 INCHES
21 3/4 × 25 3/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, CHICAGO, IL
MARCH AVERY
AMERICAN, B. 1932
BEDTIME STORY, 1971
MIXED MEDIUM
14 × 11 INCHES
21 × 18 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED UPPER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
FE
MARCH AVERY
AMERICAN, B. 1932
UNTITLED (TREES), 1963
OIL ON CANVAS
42 × 48 INCHES
44 × 50 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED UPPER RIGHT PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
THE NEW YORK SCHOOL
NORMAN BLUHM
JAMES BROOKS
PAUL BURLIN
EDWARD DUGMORE
JOHN GRILLO
CONRAD MARCA RELLI
KNOX MARTIN
RAY PARKER
LARRY POONS
LARRY POONS
AMERICAN, B. 1937
LP 27, 1975
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
64 × 18 INCHES
68 5/8 × 22 5/8 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
KNOEDLER GALLERY, NEW YORK (LABEL VERSO)
PRIVATE COLLECTION, UK
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI
AMERICAN, 1913-2000
PASSION J-L-I-18-59-89, 1959-89
OIL AND COLLAGE ON CANVAS
57 ½ × 72 INCHES
60 ½ × 75 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED BOTTOM LEFT; DATED VERSO PROVENANCE: THIS WORK IS REGISTERED IN THE ARCHIVIO MARCA-RELLI, PARMA
UNDER N. MARE-9488
EXHIBITED: DARMSTADT, INSTITUT MATHILDENHÖHE, CONRAD MARCA-RELLI: WORKS 1945-1996, 2000
KOLN, LUDWIG MUSEUM KOLN; ROMA, SCUDERIE DEL QUIRINALE, BURRI. GLI ARTISTI E LA MATERIA 1945-2004, 2005, P. 83, ILLUSTRATED
LITERATURE: KLAUS WOLBERT, CONRAD MARCA-RELLI: WORKS 1945-1996, DARMSTADT 2000, P.111 ILLUSTRATED
MARCO VALLORA, MARCA-RELLI L’AMICO AMERICANO. SINTONIE E DISSONANZE CON AFRO E BURRI, PARMA 2002, P. 261, ILLUSTRATED
DAVID ANFAM, MAGDALENA DABROWSKI, CONRAD MARCA-RELLI - PROTAGONISTA
DELL’ESPRESSIONISMO ASTRATTO AMERICANO, MILANO 2008, ILL. P. 184, 301, ILLUSTRATED
JAMES BROOKS
AMERICAN, 1906-1992
KANTRY, 1967
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
54 × 60 INCHES
56 × 62 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, CHICAGO, IL
GEORGE VRANESH
AMERICAN, 1926-2014
THE COUCH, 1950S
OIL ON CANVAS
26 × 36 INCHES
27 1/2 × 37 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED AT UPPER RIGHT PROVENANCE:
ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
JOHN GRILLO
AMERICAN, 1917-2014
UNTITLED (MOSAIC), 1951
OIL ON CANVAS
20 × 16 INCHES
24 3/4 × 21 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED ON STRETCHER PROVENANCE:
BETTY KRULIK FINE ART, LIMITED, IRVINGTON, NY
PRIVATE COLLECTION
KNOX MARTIN
AMERICAN, 1923-2022
SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS, C. 1957
OIL ON CANVAS
70 1/2 × 73 1/2 INCHES
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST THENCE BY DESCENT IN THE FAMILY PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
RAY PARKER
AMERICAN, 1922-1990
#6, 1955
OIL ON CANVAS
62 × 50 ½ INCHES
64 × 53 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
PAUL KANTOR GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
ESTATE OF CAROL A. STRAUS, HOUSTON, TEXAS
NORMAN BLUHM
AMERICAN, 1921-1999
SWEET SUE, 1964
INK AND ACRYLIC ON ARCHES PAPER
22 3/8 × 30 3/8 INCHES
30 3/8 × 38 3/8 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK
EXHIBITED:
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NEW YORK
“AMERICAN DRAWINGS,” 1964
GOLDEN YOKE, 1962
OIL ON CANVAS
80 1/4 × 66 1/2 INCHES
82 × 68 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
PAUL BURLIN
AMERICAN, 1886-1969
ACT OF CREATION, 1958
OIL ON CANVAS
54 × 60 INCHES
56 1/2 × 62 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
EDWARD DUGMORE
AMERICAN, 1915-1996
UNTITLED, 1953
OIL ON CANVAS
75 3/4 × 49 INCHES
80 1/2 × 54 INCHES FRAMED
ESTATE STAMPED VERSO PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
JANE PIPER ESTATE
COMPOSITION III, 1957–59
OIL ON CANVAS
46 × 34 INCHES
52 × 40 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
EXHIBITED: “JANE PIPER RETROSPECTIVE PAINTINGS 1940 - 1985”
1ST PHILADELPHIA ART FESTIVAL @ PHILADELPHIA
MUSEUM OF ART WOODMERE MUSEUM
CURATED BY DR. BARBARA A. WOLANIN. JANUARY, 24, 1987
TYLER ART GALLERY, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE AT OSWEGO, OSWEGO, NY 13126
JANE PIPER
AMERICAN, 1916-1991
STILL LIFE WITH STAFFEL PIECE, 1970S
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
48 × 60 INCHES
49 1/4 × 61 1/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
JANE PIPER
AMERICAN, 1916-1991
FRUIT & FLOWERS, 1961
OIL ON CANVAS
33 3/4 × 40 INCHES
40 × 46 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & ESTATE STAMPED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
JANE PIPER
AMERICAN, 1916-1991
WELLFLEET STILL LIFE WITH MIRROR, 1969 OIL ON CANVAS
44 × 48 INCHES
45 1/2 × 49 1/2 INCHES FRAMED ESTATE STAMPED VERSO PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
WOLF KAHN AMERICAN, 1927-2020
UNTITLED, 2001
PASTEL ON PAPER
22 × 30 INCHES
29 3/4 × 37 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER CENTER
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW HAMPSHIRE
WOLF KAHN
AMERICAN, 1927-2020
MEADOWS AT HOPEWELL, 1973
OIL ON CANVAS
42 × 66 INCHES
44 × 68 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
MEREDITH LONG & COMPANY
HOUSTON, TEXAS (LABEL VERSO)
COLLECTION OF H. DAVIS MAYFIELD III
HOUSTON, TEXAS
WOLF KAHN
AMERICAN, 1927-2020
UNTITLED, C. 1990S
PASTEL ON PAPER
30 × 44 INCHES
37 × 50 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER CENTER
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW HAMPSHIRE
UNTITLED, C. 1990S
PASTEL ON PAPER
30 × 44 INCHES
37 × 50 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER CENTER
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW HAMPSHIRE
WOLF KAHN
AMERICAN, 1927-2020
WHITE THORN DENSITY, 2001
OIL ON CANVAS
36 × 42 INCHES
37 × 43 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
AMERINGER YOHE FINE ART, NEW YORK
PRIVATE COLLECTION, THENCE BY DESCENT
IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
WOLF KAHN
AMERICAN, 1927-2020
UNTITLED, C. 1990S
PASTEL ON PAPER
30 × 44 INCHES
37 × 50 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER CENTER
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW HAMPSHIRE
WOMEN ARTISTS
ALICE BABER
DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD
ELEANOR DE LAITTRE
PERLE FINE
JANE FREILICHER
IRENE RICE-PEREIRA
VIVIAN SPRINGFORD
JANE FREILICHER
AMERICAN, 1924-2014
A BLUE SKY, 1969 OIL ON CANVAS
50 × 40 INCHES
51 1/4 × 41 1/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE: FISCHBACH GALLERY, NEW YORK ACQUIRED FROM THE ABOVE IN 1982 BY THE PRESENT OWNER
ALICE BABER
AMERICAN, 1928-1982
THE FLAG OF THE JAGUAR TURNS TO THE MOUNTAIN, 1981
OIL ON CANVAS
30 × 50 INCHES
32 × 52 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED, TITLED & DATED VERSO PROVENANCE:
GALERIE GEORGES FALL, PARIS
PRIVATE COLLECTION, PARIS
DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD
AMERICAN, B. 1949
CRYSTAL, 1980
VARIOUS METALS AND WOOD 29 1/2 × 42 1/2 × 15 INCHES
PROVENANCE: THE ARTIST TO EDWARD THORP GALLERY, NY
PRIVATE COLLECTION UNTIL 2023
EXHIBITED: NO BOUNDARIES, MARLBOROUGH GALLERY, NEW YORK MARCH 8TH - APRIL 1ST, 2017
VIVIAN SPRINGFORD
SEA ANEMONE, 1972
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
43 3/4 × 43 3/4 INCHES
45 × 45 INCHES FRAMED
ESTATE STAMPED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
DAFFODIL, 1978
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
38 1/4 × 38 1/4 INCHES
40 × 40 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
AMERICAN, 1905-1988
GABUN, C. 1940S
OIL ON PANEL
6 × 4 1/2 INCHES
11 1/2 × 10 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE COLLECTION OF JANE AND JOHN GUNTHER NEW YORK
EXHIBITED:
D: NEW YORK, ART OF THIS CENTURY GALLERY THIS CENTURY’S SPRING SALON OF YOUNGER ARTISTS MAY 18TH - JUNE 26TH, 1943
ELEANOR DE LAITTRE
AMERICAN, 1911-1998
RED DUMBBELL, 1949
OIL ON CANVAS
34 × 30 INCHES
38 1/2 × 34 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
MARTIN DIAMOND FINE ARTS, INC., NEW YORK
IRENE RICE-PEREIRA
AMERICAN, 1902-1971
WIND OF THE SUN, C. 1954
OIL AND COLLAGE ON CANVAS
36 × 50 INCHES
37 3/8 × 51 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF DR. JACOB FREEDLAND, CHARLOTTE, NC
DONATED IN 2006 TO AND NOW SOLD TO BENEFIT LEVINE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS
ILYA BOLOTOWSKY
BYRON BROWNE
GERALD COARDING
WERNER DREWES
ALBERT E. GALLATIN
CHARLES GREEN SHAW
CARLY HOLTY
CARL HOLTY
AMERICAN, 1900-1973
BLUE PROGRESSION, C. 1941
OIL ON MASONITE
48 × 36 INCHES
54 × 42 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & INSCRIBED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ARTIST
BILLIE IRVING, (AS INSCRIBED) PRIVATE COLLECTION, NY
BYRON BROWNE
AMERICAN, 1907-1961
LITERATURE:
KOOTZ’S KALEIDOSCOPES,” NEWSWEEK, JULY 30, 1945, P. 74, ILLUSTRATED.
W.M. BLAZIER, “AMERICAN MODERNISM...,” AMERICAN ART REVIEW, VOL. XV NO. 6, DECEMBER 2003, P. 152-53, ILLUSTRATED (AS WOMAN ON BEACH).
EXHIBITED:
KOOTZ’S KALEIDOSCOPES,” NEWSWEEK, JULY 30, 1945, P. 74, ILLUSTRATED.
WOMAN ON THE BEACH, 1945
OIL ON CANVAS
36 × 47 INCHES
42 × 53 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
THE ARTIST TO DR. AND MRS. EMMANUEL KLEIN, NEW YORK, 1945
SID DEUTSCH GALLERY, NEW YORK
ACQUIRED FROM THE ABOVE
ACQUIRED BY THE PRESENT OWNER FROM THE ABOVE
W.M. BLAZIER, “AMERICAN MODERNISM...,” AMERICAN ART REVIEW, VOL. XV NO. 6, DECEMBER 2003, P. 152-53
ILLUSTRATED (AS WOMAN ON BEACH)
NEW YORK, SAMUEL M. KOOTZ GALLERY, 1945
NEW YORK, SID DEUTSCH GALLERY LATE NINETEENTH & TWENTIETH CENTURY
AMERICAN MASTERS, OCTOBER 1989, P. 23
ILLUSTRATED (AS WOMAN ON A BEACH)
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART; SARASOTA, FLORIDA, RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART; YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
THE BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, AMERICAN MODERNISM NOVEMBER 19, 2003-NOVEMBER 14, 2004
PP. 44-45, 68, NO. 8, ILLUSTRATED (AS WOMAN ON BEACH)
CHARLES GREEN SHAW
AMERICAN, 1892–1974
UNTITLED, C. 1934
OIL AND SAND ON CANVAS
18 × 15 INCHES
24 × 21 ¼ INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
MICHAEL ROSENFELD GALLERY
PRIVATE COLLECTION, OHIO
GERALD COARDING
AMERICAN, 1911-1986
UNTITLED, C. 1945
OIL ON CANVAS, DOUBLE SIDED (VERSO IS 1954)
35 × 55 1/2 INCHES
45 1/2 × 67 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED ON VERSO PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, CONNECTICUT
WERNER DREWES
AMERICAN, 1921-1999
COMP 1967 MURAL STUDY, 1938-39
OIL ON CANVAS
35 × 20 INCHES
45 × 30 INCHES FRAMED
DATED & INSCRIBED WITH ARTIST’S PEACE SIGN SYMBOL LOWER LEFT PROVENANCE:
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF PROFESSOR CORNELIUS OSGOOD AND SOO SUI-LING OSGOOD
COMP 134, RED IN RED, 1936
OIL ON CANVAS
24 × 32 INCHES
33 1/2 × 41 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
DATED & INSCRIBED WITH THE ARTIST’S PEACE SIGN SYMBOL LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF PROFESSOR CORNELIUS
OSGOOD AND SOO SUI-LING OSGOOD
ALBERT EUGENE GALLATIN
AMERICAN, 1881-1952
NO. 11 (SPHERES), 1949–52
OIL ON CANVAS
12 × 16 INCHES
20 3/4 × 24 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED, TITLED & DATED VERSO PROVENANCE:
ALVINE NOVAK, NEW YORK
CLAMPART, NEW YORK
AQUIRED FROM THE ABOVE
BY THE PRESENT OWNER, 2011
BYRON BROWNE
AMERICAN, 1907-1961
HOMAGE TO EL GRECO, 1956
OIL ON CANVAS
48 × 36 INCHES
55 1/2 × 44 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
SIGNED TITLED & DATED ON VERSO
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
ILYA BOLOTOWSKY
RUSSIAN/AMERICAN, 1907-1981
WHITE HORIZONTAL WITH BLUE, RED, AND YELLOW, 1973
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
30 × 65 INCHES
35 3/4 × 70 3/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
GRACE BORGENICHT GALLERY, INC., NEW YORK
YARES GALLERY, SCOTTSDALE
SOTHEBY’S, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 5, 1989, LOT 98
ACQUIRED AT THE ABOVE SALE BY THE PRESENT OWNER
EXHIBITED:
FORT WAYNE ART INSTITUTE MUSEUM OF ART
ILYA BOLOTOWSKY
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, APRIL 21 - MAY 28, 1978
CARL HOLTY
AMERICAN, 1900-1973
UNTITLED, C. 1945
OIL ON BOARD
35 1/2 × 41 1/2 INCHES
37 × 43 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
COLLECTION OF BOB BRUE
PRIVATE COLLECTION
METAFOUR II, 1980
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
57 × 54 INCHES
SIGNED UPPER RIGHT
PROVENANCE: THE
AMERICAN, 1927-2004
SAFETY MATCH, 1964
OIL ON CANVAS
91 3/4 × 120 INCHES
SIGNED & DATED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
JACK ROTH
AMERICAN, 1927-2004
ROPE DANCER, 1980
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
47 1/2 × 29 1/2 INCHES
49 × 31 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
NEW SYNTHESIS #35, 1981
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
48 × 40 INCHES
52 × 44 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED, TITLED & DATED VERSO PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
JACK ROTH
AMERICAN, 1927-2004
UNTITLED (ROPE DANCER SERIES), 1980
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
90 × 28 1/2 INCHES
SIGNED & DATED BOTTOM LEFT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
PARAMETRIC PRESSURE, 1980
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
67 × 80 INCHES
71 × 84 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
JACK ROTH
AMERICAN, 1927-2004
UNTITLED, 1964
OIL ON CANVAS
93 × 119 INCHES
SIGNED & DATED LOWER CENTER
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
HARD EDGE
RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ
LEON BERKOWITZ
ILYA BOLOTOWSKY
GENE DAVIS
LUDWIG SANDER
RICHARD
UNTITLED,
ACRYLIC ON MASONITE 84 × 48 INCHES 86 × 50 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED & DATED VERSO
GENE DAVIS
AMERICAN, 1885-1965
FLAMINGO SERIES, 1970
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
74 × 106 INCHES (X4), 74 × 51 INCHES (X1)
PROVENANCE:
PROPERTY FROM THE NEIMAN MARCUS COLLECTION
ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST BY PRESENT OWNER
ILYA BOLOTOWSKY
RUSSIAN/AMERICAN, 1907-1981
ORANGE, YELLOW AND BLUE TONDO, 1976
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
39 1/2 INCH DIAMETER
SIGNED, DATED & TITLED ON STRETCHER VERSO
PROVENANCE:
ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST
IN 1979 BY DR & MRS. SANFORD WEINGER, EDISON, NJ
THE WEINGER’S WERE FRIENDS OF THE ARTIST
THEIR COLLECTION INCLUDES A 1977 EXHIBITION POSTER
PERSONALLY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST
WHITE DIAMOND, 1968
OIL ON CANVAS
70 1/2 × 70 1/2 INCHES
72 1/2 × 72 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED BOTTOM RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
GRACE BORGENICHT GALLERY, NEW YORK
COLLECTION OF JOSEPH H. HIRSHHORN, WASHINGTON, D.C.
(ACQUIRED FROM THE ABOVE IN 1968)
SOTHEBY’S ARCADE, 1 APRIL 1998, LOT 179
MICHAEL ROSENFELD GALLERY, NEW YORK
RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ
AMERICAN, 1930-2020
SUMMER ROSE, 1977-2015
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
24 3/8 × 24 3/8 INCHES
26 1/2 × 26 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
LEON BERKOWITZ
AMERICAN, 1919-1987
CATHEDRAL #13, 1968
OIL ON CANVAS
90 × 72 INCHES
SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE: BAUMGARTNER GALLERIES INC., DC; AM SACHS GALLERY, NY
BLACK LIGHT, 1966
OIL ON CANVAS
82 × 70 INCHES
SIGNED VERSO PROVENANCE:
LABELS: CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART; THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, NY SEPT 67-68
CIRCULATING; BAUMGARTNER GALLERIES INC., DC; LEON BERKOWITZ STUDIO LABEL
LUDWIG SANDER
AMERICAN, 1906-1975
ARAPAHOE XVI
OIL ON CANVAS
60 × 66 INCHES
61 1/2 × 67 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
CONTEMPORARY ART, LAWRENCE RUBIN
NEW YORK, NY NO.1758 (LABEL VERSO)
GALERIE NINETY-NINE, HARBOR ISLANDS, FLORIDA
NO.1088 (LABEL VERSO)
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NORTH CAROLINA
EXHIBITED:
TURCHIN
CAROLINA
PAWNEE XVII, 1974
OIL ON CANVAS
40 × 44 INCHES
41 × 45 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED, TITLED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE COLLECTION OF DR. JULIUS & JOAN JACOBSON NEW YORK (LABEL VERSO)
GENE DAVIS
AMERICAN, 1920-1985
NEEDLE PARK (SOLAR DIARY), 1972
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
70 3/4 × 91 1/3 INCHES
SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, GERMANY
DUNKELMANN GALLERY, TORONTO
LITERATURE: DONALD WALL, GENE DAVIS NEW YORK (PRAEGER PUBLISHER), ILL. PAGE 115
JOHN STEPHAN ESTATE
DISC #15, 1970
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
76 × 80 INCHES
80 × 84 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
THE COLLECTION OF DAVID MARGOLIS
JOHN STEPHAN
AMERICAN, 1906-1995
UNTITLED (CIRCLES), 1947
OIL ON MASONITE
28 × 40 INCHES
30 × 42 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
THE PYRAMID CONFRONTS THE SEA, 1949
OIL ON MASONITE
36 × 44 INCHES
38 × 46 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
EXHIBITED:
“THE TIGER’S EYE: THE ART OF A MAGAZINE,” YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY JANUARY 29TH THROUGH MARCH 30TH, 2002
LITERATURE:
“THE TIGER’S EYE: THE ART OF A MAGAZINE,” YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2002. PAGE 56
JOHN STEPHAN
AMERICAN, 1906-1995
DISC #7, 1970
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
70 × 68 INCHES
SIGNED, DATED & TITLED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
DISC #3, 1971
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
70 × 68 INCHES
SIGNED, DATED & TITLED VERSO PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
JOHN STEPHAN
AMERICAN, 1906-1995
UNTITLED, C. 1940S
OIL ON MASONITE
48 × 60 INCHES
50 1/2 × 62 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
ESTATE LABEL & ESTATE STAMPED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
BLACK ARTISTS
ELIZABETH CATLETT
JAMES DENMARK
CLEMENTINE HUNTER
BILL PINKNEY
KENNETH YOUNG
BARBARA JONHSON ZUBER
BARBARA JOHNSON ZUBER
1926-2019
WADING, 1974
OIL ON COTTON CANVAS
37 × 48 INCHES
45 × 56 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
BARBARA JOHNSON ZUBER
AMERICAN, 1926-2019
BARBARA JOHNSON ZUBER
AMERICAN, 1926-2019
OIL ON COTTON CANVAS
25 × 37 INCHES
32 × 44 ½ INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
THE FAMILY OF THE ARTIST
PROTEST, 1974
OIL ON COTTON CANVAS
25 × 37 INCHES
32 × 44 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
THE FAMILY OF THE ARTIST
ELIZABETH CATLETT
AMERICAN, 1915–2012
STEPPING OUT, C. 2000
BRONZE SCULPTURE
30 × 9 1/2 × 7 INCHES
INSCRIBED “EC”
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
KENNETH VICTOR YOUNG
AMERICAN, 1933-2017
UNTITLED, C. 1959–60
OIL ON MASONITE
24 × 48 1/2 INCHES
27 1/4 × 51 1/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE: THE ARTIST
PRIVATE COLLECTION, SPRING HILL, FLORIDA
GIFT FROM THE ABOVE
JAMES DENMARK
AMERICAN, B. 1936
JAZZ DANCER, C. 1980
MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE ON BOARD
12 × 9 INCHES
24 × 21 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE: THE ARTIST TO CECILE LEE, JAMAICA
MOONLIGHT LIBATION, C. 1980
MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE
24 × 18 INCHES
33 × 27 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, ST. LOUIS, MO
FULL MOON, C. 1980
MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE ON BOARD
24 × 13 3/4 INCHES
36 1/2 × 26 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
THE ARTIST TO CECILE LEE, JAMAICA
BILL PINKNEY
AMERICAN, 1925-2007
THE SONGSTRESS, C. 1980S
OIL ON CANVAS
36 3/8 × 48 3/8 INCHES
40 3/4 × 53 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED MIDDLE RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
THE COLLECTION OF DR. AND MRS. PERCY E. JONES, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
NOTE: ORIGINALLY FROM KENTUCKY, BILL PINKNEY ENROLLED AT EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY ON A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP AND MAJORED IN FINE ART. PINKNEY LOVED JAZZ AND MUSIC IN GENERAL. MANY OF HIS PAINTINGS EXPLORE THE THEME OF MUSIC, AND HIS BROTHER SAID A JAZZ ALBUM WAS ALWAYS PLAYING WHILE HE PAINTED. IN 1987, HE WAS COMMISSIONED BY DUKE UNIVERSITY TO PAINT A PORTRAIT OF JULIAN
ABELE, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ARCHITECT WHO WAS THE PRIMARY DESIGNER OF THE WEST CAMPUS IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.
CLEMENTINE HUNTER
AMERICAN, 1886-1988
SATURDAY NIGHT, C. 1950S
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD
12 × 16 INCHES
18 × 22 INCHES FRAMED
MONOGRAMMED CENTER RIGHT; TITLED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, CA
WASH DAY, C. 1950S
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD
16 × 24 INCHES
21 3/4 × 29 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
INITIALED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, CHICAGO, IL
FLOWER GARDEN, C. 1950S
OIL ON CANVAS
22 × 28 INCHES
28 × 34 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
MONOGRAMMED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW ORLEANS
NOTE: THIS WORK HAS BEEN AUTHENTICATED BY RENOWNED CLEMENTINE HUNTER EXPERT TOM WHITEHEAD
JOHN LITTLE ESTATE
TROPIC OF CANCER II, 1960
OIL ON CANVAS
60 × 76 INCHES
61 1/2 × 77 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
JOHN LITTLE
AMERICAN, 1907-1984
BARCELONA, 1973
OIL ON CANVAS
38 × 52 1/2 INCHES
40 × 54 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
RHYSLING, 1971
OIL ON CANVAS
48 1/4 × 40 INCHES
49 1/2 × 41 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
JOHN LITTLE
AMERICAN, 1907-1984
RESOLUTION, 1957
OIL ON CANVAS
50 1/2 × 82 3/4 INCHES
51 1/2 × 84 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED, TITLED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
EXHIBITED:
BERTHA SCHAEFER, NEW YORK, 1958 (LABEL VERSO)
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS EXHIBITION NOV. 1959 (LABEL VERSO)
JOHN LITTLE
AMERICAN, 1907-1984
YELLOW CASCADE, 1977–80
OIL ON CANVAS
62 × 52 INCHES
63 × 53 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
COPECES, 1974
OIL ON CANVAS
46 1/2 × 43 INCHES
48 1/2 × 45 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
JOHN LITTLE
AMERICAN, 1907-1984
ALASKA, 1959
OIL ON CANVAS
42 3/8 × 51 3/4 INCHES
44 × 54 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
FRANÇOIS AUBRUN ESTATE FRENCH, 1934-2009
UNTITLED #69, C. 1975
OIL ON CANVAS
63 3/4 × 51 1/4 INCHES
66 3/4 × 53 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
ESTATE STAMPED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
FRANÇOIS AUBRUN
FRENCH, 1934-2009
#257 BRUME DE PINS, 1978
OIL ON CANVAS
51 1/2 × 77 INCHES
SIGNED & TITLED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
FRANÇOIS AUBRUN
FRENCH, 1934-2009
UNTITLED #900, 1965-1970
OIL ON CANVAS
51 1/8 × 51 1/8 INCHES
57 × 57 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED ON VERSO PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
FRANÇOIS AUBRUN
FRENCH, 1934-2009
UNTITLED, #164, 1970
OIL ON CANVAS
51 1/4 × 51 1/4 INCHES
54 1/4 × 54 1/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED VERSO PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
IRVING PENN
AMERICAN, 1917-2009
BLACK AND WHITE VOGUE COVER, JEAN PATCHETT, NEW YORK, 1950
PLATINUM PALLADIUM PRINT
16 1/4 × 13 1/2 INCHES
26 × 23 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED, TITLED, DATED, EDITIONED 8/34 & ANNOTATED IN PENCIL & STAMPED PRINT VERSO PRINTED IN 1974
PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, WISCONSIN
LITERATURE:
THE BLACK AND WHITE IDEA, VOGUE, APRIL 1, 1950, COVER; IRVING PENN, MOMENTS PRESERVED (NEW YORK, 1960), P. 159; PATRICK DEVLIN, VOGUE BOOK OF FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY, SIMON AND SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, 1979, P. 90; JOHN SZARKOWSKI, IRVING PENN (NEW YORK: THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 1984), PL. 48; ALEXANDER LIBERMAN AND NICHOLAS CALLAWAY, IRVING PENN, PASSAGE, A WORK RECORD, ALFRED A. KNOPF, NEW YORK, 1991, P. 100; COLIN WESTERBECK, ED., IRVING PENN: A CAREER IN PHOTOGRAPHY (THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 1997), PL. 4; NED RIFKIN, CHORUS OF LIGHT: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SIR ELTON JOHN COLLECTION (ATLANTA, 2000), P. 65; SARAH GREENOUGH, IRVING PENN: PLATINUM PRINTS (WASHINGTON, D. C.: NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, 2005), P. 11; NORBERTO ANGELETTI AND ALBERTO OLIVA, IN VOGUE: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS FASHION MAGAZINE; (NEW YORK, 2012), P. 129; CF. MARIA MORRIS HAMBOURG AND JEFF ROSENHEIM, IRVING PENN: CENTENNIAL (NEW YORK: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 2017), PL. 38.