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Lot# 5029
(American 1865-1937),
SHAH KA-WE-A (The Brush House Baby), 508
oil on canvas,
14.125 x 10.25 inches / 38.87 x 26.04 cm framed:19 5/8 x 15 3/4 inches,
signed and dated lower left: G Hudson (19)18 with the background of the sitter typed and nailed verso to the stretcher bars
Provenance: Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco CA label verso bottom of the frame
Estimate: $20000 - $30000
Lot# 5041
(American 1889-1975)
Untitled Landscape,
oil on canvas laid on board
8 x 10.25 inches / 20.32 x 26.035 cm
unsigned
Provenance: This painting was owned by Leo Huberman who was a personal friend of Benton. Upon his death the paintings were inherited by the nieces and nephews of Leo. This painting was given to his niece Jamie Huberman. It has been in the possession of Jamie, who has since passed, since Leos death.
Exhibition History: Kean College of N.J. (Loan inventory number 72.75)and displayed in an exhibition at the Newark Museum (in NJ) sometime in the 1970s or 80s.
We would like to thank the Thomas Hart Benton Catalogue Raisonn Foundation for authenticating this painting. This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonn being prepared by The Thomas Hart Benton Catalogue Raisonn Foundation. Committee Members: Dr. Henry Adams, Jessie Benton, Anthony Benton Gude, Andrew Thompson and Michael Owen.
Estimate: $25000 - $45000
Lot# 5054
(Spanish 1856-1926)
Venice Canal
oil on canvas,
13.25 x 24 inches / 33.65 x 60.96 cm overall with frame: 21 1/2 x 32 inches,
signed lower left: Rafael P. Senet.
Hanynes Fine Art, Cottswalds England label verso at the bottom of the frame
CONDITION: In overall good condition, the canvas has been relined. When examined under black light there are areas of in painting throughout, especially in the sky where there are clouds as well in the corners of the canvas where the frame meets the canvas. The restoration is well done and unnoticeable to the naked eye.
Estimate: $5000 - $7000
Lot# 5056
(French 1877-1953)
Scene de Bar, c.1925
pen and ink drawing on soft dark cream wove paper,
sheet: 10.5 x 7.75 inches / 26.67 x 19.69 cm Frame: 18 1/8 x 15 1/2 inches,
signed in pencil bottom center of the sheet: Raoul Dufy.
Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Andre Candillier, Paris by the current owner. Gallery label from the above verso a certificate from the gallery accompanies this lot.
Estimate: $5000 - $7000
Lot# 5059
(Italian 1885-1961)
Composizione
gouache and pencil on paper,
sheet: 12.25 x 15.625 inches / 31.11 x 39.68 cm
signed lower right: Sironi, titled verso Compsizione.
Galleria de Milione Milano stamp verso
We would like to thank Frances Meloni for authenticating this work in 1998
Estimate: $10000 - $15000
Lot# 5060
(Italian 1918-2006)
Personnage, 2002
decollage on board.
3.25 x 3.25 inches / 8.25 x 3.25 cm.
signed in black marker lower right: Rotella.
Provenance: Exhibited at Whitford Fine Art London, (acquired from the framer of Mimmo Rotella), Modernism, San Francisco gallery label verso the current owner purchased the work from the Galerie Martin du Louvre.
Note: A photo certificate from the artist is included with this lot.
Estimate: $8000 - $12000
Lot# 5063
(American 1922-1998)
The Yellow Room
acrylic on paper laid on canvas,
43.5 x 62.5 inches / 110.49 x 158.75 cm
signed initials and dated lower left: JW 84 signed along the center stretcher verso James Weeks signed initials and dated verso upper left corner: JW 83-84.
Provenance: Hirschl Adler Modern New York, NY label verso
Estimate: $10000 - $15000
Lot# 5066
(French b. 1966)
Picassos Dora Maar Portrait bejeweled, 2015
Oil on canvas with lithographic embellishments,
36 x 24 inches / 91.44 x 60.96 cm Frame: 44 1/2 x 32 1/8 inches,
signed and dated with registration number verso: Mr. Brainwash 2015 / Life is Beautiful / No. A00230617A with thumb print stamp in black
Estimate: $4000 - $6000
Lot# 5066
Estimate: $4000 - $6000
Lot# 5076
(Indian 1887-1972)
Universal Caring of Motherhood
tempera on board,
16.5 x 16 inches / 41.91 x 40.64 cm
signed in Bengali lower right
Provenance: Purchased by the current owner in India 1957 from the artist
Condition: When examined out of the frame the board is not laid down. There is no chipping or abrasions to the image or the board and no mat burn or discoloration of any kind. The work is in good overall condition.
Estimate: $12000 - $16000
Lot# 5079
(Mexican / America 1934-2017)
Hommage a Picasso, Self Portrait with Les Demoiselles d Avignon
mixed media watercolor and ink,
sheet: 12.75 x 18 inches / 32.39 x 45.72 cm,
titled and signed lower left: Hommage le Picasso, Cuevas, annotated lower right: 24,VIII 73 / autorretrato con las damas senoritas de Avin.
Provenance: Harcourts Gallery, San Francisco CA label verso
Estimate: $2000 - $3000
Lot# 5081
(French/Russian 1887-1985),
Akt mit Fcher (Nude with Fan), (from Le Porte Feuille des Peintres - Graveurs Independants pour 1925,) 1924,
etching and drypoint,
Image: 8.25 x 10.5 inches / 20.955 x 26.67 cm framed: 25 x 26.75 inches,
impression of the second and final state, from the edition of 250.
Published by Zervos, Pasquale Iannetti Art Galleries, Inc. label affixed verso,
Exhibitions: I and the Village: Early Works by Marc Chagall, Jewish Community Museum, Dec. 24 1987 - March 30, 1988.
Literature: Illustrated Meyer, Marc Chagall: Graphic Works and Passeron, Chagall Maitre de la Gravure. Catalaogue Raisonne: Kornfeld, 39
Estimate: $1500 - $2500
Lot# 5085
(British, 18981986),
Two Reclining Figures, 1976
lithograph in colors,
image: 9.5 x 11.5 inches / 24.13 x 29.21 cm frame: 24 x 26.25 inches,
pencil signed lower right: Moore numbered lower left: 13/75.
Catalogue Raisonne: Cramer/Grant/Mitchinson, 440
Estimate: $2000 - $4000
Lot# 5101
With rivets around the edge, 2 vertical fins run from the front to the back on a custom black metal stand.
Approximate dimensions not including the stand: 8 1/4 high x 9 3/4 deep x 7 inches wide..
Purchased from Safani Gallery Inc., New York February 27, 2007. Copy of invoice is available.
Condition: Patina throughout. Some loss to rivets, and apparent loss to forehead due to small drilled hole. Two additional drilled holes to the bottom fins flanking the face. Minor metal loss to the edge.
Estimate: $25000 - $35000
Lot# 5102
Oval crown with a bird form finial, pair of small mounted figures to the front and back, woven bronze pattern around the diameter.
With xanadu ARTIFACTS AND TRIBAL ART SAN FRANCISCO PALO ALTO label.
Approximate dimensions: 5 3/4 high x 6 3/4 wide x 8 1/4 inches deep..
Condition: Patina to the bronze. Some surface wear and minor pitting throughout.
Estimate: $1000 - $1500
Lot# 5104
Circa 1905.
Squash form body with elongated leaves to the side dark green matte glaze with bronze art nouveau mounts attributed to Gorham four lights.
The underside impressed with GRUEBY POTTERY BOSTON USA, MS is incised nearby, also with a GRUEBY POTTERY REGISTERED TRADEMARK BOSTON USA sticker to the underside.
Approximate dimensions: 28 high x 10 inches diameter..
Condition: All sockets in working order. Finial to the top is likely later. Patina to the bronze.
Estimate: $15000 - $20000
Lot# 5108
San Francisco.
1875.
Comprising 12 dinner forks, 12 dessert forks, 12 tablespoons, 12 oval soup spoons, 12 teaspoons, 12 gilt-wash demitasse spoons, 2 butter spreaders, 1 soup ladle, 1 gravy ladle, 1 gilt-wash shell sugar spoon, 1 jelly slice, 1 pastry server, fish knife and fork set, 2 gilt-wash salt spoons, and 1 gilt-wash mustard ladle. (84 pieces total) housed in a parcel ebonized mahogany canteen with burl panels and light blue silk interior.
Marked PAT. SEP. 1874 / VANDERSLICE CO SF. Canteen with presentation plaque that reads Presented to BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN HEWSTON JR. BY THE Comd Officers of the NGC SECOND BRIGADE, San Francisco Feby 2nd 1875.
Approximate weighable silver: 104.4533 troy oz..
Condition: Very light wear, apparent minimal use. The canteen with some minor surface marks.
General John Hewston was a prominent officer in the California National Guard, who played a major role in the resolution of a serious labor dispute in Amador County in 1871. A miners union headquartered at Sutter Creek demanded concessions on wages and working conditions from mine operators. The owners refused, leading to a strike. The mine operators alleged that the union miners were intimidating the mining engineers, causing them to stop work, and causing mines to fill dangerously with water.
The mine owners asked Governor Henry H. Haight for assistance because local peacekeepers were unable to cope with the situation. In response, the Governor instructed General Hewston to take two companies of the states National Guard and proceed to Amador County to restore law and order. One of these companies was Company C, which would later present the set of flatware to the General. Before the troops arrived, Governor Haight made a personal visit to the area in a last ditch attempt to settle things without resorting to arms. However, the miners were in no mood to compromise.
But the arrival of the troops clearly had an intimidating effect. The strikers came to the negotiating table, and within two days an accommodation was reached. The state of California billed the mine owners approximately 36,000 to cover the cost of the expedition.
Estimate: $10000 - $12000
Lot# 5108
Estimate: $10000 - $12000
Lot# 5114
Moscow, Russia.
Circa 1915.
Rectangular damascene gold-plated double-lidded box on four scroll feet. The exterior upper lid inset with round medium blue guilloche enamel reserve, centering a gilt double headed eagle with diamond-inset eyes.The interior cigarette case lid monogrammed with the letter G. Bottom interior lined in red velvet.
Disk inset to upper lid marked in Cyrillic Faberge, Moscow HW, 84. Underside of box marked in the same manner.
The box 2 x 3 3/4 x 2 5/8, the box. 2 1/2 x 5 x 3 3/4, the case.
Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA. Purchased from Red Rose Antiques, Benicia, January 22, 1991.
Light scratching to base, underside. Signs of oxidation to interior upper lid, cigarette case base and G panel. The case exterior is scuffed up, with losses from tape the interior velvet is faded from oxidation near the edges, and with light dirt to the white silk-satin upper lid interior lining.
Estimate: $5000 - $7500
Lot# 5114
Estimate: $5000 - $7500
Lot# 5117
Circa 1960.
The frame with thick giltwood foliate carvings.
Approximate dimensions: 58 high x 49 inches wide..
Condition: Some wear and rubbing to the gilt. Apparent minimal loss to carvings.
Estimate: $600 - $900
Lot# 5119
First half 19th century.
Carved mahogany frame with gilt-metal trim gilt metal mounted with artichoke-form finials and acanthus leaf rosettes to the arms pink silk floral brocaded upholstery.
Approximate dimensions: 42 1/2 high x 28 wide x 28 inches deep..
Condition: Slight bend to one finial. Minor marks to the frame throughout. Upholstery with light wear overall.
Estimate: $400 - $600
Lot# 5125
Late 18th century.
Two-door bookcase cabinet on a slant-front base the slant-front opens to reveal five small drawers and seven storage spaces four graduated drawers below with later pulls on bracket feet.
Approximate dimensions: 84 high x 38 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches deep..
Condition: Surface wear throughout, some apparent fill-in repairs to the slant front. Wear is very good considering the age.
Estimate: $1500 - $2500
Lot# 5130
Second half 19th century.
The scalloped and moulded edge til-top on a tripod base all painted with floral motif in green reserves on a black ground, parcel gilt trim, traces of mother of pearl inlay.
Approximate dimensions with top down: 26 high x 36 inches diameter..
Condition: Tilt-top is loose. Some paint loss throughout. Loss to inlay.
Estimate: $500 - $750
Lot# 5131
Second half 19th century.
The carved and scalloped tilt-top with receses for nine plates eight to the rim and one to center. The top over a tripod base with claw and ball feet.
Approximate dimensions: With top down 28 high x 35 1/2 inches diameter, top up 48 high x 35 1/2 wide x 28 inches deep..
Condition: Minor scuffs and scratches, mainly to the base. The base with apparent repair to one leg.
Estimate: $600 - $900
Lot# 5133
Three rows of three-short drawers with original brass pulls and escutcheons inlaid trim to drawers and top.
Approximate dimensions: 34 1/2 high x 73 1/2 wide x 20 1/4 inches deep..
Condition: Some repair and restoration, mainly to missing veneer and split to the top. Horizontal split to one drawer front. Minor evidence of insect damage to the feet and back. Overall wear is good considering age.
Estimate: $350 - $500
Lot# 5138
18th century.
Flip-top three short drawers on cabriole legs with claw and ball feet.
Approximate dimensions when closed: 28 1/4 high x 36 wide x 17 3/4 inches deep..
Condition: Surface wear throughout. Fill-in/veneer repairs to the top edge and some areas of lost veneer including large area to one drawers. Loss to one toe on the claw and ball feet. Previous minor insect damage. Wear is good considering age.
Estimate: $600 - $900