Rago Auctions: Fine Arts Auction RAGO’S TWO FALL SALES OF FINE ART TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 14, 2009: 19TH AND 20TH C. AMERICAN/EUROPEAN ART AND POST-WAR/CONTEMPORARY ART.
Showcasing work by Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt, William Ai
News-Antique.com - Nov 09,2009 - Lambertville, NJ: On Saturday, November 14, 2009, Rago’s will hold its fall sale of 19th and 20th C. American and European Art, followed directly at 2 p.m. by a sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art.
The sales showcase work from Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt, William Aiken Walker, Harry Leith-Ross, Thomas Hill, Chaim Gross, Bessie Vonnoh, Anton Henning, Kehinde Wiley, Andy Warhol and Carl Morris.
“Prospective bidders will find a variety of appealing price points for desirable works taken largely from private collections and estates,” says Meredith Hilferty. “The selection of original works in both sales is particularly strong, from Alexander Archipenko to Kehinde Wiley.”
Saturday, November 14th at Noon: 19th and 20th C. American and European Art
Among the original works in the sale is a notable selection of works from the Lambertville, NJ, Estate of Marcia Chapman, including lot 73, a very fine Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt beach scene in a Badura frame, estimated at $12,000-18,000 as well as a Harry Leith-Ross landscape with figures at $12,000-18,000. Among other paintings by Pennsylvania artists is lot 132, Earl ''Bill'' Horter’s River Town, Manayunk Hills in a Harer frame, estimated at $12,000-18,000; lot 137, a Louis K. Stone abstract nude at $7,000-9,000 and lot 46, a Walter Emerson Baum entitled Tohickon, at $6,000-8,000. There is a fine (and rare) pair of paintings by William Aiken Walker, lot 4, Male and Female with Corn Pipes, framed separately, and estimated at $8,000-12,000. Lot 8, an oil by Thomas Hill depicting Vernal Falls, Yosemite is available with a pre-sale estimate of $18,000-24,000. Lot 14, an untitled nude by Hendrik Jan Wolter carries a pre-sale estimate of $7,000-9,000. There are a number of paintings by David Burliuk, three of which were a gift to their consignor from the artist. The highlight is lot 128, Ocean and Flowers, an oil on canvas estimated at $18,000-24,000. Also worthy of note: a large collection of paintings by Henry Varnum Poor (a de-acquisition, originally from the family of the artist) and original work by Louis Bosa, Kenneth L. Callahan, Emil Fuchs, Henry Martin Gasser, John R. Grabach, Susan Ricker Knox, Joseph Meierhans, Lloyd Ney, Tetsuo Ochikubo, Melville F. Stark and Richard Gibson Wedderspoon.
Rago has secured its usual fine selection of sculpture. First among many is lot 121, a monumental work by Chaim Gross from The Philip and Muriel Berman Collection. Performer in a Diamond, cast in 1969, measures 144'' x 76'' x 25'' and carries an estimate of $35,000-45,000. Also for sale: lot 70, Floating Torso (Variant), ca. 1940, in painted plaster by Alexander Archipenko, estimated at $25,000-35,000; lot 63, Pierre Le Faguays’ Archer (Tireur L'Arc), a bronze with brown and silver patinas and ivory on marble base, estimated at $18,000-24,000; lot 66, Maurice Guiraud-Riviere’s La comète, ca. 1925, in silvered bronze on marble base, estimated at $15,000-20,000; lot 16, Bessie Onahotema Potter Vonnoh’s The Dance, 1908, estimated at $10,000-15,000; lot 12, a Daniel Chester French maquette of Seated Lincoln, 1915, estimated at $6,000-8,000 and lot 22, Isidore
