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May 2003 Fine Art and Antiques Auction Catalog

Aspire Auctions, Inc.


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Lots

Antiquities
1-10
11-20
Paintings
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-67
Works on Paper
68-77
78-87
88-97
98-107
108-117
118-127
128-137
138-143
Furniture & Decorative Arts
144-153
154-163
164-173
174-180
Porcelain, Pottery & Ceramics
181-190
191-200
201-210
211-220
221-222
Glass
223-231
Silver
232-241
242-251
252-253
Estate Jewelry
254-263
264-273
274-283
284
Orientalia
285-294
295-304
Oriental Carpets
305-313
Books, Photographs & Autographs
314-323
324-333
334-343
344-353
354-363
364-373
374-383
384-393
394-403


Indian Leaf, 19th Century

108. Indian Leaf, 19th Century


Hand painted, view of court life, royal couple talking with musicians. Painted within an oval. Finely detailed, palace houses in background. Silk mat and framed, image size apprx 9-3/4" x 7-1/8".

500/800 Sold: $115.00

Nestor Hippoyle Fruge (American born 1916)

109. Nestor Hippoyle Fruge (American born 1916)


"New Orleans Courtyard". Watercolor on paper, apprx 14-1/2" x 10-1/2", signed lower right. In original mat and frame.

75/125 Sold: $322.00

Four Art Nouveau Prints

110. Four Art Nouveau Prints


Each by Les Maitres de l Affiche, lot includes plate 64, 12, 59, 58. Printer stamp in lower right margin. Each poster depicts women in advertisement. Each apprx 11" x15"

150/200 Sold: $379.50

Ramonite Chimney Sweep Poster, C. 1920

111. Ramonite Chimney Sweep Poster, C. 1920


"Ramonite Chimney Sweep". Silkscreen poster, ("Your chimney-sweep awaits you/Ramonite destroys soot/Cleans without dirtying/Puts out chimney fires"), approx 63" x 47".

300/400 Sold: $356.50

Advertising Poster By Dorfi, C. 1920

112. Advertising Poster By Dorfi, C. 1920


Large color lithograph advertising poster, c. 1920, "L'Alsacienne Teint tous tissus," ("The Alsacian dyes any fabric"), in bright polychrome. Apprx 63" x 47"

300/400 Sold: $483.00

Three Art Deco Ads for Engraving Companies

113. Three Art Deco Ads for Engraving Companies


Three advertisments for: The Franklin Engraving Company, The Henry O. Shepard Company, and Ault and Wilborg. Lithographs. Average overall size 18-1/2" x 14".

50/100 Sold: $17.25

Robert Adams Book Plate

114. Robert Adams Book Plate


"View of the Porta Aurea". Original engraving from the book of Robert Adams' Grand Tour (1754-1757.) engraved by P. Santini. Plate XII. c. 19th Century, 14 15/16 x 13 -7/8", approx image size 13 1/4" x 13 1/4". Book matted with cellophane. Robert Adam's spent five weeks in Spalatro during July and August of 1757 accompanied by the French architect and artist, Charles-Louis Clerisseau. The resulting book was a combined effort of several fine mid-eighteenth century artisans. Aside from drawings by Clerisseau, the plates were engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi, Francesco Zucchi, and Paolo Santini. Thomas Jefferson, while not owning a copy himself, is said to have recommend that the University of Virginia purchase a copy for the permanent collection.

100/200 Sold: $103.50

Merry Wives of Windsor

115. Merry Wives of Windsor


Steel engraving on laid paper from a dalio edition. Plate size appx 19-1/2" x 24-1/2" . After a painting by Royal Academy painter Robert Smilie, engraved by Issac Taylor Junior.

150/200 Sold: $57.50

B. Eugene Barrows (American, 20th Century)

116. B. Eugene Barrows (American, 20th Century)


"A View Through The Woods". Pastel on paper, signed lower left and dated, "B. Eugene Barrows, 1882", matted and framed, apprx image size 12" x 18-1/2". Overall apprx size 19-1/2" x 26-1/2". Artist listed in Who's Who & Davenport's.

200/400 Sold: $103.50

Henry George Keller (American 1869-1949)

117. Henry George Keller (American 1869-1949)


"Forest Fire", watercolor on paper, framed, apprx image size 19" x 13", signed with insignia lower right. One of the most prominent Cleveland School artists.

100/150 Sold: $109.25

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