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November 2004 Fine Arts & Antiques Auction Catalog

Aspire Auctions, Inc.


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Lots

Antiquities
1-10
11-14
Paintings
15-29
30-44
45-59
60-74
75-89
90-102
Works on Paper
103-122
123-142
143-162
163-182
183-202
203
Russian Enamel & Sterling Silver
204-218
219-233
234-248
249-263
264-278
Sculpture
279-288
Porcelain & Ceramics
289-303
304-318
319-333
334-348
349-361
Glass
362-371
372-381
382-387
Fine Jewelry
388-397
398-407
408-417
418-427
428-437
438-447
448-455
Furniture
456-465
466-475
476-480
Lighting
481-490
491-500
501
Napoleonic Collection: Books, Sculpture & Art
502-511
512-521
522-524
Decorative Arts
525-539
540-554
555-569
570-584
585-597
Orientalia
598-607
608-617
618-627
628-637
638-642
Estate Oriental Carpets
643-652
653-662
663-672
673-674
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
675-684
685-694
695-704
705-714
715-724
725-733
Ephemera, Autographs & Photography
734-743
744-745


Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)

183. Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)


Framed, limited edition, signed print from the famous surrealist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989). Lithograph is of a large rhino. He is depicted with a mottled pattern to his skin giving a sense of a bumpy texture. Pencil details are seen in the grass and flowers, as well as around rhinos face. Palette is mostly a mossy green. Print is signed on lower right, the edition number 239/275 is on left and paper has a print stamp with the year. Print measures apprx 24" x 22". On verso is a tag from the New York Graphic Society, Ltd. With white matting and simple metal frame, entire item measures apprx 29" x 27".

300/400 Sold: $529.00

Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)

184. Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)


Wonderful screen print from the world's best know surrealist artist, Salvador Dali, circa 1971. Image depicts a woman in a ruffled ball gown, with exuberant ink splashes around her head, perhaps as hair. She seems to rest her line-drawn arm on a bust. The back ground is a rich, glowing orange. Print is signed in pencil at the lower right. Edition number 65/145, is seen on lower right. Print has embossed blind stamp, reading Dali 1971, on lower right corner. Print measures apprx 29-3/4" x 21-1/2". Framed in very thin black acrylic fame. Sticker on poster board verso reads "Art Services, Los Angeles".

400/600 Sold: $471.50

Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)

185. Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)


Color lithograph on handmade paper with hand applied details, matted. Roberto Matta worked in Le Courbusier's atelier in the 1930's and is best know for his surrealistic style. Print depicts two boldly stylized motorcycles and riders. Signed in pencil by the artist and numbered 93/100. Print measures apprx 22-3/4" x 17-1/2". Matted with cream colored board and white poster-board on verso. With mat, item measures apprx 24" x 20-1/2".

250/350 Sold: $529.00

Attributed to William Wendt (California School, 20th Century)

186. Attributed to William Wendt (California School, 20th Century)


Small framed study in chalk pastel on cardboard. Wendt, 1865-1946, is often referred to as the "dean of Southern California landscape painters." He was interested in the compositional forms and surface treatment involved in painting landscapes. This piece is sweet landscape of a large orange tree against a blue mountain and a cloud dotted sky. Measures apprx 6" x 4". In simple brown wood frame with easel back, item measures apprx 8-3/4" x 6-1/2".

1,000/1,500 Sold: $632.50

Alex Dery (American, 20th Century)

187. Alex Dery (American, 20th Century)


"The Old Garden Center", next to the current garden center, Cleveland, Ohio. Chalk pastel on paper, framed. Dery is a Cleveland artist, well know for his expressionist/fauve style. This modern work depicts a view of a clear lake surrounded by bold, black trees. Signed in lower left corner. Pastel measures apprx 20" by 16". Framed with linen textured mat inside a brown and gold wooden frame. Pastel is behind protective acrylic. Paper on verso is falling off and has sticker for Noble Photo and Art Supply Co. With frame entire item measures apprx 23-3/4" and 19-3/4".

100/200 Sold: $40.25

Set of Two Flower Prints

188. Set of Two Flower Prints


First of lot is a small, modern, hand-colored print of pink geraniums taken from a book; apprx by 7" x 5-1/4", matted. Cream mat with blue marbled paper as decoration. Entire piece measures apprx 14" x 11". Verso has tape and price tag. Second of lot is a hand-colored, botanical print of a blue flower taken from a book, matted. Text reads N2134 (in upper right) J. Girtis. Del/ Pub. by. S. Girtis. Walwirth. March 1 1820/ Weddell.Sc. (on lower edge). Apprx 8-1/4" x 5". Sage matt with a metallic, decorative boarder. Entire piece meaures apprx 16-3/4" x 13". Verso has information on print and price written in pencil.

50/100 Sold: $80.50

Ingold (Continental, circa 1915)

189. Ingold (Continental, circa 1915)


Parisian Street Scene. Watercolor on paper. A serene scene of a Parisian street executed delicately in washes of cool blues and umber tones. "Paris 1915" seen in left corner and initial with Ingold, as signature, seen in lower right corner. Paper measures apprx 14-1/4" x 11-2/3". Painting is matted with dull gold and framed in simple wood. With frame entire item measures apprx 21-1/4" x 18-1/2".

150/300 Sold: $109.25

Milton Drinkwater (British, 20th Century)

190. Milton Drinkwater (British, 20th Century)


Harbor Scene. Watercolor on paper, a harbor view with figures and distant mountain, signed lower right, framed. Apprx 11-1/2" x 17-1/4".

150/300 Sold: $109.25

Attributed to Odd Helmersen (Norwegian, b. 1922)

191. Attributed to Odd Helmersen (Norwegian, b. 1922)


"Fishing Boats". Watercolor on paper, signed lower right, framed. Very bright and colorful boats with a mountain view. Verso of framing inscribed. Image is apprx 10" x 14", overall with frame apprx 18" x 22". The artist studied in Oslo and Stockholm.

300/500 Sold: $92.00

Edwin Ward (American, active 1935-1970)

192. Edwin Ward (American, active 1935-1970)


"Lighthouse", pastel on paper, signed lower left. Framed under glass, image apprx 17-1/2" x 21-1/4". Overall with period gold frame and french mat apprx 31-1/2" x 35". Bright colors and very nicely executed pastel of a famous lighthouse on the coast of Maine. Ward was an exhibiting Cleveland School artist and Kokoon Klub member, exhibiting in the May Shows of 1938, 1940, 1941 and 1942.

500/1,000 Sold: $258.75

Sheila Hack (American, 20th Century)

193. Sheila Hack (American, 20th Century)


"Burning Out Burning In". Vegetable carbon and pencils on heavy paper. Hack is a contemporary Baltimore based artist. The mixed-media piece is an energetic modern abstraction in black smudges and orange and blue pencil strokes. Signed on lower right side, dated August 1973. On verso is information about piece. Framed with simple black wood frame. Measures apprx 31-1/4" X 23".

150/250 Sold: $28.75

Continental, circa 1922

194. Continental, circa 1922


Framed dry point etching, under glass. Scene is a social caricature of an apothecary and a crowd. Above them stands a statue of a bishop. Print is signed on lower right side and titled in German on right. Paper measures apprx 9-1/2" x 7-1/2". With sage green mat and painted wooden frame entire piece measures apprx 17-1/2" x 15".

100/200 Sold: $51.75

N. Hunumiah (India, 20th Century)

195. N. Hunumiah (India, 20th Century)


"Mysore". Watercolor on paper, framed. Scene somewhat abstractly depicts Indian women in colorful sari's enjoying a reflecting pool in a royal garden. In the background appears a tangled forest. Signed on lower left corner. Paper measures apprx 17-1/2" x 13-1/4". Nicely matted in forest green and framed with a studded wooden frame. Entire item measures apprx 26-1/4" x 22".

150/250 Sold: $80.50

Claudine (Romanian, b. 1938)

196. Claudine (Romanian, b. 1938)


"Une Marchande des Fleurs", original serigraph, numbered in pencil lower left 197/350 and signed by the artist lower right in pencil. Image apprx 19-1/2" x 24-1/2", overall with mat and silver metal frame apprx 26" x 31".

125/200 Sold: $316.25

Claudine (Romanian, b. 1938)

197. Claudine (Romanian, b. 1938)


"Festival Des Balloons", original serigraph, numbered in pencil lower left LV/C and signed lower right in pencil. Image apprx 27-1/2" x 21-1/2", overall in silevr metal frame apprx 34-1/4" x 28".

125/200 Sold: $373.75

Marion Bryson (American, 20th Century)

198. Marion Bryson (American, 20th Century)


"Milk Weeds". Watercolor on paper, signed lower right, not framed, paper apprx 24" x 18". Bryson was principally active in Cleveland, Ohio. Her work focused on watercolors of landscapes, still lifes and tropical subjects.

50/100 Sold: $86.25

Watercolor by Claude Pannka (Central Austrailian, circa mid-20th Century)

199. Watercolor by Claude Pannka (Central Austrailian, circa mid-20th Century)


Framed watercolor on paper. Pannka was a member or the Aboriginal, Hermannsburg School (1928-1972). He is know for his palate of earthy tones and compositions including a gum tree to one side. This painting shows the gum tree off to the left side while a purple mountain can be seen at the center. Measures apprx 20" by 14". Painting is signed on lower right. Matted in white, and framed with narrow wood. Entire item measures apprx 26" by 19-1/2".

150/250 Sold: $293.25

Attributed to John S. Lyne, (American, 20th Century)

200. Attributed to John S. Lyne, (American, 20th Century)


Horse drawn sleigh, watercolor on paper, signed lower right and dated January, 1952. Matted and framed, image apprx 13" x 20", overall apprx 23" x 29-1/2".

300/400 Sold: $92.00

Lebedang (Vietnamese/French, 20th Century)

201. Lebedang (Vietnamese/French, 20th Century)


A color etching, signed lower right in graphite and numbered lower left 71 (?) of 120. A very stylish piece with rich color, primarily olive green, image apprx 18" x 25", overall in painted frame apprx 28" x 35".

400/600 Sold: $69.00

Alex Martonhegyi  (American, circa 1976)

202. Alex Martonhegyi (American, circa 1976)


Winter Scene. Blue and white pastel on sage paper, under glass, framed. Piece depicts a small house surrounded by trees and snow. Signed on lower right corner. Paper measures apprx 19" x 26". Nicely framed with white mat and gold painted wood frame. Entire item measures apprx 30" x 36".

100/200 Sold: $115.00

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