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September 2005 Fine Art and Antiques Auction Catalog

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Lots

Antiquities
1-4
Fine Paintings
5-24
25-44
45-64
65-84
85-104
105-124
125-135
Works on Paper
136-155
156-175
176-195
196-215
216-235
236-255
256-275
276-295
296-315
316-319
Fine Paintings from India
320-329
330-339
340-343
Sculpture
344-353
354-363
364-373
374-381
Furniture
382-391
392-401
402-411
412-420
Fine Silver
421-430
431-440
441-450
451-460
Jewelry
461-470
471-480
481-490
491-500
501-510
511-515
Fine Lamps and Lighting
516-525
526-532
Glass
533-542
543-552
553-562
563-569
Porcelain, Pottery & Ceramics
570-579
580-589
590-599
600-609
610-619
620-629
630-635
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
636-645
646-655
656-665
666-675
676-681
Decorative Arts
682-691
692-701
702-711
712-721
722-726
Oriental Carpets
727-736
737-746
747-756
757-766
767-773
Orientalia
774-783
784-793
794-803
804-813
814-819
A Collection of Ivory Carvings
820-829
830-839
840
A Collection of Opera Glasses
841-850
851-860
861-862
Lladro & Royal Doulton
863-872
873-882
883-892
893-902
903-912
913-922
923-932


Alex Stern (American, early 20th Century)

65. Alex Stern (American, early 20th Century)


"Self Portrait". Oil on canvas, signed lower left. Verso has a Cleveland Museum of Art May Show tag, from the 8th exhibition of Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen, dated 1926. In the original frame, canvas apprx 16" x 11-1/4", with frame apprx 21-3/4" x 17".

150/300 Sold: $408.25

Paul Winchell (American, 20th Century)

66. Paul Winchell (American, 20th Century)


"Female Portrait." Oil on canvas. Signed "Winchell" on the lower right corner. Carved wood gilt frame. Image approx. 19-1/2" H x 15-1/2" W. Framed overall approx. 25-3/8" H x 21-1/2" W. A teacher at the Minneapolis School of Art, Paul Winchell lived in Minneapolis, having studied at the Art Insititute of Chicago. His teachers included Leon Kroll, Daniel Garber, and Charles Woodbury. Provenance: From the collection of Tom Wilson, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Wilson's collection spans several decades and includes wonderful Art Deco, sculpture, paintings and drawings from around the the world. Mr. Wilson is a well know cartoonist and creator of the character Ziggy.

800/1,200 Sold: $1,638.75

Paul Winchell (American, 20th Century)

67. Paul Winchell (American, 20th Century)


"Village with Mountains." Oil on canvas, signed and dated "Winchell '38 on the lower right corner, in a carved wood frame in soft champagne color, image size approx. 15-5/8" x 19-1/2", framed overall approx. 23" x 27". An art instructor at the Minneapolis School of Art, Paul Winchell lived in Minneapolis, having studied at the Art Insititute of Chicago. His teachers included Leon Kroll, Daniel Garber, and Charles Woodbury. Provenance: From the collection of Tom Wilson, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Wilson's collection spans several decades and includes wonderful Art Deco, sculpture, paintings and drawings from around the the world. Mr. Wilson is a well know cartoonist and creator of the character Ziggy.

1,200/1,800 Sold: $805.00

Merlin Glen Enabit (American, 1903-1979)

68. Merlin Glen Enabit (American, 1903-1979)


Untitled mountainscape. Oil on board, signed "Merlin Enabit" on the lower right corner. Framed in a grey textured wood frame. Image size approx. 25-1/2" x 19-1/2", framed overall approx. 33" x 27". Merlin Enabit lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois.

150/250 Sold: $80.50

Bela Kontuly (Hungarian, 1904-1983)

69. Bela Kontuly (Hungarian, 1904-1983)


Still Life with Flowers and Two Pitchers. Oil on canvas, signed lower right corner and dated 1963, framed, 24" x 31-1/2", with frame 28-1/4" x 36". A handsome mid-20th Century style still life with a wide range of warm to cool colors well distributed over the composition. The background has a warm palette, and the patterns flow easily around the picture plane. Kontuly along with his wive, Hajnalka Fusch, studied in Rome. He is considered to be on of Hungary's finest 20th Century artists.

400/600 Sold: $701.50

Elmer Ladislav Novotny (American, 1909-1997)

70. Elmer Ladislav Novotny (American, 1909-1997)


Self-portrait. Oil on canvas over board, signed lower right and dated '27 or 28. In a brown wood frame, image size approx. 25-1/4" x 18-1/2", framed overall approx. 29-1/2" x 23". Elmer Novotny, born in 1909, was a long-time resident of Ohio, teacher at Kent State University and painter of portraits, figures, still-lifes and landscapes. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and London's Slade School of Art. In the 1930s, like many other socially conscious artists, Novotny painted American workers at their tasks.

500/1,000 Sold: $1,178.75

William Hoffman (American, 1924-1995)

71. William Hoffman (American, 1924-1995)


Untitled seascape at dusk. Oil on canvas, signed "William Hoffman" on the lower left corner. Framed in a carved gilt frame. Image size approx. 23-1/2" x 47-1/2", framed overall approx. 32-1/4" x 56". William Hoffman was an entirely self-taught painter, who became very successful by painting seascapes.

400/600 Sold: $552.00

J. Ducuing (French, early 20th Century)

72. J. Ducuing (French, early 20th Century)


Untitled European street scene. Oil on canvas, signed "J. Ducuing" on the lower right corner, in a carved wood frame, Image size approx. 21-1/8" x 17-1/2", framed overall approx. 31" x 27-1/2". Provenance: From the collection of Tom Wilson, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Wilson's collection spans several decades and includes wonderful Art Deco, sculpture, paintings and drawings from around the the world. Mr. Wilson is a well know cartoonist and creator of the character Ziggy.

400/600 Sold: $356.50

Unknown Artist (American, 20th Century)

73. Unknown Artist (American, 20th Century)


"Girl with a Doll." Oil on canvas mounted to board, not signed, in a painted silver wood frame, image size approx. 19-3/4" x 15-3/4", framed overall approx. 30" x 26". Provenance: From the collection of Tom Wilson, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Wilson's collection spans several decades and includes wonderful Art Deco, sculpture, paintings and drawings from around the the world. Mr. Wilson is a well know cartoonist and creator of the character Ziggy.

300/700 Sold: $529.00

American School Portrait, ca. late 19th Century

74. American School Portrait, ca. late 19th Century


Portrait of a woman in profile. Not dated or signed, canvas size approx. 25-3/4" x 19-3/4". Framed in a painted and gold leafed frame, approx. 31" x 25".

200/400 Sold: $126.50

Portrait signed J. Huszer

75. Portrait signed J. Huszer


Portrait of a young woman. Oil on canvas. Signed "J. Huszer" on the lower right corner. Carved black and gilt wood frame. Image approx. 33-1/4" H x 27-1/4" W. Framed overall approx. 41" H x 35" W. Provenance: From the collection of Tom Wilson, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Wilson's collection spans several decades and includes wonderful Art Deco, sculpture, paintings and drawings from around the the world. Mr. Wilson is a well know cartoonist and creator of the character Ziggy.

1,000/2,000 Sold: $460.00

Antal Jancsek (Hungarian, 1907-1985)

76. Antal Jancsek (Hungarian, 1907-1985)


Oil in canvas, signed lower left. With gold fillet and mat in a wood frame. Canvas size apprx 20" x 24", with frame apprx 25-1/2" x 29-1/2". Verso with Hungarian export stamp. Jancsek studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest and was a member of the Paris School of Artists.

400/600 Sold: $126.50

Antal Jancsek (Hungarian, 1907-1985)

77. Antal Jancsek (Hungarian, 1907-1985)


City Scene. b Oil on canvas, signed lower left. On a keyed wood stretcher, framed with gold fillet, mat and wood frame. Canvas apprx 20" x 24", with frame apprx 26" x 30". Verso has a Hungarian export stamp. Jancsek studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest and was a member of the Paris School of Artists.

200/400 Sold: $138.00

American School Landscape, ca. 1940's

78. American School Landscape, ca. 1940's


Oil on canvas, artists initials lower right "MED". Winter scene with cabin and stream, framed. Canvas size approx. 20" x 36". Overall with painted and gold frame approx. 26" x 42".

200/400 Sold: $195.50

May Ames (American, d. 1946)

79. May Ames (American, d. 1946)


Ohio landscape. Oil on canvas, signed and Dated "May Ames 1930" on the lower right corner, framed in wood gilt frame. Image size approx. 11-1/4" x 17-1/2", framed overall approx. 16-1/4" x 22-1/2". Born in Cleveland, May Ames was an accomplished painter. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence as well as abroad. She was a member of the Cleveland Woman’s Art Club and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors. She worked as a teacher and a lecturer as well an a painter. Examples of her art are preserved at Mt. Pleasant School in Cleveland, and in murals at the Childrens Tuberculosis Hospital in Cleveland.

600/900 Sold: $3,766.25

Painting Signed

80. Painting Signed "V. Waal", ca. late 19th-early 20th Century


Landscape with a herd of sheep and a shepherd. Oil on board, signed "L. Waal" on the lower right corner. Framed in a carved wood gilt frame. Image size approx. 15-1/2" x 21-1/2", framed overall approx. 24" x 30".

200/300 Sold: $287.50

Maurice Sayag (b. 1908)

81. Maurice Sayag (b. 1908)


Untitled. Oil on board, signed "Sayag" on the lower left corner. An attractive post-modernist style composition with various abstracted shapes. Image approx.size 13" x 9", Framed overall 18" x 14".

100/200 Sold: $63.25

Peter William Ibbetson (English, born 1909)

82. Peter William Ibbetson (English, born 1909)


Untitled. Oil on canvas (board), signed and dated "Peter Ibbetson '60". Image size approx. 23-1/2" x 47-1/2", framed overall approx. 31-1/2" x 55-1/2". Synopsis on the artist is attached at the back of the painting.

300/500 Sold: $494.50

Alexander A. Dzigurski (American, 1911-1995)

83. Alexander A. Dzigurski (American, 1911-1995)


"Oregon". Oil on canvas, signed "A. Dziurski" on the lower right corner, image size approx. 15-1/2" x 19-1/2", framed overall approx. 20-3/4" x 24-1/2". Dzigurski started his career in his native Yugoslavia by decorating the interior of churches, which he continued in the U.S. after he and his family had fled from Tito's communist regime via Italy. By 1952 he travelled extensively and paint, settling in California. He Studied at the School of Art, Belgrade and the Academy of Art, Munich, Germany. He is most identified with sweeping scenes of the ocean surf.

800/1,500 Sold: $948.75

Ida Barbour Carmichael (American, b. 1884)

84. Ida Barbour Carmichael (American, b. 1884)


"Kahikilaini". Oil on canvas, signed "Ida B. Carmichael" on the lower right corner, in a grey painted wood frame. Original sticker on verso reads: "Kahikilaini came to the ride the surf. A girl with magical bird powers watched him and fell in love with him. She sent a bird messenger to place a red lehua lei around his neck. Circling above him, the bird let the prince to her cave, where they lived happily until the call of the surf lured him away. But he promised her that he would never kiss another girl. He soon broke his vow, for he met a young girl who hand an ilima (yellow) lei on and kissed him. The bird reported this to the bird girl. Flying to Paumalu, she snatched away the ilima lei and replaced it with lehua and flew away. He tried to follow her, got half way and turned to stone, - a warning to all faithless lovers." Image size approx. 24" x 28", framed overall approx. 27" x 31-1/4". Carmichael studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy and the University of Cincinnati. She exhibited at the Women’s Art Club (1931-57); Cincinnati Museum (1930s-50s); Closson’s Gallery, and the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio. Her works are in permanent collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, The Columbus Museum of Art, The Dayton Art Institute.

3,000/4,000 Sold: $2,300.00

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