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September 2005 Fine Art and Antiques Auction Catalog

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Lots

Antiquities
1-4
Fine Paintings
5-29
30-54
55-79
80-104
105-129
130-135
Works on Paper
136-160
161-185
186-210
211-235
236-260
261-285
286-310
311-319
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
863-877
878-892
893-907
908-922
923-932


Mary Lou Ferbert (American, Contemporary, ca. 1977)

286. Mary Lou Ferbert (American, Contemporary, ca. 1977)


"Bridge Series #2: The Center Street Swing Bridge." (West of the Powerhouse-Cleveland". Transparent watercolor on paper, signed ML Ferbert" on the lower right corner. Image size approx. 19-1/2" x 27", framed overall approx. 33-3/4" x 40-1/4". Mary Lou Ferbert said once, "For over thirty years I have prowled Cleveland’s Flats, the vital heart of a city that once was a power. The engine of the Industrial Revolution... shipping, steel production, manufacturing...in this unique arena I have always found inspiration for my painting." Following her formal education in the hard sciences Ferbert opted for wife, mother, home-maker and volunteer. In 1968 when her daughter left for college she made a commitment to art education at the Cleveland Institute of Art and a career as a painter. Concomitantly she embarked on a volunteer journey at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. This particular work was exhibited at the Chitaqua Exhibition of American Art in 1977. Ferbert has had solo exhibitions at The Bonfoey Company, Cleveland, OH many times, and will again exhibit there in September, 2005; Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN 1997; The Butler Institute of American Art l993-94; Gallery Madison 90, NYC 1987; Cleveland Play House Gallery l985; Great Lakes Theater Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland l985; The Intown Club, Cleveland l983. She is represented in the permanent collections of the American Numismatic Society; The Butler Institute of American Art; The Cleveland Museum of Natural History; El Paso Museum of Art; National Museum of Women in the Arts; and The Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University.

5,000/8,000

Masumi Hayashi (Contemporary, American/Japanese, b. 1945)

287. Masumi Hayashi (Contemporary, American/Japanese, b. 1945)


"Cleveland Public Square". Color photograph, from a photographic collage by the artist, signed in ink lower right corner, titled in ink lower left corner, framed under glass, 11" x 29-1/2" image size, 16" x 34-1/2" frame size.

1,000/2,000 Sold: $632.50

Hugh Kepets (American, b. 1946)

288. Hugh Kepets (American, b. 1946)


"E 9th + Euclid". Serigraph, 1986, signed in pencil lower right margin, titled lower left margin, "Studio Proof" in pencil lower center margin, framed under glass, apprx 30" x 35" paper size, with frame apprx. 33" x 38".

2,000/3,000 Sold: $172.50

Ed Mieczkowski (American, Contemporary)

289. Ed Mieczkowski (American, Contemporary)


" Leger-Kowski". Ink on paper, signed in ink lower left, and "East Hampton, 1981", titled lower center, #49 lower right, each underlined in pencil, framed in a black plastic frame with non-glare glass, 11" x 14".

150/225 Sold: $115.00

Joyce Parkhill, MWS (American, 20th Century)

290. Joyce Parkhill, MWS (American, 20th Century)


Watercolor on paper, signed lower right, not dated. Image of docked boats. Image size apprx 12-1/2" x 17-1/2", overall in double mat and wood frame apprx 21-3/4" x 26-3/4". Artist's information on tag applied to verso.

200/300 Sold: $126.50

Joyce Parkhill, MWS (American, 20th Century)

291. Joyce Parkhill, MWS (American, 20th Century)


Watercolor on paper, signed lower left, not dated. Image of a coastal boat lift and dock house. Image apprx 13-1/4" x 19-3/4". Overall in double mat and wood frame apprx 23" x 20-3/4". Artist info tag applied to verso.

200/300 Sold: $138.00

Herbert Caroll Cassill (American, b. 1928)

292. Herbert Caroll Cassill (American, b. 1928)


"Pitcher, Pear and Plant". Intaglio on paper, matted and framed; glass is directly on paper and under the mat, 1970. Plate size apprx. 18" x 17-1/2", frame size 26-1/2" x 25-1/2".

250/500 Sold: $57.50

Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997)

293. Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997)


"The New Gallery of Contemporary Art Tenth Anniversary 1978". Silkscreen print, signed on the lower right in the image in pencil, framed. Paper size 17-1/2" x 20-1/2", with frame 20" x 22-1/2".

300/500 Sold: $241.50

Phyllis Seltzer (American, Contemporary)

294. Phyllis Seltzer (American, Contemporary)


"Enviornment for a Topless Dancer". Ozalid print on clear mylar, 8/50, signed in grease crayon lower right corner and dated 1973, also signed and dated in the plate above, titled in grease crayon in the lower left margin, 22-1/2" x 20", not framed.

200/400 Sold: $34.50

Abe Frajndlich (German/American, b. 1946)

295. Abe Frajndlich (German/American, b. 1946)


A lot of two unframed black & white photographs, "Winter Haystacks, Roxbury Connecticut (The day I Didn't Photograph Arthur Miller), 1989, signed and titled on lower edge of verso, image size 7-3/4" x 18-1/2", paper size 16" x 20". Second photograph is "Century 21 Reflection" dated 6 May 2001 and signed lower edge on verso, also not framed, image size 18-1/2" x 12-1/2", paper size 20" x 16".

800/1,500 Sold: $201.25

John Pearson (American, born in England, 1940)

296. John Pearson (American, born in England, 1940)


"Circle-Section Series/Invert PC". Screen print in four colors and pancil hand drawn by the artist on American Etching wove paper, The Print Club of Cleveland Publication No. 62, issued in 1984, unframed, titled in pencil on lower left of composition, blind stamp of The Print Club in lower left corner, not framed, 19" x 25", original tag accompanies the lot.

75/125 Sold: $51.75

Catherine Kernan (American, b. 1948)

297. Catherine Kernan (American, b. 1948)


"Sea Cleft #1". Softgrouhd etching, spit-bite aquatint, and sugarlift printed in seven colors. Printed by the artist on Hannemuhle Copperplate paper, 1997, at Mixit Print Studio, Somerville, MA, The Print Club of Cleveland Publication No. 76, issued in 1998, not framed, (shrink-wrapped for protection), paper size 15-1/2" x 18-1/4", plate size 8-1/2" x 11-7/8", signed in pencil and dated 1998 in lower right margin, gigled in lower left margin, blind stamp of The Print Club lower left corner. The catalog page and original tag accompany the lot.

50/100 Sold: $28.75

Bruce Hustad (American, Contemporary)

298. Bruce Hustad (American, Contemporary)


"Fire Peach Tulip." Watercolor on paper, signed "Bruce Hustad" on the lower margin of the painting. Image size approx. 13" x 9", matted overall approx. 20" x 16". Bruce Hustad is a contemporary artist living and working in Wisconsin.

75/150 Sold: $500.25

Linda Koenig (American, Contemporary)

299. Linda Koenig (American, Contemporary)


"November Grey #1". Watercolor on paper. Not signed. Circa 1988. Image approx. 4" H x 10" W. In wood frame. Framed overall approx. 16" H x 22" W. Koenig is a contemporary artist living in Wisconsin.

75/150 Sold: $63.25

Charles Sahwel (American, 20th Century)

300. Charles Sahwel (American, 20th Century)


Untitled abstract circa 1940's. Watercolor on paper, signed "C. Sahwel" on the lower right corner. Framed in a gilt wood frame; matted. Image size approx. 10-1/2" x 13-3/8", framed overall approx. 22-3/8" x 24".

1,800/2,200

Two Decorative Watercolors Signed Harris from Newman Decor, ca. 20th Century

301. Two Decorative Watercolors Signed Harris from Newman Decor, ca. 20th Century


A set of two watercolors with airbrush technique on board. Untitled illustrations of ballerina-like girls dancing on decorated horses. Both pieces signed "Harris" on the lower right corner. White ornamental frames. These paintings were created for Newman Decor firm, possibly by Benjamin Harris. Both measure: image size approx. 19-1/2" x 15-1/2", framed overall approx. 22-1/4" x 18".

100/200 Sold: $51.75

Yossi Stern (Israeli, Contemporary)

302. Yossi Stern (Israeli, Contemporary)


"To Shul". Lithograph, signed in pencil and inscribed in Hebrew lower right corner, numbered 4/45. Verso of the frame has a sticker from the Safrai Art Gallery in Jerusalem. Framed under glass, 17" x 21-1/2" image size, 24" x 28" overall with frame.

75/150 Sold: $34.50

Nick Liviach (American, 20th Century)

303. Nick Liviach (American, 20th Century)


Untitled. Collaged paper with charcoal rubbing, signed at the upper right corner of the paper in blue with a copyright symbol, framed, 16-1/2" x 13-1/2".

50/100 Sold: $23.00

Peter Schuyff (American, b. 1958)

304. Peter Schuyff (American, b. 1958)


An Untitled suite of six framed aquatints, 1990. Each piece 15-3/4" x 12" floated in 19-1/4" x 15-1/4" frames, plate size is 7" x 5". Each is signed in pencil and numbered 28/50 in the lower center margins. Each abstract image is done in very strong colors appearing to be over a darker organic image.

1,500/2,500 Sold: $1,035.00

Ginna Brand (American, Contemporary)

305. Ginna Brand (American, Contemporary)


A lot of two collaged and painted abstract works, one signed at the lower right, 10-1/2" x 21", dated May 1978, in a 19" x 30" plexibox; the other not signed but inscribed with the number 12 lower right, apprx. 23" x 17-1/2" floated almost to the paper edge in a plexibox.

50/150 Sold: $34.50

David Haberman (American, Contemporary)

306. David Haberman (American, Contemporary)


"Vanishing Species". Intaglio print, 8/50, not framed, signed in pencil in lower margin, dated 1973, also titled and Etching in the lower margin.

75/150 Sold: $17.25

Gary Spinosa (American, Contemporary)

307. Gary Spinosa (American, Contemporary)


"Dawn". Etching on paper, 8/50, signed in pencil lower right margin, titled lower left margin, numbered lower center. Not framed. Paper size 20" x 16", plate size 10-3/4" x 8-3/4" with irregular step-shaped top.

50/100 Sold: $120.75

Yvonne Helene Jacquette (American, b. 1934)

308. Yvonne Helene Jacquette (American, b. 1934)


"Bridges Over Cuyahoga River, Cleveland". Woodcut on Japanese Okawara paper, 1999, printed by Chris Erickson at Solo Impressions, New York, NY, The Print Club of Clevelan d Publication No. 78, issued in 2000, not framed, 18" x 23", stamp of the Print Club logo on lower corner on verso. The original tag for this piece accompanies the lot.

200/400 Sold: $414.00

Hugh Kepets (American, b. 1946)

309. Hugh Kepets (American, b. 1946)


"Met Gates II". Aquatint printed in blue and yellow on Arches Cover paper by Lisa Mackie at Kathleen Caraccio's Studio, New York, NY, The Print Club of Cleveland Publication No. 64, 1986, not framed, paper size 16-1/4" x 13", image size 11-3/4" x 9", signed in pencil lower left margin, printer's blind stamp and blilnd stamp of The Print Club of Cleveland in lower left corner. Catalog pages and original tag accompanies the lot.

150/300 Sold: $109.25

Claude Hermann (French, b. 1948)

310. Claude Hermann (French, b. 1948)


"Une Nuit D'Ete". Etching printed in two colors by Pietro Sarto, Saint Prex, Switzerland, on Arches paper, The Print Club of Cleveland Publication No. 57, 1979, signed in pencil and numbered 10/250 lower right margin, stamped with The Print Club logo on verso behind image, not framed, paper size 26" x 20", plate size 16-3/4" x 12-3/4". Catalog page and original tag accompanies the lot.

20/40 Sold: $32.20

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