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May 2006 Fine Art and Antiques Auction Catalog

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Lots

Antiquities
1-10
11-16
Russian Arts
17-26
27-36
37-46
47-56
57-66
67-76
77-82
Paintings
83-107
108-132
133-157
158-182
183-207
208
Works on Paper
209-233
234-258
259-283
284-308
309-333
334-358
359-383
384-389
Sculpture
390-399
400-409
410-419
420-429
430-431
Furniture
432-441
442-451
452-456
Decorative Arts
457-476
477-496
497-516
517-536
537-556
557-558
Art Lamps & Lighting
559-568
569-578
579
Fine Jewelry
580-594
595-609
610-624
625-639
640-654
655-669
670-671
Versace Watches
672-681
682-691
692-693
Fine Silver
694-703
704-713
714-721
Glass
722-731
732-739
Porcelain & Ceramics
740-754
755-769
770-784
785-799
800-811
Wedgwood
812-821
822-831
832-841
842
Orientalia
843-852
853-862
863-872
873-882
883-892
893-902
903
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photography
904-913
914-923
924-933
934
Carpets
935-944
945-954
955-964
965-974
975-984
985-990


Unknown Artist (Dutch, 20th Century)

158. Unknown Artist (Dutch, 20th Century)


Dutch farm scene. Oil on canvas, signed indistinctly lower right corner, framed in an ornately detailed gilt frame with a grey painted liner, 16" x 17-3/4", with frame overall 20-3/4" x 23".

500/700 Sold: $460.00

Carl Wennemoes (Danish, 20th Century)

159. Carl Wennemoes (Danish, 20th Century)


Afternoon in Autumn. Oil on canvas, signed in the lower left corner, inscribed and dated 1922, framed in an ornate gilt frame with carved corners, approx. 26" x 32" canvas size, overall with frame 33-1/2" x 39-1/2". A very nicely painted rural scene with a country lane in dappled sunlight in the foreground, beyond which is seen a pond and a farm in the far distance.

500/700 Sold: $661.25

Monumental Decorative Painting, ca. late 19th/early 20th Century

160. Monumental Decorative Painting, ca. late 19th/early 20th Century


Landscape. Oil on canvas, not signed. Possibly a former mural or commissioned decorator piece. In an ornate Gilbert Stuart pattern frame with an antiqued metal leaf finish, approx. 5-1"T x 7'-5-1/2"W.

1,500/2,500 Sold: $805.00

Unknown Artist (early/mid/20th Century)

161. Unknown Artist (early/mid/20th Century)


"An Evening Fete". Gouache on board, possibly lightly signed in the lower left, framed in a gilt shadowbox frame under glass, 2" x 3-1/8", with frame overall 5-1/2" x 6-1/2". A charming miniature composition with clusters of people in fancy dress in a forest clearing in the late evening, with a lit castle on a hill in the distance. There is a partial sticker on verso from a Continental gallery.

150/200 Sold: $178.25

Clara McClean Sargent (American, Cleveland School, 1889-?)

162. Clara McClean Sargent (American, Cleveland School, 1889-?)


"Self-Portrait with Cat". Oil on canvas, ca. 1920's, signed in the upper right corner, 19-1/4" x 15-1/2" canvas size, with frame overall approx. 28" x 24". Exhibited: Cleveland Artists Foundation, "The Many Faces if Cleveland: A Century of Portraiture" March 1 - April 27, 2002.

500/1,000 Sold: $258.75

Edna Brush Perkins (American, Cleveland, 20th Century)

163. Edna Brush Perkins (American, Cleveland, 20th Century)


"Passion Flowers". Oil on canvas, signed in the lower right edge, framed, with a stamped nameplate on the frame, 18-1/2" x 21-1/2". Provenance: Ex Collection of the Women's City Club, Cleveland, Ohio.

150/300 Sold: $810.75

Jane Eiber (American, 20th Century)

164. Jane Eiber (American, 20th Century)


Winter landscape. Gouache on board, signed in the lower right corner, framed, 19-3/4" x 29-3/4" sight size, with frame overall 27" x 37". Partial labels on the back of the frame from The Canton Art Institute, 1950 and from the Butler Institute of American art, 1951. Provenance: Ex Collection of the Women's City Club, Cleveland, Ohio.

200/400 Sold: $80.50

Unknown Artist (indistinctly initialed

165. Unknown Artist (indistinctly initialed "EJ") (20th Century)


A beautiful young lady and her dog. Oil on canvas, initialed "EJ" in the lower left corner, framed in a fancy gilt frame with a small linen liner, canvas size 24" x 20", with frame overall 30" x 26".

1,000/2,000 Sold: $747.50

Charles de Feo (American, 1892-1978)

166. Charles de Feo (American, 1892-1978)


"Cassandra". Oil on canvas in black, blue, red and white pigments, original illustration, signed in the lower right corner, framed in a contemporary frame, canvas size 18-1/4" x 20", with frame overall 25-1/2" x 27-1/4". There are several inscriptions on the verso of the canvas including "Page 15 February". The others are mostly illegible and appear to be printer's instructions.

1,000/2,000 Sold: $2,357.50

Erno Zorad (Hungarian, early 20th Century)

167. Erno Zorad (Hungarian, early 20th Century)


Mountain landscape. Oil on canvas, signed in the lower right corner, not framed, on a keyed stretcher, 31-1/2" x 24". A very nice scene with sunlight sparkling on a rushing mountain stream, with fir trees in the middle distance and snow-capped mountains in the far distance. The snow and the water of the stream are especially nicely painted.

300/500 Sold: $161.00

Kyril  P. Vassilev (Bulgarian, 1908-1987)

168. Kyril P. Vassilev (Bulgarian, 1908-1987)


"Portrait of Helen Rich, 1940". Oil on canvas, signed and dated on the base of the column depicted to the left of the composition, framed, 86-1/2" x 40" canvas size, with 5-1/2" wide frame 97-1/2" x 51". A monumental full-length portrait of one of the great society ladies of Palm Beach, Florida, during a very elegant era in that region. The lady is shown at the peak of her charms, decked out in a formal costume. Notably, she does not wear fancy jewelry as a status symbol as one might expect; her presence and beauty transcends any other adornment.

500/1,000 Sold: $488.75

Keith Morrow Martin (American, 1911-1983)

169. Keith Morrow Martin (American, 1911-1983)


A fantasy landscape with cavorting figures around a maypole. Gouache on wood panel, initials of the artist incised in the lower right corner, framed, 5" x 6-1/2" panel size, with frame overall 12" x 13-3/8". A small vintage newspaper clipping about the artist exhibiting at Grand Central Gallery in New York is taped to the back of the frame.

200/400 Sold: $184.00

Lucien Joseph Fontanarosa (French, 1912-1975)

170. Lucien Joseph Fontanarosa (French, 1912-1975)


Still life. Oil on canvas, signed in the lower left corner, on keyed stretchers, framed in a new ornate gold-tone frame, 20" x 24" canvas size, with frame overall 24" x 28". This is a lovely example of the Post-Impressionist composition, painted with vigorous strokes in a very decorative tonal palette. The beautiful young woman with a contemplative expression is particularly attractive.

2,000/4,000 Sold: $920.00

Unsigned Portrait Replica, Circa Early 20th Century

171. Unsigned Portrait Replica, Circa Early 20th Century


Portrait replica of Benedikt von Hertenstein. Acrylic on wood panel, a copy of the original in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Painted in 1929, framed in a Dutch-style frame, panel size 20-3/4" x 15-1/4", with frame overall 27-3/4" x 22-1/4". Stamped with copy label on verso. Also hand-written on verso is "Wuermer...5/9/29".

2,000/3,000

Georgia Timken Fry (American, 1864 - 1921)

172. Georgia Timken Fry (American, 1864 - 1921)


"Copy of a Botticelli", A representation of a fresco by Botticelli. Oil on canvas, made to represent a fresco including the damages, not framed, 51" x 64". Verso with Canton Art Institute tag naming artists and donor, Mr. John Hemming Fry, also inscribed on the frame. Fry studied in St. Louis at Washington University's School of Fine Arts under John H. Fry whom she married in 1891. She was a member of the Nat'l Ass'n of Women Painters & Sculptors; Society of NY Artists. Exh: SFAA, 1890; St Louis Museum, 1892; Paris Salons. In: Boston Art Club; Santa Fe Railway (Chicago).

400/800 Sold: $770.50

Sam Vanni (Finland, 1908-1992)

173. Sam Vanni (Finland, 1908-1992)


Portrait of a young lady. Acrylic on canvas, signed in white pigment at the top right. Canvas is on a four keyed stretcher, measuring approx. 19-1/2" x 13-1/2". "Leonardesca Marca Depositat" sticker is located on the back of the narrow, 1/4" thick, gilt frame.

300/600

Leroy Flint (American, 1909-1991)

174. Leroy Flint (American, 1909-1991)


A lot of two acrylic paintings on canvas by Leroy Flint. "Vibrating Strings" is an abstract composition from the "OP" Art era; a grey background with chartreuse, blue and orange vertical stripes, all close in value so they have an "optical" effect. The canvas is 26" x 32", signed in the lower right corner, framed in a contemporary strip frame. The second painting is titled "Canyon Series #1" and is an abstract depiction of a canyon in the American West. The canvas is signed in the lower right corner, measures 26" x 32", and is framed in the same strip frame as the other canvas. Both have their titles written on the stretchers on back.

500/1,000 Sold: $172.50

Daniel Boza (American, 1911-1947)

175. Daniel Boza (American, 1911-1947)


Two nudes. Oil on canvas, signed "D. Boza No. 8" on verso. Framed in the original grey and ivory painted wood frame. Canvas measures approx. 36" x 25"; framed overall approx. 39" x 28". Boza created "Morgan's Raiders" in 1936, a mural for the United States Courthouse in Gainsville Georgia. Boza studied at the Cleveland School of Art and the American Academy in Rome.

400/600 Sold: $701.50

Ian Houston (British, b. 1934)

176. Ian Houston (British, b. 1934)


"In Zierikzee" (S. W. Netherlands). Oil on masonite board, signed lower right, framed in a gilt wood ornate frame. The board measures approx. 10" x 14"; overall with frame approx. 14" x 18".

1,000/2,000 Sold: $920.00

Unknown Artist (Continental, 20th Century)

177. Unknown Artist (Continental, 20th Century)


A schooner in full sail. Oil on canvas, signed illegibly in red in the lower right corner, framed in a bronze-tone frame, canvas size 17" x 25", with frame overall 19-3/4" x 27-3/4".

150/300 Sold: $235.75

Jean Holsing (Continental School, ca. 20th Century)

178. Jean Holsing (Continental School, ca. 20th Century)


"Cot D'azur, Pins Parasol". Oil on board, signed on the lower right corner, also signed and titled on verso, dated 1980 (?); other illegible markings also on verso. Image measures 14-1/2" x 18"; framed in a new ornate frame, overall approx. 21" x 25".

500/1,000 Sold: $230.00

Artist Unknown (Continental School, ca. 20th Century)

179. Artist Unknown (Continental School, ca. 20th Century)


Saint Mark's Piazza. Oil on canvas, signed on the lower right corner. The image depicts the famous Venetian Saint Mark's Piazza, painted in soft pastel tones. The painting is framed in a newer gilded wood ornate frame. The canvas is on a four keyed stretcher measuring approx. 20" x 24"; overall with frame and liner the size is approx. 28-1/2" x 32-1/2".

250/500 Sold: $379.50

Harry L. Hickman (American, Pennsylvania, 20th Century)

180. Harry L. Hickman (American, Pennsylvania, 20th Century)


Landscape with trees. Oil on canvas, signed in the lower left corner "Harry Hickman, F.R.S.A.", canvas size is 22" x 27", with contemporary rustic frame overall 26-3/4" x 31-1/2". A contemporary tonalistic scene of trees over a pond with blue low hills in the distance. Signature is incised into the wet pigment.

300/500 Sold: $276.00

Unknown Artist (American, 20th Century)

181. Unknown Artist (American, 20th Century)


Mountain landscape. Oil on heavy cardboard, signed indistinctly in the lower left corner, framed, 19" x 23" image size, with framing overall 25" x 29".

200/400 Sold: $184.00

C. Hondius (20th Century)

182. C. Hondius (20th Century)


Country stream with bridge. Oil on board, signed in the lower right corner, framed, 16" x 19" board size, with frame overall 21" x 23-3/4". Some of the visible colors are the ungessoed board coated with the varnish.

200/400 Sold: $92.00

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