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May 2006 Fine Art and Antiques Auction Catalog

Aspire Auctions, Inc.


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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 (American, 20th Century)

183. Unknown Artist (American, 20th Century)


Female nude. Oil on canvasboard, no signature found, framed in a contemporary wood frame with a linen liner, canvasboard size 16" x 11-3/4", with frame overall 20-1/4" x 16-1/4". This dainty original illustration of a young nude poses provocatively on a red drape. She is lit from behind with a glowing evening-like blue light, and partially from the front. Her face glows with underlighting. She appears to be caught unawares in nothing but her mules. The image is consistent with "girlie" illustrations of the 1940's-1050's.

200/400 Sold: $517.50

Walter Hess (American, 20th Century)

184. Walter Hess (American, 20th Century)


"Dancing Masqueraders". Oil on canvas, signed in the lower left corner, framed in a hand-carved frame in black and gilt with a green velvet liner, canvas size is 22" x 18", with frame overall 28" x 24". *Pittsburgh Gallery

1,500/3,000 Sold: $920.00

Alice Lauffer Lawrence (American, b. 1916)

185. Alice Lauffer Lawrence (American, b. 1916)


A stylishly painted carnival scene. Oil on canvas, framed in a 1940's/1950's pickled oak frame, 14" x 17-1/2" image size, with frame overall 18" x 22". Signed on tacking margin. Cleveland Institute of Art graduate and Cleveland Public school teacher. Her work may be found in the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Chicago Art Museum.

200/500 Sold: $184.00

Ken Mabrey (American, Contemporary)

186. Ken Mabrey (American, Contemporary)


"The Projectionist's Dream". Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1988 lower right, as well as on verso. Canvas measures approx. 22" x 30", in a gilt wood frame overall approx. 27" x 35". A movie projectionist is seen through the small opening to his projection booth while an usherette rests against a railing in the balcony. Coils of film float about indicating the dream quality of this vivid composition. The artist has titled and signed the canvas on the tacking margin on verso.

200/500 Sold: $2,426.50

Wladyslaw Popielarczyk (Polish, 1925-1987)

187. Wladyslaw Popielarczyk (Polish, 1925-1987)


Fishing boats. Oil on canvas, signed in the lower left corner, framed in a gilt and painted frame with a linen liner, canvas size 12" x 16", with frame overall 18-3/4" x 23".

150/300 Sold: $57.50

Modern School (20th Century)

188. Modern School (20th Century)


Interior with three people reading. Oil on board, signature not found, framed in a contemporary rustic frame with a linen liner, board size approx. 8" x 10", with frame overall 16" x 17-1/2".

50/100 Sold: $46.00

Polzoi (20th Century)

189. Polzoi (20th Century)


Rural landscape. Acrylic on masonite, signed in the lower left corner, framed in a gilt antiqued frame, approx. 27" x 28" image size, with frame overall 33-1/2" x 43-1/2". This painting has a very interesting midwestern regionalist flair.

200/400 Sold: $414.00

Osmin Christophe (Haitian, b. 1935)

190. Osmin Christophe (Haitian, b. 1935)


Sailboats at a shoreline village. Oil on canvas, signed in the lower right corner, framed in a new silver-toned frame with a linen liner, 11" x 14", with frame overall 16-1/2" x 19-3/4". Inscribed in red on verso: "Original Oil Painting By O.M. Christophe Haiti".

300/500 Sold: $299.00

Peyco (American, 20th Century)

191. Peyco (American, 20th Century)


Interior scene with a family at dinner. Oil on canvas, signed in the lower left corner, framed in a gilt frame with a linen liner, 20" x 24" canvas size, with frame overall 27" x 31". This is a scene depicting an earlier era than the time in which it is painted. A family in 19th Century garb is seated at table under a lantern while a serving person stands in the shadows. The style in which it is painted is clearly mid-20th Century.

200/400 Sold: $149.50

Willliam Grzincic (American, 20th Century)

192. Willliam Grzincic (American, 20th Century)


A pair of female nudes, one facing forward and one facing away. Acryllic on masonite, each signed in the lower right corner and dated '67, framed, board size 8" x 22", with frames overall 8-1/2" x 22-3/4". The artist has affixed stickers to the backs of each stating that they are painted in Liquitex pigments and the frames were painted to match in the same pigments. (This type of acrylic artist's pigments first rose to popularity around the late 1960's.)

100/200 Sold: $396.75

William Grzincic (American, 20th Century)

193. William Grzincic (American, 20th Century)


Studio model. Oil on canvas, signed and dated 3-55 in the lower right corner, canvas size 42" x 20", with frame overall 44" x 22-1/2". The female model poses for a painting class, seen at the right of the composition under the natural light of a skylight.

200/400 Sold: $310.50

Anthony Vaiksnoras (American, 20th Century, b. 1918)

194. Anthony Vaiksnoras (American, 20th Century, b. 1918)


Abstract composition. Oil on canvas, signed in the lower right corner, dated '61, framed in a contemporary black frame with a silver tenite top, canvas size 35" x 41", with framing overall 36-1/2" x 42-1/2". Provenance: Ex Collection of the Women's City Club, Cleveland, Ohio.

500/800 Sold: $833.75

Manol (20th Century)

195. Manol (20th Century)


Landscape with a figure by a lake. Oil on canvas, signed in the lower left, framed in a gilt frame with a linen liner, 16 x 20" canvas size, with frame overall 23-1/4" x 27-1/2".

75/150 Sold: $28.75

Painting signed Dama

196. Painting signed Dama


A large floral still life painting in the Dutch manner. Oil on canvas, signed in the lower right corner "Dama", recently painted, canvas size 40" x 30", with frame overall 48" x 38". A very decorative composition.

800/1,000 Sold: $690.00

Violette E. Brockett (American, 20th Century)

197. Violette E. Brockett (American, 20th Century)


"Siesta in Acapulco". Oil on canvas, framed, four key stretcher, signed lower right, broad, quick, visable brush strokes, approx. image size 40" x 24-1/2". Name written on verso of canvas, artist tag on verso.

300/600 Sold: $149.50

Cohn (American, 20th Century)

198. Cohn (American, 20th Century)


Head of a man. Oil on thick paperboard, signed near the right shoulder, framed in an antique chip-carved frame that the artist has painted over to match the image, board size 10" x 8", with frame overall 15" x 13". This is a stylish and highly decorative modernist composition.

75/150 Sold: $431.25

Francis J. Meyers (American, 20th Century)

199. Francis J. Meyers (American, 20th Century)


Park scene. Gouache on illustration board, signed lower right corner, 12-1/2" x 21" sight size, with frame overall 22-1/2" x 31". Provenance: Ex Collection of the Women's City Club, Cleveland, Ohio.

200/400 Sold: $149.50

Beni E. Kosh (African/American, Cleveland, 1917-1993)

200. Beni E. Kosh (African/American, Cleveland, 1917-1993)


Untitled composition with sailboats. Oil on canvasboard, stamped with the estate stamp on verso, #113, framed in a simple black metal frame, 18" x 24". Beni Kosh is a Cleveland artist who died in 1993.He is noted in the catalog YET STILL WE RISE, AFRICAN AMERICAN ART IN CLEVELAND 1920-1970 and included in shows at the Cleveland State University, the Butler Institue of American Art and the Riffe Gallery during 1996-97. He had a 2001 show at Western Reserve Historical Museum in Cleveland and there are several of his works in their collection.

200/400 Sold: $1,230.50

Beni E. Kosh (African/American, Cleveland, 1917-1993)

201. Beni E. Kosh (African/American, Cleveland, 1917-1993)


Untitled abstract. Oil on canvasboard, stamped with the estate stamp on verso, #617, framed in a simple black metal frame, 23-1/2" x 17". Beni Kosh is a Cleveland artist who died in 1993.He is noted in the catalog YET STILL WE RISE, AFRICAN AMERICAN ART IN CLEVELAND 1920-1970 and included in shows at the Cleveland State University, the Butler Institue of American Art and the Riffe Gallery during 1996-97. He had a 2001 show at Western Reserve Historical Museum in Cleveland and there are several of his works in their collection.

200/400 Sold: $644.00

Beni E. Kosh (African/American, Cleveland, 1917-1993)

202. Beni E. Kosh (African/American, Cleveland, 1917-1993)


"Jeu Dix". Oil on composition board, signed and titled in the lower right corner, dated '65, stamped with the estate stamp on verso, framed in a simple black metal frame, 12" x 16". Beni Kosh is a Cleveland artist who died in 1993.He is noted in the catalog YET STILL WE RISE, AFRICAN AMERICAN ART IN CLEVELAND 1920-1970 and included in shows at the Cleveland State University, the Butler Institue of American Art and the Riffe Gallery during 1996-97. He had a 2001 show at Western Reserve Historical Museum in Cleveland and there are several of his works in their collection.

100/200 Sold: $155.25

Beni E. Kosh (African/American, Cleveland, 1917-1993)

203. Beni E. Kosh (African/American, Cleveland, 1917-1993)


Geometric abstract. Oil on masonite, signed on the lower right corner, stamped with the estate stamp on verso, framed in a simple black metal frame, 15-1/2" x 24". Beni Kosh is a Cleveland artist who died in 1993.He is noted in the catalog YET STILL WE RISE, AFRICAN AMERICAN ART IN CLEVELAND 1920-1970 and included in shows at the Cleveland State University, the Butler Institue of American Art and the Riffe Gallery during 1996-97. He had a 2001 show at Western Reserve Historical Museum in Cleveland and there are several of his works in their collection.

200/400 Sold: $230.00

Beni E. Kosh (African/American, Cleveland, 1917-1993)

204. Beni E. Kosh (African/American, Cleveland, 1917-1993)


Untitled abstract. Oil on canvasboard, stamped with the estate stamp on verso, #955, framed in a simple black metal frame, 24" x 18". Beni Kosh is a Cleveland artist who died in 1993.He is noted in the catalog YET STILL WE RISE, AFRICAN AMERICAN ART IN CLEVELAND 1920-1970 and included in shows at the Cleveland State University, the Butler Institue of American Art and the Riffe Gallery during 1996-97. He had a 2001 show at Western Reserve Historical Museum in Cleveland and there are several of his works in their collection.

200/400 Sold: $667.00

Richard Chiara (American, Ohio Artist, 20th Century)

205. Richard Chiara (American, Ohio Artist, 20th Century)


Untitled. Mixed media collage on homasote, signed in the lower right corner, framed in a silver-toned frame, 51" x 40-1/2" overall.

400/700 Sold: $80.50

Borys Buzkij (Ohio, Contemporary)

206. Borys Buzkij (Ohio, Contemporary)


Three dark-haired ladies. Acrylic on artist's board, signed in the lower right corner, matted and framed in a silver shadowbox frame, sight size 8-1/2" x 11-1/2", with framing overall 17" x 21".

200/400 Sold: $46.00

Lucette Johnson (American, Contemporary)

207. Lucette Johnson (American, Contemporary)


"Rhododendron Night". Reverse painting on glass, framed in a contemporary frame, 12" x 12" glass size, with frame overall 16-1/2" x 16-1/2". The artist's signature work is inspired by botanical subjects. The proceeds from this lot will benefit the Clifton Arts & Music Festival, Cleveland, OH.

400/800 Sold: $57.50

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