Norman Adams (England/France, 1927-2005) acrylic and watercolor on paper painting. The paper is lined with events and dates under a layer of transparent paint depicting multicolored abstract forms and black lines. Signed and dated "Image NA '99," lower left. Attributed and titled on plaque. Housed in a custom frame and shadowbox with a mat under […]
Lot 1061: Victor Vasarely Modern Op Art Screenprint, Olympia
Victor Vasarely (Hungarian/French, 1908-1997) Modern Op art color screenprint titled "Olympia," the image used as the official emblem for the 1972 Summer Olympics games held in Munich (August 26 to September 11, 1972). The abstract design features a circle with swirling bars of blue, brown, and orange, against a black background. Signed "Vasarely-" lower right, […]
Lot 1057: Expressionist Oil on Board Painting
Expressionist oil on board painting, mid 20th c., illegibly signed Samant or Samanta (?) upper left and dated 79, depicting mournful figures in a textured landscape setting. Inscription "Jerry Mitchell" en verso. Carved and partially gilt painted frame. Sight – 15 1/2" H x 19 1/2"W. Frame – 21 1/2"H x 25 1/2"W. Circa 1960. […]
Lot 1058: Peter Rostrup Boyeson O/C, Abstract Still Life Painting
Peter Rostrup Boyesen (Denmark, 1882-1952) abstract oil on canvas still life painting depicting a bouquet of pink flowers in a blue and white pitcher beside a radish on a wooden table against a mottled blue background, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Signed with script monogram "PB" lower left. Two handwritten labels, en verso. Housed […]
Lot 1059: Finn Pedersen O/C Painting, Multicolor Abstract Expressionist
Finn Pedersen (Denmark, 1944-2014) mixed media on paper, mounted onto canvas, painting depicting a multicolor abstract expressionist scene. Signed "Finn Pedersen" in red lower right. Float mounted in a wooden frame. Canvas: 16 1/2" H x 23 1/2" W. Framed: 18 3/4" H x 25 1/2" W. PROVENANCE: The estate of Dr. Thomas Bechtel, Memphis, […]
Lot 1056: Tage Kluwer Oil on Canvas Landscape, Flat Field
Tage Kluwer (Denmark, 1910-1965) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a bisected scene of a flat yellow-green field with two rectangular bushes in the foreground in the lower half and a hazy blue sky in the background in the upper half. Signed, dated, and numbered, en verso of canvas, "No. 5. Tage Kluwer, June '48". […]
Lot 1053: Theodore Bernard Dahl Oil on Canvas Landscape
Theodore Bernard Dahl (Denmark, 1886-1971) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a cottage with a pale blue door nestled amid thick bushes and low trees with sunlit hay bails at the right beside a path shaded by a large tree. A dirt road bordered by wildflowers stretches into the foreground with a low fence, low […]
Lot 1054: Louis Bosa O/B European Street Scene
Louis Bosa (New York/Italy,1905-1981) oil on board painting of a European street, probably in Italy, with one point perspective taking the viewers eye under semicircular archways into a distant narrowing alley with a figure. Signed "BOSA" lower right. Housed in a carved giltwood frame with carved corner elements and a linen liner. Sight: 9 1/2" […]
Lot 1055: 4 Works on Paper, incl. Kaiko Moti
1st item: Kaiko Moti (France/India/UK, 1921-1989) Aquatint on paper landscape print depicting two wild horses standing on a coastline under the moonlight with a rainstorm occupying the right hand side of the work. One horse stands in the storm incised with intaglio technique while the other two stand out in relief. Inscribed "Artist Proof VIII" […]
Lot 1051: 2 French Prints: Le Brun Versailles and Paris Exhibition, 1889
1st item: Scarce and large18th century French architectural engraving, on laid paper, depicting the ceiling in the Royal Apartments of the Palace of Versailles, as designed and painted by Charles Le Brun and J.B. Masse. Elevations of the entrances to the Salon de la Paix and Salon de la Guerre are depicted at each end. […]