Three (3) framed Asian works of art. 1st item: Watercolor on handmade paper of three horses, signed Xu Beihong (Chinese, 1895-1953) in calligraphy with red seal mark lower right. Silvered and ebonized frame. Image 19-1/4" x 21", framed 27- 1/2" x 34". 2nd item: Watercolor and ink on handmade paper of a panda eating bamboo, […]
Lot 175: Tibetan Thangka
Framed Tibetan Thangka, watercolor, gouache and gilt on linen. Depicts three rows with central diety figures flanked by attendants and peacocks, fish and water plants along lower border. Stylized foliate background with floral border. Sight 40 1/2″ H x 29 1/2″ W. Framed 43″ H x 32″ W. 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition.
Lot 172: Abstract Expressionist Oil and Gravel Collage
Abstract Expressionist collage/ painting, oil and mixed media on canvas, with red, black and white and abstract forms separated by applied gravel. Signed with Chinese seal mark, lower right. Contemporary style narrow wood frame. 24" x 30" sight, 25 1/2" x 30 1/2" framed. Circa 1970. CONDITION: Overall excellent conditon with a few tiny inclusions […]
Lot 170: Japanese Painting on silk, Meiji Period
Japanese painting on silk, handpainted with some applied stencils, depicting a gathering of geishas and others in an outdoor setting. Two faded maker’s seal marks at lower left and lower right. Brass plaque for Stone Lantern, Highlands, GA antique store mounted en verso. Framed in burnished gilt molding with faux cinnabar fretwork liner. Sight – […]
Lot 171: 2 Hiroshige Woodblock Prints, 20th c.
Two (2) Mid 20th c. Utagawa Hiroshige also Ando Hiroshige (Japan, 1797-1858) woodblock prints. 1st item: Woodblock print titled "Nihonbashi Bridge in Snow" from the artist's Famous Places in the Eastern Capital series. Published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Tokyo, Japan, before 1957. Housed in a contemporary wooden frame. Sight – 9" H x 14 1/4" W. […]
Lot 169: Three (3) prints, Vlaminck, Lepere, and Laurencin
Three (3) French prints. 1st item: Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876-1958) lithograph titled “Mount Cinere”, 1930, Plate VIII, with Edition Jeanne Walter watermark. Defenderfer’s, Oak Ridge, TN, gallery label en verso. Housed in a dark wooden frame. Image – 6-1/2″ H x 5-1/8″ W. Framed – 14-1/8″ H. 2nd item: Auguste Lepere (French, 1849-1918) wood […]
Lot 168: 2 Maurice Utrillo Lithographs, Street Scenes
Two (2) Maurice Utrillo (French, 1883-1955) street scene lithographs. 1st item: Colored lithograph on Japon paper titled "Montmartre". Signed Maurice, Utrillo V. in plate, lower right. Housed in a gilt frame with linen matte. Knaffl Gallery, Knoxville, TN, label on back of frame. Sight – 12" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed – 19 3/4" […]
Lot 166: Marc Chagall Etching, Les Fonctionnaires Amaigris
Marc Chagall (French/Russian 1887-1985) framed etching and aquatint, “Les Fonctionnaires Amaigris,” plate 78 from the book “Les Ames Mortes” with text by Nicolas Gogol, commissioned in 1927 by Ambrose Vollard, published 1948 by Teriade. Signed in the plate. Inscription en verso reads, “Gogol: “Ames Mortes”, Les Fonctionnaires, Amaigris- Etching, Chagall”. Matted and housed in a […]
Lot 165: 1996 Pete Fountain N. O. Jazz & Heritage Festival
Framed 1996 Pete Fountain New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival poster, designed by George Rodrigue. Depicts the musician seated with his instrument and with "Blue Dog" sitting by his feet. Signed in the plate with two pencil inscriptions lower left margin in pencil. Numbered in pencil lower right, #8653/10,000. Poster measures – 34 3/4" H […]
Lot 161: M. Lee Abstract Painting
Oil and gouache on canvas abstract painting depicting two glowing spheres with polychrome spots, one against a light background, the other against a black one. Signed and dated lower right M. Lee '70. 23 3/4" H x 35 5/8" W sight, 25 3/8" H x 37 3/8" W in gold/black wood frame. CONDITION: Excellent condition