Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983), Ubu’s Childhood / L’Enfance D’Ubu, lithograph in colors on Arches wove paper, pencil signed lower right and numbered lower left, 1/120, 1975. Ivory and black mat with contemporary black frame and non-glare glass. Sight: 12-1/2″ x 19-1/2″, Framed: 18-1/2″ x 25-1/2″. Provenance: Estate of Letha Cote, Palm Springs, CA., purchased from […]
Lot 504: Joan Miro lithograph, Maravillas con Variaciones
Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983), Enchantments or Wonders with Variations in Miro’s Garden / Maravillas con variaciones acrosticas en el jardin de Miro, 1975, original hand signed lithograph in colors on Japan paper. Pencil signed lower right “Miro” with pencil annotation H.C. (hors commerce) at lower left. Black and Ivory mat with contemporary plain black frame. […]
Lot 503: Jacques Villon signed aquatint
Jacques Villon (also known as Gaston Emile Duchamp, French, 1875-1963) aquatint, cubist composition, pencil signed in lower right margin and numbered 46/152 in lower left margin. Printed signature also appears in plate along with blindstamp of an "S" enclosed in a shield. 17-1/2" x 21" plate; 19" x 22" sight, 25-3/8" x 28-3/8" framed. Provenance: […]
Lot 502: A. Binder oil on canvas
Avraham Binder (Poland-Israel, 1906-2001) oil on canvas, "Street in Jaffa," contemporary cityscape titled, signed lower left. Murray S. Greenfield Gallery, New York, stamp en verso. Silvered and ebonized frame. 28-1/2" x 36" sight, 35" x 42" framed. Biography: Avrahim Binder, also known as Abraham Binder, was born in Vilna in 1910 and emigrated with his […]
Lot 501: Richard Florsheim cityscape painting
Richard Abelre Florsheim (American, 1916-1979) Oil on canvas, contemporary cityscape scene, signed lower left. Stained wooden and gilt frame with linen and gilt liner. Frame: 43-1/4" H x 19-1/4" W. Sight: 35-1/2" h x 11-1/2" W. Provenance: the collection of Stephen and Lisa Steiner Small, Nashville, Tennessee, purchased Frank J. Oehlschlaeger Galleries, 1964 (receipt retained). […]
Lot 500: Carlo Canevari painting, Nuns at Beach
Carlo Canevari (Italy, 1922-1996) oil on panel, "At the Beach". Surrealist painting of two nuns walking on a beach, past a man who is wearing a striped swimsuit and under an umbrella. Signed lower right and housed in a carved wood frame with gilt rabbet edge. 7-1/2" x 13" sight, 15" x 24" framed. Provenance: […]
Lot 499: John Foote painting, 3 figures
John H. Foote, Jr. (Illinois, 1921-1968) oil on board painting depicting three stone figures supporting an architectural pediment, signed upper left and dated 1965. Ebonized and gilt frame with linen liner and gilt rabbet edge. 14" x 12" sight, 22" x 20" framed. Provenance: the collection of Stephen and Lisa Steiner Small, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: […]
Lot 498: Solomon Saprid, Bronze Ox
Solomon Saprid (1917 – 2003), abstract bronze sculpture depicting two fighting oxen, mounted on a linen board and framed. Signed "Saprid '70" on the left edge. Sculpture: 5" H x 5 1/2" W. Overall: 10 5/8" H x 10 5/8" W. Condition: Overall very good condition with some oxidation to edges where they meet the […]
Lot 496: 4 Pcs. Charles Counts Art Pottery
Grouping of Charles Counts (TN/GA, 1934-2000) art pottery, four (4) pieces, including a creamer with blue glaze (3 1/8" H, a saucer with blue glazed center (6" dia.), a flower pot with incised decoration and top with holes for arranging (5 3/8" H) and a tall vase with blue glaze (11 1/8" H). All pieces […]
Lot 495: Charles Counts Art Pottery Jar
Charles Counts (TN/GA, 1934 -2000) large bulbous lidded pottery jar with blue glaze. Signed on the base "Charles Counts". 14" H. 20th century. Biography: (courtesy of Rising Fawn Folk Art) Charles launched his career in 1959 when he opened a pottery studio at Beaver Ridge, and several years later moved to Lookout Mountain. He maintained […]