Lot 328, "Le Golfe Juan," by Claude
Monet, oil on canvas, 25 5/8 by 36 1/4 inches, 1888
Lot
328 is an excellent sketchy but very Impressionistic work by Claude
Monet entitled "Le Golfe Juan." An oil on canvas, it measures
25 5/8 by 36 1/4 inches and was painted in 1888. It has a
modest estimate of $600,000 to $800,000. It sold for $1,330,000.
Lot 197, "Automne à Eragny," by
Camille Pissarro, oil on canvas, 21 1/2 by 25 1/4 inches, 1900
Lot 197 is a superb oil on
canvas by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) that is a classic example of
Impressionism. Entitled "Automne à Eragny," it measures 21
1/2 by 25 1/4 inches and was painted in 1900. It has an
estimate of $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. It sold for $1,690,000.
Lot 197A, "Paysannes alimentant
le feu," by Léon Pourtau, oil on canvas, 45 1/4 by 31 7/8 inches, 1893
Lot
197A is a large oil on canvas by Léon Pourtau (1872-1898) entitled
"Paysannes alimentant le feu." It measures 45 1/4 by
31 7/8 inches and was painted in 1893. According to
the catalogue entry, Pourtau was a musician and a member of a circus
troupe "before enrolling at the Conservatoire de Paris" and becoming "a
professor at the Conservatoire de Lyon." "He then embarked on
a two-year tour of the United States where he was a guest member of the
Borston Sympony Orchestra, but his "transatlantic ship the SS La
Bourgogone colliding with a passing vessel in the Atlantic and sank off
the coast of Nova Scotia. Pourtau, along with over
five-hundred others incuding members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
and the American painter De Scott Evans, drowned...."
The lot has an estiamte of $180,000 to $250,000. It sold for $778,000.
Lot 125, "Hommage à Velásquez,"
by Max Ernst, oil, collage and wood relief on panel, 13 by 9 7/8
inches, 1965
Lot
125 is a very fine oil, collage and wood relief on panel by Max Ernst
(1891-1976). Entitled "Hommage à Velásquez," it measures 13
by 9
7/8 inches and was created in 1965. It has an estimate of
$120,000 to $180,000. It
failed to sell.
Lot 122, "Symphony," by Rudolf
Bauer, oil on canvas, 37 7/8 by 43 5/8 inches, 1919-1923
Lot
122 is a strong oil on canvas entitled "Symphony" by Rudolf Bauer
(1889-1953). It measures 37 7/8 by 43 5/8 inches and was
created
1919-1923. It was once owned by the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum
in New York and illustrated in its 1939 catalogue of the "Art of
Tomorrow" exhibition. It has an estimate of $250,000 to
$350,000.
It sold for
$514,000.
Lot
123, "Gerade und schief (Straight and Slanted)," by Wassily Kandinsky,
watercolor, gouache and pen and ink on paper mounted on card, 8 7/8 by
18 7/8 inches, 1932
Lot
123, "Gerade und schief (Straight and Slanted)," is a watercolor,
gouache and pen and ink on paper mounted on
card, by Wassily
Kandinsky (1866-1944). It measures 8 7/8 by 18 7/8
inches
and was created in 1932. It has an estimate of $120,000 to
$180,000. It
sold for $250,000.
Lot 357, "L'Oise à Vadencourt,"
by August Herbin, oil on canvas, 23 3/8 by 36 1/4 inches, 1912
Lot
357 is a masterpiece by August Herbin (1882-1960) entitled "L'Oise à
Vadencourt." An oil on canvas, it measures 23 3/8 by 36 1/4
inches. It was painted in 1912. It has an estimate
of $300,000 to $500,000. It
failed to sell.
Lot 307, "Untitled
(Red-Rubber-Ball Picture," by Kurt Schwitters, collage, oil, rubber
wood, ceramic, stone, glass and nails on board, 23 3/8 by 19 3/8
inches, 1942
Lot
307 is an untitled 1942 work by Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948).
The collage, oil, rubber, wood, ceramic, stone, glass and
nails on board measures 23 3/8 by 19 3/8 inches and was
created in 1942. It was once owned by the Tate Gallery in
London and has been widely exhibited. It has a modest
estimate of $300,000 to $400,000. It sold for $358,000.
Lot 172, "Le Port,' by Francis
Picabia, oil on canvas, 31 1/8 by 39 1/2 inches, circa 1924-5
Lot
172 is a strong oil on canvas by Francis Picabia (1879-1953) entitled
"Le Port" It measures 31 1/8 by 39 1/2 inches and was painted
circa 1924-5. It has a modest estimate of $120,000 to
$150,000. It
sold for $370,000.
Lot
117, "Groteske," by Oskar Schlemmer, gold plated silver, 22 inches
high, conceived in 1923 and cast in 1965 in an edition of 7 plus 3
artist's proofs and 1 hors commerce by the Brotal Foundry in Medrisio
Lot
117 is a beautiful gold plated silver sculpture entitled "Groteske" by
Oskar Schlemmer (1888-1943). It was conceived in 1923 and
cast in
1965 in an edition of 7 plus 3 artist's
proofs and 1 hors commerce by the Brotal Foundry in Medriosio.
It
has an estimate of $80,000 to $120,000. It sold for $162,500.
Lot
118, "Paravento con linea di velocita (Screen with speedlines)," by
Giacomo Balla, oil on four canvases on two artist's stretches, the
right one shown, overall 59 1/2 by 49 1/2 inches, 1916-7
Lot
118 is a stunning pair of screens by Giacomo Balla (1871-1958) whose
overall dimensions are 59 1/2 by 49 1/2 inches. Entitlede
"Paravento con linea di velocita (Screen with speedlines)," it was
created in 1916-7. It was illustrated in the catalogue of the
2014 exhibition entitled 'Italian Futurism: Reconstructing the
Universe" at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
It has an estimate of $600,000 to $800,000. It sold for $1,090,000.
Lot 404, "Landscape with
Farmhouse," by Gabriele Munter, oil on canvas, 34 3/4 by 25 3/4 inches
Lot
404 is an impressive "Landscape with Farmhouse" by Gabriele Munter
(1877-1962). An oil on canvas, it measures 34 3/4 by 25 3/4
inches. Munter was a founder with Kandinsky, Marc and Macke
of Der Blaue Reiter school of painting. It has an estimate of
$600,000 to $800,000.
It sold for $1,186,000.
Lot 222, "Paysage biblique," by
Georges Roualt, oil on paper mounted on cradled panel, 19 1/2 by 28 7/8
inches, 1946-8
Lot 222
is a fine oil on paper mounted on cradled panel by Georges Roualt
(1871-1958) entitled "Paysage biblique." It measures 19 1/2
by 28 7/8 inches and was painted in 1946-8. It has an modest
estimate of $180,000 to $250,000. It
failed to sell.
