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Oct 2018 Catalogue by Lot Number SANTA MONICA AUCTIONS | Live Public Art Auction | Sunday October 7th, 2018 @1pm ! " ! " Lot 1 Lot 3 Christopher Warner John Okulick (Contemporary) (Born 1947)# Beneath the Underdog, 1989# One to Another, 2007" Oil on canvas" Aluminum, wood and resin# Signed and dated on verso" Signed, titled and dated in ink on verso with Image: 60 x 67 inches; Framed: 62 x 69 inches" artist’s studio label on verso" Provenance: Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, tag on 36 x 45 x 5 inches" verso Condition: light surface scu$s" Estimate: $3,000/$4,000" Estimate: $2,500/$3,000" ! " ! " Lot 2 Lot 4 A.R. Penck Brad Howe (1939-2017) (Born 1959) Untitled, 1981" Untitled, 1988" Silkscreen" Mixed media" From the numbered edition of 60" 28 x 23 x 5 inches" Signed and numbered on recto" Estimate: $800/$1,200" Image: 38.5 x 38.5 inches; Framed: 50 x 50 inches" Estimate: $800/$1,200" 310.315.1937 | [email protected] | www.smauctions.com SANTA MONICA AUCTIONS | Live Public Art Auction | Sunday October 7th, 2018 @1pm ! " ! " Lot 5 Lot 7 Carolee Toon Marcia Herscovitz Lot of Two Lot of Two Starbright, 1996" (Born 1945) Oil enamel on plywood" Scarab’s Journey, 1970" signed, titled and dated verso" Collage in artist made frame" 25 x 15 inches" Signed, titled and dated verso" 11 inches diameter, including frame" Lemon Drop, 1998 Provenance: Annely Juda Fine Art, London, Oil enamel on Baltic plywood" gallery label on verso" Signed verso" 39 1/2 x 24 inches" Time is a Tease, 1970" Condition: surface scu$ lower right center" Collage on paper in artist made frame" Provenance: The Estate of Ms. Gaby Stuart/ Signed and dated lower right; titled and dated Primus-Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA" verso" Estimate: $800/$1,200 (Lot of Two)" 10 x 8 inches" Provenance: Annely Juda, London Fine Art, label on verso; Herbert Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles, gallery label on verso; The Estate of Ms. Gaby Stuart/Primus-Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA" Estimate: $400/$600 (Lot of Two)" ! " Lot 6 Marc Katano Lot of Two (Born 1952) Untitled (ME93-JB4), 1993; Little Later, 1997# Two works with acrylic on paper# Each signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso # Image: 36 x 23.5 inches, Framed: 40.5 x 28.5; Image: 29.5 x 21.5 inches, Framed: 34.5 x 26.5 inches Estimate: $1,500/$1,800 (Lot of Two)" 310.315.1937 | [email protected] | www.smauctions.com SANTA MONICA AUCTIONS | Live Public Art Auction | Sunday October 7th, 2018 @1pm ! " ! " Lot 8 Lot 10 Hannelore Baron Richard Lindner Lot of Four (1901-1978) (1926-1987) Untitled (Nude on Yellow Background), 1975" Untitled; Untitled; Untitled; Untitled, 1977" From the Eugène Ionesco, Fernand Mourlot, Paris Set of four unique color monoprints" portfolio# Each signed one lower center and one initialed, Lithograph" dated the other two on verso" From the proof edition of 20 aside from the 6.125 x 4.375 inches; 7.25 x 5 inches; 6 x 5 numbered edition of 125" inches; 5.5 x 7 inches; Framed: 10.25 x 8.25 Signed and numbered in pencil on recto" inches, each" Image: 27.5 x 36.5 inches; # Provenance: Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Framed: 35 x 27 inches Angeles, CA; The Estate of Ms. Gaby Stuart/ Estimate: $800/$1,200" Primus-Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA" Estimate: $1,200/$1,800 (Lot of Four)" ! " Lot 11 ! Richard Lindner Lot 9 (1901-1978) Richard Lindner Untitled, 1975" (1901-1978) Lithograph# Fun City NYC, 1969# From the numbered edition of 50" Lithograph# Signed and numbered in pencil on recto" From the numbered edition of 175# Image: 21.5 x 16.5 inches; Sheet: 26 x 15.5 Signed and numbered in pencil on recto# inches; Framed” 32 x 26.5 inches" Sheet: 28 x 40 inches; Framed: 31 x 43 inches# Estimate: $600/$800 Condition: surface fading# Estimate: $500/$700" 310.315.1937 | [email protected] | www.smauctions.com SANTA MONICA AUCTIONS | Live Public Art Auction | Sunday October 7th, 2018 @1pm ! " Lot 12 ! " Hidetaka Ohno Lot 14 Lot of Two Hans Burkhardt Untitled, 1960" (1904-1994) Ink wash drawing on paper" Lot of Two Signed and dated lower right, and signed with Untitled, 1940; Untitled, 1950" Chinese" Charcoal on paper" characters lower right" Each initialed and dated on recto" Image: 15 x 14.5 inches; Framed: 21 x 20.5 Sheet: 18 x 23.5 inches; Framed: 20.5 x 28.5 inches" inches; Sheet: 24 x 18 inches; Framed: 29 x 22 inches" Drawing #9C, 1960 Estimate: $600/$800" Ink, soot and yellow ochre on paper" Signed and dated lower right, and signed with Chinese" characters lower right" Image: 15 x 14.5 inches Framed: 21 x 21 inches" Provenance: The Estate of Ms. Gaby Stuart/ Primus-Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA" Estimate: $600/$800 (Lot of Two)" ! " Lot 15 Hans Burkhardt (1904-1994)# Untitled, 1965" Pastel on paper" Initialed and dated in pencil on recto# ! " Sheet: 34 x 44 inches; Framed: 44 x 55.5 inches" Lot 13 Estimate: $1,500/$2,000" Paul Landacre" (1893-1963) Three Houses date unknown/20th century" Woodcut" Initialed in pencil on recto" Image: 5.5 x 1.5 inches; Framed: 9.75 x 8 inches" Provenance: The Estate of Ms. Gaby Stuart/ Primus-Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA" Estimate: $800/$1,200" 310.315.1937 | [email protected] | www.smauctions.com SANTA MONICA AUCTIONS | Live Public Art Auction | Sunday October 7th, 2018 @1pm ! ! " Lot 16 Lot 18 Lee Mullican George Nama (1919-1998)# (Born 1939) Untitled, 1955" Untitled, 2005" Wash on paper" Gouache with black chalk on paper" Signed and dated on recto" Signed ‘Nama’ and inscribed with ‘N’ insignia Sheet: 18.5 x 23.5 inches; Framed: 24.5 x 30 lower" inches" right" Estimate: $800/$1,200" Sheet: 8 x 11 inches; Framed: 17 x 19.25 inches" Provenance: Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, gallery label on verso; The Estate of Ms. Gaby Stuart/Primus-Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA" Condition: toning along edges of paper" Estimate: $800/$1,200" ! " Lot 17 Lee Mullican Lot of Four (1919-1998)# Untitled, 1988" Wash on paper" ! " Each signed and dated on recto" Lot 19 Image: 8.75 x 11 inches; Framed: 15.5 x 12.5 Jan Stussy inches; 8.75 x 11 inches; Framed: 15.5 x 12.5 (1921-1990)# inches; Image: 11.5 x 8.25; Framed: 15.5 x 12.5 Untitled, c. 1960’s" inches" Mixed media on panel" Condition: mat burn around perimeter of work, Signed on recto # toning to paper" Image: 33.5 x 39 inches; Framed: 37 x 42 inches" Estimate: $800/$1,200 (Lot of Four)" Estimate: $1,000/$1,500" 310.315.1937 | [email protected] | www.smauctions.com SANTA MONICA AUCTIONS | Live Public Art Auction | Sunday October 7th, 2018 @1pm ! " ! # Lot 20 Lot 22# Phillip Hefferton Peter Alexander (Born 1933) (Born 1939)# The Doctor, 1965" Aqua Vista, 1990# Oil on canvas" Monoprint# Signed and titled verso" Signed, titled and dated in pencil on recto# 20 x 20 inches" Image: 29 x 32 inches; Sheet: 35.5 x 38.5 inches; Provenance: David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, Framed: 39 x 42 inches# gallery label on verso; The Estate of Ms. Gaby Estimate: $3,500/$4,500 Stuart/Primus-Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA" Condition: severe craquelure" Estimate: $400/$600" ! " Lot 23 Peter Alexander ! " (Born 1939) Lot 21 Cayucos, 1984 Don Bachardy Lithograph" (Born 1946) Artist Proof aside from the numbered edition of Untitled, c. 1950’s# 50" Mixed media on paper" Signed, titled, dated and annotated “AP” in pencil Signed in pencil on recto# on recto" Image: 22 x 12 inches; Framed: 32 x 23 inches# Sheet: 26.75 x 35.75 inches; Framed: 38.5 x 45 Note: we would like to thank Craig Krull Gallery inches" and the Artist for information on this work. Published by Cirrus Editions" Estimate: $2,500/$3,500" Estimate: $800/$1,200" 310.315.1937 | [email protected] | www.smauctions.com SANTA MONICA AUCTIONS | Live Public Art Auction | Sunday October 7th, 2018 @1pm ! " ! " Lot 24 Lot 26 Peter Alexander John Altoon (Born 1939) (1925-1969) Lot of Four Untitled, 1968" Untitled (Architectural Renderings), c. early Mixed media on illustration board" 1960’s" Signed and dated on recto" Ink on paper, drafted for Monterey Bay developer" Sheet: 30 x 40 inches; Framed: 33 x 43 inches" Each signed" Estimate: $8,000/$12,000" Image: 18 x 23 inches; Framed: 25.5 x 30.5 inches, each" We would like to thank the Artist Peter Alexander for his acknowledgement of these works and the background of the works. " Estimate: $1,000/$1,500 (Lot of Four)" ! " Lot 27 Ben Talbert (Modern-1973) Untitled (Black and White), c. 1960’s" Oil on canvas" # Unsigned" Lot 25 Framed: 69 x 97.75 inches" John Altoon Condition: discoloration on verso, rubbing on (1925 – 1969) recto, small hole at edge of stretcher bar on right Untitled Christmas Greeting, 1967" edge" Lithograph" Provenance: From the Collection of Hal From the numbered edition of 100" Glicksman, Los Angeles, CA" Signed, dated and numbered on recto" Estimate: $7,000/$9,000 Image: 15 x 17 inches; Framed: 19 x 21 inches" Provenance: The Estate of Ms. Gaby Stuart/ Primus-Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA" Estimate: $400/$600" 310.315.1937 | [email protected] | www.smauctions.com SANTA MONICA AUCTIONS | Live Public Art Auction | Sunday October 7th, 2018 @1pm ! " # " Lot 28 Lot 30 " Norman Zammitt Oskar Fishinger (1931-2007) (1900-1967)" Untitled, 1961" A Small Poem, 1951" Mixed media on masonite" Oil on canvas on panel" Initialed and dated on recto" Signed and dated in oil on recto, titled on verso" Sheet: 7.5 x 10.25 inches; Framed: 9.75 x 12.25 Image: 7.5 x 9.5 inches; Framed: 12.75 x 15 inches" inches" Estimate: $800/$1,000" Estimate: $2,500/$3,500" ! " ! " Lot 29 Lot 31 Klaus Dieter Zimmer Emerson Woel"er (Born 1960) (1914-2003) Abstract #13, 1983" Untitled, 1956" Watercolor on paper" Mixed media collage" Signed and dated on recto" Signed and dated in pencil on recto"
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