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Fine Modernmodern Artart FINEFINE MODERNMODERN ARTART Wednesday, March 6,2, 2019 NEW YORK FINE MODERN ART AUCTION Wednesday, MARCH 6, 2019 at 10am EXHIBITION Saturday, March 2, 10am – 5pm Sunday, March 3, Noon – 5pm Monday, March 4, 10am – 6pm LOCATION DOYLE 175 East 87th Street New York City 212-427-2730 www.Doyle.com FINE PAINTINGS AUCTION Tuesday, MARCH 12, 2019 at 10am EXHIBITION Saturday, March 9, 10am – 5pm Sunday, March 10, Noon – 5pm Monday, March 11, 10am – 6pm LOCATION DOYLE 175 East 87th Street New York City 212-427-2730 www.Doyle.com FINE MODERN ART INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF Hilda U. and Rudolph Forchheimer FINE MODERN ART Jeanne Frank A Gentleman, Park Avenue and Southampton, New York Sidney B. Jacques Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 10am Carl Lesnor Dorothy Lewis 2013 Irrevocable Trust Peter Mayer CONTENTS A Distinguished New York Collector J. Robert and Gladys Rosenthal FINE MODERN ART - MARCH 6 1001-1155 Bernice and Jules Teck FINE PAINTINGS - MARCH 12 2001-2127 INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM A Beekman Place Apartment A Collector Glossary I A Short Hills, New Jersey Private Collector Conditions of Sale II Terms of Guarantee IV Information on Sales & Use Tax V Buying at Doyle VI Selling at Doyle VIII Auction Schedule IX Company Directory X Absentee Bid Form XII FINE PAINTINGS INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF An East Hampton Collection David Follett A Gentleman, Park Avenue and Southampton, New York Sidney B. Jacques Property of a Lady Peter Mayer Lucille and Charles Plotz Romulo M. Prudente Marianne Schaller INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM A Bedminster, New Jersey Collector Property to be Sold for the Benefit of the Philanthropic Programs of the Heckscher Foundation for Children A New York Collector The Collection of Faith Stewart-Gordon A Short Hills, New Jersey Private Collector Lot 1034 1001 1005 1006 1003 1002 1008 1007 1004 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 Carol Anthony David Aronson Sally Michel Avery Sally Michel Avery Theresa Bernstein Jean-Charles Blais Oscar Bluemner Angel Botello American, b. 1943 Lithuanian/American, 1923-2015 American, 1902-2003 American, 1902-2003 Polish/American, 1890-2002 French, b. 1956 American, 1867-1938 Puerto Rican, 1913-1986 Blue Sky Series, (triptych), 1978 Sage II, 1967 Three in Water, 1958-59 Yellow Hat, 1947 Still Life Tête Mechanique, 1984 Soho Port Niña, 1970 Each signed Carol Anthony and Signed Aronson Signed Sally Michel and dated Signed Sally Michel and dated Signed Bernstein (ll) Inscribed Miassa Hadji/5 Rue Signed with artist’s mark (ll) and Signed Botello and inscribed dated 1978 (lr) Bronze with brown patina, 1959 (lr), signed Sally Michel, 1947 (lr), signed Sally Michel, Oil on canvas Vaucouleuer/Paris 11 eme at top dated S 29-33 (lr); inscribed as Cast #3 Crayon and enamel on paper edition 2/12 dated 1958 and inscribed as dated 1947, numbered NY 30 x 23 inches Pastel and crayon on paper titled on the reverse Bronze with green patina Each 18 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches 13 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches titled on the reverse 90.14.19 and inscribed as titled C 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches Pencil on card Height 18 inches Oil on paper on the reverse $1,500-2,500 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches C Estates of J. Robert and Provenance: Provenance: 20 x 26 inches Charcoal and watercolor on paper Provenance: Gladys Rosenthal Monique Knowlton Gallery, Bernard Danenberg Galleries, Inc., 15 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris Provenance: $7,000-9,000 New York New York Provenance: C Property from a Short Hills, C The Estate of a Gentleman, Sid Deutsch Gallery, C C Childs Gallery, Boston New Jersey Private Collector Park Avenue and Southampton, accession code SS485 $2,500-3,500 $800-1,200 C Property from a Short Hills, $2,000-3,000 New York C Estate of Jeanne Frank New Jersey Private Collector $2,500-3,500 $700-900 $2,000-3,000 6 DOYLE • MARCH 6, 2019 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 7 1009 1010 1013 1015 1016 1011 1012 1014 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 Angel Botello Angel Botello Angel Botello William Theophilus Brown Xavier Bueno Mihail Chemiakin Pietro Consagra Aleta Cornelius Puerto Rican, 1913-1986 Puerto Rican, 1913-1986 Puerto Rican, 1913-1986 American, 1919-2012 Italian, 1915-1979 Russian, b. 1943 Italian, 1920-2005 American, 1923-2002 Untitled Portrait, circa 1950 Two Women, 1951 Ceremonie Guédé Voodoo, 1957 Man Against a Red Wall, 1961 Gabriella, 1940 Untitled (Figures and Dog), 1977 Studies for Sculpture, 1954 OSS, 1962 Signed Botello and numbered Signed A. Botello, dated 1951 Signed a. Botello and numbered Signed William Brown and Signed Xavier Bueno (ul), Signed M. Chemiakin and Signed Consagra and dated 54 (lr); Dated 62 (lr), signed Aleta Cornelius 62 (ll) and inscribed 2/12 (ll) 70 (lr), stamped 20 (ul), signed dated 61 (ll) dated 9/40 and inscribed as dated 77 (lr), signed M. Chemiakin inscribed Rhye, CT on the reverse and inscribed as titled on Oil on prepared plywood panel Linoleum cut on prepared a. Botello, dated 3 augusto 1957, Oil on paper laid to board titled on the reverse and dated 1977 on the reverse Ink on paper the reverse 17 x 13 1/8 inches paper laid to Masonite inscribed para Went Tellington and 11 x 13 3/4 inches 15 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches Ink and watercolor on paper 13 1/2 x 17 7/8 inches Mixed media and paper This work is framed in a 16 x 14 inches as titled on the reverse of board C C 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches C Estate of Jeanne Frank collage on canvas handcarved Carribean frame, C Estate of Peter Mayer Tempera on etched and gold $2,000-3,000 $4,000-6,000 C The Estate of a Gentleman, $700-900 35 1/4 x 72 inches as is typical of the artist’s framing. $800-1,200 leafed paper laid to cardboard Park Avenue and Southampton, C 12 3/4 x 15 inches New York Provenance: $6,000-8,000 $2,500-3,500 Galerie Internationale, Provenance: New York The artist Thence by descent to the Wentworth Jordan Tellington, current owner Tucson, AZ C Private collection $800-1,200 C $1,500-2,500 8 DOYLE • MARCH 6, 2019 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 9 1017 1018 1021 1022 1019 1020 1023 1024 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 John Costigan Horia Damian Horia Damian Horia Damian Horia Damian Horia Damian Horia Damian Jose de Creeft American, 1888-1972 Romanian, 1922-2012 Romanian, 1922-2012 Romanian, 1922-2012 Romanian, 1922-2012 Romanian, 1922-2012 Romanian, 1922-2012 American, 1884-1982 Barnyard Bridge, 1993 Airplane, 1998 Abstract Portrait Abstract, 1963 Portrait Self Portrait Signed Costigan (lr), signed Signed Damian and dated Signed Damian and dated 98 Mixed media on card Mixed media on paper Signed Damian and dated 63 (lr) Mixed media on card Signed J de Creeft (lr), John E. Costigan, inscribed 1993 (ll), inscribed for Helene, on the reverse 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches laid to board Mixed media on paper 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches inscribed 246 on the reverse Orangeburg, New York and as signed Damian and dated 17 Acrylic, wood and found object 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches laid to board Oil on board titled on the reverse Avril, 93 on the reverse on card Provenance: 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches Provenance: 26 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches Oil on Masonite Acrylic, wood and string on card 10 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches Acquired by the current owner Provenance: Acquired by the current owner 10 x 14 inches 14 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches directly from the artist Acquired by the current owner Provenance: directly from the artist Provenance: C Provenance: C directly from the artist Acquired by the current owner C Alfred van Loen Provenance: $800-1,200 Acquired by the current owner $1,200-1,500 C directly from the artist $1,000-1,500 Estate of Alfred van Loen Doyle, NY, 1991 directly from the artist $1,000-1,500 C C C C $1,200-1,800 $1,000-1,500 $1,000-1,500 $800-1,200 10 DOYLE • MARCH 6, 2019 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 11 1026 1027 1029 1030 1031 1025 1028 1032 1025 1026 1028 1029 1030 1032 Dorothy Dehner Elaine de Kooning Mstislav Dobuzhinsky Mstislav Dobuzhinsky Mstislav Dobuzhinsky William Dole American, 1901-1994 American, 1918-1989 Russian, 1875-1957 Russian, 1875-1957 Russian, 1875-1957 American, 1917-1983 Sancho Panza, 1991 Cave Study (Perigord Region), 1983 Set Design, 1931 (i) Costume Design for Manon, 1946 Costume Design for a Man with a Halberd Cabal, 1981 Signed Dehner and dated 91 Signed E de K (lr) Signed with the artist’s monogram and Signed M Dobuzhinsky and inscribed VIII Signed with artist’s monogram (lr); Signed W. Dole and dated 1981 (lr); Cor-ten steel, #2 from an edition of 3 Watercolor on paper dated 1931 (lr); also inscribed Venezia in and 46 (lr); also stamped with the artist’s variously signed and inscribed (ul) and (ur) inscribed as titled on the reverse 73 1/4 x 31 x 17 inches 9 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches cartouche (uc); inscribed M Dobujinsky in estate stamp on the reverse; inscribed Watercolor, ink and graphite on paper Watercolor and collage on prepared paper C another hand on the mat; and stamped MANON and 3me Promeneuse (ul) 12 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches 11 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches Provenance: $800-1,200 with the artist’s estate stamp on the reverse Watercolor, graphite and chalk on paper C The Artist Gouache and colored chalk on paper 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches $700-900 Provenance: Private Collection 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches Staempfli Gallery, NY Christie’s East, New York, Nov.
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