1 www.treadwaygallery.com Coming May 20, 2012, the most important private collection of early Gustav Stickley ever to be sold at auction. 2 www.treadwaygallery.com Treadway • Toomey Galleries 20th Century Art and Design Auction March 4th, 2012 Arts & Crafts/Art Nouveau Session One 10:00 a.m. American and European Paintings, Fine Prints and Works on Paper Session Two Immediately following the conclusion of Session One. 1950s/Modern Session Three Immediately following the conclusion of Session Two. Preview Dates: Saturday, February 25, 2012 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday, February 26, 2012 CLOSED Monday, February 27, 2012 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2012 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 2, 2012 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 2012 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Also open by appointment when available at John Toomey Gallery 818 North Blvd • Oak Park, Illinois 60301 (708) 383-5234 [email protected] www.treadwaygallery.com IL Lic. #444000195, #441001663, #441001222 OH Lic. #2007000142 A PRESENTATION BY TREADWAY GALLERY, INC. OF CINCINNATI, OHIO IN ASSOCIATION WITH JOHN TOOMEY GALLERY, INC. OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS 3 www.treadwaygallery.com 4 www.treadwaygallery.com Arts & Crafts/Art Nouveau Session One 10:00 a.m. 1. Gustav Stickley twelve tile tea table, rectangular top with twelve inset Grueby tiles supported by thru-tenon construction, arched apron over a lower shelf supported by double key and tenon construction, restored finish, unsigned, 25.5”w x 20”d x 26”h, very good condition, this successful design is a result of the collaboration between Gustav Stickley and Grueby Faience Company that began when they were both exhibitors at 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo 12,000-15,000 2. Dr. Harry P. Mera box, c. 1930, in walnut, lidded form with finely hand carved designs, a physician and anthropologist at the Museum of Anthropology in Santa Fe, Mera designed the flag of the state of New Mexico, he also authored books on Southwest Indian designs, 14”w x 8.5”d x 5.5”h, very good condition 1000-2000 5 Details / Phone bids call: (708) 383-5234 or (513) 321-6742 www.treadwaygallery.com 5 3. Prairie School table lamp, pyramidal slag-glass shade with cut-out 4. Niloak Missionware vase, large cylindrical shape with a flared foot, details on a pedestal base, one broken glass segment and missing colorful swirl design, impressed mark, 4.5”w x 10.5”h 300-400 wood detail, 20”w x 20”d x 20”h 700-900 5. English Arts & Crafts ice bucket, lidded two-handled form in hammered copper with brass mounts, with original liner, 17”w x 12.5”d x 15”h, very good condition 300-500 6. Unusual Limbert table, narrow un-cataloged trestle-form with cut-outs at side and a lower stretcher on a shoe-foot base, refinished, branded signature, 45”w x 23.5”d x 29”h, very good condition 2000-2500 7. Handel table lamp, seven-sided shade with reverse-painted leaf 8. Rookwood vase, shouldered form with a molded tulip design, under motif on a two-socket base, base signed, 20”w x 21”h, very good a powder blue crystalline glaze, 1937, #1711, 5”w x 10”h 250-350 condition 2500-3500 6 www.treadwaygallery.com 9. Gustav Stickley wastebasket, #94, slatted form with iron loop construction, signed with red decal, good original dark finish, 12”dia x 14”h, very good condition 1500-2000 10. Good Gustav Stickley chest of drawers, #902, two half drawers above four full drawers with original oval copper hardware, paneled sides with thru-tenon construction, signed with red decal and paper label, fine original finish, 41”w x 22.5”d x 54”h, excellent condition 7000-9000 11. Gustav Stickley settle, #208, even-arm form with eight vertical slats at back and three under each arm, heavy thru-tenon construction, original leatherette cushion, signed with red decal, good original finish, 76”w x 32”d x 29”h, very good condition 6000-8000 7 www.treadwaygallery.com 12. Early Limbert bookcase, #322, three-door form with leaded glass panels and original escutcheons, double key and tenon construction at sides, refinished, signed with paper label, 64”w x 14”d x 54”h, very good condition 3500-4500 13. Pisgah Forest bowl, under a turquoise and purple high glaze, 5.5”w x 4”h; with a Pisgah Forest vase, flared shape, under a tan and blue crystalline glaze, 4”w x 5”h, both marked 200-300 14. L & JG Stickley china cabinet, #728, two doors with six panes of glass and original hardware above an arched rail, original finish, signed with Handcraft decal, some staining to top, 48”w x 15”d x 55”h, very good condition 3500-4500 15. Arts & Crafts china cabinet, plate rail at top above two doors glass at sides, recoated original finish, 49”w x 14.5”d x 58”h, very good 8 condition 700-900 www.treadwaygallery.com 16. Rookwood vase, flaring bottle shape 17. Good Rookwood vase, Vellum glaze, 18. Rookwood vase, tapered shape with with an Arts & Crafts geometric design, nicely painted river landscape with a bulbous top, Arts & Crafts geometric covered in a green matte glaze with lush green trees and silhouetted hills, design, covered in a nice green matte mottled red highlights, 1918, #326D, beautifully executed by Sallie Coyne in glaze with crystalline highlights, 1914, 3.75”w x 6.75”h 200-300 1921, #942D, 4.5"w x 6"h 600-800 #2040E, 3.25”w x 7.5”h 200-300 20. Unusual Rookwood bowl, large form with an incised stylized Arts & Crafts design in green, blue and brown, executed by Charles Todd in 1920, #957B, 9”w x 3.5”h, ground X 400-500 19. Nice Rookwood vase, bulbous and footed 22. Large Teco vase, shape #266, designed shape, in a green to blue matte glaze, by W.B. Mundie, double handled form unusual stylized floral design, painted by covered in a good green matte glaze Charles Todd in 1920, #949D, 3.25”w x with exceptional charcoal highlights, 9.5”h 450-550 unmarked, 5”w x 11.25”h 1000-1500 21. Rookwood vase, double handled shape, matte glaze with a carved and colorfully painted organic design, by C.S. Todd in 1917, #77C, 3”w x 5.5”h 300-400 23. Rookwood vase, bulbous shape with an 24. Rookwood vase, unusual round shape 25. Rookwood vase, bulbous shape, Arts & Crafts geometric design, under a with raised organic designs, covered in geometric Arts & Crafts design, covered nice green matte glaze, 1903, #33FZ, 4”w a powder blue matte glaze with crystals, in a fine green matte glaze, 1915, #53EZ, x 5”h 250-350 1940, #6217, 6"w x 4.5"h 100-200 4.5”w x 4.5”h 200-300 9 www.treadwaygallery.com 26. Lifetime desk, slant-top above a single drawer with original 27. Arts & Crafts umbrella stand, eight divided sections above an hardware and a lower stretcher, interior with storage compartments, original drip pan, original finish, 24”w x 12”d x 28”h, very good original finish, 27”w x 16.5”d x 40.5”h, very good condition 300-500 condition 200-300 28. Roycroft plate, designed by Dard Hunter, produced by Buffalo Pottery, 29. Bradley & Hubbard andirons, in hammered iron with cube detail, with geometric design and orb, signed and dated 1926, 8.5”dia, with signed, 10”w x 22”d x 16”h, very good condition 300-400 Roycroft bookends, in hammered copper with rolled top and peacock motif, signed with orb, worn original patina, 6”w x 4.5”h 300-400 30. Roycroft Little Journeys stand, rectangular top above two shelves 31. Arts & Crafts umbrella stand, eight divided sections above an supported by double key and tenon construction, some looseness, original drip pan, original finish, 24”w x 12”d x 28”h, very good refinished, signed with brass tag, 26”w x 14”d x 26”h, very good condition 200-300 condition 300-500 10 www.treadwaygallery.com 32. Gustav Stickley hanging fixture, two hammered copper lanterns #205 with heart cut-outs and glass shades supported by horizontal bar with original chain and ceiling cap, original patina, nicely replaced shades, signed, 17”w x 33”h, shades: 3”dia, very good condition 3500-4500 33. Arts and Crafts candlesticks, pair, similar to Jarvie Beta model, nice new patina, 6”dia x 12”h 500-700 34. Overbeck vase, shouldered form with 35. Unusual Newcomb College vase, 36. Russell Crook vase, tapered shape carved abstract landscape designs, slender cylindrical shape in a high glaze, with a delicately painted forest scene covered in an olive green and blue matte carved and painted floral design, perfectly featuring numerous moose, unsigned, glaze, executed by EF, marked, 4.5”w x executed by Henrietta Bailey, #DF64, 4”w x 8”h 3500-4500 6.25”h 3500-4500 2.5”w x 7.75”h 5000-7000 11 Details / Phone bids call: (708) 383-5234 or (513) 321-6742 www.treadwaygallery.com 11 37. Art Pottery tile trivet, bold stylized leaves, 39. German tile, green, white and yellow mounted on a brass base, 6.5”sq; with drapery design, tile: 6”sq, overall: 9.25”sq; Moyr Smith tiles, for Minton Tile Co., two, with a German tile, green, white and (one shown), mythological scenes, titled yellow geometric design, tile: 6”sq, overall: Gareth and Elaine, each signed within 9.25”sq, both framed 100-200 image, framed, tiles; 6”sq, each overall: 7.25”sq 100-150 38.