Wednesday, December 18, 2019 NEW YORK DOYLE+DESIGN® MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN AUCTION Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 10am EXHIBITION Saturday, December 14, 10am – 5pm Sunday, December 15, Noon – 5pm Monday, December 16, 11am – 6pm LOCATION Doyle 175 East 87th Street New York City 212-427-2730 www.Doyle.com Catalog: $25 THE ESTATE OF SYLVIA MILES Doyle is honored to offer artwork and It was Miles’ association with Andy Miles’ Central Park South apartment, memorabilia from the Estate of Sylvia Warhol as a close friend and one of which she occupied from 1968 until her Miles (1924-2019). Twice nominated the so-called “Warhol Superstars” that death earlier this year, was filled with for an Academy Award, Miles is best cemented her status as a New York icon. memorabilia from her career and artwork PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE, remembered for her strong performances Miles had a starring role in Warhol’s gifted by her talented group of friends, in diverse works ranging from Midnight 1972 film Heat, the third in a trilogy that particularly Warhol. Cowboy to Sex and the City, as a bona parodied Sunset Boulevard, alongside PHOTOGRAPHS & PRINTS fide “Warhol Superstar,” and as a Joe Dallesandro. Property from the Estate of Sylvia Miles prominent and frequent figure on comprises lots 18, 21, 34-36, 62-65, 67, the Manhattan party scene. 73, 90, 99, 102, 103, 105, 127-131, 144, 146, 166. INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF CONTENTS Elsie Adler Paintings 1-155 Evelyn Berezin Prints 156-171 Arthur Brandt Furniture & Decorative Arts 172-253 Miriam Diner Silver 254-270 Steven R. Gross Furniture & Decorative Arts 271-395 The Ben Heller Collection Dorothy Lewis 2013 Irrevocable Trust Glossary I Sylvia Miles Conditions of Sale II A Park Avenue Lady Terms of Guarantee IV Patricia Patterson Information on Sales & Use Tax V Leonard and Elaine Silverstein, Bethesda, MD Buying at Doyle VI Rosa Strygler Selling at Doyle VIII Frederieke Sanders Taylor Auction Schedule IX An Upper East Side Collector Company Directory X Absentee Bid Form XII INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM A European Private Collector Sold for the Benefit of the Lake St. Louis Historical Society, Montréal, Quebec, Canada Ronald P. Marshall, Fairfield, CT A South Carolina Collector Two New York Gentlemen Susan Weber Lot 70 4 1 2 6 1 3 Mary Abbott Calvin Albert 5 American, 1921-2019 American, 1918-2007 Untitled (Still Life) (i) Nude Drawing Oil on canvas Signed C. Albert twice (lr) 36 1/8 x 24 1/4 inches Ink and brown wash on paper C 11 x 8 1/2 inches 4 5 6 $4,000-6,000 Joe Andoe Joe Andoe Benny Andrews See Illustration (ii) Bust of David Orr American, b. 1955 American, b. 1955 American, 1930-2006 Aluminum Untitled (Fallen Tree) Untitled (Wreath), 1989 Preacher #1, 1964 2 Height 14 inches Signed Joe Andoe (uc) Signed Joe Andoe (c) Signed Benny Andrews, dated 7/9/64 and Samuel Marcus Adler C Oil on linen Oil on linen inscribed as titled (lr) American, 1898-1979 $500-700 20 x 24 inches 20 x 24 inches Ink on paper Abstract Portrait, 1955 See Illustration of Part Unframed Unframed 15 x 11 inches Signed S.M. Adler (ll), signed S.M. Adler C and dated 55 on the reverse Provenance: Provenance: $800-1,200 Oil on canvas Tom Cugliani Gallery, New York Tom Cugliani Gallery, New York See Illustration 48 x 36 inches C C C $1,800-2,200 $1,800-2,200 $800-1,200 See Illustration See Illustration See Illustration 3 part 6 DOYLE • DECEMBER 18, 2019 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 7 7 Karen Arm American, 20th Century Untitled (Whirlpool), 2001 Signed Karen Arm, dated 2001 and inscribed as titled on the reverse Acrylic on canvas 44 x 36 inches Unframed Provenance: PPOW Gallery, New York C $3,000-5,000 See Illustration 7 8 9 Milton Avery American, 1885-1965 Stella Seated, 1943 Signed Milton Avery (ll), inscribed Stella Seated 9 by Milton Avery 17 x 14 Ink ‘43 on the reverse Olivier Babin and Harold Ancart Ink on paper French, b. 1974; Belgian, b. 1980 16 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches Untitled, 2010 Exhibited: Signed with artists’ initials OBHAO Milton Avery in Black and White, Unique metal sculpture 13 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches Sep. 28 - Dec. 31, 1990, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, loan no. TL1990-.262 Exhibited: C Blood of a Poet, Jan. 8 - Mar. 7, 2010, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, $1,000-1,500 New York See Illustration C $6,000-8,000 See Illustration 10 Will Barnet American, 1911-2012 Untitled, Study for Sleeping Child, circa 1962 Signed Will Barnet (lr) Graphite on tissue paper 13 7/8 x 11 inches Exhibited: Acquired directly from the Artist by the current owner C $1,500-2,500 See Illustration 8 10 8 DOYLE • DECEMBER 18, 2019 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 9 13 14 Ernst Benkert Miguel Berrocal American, 1928-2010 Spanish, 1933-2006 (i) Vertical Bars, 1993 Romeo and Juliet, Signed Ernst Benkert on 1966-67 the reverse Stamped Berrocal and Watercolor on rag paper numbered 714 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches Bronze, from an edition of 2000 (ii) Vertical Bars, 1993 6 x 8 x 4 7/8 inches Signed Ernst Benkert on C the reverse $2,000-4,000 Watercolor on rag paper See Illustration 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches 15 (iii) Vertical Bars, 1993 Inscribed W&N Paynes Miguel Berrocal Spanish, 1933-2006 Grey and dated March 9, Mini-David, 1969 1993 on the reverse Signed Berrocal and Watercolor on paper stamped HC 12 1/4 x 9 inches Nickel-plated aluminum, (iv) Vertical Bars, 1993 artist’s proof from an Inscribed W&N Paynes edition of 9500 Grey and dated March 11, This work is accompanied 1993 on the reverse by the assembly manual, Watercolor on paper nephrite stand and 12 1/4 x 9 inches polystyrene case C C $700-900 $600-800 See Illustration See Illustration 13 11 11 12 Dunbar D. Beck Ernst Benkert American, 1902-1986 American, 1928-2010 Boxer #1 True Cross, 1994 Signed Dunbar Beck (lr), inscribed Inscribed Norfolk and dated #1 on the stretcher July 29, 1994 (lr) Oil on canvas India ink on paper 30 x 40 inches 26 x 19 7/8 inches C $5,000-7,000 Provenance: See Illustration Gift from the artist Thence by descent to the estate C $1,000-1,500 See Illustration 12 14 15 10 DOYLE • DECEMBER 18, 2019 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 11 17 19 20 16 16 19 21 Varujan Boghosian George Zachary Constant Gregory D’Alessio American, b. 1926 Greek/American, 1892-1978 American, 1904-1993 Napoleon Spring Vignettes, 1967-71 Signed Varujan Boghosian and inscribed Signed G. Constant (lr) Signed Gregory D’Alessio, as titled Oil on canvas dated 1967-’68-’69-’70-’71 and Wood and metal construction 42 x 32 inches inscribed as titled (lr) 19 x 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches Collage and mixed media on C Provenance: cardboard $1,500-2,500 Ferargil Gallery, New York 28 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches See Illustration C C Estate of Sylvia Miles $1,500-2,500 $400-600 17 See Illustration See Illustration Felipe Castañeda Mexican, b. 1933 20 La Juania, 1995 John Edward Costigan Signed F. Castañeda, dated 1995 and American, 1888-1972 numbered V/VII Tree with Heavy Snow, 1959 Bronze with black patina Signed J.E. Costigan and dated 13 x 14 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches 1959 (ll), signed J.E. Costigan, C Estate of Elsie Adler dated 1959 and inscribed as $1,500-1,800 titled on the reverse See Illustration Watercolor on paper 22 x 28 1/2 inches 18 C Collette $600-800 Tunisian/American, b. 1952 See Illustration Justine Joins La Rocha, 1983 Signed Collette, dated 1983 and inscribed as titled on the reverse Collage and resin on card 18 8 1/4 x 11 inches C Estate of Sylvia Miles $400-600 21 See Illustration 12 DOYLE • DECEMBER 18, 2019 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 13 22 24 26 27 22 23 26 Horia Damian Horia Damian Eleanor de Laittre Romanian, 1922-2012 Romanian, 1922-2012 American, b. 1911 (i) Portrait Abstract, 1963 Portrait of a Young Girl, 1939 Mixed media on paper laid to board Signed Damian and dated 63 (lr) Signed Eleanor de Laittre and dated 39 (lr), 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches Mixed media on paper laid to board signed Eleanor de Laittre on the reverse 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches Oil on Masonite (ii) Abstract 17 1/2 x 16 inches Mixed media on card Provenance: 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches Acquired by the current owner Provenance: directly from the artist Martin Diamond Fine Arts, Inc., New York Provenance: C C Acquired by the current owner directly from $800-1,200 $1,000-1,500 the artist See Illustration See Illustration C $1,000-1,500 24 27 See Illustration Horia Damian Maurice de Vlaminck Romanian, 1922-2012 French, 1876-1958 Portrait Le Port, circa 1955 Mixed media on card Signed Vlaminck (lr) 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches Ink on paper 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches Provenance: Acquired by the current owner Provenance: directly from the artist [Sale] Swann Galleries, New York, NY, Sep.