MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN + ® Wednesday, June 6, 2018 NEW YORK DOYLE+DESIGN® MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN AUCTION Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 10am EXHIBITION Saturday, June 2, 10am – 5pm Sunday, June 3, Noon – 5pm Monday, June 4, 10am – 6pm LOCATION Doyle 175 East 87th Street New York City 212-427-2730 www.Doyle.com Catalogue: $35 PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE, INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF Donald Clifford, Jr. An East Hampton Collection PHOTOGRAPHS & PRINTS Rita Hirsch Hilda Johnson Howard Kaminksy Dorothy Lewis 2013 Irrevocable Trust A New York Collection Lucille and Charles Plotz Elinor Steinhart Stephen Stempler INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM A Beekman Place Apartment Formerly in the inventory of Berry-Hill Galleries, New York A Garrison, New York Collector Sold to Benefit a New York Not-For-Profit Organization A New York Corporate Collection A Palm Beach Collection Sold to Benefit the Lake St. Louis Historical Society The Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY CONTENTS Paintings 1-141 Prints 142-155 Furniture & Decorations 156-245 Silver & Silver Plate 246-286 Furniture & Decorations 287-371 Glossary I 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 297 Lot 53 4 Yaacov Agam Israeli, b. 1928 Petit Triangle Volant Object Signed Agam and numbered EA 3/3 18 kt. gold, 52.1 dwts Height 1 7/8 inches Provenance: The artist Sale: Enghien Hotel des Ventes Acquired by the current owner, Dec. 1980 from the above venue Exhibited: Enghien-les-Bains, France, Enghien Hotel des Ventes, Bijoux-Sculptures et Mobiles en Or par Yaacov Agam, Dec. 5-7, 1980 C $3,500-4,500 See Illustration 4 5 Yaacov Agam Israeli, b. 1928 Petit Triangle Volant Object Signed Agam and numbered HC 3/4 18 kt. gold, 52.1 dwts Height 1 7/8 inches Provenance: The artist Sale: Enghien Hotel des Ventes Acquired by the current owner, Dec. 1980 from the above venue Exhibited: Enghien-les-Bains, France, Enghien Hotel des Ventes, Bijoux-Sculptures et Mobiles en Or par Yaacov Agam, Dec. 5-7, 1980 C $3,500-4,500 1 2 3 See Illustration 6 1 2 3 Yaacov Agam Yaacov Agam Yaacov Agam Yaacov Agam Israeli, b. 1928 5 Israeli, b. 1928 Israeli, b. 1928 Israeli, b. 1928 Petit Triangle Volant Object Star of David Star of David Star of David Signed Agam and numbered 2/9 Signed Agam and stamped with gold marks, Signed Agam and stamped with gold marks, Signed Agam and stamped with gold marks, 18 kt. gold, 52.1 dwts numbered 3/9, accompanied by a fitted numbered 4/9, accompanied by a fitted numbered 7/9 Height 1 7/8 inches box marked Mayeux France box marked Mayeux France 18kt gold with bronze base, accompanied Provenance: 18kt gold 18kt gold by a fitted box marked Mayeux France The artist Height 5 1/4 inches Height 5 1/4 inches Provenance: Sale: Enghien Hotel des Ventes Provenance: Provenance: The artist Acquired by the current owner, Dec. 1980 from The artist The artist [Sale] Enghien Hotel des Ventes the above venue [Sale] Enghien Hotel des Ventes [Sale] Enghien Hotel des Ventes Acquired by the current owner, Dec. 1980 Exhibited: Acquired by the current owner, Dec. 1980 Acquired by the current owner, Dec. 1980 from the above Enghien-les-Bains, France, Enghien Hotel des Ventes, from the above from the above Exhibited: Bijoux-Sculptures et Mobiles en Or par Yaacov Agam, Exhibited: Exhibited: Enghien-les-Bains, France, Enghien Hotel Dec. 5-7, 1980 Enghien-les-Bains, France, Enghien Hotel Enghien-les-Bains, France, Enghien Hotel des Ventes, Bijoux-Sculptures et Mobiles en C des Ventes, Bijoux-Sculptures et Mobiles en des Ventes, Bijoux-Sculptures et Mobiles en Or par Yaacov Agam, Dec. 5-7, 1980 $3,500-4,500 Or par Yaacov Agam, Dec. 5-7, 1980 Or par Yaacov Agam, Dec. 5-7, 1980 C See Illustration C C $1,500-2,500 $1,500-2,500 $1,500-2,500 See Illustration See Illustration See Illustration 6 6 DOYLE • JUNE 6, 2018 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 7 7 Polly Apfelbaum American, b. 1955 Red Dots Pillowcase with collaged painted velvet 31 1/4 x 22 inches (79.37 x 55.88 cm) Provenance: [Sale] Brunk Auctions, Asheville, NC, Jul. 20, 2013, lot 81 C $4,000-6,000 See Illustration 7 8 9 Karel Appel Allan D’Arcangelo 10 11 Dutch, 1921-2006 American, 1930-1998 Untitled, 1971 Side-View Mirror, circa 1966 Signed Appel and dated 71 (ll) Signed D’Arcangelo and Acrylic, crayon and printed inscribed P on base 10 12 Hannah Van Bart Leonard Baskin paper collage on card Screenprint on plexiglass in 7 x 5 inches car mirror on lucite base, Dutch, b. 1963 American, 1922-2000 Provenance: from an edition of 75 Young Man, 2013 (i) Fruitfulness from Permanence, 1967 Gift of the artist to the Height 7 inches Signed Hannah Van Bart, dated 2013, Signed L. Baskin current owner Provenance: initialed HVB and inscribed as titled Bronze with dark brown patina C Irma B. Jaffe, New York on the reverse 19 1/4 x 16 x 1 1/2 inches $4,000-6,000 The Estate of Irma B. Jaffe Oil on linen (ii) Continuity, 1967 See Illustration C 29 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches Signed L. Baskin, dated 67, and stamped $1,500-2,500 C Property from a New York Collection with Bedi-Makky foundrey mark at See Illustration $1,200-1,800 the bottom edge See Illustration Bronze with dark brown patina 19 x 15 3/4 x 1 inches 11 (iii) Untitled, Ram, 1983 Leonard Baskin Signed baskin and dated 1983 (ll) American, 1922-2000 10 1/2 x 13 7/8 x 1 inches 12 part Andromache, 1971 (iv) Untitled, Big Horn Sheep, 1983 Signed Baskin, dated 1971 and Signed Baskin, dated 1983, and inscribed F (lr) inscribed FS Cast Plaster Bronze with brown patina 9 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches Height 38 inches Provenance: Provenance: The artist The artist Irma B. Jaffe, NY Irma B. Jaffe, New York The Estate of Irma B. Jaffe The Estate of Irma B. Jaffe Literature: Literature: (i) Jaffe, Irma B. The Scuplture of Leonard Jaffe, Irma B., The Sculpture of Baskin, illus., b/w full page, p. 188, fig 128. Leonard Baskin, illus. b/w full page, (ii) Jaffe, Irma B. The Scuplture of Leonard pp. 104-105, fig. 62a & fig. 62b, 1980 Baskin, illus., b/w full page, p. 190, fig 130. C C $3,000-5,000 $2,000-3,000 8 See Illustration See Illustration 9 8 DOYLE • JUNE 6, 2018 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 9 16 Otto Bierhals American, 1879-1935 Empire State Building at Night Charcoal and gouache on paper 20 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, no. APG 5217 C Property from a New York Corporate Collection $400-600 See Illustration 17 Varujan Boghosian American, b. 1926 Four Short Stories, 1996 Signed Varujan Boghosian and dated 1996 on underside Mixed media and found object construction 20 3/4 x 19 x 21 1/4 inches C $2,000-4,000 See Illustration 15 13 13 Helder Batista French, b. 1964 For the Peace, 2018 Signed HBatista and dated 18 16 Unique resin sculpture 8 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches C $3,000-5,000 See Illustration 14 Fletcher Benton American, b. 1931 (Maquette) Blocks on Blocks: Three on One with Balls, 2001 Signed Fletcher Benton, inscribed Fletcher Benton and dated 2001 at bottom edge Painted steel 17 Height 13 inches C $2,500-3,500 See Illustration 15 18 Tony Berlant Antanas Brazdys American, b. 1941 Lithuanian, b. 1939 Untitled (Romance) Untitled Found tin collage with steel brads on Signed Brazdys and numbered IV/V plywood construction Stainless steel on wood base 7 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches 10 x 9 x 17 inches C C $3,000-5,000 $800-1,200 See Illustration See Illustration 14 18 10 DOYLE • JUNE 6, 2018 • NEW YORK VIEW THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND BID ONLINE AT DOYLE.COM 11 19 22 Byron Browne Anthony Caro American, 1907-1961 British, 1924-2013 Two Performers, 1948 No. 82, 1981 Signed Byron Browne and dated 1948 (lr), Signed Anthony Caro, dated 1981 and inscribed signed Byron Browne, dated 1948 and Number 82/#82 on the reverse inscribed tempera-ink/NYC and as titled Chalk and acrylic on handmade form-cast paper on the reverse on Tycore, fabricated and published by Ink and tempera on paper Tyler Graphics, Ltd. 19 x 25 inches 20 1/2 x 28 x 4 inches Provenance: Provenance: Irma B. Jaffe, NY André Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York The Estate of Irma B. Jaffe C Estate of Rita Hirsch C $2,000-4,000 $1,000-1,500 See Illustration See Illustration 23 Nicolas Carone 20 American, 1917-2010 Carlos Rodriguez Cardenas Untitled 19 Cuban, b. 1962 Signed Carone (lr) (i) Ventana con Jardin - Windows Garden, 1997 Oil on Masonite Signed Carlos Rodriguez Cardenas, 18 x 22 inches dated NYC 1997 and inscribed as titled C on the reverse $7,000-9,000 22 Acrylic on canvas See Illustration 32 x 32 inches (ii) Ventana con Jardin - Windows Garden, 1998 24 Signed Carlos Rodriguez Cardenas, Clarence Holbrook Carter dated NYC 1998 and inscribed as titled American, 1904-2000 on the reverse (i) Horsepower III (Study for an ad for Acrylic on canvas the National City Bank of New York, circa 1951 32 x 32 inches Stamped Estate of Clarence H.