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Asheville, NC, United States
Auction Details
March Premier Auction: Day 1
Brunk Auctions
Session I
Friday, March 24, Auction begins 5:00 pm - lots 001 - 248
Session II
Saturday, March 25, Auction begins 9:00 am - lots 249-910
Our March 2017 auction is represented by a two day offering of a broad selection of consignments.
Featuring: The Estate of Marjorie and Charles West
The late Marjorie and Charles West of Atlanta, Georgia, established the West Foundation as a conduit of philanthropy through which their generosity to Georgia Institutions benefitted the High Museum with more than one hundred works of 19th century American Art and over forty examples of Neoclassical sculptures. Through their gift, the High Museum has one of the most significant holdings of Neoclassical sculpture in the United States. Mrs. West was also a discerning collector of Meissen ceramics and was a founding member of the Ceramic Circle in Atlanta.
Brunk Auctions is pleased to offer over eighty watercolors and fifty plus examples of American ceramics from the West collection. The watercolor collection broadly encompasses 19th century Hudson River School works, 20th century works by Thomas Hart Benton as well as two fine watercolors by contemporary artist Stephen Scott Young, one of which graces the front cover of the catalog. While this collection is primarily represented by American artists, it does include a few exceptions notably an important watercolor by Thomas Faed titled Sir Walter Raleigh and His Literary Friends at Abbotsford.
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![Alphonse Mucha: (Czech, 1860-1939)[Salon des Cent], 1897, pl. 94, from [Les Maitres de l'Affiche], Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, signed lower left in stone "Mucha" with Imprimerie Chaix blindstamp, chromolithographic](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561278_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)
![Alphonse Mucha: (Czech, 1860-1939)[Sanctificetur Nomen Tuum], unsigned, lithograph on paper, 14-1/4 x 10-7/8 in. (image); fine modern frame,. Provenance: Private Collection](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561279_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)
![Alphonse Mucha: (Czech, 1860-1939)[Bieres de la Muse] 1899, pl. 182, from [Les Maitres de l'Affiche], Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, signed lower left in stone and pencil inscription bottom margin "Mucha",](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561280_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)
![Alphonse Mucha: (Czech, 1860-1939)[Gismonda - Bernhardt] pl. 27, 1896, Les Maitres de l'Affiche, Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, printer, signed lower left in stone "Mucha" with Imprimerie Chaix blindstamp,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561281_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)
![Alphonse Mucha: (Czech, 1860-1939)[Lorenzaccio], 1896, Imprimerie F. Champenois, Paris, (Rennert/Weill 20 v.2), signed lower right in Stone "Mucha", chromolithographic poster, 41-1/2 x 14-3/4 in.; modern wood](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561282_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)


![Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: (French,1864-1901)Yvette Guilbert, 1894, possibly an artist's proof, without text (W.79), [L'Estampe originale], Publisher, signed lower left in stone with monogram, lithograph in green (verte) ink](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561285_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)
![Paul César Helleu: (French, 1859-1927)[ED. SAGOT/ Estampes & Affiches Illustrees] Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, printer, signed lower right in stone "P. Helleu", chromolithographic poster, 42 x 29 in.; framed. Provenance:](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561286_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)
![Georges Meunier: (French, 1869-1942)[Lox. Kina-Loxa, Coca, Kola. Toni-apéritif par], 1895, Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, printer, signed lower left in stone "Georges Meunier", chromolithographic poster, 48-3/4 x 34 in.;](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561287_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)
![Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: (French, 1864-1901)[Ambassadeurs/Aristide Bruant dans son cabaret], 1892, Edward Ancourt & Cie, Paris, publisher, signed lower left in stone, chromolithographic poster, 55-1/4 x 37-1/2 in. (sheet);](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561288_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1490041150)

![William Marick: (French, 19th/20th century)[Mouleur Statuaire], Imprimarie L. Cassan Aine, Toulouse, signed lower left "William Marick", chromolithographic poster, 21-3/8 x 44 in (sheet); gilt wood frame,.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561290_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)
![Eugène Grasset: (French, 1841-1917)[Le Trèfle/à 4 feuilles/de la/Marque Georges Richard/Cycles et Automobiles], 1899, Imprimerie Vaugirard, Paris, signed lower right in stone with monogram "EG", chromolithographic](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561291_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)
![Les Maitres de l'Affiche: (19th century)Three posters: Teatro Regio, pl.192, 1898, Giuseppe Boano (Italian,) 14 x 9-7/8 in. (sight); [Salon des Cent], signed lower left in stone Fernand Louis Gottlob (French, 1873-1935),](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561292_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)

![William H. Bradley: (American, 1868-1962)Four works from [Les Maitres de l'Affiche], Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, printer plus another: The Chap-Book, 1895, 14-1/8 x 9-3/4 in.; When Hearts are Trumps, pl. 52, 13-1/4 x](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561294_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)
![Les Maitres de l'Affiche: (19th century)Three posters: [Messaline au Casino de Monte Carlo], pl.187,1898, Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn (French, born 1874), 15 x 8-3/8 in. (sight); A New Life of Napoleon, signed in stone, Eugène](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101021/51561295_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488819211)
