Paintings, Lladro figures await bidders at Jenack sale Oct. 21

Dwight William Tryon oil on artist panel. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.
Dwight William Tryon oil on artist panel. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

Dwight William Tryon oil on artist panel. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

CHESTER, N.Y. – William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers will present its next fine art and antique auction at the Jenack gallery – with Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com – on Sunday, Oct. 21. Bidding will commence at 11 a.m. EDT.

The second fall sale will include Lladro figures, Lalique, fine artwork, jewelry, art pottery, bronzes, silver, Chinese art, porcelain and furniture.

Leading the sale with be artwork with such big names as Eric Sloane, George Wesley Bellows, Dwight William Tyron, Winston Spencer Churchill, John Edward Costigan and many others.

The Eric Sloane work is titled Connecticut Barn and inscribed “To the Ahler’s.” The work was a gift to them from the artist and was purchased by our consignor directly from the family. At 29 by 39 inches, it is one of his larger works on panel to come to auction recently. Its estimate is $10,000 to $20,000.

The George Wesley Bellows is a small oil on canvas board and is an evening view of the Seine with a shadowy view of Notre Dome (estimate: $7,000 to $10,000).

Dwight William Tyron’s work is an oil on artist panel depicting the moonrise over a wooded landscape with a pond (estimate: $5,000 to $8,000).

Winston Spencer Churchill’s work is a city scene, oil on panel, estate stamped with a letter from Paul Moro Inc. New York, N.Y.

The John Edward Costigan is oil on canvas, a landscape, Catskill, N.Y. (estimate: estimate of $3,000 to $5,000).

Other artists included in the sale are David Burluik, Daniel Huntington, Luigi Cagliani, Jordi Pla Domenech, Giulo Carlini, George Cochran Lambdin, Mose di Giosue Bianchi, Eleanor Abrams, Stefamos Sideris, Christian Wennemoes.

Jenack will be offering a collection of Lladro figures from a large private collection, many being some of the largest figures made by the company and retired. Figures to be sold include a Gres figure “Dreams of Peace,” “Voyage of Columbus,” “Sancho Panza,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Quixote and the Windmill” and many others.

There will be several lots of Lalique glass being sold including a Bacchantes vase, a Sandrift vase and a Mahe Clair vase. There will also many lots of collectable glass and crystal.

In the furniture genre there will be a mix of period and contemporary pieces to be sold. Among them with be several lots of Anglo-Indian including a very handsome rosewood campaign chest with brass stringing, a slant-front desk, a turned spool four-post bed, trunks, boxes and accessories. Furniture of the more recent vintage to be sold include a Danish teak and rosewood credenza with a GP Farum label, set of four Charles Pollack design for Knoll International executive office chairs and others.

The sale will be rounded out by carpets, bronzes, lamps, chandeliers, porcelain, pottery and other decorative accessories.

 

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

Dwight William Tryon oil on artist panel. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.
 

Dwight William Tryon oil on artist panel. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

Eric Sloane oil on panel, ‘Connecticut Barn.’ William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.
 

Eric Sloane oil on panel, ‘Connecticut Barn.’ William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

Winston Spencer Churchill oil on panel. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.
 

Winston Spencer Churchill oil on panel. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

George Wesley Bellows oil on canvas. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.
 

George Wesley Bellows oil on canvas. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

John Edward Costigan oil on canvas. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

John Edward Costigan oil on canvas. William Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers image.

Art, antiques, jewelry comprise A.B. Levy auction Oct. 28

Lovely Rene Lalique gray glass La Jour et la Nuit mantel clock, signed, made circa 1926. A.B. Levy image.
Lovely Rene Lalique gray glass La Jour et la Nuit mantel clock, signed, made circa 1926. A.B. Levy image.

Lovely Rene Lalique gray glass La Jour et la Nuit mantel clock, signed, made circa 1926. A.B. Levy image.

PALM BEACH, Fla. – Over 250 lots of fine jewelry, artwork by renowned and listed artists, period furniture, desirable antiques and decorative accessories will be offered on Sunday, Oct. 28, by A.B. Levy, starting at 1 p.m. EDT. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

Just a few of the expected top lots include a dazzling ring centered by a square emerald Asscher cut diamond weighing 10-plus carats; an Emile Galle carved cameo glass table lamp, circa 1910; a Continental carved ivory set of the Four Seasons, circa 1880; a Rene Lalique gray glass La Jour et la Nuit mantel clock, circa 1926; and a large and important Italian micromosaic tabletop.

A.B. Levy’s has maintained an exclusive gallery on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach for more than 20 years. The firm’s inaugural auction, held in March in West Palm Beach, was a huge success, the top lot being a Rene Lalique Cire Perdue vase with Rene Lalique thumbprint that brought $212,000. This will be the company’s second auction at the Palm Beach gallery.

“We’ve been acting as brokers between buyers and sellers at the gallery since 1989, so it only seemed natural to take the business to the next level with an auction component,” said Albert B. Levy, president of A.B. Levy’s.

The diamond ring is the anticipated top earner of the auction, with an estimate of $700,000-$1 million. The 10.04-carat center stone is flanked by two kite-shaped diamonds and completed by numerous round-cut diamonds. The ring, mounted by David Morris of London, is graded F for color and VS1 for clarity and is accompanied by a GIA certificate dated Nov. 2002.

The Italian micromosaic tabletop and the set of Four Seasons both enter the sale with identical estimates of $100,000-$300,000. The tabletop is of circular form, made in the 19th century, and is centered by a panel depicting St. Peter’s Basilica.

The Four Seasons, each ivory piece 23 1/2 inches tall, are seen as standing females, each one mounted on a rouge marble plinth.

The 31-inch-tall Galle table lamp is both important and rare, and it carries an estimate that reflects that ($300,000-$500,000). The shade and base are both signed in cameo “Galle.” The Rene Lalique gray glass “La Jour et La Nuit” clock is also signed (“R. Lalique, France”) and it should easily bring $40,000-$60,000. It is a circular clock with nude figures.

Fine art by French artists will feature a monumental bronze sculpture by Marius Jean-Antonin Mercie (1845-1916), titled Gloria Victis, 73 inches tall (the same size Gloria Victis as one in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.); an oil on panel by Louis Marie de Schryver (1862-1942), titled The Flower Girl, signed and dated ’96; and an oil on Masonite work by Louis Icart (1888-1950), titled Une Soiree des Femmes, signed.

Other notable artworks will include an oil on canvas by Daniel Ridgway Knight (American, 1839-1924), titled Woman Gathering Berries, 30 1/2 inches by 25 1/2 inches, signed lower right; an oil on canvas by Paul Albert Baudoin (1844-1931), titled The Harvesters, signed and dated 1878; and an oil on canvas by Eugenio Zampighi (Italian, 1859-1944), titled The Favorite Story.

Marvelous decorative accessories will be served up in abundance. Examples that could all top the $100,000 mark include a Viennese silver-gilt ewer and stand made in the late 19th century and carrying the Austrian silver mark of Herman Bohn; and a fine pair of 20-inch-tall 19th century French turquoise ground porcelain vases with beautiful gold gilt dolphin handles.

Also offered will be an impressive pair of 100-inch-tall Italian carved marble torcheres made around 1870 in the Renaissance style with a circular dish form top; a Tiffany Studios internally decorated Aquamarine Favrile glass vase, circa 1912, engraved and numbered, 11 1/2 inches; and a pair of carved mid-19th century parcel-gilt and ebonized blackamoors, 80 inches.

Rounding out the category will be a massive Daum Nancy acid-etched and polished blue glass vase, made circa 1925, signed, 16 inches tall; a red earthenware vase colorfully painted by Pablo Picasso himself, in a work titled Vase ad Décor Pastel, stamped and numbered (30/200); and a 19th century Louis XV-style gilt-bronze ladies’ dressing mirror with decorative marquetry.

Period furniture will feature some great pieces, too, including a Zweiner gilt-bronze mounted mahogany center table, 19th century, in the manner of J.H. Riesener; a mid-19th century Pretot Louis XVI-style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany commode, stamped; and a circa 1900 Francois Linke ormolu-mounted kingwood console table with shaped marble top.

Fans of plaques will not be disappointed. Examples will include a mid-19th century micromosaic plaque depicting the tomb of Cecilia Metella, rectangular form; another Italian micromosaic plaque, depicting a pastoral scene with black circular marble finely inlaid; a pair of Chinese carved spinach jade circular plaques; and a Berlin (KPM) rectangular porcelain plaque.

For details phone A.B. Levy at 561-835-9139 or e-mail them at info@ablevypb.com.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

This dazzling diamond ring with a staggering 10.04-carat center stone could bring $1 million. A.B. Levy image.

This dazzling diamond ring with a staggering 10.04-carat center stone could bring $1 million. A.B. Levy image.

Large and important Italian micromosaic tabletop, with center panel of St. Peter's Basilica. A.B. Levy image.
 

Large and important Italian micromosaic tabletop, with center panel of St. Peter’s Basilica. A.B. Levy image.

Continental carved ivory Four Seasons, each one of a standing female figure, 23 1/2 inches tall. A.B. Levy image.
 

Continental carved ivory Four Seasons, each one of a standing female figure, 23 1/2 inches tall. A.B. Levy image.

Emile Galle carved cameo glass lamp with signed shade and base, circa 1910, 31 inches tall. A.B. Levy image.
 

Emile Galle carved cameo glass lamp with signed shade and base, circa 1910, 31 inches tall. A.B. Levy image.

Circa-1900 Francois Linke ormolu-mounted kingwood console table with shaped marble top. A.B. Levy image.

Circa-1900 Francois Linke ormolu-mounted kingwood console table with shaped marble top. A.B. Levy image.

Roanoke art museum CEO resigns, new board elected

The Taubman Museum of Art in downtown Roanoke, Va., was designed by Los Angeles architect Randall Stout, who was a senior associate of Frank Gehry's for many years. Image by O Paisson, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

The Taubman Museum of Art in downtown Roanoke, Va., was designed by Los Angeles architect Randall Stout, who was a senior associate of Frank Gehry's for many years. Image by O Paisson, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
The Taubman Museum of Art in downtown Roanoke, Va., was designed by Los Angeles architect Randall Stout, who was a senior associate of Frank Gehry’s for many years. Image by O Paisson, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) – The Taubman Museum of Art has new leadership and funding to provide free admission to the public.

Media outlets say the Roanoke museum announced the changes Monday during a news conference.

Museum officials say President and CEO David Mickenberg is stepping down to pursue other opportunities.

One of the museum’s benefactors, Nick Taubman, will serve as chairman of a new board of directors.

Advance Auto Parts has donated $150,000 to provide free admission and to continue the museum’s operations.

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ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF NOTE

The Taubman Museum of Art in downtown Roanoke, Va., was designed by Los Angeles architect Randall Stout, who was a senior associate of Frank Gehry's for many years. Image by O Paisson, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
The Taubman Museum of Art in downtown Roanoke, Va., was designed by Los Angeles architect Randall Stout, who was a senior associate of Frank Gehry’s for many years. Image by O Paisson, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Roy Lichtenstein major retrospective opens Sunday

'Whaam!' by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963. Tate Modern. Fair use of low-resolution photo of historically significant artwork, used solely for informational and educational purposes. Sourced through Wikimedia Commons.
'Whaam!' by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963. Tate Modern. Fair use of low-resolution photo of historically significant artwork, used solely for informational and educational purposes. Sourced through Wikimedia Commons.
‘Whaam!’ by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963. Tate Modern. Fair use of low-resolution photo of historically significant artwork, used solely for informational and educational purposes. Sourced through Wikimedia Commons.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Roy Lichtenstein, the American painter whose comic book-inspired canvases gave the Pop Art movement some of its most vivid images, is getting his first major retrospective since his death 15 years ago.

Beginning Sunday, the National Gallery of Art in Washington will be exhibiting 130 of his paintings, drawings and sculptures, reflecting a long and prolific career that ended when he passed away at the age of 73.

The show moves to the Tate Modern museum in London in February and, in a less expansive form, to the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in July.

Its curator Harry Cooper called Lichtenstein, a New York native, “one of the most popular” modern artists alongside his contemporary Andy Warhol.

“I don’t think he would want to be considered, above all, an American painter,” Cooper told AFP.

“He’s a great modern painter. He had a great visual culture, a great background, training in all the history of art.”

The show begins with an early work, Look Mickey, gifted to the National Gallery of Art by the artist in 1990.

The work depicts Donald Duck hooking his own tail while fishing on a pier with a guffawing Mickey Mouse.

It was an early example of Lichtenstein’s appropriation of benday dots – the tiny colored pixels that made possible the high-volume printing of pulp comic books in the 1950s and 1960s.

Lichtenstein’s intention, Cooper said, was to turn the language of comics into a work of art.

Also in the retrospective is Whaam, from 1963, arguably Lichtenstein’s best-known work, showing one fighter plane blowing up another in mid-air with a minimum of painterly detail and a maximum sense of impact.

“He doesn’t denounce, and he doesn’t celebrate, either,” Cooper said. “We sometimes don’t know what the tone is, what the point of view is. That’s part of the definition of Pop Art … a kind of removal of the artist.”

Lichtenstein remains highly sought after by collectors.

Last November, Christie’s auction house sold his 1961 work I Can See the Whole Room … and There’s Nobody in It! for a record $43.2 million dollars in New York.

ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF NOTE

'Whaam!' by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963. Tate Modern. Fair use of low-resolution photo of historically significant artwork, used solely for informational and educational purposes. Sourced through Wikimedia Commons.
‘Whaam!’ by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963. Tate Modern. Fair use of low-resolution photo of historically significant artwork, used solely for informational and educational purposes. Sourced through Wikimedia Commons.