Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ fine art sales realize nearly $4M
Alexander Calder stabile sculpture titled ‘Le Champignon’ sold for $452,500. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers image.
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A highlight of the sale was an Alexander Calder stabile titled Le Champignon, 1956, which sold for $452,500. This strikingly simple matte black example of Calder’s minimal sculpture boasts a strong silhouette, as well as contrasts the movement and primary colors more commonly seen in the artist’s work. Three gouaches also by Alexander Calder achieved strong prices. Patches, 1969, sold for $82,900. An untitled 1953 work representing an early use of sun imagery by the artist sold for $80,500 and another untitled work with vibrant full-sheet paint coverage from 1968 sold for $74,500.
Additional highlights from the sale include an iconic Al (Alfred) Earl Hansen candy wrapper collage titled Hershey Bar Girl, 1967, realized $45,000; a Friedel Dzubas color field painting titled Cairo Bay, 1965, brought $35,000; and an untitled Ralston Crawford geometric abstraction sold for $32,500.
Highlights of the fine prints auction include Roy Lichtenstein’s Road Before the Forest, which realized $31,250, as well as Joan Miró’s La femme des sables, which brought $23,750. Among several lively and colorful works of Marc Chagall a color lithograph titled Circus Jester sold for $42,500. The sale culminated with a rare group of Venetian etchings by James Abbot McNeil Whistler; Upright Venice and Two Doorways brought $19,000 each.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ American and European art sale continued to realize strong prices for both domestic and international artists. Among these works was Dorothea Sharpe’s Cliff Path, which realized $62,500. A still life of flowers by Bernard Buffet also achieved a strong record at sale, selling for more than twice the high estimate at $45,000.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ next American and European Art auction will be held Dec. 11; the next Modern and Contemporary auction will be held Dec. 12; and the next Fine Prints sale will be May 14. Consignments for Modern and Contemporary Art and American and European Art are welcome until Oct. 16.
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ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE
Alexander Calder stabile sculpture titled ‘Le Champignon’ sold for $452,500. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers image.
Alexander Calder gouache, ‘Patches,’ brought $82,900. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers image.
Al (Alfred) Earl Hansen’s candy wrapper collage titled ‘Hershey Bar Girl’ made $45,000. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers image.
Roy Lichtenstein’s ‘Road Before the Forest’ realized $31,250. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers image.
This untitled Ralston Crawford geometric abstraction sold for $32,500. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers image.
