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‘Study of a Lady Seated’ by Eugen Klimsch, lot 49, estimate; $5,000-$7,000. Image courtesy of Morton Kuehnert Auctioneers & Appraisers.

Euro elegance, Latin art headline Morton Kuehnert sales June 24, 26

‘Study of a Lady Seated’ by Eugen Klimsch, lot 49, estimate; $5,000-$7,000. Image courtesy of Morton Kuehnert Auctioneers & Appraisers.
‘Study of a Lady Seated’ by Eugen Klimsch, lot 49, estimate; $5,000-$7,000. Image courtesy of Morton Kuehnert Auctioneers & Appraisers.
HOUSTON – Antiques and decorative objects representing the finest artisans of 19th- and early 20th-century Europe will be sold at Morton Kuehnert Auctioneers & Appraisers’ catalog auction on Thursday, June 24. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding for the 7 p.m. Central auction.

More than two dozen antique or new rugs will be auctioned, including Persian Qum, Kashan Davir, Heriz, Tabriz, Baktiari, Bidjar, Nain, Esfahan, and Kerman. The sale also includes a Kazak East Caucasus, a needlepoint Bessarabian from China and a Pakistani Oushak.

Artists represented include George W. Chambers, American; William Etty, British; Eugen Klimsch, German; Eugene Benjamin Fichel, American; T. Moser; Alexander Rosell, British; Keith Shackleton, British; as well as a collection of nine pieces by American artist Bernard D’Andrea.

A sampling of 19th- and 20th-century decorative items includes a three-piece cobalt blue, white and gold Meissen tea service; a cobalt blue and gold Meissen bowl; and a Meissen pedestal bowl. Also, Waterford crystal, a five-piece Magic Flute Rosenthal tea set, a pair of European cut crystal and gilded bronze candelabra, a German porcelain table lamp, a pair of French bronze doré lamps and a marble and bronze Doré clock are  highlights of the decorative items. One lot with four vases includes French Sevres, French enamel, Asian cloisonné and Rookwood pottery vase. There is also a Lalique Tokio smoke set.

Outstanding European furniture includes an English George IV Carlton House desk and a George III painted armchair, circa 1790. Also, available is a Régence-style Sun King commode with heavy bronze ormolu and serpentine sides and beveled marble top.

On Saturday, June 26, Morton Kuehnert will present 75 items of Spanish Colonial and Latin American art, antiques and decorative items from a private collection in Mexico. The live auction at the Morton Kuehnert auction house at 4901 Richmond Ave. near the Houston Galleria Shopping Mall. LiveAuctioneers will again provide Internet live bidding.

A reception and presentation on Latin American art by guest speaker Armando Palacios, founder of Houston’s New World Museum, will precede the auction at 5:30 p.m. in the auction showroom. The public is invited to attend all the evening’s activities.

Crossing the auction block will be paintings and illustrations from noted 19th-century and 20th-century Mexican artists including Rufino Tamayo, José Luis Cuevas, Ramon Sosamontes, Angel Bracho, Casimiro Castro, Jésus Alvarez Amaya, Manuel Benet, Rodolfo Morales, Lucia Maya, Alfredo Meireles, R. Vinci Kinard and Francisco Toledo. Also included are a pair of paintings on board by Argentine artist Octavio Rojo, born 1951, and an album of 63 silver print photographs by Charles B. Waite, the renowned late 19th- and early 20th-century North American photographer of Mexican landscapes.

Other auction items include: highly collectible Spanish Colonial wood-carved santos (saint figurals) and retablo folk art (religious oil paintings on tin, copper, wood, zinc), as well as beautifully carved and inlaid coffers, tables, silver objects and Talevero ceramics. Morton Kuehnert will also auction some of the collector’s European, Asian and Russian decorative and religious items.

Previews will begin Monday, June 21.

John Dabney, Morton Kuehnert’s fine art specialist will answer questions; e-mail him at jdabney@mortonkuehnert.com; questions on rugs should be directed to Luis Arcé, rug specialist at larce@mortonkuehnert.com and questions on decorative items and furnishings to Patricia Kuehnert Gillespy, managing director, to pkg@mortonkuehnert.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


Gilded bronze hinged rectangular chest; lot 29, estimate: $2,500-$2,750. Image courtesy of Morton Kuehnert Auctioneers & Appraisers.
Gilded bronze hinged rectangular chest; lot 29, estimate: $2,500-$2,750. Image courtesy of Morton Kuehnert Auctioneers & Appraisers.

Tabriz rug, northwest Persia, lot 58; estimate: $3,000-$4,000. Image courtesy of Morton Kuehnert Auctioneers & Appraisers.
Tabriz rug, northwest Persia, lot 58; estimate: $3,000-$4,000. Image courtesy of Morton Kuehnert Auctioneers & Appraisers.

‘Candomble Dancing’ by Octavio Rojo, lot 16, estimate: $400-$500. Image courtesy of Morton Kuehnert Auctioneers & Appraisers.