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Pablo Picasso titled this portrait of his young lover ‘Visage.' The image on the unframed lithograph is 8 by 5 1/2 inches. It has a $20,000-$30,000 estimate. Image courtesy Fuller's Fine Art Ltd.

Fuller’s Fine Art to sell estate collection Oct. 3

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Pablo Picasso titled this portrait of his young lover ‘Visage.' The image on the unframed lithograph is 8 by 5 1/2 inches. It has a $20,000-$30,000 estimate. Image courtesy Fuller's Fine Art Ltd.
Pablo Picasso titled this portrait of his young lover ‘Visage.’ The image on the unframed lithograph is 8 by 5 1/2 inches. It has a $20,000-$30,000 estimate. Image courtesy Fuller’s Fine Art Ltd.
PHILADELPHIA – A 1928 Pablo Picasso lithograph will be among the important works when Fuller’s Fine Art Ltd. sells art from the estate of Betty Gordon of Chadds Ford, Pa., on Oct. 3. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

Gordon’s eclectic collection reflects her passion for superior art, literature, travel and fine furnishings. “Betty’s commitment to the cause of helping persons with emotional, developmental and educational disabilities through her support of the Devereux Foundation was paramount,” noted Fuller’s publicist Marie E. Woodward. Proceeds from the sale of Gordon’s art will support Devereux Foundation’s mission to nurture human potential.

The Picasso lithograph titled Visage underscores the prints section of Fuller’s auction. This pencil-signed and numbered print depicts Picasso’s infamous young lover, Marie-Therese Walter, whom he met in 1927.

Important paintings include an oil on canvas by American Impressionist Theodore Earl Butler entitled Environs de Giverny from 1921. The signed and dated landscape measuring 23 1/4 by 28 3/4 inches has an estimate of $20,000-$30,000.

Three spectacular landscapes in oil by Claude Monet’s protégée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet will be available. Hoschedé-Monet painted side by side with T.E. Butler and Claude Monet, whose style, palette and subject matter she emulated, as in Poplars au bord de l’Epte a Giverny.

Max Kuehne is represented by a seascape painting in his handmade frame as well as a magnificent incised and gilt corner cabinet.

Other outstanding art objects available are a Picasso glazed ceramic pitcher, a small Sound Sculpture by Harry Bertoia, and Puppy figure by Jeff Koons.

Drawings by André Derain and Walter Gay and photographs by Richard Misrach will also be offered.

Discerning folk art collectors will compete for a selection of carvings from legendary folk artists John Scholl, Edgar Tolson, Elijah Pierce and William Edmondson.

President and principal auctioneer Jeffrey P. Fuller invites the public to a preview reception Thursday, Oct. 1, 5-8 p.m., at Fuller’s, 730 Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19119. Previews will be Saturday, Sept. 26, noon-6 p.m., and Monday, Sept. 28 through Friday, Oct. 2, noon-6 p.m.

The auction will begin at noon Eastern, Oct. 3. For details phone 215-991-0100.

View the fully illustrated catalogs and sign up to bid absentee or live via the Internet during the sale at www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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Click here to view Fuller’s LLC’s complete catalog.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

Walter Launt Palmer (American, 1854-1932) is highly regarded for his snow-covered landscapes. This scene, watercolor and gouache on paper, measures 12 1/2 by 16 1/2 inches. It has a $4,000-$6,000 estimate. Image courtesy Fuller's Fine Art Ltd.
Walter Launt Palmer (American, 1854-1932) is highly regarded for his snow-covered landscapes. This scene, watercolor and gouache on paper, measures 12 1/2 by 16 1/2 inches. It has a $4,000-$6,000 estimate. Image courtesy Fuller’s Fine Art Ltd.
Blanche Hoschedé-Monet (French, 1865-1947) pointed ‘Poplars au bord de l'Epte a Giverny' circa 1900. The oil on canvas painting, 18 1/4 by 22 inches, is in a hand-carved frame by Frederick William Harer (American, 1879-1948). Image courtesy Fuller's Fine Art Ltd.
Blanche Hoschedé-Monet (French, 1865-1947) pointed ‘Poplars au bord de l’Epte a Giverny’ circa 1900. The oil on canvas painting, 18 1/4 by 22 inches, is in a hand-carved frame by Frederick William Harer (American, 1879-1948). Image courtesy Fuller’s Fine Art Ltd.
William Edmondson (American, 1874-1951) sculpted ‘Two Doves' out of limestone. The work measures 9 1/2 by 6 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches. It has a $15,000-$20,000 estimate. Image courtesy Fuller's Fine Art Ltd.
William Edmondson (American, 1874-1951) sculpted ‘Two Doves’ out of limestone. The work measures 9 1/2 by 6 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches. It has a $15,000-$20,000 estimate. Image courtesy Fuller’s Fine Art Ltd.
‘Sunflowers II' is signed ‘33/34 Joan Mitchell 1992' with a blind stamp. The lithograph is under Plexiglas in a wood frame, 62 by 88 by 3 inches. Its estimate is $6,000-$9,000. Image courtesy Fuller's Fine Art Ltd.
‘Sunflowers II’ is signed ‘33/34 Joan Mitchell 1992′ with a blind stamp. The lithograph is under Plexiglas in a wood frame, 62 by 88 by 3 inches. Its estimate is $6,000-$9,000. Image courtesy Fuller’s Fine Art Ltd.