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Samuel Rosenberg’s career as a painter and teacher spanned six decades. His ‘Emergence II’ is oil on canvas, 30 inches square. It has a $10,000-$15,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Concept Art Gallery.

Modern, contemporary art star in Concept Art Gallery’s sale Nov. 21

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Samuel Rosenberg’s career as a painter and teacher spanned six decades. His ‘Emergence II’ is oil on canvas, 30 inches square. It has a $10,000-$15,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Concept Art Gallery.
Samuel Rosenberg’s career as a painter and teacher spanned six decades. His ‘Emergence II’ is oil on canvas, 30 inches square. It has a $10,000-$15,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Concept Art Gallery.

PITTSBURGH – Modern and contemporary fine art and 20th-century furniture and design will comprise Concept Art Gallery’s auction Nov. 21. Included in the 344-lot sale will be an award-winning work by Pittsburgh artist Samuel Rosenberg (1896-1972). The sale will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern at the gallery in Regent Square, 1031 S. Braddock Ave. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

Rosenberg’s Emergence II, an abstract oil on canvas, won the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute Prize in 1954. The 30- by 30-inch signed painting carries a $10,000-$15.000 estimate. It is pictured in Barbara Jones’ book Samuel Rosenberg, Portrait of a Painter. Rosenberg taught drawing and painting at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). One of his students was Andy Warhol, whom Rosenberg reportedly saved from expulsion in 1947.

An Andy Warhol Vegetarian Vegetable Soup serigraph made in 1969 will be featured at the sale. The print measures 35 inches by 23 inches and is marked “L” from an edition of 250 plus 26 artist’s proofs lettered A to Z. It is signed “Andy Warhol” in ballpoint pen. In a black wooden frame, the work is estimated at $8,000-$12,000.

A painting to watch is Theo Tobiasse’s Maternité au Chat, a 21 1/2- by 18-inch oil on canvas that has a $10,000-$15,000 estimate. The painting done in 1967 is described as a signature-style Tobiasse painting of a mother holding a child with a cat in the foreground. Tobiasse (Israeli, b. 1927) was raised in Paris, where his Jewish family hid away in an apartment from the Nazis during World War II. Since 1961 Tobiasse has enjoyed ever- increasing recognition and popularity across the globe, with one-man shows in New York, Paris, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Caracas to name a few, notes the auction catalog.

The sale will open with a nice selection of designer furniture. One of the highlights is a Thin Edge rosewood buffet cabinet that George Nelson designed for Herman Miller Furniture Co. The Model 5720 has four drawers and two shelved cabinets. It measures 32 3/4 inches high by 80 inches long by 19 3/4 inches deep. Showing normal wear, the unit is estimated at $3,000-$6,000.

Numerous pieces of studio pottery will be sold at the auction. A Pablo Picasso pitcher titled Little Headed Yan is red earthenware with glazed and incised decoration. It is and stamped “Madoura” and inscribed “Edition Picasso 195/300 V101.” The 10 1/2-inch-tall vessel has a $2,000-$4,000 estimate.

For details phone 412-242-9200.

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

Click here to view Concept Art Gallery’s complete catalog.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

Theo Tobiasse’s ‘Maternite au Chat’ is an oil on canvas, 21 1/2 inches by 18 inches. It has a $10,000-$15,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Concept Art Gallery.
Theo Tobiasse’s ‘Maternite au Chat’ is an oil on canvas, 21 1/2 inches by 18 inches. It has a $10,000-$15,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Concept Art Gallery.

Paul Aizpiri (French, b. 1919) titled this oil on canvas ‘Arlequin.’ The 1954 painting, 17 by 12 inches, has a $7,000-$12,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Concept Art Gallery.
Paul Aizpiri (French, b. 1919) titled this oil on canvas ‘Arlequin.’ The 1954 painting, 17 by 12 inches, has a $7,000-$12,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Concept Art Gallery.

A serigraph of Andy Warhol’s 1969 ‘Vegetarian Vegetable Soup’ is signed in ballpoint pen. An artist’s proof from an edition of 250, the print has an $8,000-$12,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Concept Art Gallery.
A serigraph of Andy Warhol’s 1969 ‘Vegetarian Vegetable Soup’ is signed in ballpoint pen. An artist’s proof from an edition of 250, the print has an $8,000-$12,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Concept Art Gallery.

The Herman Miller Thin Edge Buffet Cabinet Model 5720 by George Nelson is 6 feet 8 inches long. It carries a $3,000-$6,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Concept Art Gallery.
The Herman Miller Thin Edge Buffet Cabinet Model 5720 by George Nelson is 6 feet 8 inches long. It carries a $3,000-$6,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Concept Art Gallery.