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Pal Fried, ‘Black Glove,’ oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500. Images courtesy of Rachel Davis Fine Arts.

Rachel Davis’ paintings & decorative arts auction set for May 14

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Pal Fried, ‘Black Glove,’ oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500. Images courtesy of Rachel Davis Fine Arts.
Pal Fried, ‘Black Glove,’ oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500. Images courtesy of Rachel Davis Fine Arts.
CLEVELAND – Rachel Davis Fine Arts will sell a wide variety of art, antiques and collectibles – from a Pal Fried portrait of a woman to an advertising chromolithograph of a brewery – at an auction Saturday, May 14.

Liveauctioneers will provide Internet live bidding for the 663-lot auction, which will begin at 9:30 a.m. Eastern. The sale will be conducted at Rachel Davis Fine Arts’ gallery at 1301 W. 79th St.

The Fried oil painting titled Black Glove pictures a beautiful woman in a yellow dress and long black gloves. The Hungarian-American artist (1893-1997) signed the canvas on the lower right “Fried Pal,” as was his custom. The large paining has a $1,000-$1,500 estimate.

Other artists represented in the auction include Richard Andres, Alfred Birdsey, Isadore L. Firestone, E.H. Dumaige, Bernard Pfriem, Clemente Spampinato, Detlev Nitschke, and Maurice S. Hague, as well as folk and primitive paintings.

Works on paper include a collection of Cape Dorset and Baker Lake stone cuts, historical and botanical prints, posters, European and American maps, and Walt Disney drawings and cels.

The aforementioned brewery advertising is a bird’s-eye view of the Eberhardt & Ober Brewing Co. in Allegheny, Pa. The 1890s broadside measures 26 by 41 inches and is estimated at $700-$1,000.

Porcelain and pottery in the sale include Willetts Belleek, Royal Doulton figurines and vases, R.S., Prussia, Herend, Amphora, Royal Dux, Wedgwood, majolica, Cowan, Harris Strong tiles, Limoge, Zsolnay, Meissen and Rose Medallion.

Fine glassware ranges from Victorian to Waterford crystal.

Miscellaneous pieces include a Haida argillite pipe, ca. 1820s-’30s, which has a $3,000-$5,000 estimate.

An Elliot of London grandfather clock with a moon dial face, five tubes and mahogany case carries a $2,000-$4,000 estimate. Other furniture in the sale includes Diamond and Tulip chairs, Eames chairs and a mahogany dining table with four chairs.

For details visit www.racheldavisfinearts.com or call 216-939-1190.

 

 

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

A paper label names ‘Napoleon’ as the subject of this German porcelain plaque, which measures 7 1/4 inches by 5 inches. The plaque carries a $600-$900 estimate. Image courtesy of Rachel Davis Fine Arts.
A paper label names ‘Napoleon’ as the subject of this German porcelain plaque, which measures 7 1/4 inches by 5 inches. The plaque carries a $600-$900 estimate. Image courtesy of Rachel Davis Fine Arts.
French gilt bronze clock of a cherub in a chariot pulled by a winged dragon, 11 x 14 x 6 inches. Estimate: $400-$600. Image courtesy of Rachel Davis Fine Arts.
French gilt bronze clock of a cherub in a chariot pulled by a winged dragon, 11 x 14 x 6 inches. Estimate: $400-$600. Image courtesy of Rachel Davis Fine Arts.
Wallace Grand Baroque sterling silver flatware set, 75 pieces, service for 12 including serving pieces. Estimate: $3,500-$4,500. Images courtesy of Rachel Davis Fine Arts.
Wallace Grand Baroque sterling silver flatware set, 75 pieces, service for 12 including serving pieces. Estimate: $3,500-$4,500. Images courtesy of Rachel Davis Fine Arts.
Eberhardt & Ober Brewing Co. broadside, chromolithograph, circa 1890, 26 x 41 inches. Estimate: $700-$1,000. Images courtesy of Rachel Davis Fine Arts.