September 25, 2015 fine art auction catalog

Late Summer Fine Art Auction September 25, 2015

Lot 52 John Piper (British 1903-1992) Mixed Media on Paper

On the cover: Lot 13 Alfred Heber Hutty (1877-1954) Oil On Canvas, see page 9 for the auction listing.

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Summer Catalogue Auction Friday, September 25 beginning 12 Noon DSA Gallery, Lone Jack, Missouri • The Woman’s Club of Topeka • The Estate of Kansas Artist David Melby • The Estate of Kansas City Artist Richard Hollander • The Estate of Edward R. Lewis From these sources and other private individuals and estates we’ve gathered some exceptional works of original art along with Fine Asian Objects, Bronze Sculpture, Photography, Decorative Arts and More.

Contact Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Sale Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-69

Terms and Conditions of Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Absentee Bidding Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Phone Bidding Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Antiques and Americana Auction on September 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Bid Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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Lot 124 A Two Piece Italian Venetian Polychrome Cabinet

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Lot 224 Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995) Silver Gelatin Photograph titled ‘Thomas Hart Benton Paints ‘The Rape of Persephone’,

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HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (1880-1980) BRONZE

Female figure standing barefoot on a rock ledge and reacting to “a little cold ripple” of water. In 1917 Harriet Frishmuth asked her model how she would react to a little cold ripple of water hitting her bare foot, the young woman replied “Ooh, this”, and ‘Joy of the Waters’ was created. A cast bronze figure with olive brown patina and traces of verdigris in some areas; naturalistic base with openings for vertical streams of water, originally piped to function as a fountain; inscribed with signature and date HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH Sc. © 1917 , stamped ‘GORHAM CO FOUNDERS’ back side. Measures 61.5 inches to the highest point of the figure’s left hand. Provenance: Property of The Woman’s Club of Topeka, gift of Mrs. Godfrey Moore, 1944.

According to her obituary in the Lawrence Journal World, February 25, 1944, at the time of her passing Mrs. Moore (Georgie) owned “… palatial Georgian Courts Estate whose value is placed at more than $250,000.”

This lot will be subject to a net 16% buyer’s premium regardless of bidding venue. This includes bidders in the sale room.

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RALPH HOLMES (1876-1963) OIL ON CANVAS Signed lower right, canvas measures 28 x 32, frame measures 33.5 x 37.5 inches.

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STICKLEY BROTHERS TABOURET TABLE #314 1/2 A thick round top mortised to three flat legs joined to a lower stretcher by mortise joints with tenons. Brass Quaint tag and stenciled number 959-314 1/2. Measures 18 x 15 inches. Old original finish. Direct from a Leavenworth, Kansas estate.

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CHICAGO MOSAIC LEADED LAMP WITH NATURALISTIC BASE A 24-inch diameter floral motif shade on the original patinated tree trunk form base. Unsigned, attributed to Mosaic Shade Company of Chicago circa 1920.

Measures 28 inches high.

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1947 CESSNA AIRCRAFT MODERN DESIGN DINING TABLE Birch colored laminated wood top in the Sunsand finish on aircraft aluminum frame base. Measures 30 x 90.5 x 40 inches with the two 13-inch leaves. Stenciled markings on the underside of the top, “4240 DINING TABLE STYLE 50 SUNSAND FINISH - CESSNA”. In the adjustment period immediately following the end of WWII, Cessna Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas manufactured furniture and other non-aircraft items. Pieces like this table were sold through the US Quartermaster as well as Marshall Field’s in Chicago.

ALDO TURA DESIGN GOBLET SHAPE DRY BAR CIRCA 1965 A floor standing goblet shape cabinet clad in painted and varnished goat skin parchment, dramatic brass door mountings, removable brass gallery tray, the illuminated interior lined with mirrors and set with two wraparound shelves. Measures 50 inches.

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THIRTY-TWO-INCH BEEHIVE PORCELAIN SIGNED WAGNER A very fine bolted porcelain urn with an interpretation of Bouguereau’s Psyché et l’Amour hand painted and signed Wagner, the oval reserve surrounded by raised gold enamels on a lustre background. The flaring top rim joined to the baluster shape body by a thin gold metal bezel surrounded by a tiny beaded collar, the whole raised on a saucer shape bolted base. Over the glaze markings under the base include the ‘beehive’ mark in blue; Austria in red along with the title Psyché et l’Amour in red. Measures 32.5 inches high with an approximate diameter of 10 inches at the widest point. The condition is excellent.

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SIDNEY RIESENBERG (1885-1971) OIL ON CANVAS Signed and dated lower left, titled ‘Breezing Up’ verso on the stretcher, canvas measures 16 x 20, frame measures 22.5 x 26.5 inches.

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ROBERT FORBES (1948- ) PHOTO REALISM GENRE SCENE A photorealist scene at ‘Rockets’, signed lower right and dated ‘90. Robert Forbes is a widely exhibited Missouri artist known for photorealist street scenes and genre views imbued with reflections and translucency. His works have been exhibited in museums and galleries in Los Angeles and throughout the Midwest Including Myra Morgan’s Gallery here in Kansas City and the NelsonAtkins Museum. The size of this canvas is 48.5 x 45 inches, frame measures 53 x 50 inches.

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LADIES’ 1.79 CARAT TOTAL WEIGHT DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING A vintage style ladies 14k white gold three piece diamond engagement set of navette motif with central diamond estimated at 1.07 carats; thirty four additional round single cut melee diamonds flanking the center diamond and on two white gold bands soldered to the primary engagement ring. Total weight of 5.0 dwt, size 7.

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LADIES’ 4.8 CARAT TOTAL WEIGHT DIAMOND COCKTAIL RING A ladies’ diamond spray 18k white gold cocktail ring set with two large European cut diamonds beside one another weighing an estimated 1.2 carats and 1.5 carats each individually, along with a third European cut diamond approximately .75 carats.

Nine other round full cut diamonds complete the spray. Total weight of 5.9 dwt, size 5.

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LADIES’ 32 CARAT BLUE TOPAZ FASHION RING WITH DIAMONDS A shield motif 14k gold fashion ring with tapering European square shank, pear shape London Blue topaz with an estimated weight of 32.28 carats flanked by thirteen bead set melee diamonds totaling an estimated .96 carats. The total weight 22 dwt, size 8. Excellent condition.

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ALFRED HEBER HUTTY (1877-1954) OIL ON CANVAS Titled ‘Through the Wood’ on the stretcher, signed lower left and again on the stretcher, noted ‘Woodstock NY’ verso, canvas measures 16 x 20, frame measures 23 x 27 inches. Displayed in a very fine period frame.

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DAVID MELBY (KANSAS, 1942-2014) OIL ON CANVAS Titled ‘Witness to the Silent Mystery of Light’ with a gallery tag verso, signed lower right, canvas measures 36 x 60, frame measures 37.25 x 61.25 inches.

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DAVID MELBY (KANSAS, 1942-2014) OIL ON BOARD Titled ‘A Sweep of Wind and Rain from the West’, signed lower left, board measures 12 x 40, frame measures 15.25 x 43.25 inches.

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TONE INDREBO (NORWEGIAN BORN 1954) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Titled ‘Pause I’ by a gallery tag verso, signed and dated ‘99 lower left, canvas measures 19.75 x 19.75 inches.

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TONE INDREBO (BORN 1954) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Signed and dated 2000 lower right, canvas measures 23.75 x 23.75 inches.

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ALFRED HEBER HUTTY (18771954) OIL ON CANVAS Titled ‘In a Southern City’ by a loosened exhibition tag from Detroit Institute of Art; view of St. Michael’s Church, Charleston, South Carolina. Signed lower right, canvas measures 30 x 25 inches, frame measures 39.5 x 34.5 inches.

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19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL OIL ON CANVAS Signed indistinctly, lower left, canvas measures 26 x 20.75, frame measures 32.5 x 27.75 inches.

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GUSTAVE WEIGAND (1886-1973) OIL ON CANVAS Signed lower right, canvas measures 15 x 11, frame measures 26.75 x 22.75 inches.

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DAVID MELBY (KANSAS, 1942-2014) OIL ON BOARD Signed lower right, board measures 11 x 14, frame measures 11.75 x 14.75 inches.

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DAVID MELBY (KANSAS, 1942-2014) OIL ON CANVAS Titled ‘Delicate Bloom of Fragrant Light’ on the stretcher, signed lower right, canvas measures 12 x 24, frame measures 16.75 x 28.75 inches.

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WILBUR NIEWALD (KANSAS CITY, B. 1925) WATERCOLOR ON PAPER Abstract landscape, signed lower right, sheet measures 15.75 x 20.75 inches.

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EDWARD R. LEWIS (19141992) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Signed lower left, signed again verso and dated ‘84, titled on the stretcher ‘Santa Fe Sun #2’, canvas measures 30.5 x 26.5 inches, unframed.

Always experimenting with abstraction and color, Lewis also worked in the ‘hard-edge’ style of painting the developed in California in the 1960s. The works in this auction are directly from the artist’s estate.

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LESTER GOLDMAN (1942-2005) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER Unsigned, dated 1982 verso and signed on a foamcore backing board, sheet measures 45 x 30 inches.

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EDWARD R. LEWIS (19141992) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Signed lower right, signed again verso and dated ‘89, finished edge canvas measures 43 x 29 inches. An example of Lewis’ ‘hard-edge’ style of abstraction. Provenance: Estate of Edward R. Lewis.

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JEAN HELION (19041987) OIL ON BOARD Initialed lower right and dated 63, titled ‘Porteur de Boeuf’ verso, canvas measures 10.5 x 7.5, frame measures 11.5 x 8.5 inches.

Provenance: Estate of Kansas Artist David Melby.

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RAYMOND EASTWOOD (1898-1987) WATERCOLOR ON PAPER Signed lower right, sight size 14.5 x 18.75, frame measures 23 x 27 inches.

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ESTHER GROOME (1857-1929) OIL ON BOARD An impressionist harbor scene displayed in a fine period frame. Signed lower right, board measures 13.5 x 10, frame measures 13 x 16.5 inches.

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RAYMOND CUEVAS (BORN 1932) OIL ON CANVAS Signed lower right, canvas measures 18 x 24, frame measures 26 x 32 inches.

BOB TOMMEY (BORN 1928) OIL ON CANVAS Signed lower right and dated 74, canvas measures 24 x 36, frame measures 33.5 x 45.5 inches.

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SUSAN RICKER KNOX (1874-1959) OIL ON CANVAS Susan Ricker Knox made annual trips to the Southwest and in to Mexico during the 1920s and 1930s. She is best known for her subjects of social conditions and depictions of Native Americans. Portraits of this quality by her are highly sought after. This work is signed upper right, canvas measures 20 x 16, the original period frame measures 24 x 20 inches.

HOWARD HILL HALL (1887-1933) OIL ON CANVAS Signed lower right and dated 1916, titled ‘When the North River Road Was a Travois Trail’ verso on the frame, canvas measures 12 x 18, frame measures 19.75 x 25.75 inches.

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JAMES COLT (1922-2005) OIL ON BOARD Signed lower right, titled ‘Sheriff’s Posse’ on the liner verso, board measures 16.5 x 22.5, frame measures 24.5 x 30.5 inches.

TOM WILDER (1876-1956) OIL ON CANVAS Signed lower left, titled ‘Brush and Cedar’ with a partial sticker verso, canvas measures 24 x 24, frame measures 25.75 x 25.75 inches.

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TONE INDREBO (BORN 1954) GOUACHE ON PAPER Titled ‘The Mummies’ verso, signed lower right and dated 1980, sight size 13 x 9.25, frame measures 20 x 15.75 inches.

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TONE INDREBO (BORN 1954) GOUACHE ON PAPER Titled ‘Objects’ verso, signed lower right and dated 1981, sight size 8.25 x 9.5, frame measures 15 x 16 inches.

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NICHOLAS BROOKS NA (1840-1904) OIL CANVAS STILL LIFE Nicholas Alden Brooks specialized in still life compositions of this quality but not always did they include the trompe l’oeil technique found here. Note the torn page from the 1889 advertising calendar and the details of folded letters.

There are also interesting details like a shade attached to the candle, string from a ball and newspaper with headline about “ARTISTS”.

Signed lower left and dated 1889, canvas measures 14 x 18 inches, frame measures 22.5 x 26.75 inches. Provenance: Stinson, Leonard, Street Corporate Collection.

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DAVID MELBY (KANSAS, 1942-2014) OIL ON BOARD Signed lower left, board measures 18 x 24, frame measures 23.5 x 29.5 inches.

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DAVID MELBY (KANSAS, 1942-2014) OIL ON BOARD Titled ‘Wet Rain of Light’ verso, signed lower right, board measures 20 x 32, frame measures 23.5 x 35.5 inches.

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ELIZABETH (GRANDMA) LAYTON (1909-1993) GRAPHITE AND COLORED PENCIL SKETCH Signed lower left and dated May 15, 1983, unframed, sheet measures 22.5 x 15.25 inches.

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ELIZABETH (GRANDMA) LAYTON (1909-1993) GRAPHITE AND COLORED PENCIL SKETCH Signed lower right and dated Dec. 11, 1983, unframed, sheet measures 22.5 x 30.25

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EDWARD R. LEWIS (19141992) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Signed upper left, signed again verso and dated ‘66, canvas measures 30 x 20, frame measures 31 x 21.5 inches.

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EDWARD R. LEWIS (19141992) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Signed lower left, signed again verso and dated ‘90, finished edge canvas measures 32.5 x 32.5 inches.

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DAVID HENRY HIGHTOWER (b.

1941) OIL ON BOARD Signed lower right and dated ‘73, unframed, this work of abstraction measures 24 x 16 inches.

David Hightower from Pittsburg, Kansas is best known as a pinstriping artist featured in ‘Pinstriping Masters 2’ and ‘Pinstripe Planet III’.

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LISA GROSSMAN (KANSAS, BORN 1967) OIL ON CANVAS Signed lower right and dated 1997, titled with a gallery card ‘White Barn, Eudora KS’ verso, canvas measures 9 x 12, frame measures 14.5 x 17.5 inches.

Provenance: David Melby estate, purchased Dolphin Gallery.

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ALEXANDER ROSENFELD (1905-1995) 1943 OIL ON CANVAS Signed lower right and dated 1943, canvas measures 16 x 20, frame measures 22.5 x 26.5 inches.

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CAMILLE SMITH (BORN 1892) OIL ON CANVAS Signed lower right and dated 1966, displayed in the original rustic frame and titled ‘Old Cotton Woods’ on the liner verso, canvas measures 26 x 36, frame measures 33.5 x 43 inches.

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WALT KUHN (1877-1949) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, 1936 Reclining topless fan dancer 1936. Walt Kuhn is well known for his images and portraits of circus performers and showgirls. Signed lower right and dated 1936, the sight size measures 11.5 x 16, frame measures 16 x 20.5 inches.

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CLARK HOBART (1868-1948) OIL ON BOARD Nicely framed, remains of a Providence Art Club label verso. Signed lower left, board measures 12 x 16, frame measures 15.5 x 19.5 inches.

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JOHN PIPER (BRITISH 1903-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER A semi-abstract composition titled ‘French Garden 1956’ in pencil verso. Signed front lower right, the sheet size of the work itself measures 22 x 29 inches on Schoeller’s Parole paper with blindstamp. Retrospective exhibitions of Piper’s etchings and abstract paintings have been held at the Tate Modern, and of his more realist work at the Tate Britain and the Imperial War Museum, according to AskArt.com.

JULIE HEFFERNAN (BORN 1956) OIL ON CANVAS Signed verso, titled ‘Accumulated Self-Portrait’ and dated 1995, finished edge canvas measures 37 x 32.5. Provenance: The estate of Kansas artist David Melby, purchased Leedy-Voulkos Gallery

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HERMANN HERZOG (1832-1932) OIL ON PANEL Signed extreme lower right front, titled in pencil back side of the artist’s Academy Board, ‘Cascades of the Reichenbach Switzerland’. The work itself measures 20 x 18, frame measures 25 x 23 inches. Provenance: Stinson, Leonard, Street Corporate Collection, purchased Doug Drake Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri.

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MOSES SOYER (1899-1974) ORIGINAL PASTEL ON PAPER Signed ‘M Soyer’ lower right and marked ‘To Esther Robinowitz’ lower left. Sight measures 10 x 20 inches in a frame measuring 23.75 x 35.75 inches. A book on the artist is included.

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CHARLES SURENDORF (19061979) OIL ON BOARD Signed lower right, canvas measures 18 x 24, frame measures 22.5 x 29 inches.

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ARTHUR DE BREANSKI (1852 1928) OIL CANVAS WITH ANGLERS Signed lower left, canvas measures 23 x 36, frame measures 32.5 x 45.5 inches.

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19TH C. LANSDOWNE PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON AFTER STUART Unsigned; a very well executed 19th century rendition of this widely copied portrait originally painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796. The panel measures 27 x 19, frame measures 32.5 x 24.5 inches.

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WILLIAM C. HOOK (born 1948) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Titled ‘Darkened Mountain’ by the artist’s tag verso and signed lower left. The canvas measures 30 x 39.75, frame measures 39.5 x 49.25 inches.

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DAVID MELBY (KANSAS, 1942-2014) OIL ON CANVAS Titled ‘Evening Blush of Prairie Light’ on the stretcher, signed lower left, canvas measures 24 x 36, frame measures 29.5 x 41.5 inches.

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ELIZABETH (GRANDMA) LAYTON (1909-1993) GRAPHITE AND COLORED PENCIL SKETCH Signed lower right, dedicated ‘For David Melby’, titled Barbara and dated June 10, 1982, unframed, sheet measures 22.5 x 15.25 inches.

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ROGER MEDEARIS (1920-2001) 1947 EGG TEMPERA ON BOARD Titled ‘Vines and Stone’ and dated 1947 verso, signed lower left with date, board measures 8 x 6 inches, frame measures 13 x 15 inches. The frame is the original, made by the artist in the period and restored later.

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DAVID MELBY (KANSAS, 1942-2014) OIL ON BOARD Titled ‘Soft Music of Winter Light’ verso, signed lower right, board measures 14 x 32, frame measures 17.5 x 35.5 inches.

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EDWARD R. LEWIS (19141992) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS A stretch of open desert highway depicted in the ‘hard-edge’ style that Lewis experimented with in his paintings of contrasting color. The hard-edge style was first identified in the 1960s as being a form of abstraction that adopted hard, clean planes and areas of contrast between distinctly different fields of solid color. This work measures and is signed lower Provenance: The Estate of Edward R. Lewis.

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EDWARD R. LEWIS (1914-1992) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Acrylic on canvas rolling landscape with distant moon on the horizon, an apple on the window sill. Signed verso. Provenance: The Estate of Edward R. Lewis.

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LATE 20TH CENTURY OIL ON CANVAS LANDSCAPE Initialed upper right and dated 02, titled ‘Parkville Study’ verso, canvas measures 12 x 12, frame measures 18.5 x 18.5 inches.

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KAREN THAYER (LATE 20TH C.) OIL ON CANVAS Signed lower right and dated 1985, canvas measures 24 x 18, frame measures 34 x 28 inches.

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SAMUEL ALEXANDER JAFNEL (1887-1964) OIL ON BOARD Signed lower right, another unfinished painting verso, board measures 12 x 16 inches.

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HOWARD HASTINGS (EARLY 20TH C.) ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION Oil on canvas signed lower right, dated 1930 verso with a label, canvas measures 24 x 32, frame measures 34.5 x 27 inches.

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JULIE HEFFERNAN (BORN 1956) OIL ON PAPER Titled ‘An Accumulated Self Portrait’ and dated 1995 with a gallery label verso, unsigned, sheet measures 19 x 24.5, frame measures 25.5 x 30.5 inches. Provenance: The estate of Kansas artist David Melby, purchased LeedyVoulkos Gallery.

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ERNEST IPSEN (1869-1951) OIL ON CANVAS Signed lower right, canvas measures 14 x 20, frame measures 29 x 23 inches.

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JULIE HEFFERNAN (BORN 1956) OIL ON PAPER Titled ‘Accumulated Self Portrait I’ verso with a gallery label, dated 1993, unsigned, sheet measures 23.5 x 31, frame measures 32.5 x 40 inches.

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19TH C. OIL ON CANVAS SIGNED ‘HJ KREUGER’, CALIFORNIA Signed lower right, canvas measures 20 x 16, frame measures 26.5 x 22.5 inches.

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NEIL CHRISTENSEN (NEBRASKA, 1947) OIL ON BOARD Titled ‘Still Life with Book’ and dated 1985 via a card verso, unsigned, board measures 22 x 28, frame measures 24 x 30 inches.

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JENO REMSEY (1885-1960) OIL ON CANVAS Signed, titled ‘Paris’ and dated 1958 lower left, canvas measures 36 x 24 inches, frame measures 42 x 30 inches.

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DAVID MELBY (KANSAS, 1942-2014) OIL ON CANVAS Titled ‘Witness to the Silent Mystery of Light: Helion’ lower edge and again on the stretcher, signed lower right and dated 198_, canvas measures 30 x 40, frame measures 31 x 41 inches.

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20TH C. SCANDINAVIAN MIXED MEDIA WORKS ON PAPER Works on illustration board, both unsigned, image measures 9 x 12 on a 10 x 13 inch board for one and image measures 18 x 14 on a 19 x 15 inch board the other. From the Estate of Kansas Artist David Melby. David lived and studied in Norway for a time and collected the work of other artists.

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DAVID MELBY (KANSAS, 1942-2014) OIL ON BOARD Titled ‘Woven Light with Notes of Straw Color’ with a gallery tag verso, signed lower right, board measures 20 x 32, frame measures 23.5 x 35.5 inches.

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EDWARD R. LEWIS (1914-1992) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Signed verso and dated ‘87, finished edge canvas measures 43 x 43 inches.

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DAVID MELBY (1942-2014) OIL ON CANVAS Signed and titled ‘North of Council Bluffs’ on the stretcher, canvas measures 22 x 30, frame measures 22.5 x 30.5 inches.

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ROBERT GILDER (1856-1940) OIL ON BOARD Signed lower left, board measures 14 x 11, frame measures 19.5 x 16.5 inches.

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OIL ON BOARD SIGNED ‘M.C. REED’ Signed lower right and dated 62, board measures 16 x 20, frame measures 19.25 x 23.25 inches.

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AN EXCEPTIONAL ITALIAN SCHOOL WATERCOLOR A very fine work, unsigned, the work itself measures 30.5 x 22.5 inches, frame measures 42 x 35 inches.

WILHELM HEMPFING (1886-1948) OIL ON CANVAS A wood nymph nude by waterfall, signed lower right and dated 1940, canvas measures 39 x 31, frame measures 44.5 x 36.5 inches.

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PAIR 19TH C. FRENCH SCHOOL OIL ON CANVAS PAINTINGS Depictions of 18th century courting scenes, each signed S. Renani, each canvas measures 10.5 x 8.5, frames measure 18 x 14.5 inches.

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LOUIS XV-STYLE TRANSITIONAL BRONZE MOUNTED MARQUETRY TABLE Rectangular top with projecting rounded chamfered corners and slightly raised molded gallery enclosing an inlaid patterning of trellis each surrounding a stylized foliate spray, over conforming frieze mounted with gilt-metal guilloche, and raised on gently curved cabriolet legs headed by rocaille cast chutes and terminating in scrolled cabochon and foliage sabots. Measures 29 x 25 x 16 inches.

A JANSEN BRONZE MOUNTED COMMODE L’ANGLAISE Having a D-shaped white marble top over a central frieze drawer flanked by two side drawers above a cupboard door enclosing a plain interior with one shelf, the quarter-lune ends fitted with encoignure shelves with mirrored backs, the whole raised on turned tapering fluted legs and toupie feet.

Measures 37 x 47 x 18 inches. Stamped JANSEN in the top right corner oak cabinet structure beneath the marble. A matching companion piece accompanies this lot but is missing the front bronze mounted leg. This damaged piece also has a poorly repaired back leg and is not stamped with the Jansen mark.

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ANTIQUE CHINESE BARREL FORM TABLE Chinese, hardwood barrelform table with elegantly-carved, beaded edge pierced legs and unusually finely carved base ring attached to five curved stretchers emerging from central circular disk, burl wood inserts to seat top. Some wear but generally in fine condition.

Measures 30 x 35 inches.

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LOUIS XVI STYLE PAINTED AND GILT TIERED STAND Square marble top with rounded edges, over a frieze drawer with gilt-painted waterleaf applied design fitted with gilt-foliate carved knobs, on fluted and tapered supports to a lower pot cupboard with scalloped gilt apron fitted with a single door of conforming design, raised on short cabriolet legs with applied gilt acanthus on casters. Measures 35 x 16 x 16 inches.

LOUIS XVI STYLE BRONZE MOUNTED KINGWOOD TABLE Rectangular brass-bound rouge marble top with outset canted corners above a gilt metal-mounted Greek key frieze, raised on slender cabriolet legs headed by metal-mounted rocaille and acanthus chutes terminating in sabots. Measures 29 x 24 x 17 inches.

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AN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT INLAID FRUITWOOD MUSIC STAND A 19th century fruitwood music stand with ring turned tripod base featuring inlaid bands of dotwork and brass tripartite strapwork foot terminating in quatrefoil floral design, all supporting a telescopic brass-ringed iron shaft with openwork music rest centered by a stylized floral form and inlaid floral motif. Measures 54 x 12.5 x 18 inches as shown.

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A WALNUT ROCOCO-REVIVAL GRADUATED TRIPARTITE SCREEN Three carved rosewood graduating panel frames, each with sweeping top rail centering rocaille motif in the Rococo Revival manner with fabric panels; the screen on raised block feet. Measures 58 x 23 x 69 inches.

ANTIQUE CHINESE CARVED WOOD OPIUM BED Chinese, Hardwood Bench with Carved Back. Back and legs inset with gilt relief carvings of scenes from a vernacular novel; carved and pierced seat rail; wicker seat with three modern velvet cushions, side rail terminating in a carving of a sacred fungus. Measures 44 x 76 x 28 inches.

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19TH CENTURY OAK DRAFTING TABLE Rectangular form with hinged gilt tooled green-leather top and ratcheting device to raise and tilt for various heights, case fitted with single long drawer fitted with oval brass pulls, one side with pull-out slide over pivoting drawer, the whole on square section tapering legs ending in elongated marlborough feet. Measures 29 x 32 x 23 inches.

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A THAI BRONZE RAIN DRUM Thai Bronze Rain Drum, with four cast animals on top, characteristic multi-point star in center of top surrounded by bands of incised designs that continue down the sides, row of elephant relief carvings on side, loop handles. Measures 20 x 27 inches. Provenance: Purchased Charles R. Gracie & Sons, N.Y. where it was sold as being circa 1650.

PAIR ANTIQUE CHINESE ROSEWOOD STAND TABLES Chinese, square two tier side tables with recessed top and a small, thin drawer. Each measures 30 x 15 inches. Provenance: Charles R. Gracie & Sons, N.Y. circa 1975.

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TWO CHINESE CARVED WOOD STANDS The first, a stand, of circular form with pierced apron, four curved legs with ball feet. The second, a round top table with foliate carved apron, scrolling vine relief carving on the straight legs, horseshoe feet. One measures 28 x 29 inches and the other 29 x 22 inches. Circa mid 20th century.

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19TH CENTURY CHINESE EXPORT CARVED ROSEWOOD TABLE Chinese, Scalloped Edge Hexagonal Rosewood Side Table with inset marble top and five legs, with edge beading at top, pierced and deeply carved foliate designs on apron and legs that terminate with claw and ball feet.

Measures 32 x 23 inches.

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A ROCOCO-REVIVAL WALNUT CONSOLE A 20th century console with banded top enclosing quarter-veneered burled walnut with round canted fore corners, over frieze with pierced shaped apron with carved rocaille, and raised on long slender cabriolet legs.

Measures 30 x 38 x 16 inches.

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A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE-STYLE ARM CHAIRS Rectangular padded back above bow front seat, flanked by straight arms, square supports headed by carved anthemion and continuing down to legs terminating in bulging scrolls, double self-welted brown leather upholstery.

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1810, M. ROLLIN, ‘THE METHOD OF TEACHING AND STUDYING THE BELLES LETTRES,’ two volume, eleventh edition (corrected) published London 1810

by W. Orridge and Son in full old tooled leather with marbled endpapers and gold lettered spine.

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MACROBE LES SATURNALES,’ 2 VOL. COMPLETE In French, quarter leather with marbled boards and marbled endpapers.

Measure 4.5 x 7.25 (duodecimo) each.

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MAKUZU KOZAN MEIJI JAPANESE VASE WITH IRIS Delicate and diaphanous depiction of an iris bloom and tendrils on green ground. Under glaze blue mark underside of the base within incised concentric rings, signature of the studio of Makuzu Kozan. Measures 12.25 x 7 inches.

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ANTIQUE CHINESE ENGRAVED PEWTER MULTI-COMPARTMENT CONTAINER A four lobe design with five individual containers inside, engraved designs throughout, inset semi-precious stones in each handle, brass handles and frame. A full range of stamped Chinese characters under each lid and under the base. Measures 6.5 x 16.5 inches. www.DirkSoulisAuctions.com

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1844, THE WORKS OF WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING Six volumes in three, published London 1844 in half leather with raised bands and marbled boards.

Measure 4 x 7 (sextodecimo) inches each.

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1803, PIGAULTLEBRUN, ‘MONSIEUR BOTTE,’ 3 VOL. Pigault-Lebrun (Charles), ‘Monsieur Botte,’ first edition, published Chez Barba, Paris 1803, the first three volumes of a four volume set of a famous french novel. The author virtually invented the form. Quarter leather in marbled boards, tooled and ribbed spines and gold lettering. Measure 3.5 x 6 inches each.

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FRENCH BRASS CLOCK SET WITH SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN French brass rococo clock set signed Lanion on the hand-painted, enameled and jeweled dial.

The case inset with a Sevres style handpainted porcelain plaque, each candelabra set with a hand-painted Sevres style porcelain plaque. Candelabra measure 19.75 x 6.75 inches each, clock measures 20 x 10.25 x 6.5 inches.

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TWO ANTIQUE CHINESE BRONZE JARDINIERES The larger with chased dragons in relief, the smaller with champlevĂŠ designs of birds. Measure 9.5 x 12.5 and 11.75 x 15.25 inches.

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ANTIQUE CHINESE LACQUERED FOOD CONTAINER STORAGE BOX Black Lacquer Food Box with figural and floral carving, and gold paint. Measures 11.75 x 12.25 x 7 inches.

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A PAIR JAPANESE BRONZE VASES MOUNTED AS TABLE LAMPS Meiji style bronze two-handled vases with dimensional blossoms in relief, each vase now mounted as a table lamp, mounted to bronze bases. Measure 29 inches each to the finial.

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TWO CARVED MARBLE TABLE LAMPS Measure 20.5 x 8.5 inches to the top of the carving. Measure 29 inches each to the finials.

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PAIR ANTIQUE JAPANESE LACQUERED PANELS Each with full-bodied abalone eagles on carved wood tree surrounded by bone and shell blossoms and birds, Intricately Inlaid depicting roosting eagles and small birds with flowering trees, rocks, and a stream, One panels shows Mount Fuji in the distance. Circa 1880.

Measure 21 x 14.5 inches each.

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CIRCA 1800 ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL SIDE CABINET Rectangular top with nulled edge, over conforming case fitted with a pair of frieze drawers over a pair of paneled cabinet doors each with large and deeply carved acanthus knobs opening to reveal a lined interior with long shelf, stiles in high relief of maiden term figures and fruit filled swags supported on a gadrooned base and raised on paw feet. Measures 48 x 74 x 25 inches.

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HEAVILY CARVED JAPANESE DESK AND CHAIR Japanese, Carved Export Hardwood Desk, with dragon, floral and bird designs, early 20th century. With straight legs, deeply carved tiered shelves, vertical slats, two small doors, two drawers, top with key fret border, carved and pierced skirt fitted with drawers, carved dragon legs, measures 53 x 42 x 27, chair measures 39 x 16 x 18 inches.

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ANTIQUE CHINESE FIFTY-FOUR DRAWER APOTHECARY CABINET Chinese, Lacquered Wood Apothecary Cabinet, with 54 small medicine drawers above four larger cabinet drawers. Chinese characters brushed in gold on each of the small drawers identify the medicines they contained. Brass ring handles on each drawer, brass fittings on corner legs.

Measures 39 x 39 x 13 inches.

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A TALL ASIAN STORAGE BASKET Measures 30 x 15 x 14 inches.

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A VICTORIAN LEATHER AND BRASS BOUND TRUNK Rectangular form with hinged flat lid, flanked by handles and embellished overall with nail heads and brass corners and fittings. Label in the lid from Danielle and Son, Portman Square. Measures 21 x 42 x 22 inches.

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI-STYLE FAUTEUILS Each having an arched ribbon-carved back with floral crest, curved padded arms with acanthine carving supports, bowed seat and raised on fluted tapering legs headed by rosette die join. Upholstered in double welted tan suede. Measures 38 x 24 x 23 inches. www.DirkSoulisAuctions.com

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV-STYLE GILT FAUTEUILS Each molded and pierced crest rail centering a ribbon flanked by florets, above a cartouche-shaped padded backrest with carved rais-de-coeur and beading, padded scrolling arms with delicate floral carved detail, over upholstered trapezoidal seat with serpentine swelling front rail cantering a carved acanthus leaf, raised on cabriolet legs terminating in scrolls with casters. Upholstered in mustard yellow suede.

Each measures 38 x 26 x 23 inches.

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI-STYLE FAUTEUILS Each having medallion ribbon-carved back with beaded fillet and ribbon crest, curved padded arms with acanthine and channeled carved supports, bowed seat and raised on fluted tapering legs headed by rosette die join. Upholstered in double welted wide striped. Each measures 39 x 25 x 23 inches.

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C. 1900 OAK UMBRELLA AND CANE STAND Carved oak French renaissance style stand with six divided openings and the original drip pan.

Measures 32 x 24 x 12 inches.

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19TH CENTURY KOREAN STACKING CHEST Korean, Three-part Chest with small rectangular framed panels surrounding three levels of pairs of hinged doors; finely cast copper-alloy fittings, handles, and hinges in the shape of bats. Measures 64 x 43 x 21 inches.

EARLY 20TH CENTURY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CAMPAIGN DESK In three parts, rectangular brass-bound top inset with brown gilt tooled leather-lined writing surface above three frieze drawers, each brass-bound pedestal containing three drawers supported on a plinth base; fitted with recessed brass hardware. Measures 31 x 57 x 47 inches.

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A TWO PIECE ITALIAN VENETIAN POLYCHROME CABINET Rectangular case surmounted by a scrolled pediment and fitted with a pair of paneled doors with raised shaped molding each centering a design with putto, trailing flowers and foliate on a mustard yellow ground opening to reveal a multi-shelved interior, lower projecting case fitted with a central pair of paneled cabinet doors with shaped raised molding; the whole on a molded base and raised on gilt paw feet, painted overall with scrolling foliate and floral spray accents on a green and mustard yellow ground.

Measures 109 inches high, 50 inches wide, 14.5 inches deep.

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ANTIQUE ENGLISH ROUND FLUTED MAHOGANY COMMODE With green leather inset lift top.

Measures 19 x 16.5 inches.

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A JACOBEAN STYLE STAINED OAK UMBRELLA AND CANE STAND Measures 28 x 24 x 10 inches.

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20TH C. CARVED AND CANED BERGERE Arched leaf-carved caned back with tipped ends continuing to acanthus-carved scrolling arms enclosing caned panels, over oval caned seat, supported on four short cabriolet legs headed by a floret and terminating in scrolled foot on die.

Measures 32 x 29 x 31 inches.

ANTIQUE BRASS AND TIN FRENCH STOVE AS A TABLE LAMP Measures 46 x 36 inches.

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ANTIQUE CANED OAK JACOBEAN STYLE STOOL A long stained oak stool with caning, measures 10 x 36 x 12 inches.

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19TH CENTURY ITALIAN POLYCHROME VENETIAN CREDENZA Shaped trapezoidal top with projecting corners centering a large shaped reserve featuring a painted floral bouquet surrounded by shells and foliate, above a conforming case fitted with a central pair of paneled cabinet doors with shaped raised molding and sides opening to reveal shelves, the whole on a molded base with bracket feet; painted overall with conforming floral bouquets, scrolling foliate and floral spray accents on a green and mustard yellow ground.

Measures 46 x 81 x 22 inches.

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19TH CENTURY CHINESE EXPORT CARVED WOOD TABLE Chinese, with carved hardwood openwork frame having marble inset, carved support with encircling dragons and cloud motif, paw foot tripod base.

Measures 32 x 21.25 inches.

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ANTIQUE BRASS AND MAHOGANY JOCKEY SCALE Brass bound mahogany upright with sliding scale, supported by a platform base with gilt highlight tooled leather. Measures 46.5 x 19.25 x 15.

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A LOUIS XVI-STYLE GUERIDON, MANNER OF ADAM WEISWEILER A circular burled amboyna top with pierced gilt brass gallery, above a metal banded frieze, three cast bamboo shaped double-supports with beaded collars joined by a tripartite undertier surmounted by an amboyna pierced galleried tazza and baluster form support, the whole raised in three downsweeping legs with rectangular curved sabots. Measures 31 x 20 inches.

AN ANTIQUE CHINESE SCROLL END ALTAR TABLE Chinese Scroll End Altar Table with recessed floating panel, pierced designs of scrolling vines, sacred fungus and auspicious “shou� character, straight, square humped legs with fret design on feet, single stretchers.

Measures 33 x 47 x 15.5 inches.

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PAIR 18TH/19TH CENTURY CHINESE YOKE BACK SIDE CHAIRS A pair with elongated proportions, thick, curved crestrail, cloud-shaped apron, floating seat panel, rounded legs. Measure 43 x 20 x 17 inches each.

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CHINESE EXPORT CARVED WOOD STAND TABLE With inset marble top, carved rosewood circa early 20th century.

Measures 36 x 15.5 inches.

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ANTIQUE METAMORPHIC RECLINING WING CHAIR WITH FOOT REST Exposed wood molded frame with raised serpentine line, arched crest having upholstered scrolling wings continuing to padded serpentine arms above an upholstered cushioned seat, adjustable iron brackets, and raised on square legs joined by a box stretcher. Upholstered in tan leather finished with nail heads, foot rest of conforming design. The wing back chair measures 52 x 25.5 x 22, foot rest measures 18 x 30 x 20 inches.

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17TH/18TH CENTURY CARVED AND GESSOED WOOD SAINT FIGURE A 35 inch continental carved wood figure mounted on a wood plinth. Total height 47 inches.

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19TH C. SWISS BLACK FOREST FIGURAL DOG CARVED SHELVES A proper pair of carved walnut shelves centered by a canine figure on rustic base surrounded by carved oak leaves. Great quality of carving and nice warm patina. Measure 16.5 x 20 x 11.5 inches each.

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A PAIR LOUIS XV-STYLE WALNUT AND NEEDLEPOINT FAUTEUILS Each with carved frame, shield-shaped back having figural petit point scene surrounded by needlepoint of floral design over petit point seat featuring landscape design with birds, flanked by set back scrolled and padded arm supports, scalloped carved apron, and raised on four cabriolet legs ending in scroll feet.

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A GEORGE II WALNUT GAME TABLE Hinged rectangular bookmatched top with extended rounded corners, hinged concertina action, and raised on four cabriolet legs with shell-carved knees and trailing bellflowers, terminating on claw-and-ball feet.

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AN INLAID MAHOGANY CANTERBURY The four section slatted top with sweeping inlaid supports terminating in radial inlaid design centering openwork lyre form side splats, over an intricately detailed inlaid floret design, raised on sabre legs with stringing. Measures 22 x 22 x 16 inches.

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20TH CENTURY OAK REFRACTORY TABLE Rectangular four-board top with breadboard ends over molded frieze, raised on four turned and blocked legs and squashed bun feet, joined by an H-stretcher with curving ends.

Measures 29 x 78 x 30 inches.

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FRENCH RENAISSANCE-STYLE STAINED OAK LIBRARY TABLE Rectangular overhanging top framed with a carved acanthus rinceau border and gadrooned edge, over a carved rinceau frieze and rosette die joins, raised on barley twist (or twist-turn or spiral twist) carved legs ending in rosette-carved blocks joined by shaped and carved solid undertier, the whole terminating in paw feet. Measures 29 x 48 x 28 inches.

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A LOUIS XVI-STYLE GILT BRONZE MOUNTED MAHOGANY CABINET Breche d’Alep marble top with beveled edge supported by a conforming body with a long frieze drawer mounted with gilt bronze Greek key, above a pair of gilt metal lined panel doors and sides enclosing a single long shelf, stiles headed by gilt-metal lion’s masks and swags, the whole raised on four tapered fluted legs. Measures 39 x 45 x 19 inches.

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ANTIQUE JAPANESE KARUMA-DANSU WITH IRON FITTINGS Japanese Wooden Wheel Chest, with two drawers above sliding paneled doors; the bottom with a stylized apron foliate design, iron fittings, and raised on four wooden wheels.

Measures 42 x 38 x 20 inches. Excellent patina.

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LOUIS XVI-STYLE BUREAU A CARTONNIER Cartonnier with a three quarter gallery above seven drawers with gilt tooled leather fronts and interiors lined with marbleized paper; the giltmounted bureau plat inset with gilt-tooled leather writing surface, case with diapered floral marquetry and fitted with long frieze drawer and sides with gilt reeded bronze mounts, the whole supported by tapered square legs inlaid with floral motif and headed with gilt-bronze foliate swags. Measures 51 x 52 x 26 inches.

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CIRCA 1900 OAK AND CANED DESSERTE Rectangular beveled white marble top over conforming frieze fitted with a pair of short drawers with beaded panels and brass lobed knobs, supported by ring turned and reeded baluster columns, above a two caned lower tiers, and raised on toupie feet.

Measures 39 x 36 x 19 inches.

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18TH C. CONTINENTAL LOUIS XV-STYLE OAK VITRINE CABINET Rectangular molded projecting top with carved floral basket flanked by flowers and foliage over conforming case fitted with a single glazed door and sides, molded paneling door below centering carved bouquet of flowers, with serpentine apron centered with a shell ending in scrolled toes; fitted with fiche hinges. Measures 71 x 27 x 18 inches.

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A VICTORIAN CARVED DANTE CHAIR Highly carved lion’s mask backrest flanked by lion’s head finials, over curving upholstered seat, downscrolling arms and supported on four scrolling legs terminating in cornucopia and joined by stretchers centered by a cabochon. Measures 42 x 26 x 22 inches.

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ROCOCO SETTEE AND CHAIRS EMERY BIRD THAYER HOME Carved and gilded wood set from the home of one of the principals of Kansas City’s Emery, Bird Thayer department store. Chairs measure 37.75 x 25.75 x 21.5 and 35 x 22.25 x 20. Settee measures 39 x 48 x 22 inches. All but one chair retains the original gilding.

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A LOUIS XVI BRONZE MOUNTED BUREAU PLAT Gilt bronze-bound rectangular tooled leather surface, over frieze with three paneled drawers fitted with laurel loop handles and escutcheon, writing slides over paneled sides, gilt swag mounts and molded capitals to tapered legs with band and garland inlay, terminating in cast waterleaf sabots. Nice quality, measures 30 x 69.5 x 36 inches.

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17TH/18TH C. LOUIS XIII WALNUT CONFITURIER OR PRE-DIEU Rectangular overhanging top over conforming case fitted with single drawer over cabinet door with later applied moldings, raised on block feet. Measures 33.75 x 26.5 x 19 inches.

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AN 18TH C. LOUIS XIII-STYLE NEEDLEPOINT WINGBACK SOFA Triple arched crest rail above a needlepointed upholstered back flanked by shaped wings continuing to padded arms with exposed handholds, centering a long needlepoint feather filled cushion, and raised on eight scrolling legs joined by os de mouton stretchers interrupted by finials. Original needlepoint upholstery with details in petit point. Measures 45 x 75 x 25 inches.

AN 18TH C. ITALIAN DROPFRONT WRITING DESK Rectangular slant-front with shaped moldings opening to reveal a fitted desk interior over three stepback drawers flanked by scrolling incurvate panels; the rectangular desk with a pair of frieze drawers, the whole raised on four square tapering legs headed with waisted form. Measures 48.5 x 55.5 x 26.25 inches.

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DOMENICO CUNEGO (1727-1794) AFTER JAMES ADAMS ARCHITECT An 18th century hand colored engraving, plate III from the treatise on style and architecture ‘Works in Architecture’ by Robert and James Adams.

The well-known late Georgian period designers Robert and James Adams are credited with being among the first to integrate design of furniture and fixtures with architecture and are the creators of the Adams Style of design and furnishings traditional yet today. Engraved circa 1767, this plate is a rendering of the designs for the pediments of the gateway for Carlton House, designs for the panels over the doors, pateras and trophies over the columns and pilasters, all for Carlton House mansion in London. Sight size 19 x 24, frame measures 30.5 x 35.5 inches.

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MASSIVE JAPANESE EXPORT MEIJI DRAGON BENCH AND CHAIR The bench is finely and deeply carved with a three panel back having a serpentine dragon in the center panel, flanked by side panels with winged dragons. Above, and surrounding the panels, is a carved border featuring a large dragon emerging from clouds. Armrests are carved into the form of dragons emerging from the sea with a pearl ball in their mouths, above an openwork filigree of floral vines. The bench seat features relief carvings in roundels of auspicious characters. The front corners of the carved skirt with foliage vine​are carved into the form of winged phoenixes. The dragons and phoenixes have inlaid, lifelike eyes with onyx.

Chair measures 45.25 x 26.5 x 20, bench measures 55 x 65 x 26 inches.

MONUMENTAL 19TH C. FRENCH TRIPTYCH MIRROR Set with an oval hand colored etching adorned with swags of garland, three mirror panels, carved and gessoed wood frame with original gilding. Measures 84 x 45 inches.

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CIRCA 1900 ITALIAN MARBLE PEDESTAL WITH ALABASTER LAMP A white Italian marble pedestal with ormolu bands and revolving top displays a figural carved alabaster lamp in the form of maiden in classical robe gazing at a sculpture of classical antiquity.

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A PAIR OF EARLY 20TH C. MARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLES The shaped circular glassmounted top with flower and foliate inlay enclosing bookmatched veneer surmounted by a pierced brass half gallery, over a drum-form case fitted with an arrangement of two bowed drawers with fronts featuring foliate spray, sides and scalloped apron with relief carved scrolling acanthus, raised on four cabriolet legs ending in snail feet. Measure 29 x 18 inches.

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A 19TH CENTURY OVAL MIRROR With gilded floral surmount, woody stem around the outer frame, applied blossoms and buds. Measures 40 x 44 inches.

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A GEORGIAN PERIOD NEOCLASSICAL MAHOGANY CHEST Rectangular top with projecting rounded corners, over conforming case fitted with three long cockbeaded drawers with ebonized edges, flanked by three-quarter-round turned and stop fluted colonettes on ring-turned legs and feet, shield-shaped brass escutcheons and pulls. Measures 35 x 45 x 20 inches.

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AFRICAN STYLIZED ANTELOPE HEAD CARVED WOOD MASK A carved and painted wood headdress that measures 49 x 23 x 9 inches.

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THREE CHINESE BASKETS Sizes of 26 x 15.5, 15 x 11.5, 14 x 15 inches.

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ANTIQUE FRENCH BRONZE FENDER AND ANDIRONS A Rococo fender measuring 17.5 x 38.5 x 5 inches and Empire style andirons 17.5 x 19.5 x 8.5 inches.

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1723, ‘A COLLECTION OF OLD BALLETS’ Complied by Ambrose Phillips, complete in three volumes, possibly second edition in green leather with raised bands and marbled endpapers with previous owner’s bookplate. Large Quatro (8 x 11 inches).

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1860, WILLIAM AINSWORTH, ‘OVINGDEAN GRANGE’ William Harrison Ainsworth, ‘Ovingdean Grange,’ illustrations by Hablot K. Browne, 357 pp. published London 1860.

Rebound full tooled leather with raised bands and top edge gilt, original cover laid in.

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1847, WILLIAM AINSWORTH, ‘OLD ST. PAUL’S’ William Harrison Ainsworth, ‘Old St. Paul’s,’ illustrations by J. Franklin, 434 pp. published London 1847. Rebound full leather with raised bands and tooled leather. Old covers and spine bound in.

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1857, WILLIAM AINSWORTH, ‘THE STAR-CHAMBER’ William Harrison Ains­­­ worth, ‘The Star-Chamber,’ illustrations by Hablot K. Browne, 296 pp. published London 1857.

Nicely rebound in full tooled leather with raised bands. Original covers and spine bound in.

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1857, WILLIAM AINSWORTH, ‘THE SPENDTHRIFT’ William Harrison Ainsworth, ‘The Spendthrift,’ illustrations by Hablot K. Browne, 332 pp. published London 1857.

Rebound full leather with raised bands and top edge gilt. Old spines and covers bound in.

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THE WORKS OF GEORGE ELLIOT, TWELVE VOLUMES Illustrations by Geo T. Andrew. Half leather with marbled boards, marbled endpapers and raised bands. Measure 5.25 x 7.5 inches each.

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1822, HERO­ DOTUS, ‘HISTOIRE D’HÉRODOTE,’ 3 VOL. Complete in three volumes, published in French, Paris 1822 in quarter leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Map at back of volume three is present and appears in good shape.

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CIRCA 1900 COMPLETE 8 VOL ‘1001 NIGHTS’ IN FRENCH Complete in eight volumes, ‘Le Livre des Mille Nuits et Une Nuit,’ filled with colored illustrations, quarto in quarter leather with marbled boards.

1848, WILLIAM AINSWORTH, ‘JAMES THE SECOND: OR THE REVOLUTION OF 1688,’ Complete in three volumes, with illustrations by G.W. Buss, published London 1848 by Henry Colburn, likely rebound, beautiful full leather with top edge gilt, tooled bump to volume one, bookplate of Sir Charles Phillip Huntington, 3rd Baronet. Measure 5 x 7.625 (duodecimo) inches each.

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1844, WILLIAM AINSWORTH, ‘SAINT JAMES’S: OR THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE,’ Complete in three volumes, frontpiece illustrations each volume by George Crukshank, published London 1844 by John Mortimer, rebound in beautiful full tooled leather with top edge tilt, gold lettering and gilt tooled florals.

Bookplate of Sir Charles Phillip Huntington, 3rd Baronet. Measure 5 x 7.625 (duodecimo) inches each.

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1946, ST. AUGUSTIN, LA CITÉ DE DIEU Complete in two volumes, printed Paris 1946 in quarter leather with marbled boards and gold lettering on tooled leather spine.

1869, SIR WALTER SCOTT, ‘TALES OF A GRANDFATHER’ Published Edinburgh 18639 in old half leather with marbled boards, marbled endpapers and gold lettering on spine. Measures 6 x 9 (octavo) inches.

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BILL MACK (BORN 1949) LARGE CARVED MARBLE SCULPTURE A semi-nude white marble figure with spinach green cover and resting on a salmoncolored marble base. Engraved signature on the base just behind the figure. Measures 27 x 46 x 16 inches.

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ITZIK ASHER (b. 1946) BRASS MODERNIST SCULPTURE Engraved signature and ‘(.A.P) 1991’. Measures 41 inches including 2.5 inch base.

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PAUL GRANLUND (19252003) BRONZE SCULPTURE A cast bronze figure in brown black patina, titled Europa I, signed in the casting on the bull’s lowest horn, a tag under the base with the title of the work. Measures 5.25 x 4 x 7 inches.

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ITZIK ASHER (b.

1946) BRASS TORSO SCULPTURE Engraved signature and ‘edition #12/100’. Measures 9 x 4 x 4 inches with base.

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19TH CENTURY CHINESE CLOISONNE PLAQUE A flat round cloisonne enamel copper plaque with an umber colored circling dragon against flecked red ground; surrounded by a green border with floating flower blossoms; circular carved wood frame.

Measures 24 inches diameter overall.

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LOUIS XVI STYLE FRENCH BRONZE FIRE SCREEN Motifs of ribbons, festoon, urn with flame, acanthus buds and paw feet, circa 1890. Measures 33 x 26 x 11 inches.

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SEVRES BOLTED URNS WITH FULL-BODIED CHERUBS A pair of damaged porcelain urns missing their covers. Chips and losses to the figures on one and major damage to the foot and body of the other. Hand painted marks under the foot and inside the body.

Measure 16 x 8 inches each.

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A LARGE CINNABAR LACQUER COVERED STORAGE BOX Deeply carved floral designs surround medallions carved with figural scenes. Lid with design of a garden with pavilion and figures and key fret edge design. Black lacquer in interior with cracking and losses.

Measures 5 x 10 inches.

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BRONZE MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN COMPOTE SIGNED ROCHE Hand painted scene of courting couple in 18th century dress signed Roche lower right bordered within a zippered gold frame, Sevres blue ground and alternate reserve back side with floral decoration, floral dĂŠcor inside the bowl.

A Serves factory mark under the foot. Together with a similar pair of ormolu bronze candelabra mounted with painted porcelain inserts. The compote measures 8.25 inches high and 8.5 inches diameter. The height of the candelabra is 16 inches, 7 inches across the arms.

ASIAN LACQUERED WOOD STORAGE BOX WITH FEDERAL EAGLE A faceted wood storage box with design of an American eagle in the center of the lid. Red lacquer interior, brass curved ring handles.

Measures 11 x 25 inches.

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PAIR OF RED KUTANI WARE VASES With elephant head and loose ring handles, intricate abstracted floral design surround cartouches of floral and figural designs.

Measure 17.5 x 8.5 inches each.

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LARGE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH CARVED OAK SIDE CABINET With an arched top over two raised panel doors with applied relief carvings of allegories for music and literature. The base with slide out work surface over two doors having applied carvings, carved trims and button feet.

Measures 106.5 x 54 x 21. The doors can be reversed on their hinges to create an open display cabinet.

EARLY 20TH C. CHINESE EXPORT CARVED WOOD FLOOR LAMP Measures 69 inches high.

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19TH C. ENGLISH BROGYNTYN POST BOX Ebonized finish with gold lettering on the top sliding compartment cover.

Carved framework and paw feet.

Measures 9.5 x 16.5 x 9.5 inches.

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RARE SILVER CREST SILVER ON BRONZE HUMIDOR Circa 1910 two-compartment humidor with two-part hinged cover, stamped signature under the base ‘Silver Crest Sterling Decorated Bronze #2263.’ Measures 4 x 15.5 x 9.75 inches.

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19TH C. ENGLISH BURR WALNUT TRAVELING CLERKS DESK Two hinged halves open to access scroll cut compartments, pen tray and drawer. Measures 13.5 x 16.5 x 10 inches.

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PAIR 19TH CENTURY BRASS BRAZIERS Pierced brass covers, lift-out pans, iron legs with paw feet and lion’s head. Measure 25.5 x 14 inches each.

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ANTIQUE CHINESE BLACK LACQUER FOOD BOX Decorated with figural and floral carving, gold paint. Measures 12.5 x 9.5 inches.

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ANTIQUE PERSIAN SERAPI HERIZ CARPET Large spacious navy blue medallion on coral red field; ivory spandrels.

Measures 140 x 116 inches.

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MODERN HANDMADE CAUCASIAN RUNNER RUG Measures 32 x 180 inches.

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ANTIQUE STRIPED AFGHAN KILIM BED COVER Measures 50 x 120 inches.

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MONUMENTAL SOLID MARBLE TABLE LAMP Measures 43 x 11 inches.

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CIRCA 1920s PERSIAN HAMADAN SCATTER RUG All-over floral field with blue background.

Measures 37 x 61.5 inches.

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EARLY 20TH C. PERSIAN SAROUK ROOM SIZED CARPET Nice pile of lustrous wool, very good condition. Measures 104 x 139 inches.

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1930s PERSIAN PICTORIAL RUG WITH FLORALS AND BIRDS The field with floral sprays and pairs of perching hooded hunting falcons, painted background color of field. Measures 52 x 71 inches.

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MID 20TH CENTURY PERSIAN HAMADAN SCATTER RUG Measures 42 x 62 inches.

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MID 20TH CENTURY PERSIAN LILIHAN SCATTER RUG Measures 41 x 56 inches.

CIRCA 1930s PERSIAN LILIHAN AREA RUG Measures 61 x 78 inches.

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MID 20TH CENTURY PERSIAN RUNNER RUG Measures 33 x 75 inches.

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ANTIQUE PERSIAN SAROUK WITH OPEN FIELD AND MEDALLION A beautiful example with lavish borders and field surrounding a floating medallion with pendants on an open light coral field. Measures 77 x 55 inches.

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20TH C. FLAT WEAVE WOOL FLORAL DESIGN FLOOR COVERING Measures 149 x 106 inches.

MID 20TH CENTURY HAMADAN MAT Measures 30 x 48 inches.

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A GOOD ANTIQUE PERSIAN SULTANABAD ROOM SIZED RUG Measures 167 x 123 inches.

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ANTIQUE KUBA CAUCASIAN RUG WITH FOUR BALANCED DIAMONDS Ivory background border and four nice central diamonds.

Measures 84 x 40 inches.

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MID 20TH CENTURY PERSIAN KIRMAN ROOM SIZED RUG Measures 192 x 126 inches.

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PERSIAN SAROUK ROOM-SIZED RUG, 2ND QUARTER 20TH CENTURY Measures 142 x 104 inches. www.DirkSoulisAuctions.com

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ANTIQUE PERSIAN MEDALLION CARPET WITH IVORY FIELD Measures 154 x 101 inches.

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ANTIQUE PERSIAN RUG WITH HERATI FIELD Measures 165 x 78 inches.

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ANTIQUE BALOUCHISTAN SCATTER RUG Measures 71 x 40 inches.

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CONTEMPORARY KAZAK DESIGN HAND MADE ORIENTAL RUG Measures 89 x 71 inches.

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AFTER GEORGE CALEB BINGHAM (1811-1879) ‘MARTIAL LAW’ A hand colored line and mezzotint engraving titled ‘Martial Law’ lower center (a.k.a.

Order No. 11) circa 1872, after the original painting by George Caleb Bingham, now in the collection of the State Historical Society of Missouri. Engraved by John Sartain, publisher Geo. C. Bingham and Company. Nicely framed, full sheet measures 30-1/16 x 36 inches, image size 21.5 x 30.5, frame measures 37.5 x 47.5 inches.

Full, complete, untrimmed sheet measures 30 1/16 x 36 inches.

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THOMAS HART BENTON (18891975) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Self Portrait’, 1972, signed lower right, edition of 300, Fath number 84, image measures 19.5 x 13.5, full deckled sheet measures 25 x 18.5, frame measures 27 x 21.5 inches.

THOMAS HART BENTON (18891975) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Titled ‘The Little Fisherman’ lower left, 1967, signed lower right, edition of 300, Fath number 80, image measures 14 x 10, deckled sheet measures 18 x 13, frame measures 22 x 17.5 inches.

THOMAS HART BENTON (18891975) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH ‘Ten Pound Hammer’, 1967, signed lower right, edition of 300, Fath number 79, image measures 13.75 x 9.75, sheet measures 17.75 x 13, frame measures 21.5 x 17 inches.

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THOMAS HART BENTON (18891975) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH The Hymn Singer’ a.k.a. ‘The Minstrel’, 1950, signed lower right, edition of 500, Fath number 74, image measures 16 x 12, deckled sheet measures 20 x 15.75, frame measures 24 x 20 inches.

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THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Sorghum Mill’, 1969, signed lower right, edition or 250, Fath number 81, image measures 9.75 x 13.75, sheet measures 13 x 18, frame measures 18.5 x 22 inches.

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THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Discussion’, 1969, signed lower right, edition of 250, Fath number 82, image measures 10 x 12, sheet measures 13 x 15.5, frame measures 17.5 x 21.5 inches.

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ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (18981995) T.H. BENTON SILVER PRINT Titled ‘Thomas Hart Benton Paints ‘The Rape of Persephone’, Kansas City Art Institute’ verso, 1938, a silver gelatin photograph printed in 1987, signed lower right in ink, image measures 15.5 x 14.25, sheet measures 20 x 16 inches.

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BEN SHAHN (1898-1969) SIGNED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAVURE Signed in ink lower right with dedication ‘To Irving with circles of confusion’. Circles of confusion is a technical term in photography and presumably a play on words here with Irving. Measures 13.25 x 19.25, frame measures 20.75 x 25.75 inches. Provenance: the estate of Kansas artist David Melby.

According to Mr. Melby’s notes, Ben Shahn gave this photograph to his friend Irving Geis around 1942. No confirmation of this has been found.

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HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004) MEXICO, 1934 PHOTOGRAPH Gelatin silver photograph from 1934, printed later circa late 20th century, signed in ink lower right margin. Title known as ‘Natcho Aquirre, Santa Clara, Mexico, 1934.’ Image measures 9.5 x 14, sheet measures 11.75 x 15.75 inches.

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BARBARA VAN CLEVE (20/21ST C) SILVER GELATIN PRINT An original silver gelatin print #15 from an edition of 125, titled ‘Moon (and Star Tracks) Over Cook Tent’ lower left, pencil signed lower right with a date of 1985. Actual print size of 16.25 x 22.75, frame measures 26.25 x 32.25 inches.

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MARSHA BURNS (BORN 1945) POSTURE SERIES SILVER PRINT Silver gelatin print from the Posture series, signed and stamped on the mount verso, numbered 7/28, image measures 8.5 x 6.5, mount measures 15 x 13.25 inches.

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MARSHA BURNS (BORN 1945) SILVER GELATIN PRINT An untitled 1978 image of a nude in a swim cap, printed circa 1991, signature and ink stamp on the mount verso, image measures 9.75 x 6.25, mount measures 15 x 13.25 inches.

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ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994) SILVER PRINT ‘ANITA’ Silver gelatin photographic print titled ‘Mademoiselle Anita, 1957’ verso, printed 1979, signed lower right margin in ink, number 3/4 and signed verso with the title, image measures 12 x 9.75, sheet measures 16.25 x 12 inches.

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MARSHA BURNS (BORN 1945) POSTURE SERIES SILVER PRINT Silver gelatin print from the Posture series, signed and stamped on the mount verso, numbered 6/25, image measures 6.75 x 8.25, mount measures 13.25 x 15 inches.

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ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Titled ‘Un Enlevement A Abbotsbury’ and dated 1961 verso, printed in 1981, signed lower right in ink, image measures 9.5 x 12.5, sheet size 12 x 15.75.

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JUDY DATER (BORN 1941) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Titled ‘Kathleen Kelly’ and signed and dated 1972 verso in pencil, image measures 13.5 x 10.5, sheet measures 14 x 11 inches.

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DAVID M. SPEAR (20/21ST C.) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Plate 39 from ‘The Neugents: Close to Home’, printed June 26, 1996 and inscribed to David MELBY verso with signature and date, image size 12.25 x 16.5, sheet measures 16 x 20 inches.

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ARNOLD NEWMAN (1918-2006) GIACOMETTI SILVER PRINT Silver gelatin photograph Titled ‘(Alberto) Giacometti Paris 1954’, signed and dated on the mount with photographer’s copyright, printed later, image measures 9.5 x 7.25, mount measures 15 x 12.25 inches.

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BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991) EDWARD HOPPER SILVER PRINT Portrait of Edward Hopper, 1930s silver gelatin photograph, printed later, signed on the reverse in pencil along with the photographer’s Maine studio ink stamp, image size 13.75 x 10.75, sheet measures 14 x 11 inches.

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GYULA BRASSAI (1899-1984) ‘MATISSE DRAWING’ SILVER PRINT Silver gelatin photograph print of Matisse drawing a nude, 1939, printed later before 1980, signed in ink on lower right margin, stamp verso and inscribed ‘No. 52’ in pencil, image measures 10.5 x 15.25, sheet measures 11.5 x 15.75 inches.

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JOYCE TENNESON (BORN 1945) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Signed and dated in pencil lower right, 1976, cover image for Tenneson’s book ‘In/ Sights: Self-Portraits by Women,’ image size 8.25 x 12.5, sheet size 11 x 14 inches.

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ANDRE KERTESZ (1894-1985) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Underwater Swimmer’ 1917, printed 1970 edition of 50, silver print, signed in pencil on the mount, image measures 7 x 9.75, sheet size 14 x 18 inches.

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ARTHUR FELLIG ‘WEEGEE’ (18991968) SILVER PRINT Couple dancing, from the series of 1940/1950, silver print circa 1960, ‘Weegee’ New York stamp verso, image measures 13.5 x 10.75, sheet measures 14 x 11 inches.

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MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO (19022002) SILVER PRINT A silver gelatin photograph ‘The Good Reputation Sleeping’, 1939, printed later 1980-1989, not mounted, inscribed ‘Mexico’ verso in pencil. Image measures 9.75 x 13, sheet measures 11 x 14 inches.

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INGE MORATH (BORN 1923) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Mm. Eveleigh Nash, ‘Buckingham Palace Mall, London, 1953’, printed later, signed and titled in pencil verso, image measures 9.25 x 13, sheet measures 11 x 14 inches.

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O WINSTON LINK (19142001) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole K2a On Bridge’ silver gelatin photograph print, signed verso in pencil and again with the artist’s ink stamp and dated 1982, original photograph from 1955, unframed, image size 19.5 x 15.5, sheet measures 20 x 16 inches.

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EDWARD & COLE WESTON: ‘TINA, GLENDALE 1922’ SILVER PRINT Edward Weston (1886-1958) negative printed by Cole Weston (1919-2003), Tina Mondotti silver print, Edward Weston stamp and Cole Weston signature verso on the mount, image measures 7.5 x 9.5, mount measures 13.25 x 15 inches.

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IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883-1976) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Titled ‘Man Fleeing on the Mountain, 1915,’ printed later - before 1970, signed in pencil on the mount, image measures 8.75 x 7, mount measures 14.5 x 11.5 inches.

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EDWARD & COLE WESTON: ‘D.H. LAWRENCE, 1924’ SILVER PRINT Edward Weston (1886-1958) negative printed by Cole Weston (19192003), titled verso on the mount, later print, edition of 250, Edward Weston stamp and Cole Weston signature verso on the mount, image measures 9.5 x 7.5, mount measures 15 x 13.25 inches.

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EDWARD & COLE WESTON: ‘NUDE, 1922’ SILVER PRINT Edward Weston (1886-1958) negative printed by Cole Weston (1919-2003), titled ‘Nude, 1922’ verso on the mount, later print, edition of 250, Edward Weston stamp and Cole Weston signature verso on the mount, image measures 9.5 x 7.25, mount measures 13.25 x 15 inches.

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EDWARD & COLE WESTON: ‘CHARIS ON DUNES’ SILVER PRINT Edward Weston (18861958) negative printed by Cole Weston (1919-2003), titled ‘Nude, 1936’ verso on the mount, later print, edition of 250, Edward Weston stamp and Cole Weston signature verso on the mount, image measures 9.5 x 7.25, mount measures 13.25 x 15 inches.

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EDWARD & COLE WESTON: ‘NUDE, 1925’ SILVER PRINT Edward Weston (1886-1958) negative printed by Cole Weston (1919-2003), titled verso on the mount, later print, edition of 250, Edward Weston stamp and Cole Weston signature verso on the mount, image measures 9.25 x 6.25, mount measures 15 x 13.25 inches.

EDWARD & COLE WESTON: ‘MARGARETHE, 1920’ SILVER PRINT Edward Weston (18861958) negative printed by Cole Weston (1919-2003), titled and dated ‘Margarethe, 1920’ verso on the mount, a.k.a. ‘Prologue to a Sad Spring’, later print, edition of 250, Edward Weston stamp and Cole Weston signature verso on the mount, image measures 9.5 x 7.5, mount measures 15 x 13.25 inches.

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COLE WESTON (1919-2003) ‘POINT LOBOS’ SILVER PRINT Image of Edward Weston, Point Lobos 1946, printed later, signed in pencil lower right on the mount with a date of 1946, inscribed again extreme lower left in pencil, image measures 7.75 x 9.5, mount measures 13.25 x 15 inches.

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EDWARD & COLE WESTON: ‘FLOATING NUDE’ SILVER PRINT Edward Weston (1886-1958) negative printed by Cole Weston (19192003), titled ‘Nude Floating, 1939 in pencil verso on the mount (Charis), later printing, Edward Weston stamp and Cole Weston signature verso on the mount, image measures 9.25 x 6.25, mount measures 15 x 13.25 inches. Provenance: David Melby Collection.

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RAPHAEL SOYER (1899-1987) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, artist’s proof lower left, AP edition of 25, larger edition 300, image measures 19.5 x 16, frame measures 31.5 x 27.5 inches.

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BOB CAMBLIN (BORN 1928) OIL ON CANVAS Titled ‘Finnegan Transfigured’ via a card verso, signed lower left, canvas measures 46 x 34, frame measures 47 x 35 inches.

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WANDA GAG (1893-1946) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Titled ‘Backyard’ signed lower right and dated 1930, also initialed in the plate, unframed, image size 10.5 x 13, sheet measures 14.25 x 18 inches.

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DAVID MELBY (KANSAS, 1942-2014) OIL ON BOARD Signed lower right, board measures 16 x 20, frame measures 20.25 x 24.25 inches. www.DirkSoulisAuctions.com

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KENNETH ADAMS (1887-1966) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Titled ‘Card Players’ in pencil lower left ‘96/100’ and pencil signed lower right. Sheet size of 19.875 to 20 x 26 inches, image size 17.5 x 23 inches.

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DAVID MELBY (KANSAS, 1942-2014) OIL ON BOARD Titled ‘Evening Wash of Light’ with a gallery tag verso, signed lower left, board measures 16 x 20, frame measures 20.5 x 24.5 inches.

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TONY FITZPATRICK (B. 1958) COLORED PENCIL ON PAPER Titled ‘The Poor Girls Cat’ and dated 1990 with a gallery tag verso, sheet measures 8 x 5, frame measures 15.25 x 12.25 inches.

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JOHN SAVIO (19021938) PENCIL SIGNED WOODBLOCK PRINT Titled ‘Kvell ved Oran, Svolvar’ and edition 70/100 lower left, signed lower right, block size 9 x 12, sheet measures 12 x 17.25 inches.

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JOHN SAVIO (19021938) PENCIL SIGNED WOOD­ BLOCK PRINT Titled ‘Trolltindan, Raftsund’ and edition 95/100, lower left, signed lower right, block size 9 x 12.75, sheet measures 12 x 16.75 inches.

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JOHN SAVIO (19021938) PENCIL SIGNED WOOD­­BLOCK PRINT Titled ‘Shiega dolke (Godveir)’ and edition 94/100, lower left, signed lower right, block size 7.5 x 10.25, sheet measures 11.5 x 16.75 inches.

JOHN SAVIO (1902-1938) PENCIL SIGNED WOODBLOCK PRINT Titled ‘Vagakallen, Lofoten’ and edition 92/100, lower left, signed lower right, block size 9 x 13, sheet measures 12 x 17.25 inches.

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WPA ARTIST MABEL DWIGHT (1876-1955) 1928 LITHOGRAPH Title: ‘Mechano Marvel of the Age’, hand colored pencil signed lithograph dated 1928 lower right, edition of 50 prints, 38 with the hand colored details.

Image size 12 x 9.25, frame measures 27.75 x 23 inches. Mabel Dwight is best known as a social realist working in New York in the 1930s. For a time she was married to fellow WPA artist Eugene Higgins (born in Kansas City in 1874) and has been compared to Wanda Gag (see lot 254) and Rockwell Kent (see lot 294).

This depiction of a Coney Island sideshow summarizes her focus of depicting the comedy and tragedy of life in the city during this period. She later worked under the Federal Art Project, a program that primarily employed male artists.

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DAVID MELBY (1942-2014) OIL ON BOARD Signed lower right, titled ‘Green Pasture’ verso, board measures 20 x 24, frame measures 21.5 x 25 inches.

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EDWIN FULWIDER (1913-2003) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, edition number 15 lower center, image size 4 x 13, frame measures 12.5 x 21.5 inches.

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JESSE JAY McVICKER (1911-2004) PENCIL SIGNED AQUATINT Titled ‘Tropical Wash Day’ with an original AAA label verso, signed lower right, dated ‘46 in the plate, plate size 8 x 15, frame measures 16 x 23 inches.

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EMIL GANSO (1895-1941) COLOR LITHOGRAPH Pencil signed lower right, edition 35 and titled ‘Skaters’ lower left, image measures 12 x 15, frame measures 20 x 24.75 inches.

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LEONARD FOUJITA (1886-1968) DRYPOINT ETCHING Signed in the plate only and dated 1923, titled ‘Self-Portrait with Artist’s Tools’ verso, plate measures 16 x 12, frame measures 28 x 23 inches.

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GEORGES LEMMEN (1865-1916) WATERCOLOR IN 18 C. FRAME The artist’s estate stamp lower right, numbered in pencil 1139 and 1910, dated 1910 in pencil verso.

Sheet measures 14.25 x 11 inches. Frame size 26.5 x 22.5 inches with inside rabbet of liner at 18.5 x 15.25 and actual frame rabbet size 20.25 x 16.5 inches.

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J. J. LANKES (1884-1960) PENCIL SIGNED WOODCUT Titled ‘Winter Twilight,’ signed in pencil lower right. Sight measures 9.5 x 11.5 inches with an overall frame measurement of 20 x 22 inches.

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CLARE LEIGHTON (1898-1989) WOOD ENGRAVING IN TRAMP ART FRAME A pencil signed miniature wood engraving titled ‘Mini Moon.’ Pencil signed lower right, marked ‘18/30’ lower left. Sight measures 2.5 x 3 inches in a period tramp art chip carved wood frame measuring 7.75 x 9 inches.

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WILLIAM J. DICKERSON (1904-1972) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Titled ‘Old Cement Plant’ in pencil lower left and signed lower right. Image measures 8.25 x 9 inches in a 16.25 x 17 inch frame.

J. J. LANKES (1884-1960) SIGNED PRINT, TRAMP ART FRAME Titled ‘Starry Night,’ signed in pencil lower left. Sight measures 4.75 x 4 inches in a period tramp art chip carved wood frame measuring 13.75 x 10.75 inches.

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CLARE LEIGHTON (1898-1989) WOOD ENGRAVING IN TRAMP ART Titled ‘Tree,’ signed lower right. Sight measures 3.75 x 2.75 inches in a period tramp art chip carved wood frame measuring 8.5 x 7.25 inches.

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HENRI DE TOULOUSELAUTREC (1864-1901) PEN AND INK Titled ‘Tete de Femme’ via a Schoneman Galleries label verso, a brown ink collector’s stamp of ‘T.N.H.T.-L’ lower right front for Madame Thadée Natanson (1872-1950), friend, patron and oft times model for ToulouseLautrec. Sheet of laid paper with caduceus watermark measures 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Provenance: Patty Payne Rogers, William Payne, Schoneman Galleries, N.Y.

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DANIEL MacMORRIS (1893-1982) PRINT IN TRAMP ART FRAME A pencil signed block print titled ‘Madre’ lower left and signed in pencil lower left. Sight measures 6.5 x 6.5 inches in a period tramp art chip carved wood frame measuring 11 x 11.5 inches.

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CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903) POSTHUMOUS ETCHING Annotated in pencil to indicate an edition number 18/25 lower right, titled ‘Les Quatre Baigneuses’ via a gallery card verso, plate measures 8.5 x 7, frame measures 17 x 16.5 inches.

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COY AVON (C.A.) SEWARD (1884-1939) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right and dated 26, titled ‘The New Gate’ lower left, image measures 8.75 x 11.5, frame measures 19 x 21 inches.

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BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1954) PENCIL SIGNED LINOCUT Signed lower right, titled ‘Poplars at Moonrise’ lower left, block size 12 x 9, sheet measures 14 x 12 inches, matted, unframed.

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BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1954) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, titled ‘Stevenson Lake’ lower left, image size 16 x 20.5, sheet measures 19 x 25 inches, matted, unframed.

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BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1954) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, titled ‘Pastures’ lower left, image size 16 x 20, sheet measures 19.75 x 25 inches, matted, unframed.

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BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1954) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Titled ‘Rocky Promontory’ lower right, signed lower left, image size 12 x 18, sheet measures 19.5 x 26, frame measures 23 x 28 inches.

BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1954) PENCIL SIGNED LINOCUT Signed lower right, titled ‘Saline River’ lower left, block size 12 x 16, sheet measures 16 x 20 inches, matted, unframed.

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BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1954) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, titled ‘Summer Twilight’ lower left, image measures 11 x 14.25, sheet measures 13.75 x 17.25 inches, matted, unframed.

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BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1954) PENCIL SIGNED WOODBLOCK PRINT Nail impression woodblock print, signed lower left, titled ‘The Bent Cedar’ lower right, block size 4.5 x 6, sheet measures 8.5 x 10 inches, matted, unframed.

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BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1954) PENCIL SIGNED LINOCUT Signed lower right, titled ‘Blue Valley Farm’ lower left, block size 9 x 12, sheet measures 12 x 15 inches, matted, unframed.

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DOLORES GASTON RUNBECK (18981994) PENCIL SIGNED LITHO Titled ‘Hill and Poplars’ lower left, signed lower right ‘Berger Sandzen’, image size 17 x 12 inches, sheet measures 19.75 x 14.75, matted, unframed. This work has been attributed to Dolores Runbeck, a student of Sandzen’s at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan.

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BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1954) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower left, titled ‘Pool with Trees’ lower right, image size 9 x 12, sheet measures 11.25 x 15 inches, matted, unframed.

ARTHUR HALL (1889-1981) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING 1932 Signed in pencil lower right and titled Crab Wharf lower left. Notation in the plate of Newport Oregon AWH 1932. Sheet size 11 x 13.25 inches and image size 7.25 x 10 inches.

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LOUIS ICART (1888-1950) PENCIL SIGNED COLOR ETCHING Titled ‘Musetta’, signed lower right, blindstamp lower left, copyright 1927 upper right, plate measures 20 x 13.25, sheet measures 27.5 x 20, frame measures 28.5 x 21.5 inches.

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PAUL STRAND (1890-1976) PHOTOGRAVURE Titled ‘Hudson River Pier, New York, C. 1914’ with a gallery card, printed 1981, photogravure from the series ‘The Formative Years 1914-1917’, Aperture, 1981. A hand pulled photogravure on hand made paper. Image measures 9.75 x 12.75, sheet measures 20.25 x 16.25 inches.

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W EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978) PHOTOGRAVURE Titled ‘The Wake - Spanish Village, 1950’ with a gallery card, edition 30/500, from the series ‘Through Darkness & Light’, image size 8.25 x 12.25, sheet measures 20 x 16 inches.

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ATTRIBUTED ANDRE DERAIN (1880-1954) GRAPHITE ON PAPER A graphite on paper study of nude bathers, estate inkstamp lower right, sheet measures 11.25 x 8.75 inches. Provenance: the estate of Kansas artist David Melby.

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ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Title: Communing with Nature.

Pencil signed lower right, unframed, image size 8.5 x 13.5, sheet measures 11.5 x 16 inches.

JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL WHISTLER (1834-1901) ETCHING From the ‘French Set’ of 1857 1891, title: Bibi Valentin, 1859, Kennedy #50, laid tissue paper, no watermark, wide margins, signed and dated in the plate. Sheet size measures 8 1/6 x 11.5 inches, image measures 6 x 9 15/16 inches.

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JEAN FRANCOIS RAFFAELLI (1850-1924) SIGNED ETCHING Title: Les Deux Amis (The Two Friends), pencil signed color etching signed lower right. A Lucien Goldschmidt inventory tag verso states that this image is “reproduced fullpage in Alexandre: Raffaelli p. 132”.

Plate size 18.5 x 8.5 inches, paper sheet measures 21.25 x 12.875 inches.

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JOHN PAUL JONES (1924-1999) 1960 CHARCOAL AND PASTEL Titled ‘Standing Woman’ via gallery tag verso from Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, signed right side.

Watercolor on Arches paper that measures 30 x 22 inches. Overall framed size 37.5 x 30 inches.

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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Portrait of Lliazd (the artist Mikhailovich Zdanevich) from the series Les Douze Portraits du Célèbre Orbandale, #162.

Signed lower right, unframed, plate size 5.5 x 4, sheet measures 13.5 x 6.75 inches.

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ARTHUR HALL (1889-1981) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Titled ‘Village Under Snow’ lower left, signed lower right, initialed in the plate, unframed, plate size 6 x 6.5, sheet measures 8.75 x 10.75 inches. www.DirkSoulisAuctions.com

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WPA ARTIST BEATRICE MAND­ ELMAN (19121998) SIGNED LITHO Titled ‘Station at Easton’ lower center, signed lower right, image size 12.5 x 14.25, frame measures 22.5 x 24.5 inches. Beatrice Mandelman was employed as a print maker and muralist under the WPA, an uncommon opportunity for women in that program.

She later married artist Louis Ribak and after the depression and World War II the settled in Taos and both moved toward more abstract expression.

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ARTHUR HALL (1889-1981) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Titled ‘Edge of Antibes’ in the margin, signed lower right, edition 75 lower left, unframed, plate size 6.5 x 8.75, sheet measures 8.5 x 10.75 inches.

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ARTHUR HALL (1889-1981) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Signed lower right, unframed, plate size 6 x 9.5, sheet measures 9 x 11.5 inches.

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ERNEST FIENE (1894-1965) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Title: City Lights (a view of Madison Square Garden in New York). Edition of 250 published by Associated American Artists.

Signed lower right, plate measures 11.5 x 9.25, frame measures 19.5 x 17 inches. The image published in the annual publication FINE PRINTS OF THE YEAR, 1932.

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ARTHUR HALL (1889-1981) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Titled ‘La Rue Obscure’ lower left, signed lower right, initialed in the plate, unframed, plate size 7 x 8, sheet measures 10.75 x 12.5 inches.

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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Nu de Face’, 1955, signed lower right, edition 34/50 lower left, unframed, plate size 10 x 2.75, sheet measures 16 x 8.75 inches.

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HARRY STERNBERG (1904-2001) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Titled ‘Coal Miners’ lower left, signed lower right, unframed, image size 5.75 x 8.5, sheet measures 8.75 x 10.5 inches.

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ANDERS ZORN (18601920) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Title: Balance, pencil signed lower right and again in the plate, unframed, plate size 6.5 x 4.5, sheet measures 14.75 x 11 inches.

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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Title ‘Montagne a Maloja’ signed lower right, edition 62/65 lower left, unframed, image area 18.5 x 23.5, sheet measures 20 x 26 inches.

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GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958) AQUATINT Jesus Mocked,’ plate II from Miserere, initialed and dated 1922 in the plate, plate size 21.5 x 15.5, sheet measures 25.75 x 20 inches.

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GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958) AQUATINT Et Véronique au tendre lin passe encore sur le chemin,’ plate XXXIII from Miserere, initialed and dated 1922 in the plate, plate size 17 x 17, sheet measures 25.5 x 20 inches.

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WILLIAM HEASLIP (1898-1970) PENCIL SIGNED AQUATINT Titled ‘The Intruder’ lower left, signed lower right, tattered AAA label verso, plate size 9 x 12, frame measures 18 x 21 inches.

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JESSE JAY McVICKER (1911-2004) PENCIL SIGNED AQUA­TINT Pencil signed lower right, edition 6/25 lower left, dated 1942 in the plate, plate measures 10.25 x 15.25, frame measures 17.5 x 22.5 inches.

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GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958) AQUATINT He That Believeth in Me, Though He Were Dead, Yet Shall He Live,’ plate XXVIII from Miserere, signed in the plate and dated 1923, plate size 22.5 x 17, sheet measures 25.5 x 20 inches.

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IB ANDERSEN (1907-1989) CUBIST LITHOGRAPH POSTER A stone lithograph poster in sixteen colors, dated 1965, for the Danish Newspaper Politiken. Measures 68 x 24, frame measures 69 x 25.5 inches.

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EDWIN FULWIDER (1913-2003) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, edition number 30 lower center, image size 8 x 14.75, frame measures 16 x 23 inches.

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FRANK W BENSON (1862-1951) ETCHING AND 1935 DUCK STAMP Signed in pencil lower left, edition of 100. Sight measures 3.5 x 5.5 in a frame measuring 13 x 12 inches. Benson initially painted an image of three canvasbacks which was selected as the Federal Duck Stamp design for 1935. In 1942 he created a drypoint etching based on that painting. A 1935 Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp is included along with the original Abercrombie and Fitch retail label and additional Migratory Bird Hunting stamps from the 1940s verso.

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ADOLF DEHN (1895-1968) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, titled ‘A Fine Day on the Farm’ with an AAA label verso, image size 9.25 x 13.25, frame measures 17 x 21 inches.

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FRANK W BENSON (1862-1951) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Titled ‘Goose and Two Ducks’ and signed in pencil lower left. Image measures 6.25 x 8 on a 9.75 x 12.5 inch sheet with an overall frame measurement of 14.25 x 17.25 inches.

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FRANK W BENSON (18621951) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Titled ‘Hovering Geese,’ signed in pencil lower left. Dedication on the back of the mat. Image measures 14 x 11 on a 17.75 x 14 inch sheet with a overall frame measurement of 21 x 17 inches.

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FRANK W BENSON (1862-1951) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Signed in pencil lower left and marked ‘109’ lower right. Image measures 3 x 5 on a 8.75 x 11.5 inch sheet with an overall frame measurement of 11 x 13 inches.

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TWO MARGARET WHITTEMORE (1897-1983) COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINTS A). A pencil signed color woodblock print titled ‘Meadowlark’ lower left, pencil signed lower right, block size 8 x 3.5, frame measures 13.5 x 8 inches. B). A pencil signed color woodblock titled ‘Cardinal’ lower left, pencil signed lower right, block size 10 x 5, frame measures 13.5 x 8 inches.

WPA ARTIST ANNE MICHALOV (1904-2001) 1930s LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, titled ‘Mudge’s Farm’ lower left, image size 9.75 x 14, frame measures 17 x 21 inches, unknown low number edition. Anne Michalov was born in a small mining town in Grundy County Illinois. She made it from there to the Art Institute of Chicago where she studied in the 1920s. During the 1930s she exhibited in shows around Chicago and the upper Midwest and was granted work and commissions under the Federal Art Project. As a WPA artist she produced prints, at least one mural and, after relocating to Spokane, Washington with her husband in the early 1940s, taught at the WPA Art Center there. She was fortunate to be a part of the WPA. Few women artists found work in the Federal Art Project. At its height in 1938, only 13.5% of WPA employees were women.

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GLENN GOLTON (1897-1988) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Titled ‘Sand Hill’ lower left, signed lower right, image measures 9 x 12, frame measures 17 x 21 inches. Glenn Golton won a prize for his entry in the 1939 Kansas City Art Institute Annual Exhibition.

RUTH KERKO­ VIUS (BORN 1921) SIGNED SERIGRAPH Titled ‘Fisherman of the Deep Sea’, edition 14/45, signed and date 1978 all lower left, sight size 24 x 34, frame measures 32 x 42 inches.

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IRA MOSKOWITZ (1912-2001) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Hand colored etching, signed lower right, artist’s proof lower left, plate measures 17.5 x 14.5, frame measures 32 x 27.5 inches.

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WARRINGTON COLESCOTT (B. 1921) PENCIL SIGNED COLOR ETCHING Signed lower right and dated 1997, titled ‘Family Night at Fred’s Place’ lower center, edition 150/150 lower left, certificate of authenticity from The Print Club of Albany verso detailing the print, plate size 13.5 x 19, frame measures 26.5 x 32 inches.

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RENÉ GENIS (1922-2004) COLOR LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, edition 70/120 lower left, titled ‘Les Ombelles’ verso, sight size 25.75 x 17.75, frame measures 34 x 26 inches.

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PIERRE ALECHINSKY (BORN 1927) COLOR ETCHING Pencil signed lower right, edition 6/90 lower left, titled ‘Astroloque en Fruiti’ verso on the liner, plate measures 15.5 x 19.5, frame measures 28 x 32 inches.

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RAPHAEL SOYER (18991987) PENCIL SIGNED COLOR LITHO Signed lower right, edition 3/275 lower left, image size 16.5 x 14, frame measures 32 x 29 inches.

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RENÉ GENIS (1922-2004) COLOR LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, edition 107/120 lower left, titled ‘Bouquet and Melon’ verso, image measures 26 x 20, frame measures 36 x 29.5 inches.

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PETER MILTON (BORN 1930) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Signed lower right and dated 96, titled ‘High Sweet Crude’ lower center, edition 88/175 lower left, plate measures 18 x 15, frame measures 28 x 24.75 inches.

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MARTIN LEVINE (BORN 1945) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Titled ‘The Reflective Garden’ lower left, artist’s proof lower center, signed lower right and dated 1972, plate measures 12.75 x 12.5, frame measures 26.5 x 24.5 inches.

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FRIEDRICH MECKSEPER (BORN 1936) PENCIL SIGNED COLOR ETCHING Signed lower right and dated 69, edition 68/75 lower left, plate measures 14 x 19.5, frame measures 24.5 x 19 inches.

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JOHN SAVIO (1902-1938) PENCIL SIGNED WOODBLOCK PRINT Titled ‘Gumpek ja buatsuk (Ulv og rein)’ and edition 87/100, lower left, signed lower right, block size 8.25 x 12.25, sheet measures 12 x 17.75 inches.

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JOHNNY FRIEDLAENDER (1912-1992) COLOR ETCHING Pencil signed lower right, edition 95/95 lower left, plate size 19.5 x 26, frame measures 30.75 x 36.75 inches. www.DirkSoulisAuctions.com

ROBERT BARNUM (20TH C.) PENCIL SIGNED COLOR LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, edition 1/1 lower left, titled ‘Dead End Game’ lower center, image measures 19.5 x 13.5, frame measures 30 x 24 inches.

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GEORGE WRIGHT (18721951) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Signed lower right, titled ‘Back to Earth’ with a Society of American Etchers folio verso, plate measures 9 x 12, frame measures 18.5 x 20.5 inches.

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SAMUEL L. MARGOLIES (18971974) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Signed lower right, image measures 8.5 x 11.75, frame measures 16 x 19 inches.

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FRANK STACK (BORN 1937) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, titled ‘Taos Church’ lower center, edition 20/20 lower left, image measures 7.75 x 9.75, frame measures 18.5 x 21 inches.

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FRANK STACK (BORN 1937) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, titled ‘House Next Door’ lower center, artist’s proof lower left, image measures 8.75 x 11.75, frame measures 18 x 20.75 inches.

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LINDA PLOTKIN (BORN 1938) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Titled ‘Grapefruit’ lower center, signed lower right, artist proof lower left, plate measures 18 x 18, frame measures 26.5 x 26.5 inches.

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ARTHUR HALL (1889-1981) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Signed lower right, numbered 25 lower left, unframed, plate size 9 x 7.75, sheet measures 11.25 x 10.25 inches.

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RAPHAEL SOYER (1899-1987) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right, artist’s proof lower left, image measures 18.75 x 13.25, frame measures 27.5 x 21.5 inches.

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ADOLPH JELINEK ALEX (1890-1957) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Signed lower right, edition 14/65, plate measures 9.5 x 10, frame measures 19 x 19.5 inches. A. J. Alex is a Czech artist who studied at The Art College in Prague, the disciple of prof. A. Janek at Academy in Munich and prof. M. Svabinsky at The Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.

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PETER MILTON (BORN 1930) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Signed lower right and dated 65, titled ‘Julie at Window’ lower center, edition 18-50 lower left, plate size 11.75 x 17.75, frame measures 21.5 x 27.5 inches.

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DICK SWIFT (1918-2010) PENCIL SIGNED COLOR ETCHING Signed lower right and date 1965, titled ‘Oedipus’ lower left, edition 23/50 lower center, image measures 29 x 9, frame measures 39 x 19.5 inches.

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OTTO WACKERNAGEL (1885-1969) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Signed lower right, plate measures 16 x 12.5, frame measures 25.5 x 21.5 inches.

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WILL BARNET (1911-2012) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Signed lower right, titled ‘Air in the City No. 2’ lower left, image size 10.75 x 13.5, frame measures 21 x 25 inches.

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LOUIS ORR (1879-1961) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Signed lower right, dedication lower left, titled ‘Hartford from across the Connecticut River’ with a card verso, plate size 11.25 x 13.25, frame measures 21 x 25 inches.

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CHARLES SURENDORF (1906-1979) PENCIL SIGNED WOODBLOCK Titled ‘Old Fire House Columbia’ lower left, signed lower right, edition 3ed/100 lower middle, image measures 13.5 x 10 inches, sheet size 17.5 x 13 inches.

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JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT (1796-1875) DRYPOINT ETCHING Unsigned, ‘Souvenir of Italy’ 1866, plate size 11.75 x 8.75, sheet measures 16 x12 inches.

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LAWRENCE BEALL SMITH (1909-1995) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Signed lower right and dated ‘40, titled ‘Solitude’ lower left, image size 9.75 x 11.5, frame measures 21 x 25 inches.

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RUBEN NAKIAN (1897-1986) INK ON PAPER Leda and the Swan, ink on paper, signed in ink. The sheet measures 9 x 11.75 inches. Provenance: the estate of Kansas Artist David Melby and according to records this work was acquired directly from the artist in 1969.

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WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827) ENGRAVING Illustration book plate from The Book of Job, #7, 1825, signed and dated in the plate, image area 8 x 6, sheet measures 20 x 13.5 inches.

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PALLE NIELSEN (1920-2000) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Initialed lower right and dated 1957, numbered 343 lower left, unframed, titled ‘Orfeus og Eurydike I’ in the margin, unframed, plate measures 5.75 x 8, sheet measures 10 x 14.75 inches. Provenance: The Estate of Kansas Artist David Melby.

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DAVID HOCKNEY (BORN 1937) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING Title: ‘In An Old Book’, signed lower right and dated 1966, edition 3/75, Crisbrook handmade paper watermark lower right corner. Plate size 13.75 x 9, sheet measures 22.5 x 15.5 inches. From the suite of prints illustrating Fourteen Poems from C.P. Cavafy

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1977 PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Unidentified, signed and dated 77 lower right, edition 48/50 lower left, sheet measures 20 x 25.5 inches.

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AFTER BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1954) OFFSET LITHOGRAPHS Signed lower right, titled ‘Three Pines’ lower left, image size 6.25 x 5, sheet measures 9.75 x 7.5 inches, matted, unframed. Plus another signed lower right, titled ‘Sentinel Pines’ lower left, image size 4.75 x 7, sheet measures 9 x 11 inches, matted, unframed. www.DirkSoulisAuctions.com

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THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) SIGNED FIRST DAY OF ISSUE First day of issue stamp from 1971, postcard featuring the mural at the Truman Library, signed in ink by Thomas Hart Benton, includes an offset lithograph self portrait edition of 1/40 that measures 6.75 x 5.25, postcard measures 5.5 x 6.5, frame measures 12.5 x 19.5 inches.

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Term and Conditions of Sale

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Antiques and Americana

Sunday, September 27th at 12 Noon DSA Gallery, Lone Jack, Missouri

Two Auction Rings Will Run

Auction Ring 1 Will Be Sold in Catalog Order Auction Ring 2 Will be Sold in an Uncatalogued Format Highlights from three estates combined for complimentary categories that include but definitely are not limited to: • Folk Art

• Outsider Art

• 20th C. Inuit Art

• Historic N ​ ative American ​Items​ • ​Country Americana

• Collection of Fish Decoys

• Photographic Images and Cases​ • ​Country Furniture

• Country Store Antiques • Advertising • Showcases

• Toys and Banks • Weathervanes

• ​19th C. Paintings

• Odd and Eclectic!

Signed Margaret Tafoya Vase 17 Inches High

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Lot 54 Hermann Herzog (1832-1932) Oil on Panel

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Lot 219 Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) Pencil Signed Lithograph ‘Ten Pound Hammer’

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