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Prints & Works on Paper
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LARRY RIVERS
Black Revue (from the Portfolio “Some (Visual) Afterthoughts on the Boston Massacre”)
screenprint and mixed media
signed and numbered 26/150 lower right
18.75 x 27.25 ins ( 47.6 x 69.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $800.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:15:00 PM EDT
LARRY RIVERS
Victims (from the Portfolio “Some (Visual) Afterthoughts on the Boston Massacre”)
screenprint and mixed media
signed and numbered 130/150 lower right
19 x 27.5 ins ( 48.3 x 69.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $800.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
LARRY RIVERS
Those Who Fire, Those Who Run (from the Portfolio “Some (Visual) Afterthoughts on the Boston Massacre”)
screenprint and mixed media
signed and numbered 145/150 lower right
18.75 x 30 ins ( 47.6 x 76.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $800.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
ARNOLD SHIVES
Mt. Raleigh Gap; West Zion, State 2
linocut; mezzotint
“Mt. Raleigh Gap” (signed, titled, dated 1994 and numbered 14/20 in the lower margin, 14.75 x 11 ins [sheet]);
“West Zion, State 2” (signed, titled, dated 1983 and numbered 16/20 in the lower margin, 10.5 x 8.75 ins [sheet]); each unframed
14.75 x 11 ins ( 37.5 x 27.9 cms ) ( largest sheet )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $400.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
SHEILA MAKI
Into the Circle; Untitled Abstraction
two acrylics on paper
“Into the Circle” (signed and dated 1990 lower right; titled on the reverse; 23 x 31.25 ins [sheet]);
“Untitled Abstraction” (signed lower right; 25.25.5 x 30.75 ins [sheet])
23 x 31.25 ins ( 58.4 x 79.4 cms ) ( largest sheet )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Next bid is: $150.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
CHARLES PACHTER
Evening Car
colour serigraph
signed, titled, dated 1972 and numbered “A/P” at the lower edge
12 x 17.75 ins ( 30.5 x 45.1 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $400.00 - $600.00
Current bid: $300.00Next bid is: $325.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
WILLIAM GRIFFITH ROBERTS
Portrait of an Old House
watercolour on paper
signed and titled lower left; titled to the gallery label on the reverse
14 x 27 ins ( 35.6 x 68.6 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Next bid is: $250.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Horse and Figures
drawing
9 x 11 ins ( 22.9 x 27.9 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $110.00Next bid is: $120.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Woman; Seated Woman
two pencil sketches
- “Woman” (5.5 x 3.75 ins. [sight]);
- “Seated Woman” (6 x 4.25 ins. [sight]);
each unframed [matted]
6 x 4.25 ins ( 15.2 x 10.8 cms ) ( largest [sight] )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Next bid is: $100.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
FRANK MILTON ARMINGTON
La Terrasse à Monte Carlo
watercolour
signed, titled and dated 1919 lower edge
14.75 x 11.75 ins ( 37.5 x 29.8 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $1,800.00 - $2,200.00
Next bid is: $1,400.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
NICHOLAS DE GRANDMAISON
Portrait of a Young Girl
pastel
signed and dated 1942 lower left
13.5 x 10 ins ( 34.3 x 25.4 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $700.00 - $900.00
Next bid is: $400.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
HERNAN BAS
Suicide Sunday, No. 29, Plate XLII
lithograph
printed title in the margin; signed with initials and numbered 4/30 on the backing on the reverse
9.25 x 11.5 ins ( 23.5 x 29.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $500.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
BJARNE MELGAARD
Portrait of a Woman
ink on paper
signed lower left
11 x 8.5 ins ( 27.9 x 21.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $650.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Harold Town Reference Books
four books
- Kay Woods, “Harold Town: The First Exhibition of New Work, 1969-1973”, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, 1973;
- Harold Town “Silent Stars/Sound Stars/Film Stars”, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto/Montreal, 1971;
- Harold Town “Enigmas”, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto/Montreal, 1964; signed by the artist and numbered 67/175; with Harold Town, “Untitled”, lithograph, signed, dated 1964 and numbered 67/175 in the lower margin, 12.75 x 14.5 ins [sheet];
- Harold Town and Irving Layton “Love Where the Nights are Long”, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1962; signed by Harold Town and Irving Layton and numbered 38/199 on the title page
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Estimated: $400.00 - $600.00
Current bid: $350.00Next bid is: $375.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
VARIOUS ARTISTS
The Israel Museum 20th Anniversary Celebration Portfolio
10 colour photographs laid on card
each numbered 33/60 on the introductory page:
- Gerard Allon, each signed twice in the margin, 9.5 x 12 ins (24.13 x 30.48 cm) (each sheet);
- Yossaif Cohain, each signed twice in the margin, 9.25 x 11.5 ins (23.5 x 29.21 cm) (each sheet);
- Dalia Amotz,each signed twice and inscribed indistinctly in the margin, 12 x 10 ins (30.48 x 25.4 cm) (each sheet);
- Simcha Shirman, each signed twice, one dated 1982 in the margin, 9.25 x 11.25 ins (23.5 x 28.6 cm) (each sheet);
- Barry Frydlender, each signed, one dated 86 in the margin, 9 x 11.25 ins (22.9 x 8.6 cm) (each sheet); contained in a grey cloth bound case
21.25 x 17.25 x 1.5 ins ( 54 x 43.8 x 3.8 cms ) ( overall )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $500.00
Closes August 23rd at 03:30:00 PM EDT
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