Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 76

Manuscript Sale

Prints

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 399		Anonymous. Navigatio Piscatorum in glacie quaerentium Balaenam.La Navigation dans la glace, et chercher du Baleine. C. 1760-80. Hand-colored etching, 17 x 12½ in.; framed: 27 x 22 in. Bilingual title in Latin and French. A Greenland Whale Fishery print with polar bears in foreground. Possibly from a set of four arctic whaling and fishing scenes published by George Balthasar Probst (1732-1801) in Augsburg. Number "CCI" at lower left. Light foxing to background and margins. Estimated Value $500 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 400		Armel, J. Angels Flight. Limited edition lithograph, 35/100, with title in pencil at lower left, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Sight size: 12 x 21½ in.; framed size: 19 x 27 in. Estimated Value $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 401		Chagall, Marc. Autoportrait Avec Bouquet de Fleurs. Lithographic print made from the original painting. Certificate on the back reads: "This Chagall Print hereby certified an authentic and original print, produced by atelier "Ketem Mesh"' in Jerusalem by a special serigraph process, issued by Arta Gallery Jerusalem by agreement with Chagall estate. This print is no. 484 in a limited, numbered edition of 950 twenty-five color silkscreen prints of 290 g. Velin Paper manufactured by Papier D'arches. The print bears a facsimile signature of the artist Marc Chagall and the embossed seals of the Chagall estate -DAGP Paris. Dimensions: Paper: 60 x 80,5 cm. Image: 53 x70 cm." Framed to an overall size of 43½" x 35¾". Estimated Value $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $528
Lot 402		Chagall, Marc. Bouquet de Fleurs. Limited edition lithograph. Written in pencil at lower left, "I. 435/500"; facsimile signature of artist at lower right. Sheet size: 23¾" x 29½"; image: 22" x 27". Framed to an overall size of 36¼" x 42". Estimated Value $900 - 1,200 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $540
Lot 403		Chagall, Marc. Bride and Groom. Color lithograph, edition of 950, this being number 341, facsimile signature at lower right. 1995 ADAGP Paris. 24 x 32 in., framed to an overall size of 38½ x 46 in. The groom tenderly holds his bride. A large vase of flowers is in the foreground; a blue angel with red hair plays a violin as a large red bird flies above. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $870
Lot 404		Chagall, Marc. David and Bathsheba. Lithograph, small edition of 75, this being number 6, signed in pencil at lower right, 1951. 14 x 11 in., framed to 19 x 15½ in. Estimated Value $1,000 - 2,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,080
Lot 405		Chagall, Marc. In the Land of the Gods (M. 531). Lithograph printed in colors, signed in pencil at lower right and numbered 5/75 at lower left, 1967. 16½ x 20½ in. (visible); matted and framed to 26½ x 30¾ in. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 406		Chagall, Marc. Le Bouquet Devant la Fenêtre. Lithograph, edition of 750, this being 532. Facsimile signature and date (1966) at lower right. Printed by Atelier Mourlot, Paris. 12½ x 15¼ in., matted and framed to 23¾ x 26¼ in. A beautiful bouquet of flowers in a vase sits on a dining table in front of a window. A small bowl of fruit and some utensils are on the table and a dining chair is at right. Houses and a bit of sky can be seen through the window. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $720
Lot 407		Chagall, Marc. Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel. Certificate on the back reads: "This Chagall Print hereby certified an authentic and original print, produced by Mourlot of Paris by a lithographic process, issued by Arta Gallery, Jerusalem by agreement with the Chagall Estate. This print is no. 58 in a limited edition of 450 twenty-color lithographic prints on 290 g. Velin Paper, manufactured by Papier D'arches. This lithographic print is from the original painting: LES MARIES DE LA TOUR EIFFEL. Musee National d'art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou Paris (1938-1939). This print bears Chagall's embossed signature and embossed seals of the Chagall Estate -A.D.A.G.P. Paris. Dimensions: Paper: 39 x 32 cm (15,35"x12,6"). Image: 31 x28 cm (12,2 x 11,02")." Framed to an overall size of 26" x 24". Estimated Value $900 - 1,200 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 408		Chagall, Marc. Loneliness. Lithographic print made from the original painting. Certificate on the back reads: "This Chagall print hereby certified an authentic and original print, produced by 'Tete a Tete' of Paris by a lithographic process, issued by Arta Gallery, Jerusalem by agreement with the Chagall Estate. This print is no. 201 in a limited edition of 295 twenty-color lithographic prints on 290 g. Velin Paper, manufactured by Papier D'arches. This lithographic print is from the original painting: Loneliness-1933. Tel Aviv Museum. This print bears Chagall's embossed signature and embossed seals of the Chagall Estate -ADAGP Paris. Dimensions: Paper: 60 x 78 cm(32,6"x30,7"). Image: 46,5 x71 cm (18,3" x 27,9")." Framed to an overall size of 24¼" x 43". Estimated Value $1,000 - 2,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 409		Chagall, Marc. Mariés au Village. Lithographic print made from the original painting. Certificate on the back reads: "This Chagall Print hereby certified an authentic and original print, produced by atelier "Ketem Meshi"' in Jerusalem by a special serigraph process, issued by Arta Gallery Jerusalem by agreement with Chagall Estate. This print is No. 519 in a limited, numbered edition of 950 twenty-five color silkscreen prints of 290 g. Velin Paper manufactured by papier d'arches. This print is from the original painting: MARIÉS AU VILLAGE. Private collection - 1949 - 115x94cm. The print bears a facsimile signature of the artist Marc Chagall and the embossed seals of the Chagall Estate - ADAGP Paris. Dimensions: Paper: 60 x 80,5 cm. Image: 53 x70 cm." Framed to 34½ x 42¾ in. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $810
Lot 410		Chagall, Marc. Samson and Delilah. Etching on Montval paper, edition of 275 (this is number 254), 1956. From The Bible Etchings portfolio. Sheet size is 13 x 17 in.; image size is 9 x 12 in. Small "56" is penciled at lower left. Beautifully framed to 28½ x 33 in. Chagall signed on the sheet affixed to the back of the frame with the edition information. Estimated Value $1,000 - 2,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $750
Lot 411		Chagall, Marc. (Untitled) Orange Horse. Limited edition lithograph, No. 168 out of an edition of 500. Sheet size: 23½" x 29½"; image: 21 x 27½". Framed to an overall size of 28½" x 34½". Facsimile signature of the artist at lower right. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $990
Lot 412		Corita, Sister Mary. Have You Still No Faith. Serigraph, 18½ x 16 in. (visible). Title at lower left; signed at lower right. Created in 1955. Matted and framed to 25½ x 23¾ in. Mary Corita Kent (1918-1986) grew up in Los Angeles and joined the Order of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1936, taking the name Sister Mary Corita. Her art was popular in the 1960s and reflects her spirituality and commitment to social justice. She designed the United States' first "Love" postage stamp. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 413		Erté. The Nile. Silkscreen on silk with embossed foil stamping, signed at lower left. 35½ x 35"Matted and framed to 42 x 41½". Estimated Value $400 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $394
Lot 414		Gorman, R.C. Water Carrier. Limited edition lithograph, 31 x 36 in., signed and dated (1987) at lower left. Numbered 90/225 at lower right. Framed to 41½ x 47 in. Gorman (1932-2005) was born on the Navajo Reservation and was best known for his paintings, sculptures, and lithographs of Navajo women. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 415		Hogarth, Burne. Tarzan. Poster handsigned "Hogarth" at lower left of the image and inscribed and signed, "To Michelle, With love and affection--from Tarzan and Burne Hogarth / 1981" at lower right, 22 x 33½ (visible); framed to 25½ x 37 in. The poster was made to promote an art show at The Puck Gallery in New York City, Oct. 8-Nov. 2, 1974, which the publisher, Watson-Guptil, sponsored to celebrate the publication of Burne Hogarth's graphic novel adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough's Jungle Tales of Tarzan. Very good; one vertical scratch to the "u" in "Puck." Hogarth drew the Tarzan Sunday page for 12 years (1937-45 and 1947-50). In 1972, he published Tarzan of the Apes, followed by Jungle Tales of Tarzan in 1976. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 416		*Japanese Woodblock Print, c. 1890.* Sight: 17 x 13 in.; framed: 25 x 20 in. Toning at center fold; small moth damage. Artist and tale illustrated are unknown. Two figures, whose name are at upper right and left, struggle over a purse. Western artists, and especially 19th century French artists, were very influenced by Japanese woodcut prints; they called it "japonisme." Estimated Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 417		Matisse, Henri. Tête de Femme. Linoleum cut, 9¼ x 12¼ in. (visible), matted to 14½ x 18 in. Initials H M and backwards date "38" at left. Matisse (1869-1954) often used printmaking to unwind after long periods of painting. He completed more than 800 intaglios, lithographs, woodcuts, linoleum cuts, and monotypes in his lifetime. Estimated Value $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 418		McGee, Lloyd. Eleven Original Etchings. Each etching is 7 x 5 in., title at lower left (two untitled) and signed at lower right. Each has a partial cover attached with printed "Friendly Greetings / Lloyd McGee / An original Etching" and there are two of three of the etchings. Some have dates penciled on back. Titles are: "Lakeside" (2, both dated 1965); "Covered Bridge" (2, both dated 1969); "Foothills" (1971); "Superstition Mountain"; "Bighorn Mt. and Lake"; "Landmark"; "Snow Country"; untitled mother and child (2). Lloyd McGee (1897-19720 was a California Plein Air artist. Estimated Value $400 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 419		Miro, Joan. Limited edition lithograph. Edition number: 14/30. Signed in pencil at lower right. Sheet size: 17½ x 22½ in. Framed size: 25½ x 30½ in. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 420		Picasso, Pablo. Festival Mondial de la Jeunesse et des Etudiants pour la Paix. Berlin 5.19 Aout 1951. Scarf, 31½ x 30½ in. Framed size: 37½ x 36½ in. Screenprint in colors, on cotton. Minor toning, else fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $720
Lot 421		Rivkin, Jay. Rhythms #1. Artist's Proof, title at lower left, signed at lower right. Sheet is 27 x 21¼; image is 23¼ x 17¼ in. Rivkin (1916-2006) was a major contributor to California modernism. Estimated Value $400 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 422		Rockwell, Norman. Huck Finn Folio. Limited Edition suite of eight full-color framed lithographs, based on the artist's illustrations for the 1940 Heritage Press edition of the Mark Twain classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. All artist proofs, with A/P penciled at lower left, and pencil-signed by the artist at lower right. Sight size: 20 x 25¼ in; framed size: 22½ x 28 in. Printed by Circle Gallery, August 1972. The edition was made up of 295 impressions; 200 were numbered, 60 were artist proofs signed in pencil by Rockwell, and 35 prints were pencil signed and designated with Roman numerals. The eight illustrations in this suite include: "Then Miss Watson took me in the closet and prayed"; "Jim got down on his knees"; "Miss Mary Jane"; "My hands shook"; "Your eyes is lookin'"; "Then for three minutes, or maybe four"; "There warn't no harm in them"; and "When I lit my candle." Estimated Value $5,000 - 10,000 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 423		Ruotte, Mécou, Régnier, et. al. (French Lot). Group of French items, including two prints by Louis Charles Ruotte (1754-1806): Le Lendemain des Noces and Mariage Samnite; two prints by André Joseph Mécou (1771-1837): Psychée et l'Amour and Vénus et le Jeune Ascagne; one print by Mathurin Régnier (1673-1613): Un Obstacle Franchi; one print by Mariage after the painting by Garnier: Cornélie Mère des Gracques (this print is laid to board with mounting remnants and dampstaining in borders) The prints all have moderate to heavy foxing. Other items in the lot include three French cartoons, two of them political; two prints of La Mode Illustrée; and a print of the Lapin Agile in Montmartre. Also, an 1854 document from the Secretary General of the Grande Chancellerie de l'Ordre Impérial de la Légion d'Honneur informing General Partouneaux that the Emperor is going to give the grade of Chevalier in the Order to M. Valmer, Captain of Cavalry; plus an engraving of Napoleon. 14 items. Estimated Value $250 - 350 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132
Lot 424		Stern, Alec. Winter Skyline in Central Park. Etching signed in pencil by the artist at lower right. Sight: 15 x 10 in.; matted to 20 x 16 in. upper left corner of mat has dampstain. Estimated Value $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 425		Stobart, John. Cincinnati, The "Queen City of the West" in 1876. Limited edition print, 160/750, 33 x 23½ in., signed by the artist in pencil at lower right. "Published by Maritime Heritage Prints…the first of a series of four Mississippi River port prints. Courtesy Kennedy Galleries, New York…1975." Framed: 42 x 32 in. Estimated Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 426		Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de. Woman Drinker, or The Hangover, 1889. Limited edition lithograph engraved by Henri Deschamps, No. 50 out of an edition of 300. With stamp of "Société des Amis du Musée d'Albi". Facsimile signature of the artist at lower right. Sheet: 19¾" x 21¾". Image: 17¾ x 13¾". Framed to an overall size of 25½" x 27¾". Estimated Value $500 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 427		Vasarely, Victor. Golfer. Limited edition print serigraph, 1989. Edition number: 116/200. Signed in pencil at lower right. Sight size: 12½ x 16¼ in. Framed size: 19 x 22½ in. Victor Vasarely was a French-Hungarian artist (1906-1997). He was a leader of the Op Art movement, whose innovations in color and optical illusion influenced many modern artists. Estimated Value $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 428		Vasarely, Victor. Harlequin. Limited edition color lithograph, c. 1970. Edition number: 28/200. Signed in pencil at lower right. Sight size: 26½ x 34½ in. Framed size: 33 x 41½ in. Victor Vasarely was a French-Hungarian artist (1906-1997). He was a leader of the Op Art movement, whose innovations in color and optical illusion influenced many modern artists. Estimated Value $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 429		Wehrle, John. Apollo & Daphne / Study For Something Much Larger. Watercolor, title at lower left, signed and dated (1986) at lower right. 59 x 24½ in. framed to 61 x 26 in. Wehrle (1941 -) is best known as a muralist and site-specific installation artist, primarily in California. In 1983, he was one of ten artists chosen to paint murals for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Estimated Value $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold