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76

NO LOT

77

NO LOT

 

78

HAYLEY LEVER

(American 1876-1958)

New York City Harbor with Tugboat & Statue of Liberty

Oil on masonite

24 x 48 inches/61 x 122 centimeters

Signed lower right Hayley Lever, N.Y.

Frame: 31.50 x 55.50 inches

 

Estimate:  USD 6,500-8,500

 

79

DWIGHT BENTON

(American 1834-1903)

Fort Dearborn, Chicago 1857

Oil on canvas laid on cardboard

13 x 21.25 inches/33 x 54 centimeters

Unsigned

Frame: 15.1 x 23.50 inches

 

Verso: Inscribed in pencil: “This is the sketch made in 1857 by Dwight Benton from which the donated painting in question was made in 1880 and presented to the Chicago Historical Society in 1912. R. Benton – Nephew of the artist

 

Verso: Card reading “The program will include the presentation of a painting of Fort Dearborn as it appeared in 1857, by the late Dwight Benton.  The donors of the picture are Mrs. Dwight Benton and Mrs. Delia Benton Legg, widow and sister of the artist.  A reception to the descendants of Chicago’s Pioneers will follow the formal exercises.  Thomas Dent, President – Chicago Historical Society

 

Verso: Invitation card to a gathering by The Chicago Historical Society, The United States Daughters of 1812, Illinois and The Society of the War of 1812 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Fort Dearborn Massacre

 

Verso: partial newspaper clipping detailing the Fort Dearborn painting and reading in part “The painting was made from a sketch made by Mr. Benton in 1857, which he took abroad with him to Italy, where he resided for many years.

 

NOTE:  This image was the source of a US postage stamp in the early 1930’s.

 

Estimate: USD 1,800-2,200

 

80

AFTER ANDREA DEL SARTO

(Italian active 1485 – 1530)

Madonna & Child

Oil on canvas

27 x 19 inches/69 x 48 centimeters

Verso:  Label remnant “Madonna and Child, copi A. . . del Sarto, No. 1209”

Frame:  34 x 26 inches

 

Estimate: USD 300-500

81

DENNY CLARK – DEBO

(American b. 1937)

Green Apples

Oil on canvas

14 x 18 inches/35.6 x 45.7 centimeters

Signed upper left “DEBO”

Frame: 17.75 x 23.75 inches

 

Estimate:  USD 1,800-2,200

82

ROGER SOMVILLE

(French b. 1923)

Hiboux (Owls), 1962

37.75 X 37.75 inches/ 96 x 96 centimeters

Signed lower left “Somville”

Verso:  Signed & dated “Somville, 1962

Unframed

 

Estimate: USD 8,000-12,000

83

MARIE LAURENCIN

(French 1883-1956)

Tete du Femme (Head of a Woman)

Watercolor on paper

9.50 x 7.25 inches/ 24 x 18.4 centimeters

Signed upper right in pencil “Marie Laurencin”

Frame: 15 x 12.75 inches

 

Estimate: USD 9,000-12,000

84

NO LOT

85

GERRIT BENNER

(Dutch 1897-1981)

Haan (Rooster)

Oil on panel

27.50 x 23.75 inches/69.9 x 60.3 centimeters

Signed lower right “Benner”

Frame: 32 x 28.25 inches

 

Estimate:  USD 17,000-22,000

86

NO LOT

87

GIORGIO DE CHIRICO

(Italian 1888-1978)

La Partenza Di Giasone

Color Lithograph on paper, 1966

Sight: 12 x 18 inches/30.5 x 45.7 centimeters

Sheet: 19.75 x 25.25 inches/50.2 x 64 centimeters

Signed in pencil lower right “G. de Chirico”

Numbered in pencil lower left “63/99”

Published by Carlo Bestelli, V from Suite of VI, (Ciranna 136)

“Hand with Palm Facing Out on Top of a “V” watermark”

Frame: 25.50 x 31.50 inches

 

Estimate:  USD 1,200-1,500

88

NO LOT

89

NO LOT

90

EUGENE OMAR GOLDBECK

(American 1892 – 1986)

Start of the National Balloon Race, San Anton0, Texas, 4/23/24

Silver gelatin contact print

9 x 31.50 inches/22.9 x 80 centimeters

Signed in ink lower right “E.O. Goldbeck”

 

Estimate USD 1,250-1,750

91

EUGENE OMAR GOLDBECK

(American 1892 – 1986)

Living Air Service Insignia – by the Entire Personnel of Kelly Field, 1,300 Strong Part of Fields $6,000,000 worth of Airplanes in Background

Silver gelatin contact print

7.50 x 19 inches/19.1 x 48.3 centimeters

Signed in ink lower right “Eugene Goldbeck”

 

Estimate USD 1,250-1,750

92

EUGENE OMAR GOLDBECK

(American 1892 – 1986)

The Long Lost City of the Inca’s – Machu Picchu, Peru, 1972

Silver gelatin print

9 x 56 inches/22.9 x 142.2 centimeters

 

Estimate USD 1,250-1,750

93

EUGENE OMAR GOLDBECK

(American 1892 – 1986)

Indoctrination Division, Air Training Command, Lackland Air Base, San Antonio, Texas, July 19th, 1947

Silver print mounted on archival board

18.125 x 14.75 inches/46 x 37.5             centimeters

Signed in ink lower right “Eugene Goldbeck”

 

NOTE: National Photo & News Service Photo, Copyright E. O. Goldbeck, Photo

 

Estimate USD 900-1,200

94

EUGENE OMAR GOLDBECK

(American 1892 – 1986)

The New York Yankees as Seen in San Antonio, Texas, March 31st, 1922 – Babe Ruth in center of Photo

Silver gelatin contact print

15 x 30 inches/38.1 x 76.2 centimeters

In the photo lower right “Goldbeck foto 199 for National Photo Service, 787 E. Hustos St., San Antonio, Texas”.

 

NOTE:  Babe Ruth center of line up

 

Estimate USD 1,700-2,200

95

EUGENE J. BELLOCQ

(American 1873 – 1949)

Reclining Nude (Plate 18 Storyville Portraits, New Orleans Prostitute), 1911 – 13

Silver print from glass plate

8 x 9.875 inches/20.3 x 25.1 centimeters

Verso:  Stamped “Photograph by E. J. Bellocq, New Orleans Circa 1911 -13, Collection of Lee Friedlander.  This print was made by Lee Friedlander on gold toned P.O.P.  This photograph is not released for publication or for commercial use of any kind.  For permission communicate with Lee Friedlander, 44 So. Mountain Road, New City, N.Y., 10956”; in pencil lower right “EJB 134.4”; in pencil lower center “EJB 10281C”; in pencil lower left “Pl – 18”. 

                                                                  

Estimate USD 1,200-1,800

96

ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON

(American 1884 – 1971)

Pechels Sinclair – Ziegfeld

Silver gelatin print

12.75 x 9.75 inches/32.4 x 24.8              centimeters

Verso:  Stamped “Photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston”; titled in pencil “Pechels Sinclair, Ziegfeld”

 

NOTE:  Photograph made from 14 x 11 glass plate, circa 1919.

 

Estimate: USD 1,800-2,200

97

GEORGE HURRELL

(American 1904 – 1992)

Jean Harlow (Double Printed Photograph)

Silver gelatin print

12.25 x 9.25 inches/31.1 x 23.5 centimeters

Dedicated in white ink “To Eva Kissick (sp. ?) with every Good Wish Cordially, Jean Harlow”

Verso: Stamped “Kindly Credit, MGM, Photo by Hurrell”

NOTE:  This is the only known double printed photograph of Jean Harlow

 

Estimate USD 2,250-2,800

98

AARON SISKIND

(American 1903 – 1991)

Chicago Façade #7, 1960

Silver gelatin print

9.375 x 11.875 inches/23.8 x 30.2 centimeters

Verso: Signed, titled & dated in pencil “Chicago Façade, 7, 1960, Aron Siskind”

 

Estimate USD 1,800-2,200

99

ED WESTON

(American 1886 – 1958)

1N (First Nude), 1918

Gelatin silver print

9.625 x 7.625 inches/24.4 x 19.4 centimeters

Verso:  Stamped “Negative by Edward Weston, Print by Cole Weston (signed in pencil)”; stamped lower left “Slightly Damaged”, in pencil “P.R300.00, 8-81, 12-81”; in pencil “1N, Nude, 1918”

 

Estimate USD 3,500-5,500

100

KIM WESTON

(American b. 1953)

Sleeping Model

Silver gelatin print, ed. 2/10

10.50 x 13.50 inches/26.7 x 34.3 centimeters

Signed in pencil lower right “Kim Weston

Verso: Stamped “Copyright, Kim Weston, All Rights Reserved – Sleeping Model, 2 of 10”

 

NOTE:  Acquired directly from the artist.

 

 

Estimate USD 500-700

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