Saturday, November 12th - 2:00 PM (EST)
Online Auction
By e-mail and online
On November 12th, the art collections of three prominent, deceased gentlemen will be sold in a major auction. The majority of works will be sold without minimum reserve. Bidding is taking place on two platforms - Liveauctioneers.com, Invaluable.com or Bidsquare.com- as well as directly through Guernsey's.
A year ago, Guernsey’s President, Arlan Ettinger, received a phone call from a Connecticut gentleman inquiring about including three original oil paintings by Post-Impressionist artist Maurice Utrillo in one of the auction house’s upcoming art sales. Sadly, barely a month later, that gentleman passed away. It was then revealed that in addition to the paintings by Utrillo, his collection actually numbered sixty paintings and drawings by Picasso, Chagall, Degas, Renoir, Dufy and other major artists.
The works by Picasso in the auction are of particular note; they include Le Berger (the Sheppard) - a lovely watercolor over linocut, several drawings including a c. 1918 allegorical equestrian image, and two magnificent creations in glass utilizing a largely undiscovered technique referred to as Les Gemmaux.
In the early 1950’s, Jean Cocteau, Georges Braque and Picasso produced and exhibited such works employing tiny colored glass fragments to create stunningly beautiful pictures. It wasn’t long before Picasso emerged as the true master of this form as cited in Time Magazine, and exhibited in museums including NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The two Picasso Gemmaux in the auction are believed to be the first works of this kind to appear in a major art auction. One is Picasso’s Cubist vision of the famed Paris Cathedral, Notre Dame. So important is this work, that the committee overseeing the re-building of Notre Dame following its epic fire, has indicated that if the opportunity arose, it would proudly hang this magnificent work within the soon-to-open restored landmark.
Raoul Dufy's equestrian Ascot, Kees Van Dongen’s Kermese, and Marc Chagall’s doubled-sided Peintre a son Chevalet are additional examples from the Connecticut estate. From the collection of the late, legendary Jazz musician Gerry Mulligan comes a powerful Willem de Kooning painted on NY Times newsprint dated only days following the Kennedy assassination and an exceptional work by Expressionist Karel Appel.
The late Jacob Baal-Teshuva was an internationally respected scholar, author and art historian. His books on Chagall, Warhol and others are widely respected reference works. Among the art to be sold from the Baal-Teshuva Collection will be originals by E. L. Kirchner, and M. Kadishman, and a magnificent Toulouse-Lautrec poster. Additionally, two original early drawings by Andy Warhol have just been added to the sale.
Importantly, and unlike most auctions featuring important art, this auction is being conducted largely without minimum reserve. Interested buyers are urged to contact us at auctions@guernseys.com / 212-794-2280 with questions or to arrange for a private viewing in New York.
35. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Paris Notre-Dame
30. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Arlequin et sa Compagnee
54. Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968)
Kermesse
33. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Le Berger
100. Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
Oil Painting on Newspaper
18. Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Ascot
7. Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Marc Chagall 2-Sided Gouache and Drawing
48. Maurice Utrillo (1883-1953)
Le Chateau de Blois
49. Maurice Utrillo (1883-1953)
La Belle Gabrielle
23. Edouard Manet (1832-1883)
En bateau – Drawing for “Boating” painting
93. Franz Kline (1910-1962),
The Jazz Murals, Series of 5 Panels
94. Karel Appel (1921-2006)
“The Horseman” Painting
16. André Derain (1888-1954)
Vue de Donnemarie-en-Montois
17. André Derain (1888-1954)
Le Postillone
55. Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
La Plage
1. Emile Bernard (French, 1868-1941)
Landscape with Two People
2. Pierre Bonnard
“Femme au parapluie”
3. Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Illustrations for the Bible
4. Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Etching from “Fables de la Fontaine”
5. Marc Chagall by Franz Meyer
Signed & Inscribed
6. Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Etching from “Fables de la Fontaine”
7. Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Marc Chagall 2-Sided Gouache and Drawing
8. Claude Michel Clodion (1738 – 1814)
Satyrs and Nymph Bronze Relief
9. Claude Michel Clodion (1738 – 1814)
Satyrs and Nymph Bronze Relief
10. Claude Michel Clodion (1738 – 1814)
Satyrs and Nymph Bronze Relief
11. Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Three Female Nude Drawings
12. Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Battle Scene
13. Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Male Nude
14. Eugene Delacroix
Danseuse
15. Gilles Demarteau (1722-1776)
Du Cabinet de Madame Dazaincourt, No. 81
16. André Derain (1888-1954)
Vue de Donnemarie-en-Montois
17. André Derain (1888-1954)
Le Postillone
18. Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Ascot
19. Cornelis Dusart (1660 –1704)
Biecht Monks and Nonnen
20. Paul Garvani (Sulpice Guillaume Chavalier)
(1804-1866) - Untitled (3 Men)
21. Peter Lipman-Wulf (1905-1993)
Study for le barger
22. Peter Lipman-Wulf (1905-1993)
The Horses
23. Edouard Manet (1832-1883)
En bateau – Drawing for “Boating” painting
24. Joan Miro (1893-1983)
Galerie Maeght Miro
25. Joan Miro (1893-1983)
L’Ete
26. Joan Miro (1893-1983)
Untitled
27. Raymond Moretti (1931-2005)
Untitled (Musicians on stage)
28. Le Petit Paresseus
Engraving of Murillo “The Young Beggar”
29. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Antonio Machado
30. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Arlequin et sa Compagnee
31. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Portrait de Jacqueline
32. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Owl, Flower and Glass
33. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Le Berger
34. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Dessins 1966-1967
35. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Paris Notre-Dame
36. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Danseuse au tambourin
37. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Le joueur de flŭte
38. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Untitled (Still Life of Fruit)
39. Georges Rouault (1871-1958)
Devant la Cantarice
41. Alfred Salvignol (1877-?)
2 Pl Charles-Felix, Nice
42. Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923)
Street Scene
43. Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923)
Trottin sout la pluie / Midinette
44. Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923)
Contes au bord de la mer
45. Theophile Steinlen, attributed to
Untitled (sketch male faces)
46. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
Fantasie de Carnaval
47. Maurice Utrillo (1883-1953)
Sacre Coeur
48. Maurice Utrillo (1883-1953)
Le Chateau de Blois
49. Maurice Utrillo (1883-1953)
La Belle Gabrielle
50. Louis Valtat
Anthéor
51. Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968)
Aux Beau Temps de la Butte
52. Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968)
Aux Beau Temps de la Butte
53. Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968)
Aux Beau Temps de la Butte
54. Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968)
Kermesse
55. Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
La Plage
56. Gertrude Bernard Sachs (Sax) (1882-1962)
Untitled (Landscape)
57. Gertrude Bernard Sachs (Sax) (1882-1962)
Untitled (Landscape with white house)
58. Unidentified Mūnchen Artist
Untitled (Road Through the Black Forest)
59. Unidentified Artist
St Tropez
60. Unidentified Artist (Robert _________)
Unititled
61. Unidentified Artist
Two Gouaches of 18th Park Scenes
62. Unidentified Artist
Historic Costumes of France, 4 Hand-Colored Engravings
63. After Giovanni Paoli Panini (1691-1765)
Untitled (after “Le Christ a la piscine probatique”)
64. Unidentified Artist
Ceramic Relief - Untitled (Four Putti)
65. Joyce Carson
Etching of a Rustic Interior
66. Untitled Artist (18th Century)
Miniature Portrait of a Gentleman
92. Franz Nölken
Seated Nude Painting
93. Franz Kline (1910-1962),
The Jazz Murals, Series of 5 Panels
94. Karel Appel (1921-2006)
“The Horseman” Painting
96. Menashe Kadishman (1932-2015)
Bronze Maquette “Suspense”
97. Andre Lanskoy (1902-1976)
Original Abstract Pastel
98. E.L. Kirchner (1880-1938)
Original Gouache, Signed & Inscribed
100. Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
Oil Painting on Newspaper
101. Bela Kádár (1877-1956)
Pejc - Original Gouache
102. Claude Monet (1840-1926)
“Haystacks” 2 Charcoal Sketches
103. Emmanuel Mane-Katz (1894-1962)
Klezmer Band
104. William Melton Halsey (1915-1999)
Cubist Gouache
105. Karel Appel (1921-2006)
“Femme avec Oiseau” Lithograph
106. Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
“Spirals” Lithograph
107. Sylvain Coulombe
Mixed-Media Painting
108. Joan Miro (1893-1983)
Set of 5 Etchings with Aquatint
109. Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Portrait of Doris Humphrey
110. Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Untitled (Three Pair of Long Legs)
111. Andy Warhol Signed
“Marilyn Invitation (Castelli Graphics)”
112. Andy Warhol
“Marilyn Invitation (Castelli Graphics)”
113. Abraham Walkowitz
3 Isadora Duncan Watercolors
114. Man Ray (1890-1976)
“Femme avec Fleur” Lithograph
115. Armando Amaya (b. 1935)
“Seated Woman” Bronze
116. Keith Haring
Signed Ink Drawing
117. David Salle Sculpture,
“Bench with Pencils”
Those who would like to participate in this auction can view the full catalogue online, and leave advance absentee bids, as well as bid in real time as the sale is taking place at Liveauctioneers.com, Invaluable.com or Bidsquare.com. All lots in the catalogue can be bid on through these online platforms prior to - and during - the auction, provided that the bidder has completed the separate online application process at Liveauctioneers.com, Invaluable.com or Bidsquare.com and been approved for bidding.
Interested bidders should also review the Terms & Conditions, as well as the Bidder Agreement form, and the Absentee Bid form.
Guernsey's welcomes inquiries from the media regarding both past and upcoming events. PDF copies of the press release and links to media coverage of the Estate Art Collections are available below:
• The New York Times - When Picasso Created an Image of Notre-Dame, All in Glass
• Gotham Magazine - Picasso, Monet And More Up For Grabs At Auction