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T H E M ILWAU K E E ART M U S E U M CO N T E M P O R ARY ART S O CIETY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010
Proceeds benefit the Contemporary Art Society Acquisition Fund. Auction conducted by Christie’s.
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AU CTI ON P ROGR AM
6:00–7:30 PM Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres | Contemporary Galleries 7:00 PM Silent Auction, Section 1 closes | Contemporary Galleries 7:15 PM Silent Auction, Section 2 closes | Contemporary Galleries 7:30–8:30 PM Live Auction | Lubar Auditorium Conducted theater-style by Steven Zick, Christie’s Silent Auction, Section 3 closes 30 minutes after Live Auction | Baumgartner Galleria 9:00 PM Dinner | Windhover Hall Dancing to Wall of Sound BIDDING INSTRUCTIONS To place a phone bid (the night of the auction only), please call 414-224-3889 or 3898. Works of art for The Art Auction will be on view in the Contemporary Galleries of the Milwaukee Art Museum from Thursday, October 14, through Saturday, October 23, during regular Museum hours. Advanced bid sheets are available for download online at www.mam.org and can be faxed to the Museum with a maximum bid (414-271-7588). The pre-sale estimate is provided by the Milwaukee Art Museum for all property included in the auction. This estimate is an approximate value based, whenever possible, on comparable market prices. Prices include framing and transportation costs. Where a reserve exists, it will not exceed the range of estimates quoted. Bids on all auction pieces may be left at the Museum throughout the preview period. Registration is required before any bids may be made on either the Live or Silent Auction items for anyone who will not be in attendance at the auction gala. On all Silent Auction pieces, a Patron Bid will be listed on each bid sheet. The first bid at the Patron Level will win the piece and close out the bidding process on that work. To bid by proxy or place a sealed bid on Live Auction pieces, please contact Rachel Vander Weit at 414-224-3883 or [email protected].
CONDITIONS OF SALE The property listed in the auction catalogue will be offered and sold by the Milwaukee Art Museum and/or the Contemporary Art Society (CAS). As a courtesy to the Museum/CAS, Christie’s acts solely as auctioneer in conducting the sale. All property listed in the catalogue will be offered by the Museum/CAS on the following terms and conditions, as amended by any posted notices or oral announcements during the sale. 1.
The Museum/CAS assumes no risk, liability, or responsibility for the authenticity or the authorship of any property identified in this catalogue (that is, the identity of the creator, period, culture, source, or origin, as the case may be, with which the creation of any property is identified herein).
2. All property is sold “AS IS” and the Museum/CAS makes no representations or warranties of any kind or any nature, expressed or implied, with respect to the property, and in no event shall the Museum/ CAS be responsible for the correctness of the catalogue, nor be deemed to have made any representations or warranties of description, physical condition, quality, rarity, importance, genuineness, attribution, or provenance of the property. No statement in the catalogue, made at the sale or online, in any bill of sale or invoice, or elsewhere shall be deemed such a representation or warranty of any assumption of liability. 3.
The Museum/CAS reserves the right to withdraw any property at any time before the actual sale.
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Unless otherwise announced by the auctioneer at the time of the sale, all bids are per lot as identified in the catalogue.
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If the Museum/CAS determines that any opening bid is not commensurate with the same value of the article offered, the auctioneer may reject the same and withdraw the article from sale; and if, having acknowledged an opening bid, he decided that any advance thereafter is not of sufficient amount, he may reject the advance.
6. On the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer, title to the offered lot or article will pass to the highest bidder, who thereupon (a) assumes full risk and responsibility therefore, (b) will sign a confirmation for the purchase thereof, and (c) will pay the full purchase price thereof. 7.
The Museum/CAS reserves the right to reject a bid from any bidder. The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be the purchaser.
8. Each lot is offered subject to reserve, and the Museum/CAS may bid through its representatives as agents to the consignor. 9. All terms of sale are payable by credit card or check to the Milwaukee Art Museum/CAS. All sales are subject to Wisconsin sales tax at 5.6% of final sale price unless the work is to be transported by a third party to another state. (That destination and transportation must be identified before the sale is finalized.) All property must be paid for in full before it is removed from the Museum. Pieces may be picked up immediately following the auction or by appointment at the Museum on Monday, October 25, 2010, from 12 to 5 p.m. The Milwaukee Art Museum will deliver large-scale objects within the Greater Milwaukee area at the convenience of the buyer.
T H AN K YOU THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY OF THE MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM EXPRESSES ITS GRATITUDE TO THE FOLLOWING DONORS AND CONSIGNORS: Adamar Fine Arts
Front Room Photography
David Kordanksy Gallery
Rosenthal Fine Art
Thomas Allen
Gagosian Gallery
Tony and Sue Krausen
Leslie Sacks Fine Art
Lee Balterman
Galerie Lelong
L.A. Louver Gallery
Julie Saul Gallery
Reginald Baylor
Theaster Gates
José Lerma
Bonni Benrubi Gallery
Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl
Beth Lipman
Senior & Shopmaker Gallery Art Shay
Philip and Reva Shovers
Russell Bowman Art Advisory
Gitterman Gallery
Sheldon and Marianne Lubar
Robert Goff Gallery
Marlborough Gallery
Brooke Alexander Editions
Marian Goodman Gallery Tony Matelli Richard Gray Gallery
Kim McCarty
David Simpson
Estate of James Brooks
The Green Gallery
Andrea Meislin Gallery
Aaron Siskind Foundation
iona rozeal brown
Howard Greenberg Gallery
Metro Pictures
Solo Impression, Inc.
Ray K. Metzker
Solomon Projects
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery
Bart Michiels
Sonnabend Gallery
James Cohan Gallery
Wayne F. Miller
Staley-Wise Gallery
Warrington Colescott
Greenfield Sacks Gallery Laurence Miller Gallery
Bob Thall
Betty Cuningham Gallery
Kavi Gupta Gallery Andrew Moore
Throckmorton Fine Art
Stephen Daiter Gallery
Karl Haendel Morgan Lehman Gallery
Tibor de Nagy Gallery
Joanne Murphy
Brian Ulrich
Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art
Lesley Vance
Marianne Boesky Gallery
Shashi Caudill, Photographs + Fine Art
J. Shimon & J. Lindemann
Bruce Silverstein Gallery
DeLind Gallery of Fine Art Haines Gallery Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Todd Hido
Drummond Family
Hirschl & Adler Modern
Catherine Edelman Gallery
Rhona Hoffman Gallery
William J. O’Brien
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Hollis Taggart Galleries
Pace Prints
Paul Villinski
Pace/MacGill Gallery
Garth Weiser
Roxy Paine
Michael Wolf
Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery Hosfelt Gallery Peter Fetterman Gallery Edwynn Houk Gallery Angelo Filomeno
Jackson Fine Art
Thomas Paul Fine Art
Woodward Gallery
Jim and Ellen Flesch
Dean Jensen Gallery
Peltz Gallery
Sally Ziegler
Foley Gallery
Casey Kaplan Gallery
Liliana Porter
Tory Folliard Gallery
Kass/Meridian Gallery
Maxine Rabinowe
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Inc.
Rowley Kennerk Gallery
Alan Rath
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung
David Klein Gallery
Andrea Rosen Gallery
David Zwirner Gallery
Scott Fortino Fraenkel Gallery Allen Frame
Knoedler & Company
S I L EN T AUC TI ON | S E C T ION 1 CONTEMPORARY GALLERIES | CLOSES AT 7:00 PM
S1-01 THOMAS ALLEN (American, b. 1963) Fever, 2009 Chromogenic print, ed. 3/10 24 x 20 inches The artist and Foley Gallery, New York Estimate: $2,500–$3,500
S1-02 GREGORY AMENOFF (American, b. 1948) Chamber, 1984 Color woodcut, ed. 34/35 37 ½ x 43 inches Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
S1-03 GHADA AMER AND REZA FARKHONDEH (Egyptian, b. 1963) (Iranian, b. 1963) The Perfumed Garden, 2005 Lithography with digitized sewing, ed. 13/25 24 x 20 ½ inches Solo Impression, New York Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
S1-04 LEE BALTERMAN (American, b. 1920) Untitled (JFK Rally), ca. 1960 Gelatin silver print 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches The artist and Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago Estimate: $2,200–$2,600
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 1
S1-05 REGINALD BAYLOR (American, b. 1966) OpƟonal Accessories in Black and White–Medium, 2010 Digital print on paper 20 ½ x 18 inches The arƟst EsƟmate: $800–$1,000
S1-06 RICHARD BOSMAN (American, b. 1944) Glance II, 2003 Color woodcut, ed. of 10 23 ½ x 30 inches Solo Impression, New York Estimate: $2,500–$2,800
S1-07 ALEXANDER CALDER (American, 1898–1976) Red Sock, 1971 Lithograph, ed. 48/75 19 ¾ x 25 ⁵⁄8 inches Donation from a charitable trust Estimate: $2,500–$3,000
S1-08 WILLIAM EGGLESTON (American, b. 1939) Untitled (Atlanta), 1983 Fujicolor crystal archive print, ed. 22/30 20 x 24 inches Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art, New York Estimate: $4,100–$4,600
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 1
S1-09 RENA BASS FORMAN (American, b. 1954) Patagonia #1, 2009 Photogravure, ed. 17/40 25 x 24 inches Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York (photo © Rena Bass Forman, Courtesy of Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York) Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
S1-10 SCOTT FORTINO (American, b. 1952) Montrose Pier, Chicago, 2007 Archival inkjet print, ed. 1/12 40 x 32 inches The artist and Shashi Caudill Photographs + Fine Art, Chicago (photo © Scott Fortino) Estimate: $3,500–$4,500
S1-11 ALLEN FRAME (American, b. 1951) Hilary and Josh, Punta Del Este, Uruguay, 2008 Chromogenic print 20 x 24 inches The artist and Gitterman Gallery, New York Estimate: $3,500–$4,500
S1-12 THEASTER GATES (American, b. 1973) Untitled (bowl with text), n.d. Ink on paper 24 x 30 inches The artist and Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago/Berlin Estimate: $2,500–$3,500
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 1
S1-13 LYNN GEESAMAN (American, b. 1938) Damme, Belgium, [4-04-60c-5], 2004 Chromogenic print, ed. of 15 24 x 20 inches Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago Estimate: $2,500–$3,500
S1-14 TODD HIDO (American, b. 1968) #8614 from the series A Road Divided, 2009 Chromogenic print 16 x 20 inches The artist and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
S1-15 ROBERT INDIANA (American, b. 1928) Poster for the Santa Fe Opera, 1976 Color screenprint poster 30 ¾ x 21 ¾ inches A Milwaukee collection Estimate: $1,100–$1,300
S1-16 ALEX KATZ (American, b. 1927) The Swimmer, 1976 Screenprint, ed. 109/200 40 x 25 inches Sally Ziegler Estimate: $3,400–$4,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 1
S1-17 DARRYL LAUSTER (American, b. 1969) Shaker Candle Stand, Teapot, and Teacups, 2001 Polyester, resin, basswood, and lacquer 33 x 17 ½ x 17 ½ inches Jim and Ellen Flesch Estimate: $2,500–$3,500
S1-18 JOSÉ LERMA (American, b. Spain 1971) First to Crash, 2007 Graphite on paper 40 x 26 ½ inches The artist and Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York Estimate: $3,500–$4,500
S1-19 ALMÉRY LOBEL-RICHE (French, 1877–1950) [Lady Seated with Large Straw Hat], early to mid-20th century Pencil, charcoal, and Conté crayon 10 ½ x 7 inches DeLind Gallery of Fine Art, Milwaukee Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
S1-20 CLARE MALLOY (American, b. 1970) Blue Dior; Chanel No. 5, 2010 Two parts, oil on panel 10 x 12 inches (each) Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee Estimate: $2,500–$3,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 1
S1-21 WAYNE F. MILLER (American, b. 1918) Lena Horne, 1946–48 Gelatin silver print, printed later 13 x 10 inches The artist and Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago Estimate: $1,800–$2,200
S1-22 ELIZABETH MURRAY (American, 1940–2007) Charlotte (Poetry Project), 1998 Eight-color lithograph, ed. 50/90 12 ½ x 16 ¼ inches Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Estimate: $2,000–$2,500
S1-23 EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (English, 1830–1904) Animal Locomotion (Plate 689. Fallow deer, buck, and group of does, galloping), 1887 Collotype 20 x 24 inches Laurence Miller Gallery, New York Estimate: $1,600–$2,000
S1-24 THOMAS NOZKOWSKI (American, b. 1944) Untitled #1, 2006 From a set of five etchings with aquatint, ed. 25/25 10 ¾ x 13 ¾ inches Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 1
S1-25 WILLIAM J. O’BRIEN (American, b. 1975) Untitled, 2010 Oil pastel, pencil, and ink wash 15 ⁷⁄8 x 11 ⁵⁄8 inches The artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York (photo © William J. O’Brien) Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
S1-26 JOSEPH PERAGINE (American, b. 1961) Stills from Forever and Ever [Blue Powerlines Still; And/Ever Roadsigns Still], 2008 Two Iris prints on canvas with resin 9 ¾ x 16 inches (each) Solomon Projects, Atlanta Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
S1-27 TIM ROLLINS AND K.O.S. (American, b. 1955) Amerika XII, 1989 Watercolor on paper, ed. 1/100 13 ½ x 17 ¾ x 3 inches Sheldon and Marianne Lubar Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
S1-28 JOEL SHAPIRO (American, b. 1941) Untitled (A), 2003 Print one from a set of five woodcuts on Gampi paper mounted onto handmade Hanga Dosa paper, ed. 32/36 19 ¼ x 26 ¼ inches Pace Prints, New York Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 1
S1-29 ART SHAY (American, b. 1922) Madison Street on Sunday Morning, 1950 Gelatin silver print, printed later 15 x 23 ³⁄8 inches The artist and Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
S1-30 J. SHIMON & J. LINDEMANN (American, b. 1961) (American, b. 1957) Rudy in His Studio, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1994, 1994 Platinum-palladium print, ed. 1/30 10 x 8 inches The artists Estimate: $2,500–$3,500
S1-31 FRANK STELLA (American, b. 1936) Untitled, 1971 One-color lithograph printed from stone, ed. 43/75 16 x 22 inches Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, New York Estimate: $3,500–$4,500
S1-32 FRED STONEHOUSE (American, b. 1960) Untitled (Butterflies), 1993 Acrylic on book paper 9 ⁵⁄8 x 6 ¼ inches Sheldon and Marianne Lubar Estimate: $500–$1,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 1
S1-33 BOB THALL (American, b. 1948) Chicago River at Split of north and south branches, view east, 1982 Gelatin silver print 16 x 19 ¾ inches The artist and Shashi Caudill Photographs + Fine Art, Chicago (photo © Bob Thall) Estimate: $1,600–$2,000
S1-34 SONJA THOMSEN (American, b. 1978) figure ground 2am, 2010 Motion-sensitive light box, ed. 1/2 15 x 15 x 4 inches Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee Estimate: $2,500–$3,500
S1-35 BRIAN ULRICH (American, b. 1971) Circuit City/Ponderosa Steakhouse, 2008 Pigment ink print 13 7⁄8 x 11 inches The artist and Julie Saul Gallery, Chicago Estimate: $1,000–$2,000
S1-36 PAUL VILLINSKI (American, b. 1960) Memo (Sun), 2010 Aluminum (found cans), wire, lead, and gold leaf Dimensions variable, ten elements The artist and Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York Estimate: $2,500–$3,500
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 1
S1-37 JOHN WILDE (American, 1919–2006) Wildeview, 1985 Lithograph, ed. 32/85 Paper: 23 ½ x 35 ½ inches Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee Estimate: $1,500–$1,700
S1-38 MOLLY ZUCKERMAN-HARTUNG (American, b. 1975) The Mark of Thought Upon the Body, 2010 Oil, graphite, and acrylic on linen 20 x 18 inches The artist and Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago Estimate: $2,800–$3,300
S I L EN T AUC TI ON | S E C T ION 2 CONTEMPORARY GALLERIES | CLOSES AT 7:15 PM
S2-01 RICHARD AVEDON (American, 1923–2004) Andy Warhol, New York City, August 14, 1969 from Richard Avedon: Portraits, 2002, 2002 Special edition book with original print, ed. 99/100 10 ¼ x 8 ½ inches closed; 10 ¼ x 17 inches open Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco Estimate: $6,000–$7,000
S2-02 DONALD BAECHLER (American, b. 1956) Five Flowers II, 2007 Etching, ed. 17/35 25 ⁵⁄8 x 19 ⁵⁄8 inches Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
S2-03 JOHN BAEDER (American, b. 1938) Georges, 1973, printed 2009 Digital chromogenic print on Kodak Endura paper, ed. 1/10 19 5⁄9 x 27 7⁄8 inches Thomas Paul Fine Art, Los Angeles (photo © Thomas Paul Fine Art / John Baeder, 2009) Estimate: $4,500–$5,500
S2-04 WILLIAM BAILEY (American, b. 1930) Untitled, 2004 Pencil on paper 15 ¼ x 11 ¼ inches Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York (photo © William Bailey) Estimate: $6,500–$7,500
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 2
S2-05 ROGER BALLEN (American, b. 1950) Judgment Day, 2003 Selenium-toned gelatin silver print, ed. 7/20 15 x 15 inches Gagosian Gallery, New York (photo © Roger Ballen) Estimate: $6,000–$7,000
S2-06 CLAUDIO BRAVO (Chilean, b. 1936) Ceres (Sepia), 1998 Lithograph, ed. of 30 38 ¼ x 29 ½ inches Marlborough Gallery, New York Estimate: $4,500–$5,500
S2-07 IONA ROZEAL BROWN (American, b. 1966) Fur, 2010 Acrylic on bamboo cutting board 6 x 4 inches The artist Estimate: $5,500–$6,500
S2-08 ROGER BROWN (American, 1941–1997) Ship, 1975 Enamel on found iron 6 ¼ x 10 ½ x 4 ½ inches Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago Estimate: $7,000–$8,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 2
S2-09 WILLIAM THEOPHILUS BROWN (American, b. 1919) Untitled #23, 2003 Acrylic collage on paper 17 x 13 inches Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
S2-10 MARC CHAGALL (Russian,1 887–1985) Winter (L’hiver) from Daphnis & Chloe series, 1958–61 Original color lithograph, ed. 1/250 16 ½ x 12 ³⁄5 inches Reva and Philip Shovers Estimate: $2,500–$3,500
S2-11 JULES CHERET (French, 1836–1932) French poster, ca. 1900 40 ½ x 53 ½ inches Joanne Murphy Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
S2-12 CHINA Cong, Qija Culture, Neolithic Era, 2000–1700 BCE Jade 6 ¹⁄8 x 5 ½ inches Throckmorton Fine Art, New York Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 2
S2-13 CHINA Gon-shi (scholar stone), n.d. (late 19th century) Ling bi (limestone) 39 ¼ x 18 inches (including base) Throckmorton Fine Art, New York Estimate: $7,000–$8,000
S2-14 WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY (American, b. 1936) Processing Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee, 1966 Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle photo satin paper, ed. 10/25 16 x 22 inches Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York (photo © William Christenberry) Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
S2-15 CHRISTO (American, b. Bulgaria 1935) Wrapped Snoopy House—Project for Charles Schulz Museum, 2003 Hand-collaged lithograph, ed. 15/250 24 x 21 inches Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee Estimate: $7,000–$9,000
S2-16 LUCIEN CLERGUE (French, b. 1934) Nu Zébré, 1997 Gelatin silver print, ed. 10/30 18 5⁄8 x 15 inches Throckmorton Fine Art, New York Estimate: $5,000–$6,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 2
S2-17 WARRINGTON COLESCOTT (American, b. 1921) Interior Morning, 1955 Water media on paper 30 ¼ x 22 ¼ inches The artist and Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee Estimate: $3,500–$4,500
S2-18 WARRINGTON COLESCOTT (American, b. 1921) 1872: Eadweard Muybridge Photographs Albert Bierstadt Painting Yosemite Valley, 2009 Water media painting on paper 21 x 30 ½ inches The artist and Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
S2-19 TARA DONOVAN (American, b. 1969) Untitled, 2010 Relief print from pin matrix, ed. 26/30 Image: 28 ¾ x 29 ¼ inches; Paper: 31 ¾ x 31 ⁵⁄8 inches Pace Prints, New York Estimate: $5,000–$6,000
S2-20 ROBERT DRUMMOND (American, b. 1972) The Sprite Incandescent, 2009 Cast glass and video with stereo audio 11 x 9 ½ inches Drummond Family Estimate: $10,000–$11,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 2
S2-21 LALLA ESSAYDI (Moroccan, b. 1956) Converging Territories #30, 2004 Chromogenic print, ed. of 40 20 x 25 inches Maxine Rabinowe Estimate: $13,500–$15,500
S2-22 RICHARD ESTES (American, b. 1932) Downtown-Reflections, 2001 Woodcut print on Kozo-shi paper, printed in 19 colors from 15 blocks, ed. 42/49 Image: 16 ¼ x 10 inches; Sheet: 22 ½ x 15 ½ inches Marlborough Graphics, New York Estimate: $4,500–$6,000
S2-23 SAM FRANCIS (American, 1923–1994) Untitled, 1961 Ink on paper 5 x 4 inches Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago Estimate: $3,500–$4,500
S2-24 ALEXANDER GORLIZKI (British, b. 1967) Please Hold, 2010 Pigment and gold on bookprint 11 ¼ x 9 ½ inches The artist and Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York Estimate: $3,500–$4,500
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 2
S2-25 ALLAN GRANT (American, 1919–2008) Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly Backstage at the 28th Annual Academy Awards, Hollywood, CA, 1956, 1956 Gelatin silver print 20 x 16 inches Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica (photo © the Estate of Allan Grant) Estimate: $8,000–$9,000 S2-26 KARL HAENDEL (American, b. 1976) Shackleton #23, 2009 Pencil on paper 22 x 30 inches The artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA (photo: Robert Wedemeyer) Estimate: $6,500–$7,500 S2-27 KEITH HARING (American, 1958–1990) Absolut Haring, 1986 Offset lithograph on paper, ed. 66/100 45 x 35 inches Woodward Gallery, New York Estimate: $8,000–$10,000
S2-28 SARAH HOBBS (American, b. 1970) Procrastination, 2009 Chromogenic print, ed. 2/10 30 x 24 inches Solomon Projects, Atlanta Estimate: $5,000–$6,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 2
S2-29 JENNY HOLZER (American, b. 1950) Selection from the Survival Series (Use What Is Dominant…), 1983–85 Silkscreen on brushed aluminum, I/Z (ed. of 26: A–Z) 15 x 18 inches Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art, New York Estimate: $7,000–$9,000
S2-30 SAUL LEITER (American, b. 1923) Taxi, 1956 Digital chromogenic print, printed later 14 x 11 inches Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (photo © Saul Leiter) Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
S2-31 BETH LIPMAN (American, b. 1971) Bowl of Fruit, 2010 Glass and glue 10 x 14 x 14 inches The artist Estimate: $5,500–$6,500
S2-32 BRICE MARDEN (American, b. 1938) Etchings to Rexroth, No. 24, 1986 Etching with aquatint, from a portfolio of 25 etchings, ed. 37/45 19 ¼ x 15 ¾ inches Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York Estimate: $7,000–$8,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 2
S2-33 REGINALD MARSH (American, 1898–1954) Untitled (Street Walker), ca. 1948 Wash and graphite 11 x 8 ½ inches Rosenthal Fine Art, Chicago Estimate: $7,000–$8,000
S2-34 TONY MATELLI (American, b. 1971) Weed, 2008 Painted bronze 10 x 16 x 12 inches The artist and The Green Gallery, Milwaukee Estimate: $7,000–$9,000
S2-35 HENRI MATISSE (French, 1869–1954) Mimosa, 1951 Rug 36 x 58 inches Joanne Murphy Estimate: $8,000–$9,000
S2-36 RAY K. METZKER (American, b. 1931) Philadelphia from the series Autowackies, 2009 Gelatin silver print, ed. 2/10 20 x 16 inches The artist and Laurence Miller Gallery, New York Estimate: $6,000–$7,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 2
S2-37 FRANCES MYERS (American, b. 1936) Guggenheim Museum from the Frank Lloyd Wright Portfolio, 1980 Aquatint on paper 24 ½ x 32 ½ inches The artist and Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee Estimate: $1,500–$1,700
S2-38 BART MICHIELS (Belgian, b. 1964) Gallipoli 1915, Suvla Bay, 2005 Chromogenic print, ed. 4/10 28 x 33 inches The artist and Foley Gallery, New York Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
S2-39 ARNO RAFAEL MINKKINEN (Finnish, b. 1945) Narragansett, R.I., 1973 Vintage gelatin silver print 6 ¼ x 8 ½ inches Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Estimate: $8,000–$9,000
S2-40 JOAN MIRO (Spanish, 1893–1983) Cahier d’Ombres, 1971 Three lithographs, ed. of 200 20 ½ x 17 ½ inches (each) Joanne Murphy Estimate: $5,500–$6,500
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 2
S2-41 GWYNN MURRILL (American, b. 1942) Cat Walking Downstairs Maquette, 2008 Bronze and ceramic, ed. 1/9 7 ¼ x 9 ¼ x 5 ½ inches L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA Estimate: $5,000–$6,000
S2-42 CLAES OLDENBURG (American, b. Sweden 1929) Picasso Cufflink, 1974 Color lithograph 36 x 27 inches Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee Estimate: $8,000–$10,000
S2-43 JULES OLITSKI (American, 1922–2007) Elegy—September 11th, 2001 Screenprint in colors, PP 2/9, ed. of 108 32 x 39 inches Kass/Meridian, Chicago Estimate: $3,500–$4,500
S2-44 PABLO PICASSO (Spanish,1 881–1973) Eau-forte 24 Mars 1968 III (Bloch 1487), 1968 Aquatint, ed. 36/50 16 ³⁄8 x 12 ³⁄8 inches Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago Estimate: $18,000–$20,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 2
S2-45 LILIANA PORTER (Argentinian, b. 1941) Limit, 2010 Figurine on wooden support 4 x 2 ¾ x 2 ¾ inches The artist and Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco and New York Estimate: $5,000–$7,000
S2-46 KEN PRICE (American, b. 1935) Western Sunset, 1993 Seven-color screenprint, ed. 19/70 26 x 20 ³⁄8 inches Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, New York Estimate: $3,500–$4,500
S2-47 AARON SISKIND (American, 1903–1991) Westport 48, 1988 Vintage gelatin silver print 20 x 16 inches Aaron Siskind Foundation and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York Estimate: $7,000–$8,000
S2-48 PAUL STRAND (American, 1890–1976) Woman—Patzcuaro from The Mexican Portfolio, 1933–40 Photogravure 6 ½ x 5 inches; Paper: 11 x 14 inches Maxine Rabinowe Estimate: $500–$1,000
SILENT AUCTION | SECTION 2
S2-49 DON SUGGS (American, b. 1945) Toco Toucan #15, 2009 Oil on gessoed panel 16 x 16 inches L.A. Louver, Venice, CA Estimate: $3,500–$4,500
S2-50 ROMAN VISHNIAC (Russian, 1897–1990) Peddlers Transformed into Beggars by the Boycott from The Varnished World Portfolio, 1938 Selenium-toned gelatin silver print, printed later, ed. 4/12 10 ³⁄8 x 10 ³⁄8 inches Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York Estimate: $9,000–$11,000
S2-51 CHUCKIE WILLIAMS (American, b. 1953) Bill Biv Devoe verso Anita Baker, 1991 Print on wood 29 ½ x 32 inches Sheldon and Marianne Lubar Estimate: $500–$1,000
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L-01 RICHARD SERRA (American, b. 1939) Paths and Edges #4, 2007 One-color etching, ed. 31/60 21 ½ x 38 ½ inches Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, New York Estimate: $7,000–$8,000
L-02 JAMES SIENA (American, b. 1957) Battery Variation II, 2005 Screenprint, ed. 28/45 46 ½ x 37 ¼ inches Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Estimate: $5,000–$6,000
Richard Serra, one of the preeminent sculptors of our era, is best known for his massive steel sculptures. His work is collected by every major museum in the world, and just recently, the Museum of Modem Art had a retrospective exhibition of his work, titled Richard Serra, Sculpture: Forty Years. He is also regarded as an excellent graphic artist and has been producing prints with Gemini for nearly thirty years. For this piece, Serra cut deeply into traditional etching plates to print expressive gestural forms and a distinctly textured surface.
James Siena creates compulsively complex works based on systems that he derives from science and nature. The magic of Siena’s paintings and prints is the remarkable visual quality that comes from his diligent systematic approach. He has often been compared to Sol LeWitt in his conceptual approach to art. Siena has been featured in over fifty-five group exhibitions, including the 2004 Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial. He is considered one of the great abstract artists of his generation, and his work is in most major public collections of contemporary painting, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and, thanks to CAS, the Milwaukee Art Museum.
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L-03 VEE SPEERS (Australian, b. 1962) Immortal #1-Vera, 2010 Cibachrome mounted to Diabond, ed. 3/8 26 x 37 ½ inches; Frame: 28 x 39 ½ inches Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta (photo courtesy of Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta and the artist) Estimate: $7,000–$9,000
L-04 LESLEY VANCE (American, b. 1977) Untitled (34), 2010 Oil on linen 18 x 14 inches The artist and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles Estimate: $10,000–$12,000
Vee Speers’s works have been widely published and exhibited and are held in private collections and museums around the world. Immortal #1-Vera is one of ten portraits from her Immortal series. Inspired by Oscar Wilde’s Portrait of Dorian Gray, the series is a personal reflection on society’s obsession with youth, beauty, and death. Here, Speers captures an awkwardly posed young woman in her early twenties whose serene expression challenges the “traditional equilibrium of form and proportion” in a rather Mannerist fashion. The overall painterly quality of the piece has become a signature of the artist’s unusual style.
Lesley Vance is a Milwaukee-born artist who earned her B.F.A. at the University of Wisconsin– Madison and her M.F.A. at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. Vance is currently one of the leading artists in Los Angeles, and her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe, including the 2010 Whitney Biennial. To create her paintings, Vance composes still lifes of organic materials in her studio, which she photographs and then paints as abstractions. Vance’s luminous paintings transform the original still life into vibrant strokes of color set against a dark background, emulating the lighting of seventeenth-century Spanish still lifes.
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L-05 HANK O’NEAL (American, b. 1940) Richard Hambleton, Shadowman; Untitled (34 E 12th Street), 2009, 2009 Epson GRACoL certified proof print mounted to plexiglass, ed. 10/10 47 ½ x 40 inches Woodward Gallery, New York (photo © Hank O΄Neal) Estimate: $8,000–$10,000
L-06 JESSICA CRAIG-MARTIN (American, b. 1963) Cougar Friends (Amfar Benefit, Cannes), 2008 Chromogenic print, ed. 1/5 25 x 36 inches The artist and Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York Estimate: $5,000–$7,500
Hank O’Neal is a renaissance man. He has composed music, produced music festivals, written several books, worked for the CIA, served in the U.S. Army, and made photographs. His artistic subject matter is just as wide ranging, from portraits of his music associates to ironic images from around the globe. In this piece, O’Neal captured some of the last remaining “Shadowman” paintings by Richard Hambleton (American, b. 1954), whose graffiti artwork was plastered on buildings across New York City and Europe during the 1980s. In February 2010, five of O’Neal’s “Shadowman” images were enlarged to poster size and included in the Richard Hambleton exhibition at the Armani Teatro in Milan, Italy. Another of this series, One Way, was featured as a thirty-footlong mural at the amfAR benefit in Cannes this May.
Seizing the opportunity that came with her assignments for Vogue magazine, Craig-Martin captured the fashion and folly among superstars. Tightly cropping her photographs and often leaving the identity of the subject to mystery, she highlights the common, the coincidental, and the clichéd. These glossy still lifes disclose candid scenes in clubs and VIP events, unlike glamorous shots used for magazine covers. In Cougar Friends, Craig-Martin transforms the misfortune of showing up to the party in the same dress (or nearly the same dress for that matter) into an amusing documentation of the rich and famous.
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L-07 MARC TRUJILLO (American, b. 1966) 4300 Cedros Avenue, 2007 Oil on polyester 25 x 33 inches Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York (photo courtesy of Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York) Estimate: $18,000–$20,000
L-08 MICHAL CHELBIN (Israeli, b. 1974) Natasha, Ukraine, 2005 Chromogenic print, ed. 5/5 37 x 37 inches Frame: 40 x 40 inches Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York Estimate: $15,000–$17,000
Marc Trujillo’s urban landscape paintings of common, everyday places offer intelligent pause. He makes detailed observations of overlooked spaces including the gas stations, storefronts, and fast-food restaurants he regularly visits. Trujillo’s classical and laborious approach to painting is in stark contrast to today’s fast-paced, get-it-now mentality. Despite the omnipresence of his subject matter, Trujillo precisely records every detail, such as the glow from neon lights on the storefront at dusk in 4300 Cedros Avenue. Trujillo’s work has been featured in numerous solo and group shows and reviewed in Artforum and the Los Angeles Times. In 2008, he was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.
Michal Chelbin’s series Strangely Familiar attempts to capture everyday people and stories that fall somewhere between the odd and the ordinary. The photographs depict small-town performers and traveling circus troupes in the Ukraine, Russia, Israel, and England, and document what remains of a long but dying tradition in popular culture. In Natasha, the juxtaposition of miners and a colorful young performer highlights the hard work and distinctive textures involved in both pursuits. Chelbin’s work has been featured in various international solo and group shows at galleries and museums such as the National Portrait Gallery and The Photographers Gallery in London, The Hendrik Andersen Museum in Rome, and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
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L-09 JULIAN OPIE (British, b. 1958) Watching Suzanne (Front) #5AP, 2006 Screenprint on acrylic, ed. of 25 with 7 APs 33 ⁴⁄5 x 22 ¼ inches Adamar Fine Arts, Miami Estimate: $12,000–$14,000
L-10 MICHAEL WOLF (German American, b. 1954) Transparent City #78, 2007 Chromogenic print, ed. 1/9 50 x 40 inches The artist and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York Estimate: $11,000–$13,000
Julian Opie is an internationally celebrated artist who draws from a standardized process of portraiture pioneered by Andy Warhol and from the cartoon and comic book imagery employed by Roy Lichtenstein. In his creative process, Opie photographs his subjects and then reduces them to flat and simplified, digitized images in a style that has become a trademark. Influenced by a range of mediums, such as billboards, Japanese prints, and traditional portraiture, Opie blurs the lines between commercial media and classic art. His popular Imagine you are…series, depicting figures performing everyday motions, has appeared in sculpture and light installations in public spheres all over London. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Tate Gallery, London.
Michael Wolf is a photographer living and working in the cities of Hong Kong and Paris. In 2007, the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College invited him to photograph Chicago’s urban landscape, resulting in the series Transparent City. These large-format photographs, taken from unique vantage points, reveal the relationship between the intimate details of a building’s interior and the surrounding industrial cityscape. Wolf’s photographs were featured at the Hong Kong Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and his work is held in numerous public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum.
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L-11 WAYNE THIEBAUD (American, b. 1920) Toy Counter, from the portfolio Seven Still Lifes and a Rabbit, 1971 Screenprint, ed. 4/50 18 ½ x 24 inches Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Estimate: $12,000–$15,000
L-12 REGINALD BAYLOR (American, b. 1966) The Difference Between 211 and 212, 2010 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 72 inches The artist Estimate: $20,000–$22,000
Wayne Thiebaud’s novel prints, featuring objects such as pastries, toys, and lipstick, are in numerous major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Milwaukee Art Museum. Thiebaud is celebrated as a founding figure of the Pop Art movement—he is considered one of the first American artists to concentrate on production-line objects. This striking screenprint of a toy counter demonstrates the artist’s vibrant use of color, as well as his trademark use of well-defined shadows. Thiebaud’s iconic image truly captures the American ethos, evoking an immense feeling of joy and nostalgia.
Reginald Baylor, Milwaukee’s own Pop sensation, studied art at the University of Wisconsin before working at museums in California and running a trucking company out of Chicago. His energetic paintings of the everyday are full of vibrant colors, geometric shapes, and bold patterns. Baylor, like artist Kehinde Wiley, uses both the classical and the contemporary as subject matter. The study depicted in The Difference Between 211 and 212 has a unique perspective, which results in viewers approaching the picture as if they were the size of an ant. His bold bright red and orange hues add an unexpected exuberance and playfulness to the bookish interior.
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L-13 JAMES BROOKS (American, 1906–1992) Untitled, 1974 White acrylic on HK paper 20 x 26 inches The Estate of James Brooks and Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York Estimate: $11,000–$13,000
L-14 JOEL MEYEROWITZ (American, b. 1938) Dusk, New Jersey, 1978 Chromogenic print mounted to plexiglass, ed. 4/10 30 x 40 inches Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York (photo © Joel Meyerowitz) Estimate: $15,000–$17,000
Once revered for his lyrical, colorful style, James Brooks was a first-generation Abstract Expressionist painter, who was among the first to use staining as a technique. A friend and neighbor to Jackson Pollock as well as a friend to Philip Guston, Brooks, considered one of the foremost painters of his generation during his lifetime, has since been overshadowed by Pollock and de Kooning. His paintings are in every major collection of Abstract Expressionism, including the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London. He is one of the next great rediscoveries of the Abstract Expressionist generation.
Joel Meyerowitz is an award-winning street photographer known for his pioneering influence on the world of color photography. He began photographing in the early 1960s with a 35mm camera and, by the mid-1970s, transitioned into producing the large-format color photographs for which he is best known. Dusk, New Jersey exemplifies his quiet and deliberate aesthetic in capturing the American landscape. His work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions and is included in many museum collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He is a recipient of two Guggenheim fellowships and awards from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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L-15 ED PASCHKE (American, 1939–2004) Baroque, 2004 Oil on linen 14 x 24 inches Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago Estimate: $21,000–$23,000
L-16 ROXY PAINE (American, b. 1966) 16161052009A, 2009 Acrylic on linen 21 x 16 x 4 ½ inches The artist and James Cohan Gallery, New York (photo courtesy of the artist and James Cohan Gallery, New York) Estimate: $22,000–$23,000
Ed Paschke is internationally recognized as one of the leading Chicago Imagist artists. His work was deeply affected by commercial culture; however, rather than focus on mainstream media like the artists of the Pop Art movement, he took the underbelly of society as his subject. His later work emphasized themes such as violence and religion and are, according to Paschke, an “exploratory reaction to movies and television.” Earlier this year, Jeff Koons—one of his former students and studio assistants—curated a major exhibition of his work at Gagosian Gallery in New York. Paschke’s work is in the collections of major museums including the Whitney, Metropolitan, and Brooklyn Museums.
New York-based artist Roxy Paine has been featured in major collections and exhibitions throughout the world, including his sensational 2009 roof garden installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In addition to his static industrial, yet organic, sculptural commissions, Paine further complicates the relationship between the natural and the manmade with machines that make artworks for him. The artist’s automated Paint Dipper, which dips canvases into a vat of acrylic paint, created 16161052009A; it varies the number of immersions and the drying times for each work. Paine controls the variables of each painting through a computer in his machine, but the resulting unique properties of each drip are left to chance.
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L-17 ALICE NEEL (American, 1900–1984) Walter Gutman, 1965 Ink on paper 14 ¹⁄8 x 11 inches Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York Estimate: $45,000–$48,000
L-18 CHUCK CLOSE (American, b. 1940) Lucas/Woodcut, 1993 Woodcut with pochoir, ed. 35/50 46 ½ x 35 inches (sheet, approx.) Donation from a charitable trust Estimate: $35,000–$45,000
Alice Neel did not receive critical acclaim until late in her career, but she is now valued as one of the most important American painters of the twentieth century. Fiercely independent and free-spirited, Neel painted people, landscapes, and still lifes with immense passion. Neel’s severely honest portraits depict the famous and unknown figures of twentieth-century New York. Her caricaturist images wittily reflect the physical characteristics and social statuses of her subjects. This portrait of Walter Gutman, the New York stock market analyst and patron of avant-garde art films such as Pull My Daisy (in which Neel appeared), demonstrates Neel’s ability to capture the essence of her subject.
Chuck Close has gained international distinction as a leading figure in contemporary art and is considered one of the greatest living artists in the United States. One of his most recognized works, Nancy (1968), is in the Collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Throughout his long career, Close has changed his methodology, but the preliminary process has remained the same: Using a series of squares in a grid to re-create the image, Close focuses on the abstract shapes and colors. This is a labor-intensive process, and just one print can take up to two years to complete. Lucas/Woodcut is a print of photographer and friend Lucas Samaras. Lucas was also the subject of the artist’s notable painting of the same name, Lucas (1986–87), that currently hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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L-19 WILLIAM KENTRIDGE (South African, b. 1955) Wittgenstein’s Rhinoceros, 2007 Hand lithograph and collage, ed. 23/35 Image: 53 ⁵⁄32 x 44 13⁄32 inches Paper: 63 x 48 inches Marian Goodman Gallery, New York Estimate: $24,000–$26,000
L-20 GEORG BASELITZ (German, b. 1938) Untitled, 1983 Watercolor and pastel on paper 25 ½ x 21 ¾ inches Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York Estimate: $33,000–$35,000
Best known for animated films based on charcoal drawings, William Kentridge also works in prints, books, collage, sculpture, and the performing arts. His work combines the political with the poetic, and deals with subjects as sobering as apartheid, colonialism, and totalitarianism. Earlier this year, New York’s Metropolitan Opera opened The Nose, directed by and with set design by Kentridge, simultaneously with his retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. The title of this collage refers to a famous exchange about philosophy of mathematics between Wittgenstein and Russell, during which Wittgenstein claimed that it was impossible to know for certain that no rhinoceroses were in the room, no matter how hard you looked. He maintained, “there is nothing in the world except asserted propositions.”
One of Germany’s most preeminent painters, Georg Baselitz captures the desperation, mood, and struggles felt in postwar Germany in the raw emotion and aggressive marks of his work. In 1969, the artist began his trademark style of painting upside-down figures to force a new perspective on viewers. By making recognizable images unfamiliar, he focuses the viewer’s attention on the overall process and structure—the expressive mark making and bold color palette—rather than on the subject matter. Baselitz has a long exhibition history, including multiple international museum retrospectives. His work was featured in the Milwaukee Art Museum’s 2009 exhibition Figurative Prints: 1980s Rewind.
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L-21 DAVID HOCKNEY (British, b. 1937) Matelot Kevin Druez I, 2009 Inkjet-printed computer drawing on paper, ed. 11/30 49 x 33 ½ inches L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA (photo courtesy of L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA) Estimate: $16,000–$18,000
L-22 GERHARD RICHTER (German, b. 1932) Ravine, 1997 Cibachrome photograph on Perspex, ed. 18/45 29 ½ x 21 ¼ inches Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art, New York (photo courtesy of Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art, New York) Estimate: $24,000–$26,000
One of the most influential British artists of the twentieth century, David Hockney is a multifaceted artist: master painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and designer. After moving to California in the early 1960s, Hockney became captivated by the lifestyle and the people, developing the naturalistic style and focus on autobiographical subjects he is most known for today. Hockney, who has a long and unwavering devotion to portraiture, utilizes a variety of mediums to create his portraits. The computer software he used to create this drawing allowed him to switch color more rapidly than with brushes, and to enlarge areas of the composition so that he could refine every detail.
Spanning five decades, Gerhard Richter’s career is filled with numerous accolades, such as representing Germany in the 1972 Venice Biennale, as well as numerous retrospectives, including the traveling exhibition Gerhard Richter: 40 Years of Painting organized by the Museum of Modern Art. Richter makes many of his works, whether figurative or abstract, with a hallmark “blur” to present viewers with an impression or memory of an image. This photograph was created after the oil painting Schlucht [Ravine] from 1996, which is based on a photograph Richter took in Engadine, Switzerland, in 1995.
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L-23 ROY LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923–1997) Painting on Blue and Yellow Wall, 1984 Lithograph and woodcut, ed. 30/60 47 x 31 ½ inches Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles Estimate: $27,000–$30,000
L-24 HARRY BERTOIA (Italian, 1915–1978) Untitled, ca. 1970–72 Beryllium copper and steel 32 x 7 x 7 inches Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles Estimate: $40,000–$42,000
Although the name Roy Lichtenstein will always be synonymous with Pop Art, the artist continued to make inventive new work for almost three decades beyond the 1960s. During the 1970s, he began to quote art historical styles as well as his own previous works; for instance, rendering his subject in a way that conflated Cubist or Expressionist style with his own signature technique. Using his comic book style of painting, he stripped both subjects and movements of their original import and gravitas. This summer, Gagosian Gallery presented Lichtenstein: Still Lifes, a solo exhibition that focused on his work from 1972 to 1988. A major retrospective of his work, co-organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and Tate Modern, London, is planned for 2012.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Harry Bertoia explored the musical properties of thin metal rods and developed a unique approach to sculpture. His sound sculptures make different sounds similar to those of elaborate wind chimes and result in the formation of Sonambient. Sonambient is the term Bertoia coined to describe the spatial and tonal environment created when his sound sculptures are set into motion. The Milwaukee Art Museum has thirteen of his artworks in its Collection, including a selection that is currently on display in the Bradley Galleries.
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L-25 JOEL SHAPIRO (American, b. 1941) Untitled, 2001–2007 Bronze 27 3⁄8 x 25 ¾ x 13 7⁄8 inches L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA (photo courtesy of L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA) Estimate: $110,000–$115,000
Joel Shapiro is one of the most widely exhibited American sculptors. He has created numerous public commissions, and in 2001, five of his sculptures were exhibited in the roof garden at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Shapiro was a central force in redefining sculpture following the Minimalist and Conceptual movements. He is best known for his elegant abstract sculptures of the human form, deftly assembled with rectangular elements of wood and bronze. In works such as Untitled, Shapiro’s geometric forms exhibit meticulous attention to alignment, surface, and balance, and an unexpected degree of exuberant expressive movement.
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S3-01 JESS (COLLINS) (American, 1933–2004) Untitled (Konrad Lorenz), ca. 1955 Collage 16 x 10 inches Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Estimate: $17,000–$19,000
S3-02 JOSEF ALBERS (German, 1888–1976) To Monte Alban, from the Graphic Tectonic series, 1942 Lithograph, ed. 9/30 13 ¼ x 10 ½ inches Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York Estimate: $20,000–$22,000
S3-03 JENNIFER BARTLETT (American, b. 1941) Elements: 4 Earth, 1990 Pastel on paper 31 ½ x 31 ½ inches Frame: 41 x 41 inches Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago Estimate: $18,000–$20,000
S3-04 CHAKAIA BOOKER (American, b. 1953) Feelings Escaped, 2006 Rubber tire and wood 24 x 46 x 14 inches The artist and Marlborough Gallery, New York Estimate: $17,000–$19,000
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S3-05 FRANCESCO CLEMENTE (Italian, b. 1952) Air, 2007 Ukiyo-e: 27-color, hand-printed woodcut created with 21 woodblocks, ed. 25/51 24 x 18 inches Pace Prints, New York Estimate: $8,000–$10,000
S3-06 STEPHANE COUTURIER (French, b. 1957) San Diego, Olympic Parkway #2, 2002 Chromogenic print, ed. 1/5 25 ½ x 38 ½ inches Laurence Miller Gallery, New York Estimate: $7,000–$8,000
S3-07 PHILIP-LORCA DICORCIA (American, b. 1954) DICPH1424 and DICPH1445, n.d. Two Polaroids 3 3⁄8 x 4 ¼ inches (each) The artist and David Zwirner Gallery, New York Estimate: $8,000–$10,000
S3-08 JIM DINE (American, b. 1935) Venus and Powdered Stone, 1993 Etching with hand coloring, ed. 3/40 Image: 41 ½ x 25 ¼ inches Paper: 49 x 33 inches Pace Prints, New York Estimate: $7,000–$9,000
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S3-09 PHILIP EVERGOOD (American, 1901–1973) Bathing Girls, 1930 Watercolor on paper 10 ½ x 15 inches Frame: 18 x 22 ¾ inches Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York Estimate: $7,500–$9,500
S3-10 ANGELO FILOMENO (Italian, b. 1963) Druid, 2008 Embroidery on silk shantung stretched over linen 14 ¾ x 11 ½ inches The artist and Galerie Lelong, New York Estimate: $12,500–$14,500
S3-11 ORMOND GIGLI (American, b. 1925) Girls in the Windows, New York, 1960 Chromogenic dye-coupler print, ed. 30/100 22 x 22 inches Staley-Wise Gallery, New York (photo © Ormond Gigli) Estimate: $17,000–$19,000
S3-12 RICHARD HAMBLETON (American, b. Canada 1954) Cat Stack, 2006 Three screenprints on Rives BFK paper, ed. 17/20 40 x 26 inches (each) Woodward Gallery, New York Estimate: $15,000–$18,000
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S3-13 JANE HAMMOND (American, b. 1950) Spells and Incantations, 2007 Eight-color 3-D lithograph and silkscreen with chine collé and gold leaf, ed. 12/45 60 ½ x 18 ¾ x 7 ½ inches Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago Estimate: $9,000–$11,000
S3-14 HANS HOFMANN (American, 1880–1966) In the Dunes, 1942 India ink on paper 14 x 17 inches Knoedler & Company, New York Estimate: $18,000–$20,000
S3-15 ISAAC JULIEN (British, b. 1960) Western Union Series No. 4 (Flight Towards Other Destinies 3), 2007 Duratrans in light box, ed. 3/6 47 ¼ x 47 ¼ inches Metro Pictures, New York Estimate: $25,000–$28,000
S3-16 DAVID KLAMEN (American, b. 1961) Brandy & Miranda 2, 2003 Watercolor and ink on paper 12 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago Estimate: $9,000–$11,000
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S3-17 SOL LEWITT (American, 1928–2007) Small Line Etchings, 2005 (detail) Suite of four etchings, ed. 18/25 Image: 6 x 5 inches (each) Paper: 12 ½ x 12 ½ inches Pace Prints, New York Estimate: $9,000–$11,000
S3-18 KIM MCCARTY (American, n.d.) Untitled, October 29, 2007 Watercolor on Arches paper 40 x 26 inches The artist and David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI Estimate: $9,000–$11,000
S3-19 ANDREW MOORE (American, b. 1957) Fischer Body Plant, Detroit, 2009 Chromogenic print mounted to plexiglass, ed. of 5 55 x 44 ¾ inches The artist and Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta (photo courtesy of the artist and Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA) Estimate: $10,000–$12,000
S3-20 HENRY MOORE (English, 1898–1986) Seated Figures, 1974 (detail) Six etchings, ed. 38/50 19 ¼ x 16 ¾ inches Donation from a Charitable Trust Estimate: $6,000–$8,000
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S3-21 ABELARDO MORELL (American, b. 1948) Camera Obscura: View of Landscape Outside of Florence in Room with Bookcase, Italy, 2009 Pigment ink print mounted to Dibond®, ed. 2/15 30 x 40 inches Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York (photo © Abelardo Morell/Courtesy Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York) Estimate: $16,000–$18,000 S3-22 ROBERT MOTHERWELL (American, 1915–1991) Game of Chance, 1987 Aquatint and lithograph with hand coloring and collage, ed. 96/100 Image: 22 5⁄8 x 16 ¼ inches Paper: 37 ¾ x 30 ½ inches Kass/Meridian, Chicago Estimate: $11,000–$13,000 S3-23 LOUISE NEVELSON (American, 1899–1988) Nightscape, 1975 Black cast paper relief print, ed. 14/75 27 x 31 inches Pace Prints, New York Estimate: $11,000–$13,000
S3-24 PABLO PICASSO (Spanish, 1881–1973) Hibou Blanc sur Fond Rouge, 1957 Red earthenware charger painted in white and black, ed. 81/200 Diameter: 17 ½ inches Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles Estimate: $18,000–$20,000
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S3-25 ALAN RATH (American, b. 1959) Advanced Little Running Man II, 2010 Aluminum, glass, nylon, custom electronics, LCD 12 x 8 x 8 inches The artist Estimate: $18,000–$20,000
S3-26 LARRY RIVERS (American, 1923–2002) The Jazz Gallery, 1960 Pencil on paper 11 x 14 inches Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Estimate: $18,000–$22,000
S3-27 CLIFFORD ROSS (American, b. 1952) Hurricane LXX, 2009 Archival pigment print, ed. 1/12 24 x 33 inches Sonnabend Gallery, New York Estimate: $10,500–$12,500
S3-28 ED RUSCHA (American, b. 1937) Raw, 1971 Screenprint on Louvain Opaque Cover paper, ed. 21/90 16 x 26 inches Frame: 19 5⁄8 x 29 5⁄8 inches Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York Estimate: $11,000–$13,000
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S3-29 SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (Brazilian, b. 1944) Church Gate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India, 1995 Gelatin silver print 24 x 35 inches Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica (photo © Sebastio Salgado/Amazonas Images) Estimate: $19,000–$21,000 S3-30 CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN (American, b. 1939) Parallel Axis, 1973 Four gelatin silver prints collaged on museum board, ed. 5/10 30 x 45 inches Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art, New York Estimate: $9,000–$11,000
S3-31 RICHARD SERRA (American, b. 1939) Paths and Edges #8, 2007 One-color etching, ed. 31/60 23 ½ x 29 ½ inches Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, New York Estimate: $6,000–$8,000
S3-32 TARYN SIMON (American, b. 1975) Field Burning, Doerfler Farms, Sublimity, Oregon, 2007 Chromogenic print with accompanying text, ed. 1/7 37 ¼ x 44 ½ inches Gagosian Gallery, New York (photo © 2007 Taryn SimonCourtesy Steidl/Gagosian) Estimate: $15,000–$17,000
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S3-33 DAVID SIMPSON (American, b. 1928) June Violet, 2006 Acrylic on canvas 36 x 27 inches The artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco (photo courtesy of the artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco) Estimate: $11,000–$13,000 S3-34 KENNETH SNELSON (American, b. 1927) Andrea’s Day, 1974 Aluminum and stainless steel, ed. 1/4 27 x 15 x 14 inches Marlborough Gallery, New York Estimate: $18,000–$20,000
S3-35 FRANK STELLA (American, b. 1936) Sinjerli Variation IV, 1977 Lithograph in colors, ed. 19/100 32 x 42 3⁄8 inches Kass/Meridian, Chicago Estimate: $13,000–$15,000
S3-36 JOHNNY SWING (American, b. 1961) Nickel Bowl, 2009 Nickels and stainless steel 8 x 21 inches The artist and Knoedler & Company, New York Estimate: $7,500–$9,500
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S3-37 MICKALENE THOMAS (American, b. 1971) Brawlin’ Spitfire Wrestlers, 2007 Resin, paint, and Swarovsky crystals, ed. 17/40 10 x 14 x 9 ¾ inches Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago Estimate: $10,000–$12,000
S3-38 LAWRENCE WEINER (American, b. 1942) Shot to Hell, 1996 Screenprint and baked enamel on aluminum, ed. 2/25 42 ¼ x 26 x 1 inches Brooke Alexander Editions, New York (photo courtesy of Brooke Alexander Editions, New York) Estimate: $10,000–$12,000
S3-39 GARTH WEISER (American, b. 1979) ATF,2 009–2010 Acrylic and tempera on linen 31 x 24 inches The artist and Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York (photo © Garth Weiser) Estimate: $8,000–$10,000
S3-40 TOM WESSELMANN (American, 1931–2004) Lulu from the Metropolitan Opera Suite II, 1984 Lithograph in colors, ed. 13/250 22 x 30 inches Kass/Meridian, Chicago Estimate: $9,000–$10,000
T H E A RT AUC TI ON
AUCTION CHAIRS Art Chairs Joanne Murphy
Art Auction Assistant Rachel Vander Weit
Andy Nunemaker
Table Captain Chairs
Event Chairs Stephen and Patricia Brink
Karen Drummond
James and Cynthia Stoll AUCTION COMMITTEES Art Selection Donna Baumgartner
Andrea Grant CAS Donations Susan Frautschi Finance Stephen Brink
Jeffrey Kasch Anthony Krausen Joanne Murphy Andy Nunemaker
Design and Decorations James and Mary Connelly Jane Lacy
Kathy Yuille Art Advisors general Daniel Keegan John McKinnon Brady Roberts glass James and Ellen Flesch photography Lisa Hostetler
1986 Reva Shovers Karen Drummond 1988 Reva Shovers Karen Drummond 1990 Marianne Lubar 1992 Marianne Lubar 1994 Anthony Krausen
Cynthia Stoll
1996 Donald Baumgartner
Preview Party Chairs Stephen and Patricia Brink
1998 Donald Baumgartner
James and Cynthia Stoll
2002 Dorothy Stadler
Thomas Obenberger Christine Symchych
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