2025 Contemporary & Decorative Art

Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese/French 1920-2013)
“Forêt Perdue”, 1955
Lithograph, edition 70/125
Signed and dated lower right, L’Oeuvre Gravée embossed stamp lower left
24 3/4″ x 19″
Provenance: Allen Smith Gallery, Elmira, NY
Collection of Lee and Betty Lee Kolker, New York
From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $2000 - $4000

Marino Marini (Italian 1901-1980)
“Acrobata”, Horse and Rider, 1956
Lithograph in black and orange, edition 40/50
Signed lower right Marino
24″ x 18 1/2
Provenance: Collection of Lee and Betty Lee Kolker, New York
From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $300 - $500

“Alice in Wonderland”
Lithograph
Marked lower right “Dali”
22 3/4″ x 16 3/4″

Estimate: $100 - $300

Two: Hans Erni (Swiss 1909-2015)
“Venus”
Depicting nude within geometric abstract composition
Lithograph, edition 60/95
Signed lower right Erni
36″ x 27 1/2″
“Vier Madchen” (Four Girls)
Lithograph, edition 28/100
Signed lower right Erni
33″ x 42″
Provenance: Collection of Lee and Betty Lee Kolker, New York
From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $150 - $300

Marino Marini (Italian 1901-1980)
“Due Acrobati Con Cavallo” Two Acrobats with Horse
Lithograph in black and yellow, edition 29/50
Signed lower right Marino
24 1/2″ x 18 1/2″
Provenance: Collection of Lee and Betty Lee Kolker, New York
From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $200 - $400

Three: Georges Rouault (French 1871–1958)
“The Juggler”, 1921
Lithograph
Signed in plate
9″ x 6 1/2″
“Les Visages” The Faces, 1933
Woodcut engraving
Signed in plate
6″ x 8″
Woman and Two Men
Woodcut engraving
Signed in plate
7 1/2″ x 8″
Provenance: From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $200 - $400

Georges Rouault (French 1871–1958)
“Christ in Prayer” (Christ praying in the garden of Gethsemane) from the series The Passion, circa 1939
Woodcut engraving
Signed in plate lower right G.R.
7 3/4″ x 8″ plate size
Provenance: From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $200 - $400

Georges Rouault (French 1871–1958)
“Christ in Conversation” (Christ and Disciples) from the series The Passion, circa 1939
Woodcut engraving
Signed in plate lower left G.R.
12″ x 7 3/4″ plate size
Provenance: From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $300 - $500

After Alexander Calder (American 1898-1976)
“Spirals”, 1969
Lithograph
Signed in the plate Calder 69
35″ x 23 1/2″

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Two Framed Mid Century Pieces to include
Warrington Wickham Colescott Jr. (American 1921-2018)
“Park Sunday”, 1962
Etching, Artist Proof edition
Signed and dated lower right Colescott ’62
18 1/2″ x 24″
Arturo Carmassi (Italian 1925-2015)
Untitled, 1958
Etching, edition 3/30
Signed and dated lower left Carmassi 1958
21″ x 16″
Provenance: From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $200 - $400

Two: Abraham Rattner (American 1893-1978)
“Figures Waiting”, 1947
Scene with five figures sitting around a dining table
Screenprints by Esther Gentle Reproductions, New York
Both signed in plate Rattner, Composition, Figures Waiting, 1947, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lowenthal
23″ x 35″ image size

Estimate: $200 - $400

Two: Abraham Rattner (American 1893-1978)
“Figures Waiting”, 1947
Scene with five figures sitting around a dining table
Screenprints by Esther Gentle Reproductions, New York
Both signed in plate Rattner, Composition, Figures Waiting, 1947, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lowenthal
23″ x 35″ image size

Estimate: $200 - $400

John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)
“American Crow”, 1833
Chromolithograph, Plate CLVI, from the R.Havell edition of Audubon’s Birds of America
39″ x 26″
Provenance: W.Graham Arader III Galleries

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Morris Blackburn (American 1902-1979)
“Rio Grande Canyon Landscape”, 1959
Mixed media, pastel, watercolor, gouache on paper
Signed lower left Morris Blackburn
22″ x 30″

Estimate: $100 - $300

Three Framed Mid Century Pieces to include
Two: Robert Ernst Marx (American 1925-2020)
“Man and a Mask”
Etching and intaglio, edition 6/30
Signed lower right Marx
22″ x 18″
“Woman and a Bird”
Etching and intaglio, edition 6/30
Signed lower right Marx
22″ x 18″
Alfred Blaustein (American 1924-2004)
“The Tangle”
Etching and intaglio, edition 24/30
Signed lower right Al Blaustein
24″ x 18″
Provenance: From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $150 - $300

Two Cityscape Etchings to include
Rudolf Kugler (German 1921-2013)
“Citta Antica”, 1960
Intaglio etching, edition 74/200
Signed and dated lower right R.I.Kugler 1960
16″ x 20″
Rudy Pozzatti (American 1925-2021)
“Roman Ruins”, 1962
Intaglio etching, 10/30
Signed and dated lower right Rudy Pozzatti 1962
18″ x 21 1/2″
Provenance: From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $200 - $400

Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese/French 1920-2013)
“Les Voiliers”, 1953
Lithograph, edition 20/90
Signed lower right
18″ x 22 1/2″
Provenance: Collection of Lee and Betty Lee Kolker, New York
From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $2000 - $4000

Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese/French 1920-2013)
“Les Cerfs”, 1956
Lithograph, edition 70/125
Signed and dated lower right
18″ x 25 1/2″
Provenance: Collection of Lee and Betty Lee Kolker, New York
From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $3000 - $5000

Jean (Hans) Arp (French/German 1886-1966)
“Le Soleil Recycle”, 1965
Woodcut, edition 5/40
Embossed signature lower left Jean Arp, Bois Original
10 3/4″ x 8 1/2″ image size
Provenance: Graphic S1 Graphics 2, Boston, Massachusetts

Estimate: $200 - $300

Three: Abraham Rattner (American 1893-1978) Original Studies
Green and Purple Flowers, Miami, 1973
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower left Rattner ’73, inscribed “To Flossie & Bernard Love from Esther and Abe Best Wishes for happy holidays and New Year”
5″ x 6 3/4″
Bouquet of Flowers, 1973
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower left Rattner 12-73, inscribed “To Bernard and Flossie Love and Best Wishes and Happy New Year from Abe and Esther”
13 1/2″ x 11″
Original Card to Zipkin Family with Figure and Color Swatches, 1955
Watercolor, pen and ink on paper
Signed, inscribed, with postage stamp
9 3/4″ x 7″ (folded)

Estimate: $200 - $400

Two: After Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973)
“Poire Coupée, Verre, Pipe” (Still Life of Cut Pear, Glass, Pipe) 1952
Lithographs, editions 36/200, 37/200
Signed in plate Picasso, stamped lower right Esther Gentle 1952
20 1/2″ x 26″ sheet size

Estimate: $200 - $400

Two: After Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973)
“Poire Coupée, Verre, Pipe” (Still Life of Cut Pear, Glass, Pipe) 1952
Lithograph, edition 4/200
Signed in plate Picasso, stamped lower right Esther Gentle 1952
20 1/2″ x 26″ sheet size
“Les Deux Amoureux” (The Two Lovers) 1952
Sealed lithograph
Signed in plate Picasso, labeled verso Esther Gentle – copyright 1952
15″ x 11″

Estimate: $200 - $400

Richard Haas (American B.1936)
“Bryn Mawr Hotel”, 1973
Etching, edition 11/20
Signed lower right Richard Haas
23 3/4″ x 15″

Estimate: $150 - $300

Meryl Taradash (American 1953-2024)
Untitled Blue, Yellow and Pink Construction
Mixed media, watercolor, paper collage
Signed lower right Taradash
26″ x 40″ sight, 33″ x 49″ frame size

Estimate: $100 - $300

Two Framed Mid Century Pieces to include
Richard Kemble (American 1932-2007)
“Don’t Hurry Tomorrow”, 1974
Woodcut, edition 14/25
Signed and dated lower right Kemble ’74
22″ x 29 1/2″
Robert Freimark (American 1922-2010)
“Blue Wave”, 1974
Lithograph, edition 22/60
Signed and dated lower right Freimark ’74
30″ x 17 1/2″

Estimate: $150 - $300