2025 Contemporary & Decorative Art

Marino Marini (Italian 1901-1980)
“Two Figures and Horse”
Lithograph in black, red, green and orange, edition 33/50
Signed lower right Marino
25″ x 19”
Provenance: Collection of Lee and Betty Lee Kolker, New York
From a Private Institution Located in New York

Estimate: $200 - $400

Two: Marino Marini (Italian 1901-1980)
“Tamburlano”, Horse and Rider
Etching, edition XIV/XX
Signed lower right Marino
19″ x 15″
“Jongleurs”, from Trente Ans d Activite, 1951
Etching, edition 22/125
Signed lower right Marino, published by Gerald Cramer, Geneva
Plate size 12 3/4″ x 9 1/2″

Estimate: $300 - $500

15 Piece Chinese Framed Group to include
watercolors on silk of birds, flowers, geishas, woodblock reproduction of “The Wave” , Japanese watercolors of Xiangshan Kingdom, Buddha woodblocks etc…
25″ x 25″ largest frame size

Estimate: $150 - $300

Group of Seven Harper’s Weekly and Antique Newspaper Illustrations to include
Charles Graham (American 1852-1911)
“Sands Point, Long Island”, circa 1883
23 1/2″ x 18 1/4″ frame size
“Dewitt Hitchcock (American 1832-1901)
“New York City and Environs from the Spire of Dr. Springs New Brick Church, Fifth Ave”: A Journal of Civilization, April 23, 1859
25″ x 31″ frame size
“The Piano Industry The Factory of Sohmers & Co. at Astoria Long Island, Opposite 92nd St. NY”
14 3/4″ x 16 1/2″ frame size
Louis Joutel (19th Century) for Harper’s Weekly
“Sketches of Garden City and St. Paul’s School”, circa 1885
Aquatint etchings
23 1/2″ x 18 1/2″ frame size
etc…

Estimate: $150 - $300

Joseph Cornell (American 1903-1972)
Untitled (Derby Hat) from Prints for Phoenix House, 1972
Color heliogravure, edition 125/125
Signed with the artist’s estate stamp lower right
Published by Brooke Alexander Editions, New York
13 1/4″ x 10 1/4″ plate size

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Jules Pascin (French 1885-1930)
“La Famille Cubaine”, 1916
Depicting men with a dog
Pen and ink, pastel, pencil on paper
Atelier and signature stamps lower right
Titled and dated verso “Cuba 1916″
5 1/2″ x 5”
Provenance: Christies, New York, May 1981
Lucy Krohg, Paris

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Group of Eight Unframed Artwork Pieces to include
After Lyonel Feininger (German/American 1871-1956)
“Gothic Spire”, Etching, edition 23/150, Signed in plate, pencil signed printed by Esther Gentle
16″ x 12″
After Giorgio de Chirico, “Two Horses” , Serigraph
26″ x 20″
“Ephemeral” Paris, August, 1963, Lithograph, Signed illegibly Allen L__
20″ x 26″
Rudolf Josef Kratina (German 1891-1967) Waterfall in a Forest, Watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on paper
Signed and inscribed Rudolf Josef Kratina
24″ x 18″
After Paul Klee, The Yellow Donkey (Der Gelbe Esel) , Lithograph, edition 30/200
Pencil signed lower right Esther Gentle Print
20″ x 26″
pen and ink drawing of lions and snakes fighting around a sun
etc…

Estimate: $200 - $400

Four Decorative Landscape Prints to include
Jean Solombre (French B. 1948)
“The Upper Deck”, 1977
Aquatint etching, edition 11/75, Signed lower right Solombre ’77
Claudia Keller (20th Century)
“Lake District II”, 1980
Woodblock, edition 8/100, Signed lower right
W.E. Coombs (20th Century)
“The Promise”, 1981
Embossed etching, edition 105/200, signed lower right
Rita Schwartz (American 20th Century)
“Horizons”
Intaglio triptych etching, edition 39/50, signed lower right
30″ x 40″ largest

Estimate: $100 - $300

Three: Abraham Rattner (American 1893-1978)
Two Figures Embracing
Lithographs, artist proof editions A.P 1, A.P.2, A.P.3
Signed in plate Rattner
Titled in pencil “Mother and Child”
21 3/4″ x 14″ sheet size

Estimate: $200 - $400

Two: Barry Nelson (British/American B.1937) Optical Art Colorfield Etchings
“Chacha Loca”, 1977
Aquatint etching, edition 14/60
Signed and dated lower right Barry Nelson 1977
29 1/2″ x 24 image size
“Divina Zanza”, 1977
Aquatint etching, artist proof edition
Signed and dated lower right Barry Nelson 1977
29 1/2″ x 24 image size

Estimate: $150 - $300

Three: Piet Mondrian (Dutch 1872-1944) and Michel Seuphor (Belgian 1901-1999) Posters
“Textual”, 1928
Lithograph posters in red, blue and yellow with text
25 1/2″ x 19 1/2″

Estimate: $200 - $400

After Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973)
“Poire Coupée, Verre, Pipe” (Still Life of Cut Pear, Glass, Pipe) 1947
Lithograph, edition 47/200
Signed in plate Picasso, pencil signed lower right Esther Gentle Prints 1947, “Still Life with Glass”
20 1/2″ x 26″ sheet size

Estimate: $200 - $400

Five Contemporary Embossed Etchings to include
Yannick Ballif (French 1927-2009)
Red Abstract (Buissons Ardents) 1976, Embossed aquatint etching, edition 50/70, Signed and dated lower right Y.Ballif ’76
22″ x 30″
Krystyna Smiechowska (Polish B.1935)
Untitled Abstract, 1974, Embossed color intaglio, edition 5/70 signed and dated lower right
30″ x 22″
Bruce R. Bleach (American B. 1950)
“A Scopic Sighting II”, Aquatint etching, A.P., Signed lower right Bruce R. Bleach
30″ x 41″
Patricia Jean Burg (Canadian B.1934)
“Prisms III”, Embossed aquatint etching, A.P. Signed lower right Patricia Jean Burg
29″ x 36″
along with etching titled “Cyclops”, signed illegibly

Estimate: $200 - $400

Three: Abraham Rattner (American 1893-1978)
“God’s Light”
Featuring Jewish symbols of the Ark of the Covenant, the Ten Commandments, the Tabernacle …
Lithographs in color
Unsigned
30″ x 22″ sheet size

Estimate: $200 - $400

Six: Abraham Rattner (American 1893-1978) Original Studies
“Study for Adam and Eve, No. 772, BK IV”, 1955
Pen and ink, wash on paper
Signed and dated Rattner ’55, inscribed “To Bernard and Flossie…”
11″ x 8″ image size
“Five Studies Adam and Eve from Book II”
Pen and ink, pencil on paper and transfer paper
14″ x 11″
Study of a Suffering Man and Angels, possibly Christ or another Biblical figure
Pen and ink wash on paper
Signed lower right Rattner
18″ x 12″
Two Studies of a Figure Walking
Pen and ink on paper
Signed lower left Rattner
12″ x 16″
“Hands Ascending”
Pen and ink on paper
Signed and inscribed lower left
32″ x 22 1/2″
“Composition for the Night (Six Million)”, 1963
Pen and ink and wash on paper
Signed and inscribed verso No.1835 BK VII p.78″
16 3/4″ x 20 3/4″

Estimate: $200 - $400

Six: Abraham Rattner (American 1893-1978)
“Kennedy Galleries Feb.11th to March 8th, 1970″, 1970
Lithograph poster
Pencil signed lower right and inscribed
38″ x 25”
“Kennedy Galleries April 2nd to 28th, 1969″
Lithograph poster
Pencil signed lower right Rattner ’68 and inscribed
36″ x 25”
“Rattner Galerie Coard…1965″
Lithograph poster
Pencil signed and inscribed
26 1/2″ x 16 1/2″
Figure of a Man, 1965
Lithograph, Artist Proof edition
Pencil signed and dated lower right Rattner 1965
26 1/2″ x 16 1/2”
“Red Abstract”, 1969
Lithograph, edition 51/Artists (proof)
Pencil signed and dated lower right Rattner ’69
30″ x 21″
along with an additional Kennedy Galleries poster of a woman and a chicken

Estimate: $200 - $400

Six: Abraham Rattner (American 1893-1978) Original Studies
“Study For Harlequin”, 1923
Colored pencil on paper
Signed and dated lower right Rattner ’23 inscribed later “BK’67-68-b20 for Flossie and Bernard, Abe 1969″
12″ x 8″
Figure of a Woman Sitting on a Chair
Pen and ink on paper
10 3/4″ x 8 3/4″
Quick Sketch of a Man, possibly a boxer
Pencil on paper
Signed AR
8 1/2 x 11″
Woman and Chair Studies
Pen and ink on paper
8 3/4 x 11 3/4”
along with two pencil on paper portrait studies

Estimate: $200 - $400

Eleven: Paul Klee (Swiss/German 1879-1940)
“Blumentisch” (Flower Table) 1926
Lithographs with watercolor
Signed and dated in plate 1920 46 Klee, one pencil signed Esther Gentle
Published in 1947 for a portfolio issued by the Museum of Modern Art
12″ x 9″ sheet size, 7 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ image size

Estimate: $400 - $800

Eight: Paul Klee (Swiss/German 1879-1940)
“Dance of the Grieving Child” (Tanz des trauernden Kindes) 1922
Lithographs in black and white
An Esther Gentle Reproduction, Collection of Mrs. and Mr. Clifford Odets
15 1/2″ x 14 1/4″ sheet size, 10 3/4″ x 10 1/4″ image size

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Eleven: Paul Klee (Swiss/German 1879-1940)
“Dance of the Grieving Child” (Tanz des trauernden Kindes) 1922
Lithographs in color
Marked an Esther Gentle Reproduction, Collection of Mrs. and Mr. Clifford Odets
15 1/2″ x 14 1/4″ sheet size, 10 3/4″ x 10 1/4″ image size

Estimate: $500 - $1000