Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 24

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Autographs-Artists

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 378		Benton, Thomas Hart (1889-1975) One of finest Regionalist painters of the 30s and 40s; his paintings, such as "July Hay," are exhibited in most fine American art museums. Autograph Letter Signed ("Thomas H. Benton") in pencil, no place, no date, 1 pg., quarto. To Willis Birchman, a well-known caricaturist. In part, "I appreciate your position and recognize my own….I have a lot of stuff, but to say more than I did in the little piece in my book would put me in a different position with reference to people who are alive and doing well enough without being pulled through a mess of sexual oddities….If you'll send me your mss [manuscript] (preferably next summer when I'll be in Chilmark, Mass…) I'll see what I can add without sticking my neck out." Light folds, else Fine. Chilmark is a small community in southwest Martha's Vineyard; in 1938, Benton painted a well-known work entitled "Chilmark." The first edition of his book, An Artist In America, which is likely the book mentioned here, was published in 1937. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 379		Braque, Georges (1882-1963) French artist who developed Cubism with Picasso. 7¼ x 4¾ in. waist-length image cut from a publication and affixed to cardstock, inscribed and signed in blue ink, "Pour Jessie Meredith, G. Braque, 1962." The ink in "Pour" is smeared; there is a lesser smear in the tail of the "q" in "Braque." A couple of folds and some light creasing, but boldly signed. Braque's signature alone is listed in Saunders at $685. Estimated Value $550 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $334
Lot 380		Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Russian-born artist; won fame for his dream-like, fanciful paintings that made him a forerunner of the surrealist movement. Signed print, "Paris Through the Window," 21 x 22 in. Signed boldly in the lower right quadrant. Small archival mend, not noticeable; otherwise, Very Fine. The original oil on canvas was painted in 1913. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 381		Dali, Salvador (1904-89) Spanish surrealist painter. Black and white Photograph Signed "Dalí," no place (1951), 8¼ x 8¼ inches. A French publicity photograph of the flamboyant, mustachioed artist. Signed in black ink against the white inside cover of Dalí's book. Fine. Dalí went to Paris in 1928 and became part of a group of Surrealist artists, authors, and filmmakers. His early paintings, such as The Persistence of Memory epitomized the hallucinatory aspect of Surrealism. He also collaborated with filmmaker Luis Buñuel on Un chien andalou (1928) and L'Age d'Or (1930), which were scandalous at the time. Estimated Value $450 - 550. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $489
Lot 382		Hunt, William Morris (1824-79) American portraitist. Autograph Letter Signed ("W.W. Hunt"), Milton (Mass.), July 22, no year (after 1855), 1 page, small octavo. He writes to Mr. Doll about the Governor's portrait: "I want you to try the Governors portrait on an Easel in the other end of the room or a corner of the other end. As the light does not see satisfactory…." Affixed at top edge to a larger sheet. Boldly penned and signed. With a portrait engraving of Hunt in his later years. Hunt studied in Europe from 1846 to 1855, where he became closely linked to Millet and the Barbizon school. He became a portraitist and introduced contemporary French painting to Boston. His work hangs in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 383		Miró, Joan (1893-1983) Surrealist painter and sculptor. Black and white page from a French art book Signed ("Miró"), showing the artist in his studio, standing in front of one of his paintings, 10¼ x 6¾ inches. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 384		Motherwell, Robert (1915-91) American painter. Autograph Letter Signed ("R.M."), at the bottom of a typewritten letter to him dated May 18, 1977, from Nancy MacDonald of Spanish Refugee Aid, Inc., on the letterhead of that group, 1 page, quarto. Motherwell responds to an inquiry about a lithograph that he was to do to aid the organization: "Events have thrown my schedule off more than a year - perhaps two - so to my regret I must refuse any commitments until I get caught up…." Some folds, else Fine. Motherwell was one of the original Abstrat Expressionists; probably his best-known works are those in the series titled Elegies to the Spanish Republic. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $155
Lot 385		Mucha, Alfons (1860-1939) Czech artist; designed the first three postage stamps of Czechoslovakia, which obtained its independence in 1918 after the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Card Signed between three of the original postage stamps designed by Mucha, with printed date of December 18, 1918, 6 x 8 in. open. At left is an engraving of a self-portrait of Mucha. With four oversize, mint, unused Czechoslovakian stamps issued in 1969 commemorating Mucha's birth, showing engraved color examples of his art. Extremely fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 386		Neiman, LeRoy & Soyer, Raphael. Signatures on 3 x 5 cards. Soyer's signature is large, in blue ink; Neiman's is very large, in black felt tip pen. Very Fine. (2 items). Estimated Value $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 387		Remington, Frederic (1861-1909) American painter, illustrator and sculptor. Autograph Letter Signed in full, no place, May 29, no year, 1 page, 8½ x 6½ in. To Ralph, asking for the names of the current senators from Texas: "Who are the present senators from the state of Texas? Write immediately. Harry Harper isn't so sure you are going to Mexico as you are." Written on laid paper with a watermark in the form of an order or badge with a Scottish thistle emblem and Latin motto. One pinhole at fold and minor blemishes. Remington, who was born in New York, worked as a cowboy in the western U.S. He was an artist and correspondent in Cuba during the Spanish American War (1898). He was known as an animal painter and illustrator of scenes from the American West. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 388		Rockwell, Norman (1894-1978) American illustrator, best known for his Saturday Evening Post covers showing slices of American life. Autograph Letter Signed, no place, no date, 1 pg., quarto. Written on manila paper to Walter Birchman, another illustrator: "Dear Birchman, Please forgive me. I'm full of wonderful intentions and I was grateful for the caricature. Cordially Norman Rockwell." Penned in blue ink; fine overall. Although Norman Rockwell material is common, handwritten letters are scarce. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 389		Turner, J. M. W (1775-1851) British landscape painter. Autograph Letter Signed, Athenaeum, no date (Saturday Evng), 1 pg, 7 x 4½. To Miss Rogers, "Best regards to you and Miss Johnston and glad to say I am more fortunate this time and will have the great pleasure of being in Hanover Terrace on Thursday the 11th at ½ past 6. Yours most truly J M W Turner." Light toning; minor mounting remnants on verso of blank integral leaf. Turner was possibly the greatest landscapist of the 19th century. In the period of his first style (1800-20), he introduced historical and mythological subjects into his paintings, e.g., " Snowstorm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps." In his second period (1820-35), he used idealized scenery and showed a heightened scale of color, e.g., "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." During his third period (1835-45), he conveyed his impressions of nature with more poetic and dreamlike effects and even more brilliant color and light, e.g., "The Sun of Venice Going to Sea." He exhibited for the last time in 1850. He also produced engravings and thousands of watercolor sketches and drawings. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold