Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 56

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

Prints

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 391		Francis, Sam. Untitled, 1982. Offset lithograph, 47½ x 34¼", No. 16 of 250. Signed in pencil at lower right; numbered at lower left. Publisher: Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York. Printed by Joe Petruzzelli at Siena Studios, New York. Sam Francis (1923-1994) was an important California-based artist. He often used great splashes of contrasting colors against the white canvas. This piece has lemon yellow, chrome yellow, light pink, cadmium red, deep red, magenta, dark purple, blue-green, green, and ultramarine blue. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,500
Lot 392		Tworkov, Jack. T.L. #7. Color lithograph on Arches paper, 1978. No. 31 of 125 Image: 24 x 24"; Paper: 25 x 25". At lower left margin, in pencil: "TL #7"; in the center: "31/125"; and at lower right: "Tworkov--78." Printer: Jeffrey Sippel and Stephen Britko at Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Print Club of Cleveland Special Publication, 1979. Tworkov (1900-1982) was a Polish-born American abstract expressionist painter. This work characterizes the straight lines and geometric patterns of his later work. Estimated Value $500 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 393		De Forest, Roy. Untitled, 1978. 22½ x 30". Signed "B.A.T. R DeForest 1978" at top center. Whimsical figures of animals, people and landscapes in red and blue. De Forest (1930-2007) was based in the Bay Area and taught at the University of California, Davis. He was a pioneer of the California Funk movement. Estimated Value $500 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 394		Miro, Joan. Untitled Limited Edition Lithograph. Original lithograph pulled in a limited edition of 1,100 at the Atelier La Poligrafa, Barcelona, Spain in 1974., pencil-numbered 786/1000 and signed in the stone. 8 x 15 5/8 in., matted and framed to an overall size of 13¾ x 21¾ in. With authentication by the Société de Vérification de la Nouvelle Gravure Internationale of New York and Paris. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 395		Rosenthal, Seymour. Seltzer Man. Limited edition lithograph, 140/250, signed in pencil at lower right. 16¾ x 23 in. Yellowing at right edge, else fine. Matted and framed to 25½ x 31½ in. A portrait of life on New York's Lower East Side. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 396		Audubon, John James (1785-1851). "Velvet Duck, Fuligula Fusca," Plate 247, Havell Edition. Hand-coloured engraving with aquatint and etching by R. Havell, 1835, 21 5/8" x 31 1/8" (visible). From the first edition of The Birds of America. Matted and framed to an overall size of 29¾" x 39¼". A couple of tiny toned specks in upper background, else extremely fine. The Birds of America was published in London 1827-1838, containing 435-handcolored aquatint engravings illustrating 1,065 birds of 489 species, printed on dated "J. Whatman" watermarked paper. Each of the four volumes weighed close to 70 pounds. Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,763
Lot 397		Audubon, John Woodhouse (1812-1862). "Putorius Agilis, Aud & Bach. / Little Nimble Weasel," Plate 140. Lithograph printed and hand-colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia, 1848. From the third volume of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, imperial folio (22" x 27"). A charming portrait of two weasels in their winter coats observing a cicada on the branch of a dead tree. Matted to 24" x 32¼". Fine. With the help of his son, John Woodhouse Audubon, John James Audubon began to document and paint the mammals of North America in 1839. When John James' health began to fail in 1846, John Woodhouse took over all of the painting. The Reverend John Bachman researched and described each species and J.T. Bowen was inlisted to create lithographs, which were then hand-painted. Three volumes of Quadrupeds were completed and published in 1845, 1846, and 1848. It would be John James Audubon's last project. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $235
Lot 398		Audubon, John Woodhouse (1812-1862). "Spermophilus Mexicanus Licht. Mexican Marmot - Squirrel," Plate 124. Lithograph printed and hand-colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia, 1847. From the third volume of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, 18½ x 24½" (visible). The marmot is shown in left profile, sitting up on his hind legs. Some toning, primarily along the lower border; a small blue "E.D.S. Library/Peabody" stamp is located across the lower edge of the image and the upper edge of the lower border. Matted and framed to 25½" x 31½". With the help of his son, John Woodhouse Audubon, John James Audubon began to document and paint the mammals of North America in 1839. When John James' health began to fail in 1846, John Woodhouse took over all of the painting. The Reverend John Bachman researched and described each species and J.T. Bowen was enlisted to create lithographs, which were then hand-painted. Three volumes of Quadrupeds were completed and published in 1845, 1846, and 1848. It would be John James Audubon's last project. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $235
Lot 399		[Besler, Basilius (1591-1629)] Barba Caprae. Scorsonera Latifolia. Copperplate engraving of black salsify and goatsbeard from the Hortus Eystettensis (Garden of Eichstätt), 19¾" x 16¾".Matted and framed to an overall size of 26" x 23". Fine; one faint horizontal fold. In the early 1600s, Bishop Johann Konrad von Gemmingen commissioned Basilius Besler, an apothecary, chemist, and botanist in Nuremburg, to create a comprehensive botanical garden in Eichstät devoted to flowering plants, many of which were imported from the Americas and the Ottoman Empire. With a team of draftsmen and engravers, Basler documented the garden in all four seasons. Over 1,000 varieties of flowers are depicted in the 367 engraved and colored plates made from Basler's drawings, most of them showing the flowers in their actual size. Latin descriptions were printed on the backs of the images and anticipated the use of binomial denominations, which would be made official by Carolus Linnaeus in 1753. The Hortus Eystettensis is the first collection of large-folio natural history botanicals. Two other editions were issued (1640 and 1713) with the same plates; we don't know which of the three editions contained the engraving offered here, but the copper plates were melted down in 1817 by the Royal Mint in Munich. The actual gardens were destroyed by Swedish troops in 1634, but a modern reconstruction of the original garden opened to the public in Eichstätt in 1998. Estimated Value $500 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $529
Lot 400		W. H. Toms. Hawarden Castle and Park, in Flintshire, Five Miles from the City of Chester. "The Seat of Sir John Glynne Baronet," drawn by T. Badeslade, 1740, handcolored, 16¾ x 22 in. (visible); matted and framed to 24 x 29¼ in. Fine. The old Norman castle, located in northeastern Wales, played a role in the struggle for Welsh independence in the late 1200s. Edward I of England finally conquered the area in 1284 and Hawarden Castle was an important English stronghold in the Welsh Marches (border country) during the following years. The castle also played a role in the English Civil War in the mid 1600s. Sir John Glynne (1713-77), 6th baronet, was a Welsh politician and landowner who represented Flintshire in Parliament from 1741 to 1747 and from 1753-77. In 1752, he built a new Hawarden Castle on the grounds of the ruined castle pictured here. It is best known as the home of Prime Minister W.E. Gladstone, whose wife was Catherine Glynne. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $472