Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 79

Photography & Prints

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 374		*Camera Work. A Photographic Quarterly.* Special Number, June 1913. Alfred Stieglitz, editor. 59 pp folio, + an Announcement and 11 pp of ads. "An illustrated quarterly magazine devoted to Photography and to the activities of the Photo-Secession," the journal was published from 1903-17 and was known for its high-quality photogravures. In 1910 Stieglitz began to introduce paintings, drawings and other art forms. Contents of this issue: Paintings: three by Paul Cézanne; one by Vincent van Gogh; two by Pablo Picasso; one by Francis Picabia. Drawings: one by Pablo Picasso (half-tone photo reproduction). Texts: Gertrude Stein, "Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia"; Mabel Dodge, "Speculations"; Gabrielle Buffet, "Modern Art and the Public"; Francis Picabia, "Vers L'Amorphisme"; Benjamin de Casseres, 'The Renaissance of the Irrational"; miscellaneous others; "Are You Interested in the Deeper Meaning of Photography?" Original gray covers are ragged at edges; light overall toning to pages, uneven foxing on blank, inside covers. Some pages uncut; one plate loose; most internal pages in good condition. Overall condition fair; offered because of rarity. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Estate of Helene Wurlitzer (1875-1963). View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 375		Agam, Yaacov. Star of David. Artist's proof, 21 of 25, 14x14", numbered and signed at lower left. Matted and framed to an overall size of 27¼ x 27¼". Agam (1928-) is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art. Accompanied by a COA from Artra Diverse Dimensions, the exclusive publisher of Agam. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $960
Lot 376		Agam, Yaacov. Step of Time. Artist's proof, 12x14", signed at lower right. Matted and framed to an overall size of 25½ x 27½". Agam (1928-) is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art. Accompanied by a COA from Artra Diverse Dimensions, the exclusive publisher of Agam. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $840
Lot 377		Agam, Yaacov. Sun and Moon Galaxy. Israeli artist best known for his kinetic and optical art. Giclée; signed lower right; numbered: 111/270; image: 19½ x 19½" with borders, framed: 28 x 28". Estimated Value $750 - 1,500. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $720
Lot 378		Agam, Yaacov. Sun and Moon Romance. Israeli sculptor and experimental artist best known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art. Giclée. Abstract; signed lower right; numbered: 146/270; image: 19½ x 19½", framed: 28 x 27½ ". An exceptional example of optical art. Estimated Value $600 - 900. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $576
Lot 379		Agam, Yaacov. World of Color. Artist's proof, 15x14", signed and numbered at bottom center. Matted and framed to an overall size of 28¼ x 27½". Agam (1928-) is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art. Accompanied by a COA from Artra Diverse Dimensions, the exclusive publisher of Agam. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 380		Chagall, Marc. Apparition of the Artist's Family. (1887-1985) A bold, colorful and joyous tribute to Chagall's family. Lithograph on paper; signed lower right; numbered 15/375; image: 42 x 36¼", framed: 54½ x 49½". Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,200
Lot 381		Chagall, Marc. La Branche. Colorful dream-like pastoral scene incorporating some of Chagall's favorite subjects. Lithograph on paper; signed lower right; image: 42½ x 32½", framed: 55 x 44". Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,200
Lot 382		Chagall, Marc. Lovers Over the City. Lithograph on paper; signed lower right; numbered: 17/375; image: 29 x 21½", framed: 46¼ x 38¾. Published Katem Meshi, Jerusalem, 1988. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,050
Lot 383		Chagall, Marc. Minorah. Facsimile of stained glass window panel; facsimile signature; image: 31½ x 24", framed: 45½ x 38". Estimated Value $700 - 900. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $672
Lot 384		Chagall, Marc. Moses and the Serpent. Etching; signed " M. Ch." in pencil, lower right; numbered: 15/100; image: 21¼ x 16½", framed: 24¼ x 19¼". Chagall captures the biblical leader full of strength and courage. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,640
Lot 385		Chagall, Marc. Paris Opera Ceiling. Photo of mechanical graphic of Paris Opera Ceiling; published 1995; facsimile signature; Image: 29½ x 24¼". Framed: 42½ x 36½". Estimated Value $600 - 800. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 386		Chagall, Marc. The Passover Meal. Etching; signed "M. Ch." in pencil, lower right; numbered: III/V; image: 20½½ x 16½", framed: 23¼ x 19¼". Chagall envisions religious observance in a mystical and enchanting way. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,640
Lot 387		Chagall, Marc. The Red Roofs. Beautifully bold and brightly colored presentation of the Lover's. Lithograph on paper; signed lower right; image: 41 x 36¼", framed: 55½ x 51¼". Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $960
Lot 388		Chagall, Marc. Sacrifice of Isaac. Etching of Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac. Image: 21 x 15½", framed: 29 x 19½". A beautifully dark but hopeful interpretation of biblical lore. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 389		[Japanese Prints] Extremely Rare BRINKLEY'S 1897-1898, 10-Volume 1898 Edition of JAPAN: DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED BY THE JAPANESE - Published by the J.B. Millet Company of Boston. This is an extremely rare set of Captain Frank Brinkley's pictorial history of Japan. At the time, this was the definitive photographic narrative of a land still unknown to the rest of the world. Each of the ten volumes (approximately 39.5 cm each) is bound in a different colored silk crepe cover with silk tassels at the Japanese binding crafted by S. Iida of Kyoto. Collotype prints are at the frontispiece of each volume and were made in Tokyo by K. Ogawa, mounted and framed. Inside each volume are 20 hand-colored albumen photographs mounted in the text and six full-page hand-colored albumen photographs which are mounted and framed. Numbered 72, this was an extremely limited edition of only 250 copies and complete sets of all 10 volumes are extremely rare as these volumes have long been broken up. The condition throughout is superb! Estimated Value $5,000-UP. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,904
Lot 390		Fazzino, Charles. A Light for Israel. Silkscreen Serigraph on 100% Acid-Free Rag Museum Board [top and bottom layers]. Three layered by hand and hand embellished with acrylic paint glitter and Swarovski crystals. Signed in pencil, lower right. Release date: 2003. Numbered : 94/200DX, lower left. Image: 10¼ x 8½", framed: 22 x 19". Fazzino is best known for his three-dimentional artwork and for his use of vibrant colors and exceptional detail. His images are designed with the goal of drawing you into the teeming, whimsical, fun, and distinctive world he has created. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $394
Lot 391		Fazzino, Charles. A Wedding To Remember. Silkscreen Serigraph on 100% Acid-Free Rag Museum Board [top and bottom layers]. Three layered by hand and hand embellished with acrylic paint glitter and Swarovski crystals. Signed in pencil, lower right. Release date: 2000. Numbered: 11/250DX, lower left. Image: 12 x 10½", framed: 24 x 25". Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $234
Lot 392		Matisse, Henri. Tête de Femme. Linoleum cut, 9¼ x 12¼" (visible), matted to 14½ x 18". Initials H M and backwards date "38" at left. Matisse (1869-1954) often used printmaking to unwind after long periods of painting. He completed more than 800 intaglios, lithographs, woodcuts, linoleum cuts, and monotypes in his lifetime. Estimated Value $400 - 600. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $384
Lot 393		Miró, Joan. "Derrière le Miroir". (1893-1983). Catalan Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist. Two brightly colored abstract pictures matted with a card signed in pencil "Miro". Numbered: 91/150; published October 10, 1971, Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris. Images: 23 x 15½" and 11½ x 15½", Framed: 41 x 31". Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 394		Nemtzov, Shalom. Noah's Ark. Oil on canvas; image: 30 x 19½", framed: 38 x 27". Estimated Value $400 - 600. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 395		Picasso, Pablo. Ecuyère, Bonhomme et Mousquetaire. Etching with aquatint and dry-point on BFK Rives paper, with full margins; signed in pencil lower right; numbered: 28/50; dated in the plate 20 April 1968 II [in reverse]; from the edition of 50; image: 12½ x 15 3/8", framed: 36 x 33". 347; series: No, 44, 1968. In his ninth decade, Picasso created the remarkable group of etchings known as the 347 series in less than seven months, from March 16th to October 5th, 1968. He collaborated with the master printers Piero and Aldo Crommelnck, in his private studio near Cannes,who brought in a special press from their atelier in Paris in 1963. While combining different cultures, icons and periods in this series, Picasso was able to create a unifying theme throughout: that of the narrator and observer rather than participant. The works are a panorama of compelling imagery including circus figures, musketeers, cabelleros, musicians, and painters with their models, many charged with erotic tone. Picasso's command of the challenging techniques of etching engraving, dry-point and aquatint are revealed forcefully in the 347 works, along with the highly personal and facile drawing ability he possessed in his late years. Commenting on the series, the artist said, "I spend hour after hour while I draw, observing my creatures and thinking about the mad things they're up to; basically it's my way of writing fiction." This rare work from the 347 series (limited to only 50 examples), offers one of the finest collecting opportunities present to those seeking to acquire original works by Picasso. Estimated Value $20,000 - 30,000. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 396		Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de. Woman Drinker, or The Hangover, 1889. Limited edition lithograph engraved by Henri Deschamps, No. 50 out of an edition of 300. With stamp of "Société des Amis du Musée d'Albi". Facsimile signature of the artist at lower right. Sheet: 19¾" x 21¾". Image: 17¾ x 13¾". Framed to an overall size of 25½" x 27¾". Estimated Value $400 - 600. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 397		Woollett, William. The Death of General Wolfe. After the Painting by Benjamin West, 19 x 24", in old frame 23½ x 28¾". Engraved by William Woollett, published January 1st, 1776 by Messrs. Woollett, Boydell and Ryland, London, "From the original Picture in the Collection of Lord Grosvenor" and dedicated to George III. Woollett was appointed historical engraver to His Majesty in 1775. This was the first engraving from West's great historic painting and is considered Woollett's masterpiece. The frame has a small plaque at bottom center, "From the Collection of Frederica - Duchess of York / ca. 1776-1820." Frederica (1767-1820) was born Princess Frederica, the eldest daughter of Frederick William II, King of Prussia. She married Prince Frederick, Duke of York and the second son of George III. The Duke of York was known for his military failures, which were immortalized in a rhyme: "The grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men. He marched them up to the top of the hill,And he marched them down again…." See also the painting after Benjamin West: Lot 353. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 398		Yong, Cao. Red Umbrella. (1850-1921) Picture marked CCIV/DL, Ltd. Edition; numbered: 204/550; image:17½ x 13½", framed: 26½ x 22¾. Estimated Value $400 - 600. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold