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Important works by Glenna Goodacre, Scott Christensen,
Clyde Aspevig Highlight Heritage Auctions' September Art of the
West Auction.
More than 150 Western art highlights from multiple significant
private collections will be among the top attractions in Heritage
Auctions' Art of the West American Art
auction Sept. 7 in Dallas, Texas.
The sale will feature a comprehensive selection of bronzes and
paintings by important artists of the American West. Among this
collection is a handful of works by prolific artist Clyde Aspevig,
who is known for his loose, realistic depictions of the vast
landscapes across Wyoming and Montana. Also featured in the auction
will be Glenna Goodacre, who will celebrate her 80th birthday and
50th anniversary as a sculptor this fall. Goodacre's sculptures are
coveted for their lively expression, texture, design and movement.
Her beginning career as a painter provided the foundation for her
first bronzes created in 1969. In 2003, she was awarded the
prestigious Texas Medal Of Arts, and later that year was inducted
into the Cowgirl Hall Of Fame in Fort Worth. In October, 2016, she
announced her complete retirement from sculpting and casting
bronzes. Among her top pieces in the sale is Crossing the
Prairie, for which Goodacre won the 2002 James Earl Fraser
Sculpture Award at the Prix de West Exhibition in Oklahoma
City.
Also included in the sale are works from such notable artists as G.
Harvey, Glenna Goodacre, Bev Doolittle, Tucker Smith, Ray Swanson
and many more.
"With the strength of the Western Art market, the Art of the West
auction is intended to make Western Art accessible to collectors of
all levels," said Alissa Ford, Director of Western Art at Heritage
Auctions. "This auction is dedicated to the wonders of the West and
will include many vistas of our most cherished landmarks of the
American West."
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First Heritage Auctions Contemporary Asian Art Auction
Includes Beijing East Village Artists, Cynical Realist School,
Apartment Art
Zhang Huan
Seeds of Hamburg (Complete portfolio with 12 works),
2002 |
Heritage Auctions is launching its first Online Contemporary Asian Art
auction Sept. 19, with a selectively curated collection of
paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures.
Dominated by vanguard Beijing East Village Artists Zhang Huan,
Cang Xin, Rong Rong and
Xing Danwin, the
sale also features work by Apartment Art pioneers Lin Tianmiao and Wang
Gongxin; Cynical Realists Yue Minjun and
Fang Lijun and
experimental calligraphic works by Gu Wenda.
Politics, culture, history, environmental problems and the human
body are just some of the topics explored in this collection that
shows a good range of work for both established and young
collectors.
Bidding is now through Sept. 19 at HA.com/241938.
Gu Wenda
Gu's Phrase Series: Wind
and Bamboo, 2003 |
Lin Tianmiao & Wang Gongxin
Here? or There? (Complete portfolio with
15 photographs), 2002 |
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Small Goes Big at Heritage Sept. 12 Online Fine and
Decorative Arts Auction
A French Enameled Porcelain Plaque with Guilloche and Gilt Bronze
Frame
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Great and small offerings are waiting to be found Sept. 12 at
Heritage Auctions' Online Fine and Decorative
Arts Auction.
Whether made as salesman's samples, carpenter's models or
children's furniture, the charm of miniature antiques endures.
Starting with a group of European architectural
models or these Georgian and Parquetry
case pieces, offerings continue with French style in a diminutive child's
chair and settee and an array of tea caddies and sewing
boxes.
Small expands beyond mahogany and walnut. A circa 1940 Steelcraft
dirigible model takes off with bidding starting at $1. A
ship's model of the
fated Edmund Fitzgerald also will have collectors singing.
French miniature
portraits, Chinese snuff bottles and
Georg Jensen silver
salts also can satisfy a big taste for small.
Contemporary fine art offerings go small with iconic Hunt Slonem Bunny
paintings in white and pink and a
wallet-size Banksy Di-Faced Tenner
10 GBP Note.
Bidding for the 353-lot auction is now open through Sept. 12 at
HA.com/241937.
Eight Pairs of Georg Jensen Enameled Silver Salt Cellars and
Spoons
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A Steelcraft Pressed Steel Dirigible Model of the USS
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Tiffany for Desktop and Dining Room in Sept. 12 Online Fine
and Decorative Arts Auction
Iconic Tiffany Studios works in bronze and glass for boardroom to
banquet with extensive American Indian,
Bookmark and
Venetian pattern desk
sets with highly prized file holders, stamp box and pen tray
forms are among the most intriguing lots available in Heritage
Auctions' Monthly Fine & Decorative
Art Online Auction Sept. 12.
Nine Tiffany Studios Gilt Bronze Bookmark
Pattern Desk Articles
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A Group of Six Tiffany Studios Gilt
Bronze Plates and Compotes |
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Twenty-Two Tiffany Studios Favrile Glass Table Articles |
An Abalone pattern
dessert suite or Favrile glass goblets,
wine stems and tumblers add sparkle to any tablescape.
But Tiffany means classic Sterling, too. Louis Comfort Tiffany's
influence on lucky desks and dining tables continues in silver with
an aesthetic-style Tiffany & Co. letter
holder, a suite of 12
Richelieu pattern pastry forks, bowls and trays.
Bidding for these and other fine and decorative art lots is now
open through Sept. 12 at HA.com/241937.
School Girl Theorem Painting Bridges Lee
Trivino, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Collections in Heritage
Auctions' OnLine Fine and Decorative art auction
American School Still Life with Fruit |
The worlds of swashbuckling golf legend Lee Trevino and American
style icon Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis collide in a charming school girl
painting that is among 353 offerings in Heritage Auctions'
Fine and Decorative
Arts Auction Sept. 12.
This type of colored stenciled decoration on a velvet fabric ground
is known as a theorem painting, a style that was a staple of New
England education for girls in the 1800s. Considered essential to a
girl's education, painting and needlework taught patience and
sometimes developed talent. Not all pupils had natural artistic
abilities, however, and the practice of using a stencil was both
efficient and democratizing. Matthew Finn's 1830 treatise,
Therometical System of Painting or Modern Plan fully Explained
in Six Lessons by Which a Child of Tender Years can be Taught the
Sublime Art in One Week was widely applied, and American
schoolgirls learned techniques of paint mixing, shading and
composition.
The theorem painting here is of classic form, with a blue bird
perched atop an abundance of flowers and fruit. Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis revived scholarship in American Classical period decorative
arts of the 1820s and 1830s with her thoughtful renovation work at
the White House from 1961-63. This painting, though modest, is from
that American Classical era, and fits her interests.
Bought the painting at a 1996 auction of the former First Lady's
collection, the painting and other art from the
Trevino collection are open for bidding now through Sept. 12 at
HA.com/241937.
Heritage Auctions Takes the Bull by the
Horns with Cattle Baron Sofa and Chair in Sept. 12 Online Fine and Decorative Arts
Auction
Born in Bohemia but with destiny in the American West, horn
furniture takes Austro-Hungarian Lusterweibchen hunting lodge forms
into Cattle Country parlors. Bidding is open now for Heritage
Auctions' Sept. 12 Fine and Decorative Arts Auction with a historic
horn sofa and armchair parlor
suite from a Midwestern collector.
An American Upholstered Longhorn Armchair |
American School Still Life with Fruit |
A European tradition for centuries, horn furniture became an
international craze in the 1851 London World Exhibition, that
included chairs, a sofa and a mirror by Hamburg artisan H.F.C.
Rampendahl. They were acquired by Queen Victoria, and now are in
the collection of the Victoria and Albert
Museum.
Other horn furniture stars from this era are Germans Gustav Lorenz,
Henrich Keitel, Kurt Schicker, and most notably American immigrants
Herman Metz, Charles Puppe, William Mittmann, The Appell Brothers,
August Biesenbach and Friedrich Wenzel, who
immigrated from Grunthal, Bohemia to Indianola, Texas in 1853 and
began selling Texas longhorn furniture out of his San Antonio
warerooms in 1880. Wenzel won awards at the 1883 Cincinnati
Industrial Exhibition, the 1884 New Orleans Cotton Centennial
Exhibition and the 1886 Louisville Southern Exhibition. Cattlemen
from Texas to Chicago were understandably smitten with horn
furniture and supported a robust trade for the next 40 years, until
the 1920s.
The chair and sofa offered Sept. 12 by Heritage Auctions are
wonderfully preserved and retains its antique upholstery with full
fringe. "The suite is at once exotic and rugged," Heritage Auctions
furniture specialist Rachel Weathers said. "The horns, of course,
make us think of a cattle drive, but the tufts, button and fringe
upholstery are pure Ottoman. It is a real cattle baron group."
Bidding on these and 351 other fine and decorative arts lots is
open until Sept. 12 at HA.com/241937.
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Oklahoma Price Tower Frank Lloyd Wright Fireplace Heats Up
Heritage Auctions' 20th Century Design Auction
Frank Lloyd Wright
Fireplace from Price Tower, 1956 |
Frank Lloyd Wright
Relief Panel from Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma,
1956 |
Frank Lloyd Wright never fit his work into a box. The 19-story
Price Tower, the only fully realized Wright skyscraper in
existence, was completed for a Bartlesville, Oklahoma site in 1956,
but in defiance of Bauhaus cubes dominating American Mid-Century
Modern architecture of the 1950s. Wright's Price Tower designs
eschew glass boxes in favor of faceted jewel-like "pinwheel" forms
in a style that came to be known as Wright's "Crystalline" group
with few 90-degree angles.
The best example of this collection a Price Tower Apartment
Fireplace, which will be the first complete example to be
offered at auction when it crosses the block in Heritage Auctions' Design
Auction Oct. 1 in Dallas, Texas. The fascia panels on the
fireplace complement the Price Tower façade
panels adorning every other floor of the tower exterior and
some interior locations, as well. The stamped copper panels have a
warm, natural presence with oxidation and shapes invoking American
Indian basketwork, pottery and blankets and topographical views of
the Great Plains, appropriate motifs for an Oklahoma skyscraper
that create harmony between the exterior to the interior of the
building.
From the Price Tower commissary dining area and terrace is one of
20 copper-clad tables with
a trapezoidal top and two of the 40 hexagonal copper
stools. The detailed edges on these pieces echo the plinth on
the Apartment Fireplace and Harold Price, Sr.'s desk.
Also offered is one of the 40 iconic Price Tower
Casual chairs with original red upholstery and silvered
aluminum, and one of fourteen Stenographer's
Chairs. The back spines and other elements of these chairs
originally were designed in wood to create sand casts in aluminum
by the Blue Stem Foundry in Dewey, Oklahoma. Wright designed these
chairs to improve posture with the trapezoid back tilted forward
and firm upholstered padding. Other Price Tower offerings include a
desk, cabinet and
wastebasket, all
with acute angles typical of Wright's work.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Table from Price Tower,
Bartlesville Oklahoma, 1956 |
Frank Lloyd Wright
Stool from Price Tower,
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1956 |
Frank Lloyd Wright
Desk Chair from Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma,
1956 |
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Wright's modernism is warm, complex and as typical of his work,
conceived with a specific American place in mind. The Price Tower,
in all its hand-crafted detail, is a jewel of the American
prairie.
This collection of
Frank Lloyd Wright furniture has been privately held by the
Price family until now, and can be viewed at ha.com. Items can be previewed Sept. 30 in
Heritage Auctions' Design District Showroom, at 1518 Slocum Street,
Dallas, Texas.
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Around Heritage
Frank Lloyd Wright - The Lykes House in Phoenix,
AZ
6836 N 36th St
Phoenix, AZ 85018
AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE
October 16, 2019
HA.com/Lykes
Frank Lloyd Wright's Norman Lykes House
His Last Residential Design
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AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE: An exceptional example of Frank Lloyd
Wright's late work, the legendary Norman Lykes Home near the
Phoenix Biltmore is an incredibly well-preserved collectable. The
Lykes, or the "Circular Sun House" was designed shortly before the
completion of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum. It was the
last residence Wright ever designed.
Masterfully designed to weave in and around the natural landscape,
the Lykes home is constructed of concrete blocks colored to blend
with the boulders surrounding it. The innovative construction on
the edge of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve creates an excellent
living environment and captures the ever-changing patterns of light
and shadow as the sun travels across the canyon.
Highlights include:
- Main residence 3095± sf
- 3 bedrooms, 3 baths
- Private 1.3+ acre lot with gated driveway
- Spectacular views over Palm Canyon and across the valley
- Philippine mahogany handcrafted throughout
- Master suite with balcony and canyon views
- Private second-story office with 360-degree views
- Garden terrace pool lined with mother of pearl
- Mid-Century Modern furnishings are included
- Just a mile from the Biltmore
To aid buyers in evaluating this property, a comprehensive Due
Diligence Package (DDP) has been created. To request a DDP, please
call 855-261-0573 or visit HA.com/Lykes.
Preview Schedule
Friday, October 11 - Tuesday, October 15 | 1 PM - 4PM
Wednesday, October 16 | 11 AM - 1 PM
Live Onsite Auction
Wednesday, October 16 | 2 PM Mountain
Phone and proxy bidders are welcome.
Must be a registered bidder or a representative of a registered
bidder to attend the auction.
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Gold Necklace, Angela Cummings for Tiffany &
Co.
Art jewelry is often unique, creative, bold and beautiful- all of
which apply to the 18k gold Feather
necklace. This finely crafted and imaginative interpretation
adds a dramatic flair to any outfit. Angela Cummings designed it
for Tiffany and Co. where it graced the pages of the 1980-1981
Tiffany Blue Book.
More information about Jewelry Auctions
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Peter Fonda Tribute
Peter Fonda was a beloved American film and pop culture icon who
will be dearly missed by the staff of Heritage Auctions. We had the
pleasure of working with Peter in 2007 when we sold many key artifacts for him,
including the flag patch from the back
of his Easy Rider jacket. It's a testimonial to the
importance of that movie, which Peter produced, co-wrote and
starred in, that a collector paid nearly $90,000 for that
patch.
Fonda was a key link, of course, in the legendary Hollywood film
family that started with Henry Fonda in the 1930s, continued with
Peter and his sister Jane Fonda, and moved forward another
generation with Emmy-and Golden Globe-nominated actress Bridget
Fonda, Peter's daughter. As a five-year-old, Bridget even appeared
in Easy Rider as a child in a commune. Peter's career
reached new heights with his Academy Award-nominated performance in
the title role of Ulee's Gold in 1997.
But it was Peter's incredibly warm, engaging personality that so
endeared him to the staff of Heritage. To a person, if you ask
anyone who worked with Peter on the selling of his artifacts, they
will describe a genuinely friendly, down-to-earth and caring person
with no ego and a bottomless pit of fascinating show-business and
pop-culture stories from the 1960's and beyond, all of which he was
willing and eager to share. "Peter was a genuinely nice,
interesting and highly intelligent person, with an incredible
memory and storytelling ability," says Heritage co-founder Jim
Halperin, adding that Fonda went out of his way to stay in touch
with Heritage staff over the ensuing decade.
Indeed, Heritage has worked with countless celebrities over the
years, but none were more likeable than Mr. Fonda, who 'easily
rode' his way into our hearts and will always remain firmly
ensconced there. We were lucky to have him on this planet for 79
years, and Heritage offers its condolences to the entire Fonda
family.
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