20th Century Modern Auction - Session 1

RAYMOND LOEWY desk with gray formica top, pegboard back and three white enameled drawers, on aluminum X-legs. Minor pitting. Unmarked. 29" x 59...

Monumental and important TOSHIKO TAKAEZU stoneware closed-form sculpture with internal rattle, dipped and poured in chocolate brown, teal and white ma

Fine TOSHIKO TAKAEZU closed sculptural stoneware form with hand-modeled top panel, mid-section, and globular pierced handles, with umber, ochre and be

TOSHIKO TAKAEZU ovoid stoneware moonpot with speckled ochre, brown and blue dead-matte glazes, with interior rattle. Incised TT. 8" x 5 1/2&quo...

TOSHIKO TAKAEZU squat stoneware moonpot with exceptional dipped and brushed glazes: mottled beige matte, mirrored black and umber with multiple interi

TOSHIKO TAKAEZU squat porcelain moonpot with exceptional dipped and brushed teal, black and umber glazes on speckled mauve green matte ground. Incised

Large TOSHIKO TAKAEZU stoneware bulbous vessel with closed-in rim, covered in a mottled beige, blue, and brown matte glaze, reduction fired with flash

Five TOSHIKO TAKAEZU stoneware tea bowls, three small in brown and black glaze, one small in cobalt and brown, and a larger one in gunmetal. All incis

Fine and massive PETER VOULKOS stoneware charger, 1990, with ripped rim and opening, heavily worked surface with multiple incidents, wood-fired with f

Fine and large PETER VOULKOS stoneware charger, 1987, with protruding clay forms and incised drawing, gas-fired with modulated coloration. In glaze, V

Fine and large PETER VOULKOS stoneware charger, 1987, with protruding clay forms on a smooth surface, gas-fired with modulated coloration. In glaze, V

PETER VOULKOS stoneware vessel, 1971, with torn rim and punctured base, gas-fired with glossy umber and dripping beige matte glazes inside and out. A

PETER VOULKOS stoneware charger with stylized face in blue, black, brown and white. Half-inch chip to rim. Signed Voulkos. 1 1/2" x 14 1/4"...

PABLO PICASSO for MADOURA painted and glazed ceramic fish plate, "Poisson de Chine," 1952, the fish motif in black, white, brown and green...

PABLO PICASSO for MADOURA ewer painted with abstract face in brown and black matte glaze on an off-white ground. Signed EDITION PICASSO MADOURA, impre

Fine and rare tile designed by GIO PONTI for RICHARD GINORI "Il Fumatore Stanco" ("the tired smoker") painted with a gentleman w...

Fine and rare tile designed by GIO PONTI for RICHARD GINORI "La Lettura" ("reading"), painted with a gentleman with cape sitting...

GAMBONE ceramic bowl shaped as a dove with cut-out wings and applied orange beak on white crackled ground. Ink mark with artist's cipher. 6"...

Exceptional CAMILLE FAURE enameled copper covered jar, painted with thick white, black, burgundy, mauve and blue-gray enamels in a geometric pattern.

EDOUARD CAZAUX ceramic vase depicting Leda and the Swan in blue and green. Signed Cazaux. 10" x 8" $1,500 - 2,000

Pair of BOCH FRERES large bulbous vases, enamel-decorated in cuerda seca with flowers in white, blue and yellow on a cobalt trellised ground, one with

*A: can you put a /\ accent over the 1st "i" in "La Maitrise"?* Pair of BOCH FRERES ovoid vases with enameled stylized floral mo...

"VARNUM POOR" by Peyton Boswell, Jr, 1941, first volumn in a series by Hyperion Press, New York, on "Modern Masters", 78 pages. ...

Two HENRY VARNUM POOR glazed redware pitchers: one with daisy motif and green leaves under a sheer ivory glaze, the other with panels in sheer yellow

Fine and large HUNT DIEDRICH footed bowl, 1925, painted with a matador and bull in turquoise, umber and yellow with banded rim on an ivory ground. Res

CARL WALTERS tin-glazed flaring bowl, 1925, with salmon and teal animals and leaves on a glossy buff ground. A few small flecks. Incised cipher/Walter

Fine and large LIVIO SEGUSO sea urchin sculpture, early-mid 1970s, of green and blue scavo glass. Restoration to several tentacles. Etched signature.

Fine and large LIVIO SEGUSO sculpture, "Globe," early-mid 1970s, an organic form mounted on an angled base in clear and black glass. Etche...

Fine and tall ARCHIMEDE SEGUSO smokey glass sculpture of abstract flame form, mounted on a clear cylindrical base. Etched Seguso stencil and signature

Large SEGUSO clear glass sculpture of a stylized eliptical head form with optical inversion properties. Unmarked. 14 1/2" x 6" dia. $600 -...

SEGUSO clear glass sculpture of a seal on a ball with submerged interior bubbles. Etched signature. 12" x 9" $600 - 900

VENINI a cane glass tall stoppered bottle with vertical stripes of teal and red. Foil Venini label. 18" x 3 3/4" $600 - 900

VENINI hourglass with cobalt and teal glass lobes. Illegible stamped mark. 5 1/2" x 2" $500 - 750

DINO MARTENS tall flaring vase with a cane spiral stripes of lattimo. black and aventurine glass. Unmarked. 13" x 7" $900 - 1,200

Early SAM KRAMER sterling earrings c. 1944, with copper bezel surrounding a carved green hardstone, and sterling screw-backs. (With note from the orig

Three-piece REBAJES brooch and earring set, 1950s, in hand-wrought copper with male and female face motif. (Gift from the artist with note from the or

European Art Deco 800-silver cuff bracelet with wrought scallop pattern. Stamped with hallmark/800. 5/8" width $150 - 250

Four Art Deco Bakelite pieces including three carved bangle bracelets, one brown, one cinnabar, and one amber (1 1/4" wide), and an amber belt ...

ALEXANDER CALDER (American, 1898-1976) color lithograph, serious-faced sun in black, red, yellow and blue. Pencil signed and numbered 27/75. Full shee

"Lincoln Center Ticket" color screen print by ANDY WARHOL, 1967, in acid colors of pink, orange and green with blue and black, framed. Pub...

ALEXANDER CALDER screenprint on silk, abstract composition of circles and squiggles in orange, black and blue. Signed Calder and dated '69 withi...

ALEXANDER CALDER color lithograph of sun with stylized flags in orange, yellow and black, framed. Pencil signed lower right, numbered 47/125. Sheet: 2

Gelatin silver print of Will McBride and friends, Will revealing his scars, matted and framed. (Not examined out of frame). Unsigned, inscribed verso

Large color lithograph Belgian advertising poster, c. 1920, "L'Alsacienne Teint tous tissus," ("The Alsacian dyes any fabric"...

Large color lithograph Belgian advertising poster, c. 1920, "Ramonite," ("Your chimney-sweep awaits you/Ramonite destroys soot/Cleans...

ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991) screenprint in colors with collage on Mohawk Superfine, 1964, from the "Ten Works by Ten Painters" series, t...

STUART DAVIS (1894-1964) screenprint on Mohawk Superfine, 1964, from the "Ten Works by Ten Painters" series, total edition of 550, for the...

Five ROCKWELL KENT two-tone color chromolithographs: "Now Soon," "Many More," "The Full Pitcher,", "Sorrows of th...

Art Deco brass-washed cast metal console table in the style of Oscar Bach, with filligree apron, stylized floral panels to top, sides and back with th

Art Deco double-pedestal mahogany desk with black lacquered top and stepped base, six drawers and two pull-out sheles. Crack to side panel wood. Tagge