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51

Jim Dine (b. 1935) American

RIMBAUD THE COFFEE EXPORTER, 1973, etching in brown, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 23/25, image 5 ½ x 3 ½”, sheet 26 x 19 ½”, frame 28 ½ x 22 ½”. Provenance: Leslie Sacks Fine Art; Laura Carpenter Fine Art.

Speckling and small spots, soft handling creases, otherwise in apparently good condition.

Auction Estimate $200/400

Starting Bid $100

52

Hans Dreier (1886-1966) German California (two)

VERGESSENE RUINS, circa 1958, pair of ink and wash drawings on paper, both signed, one dated, both dedicated, images 15 x 18” & 14 ½ x 18 ¼”, frames 23 ¼ x 26 ½” with glass. Hans Dreier was an Art Director who was nominated 23 times and won four Oscars including one for Sunset Boulevard. (2)

Both in apparently good condition.

Auction Estimate $200/400

Starting Bid $100

53

Jules Engel (1915-2003) Californian

SPACES, 1953, oil painting on canvas, 36 x 44 ½”, frame 37 ½ x 46 ½”. Provenance: Paul Kantor Gallery; Previously from the David Bright Collection.

Some professional restoration to lower edge, otherwise in good studio condition.

Auction Estimate $2000/4000

Starting Bid $1000

54

Erte (1892-1990) Russian/ French

HELEN OF TROY (E.130), 1988, cold-painted cast bronze sculpture, signed, numbered 373/375, published by Chalk & Vermilion & Seven Arts, overall 21 ¼ x 8 ¼ x 8 ¼”.

Some tarnishing on chains and on backside of headdress, some uneven coloring on legs, otherwise in good condition.

Auction Estimate $1500/2500

Starting Bid $750

55

Erte (1892-1990) Russian/ French

ARABIAN NIGHTS (E.169), 1990, cold-painted cast bronze sculpture, signed, numbered 331/375, published by Chalk & Vermilion & Seven Arts, overall 23 x 10 x 6”.

In good condition.

Auction Estimate $1500/2500

Starting Bid $750

56

Erte (1892-1990) Russian/ French

TANAGRA (E.129), 1988, cold-painted cast bronze sculpture, signed, numbered 12/500, published by Seven Arts LTD London, overall 21 x 10 x 8”.

A few small blemishes on finish, otherwise in good condition.

Auction Estimate $1500/2500

Starting Bid $750

57

Erte (1892-1990) Russian/ French

BACCHANTE (E.114), 1988, cold-painted cast bronze sculpture, signed, numbered 311/375, published by Chalk & Vermilion & Seven Arts, overall 21 ¼ x 6 x 6”.

A few small scrapes on the grapes, otherwise in good condition.

Auction Estimate $1500/2500

Starting Bid $750

58

Erte (1892-1990) Russian/ French

BYZANTINE (E.170), 1987, cold-painted cast bronze sculpture, signed, numbered 323/375, published by Chalk & Vermilion & Seven Arts, overall 20 x 9 ½ x 3 ½”.

In good condition.

Auction Estimate $1500/2500

Starting Bid $750

59

Erte (1892-1990) Russian/ French

THE SLAVE (E.145), 1988, cold-painted cast bronze sculpture, signed, numbered 19/375, published by Chalk & Vermilion & Seven Arts, overall 18 ½ x 12 ¼ x 6 ¾”.

A few small scuffs and scrape on left leg, accretion and small scrape on left arm, otherwise in good condition.

Auction Estimate $1500/2500

Starting Bid $750

60

Erte (1892-1990) Russian/ French

KISS OF FIRE (L.38), 1988, cold-painted cast bronze sculpture, signed, numbered 293/300, published by Fine Arts Acquisition, overall 21 x 10 ¼ x 5”.

In good condition.

Auction Estimate $1500/2500

Starting Bid $750

61

Erte (1892-1990) Russian/ French

SUMMER BREEZE (E.183), 1987, cold-painted cast bronze sculpture, signed, numbered 117/375, published by Chalk & Vermilion & Seven Arts, overall 23 ½ x 11 ½ x 6”.

A few minor imperfections visible upon close inspection, otherwise in good condition.

Auction Estimate $1500/2500

Starting Bid $750

62

Erte (1892-1990) Russian/ French

L’AMOUR (L.113), 1985, cold-painted cast bronze sculpture, signed, numbered 103/375, published by Fine Arts Acquisition, overall 21 ¼ x 8 x 7 ¾”.

A few minor imperfections visible upon close inspection, otherwise in good condition.

Auction Estimate $1500/2500

Starting Bid $750

63

Erte (1892-1990) Russian/ French

DAYDREAMS (E.168), 1985, cold-painted cast bronze sculpture, signed, numbered 39/375, published by Chalk & Vermilion & Seven Arts, overall 14 x 18 ¼ x 6”.

Tiny rub spot on her derriere, otherwise in good condition.

Auction Estimate $1500/2500

Starting Bid $750

64

Erte (1892-1990) Russian/ French

LA SOMPTUEUSE (L.139), 1986, embossed color screenprint, signed in pencil, numbered 77/300, printed by Coriander Studio, London, image 20 ¼ x 14 ¾”, full margins, frame 30 ¾ x 24 ½” with glass.

Small dimple upper right margin from screw-eye dent on verso of frame, otherwise in apparently good condition.

Auction Estimate $200/400

Starting Bid $100

65

Ethnic Art (three)

PROCESSION OF WARRIORS, gouache on incised parchment, overall 16 x 20 ¼”; RELIGIOUS PROCESSION, gouache on parchment, 7 ¼ x 10 ¼”; LOVERS, gouache on card, 10 x 7”. (3)

Religious procession with small repaired hole lower center, otherwise all in apparently good aged condition.

Auction Estimate $100/200

Starting Bid $50

66

Ethnic Items (five)

Ethic carved wood sword with a more elaborately carved wood handle, 38 ¼” long; Judaica MENORAH, brass adjustable Torah stand, overall 9 ½ x 14 ¼ x 9 ½”; Indian Stuffed Rajasthan Animals HORSE, ELEPHANT, CAMEL, three large cloth folk art figures with metallic thread, embroidery and mirrors, 11 ½ x 10 x 4 ½”, 11 ¼ x 12 x 6 ½”; 11 ¾ x 4 ¾ x 13”. All from the collection of Selma & Herbert Moskowitz. (5)

Rajasthan items with dust accumulation and some fading, otherwise all in good aged condition.

Auction Estimate $100/200

Starting Bid $50

67

Henry E. Gilpin (1922-2001) California

HIGHWAY ONE, gelatin silver print mounted to card, signed in pencil on card lower right, image 15 ½ x 19 ½”, frame 24 ¼ x 28 ¼”.

In apparently good condition.

Auction Estimate $200/400

Starting Bid $100

68

Henry E. Gilpin (1922-2001) California

MT. MCKINLEY, NORTHEAST CORNER OF WONDER LAKE 4:30AM, gelatin silver print mounted to card, signed in pencil on the card lower right, image 15 ¼ x 19 ½”, frame 24 ½ x 8 ½”.

In apparently good condition.

Auction Estimate $200/400

Starting Bid $100

69

Good (20^th Century) (four)

NUDES, 1969, four lithographs, each signed and dated and numbered 5/200 in pencil, each Plexiglas frame 18 ¾ x 25 ½”. (4)

A few small speckles, otherwise all in apparently good condition.

Auction Estimate $200/400

Starting Bid $100

70

R. C. Gorman (1931-2005) Native American

KAY-BAH, 1991, color lithograph, signed in pencil and inscribed publisher’s proof, sheet 19 x 25”, frame 30 x 36 ½”. Proceeds to Benefit UCLA Health.

In apparently good condition.

Auction Estimate $300/600

Starting Bid $150

71

R. C. Gorman (1931-2005) Native American

WOMEN IN SILENCE 1981, painted and glazed ceramic plaque, artist’s and publisher’s stamps on verso, titled and numbered 24/100 in ink on verso (dissipated), 15 ¾ x 13 ¾”.

In good condition.

Auction Estimate $200/400

Starting Bid $100

72

Larry Gray (20^th Century) American

UNTITLED, watercolor and pastel on paper, signed in pencil and dated March 30^th 1979 lower right, sheet 29 ½ x 41 ½”, frame 32 x 43 ¾” with glass.

In apparently good studio condition.

Auction Estimate $500/1000

Starting Bid $250

73

Hard Edge Artists: Brian Rice (b. 1936) & Artists Unidentified (2) (three)

Brian Rice SECTOR 3, 1968, color screenprint, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 193/200, image 10 ¾ x 10 ¾”, sheet 13 x 13”; Artists Unidentified UNTITLED, two color screenprints, each signed in pencil, one dated 1965 and numbered 22/60, the other numbered 35/60; both published by Galeria Del Deposito with blind stamp lower right; The first in a discardable frame, the latter two in Plexiglas frames 24 ¼ x 20 & 27 ¼ x 19 ¼”, both with full margins. (3)

Rice with pale discoloration; Red & Blue with hinges in upper and lower corners on verso starting to show on recto, otherwise all in apparently good condition.

Auction Estimate $200/400

Starting Bid $100

74

Jeffrey Hein (b. 1974) Utah

MOWAVA, oil painting on board, signed lower right, 21 x 50”. Provenance: From the CODA Collection, CODA Gallery, Palm Desert CA. Certificate of Authenticity available from the gallery upon request.

A few light scratches upper right, some minor edge wear, otherwise in good studio condition.

Auction Estimate $500/1000

Starting Bid $250

75

Henrietta (20^th Century) American

STILL LIFE, oil painting on board, signed Henrietta lower right, 12 x 28”, frame 13 x 29”, possibly the work of Henriette Berk?

In good studio condition.

Auction Estimate $200/400

Starting Bid $100

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