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Auction Saturday November 4th @ Noon

Beverly Hills, Silverlake & San Francisco Estates

Francis De Erdely (1904-1959) Californian

SEATED MAN WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, brushed ink on beige paper, signed lower right, site 29 ½ x 23 ½”.

Sun toned, otherwise in apparently good condition.

$300/600

Dora De Larios (b. 1933) Californian

LADY OF THE FLOWERS, 1967, color screenprint, signed in pencil, numbered 7/100, sheet 26 x 20”, with Rols Press Culver City rubber stamp on verso.

In good condition.

$200/400

Boris Deutsch (1892-1978) Californian

PORTRAIT OF RIVA, 1933, oil painting on canvas, signed and dated upper right, 20 x 16”, framed, Provenance: Spencer John Helfen Fine Arts Beverly Hills.

In good studio condition.

$300/600

Laddie John Dill (b. 1943) Californian

UNTITLED, two parts of a three-part sculpture of pigment and glass and cement on wood, horizontal 15 x 75 x 5” & 16 ¾ x 76 ½ x 5”, or may be installed vertically.

Some small losses and chips, otherwise in good studio condition.

$500/1000

Laddie John Dill (b. 1943) Californian

UNTITLED, 1982, pigmented cement and glass and on wood, signed and dated on verso, 48 x 108”. Note: Although very large, of more manageable weight than usual works by Dill of this size. Provenance: Acquired directly from artist by present owner.

A few small unobtrusive imperfections, otherwise in good studio condition.

$1000/2000

Solly Disner (1913-1985) South African

TORSO, circa 1945, carved wood sculpture, signed lower left, 43 ½” tall, comes with two bases (large 6” base & smaller 3” base). Provenance: Leslie Sack Fine Art, Brentwood.

Crack lower section, mainly visible on verso, otherwise in good studio condition.

$500/1500

William Dole (1917-1983) Californian

OWENS VALLEY STUDY, 1962, watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower right, titled lower left, site 15 x 20 ¼”, framed with glass.

Pale toning and small speck lower left, otherwise in apparently good condition.

$200/400

Johannes Dorflinger (b. 1941) German (twelve)

LIFE-CYCLE, 1981, portfolio of twelve color screenprints, each signed dated and numbered 20/100 in pencil, sheets 27 ½ x 39 ¼”, printed by Adolf Diesterheft in Stuttgart, with triage and title sheets in German and English, with portfolio case. (12)

Two with small creases in a corner, two on the dark paper with some light scuffing, all have some minor discoloration on the verso from storage without inner leafing, otherwise in good condition with bright fresh colors.

$800/1200

Werner Drewes (1899-1985) New York

REFLECTIONS, 1958, color woodcut print, signed and titled in pencil and inscribed “NO. 211”, site 12 x 21 ½”, framed with glass.

In apparently good condition.

$200/400

Charles Warren Eaton (1857-1937) New York & Lessing (two)

LAKE SCENE, 1892, watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower left, site 7 x 10 ½”, framed with glass; Together with Loula Lessing, gouache on paper, signed lower left, site 7 ½ x 11 ¾”, framed with glass. (2)

Warren has some pale toning, maybe a little fading, Lessing in apparently good condition.

$500/1000

Erte (1892-1990) Russian

THE CURTAIN (Lee pg. 102), color screenprint with flocking, signed in pencil, numbered 272/300, printed by Chicago Serigraphic Workshop, published by Circle Fine Arts, image 20 x 11 ½”, full margins, framed with glass.

In apparently good condition.

$200/400

Ethnic Mask Collection (twenty-five)

A collection of mainly painted wood masks, most Mexican including Guerrero State, also Bhutan and other nationalities, sizes range from 17 x 10 ½” to 9 x 6”. (25)

In various conditions, overall in good aged condition.

$500/1500

Ethnic Masks (five)

Five carved and painted wood masks, sizes from 11” x 8” to 7” x 5 ½”. (5)

All in good aged condition.

$100/200

Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu (1911-1975) Turkish

UNTITLED, 1961, mixed media on paper, signed and dated lower right, 10 ¾ x 8 ¼”, framed with glass.

In apparently good studio condition.

$500/1000

Claire Falkenstein (1908-1997) Californian

STRUTTURA GRAFICA, intaglio, signed in pencil, numbered 122/125, image 18 ¼ x 18 ¼”, sheet 19 ½ x 27 ¼”, framed with glass.

In apparently good condition.

$500/1000

Leonor Fini (1907-1996) Argentinean (three)

UNTITLED, three color etchings, all signed in pencil, two inscribed E.A. (artist proof,) images 7 ¼ x 5”, sheets 12 ½ x 10”. (3)

Some toning and discoloration in the margins, two have small red stickers in the lower left corner, all have small framing punch holes in the four corners, all in otherwise apparently good condition.

$200/400

Sevitt Francis (b. 1942) Ireland

SEATED WOMAN, acrylic painting on canvas, signed lower right, 24 x 20”, framed.

In good studio condition.

$200/400

David Fredenthal (1914-1958) American

NEW YORK BRIDGE, watercolor on paper, signed lower right, site 22 x 30 ½”, discardable framed with glass.

In apparently good studio condition.

$2000/4000

Thomas George (1918-2014) New York (three)

SINGLE BEAUTY MOUNTAIN AND THE CITY OF KWEILIN, 1974; brush and ink drawing, signed and dated lower right, 20 x 26”, Provenance: The Betty Parsons Gallery NYC: 9 AM OCTOBER 11, 1991, color pastel on paper, signed lower right, image 17 ½ x 23 ½”, full margins; UNTITLED BLUE, 1969, acrylic painting on paper, signed dated lower right, image 11 ¼ x 9 ½”, sheet 19 ½ x 14 ½”; All framed, two with glass. (3)

MOUNTAIN with hinge impressions and pale discoloration in the upper right sheet edge from hinges on verso: 9 AM has a sliver of masking tape in lower right margin recto; BLUE with some pale discoloration in margins; Otherwise all in good studio condition.

$500/1000