Material Culture ART 360
Fine, Folk, Outsider & Ethnographic Art
Live Showroom Auction: Sunday, October 13, 11AM ET
Exhibition: October 10-12, 11AM-4PM
Join Us! Gallery Talk & Reception on
Saturday, October 12, 1pm
4700 Wissahickon Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19144

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Artist Nina Martino takes us on a personal artistic journey: Growing Up Martino: A Philadelphia Family of Artists
Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941) Carmine Macchia with Navy Lip Wrap, Series M, 2000, blown glass with etched signature. Custom Display Stand. Size: 21’’ x 28’’ x 33’’. Provenance: Private Pennsylvania Collection, Acquired from Chihuly Studio, Seattle (2000).
Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973) “Le Couvent (Deuxime planche),” from Saint Matoral, 1910, etching, unsigned. [Brigitte Baer, Picasso Peintre-Graveur, #26]. Size: 7.5’’ x 5.5’’, 19 x 14 cm (plate); 10.5’’ x 9’’, 27 x 23 cm (sheet).
Attributed to Hector Hyppolite (Haitian/St. Marc, 1894-1948) “Dambala”, paint on board, signed. Size: 27.5’’ x 20’’, Provenance: Private Portland, Oregon Collection.
Ram Kumar (Indian, 1924-2018) Untitled Abstract Composition, 1998, acrylic painting on canvas, signed and dated on verso. Size: 36’’ x 24’’, Provenance: Dr. Harinder Singh (Mumbai), acquired from Alliya Art Gallery (Mumbai).
Giovanni Martino (American, 1908-1997) “Three Tracks”, 1938, oil painting on canvas, signed. Size: 29.5’’ x 35.5’’. Net Proceeds from the sale of this lot will be donated to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Student Scholarship Program.
Fine Old African Igbo / Izzi peoples “Ogbodo Enyi “ Mask, carved wood and pigments, with display stand. Provenance: Private Pennsylvania Collection, Acquired from PACE Primitive and Ancient Art, NY (1981).
Vincente Forte (Argentine, 1912-1980) “Concierto con Parajo,” 1967, oil painting on canvas, signed and dated. Provenance: Private Collection Buenos Aires, acquired in the late 1960s, by family descent.

Apsara Arts Of Asia | Important Single Owner Collection Of Ethnographic Art & Textiles
Live Showroom Auction: Sunday, October 27, 11AM ET
Exhibition: October 19-26, 11AM-4PM
Join Us! Gallery Talk & Reception
Saturday, October 19, 1pm
Collectors Dennis Kord and Marvin Berk take us on a journey deep into the field:
Status, Wealth and Headhunting: The Role of Textiles in Traditional Indonesian Cultures
Massive 15th C. Stone Carving of a Foo Lion, China. For similar examples, see Duanhong Bridge, Forbidden City, and Yongtong Bridge.
13th C. Tibetan Cast Bronze Stupa, 25.5’’ x 12’’ x 8.5’’.
Woman’s Ceremonial Skirt Cloth, “Tapis”, couched gold & silver-wrapped thread, mica, natural dyes on cotton ground: 46” X 50”,
Lampung, S Ritual Cloth, “Sekomandi”; cotton ikat, umatra, early 20th C. early 20th century; Toraja people, mid-Sulawesi. 98’’ x 60’’.
Rare Long “shipcloth”, “Palepai” from Kayu Agung, 23” X 96”, Lampung, S. Sumatra,  late 19th C.
12th C. Khmer Sandstone Lion Sculpture, 22” x 11” x 10”.