Clars Auction Gallery Modern + Contemporary Art + Design Auction
March 25, 2022
5644 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94609
www.clars.com
info@clars.com
888-339-7600
510-428-0100

OAKLAND, CALIF. — Clars will offer a specialized Modern and contemporary art and design sale on Friday, March 25. The art portion of the sale will be chockfull of iconic prints, sculptures and original works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Paul Wonner, Roy Lichtenstein, Wayne Thiebaud, Milton Avery, Robert Longo and Robert Motherwell, to name a few. The highlight of the sale will be a painting by California artist Loie Hollowell (American, b 1983) titled “Point of Entry” (Blood-Orange Moon over Orange Sac) ($400/600,000). The vibrant work is an example of Hollowell’s colorful blend of abstraction and bodily form. The painting stands 4 feet tall and pulls the observer in with its rhythmic arrangement and three dimensionality. The sale will also highlight a 1961 original graphite on paper by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). The drawing, titled “Les Déjeuners – Femmes Accroupies” (Crouching Women), was exhibited at Alex Maguy Galerie De L’Élysée in 1966 and has remained in private collection ever since ($100/150,000).

The design portion of the sale will feature numerous notable names, including George Nakashima, Hans Wegner, Finn Juhl, Hans Olsen, Jens Risom, Charles and Ray Eamesa and Florence Knoll, among others.

The highlight will be a George Nakashima 7-foot overhanging walnut wall case executed in 1971 ($20/30,000). Also to be offered is a Hans Wegner Papa Bear chair and a Valet chair and a Finn Juhl Japan sofa. There will be a large collection of art glass, including Dale Chihuly, Fontana Arte, Venini, Daum and Lalique.

Clars Auction Gallery is at 5644 Telegraph Avenue. For information, 510-428-0100 or www.clars.com.

1. Pablo Picasso, Les Déjeuners – Femmes Accroupies (Crouching Women), 1961, pencil on wove paper, 10.5″ x 16.5″. Exhibited: Paris, Alex Maguy Galerie De L’Élysée, Hommage à Picasso, November–December 1966.
2. Mela Muter, Fishing Town with Women on Beach/Seascape with Trees (verso), oil on canvas (double-sided), 19.5″ x 25.5″.
3. Loie Hollowell, Point of Entry (Blood-Orange Moon Over Orange Sac), 2017, oil paint, acrylic medium, sawdust on high density foam on linen mounted on panel, signed, titled and dated verso, 48″ x 36″ x 5″. Provenance: Purchased Pace Gallery (New York, NY) in 2017.
4. George Nakashima, 7′ overhanging walnut wall case, executed in 1971.
5. Hans J. Wegner for A.P. Stolen Papa Bear lounge chair, Denmark, circa 1960.
6. Hans J. Wegner for Johannes Hansen valet chair, Denmark 1953.
7. Francisco Zuniga, Young Woman at the Threshold, 1940, oil on canvas, 41″ x 25.25″. Ref: Zuniga, Ariel, “Francisco Zuniga, Catalogue Raisonne, Volume II, Oil Paintings, Prints & Reproductions 1927–1986 (2003)”, # 144 (reproduced in B&W).
8. Louis Sullivan Elevator Grille from the Chicago Stock Exchange
1. Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923–1997), Shipboard Girl, 1965, offset lithograph, 27.25″ x 20.25″.
2. Herve van der Straeten ‘Tornade’ table lamp (one of a pair).
3. Daum pate de verre glass and patinated bronze Salammbo vase.
4. Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973), Le Dejeuner Sur l’Herbe, d’apres Manet II, 1962, linocut in black and white, 20.75″ x 25″.
5. Charles and Ray Eames 670 and 671 rosewood chair and ottoman.
6. David Hockney (British, b. 1937), Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, 1970, complete portfolio of thirty-nine (39) etchings, with additional six (6) loose etchings, 17.75″ x 12.5″.
7. Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941) Persian glass group, in amethyst with yellow lip wrap, 10.5″h.
8. Wayne Thiebaud (American, 1920–2021), Country City, 1988, etching and aquatint in colors, 21.5″ x 31.75″.
9. Robert Longo (American b. 1953), Gretchen, 1984, lithograph, 67.5″ x 39″