Clarke Summer Estate Auction
July 10 at 10am
2372 Boston Post Road, Larchmont, NY 10538
www.ClarkeNY.com
info@clarkeny.com
Ph: 914-833-8336
Fax: 914-833-8357

LARCHMONT, N.Y. — For its summer estates auction on Sunday, July 10, at 10 am, Clarke Auction Gallery will present a well-rounded sale that hits all the major collecting categories with notable and important works, yet it is far-ranging too.

“Basically, it’s a great sale overall from fine art and Midcentury Modern to furniture, jewelry and Asian antiques,” said owner and auctioneer Ronan Clarke. “We have a nice collection of Grand Tour bronzes, a good selection of decorative clocks and porcelains as well as a larger-than-usual grouping of fine carpets.”

Fine art will be particularly strong and led by a work by an important living artist, Sean Scully (Irish, b 1945), whose oil on paper “Drawing #30,” 1980, is estimated at $20/30,000. This 30¼-by-23-inch work is signed in pencil and came from a Westchester, N.Y., estate; the artist lives nearby in Nyack, N.Y. Another standout is a Mane Katz (French-Ukrainian, 1894-1962) oil on canvas ($10/15,000) titled “The Flower Cart.”

Among a curated selection of contemporary works are a Paul Henry Brach oil on canvas ($5/7,000), “Tournament #2,” signed and dated ‘54, and a 1971 screenprint in colors by Tom Wesselmann, “Great American Brown Nude: Cutout” ($2/3,000). A small group of Japanese paintings is highlighted by a Jun Dobashi oil on canvas ($3/5,000), “La Naissance.” Among sculptures is an untitled figure ($8/12,000) by Leo Amino, signed and dated 1952.

Whitney Bria, Clarke’s jewelry and silver specialist, doesn’t get floored often, but when she opened the box containing a recent consignment, she was stunned to find a pair of platinum, diamond and pearl earrings with 8 carats of diamonds ($6/9,000). The earrings have overlapping bands of tapered diamond baguettes and ending in semi-baroque pearl drops. “They’re beautiful, early to mid-Twentieth Century, and the diamonds are of great quality,” she said. “The earrings have a really great weight in general.” Also highlighting the jewelry category is a platinum ring centered with a 1½-carat GIA round-cut diamond ($2/3,000).

Raymond Yard designs are quite desirable, and this auction features two three-piece suites bought directly from him by the consignor’s mother, estimated at $4/6,000 and $3/5,000.

With 70 lots from which to choose, the Asian arts category offers some items from an estate in Sleepy Hollow. A standout is a Chinese carved rock crystal lidded vase and cover having a leaf border and low relief flowers ($800-$1,200) that is well-executed. Carved jade is always popular, and an example is a Chinese carved russet jade snuff bottle with an amber stopper, 2.375 inches tall ($300/500).

One of Bria’s favorite Asian antiques in the sale is a pair of Eighteenth Century Chinese cinnabar lidded urns on stands ($600/900), Chien Lung period, 13 inches tall. “It’s unusual to see stands that are also cinnabar, and it’s a particularly nice example that comes with an 1980s appraisal showing provenance,” she said.

Several large-scale statement piece items for the home will cross the block, including a pair of palace-size Sevres porcelain urns hand painted with figures and a landscape, 52 inches tall ($4/6,000); a palace-size hand woven carpet, 23 feet 2 inches by 12 feet 7 inches ($4/6,000); a monumental Grand Tour bronze column with Napoleon on top, 52 inches tall ($2/3,000); and an Eighteenth Century bronze mounted marble top commode, parquetry inlaid ($3/5,000).

The furniture category is particularly strong in midcentury pieces, led by a George Nakashima table for Widdicomb and six chairs ($3/5,000), a pair of Jansen bronze and marble gueridon tables evincing bronze work with original patina ($3/5,000), and a set of six Hans Wegner chairs in oak and woven cane ($3/5,000).

Rounding out the auction will be a signed Codan Mexican sterling midcentury-style, six-piece tea service ($3/5,000), a Continental silver tankard ($1/1,500) notable for its split mermaid finial on the handle that looks as if it inspired the Starbucks logo; and two Faberge-style items: a gilt silver lidded chalice with enamel decoration ($400/600) and a silver, spinach jade and gilt silver-mounted hinged box ($400/600).

Clarke Auction Gallery is at 2372 Boston Post Road. For information, www.clarkeny.com or 914-833-8336.

Preview dates: Thursday July 7th, Friday July 8th, Saturday July 9th from 12-6pm
Lot 2 Alan Munro Reynolds (Great Britain, 1926-2014) Est $3,000 / $5,000
Lot 14 Emile Jean Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863) Est $8,000 / $12,000
Lot 1 Sean Scully (Ireland, b.1945) Est $20,000 / $30,000
Lot 3 Mane Katz (French-Ukranian, 1894-1962) Est $10,000 / $15,000
Lot 8 Tom Wesselmann (1931 – 2004) Est $2,000 / $3,000
GIA 1.56 ct
18kt Bracelet
Gibson Guitar
Diamond Emerald Ring
Scrimshaw
DAVID BURLIUK
Silver Tea Service
JIRI KOLAR
Asian Carved Censor
Platinum Earrings PABLO PICASSO
George Nelson
Pair Gueridon Table
Palace Size Carpet
ITZCHAK TARKAY
Baseball 5 cent Slot Machine
Fossil
TOM WESSELMANN
Emile Jean Horace Vernet
Bronze Napoleon Column
18th Century Commode
SEAN SCULLY
JUN DOBASHI
George Nakashima
Carved Cabinets
Hans Wegner “The Chairs”
Raymond Yard Suite
ROBERT GOODNOUGH
Elephant Form Lamp
Silver Tankard
MANE KATZ
Cinnabar
Reverse Painted Lamp
PAUL EMILE PISSARRO
Carved Cabinets
Hans Wegner The Chairs
Palace Size Carpet
SEAN SCULLY