Myers Fine Art Auction
April 30 at Noon
1600 Fourth Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33704
www.MyersFineArt.com
(727) 823-3249
(727) 823-3248

ST PETERSBURG, FLA. — After a hiatus of more than three years, Myers Fine Art will return to the auction spotlight on April 30 with a 459-lot gallery auction that bears all the hallmarks of the firm’s signature style. Bidders can look forward to seeing an estate-fresh selection of researched artworks with impeccable provenance. Each item has been personally curated by Myers’ owners Mike Myers and Mary Dowd, whose combined decades of experience in the fine art sector serve as the basis for auction catalogs whose scholarly descriptions are both lauded and trusted throughout the art world.

In response to the growing interest in kinetic sculptures by Harry Bertoia (Italian/American, 1915-1978), Myers will offer a Sonambient sounding sculpture, a 22-inch-tall piece consisting of six rows of 120 beryllium copper rods silvered to a brass base ($15/20,000). Dating to circa 1977, it is accompanied by a COA from the Harry Bertoia Foundation, signed by the artist’s daughter, Celia Bertoia. It also conveys with a copy of an archival file from Patricia Moore Gallery in Aspen, Colo., which sold the sculpture in 1978. Within the papers is an illustrated page with the artist’s detailed specifications for the sculpture.

Leon Polk Smith (Cherokee/American, 1906-1996), who was influenced by Piet Mondrian, is now regarded as having been a pioneer of hard-edge painting. The April 30 auction features 19 Smith artworks in various media, each coming from the estate of Smith’s life partner and assistant, Bob Jamieson (1926-2020). Smith’s signed oil on Masonite work titled “Black Red & Blue Painting” is accompanied by a letter of provenance signed by Jamieson, as well as a Leon Polk Smith catalog and photo of Smith in his New York City studio ($10/15,000).

Thirty-five artworks have been consigned by Dr Charles Stern, a retired radiologist from Tampa, Fla. “ Three of Dr Stern’s consignments are three-dimensional creations by Fernandez Arman (French, 1938-2005), including “Entre Bronze 1993 – Open Hearts Violins,” a bronze and wood sculpture identified on verso as being number 4 from an edition of 8, 4/8 inscribed on verso ($10/15,000).

An original 1963 offset lithograph of Roy Lichtenstein’s (American, 1923-1997) vibrant “Crying Girl” is pencil-signed on the wove paper “R Lichtenstein.” The 19-by-25-inch lithographic depiction of a true pop-art classic comes to auction from the Sag Harbor, N.Y., estate of American novelist and screenwriter Terry Southern (Dr Strangelove, Easy Rider). The auction estimate for this lot is $4/6,000.

Judith Schaechter (American, b 1961), an artist and art professor who blends Gothic tradition with the symbolism of classical stained glass window imagery, has exhibited her work at leading galleries worldwide. Myers will offer Schaechter’s “My Valentine,” a stained glass window mounted to a stencil-paint-decorated wooden box frame with original interior lighting. It is artist-signed, titled and inscribed on the glass ($10/15,000).

The unmistakable style of American illustrator McClelland Barclay (1891-1943) translates to oil on canvas in two auction lots. “Frolicking in the Waves,” which depicts an attractive suntanned couple enjoying a dip in the ocean, is artist-signed and will make its auction debut with a $6/8,000 estimate.

An artwork with a Hollywood connection is Lisa Lawley’s 1999 acrylic on canvas copy of a Jackson Pollock painting titled “Male and Female,” which was used as a prop in the 2000 American independent film Pollock. The original painting “Male and Female” resides in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Lawley’s 72½-by-47¾-inch copy is offered with a 2020 letter from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation giving Myers permission to sell the painting ($3/5,000).

Other noteworthy auction entries include Sister Mary Corita Kent’s (American, 1918-1986) 1967 screenprint on paper titled “Life is a Complicated Business” ($4/6,000); Nancy Whorf’s (American, 1930-2019) oil on Masonite street scene of Provincetown, Mass., titled “Winding Path” ($4/6,000); and Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen’s (American, 1850-1921) nautical oil painting Steamship Bunker Hill, which was formerly in the collection of Rudy and Judith Giuliani ($6/8,000).

Myers Fine Art’s April 30 fine art auction will commence at noon ET. Preview 10 am to 6 pm on Saturday, April 29, and 10 am to noon on auction day. All forms of remote bidding will be available, including absentee, phone and live online.

Complimentary snacks, Danish pastries, freshly brewed coffee and other beverages will be served on auction day. Mike Myers and Mary Dowd invite the arts community to join them at the Saturday preview for a 2 pm cake-cutting ceremony to celebrate Myers Fine Art’s 35th year at the same location in St Pete’s arts district. Address: 1600 4th Street North. For information, 727-823-3249 or www.myersfineart.com.

Preview Saturday, April 29th, 10am-6pm and Sunday 10am-12 Noon