Clars – October 13th Auction
www.clars.com
5644 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94609

OAKLAND, CALIF. — A collection for the discerning connoisseur, including Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century furniture and rugs awaits bidders at Clars Auction Gallery as the firm conducts sales on October 13 and 16. Furniture and rugs highlights include a Francoise Linke table, a collection of Regency chinoiserie furniture and a Palace Kashan carpet. Russian bronze sculptures and decorative arts include Czarist examples and Grachev Bros enameled flatware. A group of modern and contemporary pottery and art glass, and a selection of cameras and lenses will be offered.

Clars will feature a number of works by contemporary and early California artists, including an oil on canvas painting by painter George Demont Otis. Otis first came to California in 1924, where he worked as a scene designer for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer (MGM). He later moved to San Francisco and eventually settled in Marin County. He is known for landscapes depicting central and Northern California scenes, often depicting eucalyptus trees and rolling hills. In the featured painting this month, titled “Marin Redwoods,” he depicts a grove of the California state trees with sunlight peeking in through the canopy.

Another highlight this October is a large print by funk artist William T. Wiley. Wiley began his artistic studies at the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute), and later taught at U.C. Davis alongside artists Roy DeForest and Robert Arneson. Wiley’s work has been the subject of major exhibitions, including showings at the 1980 Venice Biennial, the de Young Museum and a retrospective at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC. The monumental woodcut print featured this month is titled “Mr. Bones,” and features hand coloring by the artist. The piece demonstrates Wiley’s eclectic visual style, including sketchy, movement-heavy lines and text interspersed throughout, with a humorous, surrealist-inspired subject. Also featured this month are an important print by Roberto Matta, paintings by Guy Anderson and Arthur Grover Rider, sculptures by Squeak Carnwath and more.

Bidding for Clars’ October 13 and 16 auctions is available by phone, absentee bid and live online at live.clars.com and through liveauctioneers.com. Clars Auction Gallery is at 5644 Telegraph Avenue. For additional information, 510-428-0100 or www.clars.com.

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1. A Russian Grachev Brothers flatware set.
2. An F. Linke Gilt bronze marquetry circular table.
3. William T. Wiley. Mr.Bones, 1989. woodcut with hand coloring. 74″ x 23″
4. A yellow, pink sapphire and 18k gold ring.
5. A Japanese mounted tanto.
6. A gem-set 18k gold bracelet.
7. A 21k gold jewelry suite.
8. A Russian Jeweled’ agate center bowl.
9. George Demont Otis, Marin Redwoods, oil on canvas, 28″ x 36″.
10. A Chinese Longquan celadon glazed mallet vase.
11. (lot of 5) Chinese export Ca Mau shipwreck underglaze blue ’boy on a buffalo’ spoon trays.
12. Roberto Matta, La Dulce Aqua Vita, carborundum etching, 47.25″ x 40.75″.
13. Left: (lot of 6) 1969 Domaine Rene Engel, Clos Vougeot Burgundy. Middle: (lot of 3) 1969 Coron Pere & Fils Beaune “Les Clos des Mouches” Burgundy. Right: (lot of 2) 1964 Domaine Comte Georges De Vogue Musigny Burgundy.
Clars Auctions | 5644 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94609
In Person + Online Bidding | Preview: October 12th, 1-5 PM PDT