Ahlers & Ogletree – Modern Art & Design + Outsider Art
June 26 2024 at 10am EDT
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ATLANTA, GA. — A rare circa 1976 Philip & Kelvin LaVerne “Chan Li” cabinet and an oil on canvas landscape painting by K.D. Wiggins (b 1956) are just a few of the wild and wonderful items bidders will find in Ahlers & Ogletree’s Modern and contemporary art and design auction scheduled for Wednesday, June 26.

The auction, starting at 10 am, online and in Ahlers & Ogletree’s Atlanta gallery, contains 337 lots of Modernism and Outsider art, including original paintings, furniture and decorative arts.

Highlights include a large collection of works by Philip & Kelvin Laverne, some with the original paperwork, a pottery jug by Pablo Picasso, original works by Steve Penley and Todd Murphy, a pair of hunting chairs by Borge Mogensen, tapestries by Jon Eric Riis and a “Paradise Persian” by American glassblower Dale Chihuly.

The Philip LaVerne (American, 1907-1987) and Kelvin LaVerne (American, b 1937) bronze and pewter chinoiserie “Chan Li” cabinet from around 1976, boasts figural decoration and four doors, rising on meandering legs. The piece, which is depicted in Philip Kelvin LaVerne: Sculpture III, a copy of which accompanies the lot, along with a 1976 bill of sale, should bring $30/50,000.

The oil on canvas by Kim Douglas (K.D.) Wiggins, a 1991 landscape work titled “The Scarecrow,” is signed and dated lower right and measures 30 by 40 inches ($12/24,000).

There are several other offerings in the sale from Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, including a bronze and pewter chinoiserie “Spring Festival” low console table from the second half of the Twentieth Century, 56 inches wide, having figural decoration and rising on square legs, signed in mold and retaining a Philip LaVerne Galleries Ltd. label to the underside ($8/12,000); a bronze and pewter chinoiserie “Kuan” (or “Kuan Su”) mirror frame, second half Twentieth Century, overall 27½ by 23¾ inches, having a repeating diapered pattern. The mirror originally contained a pastel by Philip LaVerne, dated 1978, not included in the lot ($6/8,000); a circa 1965 figural bronze and pewter chinoiserie cocktail table having a shaped glass top, pierced figural decoration and rising on French tied legs, signed in mold to top. Included with the lot is a marker over cartoon sketch and a photomechanical copy sketch ($5/7,000).

Who has more star power, Pablo Picasso or Dale Chihuly? Both are in the auction. A Picasso for Madoura “Hibou’” (or owl) faience pitcher from 1954, 9¾ inches tall and decorated in medium blue on a white ground, marked and inscribed “Edition Picasso,” should realize $5/10,000; while a blue and yellow blown glass piece by Chihuly titled “Paradise Persian,” 8½ inches tall and 9½ inches in diameter, signed “Chihuly” to the bulb and marked “PP 03” underneath, should reach $3/5,000.

An authorized, circa 2014 oil on canvas copy of Mona Lisa after Fernando Botero (Colombian, 1932-2023) by Erasmo Arbokola Alvarez (Botero’s assistant, Colombian, Twentieth Century), apparently unsigned, is large at 73¾ by 65¼ inches ($10/15,000). Also, an untitled oil on canvas by Simone Lucas (German, b 1973), titled “Girl at Chalkboard,” signed and dated to verso and also large, at 90 inches square, should make $7/8,000.

A pair of Borge Mogensen (Danish, 1914-1972) for Frederica Furniture (Danish, 1911) “Hunting” chairs (model 229), in the Danish Modern taste, originally designed in 1950, each having an oak frame and brown leather upholstery, is expected to settle at $10/15,000. Also, a pair of George Nakashima (American, 1905-1990) black walnut “Grass-Seated” chairs, circa 1960s, having a round back over spindle supports, resting on a woven grass seat, should find a new home for $4/6,000.

An acrylic and mixed media on canvas abstract portrait painting by Boris Nzebo (Cameroon, b 1979), titled “The Footballer” (2014), signed lower right and titled, dated and signed to verso, 39 by 39½ inches, has an estimate of $5/7,000. Also, an oil on canvas by James McLaughlin Wat (1968-2014), titled “Black Horse #2” (2010), with a stout frame size of 60¼ by 72¼ inches and signed upper left and signed, titled and dated to verso, should hammer for $4/6,000.

An untitled late Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century woven textile with seed pearls by Jon Eric Riis (b 1945), apparently unmarked, with the textile measuring 34 by 46½ inches, is expected to change hands for $4/6,000.

A preview will be conducted at the gallery, June 24-25, from 10 am to 5 pm Eastern time.

Ahlers & Ogletree’s gallery is at 1788 Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard NW. For more information, www.aandoauctions.com or 404-869-2478.

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7 Lots of Furniture by Philip and Kelvin La Verne
Ab The Flagman, “Liberty In Manhattan”
Picasso For Madoura Hibou Owl Pitcher
Richard Macdonald “Flair Across America” Bronze
Cedric Smith “Cookies & Cream”
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