Neue Auctions – Next June Auction
Saturday June 29th
216-245-6707
Beachwood, Ohio

BEACHWOOD, OHIO — Original oil on canvas paintings by acclaimed artists Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) and Ivan Federovich Choultse (Russian/French, 1874-1913) are the expected headliners in an online-only Halcyon Sale planned for Saturday, June 29, by Neue Auctions, starting promptly at 10 am Eastern time.

The small, recently unearthed painting by Couse, titled “Turkey Hunter,” done circa 1926, is in original condition and was recently added to the artist’s catalogue raisonné. The 8-by-10-inch work (canvas) is framed under glass in a period giltwood frame. It’s artist-signed lower left and inscribed verso in graphite ($15/25,000).

The oil painting by Choultse is titled “Soir de Novembre” and measures 25½ by 32 inches. It’s artist-signed and is expected to realize $15/25,000. Choultse was born in Russia and immigrated to Paris in 1923. He became known as the “magician of light” as a painter of remarkable, glowing snow scenes.

There are two Picassos in the auction, both from the same estate. A white earthenware with black oxide and white enamel glaze ceramic charger, titled “Picador” (1953), 8¾ inches in diameter, number 117 of 200 and impressed “Madoura Plein Feu,” should rise to $2/4,000; while an etching on Montval laid paper with the “Picasso” watermark, titled “Modele et Grande Tete Sculptee” (Plate 61, from the “Vollard Suite”) is signed in pencil lower right and inscribed “322” in pencil lower left corner ($3/5,000).

A circa 1930 Art Deco gilt bronze sculpture by Pierre Laurel (French, 1892-1962), featuring an alabaster water jug and an onyx base, 18½ inches tall, with an artist-inscribed signature at the base (“Laurel”), and an applied dedication plaque to Dr Perkins for being a good Samaritan, from the crew of the SS Pennsylvania, dated 1934, should bring $8/12,000.

There are three lots of pots by Claude Conover (American, 1907-1994): “Chaac,” a ceramic pot with applied slip over a textured cylindrical body with horizontal bands, 18 inches tall ($6/9,000); “Tamnes,” a ceramic pot with applied slip over a multi-textured and wide form, signed and titled, 19 inches tall ($6/9,000); and “Kokom,” a ceramic pot with applied slip over a multi-patterned surface, signed and titled, 11 inches in height ($3/5,000).

A lithograph in colors on Arches Cover paper by Josef Albers (German/American, 1888-1976), titled “WLS XIII” (from the “White Line Squares” series II, 1966), number 79 from an edition of 125 and signed, dated and numbered to the lower margin with a blind stamp, 15½ inches square, should reach $4/8,000.

A collection of sporting art was pulled from an estate in Gates Mills, Ohio. These will be led by an oil on canvas “Portrait of Horse in a Landscape” by William Barraud (English, 1810-1850), signed and dated (1846) lower right and with a canvas size of 20 by 24 inches ($2/4,000).

Other artists in the auction will include James William Cole, Walter Hunt and Robert Watson. Sculptures by Carl Kauba, P.J. Mene, Rosa Bonheur, Walter Maria and Lawrence Isard will also cross the auction block, as will engravings after George Stubbs.

British and American silver will be highlighted by a high-sided footed bowl form with a segmented rim (Monteith, London, 1900), having a maker’s mark for William Hutton and Sons, Ltd., 9 inches tall and 10¼ inches in diameter, with oval cartouches in scrolls reserved on gadrooning, weighing 59.029 troy ounces ($2/4,000).

An 18K yellow gold brooch by John Paul Miller (American, 1918-2013), in a multi-level, open work spade shape with overlapping branches, the open areas of the branches decorated with a granulation technique, is estimated to garner $3/5,000. Miller was a pioneer in the use of granulation, and taught himself the technique through trial-and-error, beginning in the 1940s.

Two Chinese Kangxi blue and white vases will come up for bid. One is a 14-inch-tall shouldered form vase with a flared base and a high fired gloss finish, showing a seated figure in a landscape surrounded by attendants ($2/4,000). The other is a late Sixteenth Century decorated bottle shape on a tall spreading foot with fret design, 12½ inches tall, the body decorated with birds, bamboo sprigs, butterflies and peonies in a vibrant blue over white ground ($1,5/2,500).

“The summer auction will provide bidders with beautiful bucolic animals in bronze, original paintings and engravings, idyllic landscapes and still lifes, and objects of desire,” said Cynthia Maciejewski of Neue Auctions. “All lots may be viewed at our gallery preview from June 24 to 28, from 10 am to 5 pm.” The gallery is at 23533 Mercantile Road (Suite 100). For more information, www.neueauctions.com. or 216-245-6707.

Biddy Up!
Eanger Irving Couse, Ivan Fedorovich Choultse, Walter Hunt, William Barraud, James William Cole, Thomas Blinks, Basil Bradley,Thomas Aquinas Daly, many animalier bronzes by Bonheur, Matia, Isard, Mene, Kauba; a lifetime collection of Americana, Furniture, carpets, sterling silver, gold, fine jewelry, antique scrimshaw, Claude Conover pots, Art Deco bronze by Pierre Laurel, Josef Albers, Picasso Madoura plate, KangHsi porcelains!
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