Showplace Live Estate Auction
August 7 at Noon
40 West 25th Street, NYC
www.nyshowplace.com
auctions@nyshowplace.com
212-633-6063 ext. 808

NEW YORK CITY — Auctions at Showplace will present a summer estate auction on August 7. The auction brings together 280 lots of fine art, decorative arts, furnishings, jewelry and luxury goods.

Highlights open with an etching with collage on handmade paper by Spanish artist Manolo Valdes (b 1942). Titled “Serie Helene,” the piece from the “Helena” series depicting ladies inspired by the work of Velasquez, “Las Meninas,” is number 25 of 50. Next is a Charles X flame-mahogany veneered cabinet with a white marble top and one long drawer above two book-matched, veneered cabinet doors on a molded conforming plinth with bun feet. The piece has provenance from Les Deux Iles Antiques and the New York collection of Ken and Jill Iscol. Also of note is a Tiffany & Co. sterling silver partial dinner service in the Bamboo pattern totaling 76 pieces.

Fine art highlights open with a Pop Art mixed media in red and gold acrylic paint with extensive college elements on canvas titled “Suddenly I See” by American artist Peter Tunney. Pop Art continues with two works by American artist Stephanie Hirsch. The first is a mixed media on canvas titled “It’s Never Too Late” from the artist’s “Lust Series” depicting embroidered lips with rhinestones on a black ground, circa 2012. Next is a mixed media artwork mounted on a heart-shaped canvas composed of black, white, silver and gold tone beads forming sacred geometric shapes with a central Evil Eye motif.

Also of note are two works by Peter Max — a mixed media titled “Umbrella Man,” and a 2002 painting on lithograph titled “Blushing Beauty” with a Park West Gallery certificate of authenticity verso.

Fine art continues with an untitled still life oil on canvas by Argentinian artist Raul Russo, an oil on panel harbor scene by American artist Caroline M. Bell and four lots of colorful woodblock prints by Japanese artist Umetaro Azechi. Also featured is a Rufino Tamayo woodblock in colors depicting a minimalist abstract bird.

Also of note is a unique color photograph by Irving Penn titled “New York Still Life,” 1947, and depicting a composition with fruit, grains and vessels from the estate of advertising executive Bernard “Bill” Eckstein.

Sculpture highlights include a collection of figural bronze works by Etienne Pirot, Heinrich Karl Scholz, Ernst Hermann Graemer, Niels Tvede, Gustave Van Vaerenbergh and Elza Koveshazi Kalmar.

Furnishings include a collection of Midcentury Modern pieces, including a pair of Sally Sirkin Lewis for J. Robert Scott & Associates “Paris” swivel armchairs in the Art Deco Revival taste. Next is a set of Gio Ponti for Singer & Sons, Model 116 side chairs in walnut (designed 1950) and a T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Midcentury Modern slipper chair and ottoman in carved walnut frame. They are followed by a 1980s Karl Springer brass and glass “Sculpture Leg” coffee table and a pair of Bertha Schaefer for Singer & Sons Midcentury Modern armchairs made of honey-tone oak wood. Next is a Eero Saarinen tulip dining table with a Carrara marble oval top and a white enameled steel pedestal base. Midcentury highlights end with a 1950s Paul McCobb for Calvin Irwin Collection painted mahogany sideboard dresser commode with double tri-fold doors and travertine top.

For those with more traditional tastes, on offer is a George III mahogany pair of armchairs in the Sheraton manner and of the period, with curved carved crest rail above a pierced back splat carved with rosette and trailing bellflowers. Next is a French patisserie pastry table with a white marble top over a reticulated frieze with acanthus leaves and foliage and scrolled legs. Also worth a look is an Italian neoclassical giltwood or pier mirror, circa 1800.

Lighting of note includes a pair of French Rococo ormolu wall sconces and a pair of neoclassical gilt-bronze wall sconces in the shape of torches that have green lacquer with gilt star and pinecone details, each with two sprawling arms with eagle heads.

Decorative arts highlights include a pair of gilt-bronze Italian Renaissance Revival candelabra in the manner of S. Karpen and Co, a set of Italian Brutalist large bronze chess pieces and a pair of Erhard & Sohne German Gothic Revival gilt and silvered brass trinket boxes.

Jewelry includes a trove of estate pieces plus several unique designer pieces by Stephen Dweck, Peter Schmid, Michael Zobel, Michael Boyd and Joan Hornig. The sale also features a grouping of vintage timepieces, including an antique Victorian Elgin 14K yellow gold hunter case pocket watch, a vintage 14K gold Certina lady’s watch with gold woven mesh band and a vintage Jaeger LeCoultre wristwatch in 18K yellow gold.

Luxury lovers will find vintage handbags by Hermes Paris, Louis Vuitton and Chanel. Also on offer are a grouping of vintage Hermes scarves. A collection of vintage Montblanc pens are also featured.

Silver seekers will find flatware sets by Wallace and S. Kirk and Son along with pieces by Tiffany & Co. and George V. Brittania. Asian antiques include a collection of ancient Chinese pottery from the Tang, Han and Zhou dynasties.

All auctions can be previewed at Showplace, 40 West 25th Street in Manhattan ten days prior to each sale and are all available for online preview and bidding at www.auctions.nyshowplace.com. Sales are online for bidding approximately 30 days prior to the auction date.

Showplace can be reached by telephone at 212-633-6063.