Catalog: Fine Art (91)

Franz Bergmann - 1898 - 1977, Vienna, Austria to San Francisco, CA

Watercolor

1950

Dimensions - Image - 14" x 19", Frame - 22" x 27" Excellent condition

Studied - The National Academy of Art in Vienna

Short History - In 1926 Bergmann traveled to the United States eventually settling in San Francisco...

Pal Kepenyes brass/bronze sculpture of an elephant crafted from milagros

20th century

Milagros are charms used for protection and for good luck...

Bronze figure - 12 5/8"

Bronze figure including plinth - 13 1/2"

Wood base - 5" X 7"

Signed and dated on base - Joe Brown 1949

Excellent original condition with fine patina

Brown - 1909 - 1985

Artist, educator and athlete, Joe Brown was the pre-eminent sports sculptor of his time. Born in Philadelphia, he entered Temple University in 1927 on a football scholarship...

Mario Avati framed mezzotint in cubist style

1960

France

Image 10" x 13"

Frame - 18" x 22"

Pencil signed and numbered #4 out of a small edition of only 15

Excellent condition

Avati - Mario Avati, printmaker and book illustrator, was born in Monaco on May 27, 1921.

The artist studied at the École des Arts Decoratifs in Nice and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

He created etchings...

Abstract figurative oil on canvas by Ruth E...

Zola Marcus Mid 20th century abstract fabric and paper collage

Zola Marcus was born in Brooklyn and spent most of his life in New York. His style began to take shape when, in 1953, he attended the Institute at Black Mountain College...

Rolph Scarlett expressionistic painting

Mid 20th century

Medium - oil pastel

Image size - 13 3/4" x 16 1/2"

Size including frame - 21 1/4" x 24 1/4"

This vibrant and colorful work is displayed in a contemporary frame and has not been examined out of its frame

Signed lower center right

Very nice condition with no issues to note

Luis Lopez Loza bronze figural abstract sculpture

18 1/2" tall

Wood base - 11 1/2" x 12"

Very good original condition

Lopez Loza - b. 1939 Mexico

Loza studied in Mexico City at the Escuela De Pintura y Escultura ‘la Esmeralda’, the Centro Superior de Artes Aplicadas and at the Pratt Graphic center in New York

Collections - Metropolitan Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum and, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Richard Hoptner modernist abstract sculpture in wood

15 1/2" tall

Base - 8" x 5 1/2"

Signed and dated 1965

Excellent condition

Hoptner - 1921 - 2002, Philadelphia, PA

Education - University of Pennsylvania, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan

Exhibitions - Philadelphia Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Art, Woodmere Art Gallery, Sui Generis Gallery, NYC, St. Joseph's University, Phila.

Harry Bertoia monotype on rice paper

Tall sculptural forms in varied textures and hues

c 1950's

Paper size - 19 1/2" x 22 3/4"

Set in black frame - size 25" x 30"

Very good original condition

Leopoldo Mendez woodcut entitled Las Antorchas

Print on tinted paper

Image - 11 3/4" x 16"

1948

Signed lower right

Very good untouched condition, not examined out of frame

Mendez, 1902 - 1969

Mexico

Oil on canvas by Lucio Ranucci - Italian, b. 1924.

Musicians at a fair on a bus or cart

Vibrant colors

Measures appx. 23 1/4" x 36".

Framed - 27" X 39"

Condition - very good original.

William Gropper color lithograph

Orchestra

c. 1940

Artist proof

Signed in pencil

Image - 17" x 24"

With frame - 24 1/2" x 31 1/2"

Very good condition

Unique photographic abstraction by California artist and lithographer, Victor von Pribosic [1909 - 1959]

Created in the 1940's, this image measures app. 13 1/2" x 16 1/2".

Condition - excellent.

Matted and shrink wrapped.

Ramstonev modernist abstraction - crayon and pastel on paper

Circa 1939

Dimensions - image - 18" x 24"

Estate stamped on verso

Framed

Condition - very good

This work was done during the late 1930's as part of the 'Cooperative' project in the New Hope, Pa. modern art community. Charles Ramsey, Louis Stone and Charles Evans worked collectively on many drawings and paintings during this time...

Anton Schutz etching

New York City skyline view from Weehawken

1927

Image size - 13 11/16" x 10 1/8"

Signed in pencil [LR]

Framed

Very good condition

William Barnett [1918 - 1992 Phila,Pa]

Modernist oil on canvas depicting farm workers in field

1940's

20" x 34"

Very good condition

Unframed

William Barnett -

Schools * Philadelphia Museum School, Teacher * Pratt Institute of Art, Student

Some Exhibitions * Brooklyn Museum * Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC * Guggenheim Museum * Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts * Philadelphia Sketch Club

Wolfgang Roth - 20th century German/American

Wood, metal, string abstract sculpture

11" x 24" x 21" tall

Good unrestored condition

Wolfgang Roth was an internationally known artist and set designer.

Born in Berlin in 1910, he worked with Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht in theater and opera.

Roth emigrated to New York in 1938.

He designed sets for dozens of Broadway and off-Broadway plays , musicals, and opera productions includin...