Auction Preview: Mid-Century Modern Spotlight Auction at Stefek's Auctioneers & Appraisers, Roseville, Feb 7
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What: Mid-Century Modern Spotlight AuctionWhere: Stefek's Auctioneers & Appraisers; 20100 Cornillie Dr. Roseville, MI 48066, United StatesWhen: February 7; 11.00 pm GMTTop lots of the sale:- W. Eugene Smith (American, 1918-1978). «Walk to Paradise GAuction Preview: Mid-Century Modern Spotlight Auction at Stefek's Auctioneers & Appraisers, Roseville, Feb 7
What: Mid-Century Modern Spotlight AuctionWhere: Stefek's Auctioneers & Appraisers; 20100 Cornillie Dr. Roseville, MI 48066, United StatesWhen: February 7; 11.00 pm GMTTop lots of the sale:- W. Eugene Smith (American, 1918-1978). «Walk to Paradise Garden», 1946. Gelatin silver photograph, c. 1960s. Sheet: 14 1/18« x 12 1/4». Image: 10 1/2« x 8 3/4». Frame: 17 1/4« x 14 1/4». «Walk to Paradise Garden» photographed by W. Eugene Smith. Original photograph dates to 1946, this photo may have been printed c. 1960s. Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000- Clement Kwan (Chinese-Canadian, b. 1950). «Pow Wow Family», 2007. Oil on canvas. Sight: 36« x 30». Frame: 46« x 40». Oil on canvas depiction of a Native American ceremony. Signed lower right. Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000- Gio Ponti (Italian, 1891-1979). «Diamond». Sterling silver, stainless steel. Design: 1958. Manufactured by Reed & Barton. Total weight (weighable w/o knives): 107.62 ozt. Ninety-five (95) piece set of «Diamond» silverware, designed by Gio Ponti for Reed & Barton in 1958. Set consists of sixteen (16) regular forks, sixteen (16) salad forks, seven (7) cocktail forks, sixteen (16) oval soup spoons, sixteen (16) tea spoons, eight (8) modern hollow butter knives, and sixteen (16) modern hollow dinner knives. All silverware (excluding knives) marked with Reed and Barton logo stamp and «sterling». All knive blades marked «Reed & Barton Mirrorstele Sterling Handle». Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000- Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008). «Tampa Clay Piece», 1972. Ceramic with screen printing. Sight: 14« x 15». Frame: 22 1/4« x 22 1/4» x 1 1/8«. Ceramic piece in the shape of a cardboard box fragment. Screen printed decals to piece. Back marked, »Signed: Rauschenberg USFIII '72 USF178«. Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000- Attributed to Greta Magnusson-Grossman (Swedish, 1906-1999). »Grasshopper« floor lamp. Enameled metal. Design: 1947. Height: 50 1/2», Length: 14«, Depth: 14 1/4», Shade Height: 9 1/2«, Shade Dia.: 5 3/4». Fog gray enameled metal «Grasshopper» floor lamp attributed to Greta Grossman. Tripod base with disc feet approx 1 3/4« in diameter. Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000- Marshall M. Fredericks (American, 1908-1998). »Sheep (The Guests Have Arrived)«. Bronze. 1955. Height: 10 1/4», Length: 7 3/4«, Depth: 3». Bronze relief sculpture «Sheep (The Guests Have Arrived)» by Marshall M. Fredericks. Piece originally designed for a 1939 National Products Competition, cast in 1955. Depicts seven foreshortened sheep. Signed «Marshall M. Fredericks» to bottom of piece. Bronze with green patina. Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000- William de Morgan (English, 1839-1917). Ceramic, lustre. c. 1888-1907. Painter: Fred Passenger. Height: 1 3/4«, Dia.: 10 1/4». Ceramic fish charger glazed with lustre glaze. Design glazed on a Wedgwood blank, indicated by impressed mark to reverse. Red and gold lustre fish motif to front, reverse with white and red lustre spiral design. Reverse signed «D.M. Fulham. F.P.» with Wedgwood impressed mark to center. Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000For details, visit: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/Click on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/Founder: Louise Blouin Read more