Maine Antique Digest, December 2016

Maine Antique Digest, December 2016 11-D

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Fernand Léger (1881-1955),

Deux femmes tenant des fleurs

oil on canvas, 1954, 21½" x 25½", $800,000. Leslie Hindman

Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois, September 30.

Gabriele Munter (1877-1962),

Blumen

mit weisser rose II

, 1950, oil on

cardboard, 19½" x 13¼", $106,250.

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago,

Illinois, September 30.

Pablo Picasso,

Francoise sur fond gris

lithograph, 1950, 24

" x 18½", $106,250.

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago,

Illinois, September 30.

Fernand Léger (1881-1955),

Paysage village

, gouache on paper

board, 1914, 12½" x 16", $725,000. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers,

Chicago, Illinois, September 30.

Peter Saul (b. 1934),

Saul’s Guernica

, acrylic on canvas, 1974, 71" x 159",

$575,000. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois, September 30.

Bob Thompson (1937-1966),

Landscape with Blue Nude

, oil on

canvas, 1965, 24" x 48", $197,000. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers,

Chicago, Illinois, September 30.

Gregory Gillespie (1936-2000), allegorical

painting of insects, oil on wood, 5" x

3½" (sight), with Forum Gallery and

Hirshhorn

Museum

(Smithsonian

Institution) exhibition labels on the back,

$41,400. Bunch Auctions, Chadds Ford,

Pennsylvania, September 20.

This multipart Meissen figural centerpiece with groupings of Neptune

and Amphitrite with cherubs, maidens, and sea creatures sold for $49,450.

Bunch Auctions, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, September 20.

This Native

American

carved

polychrome

kachina doll, a

fine example of

an early Hopi

ceremonial

figure, sold for

$2760. Bunch

Auctions,

Chadds Ford,

Pennsylvania,

September 20.

This pair of Minton pâte-sur-pâte

vases and covers, decorated by

Louis Solon, brought $31,625.

Bunch Auctions, Chadds Ford,

Pennsylvania, September 20.

Mills Bell 5¢ slot

machine, $1200.

Cordier Auctions,

Harrisburg,

Pennsylvania,

August 13 and 14.

This Victorian 14k

gold watch chain with

an engraved slide

brought $2100. Cordier

Auctions, Harrisburg,

Pennsylvania, August

13 and 14.

At $6500, the top lot of the

August 13 and 14 sale at

Cordier Auctions, Harrisburg,

Pennsylvania, was this carved

ivory wedding dragon boat

from the Meiji period.

These icons of Christ Pantokrator and the Lady of

Kazan have oklads and sold for $4600. Cordier

Auctions, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, August 13 and 14.

These two pieces of pottery by George

Ohr (1857-1918), who called himself

“the mad potter of Biloxi,” sold

together for $2900. Cordier Auctions,

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, August 13

and 14.