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Michael Hittleman Collection of
Israeli, American, European & Latin American Art
Saturday June 16th, 2018 at noon
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151
G. H. Rothe
(1935-2007) German (two)
GRACE AND THE STALLION (R.73); COMPETITORS (R.70), 1980, a pair of color
mezzotints, both color variants other than Restany illustrates, each signed and
titled in pencil, the first an artist’s proof, the second numbered 77/150, the
first image 5 ½ x 7 ¾” & the second with two plates on one sheet each 5 ½ x 3
¾”, full margins, framed. (2)
Both with pale toning, the second with more, otherwise both in apparently good
condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
152
G. H. Rothe
(1935-2007) German
PERFORMANCE (R.39) from the Small Dance Suite, 1979, color mezzotint, signed in
pencil, numbered 99/150, image 5 ¼ x 5 ¼”, full margins, framed.
Pale toning and discoloration in margins, otherwise in apparently good
condition.
Auction Estimate $100/200
Starting Bid $50
153
Reuven Rubin
(1893-1974) Israeli
DAVID & GOLIATH, color
lithograph, signed in pencil and inscribed A/P (artist’s proof), image 22 x 17”,
full margins, framed. Provenance: Michael Hittleman Gallery Los Angeles.
In apparently good
condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
154
Jose Guyer Salles
(b. 1942) Brazilian
IN TIME & SPACE, 1973, color
aquatint and photo-etching with intaglio and collage, signed and dated and
titled in pencil, numbered 60/100, plate 11 ¾ x 16”, sheet 22 ¼ x 25”.
Pale toning at sheet edge, a
few soft handling creases, otherwise in good condition.
Auction Estimate $40/80
Starting Bid $20
155
Raymond Savignac
(1907-2002) French
LANCELOT DU LAC, color lithograph poster, signature in design, printed by Bedos
et Cie. Paris, sheet 30 ¾ x 21 ¼”, with fold lines as issued, paper-backed,
framed.
Some very faint
discoloration near sheet edge, small surface loss lower sheet edge, slipped off
the hinges, otherwise in apparently good condition.
Auction Estimate $100/200
Starting Bid $50
156
Jason Schoener
(1919-1997) California
VIEW OF LAKE, 1978, acrylic and watercolor on paper, signed twice lower right,
sight 14 ¼ x 20 ½”, framed with glass.
In apparently good studio condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
157
Shalom of Safed
(1895-1980) Israeli
EXODUS, color lithograph,
signed in pencil, numbered 20/100, image 22 x 16 ½”, full margins, framed.
Provenance: Michael Hittleman Gallery Los Angeles.
A few soft handling creases
visible in raking light at certain angels, otherwise in apparently good
condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
158
Yehiel Shemi
(1922-2003) Israeli/ New York
UNTITLED, lithograph, signed
in pencil, numbered 7/20, unknown blind stamp lower left, sheet 30 x 23 ½”,
framed with glass. Provenance: Michael Hittleman Gallery Los Angeles.
In apparently good
condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
159
Charlotte Sherman
(b. 1924) Californian
BENARES, oil painting on
canvas, signed lower right, 10 ¼ x 10 ¼”, framed. Provenance: Gallery Henderson
Place, New York.
In good studio condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
160
Charlotte Sherman
(b. 1924) Californian
UNTITLED, 1959, oil painting
and collage on illustration board, signed and dated lower left, 16 ½ x 30”,
framed.
Some staining on mat,
artwork in apparently good studio condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
161
Zvi Shor
(1898-1979) Ukrainian/ Israel
STILL LIFE, oil painting on canvas, signed lower right, 24 x 18 ¼”, with gold
leaf frame. Provenance: Michael Hittleman
Gallery Los Angeles.
In good studio condition.
Auction Estimate $400/800
Starting Bid $200
162
Yohanan Simon
(1905-1976) Israeli
MOON ADDICT, 1971, oil painting on canvas, signed lower left, 7 ½ x 8 ¾”,
framed. Provenance: Michael Hittleman
Gallery Los Angeles.
In good studio condition.
Auction Estimate $1500/2500
Starting Bid $750
163
David Siqueiros
(1896-1974) Mexican
MUERTE AL INVASOR, 1946, lithograph, signed in pencil and inscribed E/E and
dated 1946, image 29 ½ x 23”, full margins, framed.
In apparently good
condition.
Auction Estimate $1000/2000
Starting Bid $500
164
Alina Speshilov
(b. 1973) Russian/ Israel
UNTITLED STEER SKULL WITH ART NOW BOOK, 2011, oil painting on canvas, signed and
dated upper left, 29 ½ x 23 ¾”.
Provenance: Michael Hittleman Gallery Los Angeles.
In good studio condition.
Auction Estimate $1000/2000
Starting Bid $500
165
Shel Starkman
(20th / 21st Century) American
HOPE OBAMA, 2008, color screenprint, signed and dated in pencil, numbered
148/250, sheet 16 x 24”, framed.
In apparently good condition.
Auction Estimate $100/200
Starting Bid $50
166
Jan Stussy
(1921-1990) Californian (3),
Miriam Karoly (5) & others
(twelve)
Jan Stussy
UNTITLED STILL LIFES, three lithographs, each
signed in pencil, two numbered printer’s proofs and one numbered 8/10, sheets 26
x 20”13 x 17”; Together with Miriam
Karoly, VARIOUS, two intaglios and three etchings, each signed in pencil,
four artist’s proofs and one numbered 2/30, sheets from 19 ½ x 23 ½” to 7 ¾ x 11
¾”; Together with Laura Lipuma,
Jack Baker, Michael Frary
& Julio Sammarcelli, four
lithographs, each signed , one numbered, sheets from 20 x 26” to 12 ½ x 17 ½”,
two with Kistler blind stamps lower left. (12)
Some minor condition issues,
otherwise all in good condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
167
Rufino Tamayo
(1899-1991) Mexican
NINO BAILANDO (P.167), 1974, color Mixografia, signed and numbered 29/100, sheet
29 ¼ x 21 ½”, printed and published by Taller de Grafica, Mexico, framed with
glass. Provenance: Mixografia, Los Angeles
In apparently good condition.
Auction Estimate
$2000/4000
Starting Bid
$1000
168
Rufino Tamayo
(1899-1991) Mexican
FIGURA EN JARRAS (P.274), 1980, color carborundum etching, signed in pencil,
numbered 71/99, sheet 30 x 22”, printed and published by Ediciones Poligrafa
Spain, framed with glass. Provenance: Mixografia, Los Angeles
In apparently good condition.
Auction Estimate
$2000/4000
Starting Bid
$1000
169
Tang Dakang
(1944-1999) Chinese
BIRDS ON CHERRY BLOSSOM BRANCHES, watercolor on rice paper, signed in pencil
lower right, with character stamps and signature lower left, 37 ½ x 55”.
Some crinkles and small edge tears, otherwise in good studio condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
170
Eric Tardif
(b. 1965) Canadian
BIRD, bent wood sculpture,
signed on marble base, overall 29” tall.
In good studio condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
171
Kent Twitchell
(b. 1942) Californian
ED RUSCHA (study for a mural), 1978, a historical working acrylic painting on
three attached sheets of vellum, signed and dated on lower left arm in marker,
with color volume instructions lower center, 28 x 25”. From the artist’s
collection. The 70’ mural in downtown Los
Angeles took Twitchell nine years to complete from 1978 to 1987. It was
illegally painted over in 2006 and remains covered to this day. The artist was
awarded a precedent setting $1.1 million settlement for violation of the VARA
law.
In used production condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
172
Aviva Uri
(1922-1989) Israeli
UNTITLED, 1976, color
lithograph, signed and dated in pencil numbered 77/82, sheet 29 ½ x 22 ½”,
framed. Provenance: Michael Hittleman Gallery Los Angeles.
Two faint hinge impressions
upper area, otherwise in apparently good condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
173
Vincenzo Volpe
(1855-1929) Italy
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, oil
painting on canvas, signed upper left, 21 ½ x 15 ¼”, framed.
Some minor restoration with
four small patches on verso, small scrape lower left with thinning canvas, faint
stretcher bar impressions, light surface soiling, otherwise good aged condition.
Outer frame lacking partial upper molding.
Auction Estimate $500/1000
Starting Bid $250
174
Elizabeth Wadsworth
(b. 1952) Australian
OVER THE TUNNEL, 1994, oil painting on canvas, signed and dated lower right,
signed and titled on verso, 60 x 72”, framed.
In good studio condition.
Auction Estimate $400/800
Starting Bid $200
175
Howard Warshaw
(1920-1977) Californian
TWO WOMEN, color pastel on paper, signed lower left, 25 x 19 ¾”, framed with
glass.
Some small edge tears, small triangular shaped hole in the upper right margin,
some creases and soft creases, otherwise in apparently good studio condition.
Auction Estimate $200/400
Starting Bid $100
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