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Yoshitomo Nara
Lot of Two
Untitled (Tokyo/LA), 2007
Sharpie on cardboard
Signed and dated on recto
Sheet: 5 x 9.25 inches; Framed: 13 x 17 inches
Provenance: gifted directly from the Artist to current owner, Kirsten Biller
Too Young To Die, 2002
Ceramic ashtray
Printed signature on base
Image: 10 inches in diameter
George Grosz
Lot of Four
Huren (Estate No. 3.72.5), 1924
Ink on paper
Signed in pencil on recto
Image: 14 x 11 inches; Framed: 30 x 26 inches
Condition: uniform toning to paper
Included, three texts:
George Grosz: Ecce Homo, 1965
George Grosz, 1960
A Little Yes and a Big No, 1946
Provenance: From the Estate of Blossom and Ben Norman, Los Angeles, CA; Peter Deitsch Gallery appraisal note from 1967
Annie Leibovitz
Magic Johnson, Los Angeles, 1989/1992
Gelatin silver print on Agfa
From the numbered edition of 40
Signed, numbered, titled and dated in ink on recto
Image: 16.25 x 13.25 inches; Sheet: 19.75 x 16 inches; Framed: 21.75 x 19.5 inches
Provenance: Timothy D. Kehr Gallery, Minnesota, tag on verso
Lot 122
Ralph Gibson (Born 1939)
Lot of Two
Untitled, 1986
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed and dated in pencil on verso
Image: 12.25 x 8 inches; Sheet: 14 x 11 inches
Illustrated: Tropism, 1987, pg. 132
Tropism, 1987
Illustrated book
Signed and dated in ink
Provenance: gifted directly from the Artist to current owner in 1987
Lot 100
Diane Arbus (1923-1971)
Teenage Boy, N.Y.C., 1961/Printed Later
Gelatin silver print
From the numbered edition of 75
Stamped 'A Diane Arbus photograph'; Signed, titled, dated by Doon Arbus, Administrator, in ink and Estate copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps on the verso
Printed later by Neil Selkirk
Image: 8.75 x 6 inches; Sheet: 14 x 11 inches; Framed
Lot 194
Various Artists
Lot of 4
Peter de Lory and Three by Artist Unknown
Peter de Lory
Untitled (Pencils)
Photograph
Image: 17.5 x 17.5 inches; Framed: 18.5 x 24.5 inches
Artist Unknown
Untitled, 1959
Oil on canvas
Signed “A Vaccaro” and dated on recto
Framed: 17 x 21 inches
Untitled, 1958
Lithograph
Signed “A Vaccaro” and dated in pencil on recto
Framed: 20.5 x 16.5 inches
Untitled, 1968
Mixed media collage
Signed and dated in ink on recto
Framed: 13.5 x 10.25 inches
Provenance: From the Estate of Blossom and Ben Norman, Los Angeles, CA
Lot 95
Walker Evans (1903-1975)
Saratoga Springs, New York, 1931/Printed early 1970’s
Silver gelatin print mounted on Fabriano Classico paper
From the numbered edition of 75
Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist on mount recto
Printed under the supervision the artist in the early 1970's
From the Portfolio: Walker Evans, Fifteen Photographs edited by Lee Friedlander. Published by The Double Elephant Press Ltd. 1974
Image 11.625 x 9.375 inches; Mount: 14.75 x 19.75 inches
Provenance: From the Collection of Caldecot Chubb
Illustrated: Walker Evans and Company, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2000, Plate 87; Walker Evans - America, Rizzoli New York, 1991. pg.13
Lot 96
Walker Evans (1903-1975)
Penny Picture Display, Savannah, 1936/Printed early 1970’s
Silver gelatin print, mounted on Fabriano Classico paper
From the numbered edition of 75
Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist on mount recto
Printed under the supervision the artist in the early 1970's
From the Portfolio: Walker Evans, Fifteen Photographs edited by Lee Friedlander. Published by The Double Elephant Press Ltd. 1974
Image: 12.875 x 10.25 inches; Mount: 19.75 x 14.75 inches
Provenance: From the Collection of Caldecot Chubb
Illustrated: Walker Evans and Company, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2000, Plate 205
Lot 147
Richard Boyce (1920-1976)
Untitled, c. 1960
Carved bone mounted to plaque with plexi base
Unsigned
Sculpture: 5 x 5 inches; Overall: 6 x 3.75 x 1 inches
Provenance: From the Estate of Blossom and Ben Norman, Los Angeles, CA; Acquired by the above from Jodi Scully Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, receipt included