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Auction

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24071/

Start Date

Monday, November 13, 2017

End Date

Monday, November 13, 2017

Venue

Bonhams Auction House

City

Los Angeles, CA

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Ursula von Rydingsvard, BIG COŚ, 2015-22.

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"Workmen stacking drums of grease ready for shipment.", March 1944

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Betsy on one of the Wyeth's islands. Courtesy of and photo by Peter Ralston.

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courtesy of the Wagner Free Institute of Science overview shot of the gallery, which was taken professionally by David Graham

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Painting

"Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott," 2022. New Museum, New York. (L-R) See Colescott's We Await Thee, (1964), Nubian Queen (1966), and Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet (1968).

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Interior view of Derinkuyu, an underground city of Cappadocia, Turkey.

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Black Artists

Nina Chanel Abney and Pace Prints printers creating the printed elements for Abney's collages on panel. Image courtesy of the artist and Pace Prints. Photo by Anna Watts, courtesy of Pace Prints.

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The late We:wa photographed weaving by John K. Hillers (1843-1925).

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Asian Art

- Summary: Illustration shows the rulers of "Russia," "Germany," "Italy," "Austria," "France," and "England," as chickens trying to hatch a large egg labeled "China." A chicken labeled "Japan" stands in the background with Uncle Sam, also as a chicken, perched on a fence in the rear.

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Latin American Art

Melchor Pérez Holguín, Pietà (detail), Bolivia, c. 1720.

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Pre-Columbian Latin America: The Chavín of Ancient Peru

Photography

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, View from the Window at Le Gras (enhanced version by Helmut Gershein), c. 1826-7. Oil-treated bitumen. 20 × 25 cm.

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Edo peoples, Single-figure plaque, mid 16th to 17th Century. Cast copper alloy. Dallas Museum of Art.

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Andy Warhol, Marilyn, 1967. Sheet measures 36 x 36 in. Published by Factory Additions, New York, printed by Aetna Silkscreen Products, Inc., New York. Estimated: $200,000-250,000.

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LGBTQ Artists

Nicole Eisenman, Maker's Muck, 2022. Coney Island Boardwalk (Brazilian Ipe), plaster, bronze, silicone, unfired clay, fired clay, expanding foam, burlap, wire, raw wool, sneakers, magic smooth, magic sculpt, resin, bamboo skewers, tin foil, plaster bandages, plywood, bass wood, Aqua-Resin, fiberglass, seashell, styrofoam, oil paint, wax, carpet fringe, cardboard, cement, steel pipe, steel rod, aluminum paint tubes, vinyl stickers, granite, telescopic extension pole, sand, fabric, crocheted rug, marbles, min

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Drawing

Eggplant- Jean Emmons, “Eggplants,” watercolor on vellum, 2020.

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Design

Fabio Fiocchi descends on a roped safety system into a cistern cavern at Vulci. To do such requires training and safety certifications. Credit- Danielle Vander Horst.

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Women Artists

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Contemporary Art

Abraham Palatnik: Experimentation/Enchantment. Published by Nara Roesler Books.

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Sculpture

Medusa Second Century relief sculpture

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Modern Art

Wide World Photos, detail of Gertrude Stein sitting on a sofa in her Paris studio, with a portrait of her by Pablo Picasso, and other modern art paintings hanging on the wall behind her, May 1930.

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Renaissance

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Franceso Melzi, 1510-1511. Charcoal, white chalk, and chalks of various colors on prepared paper. Ambrosian Library.

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Gallery

Dale Chihuly, Paintbrushes, 2021, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix © 2021 Chihuly Studio. All rights reserved. Photo by Nathaniel Willson.

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