This week we’re highlighting two upcoming auctions in Chicago and New York by showing you some of the more interesting works for sale.
The first is the Phillips design auction in New York. The event starts at 11 a.m. Dec. 17 and features works by Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and Peter Voulkos. Wright has an upcoming auction in Chicago which is preceded by two preview events both in Chicago and New York. The preview in New York runs from December 2 to the 11th from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Its preview in Chicago will run December 4 to 11, culminating in the sale in Chicago on December 11 starting at noon. Wright features work by Ettore Sottsass and Georges Jouve. Please click the links in this paragraph for more details on the respective sales.
Below are some selections from each. Keep checking back with CFile for the results.
Above image: Ruth Duckworth, Untitled, ca. 1972, glazed stoneware, 26 x 23 x 8.5 inches. Selling through Wright. Estimate: $5,000 — $7,000.
Georges Jouve, rare Sablier vase, 1952, glazed stoneware, 15 x 7.75 x 15.75 inches. Selling through Wright. Estimate: $30,000 — $40,000.
Peter Voulkos, Monumental Stack Pot, 1975, stoneware with pass-throughs and slashes, 12 x 11.5 x 52.25 inches. Selling through Wright. Estimate: $10,000 — $15,000.
Ettore Sottsass, Menta Totem, ca. 1965, 1985, glazed ceramic and lacquered wood, 19 x 19 x 70.25 inches. Selling through Wright. Estimate: $20,000 — $30,000.
Martin Smith, Conditions of Space No. 1, 1998, red earthenware, steel, aluminum leaf. Selling through Phillips. Estimate: $5,000 — $7,000.
Hans Coper, Large bottle vase with disc top, ca. 1972, stoneware, white layered porcelain slips. Selling through Phillips. Estimate: $50,000 — $70,000.
Peter Voulkos, Dish, 1979, stoneware, porcelain pass-throughs, drawing and punctures with cobalt slip/oxide and clear glaze. Selling through Phillips. Estimate: $8,000 — $12,000.
Tony Marsh, Large bowl form with cast elements, ca. 1995, earthenware, 8 1/4 x 20 x 16 1/2 inches. Selling through Phillips. Estimate: $5,000 — $7,000.
Ron Nagle, Tweety (from the “Snuff Bottles” series pictured here), 2003, glazed porcelain, 6 1/4 inches high. Selling through Phillips. Estimate: $15,000 — $20,000.
Richard Devore, Untitled #709, 1992, glazed stoneware, 15 1/4 inches high. Selling through Phillips. Estimate: $15,000 — $20,000.
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