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  Charles W. Hess, “Abstraction”, Resin-oil on plexiglas, sheet aluminum 1948

  CHARLES W. HESS (1921-1998) USA

  Abstraction 1948

  Resin-oil on plexiglas, sheet aluminum

  Signed: CH (in a circle)

  Exhibited: Solo Exhibition, Modernism, San Francisco, CA, 1981; Charles Hess and Leta English Hess: Joint Retrospective, University Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, October 1 – November 10, 1985; Charles Hess: Neoplastic Works, Modernism, Art of the 20th Century, San Francisco, CA; June 6 – 29, 1991.

  Painting illustrated: “On Transparency and Reflection,”
  The Structurist No. 27/28, 1987/1988.

  Painting H: 12” x W: 12” x D: 1”
  Framed H: 22” x W: 22” x D: 1 1/2”

  Price: $58,000

  Born in 1921 in Long Beach, California, Charles Hess studied painting at UCLA, University of Chicago and University of California, Berkeley. In 1962 he joined the faculty of San Francisco State University where he taught until 1983. Hess’s paintings have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions including shows at the Pasadena Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago where his work is also in the permanent collection.

  Working in the neo-plasticist style for over thirty years, Hess’s work explored the three-dimensional relationship between the basic elements of painting: color, form, and space. Abstraction is one of the few works to survive from this period; most pieces from this period were lost due to the 1991 fire in the Oakland, CA hills.

  ***Charles and Leta English Hess papers, 1895-1987 can be found at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.
  Included are ten letters from Stanton Macdonald-Wright to Hess (1954-1965) relating to his views of the relationship between patrons and artists, the 1956 Paris art scene, contemporary art criticism, the art market, and his break with the Duveen Graham Gallery.

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  Scandinavian Modern / Art Deco Finnish Silver Presentation Bowl 1925

  SUOMEN KULTASEPPÄ OY  Turku, Finland
  (FINNISH GOLDSMITH COMPANY, LTD.)

  Silver bowl   1925

  Hand wrought and repoussé silver with an overall scrolling leaf, blossom and vine motif, applied stylized open work silver handles

  Marks: “TILL AIS och NILS WENER 19 [28-30/ IV] 26  ADI  och ALLAN RÖNEHOLM,” maker’s mark (hammer with wings), government control mark (crown), 813 H (silver standard)   U5  AT (date mark), city mark for Turku

  H: 7 1/4″ x W: 13 1/2”

  This Art Deco Finnish silver centerpiece was presented as a gift from Adi and Allan Röneholm to Ais and Nils Wener in 1926. By repute this piece was shown the year prior at the Paris 1925 exhibition.