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  S O G A T A New York, NY, “Costume for a String Quartette” Watercolor and pencil on paper 1930

  S O G A T A   New York, NY

  “Costume for a String Quartette”   1930

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  Signed: COSTUME FOR A STRING QUARTETTE. SOGATA. LONDON: 1930. ESPECIALLY FOR CARL VAN V. with script signature (in pencil on lower left and beneath image)

  For contextual history and similar art see: Rhapsodies in Black : Art of the Harlem Renaissance,(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997); Harlem Renaissance Artists. Jordan, Denise (Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003).

  Paper H: 14 7/8″ x W: 10 7/8 ”

  Image H: 14″ x W: 10 1/2″

  Frame H: 20 1/2” x W: 17 1/4”

  *This SOGATA New York Watercolor and pencil on paper has been gifted to The Wolfsonian – FIU, Miami Beach, FL.

  Carl van Vechten (1880-1964), to whom this artwork is dedicated, was an influential novelist, critic, and photographer in New York during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. His role in the Harlem Renaissance is well-documented. Van Vechten also introduced Miguel Covarrubias, a caricaturist and contemporary of Sogata, to prominent Manhattan artistic and society circles.

   

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  American Art Deco, Neon, OK Chevrolet Used Truck Sign c.1940’s

  AMERICAN NEON DESIGN

  OK Chevrolet Used Truck Sign c.1940’s

  Blue, yellow and red baked enamel on metal with an orange neon tube spelling out “OK” encircled with a round blue neon border, original paper tag.

  Marks: Registration Mark (in the enamel) Original paper tag, This is an OK Used Truck, Authorized Chevrolet Dealer, Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corporation

  Diameter: 31” x Depth: 6”

  Price: $10,500

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  Bonnie Maclean, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Mother Earth, Hour Glass, Holy See at the Fillmore, October 19-21, 1967, 1st edition

  BONNIE MACLEAN USA

  Eric Burdon & The Animals, Mother Earth, Hour Glass, Holy See at the Fillmore   October 19-21, 1967

  Marked: B. MacLean © Bill Graham 1967 #89

  H: 21” x W: 14”

  *** An example of this poster is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

  By 1967, Eric Burdon took the Animals into a harder, more psychedelic sound than the one listeners recognized from the band’s earlier incarnation. Burdon would later take this style even further when he teamed up with an obscure Los Angeles band known as War. The poster was printed only once before the concert

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  S O G A T A New York, NY “Harlem: Cabaret” Watercolor and pencil on paper 1931

  S O G A T A   New York, NY

  “Harlem: Cabaret”   1931

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  Signed: SOGATA, HARLEM · 31(painted, lower right corner of image); HARLEM: CABARET. (in pencil beneath image on left)

  For contextual history and similar art see: Rhapsodies in black : art of the Harlem Renaissance,(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997); Harlem Renaissance Artists. Jordan, Denise (Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003).

  Image H: 11″ x W: 7 3/4″

  Frame H: 19 1/4” x W: 16”

  *This SOGATA New York Watercolor and pencil on paper has been gifted to The Wolfsonian – FIU, Miami Beach, FL.