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  Gertrude Burgess Murphy American Modern Post-War Reclining nude sculpture c. 1950

  GERTRUDE BURGESS MURPHY (b. 1899) USA

  Reclining nude sculpture c. 1950

  Fired and glazed earthenware on a wooden base

  Marks: original paper exhibition label (San Francisco Museum of Art, Rental Gallery); tape with the name of the artist

  For more information on Murphy see: Who Was Who in American Art, ed. Peter Hastings Falk (Madison, Conn.: Sound View Press, 1985), p. 439.

  H: 5 7/8” x L: 10 5/8” x D: 5”

  Price: $11,500

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  Gianni L. Cilfone “After the Rain” Oil on canvas 1928

  GIANNI L. CILFONE (1908-1990) USA

  “After the Rain” 1928

  Oil on canvas, contemporary quarter sawn oak pegged frame with yellow gold filet.

  Signed: Cilfone, 1928 (lower left corner)

  Marks: Illinois Academy of Fine Arts, Second Annual Exhibition 1928, Gianni L. Clifone, 905 South Ashland Boulevard, “After the Rain,” $500 (paper label).

  Exhibited: Illinois Academy of Fine Arts, Second Annual Exhibition 1928, Art Institute of Chicago 1928

  For more information see: Who Was Who in American Art (Madison, Conn.: Sound View Press, 1985) p. 115.

  Canvas: H: 30” x W: 40”

  Framed: H: 38” x W: 48”

  Gianni Cilfone emigrated with his family from San Marco, Italy to Chicago at the age of five. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cilfone took lessons from Hugh Breckenridge and John F. Carlson. His consistently won many prizes from the Chicago Gallery Association throughout the 1930s and 40s. He exhibited at the Hoosier Salon between 1949 and 1958, at the North Shore Arts Association, at the Association of Chicago Painters and Sculptors, and at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1919 and 1928.

   

   

   

   

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  Joseph Raskin, Seaside scene, Oil on Canvas c. 1920 -1925

  JOSEPH RASKIN   (1897-1981) USA

  Seaside scene  c. 1920 -1925

  Oil on canvas, gold leaf frame

  Signed:  Jos. Raskin  (lower left)

  For more information see: Who Was Who in American Art,
  (Madison, Conn.: Sound View Press, 1985), p. 505

  Canvas: 25 1/4” x 21 1/4”
  Frame: 31 1/4” x 26 3/4”

  Price: $35,000

  Born in Nogaisk, Russia, Joseph Raskin made a name for himself as a painter in New York City, where he was also recognized as an etcher, teacher and writer.  He studied at the National Academy of Design and, in 1921, received a fellowship from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.  A member of the American Artists Congress, Raskin’s work was exhibited at the Schervee Gallery (Boston) in 1927, Tricker Gallery in 1939, the Schneider-Gabriel Gallery in 1941, Steinway Hall in 1942, and the American Artists Association in 1945.  Raskin’s work may be found in several museum collections including the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art  and National Academy of Design, both in Washington, D.C.

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  Marcel Bouraine, Pair of French Art Deco “Dove” Bookends c. 1930

  Marcel Bouraine (active 1925-1930) France.

  Pair of Art Deco “Dove” sculptural bookends, circa 1930.

  Silvered bronze (sand cast technique) in the form of doves with openly displayed and fan shaped tail feathers perched on roof pan tiles.

  Marks: Bouraine (2x), #’s 52 and 53.

  For more information and other works by Bouraine see: Les Echoes D’Art (May 1927), p. 21; Art Deco Sculpture, Bryan Catley; The Art Deco Style, Selected by Theodore Menten (New York: Dover Publications, 1972), p. 172; Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, E. Bénézit, vol. 2 (Paris: Librarie Grund, 1976), p. 231, An Encylopedia of Art Deco, Edited by Alastair Duncan (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988) pp. 26,28-29,31,104; Art Deco, Victor Arwas (New York, Harry Abrams,1980) pp. 163, 269.

  H: 5 ¾” x W: 4 ½” x D: 3 ½”