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French Art Deco / Boivin (attr.) / Strekers, Paris “Fan Shape” clip / brooch, 18K gold with fancy hard and baguette cut citrines and a large cabochon ruby (6.50 carats), marked, c. 1938
French Art Deco / Boivin (attr.) / Strekers, Paris “Fan Shape” clip / brooch, 18K gold with fancy hard and baguette cut citrines and a large cabochon ruby (6.50 carats), marked, c. 1938
ARTHUR N. COLT (1889-1972) USA
The Wrestlers c. 1938
Oil on canvas
Signed: A. N. Colt in lower right corner
For more information on Colt see: Who Was Who in American Art (Madison, Conn.: Sound View Press, 1985). p.125. Hove, Arthur, ed. Wisconsin Alumnus Vol. 61, No. 9 (January 1960), “Portrait Patterns” Art Digest v. 9 (December 15, 1934) p. 7
Canvas: H: 29 ½” x W: 34”
Framed: H: 38 ½” x W: 43”
Arthur Colt studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago and in Paris. He was not only an important Wisconsin painter but also an influential teacher. He taught at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, founded a summer art colony at Black River and Devil’s Lake, WI and went on to form the Colt School of Art. Arthur Colt exhibited at the Madison Salon of Art Exhibition in 1934.
STEINGUTFABRIKEN VELTEN-VORDAMM Werk Velten, Germany
Vase c. 1920
Handpainted and glazed earthenware
Marks: VELTEN-VORDAMM company logo
Similar work illustrated: Keramik und Bauhaus, Klaus Weber et al., exhib. cat. (Berlin: Bauhaus-Archiv, 1989), p. 229, illus. 289.
H: 5” x Dia: 5 1/2″