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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
Gertrude Burgess Murphy American Modern Post-War Reclining nude sculpture c. 1950
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HULDA ROTIER FISCHER (1893 – 1982) Milwaukee, WI
Three-resting giraffes sculpture 1936
Handbuilt earthenware sculpture with a golden light brown glaze.
Marks: Hulda Rotier Fischer 36 (hand incised)
H: 6 1/2″ x W: 7″ x D: 5 1/2″
Price: $2,300
Hulda Rotier Fisched studied at the Milwaukee Normal School and was a student of Robert von Neumann Sr. In 1921 she also studied with Carl Holty. She worked as an Art Instructor at Shorewood Opportunity School for 30 years. Rotier Fischer was a Member of the Milwaukee Art institute.
She is the recipient of many Milwaukeee Journal Awards.
OTIS OLDFIELD (1890-1969) USA
“Water pipes and shadows” c. 1920
Oil on canvas, walnut frame
Signed: Otis Oldfield (lower left)
For more information see: Otis Oldfield 1890-1990, Centennial retrospective exhibition (San Francisco, CA: Inkwell Publishing, 1990).
Painting: H: 16 1/8” x W: 13”
Framed: H: 28 ¼” x W: 25 1/8”
Price: $42,500
***The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York owns a famous Gelatin silver print photograph by Morton Schamberg from 1916 entitled “God”. This image is akin to Duchamp’s “Fountain” and is an iconic Dadaist assemblage of plumbing pipes mounted on a miter box. The “Water Pipes and Shadows” painting by Otis Oldfield similarly brings a certain animation and personality to an under sink composition of mundane drain pipes in a sophisticated “Rayonist” or “Cubist” stylization. Otis Oldfield was born in Sacramento, California in 1890. He enrolled in the Best Art School in San Francisco in 1909 and continued his studies at the Academie Julian in Paris. Returning to the U.S., Oldfield settled briefly Sacramento before returning to San Francisco to accept a post as a teacher at the California School of Fine Art. Oldfield developed a bold modernist style, which caused some controversy among critics covering his exhibits. In 1936 Oldfield was one of a group of San Francisco artists chosen for a WPA project to paint murals in San Francisco’s Coit Tower. Following WW II, Oldfield taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. He died in San Francisco in 1969.
GUY DE ROUGEMONT (b. 1935) Paris, France
“Puzzle” sculpture c. 1970
Lacquered PVC in a rounded movable puzzle form with interlocking pieces.
H: 24 1/2″ x L: 26″ x D: 11″ (closed)
H: 24 1/2″ x W: 26″ x D: 11″
Price: $24,000
Guy de Rougemont is a French painter and sculptor and is famous for his use of vibrant geometric motifs. His works are a perfect blend of pop art and minimalism. In 1990, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (Museum of Decorative Arts) presented an important retrospective about this major contemporary French artist, member of the prestigious French Académie des Beaux-Arts. ROUGEMONT, Espaces publics et Arts décoratifs, 1965-1990, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 5/22/1990 – 08/19/1990
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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