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  Jan de Swart, Handcarved “Peach” Sculpture, c.1970

  JAN DE SWART (1908-1987) Netherlands / USA

  Peach sculpture  c. 1970

  Hand carved and formed jelutong wood in a symbolic / erotic form of a peach

  For more information see: Jan de Swart: A Day That Becomes a Lifetime, exhibition catalogue (California: Fine Arts Gallery at the San Fernando Valley State College, February 1972); Jan de Swart, Mike McGee and William G. Otton (Laguna Beach, California: Laguna Art Museum, 1986).

  H: 7 ½” x D: 4”

  Price: $7,500

  Constantly seeking and inventing new materials Jan de Swart was a true modernist.  He was influenced by artists such as Isamu Noguchi, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames, and later Sam Maloof and Wendell Castle.  Although he had been creating small sculptures since his arrival in California from Holland in 1929, he had not been widely recognized until being introduced to John Entenza, publisher of Arts & Architecture magazine in 1947.  Soon thereafter, he was able to create larger works and began collaborating with architects such as Whitney Smith and Victor Gruen on special commissions.  His work is in the permanent collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Smithsonian, and the Ford Foundation.  He was honored with the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Sculpture in 1965.

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  Charles Martin, “Bal Masque”, Pencil, ink, gouache and watercolor on paper 1927

  CHARLES MARTIN (1884-1934) France

  Bal Masque 1927

  Pencil, ink, gouache and watercolor on paper.

  Signed: Martin (lower right corner); A l’Ami Koval, l’Ami Martin, Bien Amicalement (upper left corner)

  H: 8” x W: 11 7/16”

  Price: $12,500

  Charles Martin was a notable French illustrator, graphic artist, posterist, fashion and costume designer. His drawings are charming, amusing and sophisticated. The artist studied at the Montpelier Ecole des Beaux Arts, Academie Julian and Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris. Throughout his career, Martin was also a contributor to the French fashion journals Gazette du Bon Ton, Modes et Manieres d’Aujourd’hui, Journal Des Dames et Des Modes, and Vogue. His illustrated books include the hat catalogue “Les Modes en 1912,” the erotic “Mascarades et Amusettes” 1920, and “Sports et Divertissements” 1919, written in collaboration with composer Erik Satie.

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  Robert Fried, The Charlatans, Buddy Guy, North American Ibis Alchemical Co. at the Avalon Ballroom, September 22-24, 1967, 1st edition

  ROBERT FRIED USA

  The Charlatans, Buddy Guy, North American Ibis Alchemical Co. at the Avalon Ballroom   September 22-24, 1967

  Marked: Fried 67 (in script), © Family Dog Productions 639 Gough Street San Francisco, Calif. 94102

  H: 19 15/16” x W: 14”

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

  S O G A T A New York, NY

  “Harlem: Five Aces” 1931

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  Signed: SOGATA, HARLEM 1931 (painted, lower right corner of image); HARLEM: FIVE ACES. (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).

  Paper H: 14 7/8″ x W: 10 7/8 ”

  Image H: 11″ x W: 7 1/2″

  Frame H: 19” x W: 15 1/4”

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