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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.

   

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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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  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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  Italian Futurist 1950’s “Auntie Mame” Handwrought Pewter Pitcher c.1950

  1950’s ITALIAN DESIGN

  Futurist pitcher  c. 1950

  Handwrought and hand hammered pewter in an overall footed ovoid form with a traingle form spout body and an elongated arching contoured handle

  Marked:  PELTRO with lion, MADE ITALIA

  H: 15″ x W: 9″ x D: 4″

  Price: $6,000

  The 1958 classic film, Auntie Mame, starring Rosalind Russell, features this sculptural pitcher on the coffee table in the surrealist interior of Mame Dennis’ penthouse on Beekman Place #3, New York City.