04-11-201204-12-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
April 11, 2012 02:00 PMCalender
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American/Continental School, 20th Century Five Works on Paper

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$296$250
Auction: Discovery - 2590MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 11, 2012 2:00PM

Description:

American/Continental School, 20th Century

Five Works on Paper:Gabor F. Peterdi (American, 1915-2001),Untitled, signed "Peterdi" l.r., screenprint, sheet size 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in., unframed, (good); Haku Maki (Japanese, 1924-2000),Poem 68-40, seal stamped and signed "HAKU MAKI" l.r. and numbered "64/92" l.l., color intaglio, sight size 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 in., unframed, (possible toning to margins); Ronald Leroy Kowalke (American, b. 1936),Martin Buber, signed "Ron Kowalke" l.r., numbered "76/100" l.l., etching, sight size 7 1/8 x 5 1/2 in., unframed, (good); American School, 20th Century, Abstract, signed illegibly and dated "...'67 Final State" l.r., etching and intaglio, sight size 5 3/4 x 5 1/4 in., unframed, (paper rippling); and Josef Albers (German, 1888-1976), two miniaturized screenprints on one card, from Ives-Sillman's text announcing the "...issue of two new editions of screenprints...September 21, 1971...I-S:VVI I-S:VVII, identified on the accompanying insert, unsigned, sheet size 7 1/2 x 18 3/4 in., unframed, (good).

Provenance: Through the family of Eleanor Kanegis Levin, co-owner of Kanegis Gallery in Boston from 1953 to 1961 and the Retina Gallery in Cambridge from 1968 to 1971.
Estimate $100-150

Keywords

American/Continental School, Gabor F. Peterdi, Ronald Leroy Kowalke, Martin Buber, Josef Albers, Eleanor Kanegis Levin, Cambridge, Kanegis Gallery, Retina Gallery