Berkeley, California – PBA Galleries announces the collection of California collector George E. Steinmetz to be auctioned on May 7th, 2020. The sale will be PBA’s first return to the live auction format after the hiatus required to safely observe Berkeley’s shelter-in-place restrictions. The late Steinmetz of Benicia, California collected scarce and rare works relating to California history, including many first editions, one-of-a-kind ephemera, and more.

While observing safe social distancing protocols as recommended by the State of California, PBA will hold their first live auction featuring Americana – Travel & Cartography. Over 50 Steinmetz lots will represent significant documents from Californian history. Highlights include the tenth issue of The Californian, California’s first newspaper ($4,000-$6,000). Printed just two months after the first issue came out on August 15th, 1846, the third issue contains a number of articles of interest during a seminal period of California history.

Other lots of interest in early Californiana include a copy of History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierras with four items signed by surviving members of the family of Patrick Breen, on whose diary much of the book is based ($5,000-$8,000). From the gold rush era, PBA will present a rare directory of the California Gold Rush town of Marysville, in Yuba County. No copies of the directory have appeared at auction since 1975, likely a consequence of the numerous fires and floods which alternately destroyed the settlement during this period ($5,000-$8,000).

The collection also includes many writings about farming and Contra Costa county as a result of Steinmetz’s family history: He was born to Daisy Rutherford Steinmetz and Henry H. Steinmetz of Danville, California in 1922. His grandfather, Frank Rutherford, was the steward of Bishop Ranch from 1904-1944, and the ranch was named the largest pear orchard in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records under his management. His collection also features books, memorabilia, and pictures commemorating the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which his father lived through before relocating to Danville. Steinmetz served in the Navy in World War II; his mother continued to build his collection for him during his time in the service. Throughout the rest of his career as a schoolteacher at Vallejo school district, Steinmetz continued to amass materials relating to the history of the West to enrich his teaching. He passed away on August 7th, 2018 at the age of 96, but his legacy is his love for California history and his large personal collection, which he wanted to pass into the libraries of other private collectors.

PBA welcomes bidders to join them for this auction which marks a significant moment in not only company history, but California history, a fitting testament to Steinmetz’s legacy: As companies navigate and return to business during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the upcoming months will become part of an enduring record of 21st century economic history. PBA continues to safeguard the health of employees and clients by remaining closed to the public. PBA will conduct previews via Zoom and limit live auction participation to online or phone bidding. For more information about the sale or to schedule a Zoom preview or phone bidding please contact the galleries at 415.989.2665 or pba@pbagalleries.com.

Chicago — Hindman will continue to host remote auctions in the month of May with a week-long line up of Fine Art and Design auctions, beginning May 19. Hindman’s Post War and Contemporary Art, Prints and Photographs, American and European Art, Modern Design and Early 20th Century Design auctions will collectively offer almost 600 lots of fine art and design.  This exciting week of sales will include a selection of highly curated material with works from top artists and designers.
 
One of the most important collections being offered during this week of Art and Design is the Collection of Norene Goldstein, Chicago, Illinois. This carefully curated selection, with works spanning all three Fine Art sales, illustrates this exceptional and well-rounded collection. Among the highlights are Robert Longo’s diptych, Men in the Cities: Raphael and Barbara which holds a presale estimate of $40,000-60,000,  Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Panni (from the Drape Suite) which will be offered at $25,000-35,000 and Stanley Boxer’s, Archingscreaminwinterslash, estimated at $4,000-6,000.
 
Post War and Contemporary Art | May 21 at 10am CST
The May 21 Post War and Contemporary Art auction will offer yet another strong selection of works by Chicago Imagists, following up on the record setting prices achieved for artists from the movement at Hindman in the fall of 2019. Highlighting this round of Imagist offerings are rare and important early career works by Miyoko Ito, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt and Barbara Rossi. The auction also features a strong selection of works on paper by artists including Wayne Thiebaud, Cy Twombly and Jean Dubuffet. Highlights include:
 
Lot 1, Miyoko Ito, Irrigation, 1976, oil on canvas, 46 x 42 inches
$40,000 - $60,000.
 
Lot 5, Roger Brown, Dancing Houses-The Earthquake of 1994, oil on canvas, 48 x 72 inches
$50,000 - $70,000
 
Lot 9, Gladys Nilsson, Gr-Apes, 1972, acrylic on canvas, 28 x 22 inches
$30,000-50,000
 
Lot 54, Wayne Thiebaud, Cake Studies, 1997, pen and pastel on paper, 11 x 8 ½ inches
$20,000-30,000

Lot 55, Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1965, pencil and wax crayon, 26 1/2 x 34 inches
$50,000-70,000
 
Lot 56, Jean Dubuffet, Paysage, 1974, colored pencils and black pen pasted on black paper, 18 x 12 3/4 inches
$20,000-30,0000
 
The catalog for the Post War and Contemporary Art auction can be viewed here.
 
Prints and Photographs | May 21 at 2 pm CST
The May 21 Prints and Photographs auction will feature strong sessions of Old Master, Modern, Post War and Contemporary Prints, and Photography.
 
One exciting collection offered in this auction comes from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and the Monastery Hill Bindery. The original bindery was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and several years later, Clark's great-grandfather re-established his firm where they still operate today. Monastery Hill Bindery is one of the oldest family-owned companies in Chicago. The small sampling of prints from Clark's collection, for sale in this auction, clearly articulates her commitment to the intersection of Art History, paper and the history of printing. From Old Master Prints by Lucas van Leyden and Pieter Bruegel the Elder, to Modern Masters by Picasso and Cassatt, the collection embodies the sophistication and taste of a true scholar of the history of printing.
 
Lot 25, Pablo Picasso, Deux Buveurs catalans, 1934, etching, 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery
$8,000.00 - $12,000.00
 
Lot 38, Gustave Baumann, Mending the Seine, 1917, color woodcut
Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery
$10,000.00 - $15,000.00
 
A strong session of photography will be also be offered, including works by Andy Warhol, Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe and Richard Avedon among others. Highlights include:
 
Lot 175, Andy Warhol, Liquid Cds, 1976-1986, four stitched gelatin silver prints, 21 3/8 x 27 3/8 inches
$20,000-30,000
 
Lot 181, Robert Mapplethorpe, Thomas, 1987, gelatin silver print, 19 x 19 inches
$8,000.00 - $12,000.00
 
The catalog for Prints & Photography can be viewed here.
 
American and European Art | May 20, 10am CT
Hindman’s American and European Art auction will be conducted on May 20 and will feature notable highlights by artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Karl Albert Buehr, Max Weber and Joan Miro.
 
Lot 20, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Etude pour La Bergere, La Vache, La Brebis, c. 1885, watercolor, pen, ink and pencil on paper, 11 ½ x 13 ½ inches
$70,000-90,000
 
Lot 63, Karl Albert Buehr, Sisterly Advice, circa 1913, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 inches $40,000 - $60,000
 
Lot 93, Max Weber, Winter Twilight, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
$20,000-30,000
 
Lot 54, Joan Miro, Untitled, 1957, crayon on paper, 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches
$15,000-20,000
 
Hindman’s Director of Fine Art, Joseph Stanfield, stated: “The Fine Art Department is thrilled to have three strong auctions this May. The sales include works by blue chip artists across all categories and in a variety of price points.  Works by the Chicago Imagists are particularly exciting, and we look forward to building on the momentum from the record setting prices Hindman achieved for these artists in 2019.”
 
The catalog for American & European Art can be viewed here.
 
Modern Design and Early 20th Century Design | May 19 at 10am CT and 2pm CT
Hindman’s Modern Design and Early 20th Century Design Auctions kick off this week of sales with both auctions taking place on Tuesday, May 19th.  One of the top lots included in the sale is a pair of Sculptured Metal lounge chairs by Paul Evans. Completely original, even the upholstery, these chairs have been in the collection of one owner since their production and are classic examples using contrasting textures, patterns and materials that embody the era.
 
Lot 26, Paul Evans, Pair of Sculptured Metal Lounge Chairs,
$8,000.00 - $12,000.00
 
Another noteworthy addition to the auction are two Hugh Acton Company Executive Sofas that come from the Ebony/Jet Chicago Collection. This famously designed office building in downtown Chicago was the home to the magazine for over 30 years.
 
Lot 9, Hugh Acton, Executive Sofa, upholstery, chrome-plated steel, $1,500-2,500
Property from the Ebony / Jet Collection, 820 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Architect John Moutoussamy, Interior Architects William Raiser and Arthur Elrod
 
Lot 10, Hugh Acton, Executive Sofa, upholstery, chrome-plated steel, $1,500-2,500
Property from the Ebony / Jet Collection, 820 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Architect John Moutoussamy, Interior Architects William Raiser and Arthur Elrod
 
Additional highlights include an iconic Frank Lloyd Wright Executive Office Chair from the Price Tower building, a Coffee Table by Gio Ponti produced by Singer & Sons, a strong selection of Art Glass by Richard Marquis, Jon Kuhn, William Morris, and Studio Pottery by John Ward, Ruth Duckworth, Paul Soldner, and Jun Kaneko.
 
Lot 34, Frank Lloyd Wright, Executive Office Chair, From Price Tower, c. 1956
$20,000-30,000
 
The Early 20th Century Design Auction comprises a lovely collection of top names from the time period including, Glass Lighting by Émile Gallé, Daum, Quezal, Handel and Tiffany Studios – together with furniture highlights from Louis Majorelle, Émile Gallé, Gustav Stickley and a broad selection of exciting Art Deco pieces.
 
Lot 134, Tiffany Studios, Nautilus Table Lamp, c. 1905, $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
 
Lot 87, After Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Pair of Armchairs, $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
 
The catalog for Modern Design and Early 20th Century Design can be viewed here and here.

The Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) is proud to announce its first virtual international rare and antiquarian book fair, to be held Friday, May 15 to Sunday, May 17, 2020 at www.iobabookfair.com.
 
The virtual book fair will enable attendees to browse hundreds, if not thousands, of books and items of ephemera from the safety of their homes. Over four dozen exhibiting booksellers will be available for questions at their “booths” so customers may shop at their leisure during the 3-day fair.  
 
When asked what attendees can expect from the book fair, Doug Nelson, President of IOBA, responded, “We took the best elements from physical book fairs – fresh material, exhibitors from around the globe, and the ability for attendees to easily interact with the exhibitors – and put it online.  We anticipate this fair will be a success for our members and the book-buying public, and it will hopefully be the first of many.”
 
The Independent Online Booksellers Association is a trade organization representing more than 300 online rare and antiquarian booksellers worldwide. IOBA has promoted professionalism, ethics, and trust in online bookselling since 1999. To learn more about IOBA, its members, or to join, visit www.ioba.org.

New York — Until now, book fairs have been the place where dealers and customers came together to buy, sell, and learn from one another. Now, with public gatherings banned for the foreseeable future, Marvin Getman, the promoter of some of the top book and paper fairs in the country, is taking these fairs into the virtual world and making them easily accessible via computer or smartphone.  

Since Covid-19 forced the cancellation of two of Getman’s spring fairs, he has been working with a developer to simulate a traditional, live book fair. “As I started to develop this plan and after talking with numerous dealers, I realized that my virtual fair will actually be so much more efficient for book buyers than a live fair could ever be.” Getman sent a survey to dealers to test the interest level and to solicit ideas to help make it work well for both buyer and seller. “As I imagined, dealers are excited at the prospect of meeting customers in this new format.” Getman sees his new virtual fair as a great way to expand his marketplace well beyond his Northeast U.S. base. He is designing an efficient process through which collectors, institutions and dealers will be able to peruse the booths of every exhibitor in the fair one by one, or easily visit just their favorite dealer. There will also be a search feature to allow browsing by, category. To add to the excitement, exhibitors will be asked to show only fresh stock. At the start, Getman’s new virtual fairs will open on a Tuesday at noon (eastern) and close at 5pm on a Thursday at 5pm (eastern). He is certain that with his heavy promotion leading up to the opening of each fair there’ll be a “line” waiting for the doors to open for first crack at the buying opportunities.

As with Getman’s physical fairs, dealers will find an efficient and well planned process for  setting up their virtual booths. Similarly, buyers and sellers will communicate directly with each other to discuss and complete transactions.  

Getman is excited for the first virtual fair which is expected to open at the end of May. To get  notices of upcoming fair dates, visit www.bookandpaperfairs.com/virtual. For information on exhibiting at an upcoming fair, contact Getman at info@bookandpaperfairs.com or by calling 781-862-4039.

New York — The New York Society Library is proud to announce the winners of the 2019 New York City Book Awards. Founded in 1995, these awards honor the best books about New York City published in a given year, regardless of genre. As New York City’s oldest cultural institution, the Library is uniquely suited to present the New York City Book Awards.

The winning books:

    •    Cynthia Brenwall, The Central Park: Original Designs for New York’s Greatest Treasure (Harry N. Abrams)
    •    Matthew Goodman, The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team (Ballantine Books)
    •    Willie Perdomo, The Crazy Bunch (Penguin Books)
    •    Hugh Ryan, When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History (St. Martin’s Press)
    •    The Hornblower Award for a First Book: Claire Jimenez, Staten Island Stories (Johns Hopkins University Press)

Members of the book awards selection committee read and reviewed approximately 150 books published in 2019 with New York City as their major topic or setting. The winners qualify as titles of literary quality or historical importance that evoke the spirit or enhance appreciation of New York City, shedding some new or unusual light on it. The Hornblower Award, established in 2011, is presented to an excellent New York City-related book by a first-time author.

The selection committee was chaired by Warren Wechsler and comprised Bianca Calabresi, Win Clevenger, Nikhil Iyengar, Christine Kendall, Karl E. Meyer, Tracy Quan, Stephen Raphael, and Geeta Tewari.

More general information about the awards, and a complete list of winners from the awards’ past 24 years, can be found here.

The 2019-2020 New York City Book Awards are generously underwritten by Ellen M. Iseman.

About the Library Founded in 1754, the New York Society Library is open to all for reading, reference, and many events. Circulation and other services are available to members. Our landmark building houses over 300,000 volumes, reading rooms, study spaces, a children’s library, and the Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery. The Library is a not-for-profit organization supported in part by tax-deductible contributions. nysoclib.org

London — Due to the ongoing uncertainties related to the COVID-19 situation, the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (ABA) has made the difficult decision to cancel their flagship event Firsts – London’s Rare Book Fair 2020. Due to take place from the 5th-7th June 2020 at Battersea Evolution, the fair would have celebrated its 63rd anniversary and coincided with the 150th anniversary of the death of writer and author Charles Dickens.
 
Planning is already underway for Firsts London 2021, and we look forward to once again welcoming colleagues and friends to London next year.
 
In an effort to offer our exhibitors and audiences an opportunity to view and buy some of the items that would have been available at Firsts London 2020, we are pleased to announce the ABA’s first ‘virtual fair’ that will launch the 5th June 2020 at 12:00GMT at www.firstslondon.com.
 
The virtual Firsts London will work as follows. Exhibitors who would have attended Firsts London 2020, will be able to upload and showcase up to 12 highlights on the website. The items will go live at noon on Friday 5th June for viewing and will remain online for the coming weeks. Contact details for each exhibitor as well as catalogues will be available for potential buyers and those interested in enquiring about a particular item.
 
We wish to thank our sponsors and partners at this time, who have remained great sources of information and support throughout the past several weeks. 

Viroqua, WI — Driftless Books and Music today announced the launch of Bookstock 2020, a new cooperative book and music festival that gives back in real time. With the tagline: “Peace, Indie Bookstores and Music,” Bookstock 2020 is a two-day virtual event with the mission of bringing together poets, authors, bookstores and performing artists in a unique collaboration to connect with their fanbase and also raise needed funds through donations.

In the landslide of creative alternatives to an old reality, this is another way for book and music lovers to support local independent bookstores and musicians.. “Unite music and books into an artistic and cultural revolution for local and slow,” organizer Eddy Nix says, seeing the Bookstock 2020 concept this as a “limitless virtual space that can foster long-term relationships between communities whose needs are more than just steady work, but in truth, dollars keeps the lights on.”

A long-time proponent of cooperative missions, Eddy Nix of Driftless Books and Music is no stranger to both the power of live music and the magic of a bookstore. His 100 year old tobacco warehouse-turned-book mecca is a beacon in the Midwestern folk scene, known for combining the two, and giving back to the players that make it successful.

He and Midwest singer-songwriter David Huckfelt of the band, The Pines, felt helpless seeing all the closed shops and house bound musicians on the internet. Quickly they birthed an idea for bringing print and music culture together, and with the close-knit book and music community, a grassroots coalition was formed: the cooperative Bookstock 2020 idea sprouted wings.

Bookstock 2020 will stream live online May 15-17. For more information on participating performers, bookstores, authors, or to participate or sponsor, visit www.books.coop and our page on Facebook, or write the good folks at bookstock2020@gmail.com.

-Submitted by Little Sages Books.

Boston — The Boston Athenæum announces the appointment of Leah Rosovsky as Stanford Calderwood Director, becoming the seventeenth leader in the Athenæum’s 213-year history. Rosovsky, who served as Vice President for Strategies and Programs at Harvard University until 2019, will assume her role at the Athenæum later this month.
 
Following a national search, Rosovsky was unanimously selected at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees on April 30, 2020. Timothy W. Diggins, president of the Board of Trustees, said, “We are delighted that Leah will be joining the Athenæum as its new director. The search committee was impressed by Leah’s achievements in the management of large scholarly organizations, and with the vision and vitality she will bring to the Athenæum. She excels at creating environments that enable people to engage with ideas. Leah will lead the Athenæum in an exciting time of growth and engagement, as it serves members, visitors, and the broader Boston community.”
 
“I’m honored to have been selected to serve as the next director of the Boston Athenæum,” said Rosovsky. “The BA has a long, distinguished legacy of leadership and has been a launching pad for so many of Boston’s literary, cultural, artistic, and scientific achievements. Especially in this moment, the chance to serve the greater Boston and New England community by creating a place for learning, discussion, and the study of the arts and humanities feels more important than ever. It is a privilege to have the opportunity to build its future, and I look forward to working with a highly talented group of colleagues.”

Since 2019, Rosovsky has served as the Dean’s Administrative Fellow at Harvard Business School, where she has driven complex projects requiring relationship building, creativity, and execution. As Harvard University’s Vice President for Strategies and Programs from 2013-2019, she led numerous successful initiatives including partnering with senior faculty to raise $20 million and establish the Harvard Global Institute (HGI), enhancing global influence and scholarship; advancing the work of a task force on the prevention of sexual assault; collaborating in the development of a strategy for increasing visibility of the arts; and building consensus and implementation plans to integrate faith traditions into student educational development.

As the Executive Administrative Dean of Tufts University’s School of Arts and Sciences (2006-2013), Rosovsky oversaw a broad range of initiatives in planning, strategy, and resource allocation. Her accomplishments included increasing financial aid funding, leading library renovation planning to meet faculty’s emerging interests in technology-based teaching and learning, and enhancing laboratory space. She also led financial and budget planning that allowed for the creation of 15 tenure-track positions. Prior to that, she held a range of positions with ever-increasing responsibility within Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences between 1995 and 2005.

Before joining the Harvard administration, Rosovsky held senior positions in private organizations. She has also served in leadership positions and advisory roles over many years at Temple Israel, Boston, Massachusetts, as well as the Jewish Women’s Archive in Brookline, Massachusetts, the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia, and the Lahore University of Management Sciences in Lahore, Pakistan. She received her A.B. from Harvard College in 1978 and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1984.

Rosovsky was selected following a national search by a Board-appointed committee of Trustees, library members, and professionals in relevant fields. At its special meeting, the Board also expressed deep appreciation to Interim Director Amy Ryan for her steadying hand over nine months as the search proceeded, and through key phases of a physical expansion that is adding 19,400 square feet in the adjacent building at 14 Beacon Street and restoring much-needed space for library members in the landmark reading rooms at 10½ Beacon Street.

Dallas – A flurry of competitive bidding drove Patrick Nagel’s Untitled, 1982 to $112,500 to lead Heritage Auctions’ Illustration Art Auction April 24 in Dallas, Texas. The sale, which boasted sell-through rates of 98.3% by value and 97.6% by lots sold, amassed $1,540,986 in total sales, topping the pre-auction estimate of $1,073,150 by nearly 44%.

“Patrick Nagel was an enormously successful artist whose popularity is as high as ever,” Heritage Auctions Senior Vice President Ed Jaster said. “His work has been popular in pop culture and advertising for decades, making it no surprise that the demand led to such an impressive result.”

The sale’s top lot soared past its pre-auction estimate of $60,000-80,000, and captures the artist’s signature style of images of beautiful women, often depicted with dark hair and eyebrows and dark or bright red lips. The style captures the roots of early 20th-century graphic design, and has been utilized extensively in fashion and music, including on the cover of Duran Duran’s Rio album.

Also climbing past its pre-auction estimates was Gil Elvgren Neat Trick, 1953, which found a new home at $52,500. The painting was reproduced as figure 320 in Gil Elvgren All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel (Taschen, 1999), and was accompanied in the auction by an original 1969 calendar.

Henry Richard Van Dongen Earthman Beware! Super Science Stories magazine cover, June 1951 sparked otherworldly demand among more than a dozen collectors, more than a dozen of whom drove the final price to $42,500, more than eight times its high pre-auction estimate of $5,000.

Enoch Bolles Dancer, Breezy Stories magazine cover, August 1935 led a strong selection of pinup art when it closed at $42,500. From the sale’s Sordoni Collection, the oil on canvas is initialed lower left.

The auction contained a strong selection of artwork that appeared on magazine covers, including Hugh Joseph Ward Desert Madness, Spicy Adventure Stories magazine cover, May 1935, which brought $33,750.

The auction included three Weird Tales Magazine covers. Nearly a dozen bidders drove the result for Margaret Brundage The Slithering Shadow, Weird Tales pulp magazine cover, September 1933 past its pre-auction estimates until it closed at $27,500, Virgil Finlay’s The Thief of Forthe, Weird Tales magazine cover, July 1937 brought $25,000 and Lee Brown Coye, The Vampire, Weird Tales magazine cover, July 1947 tied its world auction record at $18,750.

Other top lots included, but were not limited to:

Patrick Nagel Glove, Commemorative #6: $30,000
Margaret Brundage The Slithering Shadow, Weird Tales pulp magazine cover, September 1933: $27,500
Alberto Vargas Merry Widow, 1951: $27,500
Gil Elvgren A Put-Up Job, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1955: $27,500
Gil Elvgren The Ace of Hearts: $25,000
Virgil Finlay The Thief of Forthe, Weird Tales magazine cover, July 1937: $25,000

Heritage Auctions’ next Illustration Art Auction is scheduled for Oct. 16.

Falls Church, VA – On Thursday, May 14, Quinn's Auction Galleries will present a 188-lot Modern Prints, Posters and Photographs auction with absentee and Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers and Invaluable. A strong selection of modern and contemporary American, European and Japanese prints will be offered, representing the work of widely collected international artists including Picasso and Matisse; and acclaimed artists from the DC metro area, such as Werner Drewes, Jack Perlmutter and Kathleen Spagnolo.

One of the sale’s top lots is by German Expressionist painter and printmaker Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976). The 1919 woodcut is titled Russische Landschaft mit Kreuzweg (Russian Landscape with Crosswalk), measures 15 3/8 inches square, and is pencil-signed. Its pre-auction estimate is $3,000-$5,000.

A 1918 lithograph by Childe Hassam (American, 1859-1935), Mrs. Hassam Knitting, is dedicated “to the soldiers and sailors” and was issued by the American Artists’ Emergency War Fund as World War I fundraiser. With a framed size of 15½ by 13½ inches, it could realize $1,000-$2,000.

There are several notable works by women artists, including Marie Laurencin (French, 1883-1956) and Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926). Laurencin’s 1950 wood engraving in colors on Van Gelder paper titled Portrait of Femme en Rouge is artist-signed and numbered 18 from an edition of 100. Its auction estimate is $800-$1,200. Additionally, the graphic arts portion of the sale contains a large group of prints and posters published by Serigrafia, including the complete Alphabet Series.
 
A small but select grouping of early 20th-century costume designs stylishly enhances this section, as well. A lot consisting of two original, circa-1930 gouache illustrations by Erte [Romain de Tirtoff] (Russian/French, 1892-1990) will be offered with a $1,000-$2,000 estimate. From the album Le Bonheur du Jour, ou Les Graces a la Mode, a set of six Henri Reidel after George Barbier (French 1882-1932) hand-colored pochoirs is also poised for auction success. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000

Among the photographs in the auction are a number of portraits by premier artists of the medium, including Man Ray; and photo portraits in which roles are reversed and famous artists are the sitters, e.g., Cocteau, Leger, O'Keeffe, Calder, and others.

A selection of Esther Bubley's (American, 1921-1998) work is also featured. A prolific photographer of the mid 20th century, Bubley brought art to the commercial world through campaigns for LIFE Magazine, Pepsi-Cola International, and the Standard Oil Company. She was especially accomplished in her ability to capture ordinary people in candid, everyday activities. Her circa-1955 gelatin silver prints of beachgoers in Trinidad and Guatemalans toting heavy cargo were shot on assignment for Pepsi-Cola. Each comes with family provenance and is estimated at $800-$1,200.

Fourteen images from a 1959 set of Richard Avedon (American, 1923-2004) 1st photo proofs for the Avedon/Truman Capote book Observations are group-estimated at $700-$900. Celebrities depicted include Pablo Picasso, Charlie Chaplin, Coco Chanel, Judy Garland, John Huston, Alfred Hitchcock and others.

Nearly two dozen posters will cross the auction block, displaying iconic images from the First World War, the Art Deco era – including the stunning Leonetto Cappiello (French, 1857-1942) “Cognac Monnet” poster from 1927, estimate $1,000-$2,000 – and from the 1960s. Artists’ posters include Chagalls and works by Hockney and Lichtenstein. A Paul Rand (American, 1914-1996), ‘Eye-Bee-M’ (IBM) offset lithograph rebus poster printed in 1991 is expected to reach the $1,200-$1,600 range.

Lots 36 through 43 represent the work of widely collected Washington, DC-area artist Werner Drewes (1899-1985). The varied selection includes eight prints, both abstract and figurative in style, and includes Christmas cards and a 1973 woodcut self-portrait. Estimates range from $200-300 up to $400-600.

Quinn’s Thursday, May 14 online-only auction is open for absentee bidding now, with live online bidding available on auction day through LiveAuctioneers or Invaluable. For additional information about any item in the sale, email Catherine Payling at catherine.payling@quinnsauction.com. Visit Quinn’s online at www.quinnsauction.com.