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New York, NY May 01, 2022 –(PR.com)– Auctions at Showplace will present Important Fine Art & Design on May 22. The sale is a 145-lot auction featuring a collection of works spanning centuries. The auction brings together fine art by Joseph Henri Baptiste Lebasque, Salvador Dali, Stuart Davis , Edgar Degas, Jim Dine, Emma Fordyce MacRae, Gaston Lachaise, George Morley, Martin Johnson Heade, Ken Price, Martin Rico Y Ortega, and Yvonne Thomas. The catalog will also feature furnishings from the likes of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne along with an impressive collection of fine jewels.
Offerings come from stately New York City estates and collections including private estates from 234 East 61st Street, 1040 Park Avenue, 160 East 65th Street, and pieces from the Pound Ridge residence of Jill and Ken Iscol.
Fine art highlights include a ”Cubist Cup,” a vibrantly colored abstract ceramic sculpture by American sculptor and pioneer of the Finish Fetish movement Ken Price (1935-2012). It is followed by two works by the noted abstract expressionist, Yvonne Thomas ( 1913-2009), “Cinema” and “Spring Vase.”
The sale continues with “Femme au Collier,” a portrait by French post-impressionist Henri Joseph Lebasque. Called the “painter of joy and light” by friends and critics, this example is a colorful portrait of a young woman wearing a blue hat, …
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