Rago Arts and Auctions: American and European Fine Art - Prints
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | American and European Fine Art - Prints | Total Sales (USD) | 132,500.00 |
| Auction Date | May 04, 2019 - May 04, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 85,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #178 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 130,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 52 | ||
| Sold Lots | 43 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 104,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.69% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 159,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 9 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 83.23% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Giorgio Morandi (Italian, 1890-1964) | Nature morte con pane e limone (Still Life with Bread and Lemon), ca. 1921 |
ca. 1921 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 8 | Oskar Schlemmer (German, 1888-1943) | Figur von de Seite from Bauhaus portfolio, 1922 |
1922 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 178 | Ruth Orkin (American, 1921-1985) | American Girl in Italy, Florence, 1951/52 (printed 1980) |
1951/52 (printed 1980) | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 133 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) | Le Repos du Sculpteur Devant une Bacchanale au Taureau from La Suite Vollard, 1933 |
1933 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 29 | Kees van Dongen (Dutch/French, 1877-1968) | Les Cheveux Courts (first state), 1924 |
1924 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 181 | Alexander Rodchenko (Russian, 1891-1956) | Portrait of Mayakovsky, 1924 (printed ca. 1950s) |
1924 (printed ca. 1950s) | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 27 | Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) | Le Jongleur, Triste Os, and Douce Amère from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante, 1934 |
1934 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 137 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) | Vieux Peintre Rembranesque Peignant des Bacchantes from Series 347, 1968 (published 1969) |
1968 (published 1969) | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 140 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) | Still Life with Glass and Flowers, from The Poem of Paul Eluard, 1945 (printed 1972) |
1945 (printed 1972) | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 165 | Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921-2006) | Personages '70, 1970 |
1970 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 141 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) | Head of Young Boy, from The Poem of Paul Eluard, 1945 (printed 1972) |
1945 (printed 1972) | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 131 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) | Deux profils face à face, 1934 |
1934 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 135 | Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983) | Sculptures II, 1974 |
1974 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,375.00 |
| 144 | Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) | Return of Ulysses/Helen of Troy from Hommage à Homère, 1977 |
1977 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,875.00 |
| 40 | Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) | Two works of art, The Corral, 1948, White Calf, 1945 |
1948, 1945 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 194 | Paul Cadmus (American, 1904-1999) | Nudo #2 and Nudo #3, from the Nudo series, 1984 |
1984 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 172 | Eadweard Muybridge (British, 1880-1904) | Yosemite |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,625.00 | |
| 138 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) | Cauchemar from Series 347, 1968 (published 1969) |
1968 (published 1969) | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 136 | Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983) | Céramiques from Céramiques de Miró et Artigas, 1974 |
1974 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 65a | Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919) | L'Enfant au Biscuit from the unpublished L'Album D'Estampes Originales de la Galerie Vollard, 1899 |
1899 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 143 | Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986) | Reclining Figure and Two Women |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 20 | Reginald H. Marsh (American, 1898-1954) | Box at the Metropolitan, 1934 |
1934 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 132 | After Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) | Harlequin from the Barcelona Suite, 1966 |
1966 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 174 | Walker Evans (American, 1903-1975) | Doorway, 204 West 13th Street, New York City, ca. 1931/1974 |
ca. 1931/1974 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 175 | Walker Evans (American, 1903-1975) | Maine Pump, 1933/1974 |
1933/1974 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
