On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Rago will hold auctions of 19th/20th Century American and European Art and Post-War/Contemporary Art. The sale features rare finds and works of art held privately for decades, including Latin American art from the collection of Carla and George Stellweg.

“Selective buyers of differing tastes should be exceptionally pleased to inspect these sales," says Meredith Hilferty, Director of Fine Art Auctions. "And I say this knowing how much good art will be available this week. For those in search of work from sought-after artists long held in established collections, we are selling desirable works by Alexander Calder, Jasper Johns and Sam Francis, Andrew Wyeth and William Louis Sonntag, Sr. Collectors of fine American sculpture will want to attend to a substantial grouping of bronzes by Adolph Alexander Weinman, Frederick William MacMonnies and Bessie Potter Vonnoh. In the contemporary arena, among the most market-worthy pieces (and there are many) are those by Latin American artists from the collection of Carla and George Stellweg. Carla Stellweg, a curator and art historian, is one of the most informed and discerning collectors with whom I have had the pleasure to work. We have all been energized by the presence of this art in the auction house.”   

Auction Dates/Times

• 19th/20th C. American and European Art Auction: Saturday, November 15 at 10 a.m.
• Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction: Saturday, November 15 at 1 p.m.

Auction Exhibition/Preview/Bidding

• Saturday, November 8 through Thursday, November 13, 12–5 p.m. and by appointment. Friday, November 14, 12-7 p.m. Doors open at 9 a.m. the day of the sale.
• Rago Open House: Tuesday, November 11, 6 p.m., featuring a talk by Mirko Ilic speaking about his latest book, “Lettering Large: The Art and Design of Monumental Typography”. Please RSVP to raac@ragoarts.com or 609-397-9374 ext. 119.
• Rago is located midway between New York City and Philadelphia. Directions online at ragoarts.com.
• Telephone, absentee, online bidding available for those unable to attend.

Catalogues

• Print: $20 (or both for $30). Available by calling 609.397.9374 or e-mailing a request to info@ragoarts.com.
• Online at ragoarts.com as of October 24.

19th/20th C. American and European Art, Saturday, November 15, 10 a.m.

19th/20th C. American and European Art features paintings by artists Eugen Jettel, Franz Xaver Simm, Theophile Marie Françoise Lybaert, Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek I, James McDougal Hart, Rembrandt Peale, William Louis Sonntag Sr., Jules René Hervé, Ernst Oppler, Addison Thomas Millar, Paul Delamain, Albert A. Zimmermann, Louis Abel-Truchet, Martin Rico y Ortega, Richard E. (Emil) Miller, Theresa Bernstein, Lee Gatch, Emile Othon Friesz, Sigmund Menkes, Stevan Dohanos, Sanji Nohmi, William Henry Singer, Jr., Emile A. Gruppe, Paul Lauritz, Tod Lindenmuth, Robert Moore Kulicke, Will Barnet, Charles Sebree, Rolph Scarlett, Burt Procter and B. C. Nowlin. Pennsylvania Impressionists include Walter Emerson Baum, Ranulph Bye, Harry Leith-Ross , Kenneth R. Nunamaker, Antonio Martino and Antonio P. Martino. There is a nice collection of works by Humbert L. Howard as well as Alan Gussow. Photography by Arnold Genthe, Julia Margaret Cameron, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Thomas Eakins and Erwin Blumenfeld. Prints by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Matisse, Jacques Villon, E. A. Séguy, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Robert Riggs, Leonard Tsugoharu Foujita, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Georges Rouault, Daniel Garber, Max Ernst, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Rufino Tamayo, and many by Pablo Picasso. Sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman, Frederick William MacMonnies, Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Lucy Currier Richards, Chester Beach,  Amedeo Gennarelli, Clio Bracken, Raoul Lamourdedieu, Alexandre Kelety, Malvina Hoffman, Anna Vaughn Hyatt and Leonard Baskin. Works on paper by Arthur Bowen Davies, Henry Martin Gasser, Reynolds Beal, Dox Thrash, Ben Shahn, Reuven Rubin, Andrew Wyeth and Lloyd Raymond Ney.

Post-War and Contemporary Art (continued), Saturday, November 15, 1 p.m.

Post-war and contemporary art features property from the Collection of Carla and George Stellweg (Lots 655 – 730). Carla Stellweg is a curator, art historian, and writer specializing in the field of Latin American & Latino International Contemporary Art. Ms. Stellweg began her career in the 1970s in Mexico City at the Museo de Arte Moderno as the founder and editor of Artes Visuales. She also served as the Deputy Director of the Rufino Tamayo Museum and as the executive director of Blue Star Contemporary Art Center in San Antonio, TX. Currently she is a professor in the Department of Visual Critical Studies and Art History at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and a guest professor for PhD candidates at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature-Fine Arts Research Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She is the author of several books and publications, and has received numerous awards in her career. In 2010, her 40-year career archive was purchased by Stamford University for its library’s collection. The Collection of Carla and George Stellweg includes works by Ismael Vargas, Arturo Elizondo, German Venegas, Francisco Toledo, Magali Lara, Emmy Lou Packard, Fritz Henle, Lucienne Bloch, Jaime Palacios, Hannah Wilke, Antonio Henrique Amaral, Cildo Meireles, Monica Giron, Judith Gutierrez, Dennis Oppenheim, David Lamelas, Roberto Gil De Montes and Carlos Capelan.

Also featured, are paintings by Gerrit Benner, Theodoros Stamos, Michael Loew, John Saccaro, Ray Parker, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Jane Hammond, Thomas Nozkowski, Mark Kostabi, Sayed Haider Raza, Nicky Nodjoumi, Jon Pylypchuk, Todd Hebert and Leopold Rabus. Photography by Nikki Lee, Nobuyoshi Araki, William Wegman, Vik Muniz, Dan Colen, Wang Gongxin, Cindy Sherman, Jennifer Steinkamp, Ann Hamilton, Edward Burtynsky, Anna Gaskell, Carrie Mae Weems, Richard Misrach, Roni Horn, Alec Soth and Roe Ethridge. Prints by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Ellsworth Kelly, Serge Poliakoff, Zao Wou-Ki , James Rosenquist, Jasper Johns, Louise Nevelson, Robert Motherwell, Keith Haring, Alex Katz, Joan Mitchell, Vija Celmins and Ed Ruscha. Sculpture by Hans Haacke, Ossip Zadkine, Mark di Suvero, Varujan Boghosian, Dorothy Dehner, Marisol Escobar, Allen Jones and Jon Pylypchuk. Works on paper by Alexander Calder, Rufino Tamayo, Sam Francis, Raymond Pettibon, Do-ho Suh, Marcel Dzama, Chie Fueki, Christian Holstad, Garth Weiser, Gary Simmons, Daniel Zeller, Richard Tuttle, Damien Hirst, William Anastasi.

Next Fine Art Auctions: May 2015.

About Rago Arts and Auction Center

Rago is a leading U.S. auction house with $30 million in sales in 2013. We serve thousands of sellers and buyers internationally with a singular blend of global reach and personal service. Rago holds auctions of 20th/21st c. design, fine art, decorative arts, furnishings, jewelry, militaria, coins and currency, Asian, historic ephemera, and ethnographic property.  A world-class venue through which to buy and sell, it offers valuations for personal property (from a single piece to collections and estates), appraisals, estate services, exhibitions and lectures in house and online. Rago is based in New Jersey, midway between Philadelphia and New York City.