Work by Asawa, Picasso, Lewitt, Comes to the Block on November 16 at Rago in A Gem Set Sale Featuring the Vermillion Editions Limited Collection

Lambertville, NJ: On Saturday, November 16, 2013, Rago will hold sales of 19th/20th Century American and European Art and Post-War/Contemporary Art, featuring the personal collection of master printer Steve Andersen, founder of Vermillion Editions Limited. Both auctions are full of work that is fresh, desirable and often difficult to find.

“I am exceptionally pleased with both these sales, and particularly proud that Steve Andersen chose Rago as the agent for his property, says Meredith Hilferty, Director of Fine Art. “Artists from Arakawa to Warhol were eager for Andersen's expertise and his willingness to translate unconventional ideas into print. The work he retained from his years in New York and Minneapolis, originals and editions, is much of the best of his years of extraordinary collaborations."

Auction Dates/Times

- 19th/20th C. American and European Art Auction: Saturday, November 16 at 10 a.m.

- Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction: Saturday, November 16 at 12 p.m.

Auction Exhibition/Preview/Bidding

- Saturday, November 9 through Thursday, November 14, 12–5 p.m. and by appointment. Friday, November 15, 12-7 p.m. Doors open at 9 a.m. the day of the sale.

- Rago Open House: Wednesday, November 13, 6 p.m., featuring a talk by Steve Andersen, “Why Can’t We Do This? Renegade Artists and Contemporary Art”. Please RSVP to raac@ragoarts.com or 609-397-9374 ext. 119.

- Rago’s 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 28.

19th/20th C. American and European Art, Saturday, November 16, 11 a.m.

Paintings by artists Charles Allen Winter, James Carroll Beckwith, Thomas Birch, Arthur Lismer, DeWitt Parshall, Cullen Yates, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Samuel Fullbrook, Henry Martin Gasser, John R. Grabach, Hilla Rebay, Eric Sloane, Clark Hulings, Joseph Stella, Moses Soyer, Romare Bearden and Andre Brasilier, as well as the Pennsylvania Impressionists and Modernists John Wells James, Mary Elizabeth Price, Harry Leith-Ross, Walter Emerson Baum, John F. Folinsbee, Lloyd Raymond Ney, Charles Evans, Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt, Ramstonev Cooperative, Louis K. Stone and Charles F. Ramsey.

Prints by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault and Andrew Wyeth.

Sculpture by Robert Tait McKenzie, Edward Kemeys, Alexander Proctor, Frederick William MacMonnies, Robert Ingersoll Aitken, Egon Schiele, Mario Joseph Korbel, Carol Brooks MacNeil, Chaim Gross, Lu (Lucinda) Duble, Jean Louis Chauvin, Stella Shawzin, Jacob Epstein and George Anthonisen.

Works on paper by Pablo Picasso, Oscar Bluemner, George Bellows, Arthur B. Davies, Max Ernst, Antonio Zoran Music, Ben Shahn, Wolf Kahn, William Trost Richards and William Glackens.

The Vermillion Editions Limited Collection: Post-War and Contemporary Art, Saturday, November 16, 12 p.m.

The Vermillion Editions Limited Collection also includes works by Red Grooms, T.L. Solien, Nicolas Africano, Robert Rauschenberg, Stanley Boxer, John Walker, George Morrison, Duncan Hannah, Jasper Johns, Sam Gilliam, Larry Rivers, Adja Yunkers, Jerry Rudquist, James Rosenquist, Robert Moskowitz, Joseph Beuys, Jennifer Bartlett, Matthew McConville, David Rathman, Wayne Theibaud, Rupert Jasen Smith, Andy Warhol, Shusaku Arakawa, Henri Deschamps, Willem de Kooning, Tom Otterness, William Wegman, Herb Ritts and Dan Flavin.

Post-War and Contemporary Art (continued), Saturday, November 16, 12 p.m.

Paintings by artists Grace Hartigan, Thanos Tsingos, Richard Lin, Paul Jenkins, Friedel Dzubas, Julio Le Parc, James Siena and Peter Tunney, as well as a group of important Op Art paintings from a Princeton Collection, featuring artists Richard Anuszkiewicz and Julian Stanczak.

Prints by David Hockney, Gerald Laing, Roy Lichtenstein, Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, Sam Francis, Keith Haring, Leonid Sakov, Wayne Thiebaud, Bridget Riley, Jeff Koons, Cy Twombly, Damien Hirst and Robert Rauschenberg.

Sculpture by Seymour Lipton, Reg Butler, Ruth Asawa, Sol LeWitt, Hannah Wilke, Victor Vasarely, Roxy Paine and Red Grooms  are all Leonid Sokov represented in the auction.

Works on paper including a collection of early Richard Prince works (lots 599-608) from a private collection, as well as work by Paul Jenkins, Damien Hirst, Paul McCarthy, Raymond Pettibon, Niki de Saint Phalle and Alessandro Pessoli.

Photographs by Louis Faurer, Cindy Sherman, David Drebin, Walead Beshty, Vik Muniz, Nobuyoshi Araki and Chen Qiulin.

NOTES FOR THE EDITOR

High-resolution images available.

About Rago Arts and Auction Center: Rago is a leading U.S. auction house with $28 million in sales in 2012. 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.

Next Fine Art Auctions: Saturday, May 17, 2014.

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