500x250.jpg "Millea Bros presents our 2019 Spring \"Select\" auction. Our flagship “Select” sales are provenance-focused and include our very best finds, curated around important single owner collections and the contents of the most notable estates.")
3-Day SELECT Sale
https://auctions.milleabros.com/auctions/1-1T2WP6/select-3-day-auction?limit=96
Our flagship “Select” sales are provenance-focused and include our very best finds, curated around important single owner collections and the contents of the most notable estates.
Day 1 (lots 1001-1407) • ASIAN | AMERICAN & ENGLISH ANTIQUES | FOLK ART | SILVER | ANTIQUITIES | BOOKS & EPHEMERA — Featuring fine Chinese and Japanese jade, silver and porcelain from the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection; American and English antiques from a Bunny Williams commission; a selection of English decorative objects from a distinguished NYC collector; Ming era porcelain from the estate of an award-winning journalist; a group of 18th c. pearlware Toby mugs; a single owner collection of 17th c. Spanish Colonial art; and, a rare George Washington letter.
Day 2 (lots 2001-2419) • MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART | DESIGN | PHOTOGRAPHY — Featuring a 60 year survey of Modern and Contemporary art from the Estate of Ileana Sonnabend, including an early 9 panel Jim Dine Pop Art masterpiece, two Jean Tinguey automechanic sculptures, a John Latham Skoob painting, Brassai photography, and original works by Carlo Alfano, Elgar Esser, Dan Graham, Ronald Davis, Willy Wegman and many others; a selection of American Studio Pottery including Betty Woodman and Karen Karnes; an important Italian Futurist painting by Giacomo Balla from the estate of Arnold Scassi; French Art Deco furniture including a Jules Leleu/Raymond Subes sideboard from the collection of Florence and Herbert Irving; furniture and lighting from a Tommi Parzinger decorated interior; as well as custom and French Modern furnishings from a Peter Marino commission.
