A 1936 FOLK ART 'NEEDLEWORK TAPESTRY'WITH SACAJAWEAThis needlework composition is after a fiber art work first wrought by Georgiana Brown Harbeson (1894-1980) and pictured on the cover of NEEDLECRAFT The Home...
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After Alexander Calder. Sun tapestry.1974, hand-woven maguey fiber. 47½ h × 72 w in. result: $22,270. estimate: $9,000–12,000. Woven signature, date, and number to upper left, lower left and right ‘© 60/100...
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JANET KUEMMERLEIN / LARGE SCALE FIBERWALL SCULPTURE (1970)Janet Kuemmerlein
(American, b. 1932)
Untitled, 1970
Rope and straw
100" x 37" x 9"
A large wall sculpture composed of twine wound around wooden poles,...
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SONIE JOI RUFFIN "SESSIONS" (2015 QUILT)SonieJoi Thompson-Ruffin
(Missouri, b. 1951)
Sessions: synesthesiaroutesrhythmiccolours , 2015
Quilted cotton and silk
38" x 21"
The work is accompanied by poet Sonia Sanchez's...
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SONIE JOI THOMPSON-RUFFIN UNTITLED (FRAMEDQUILT)Sonie Joi Thompson-Ruffin
(Missouri, b. 1951)
Untitled
Quilted cotton and silk, threads, bead and shell drops
14" x 14"
Float-mounted behind glass in a frame that measures...
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SONIE JOI RUFFIN "ODE TO DR. CARVER"(2015 QUILT)Sonie Joi Thompson-Ruffin
(Missouri, b. 1951)
Ode to Dr. Carver , 2005
Quilted silk chiffon kente cloth and pima cotton, cowrie shell drops
78" x 16"
The work...
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SONIE JOI RUFFIN "SONS SHALL RIZE" (2002QUILT)Sonie Joi Thompson-Ruffin
(Missouri, b. 1951)
Sons Shall Rize , 2002
Silk, African fancy print, Bogolan cloth, metallic threads
60" x 52"
Sons Shall Rize is a significant...
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SONIE JOI RUFFIN "PROSPERITY" (2010QUILT)Sonie Joi Thompson-Ruffin
(Missouri, b. 1951)
Prosperity , 2010
Quilted cotton and silk, cowrie shells
81" x 34"
The work is accompanied by text of the same title,...
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After Alexander Calder. Zebra tapestry.1975, hand-woven maguey fiber. 71½ w × 97½ l in. result: $30,000. estimate: $10,000–15,000. Woven signature, date and number to lower edge ‘8/100 CA 75’. Fabric manufacturer's...
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After Alexander Calder. Tapestry. 1975,hand-woven maguey fiber. 73 h × 97 w in. result: $35,000. estimate: $7,000–10,000. Woven signature, date, and number to upper left, lower left and right ‘© 17/100 CA...
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PAIR BERNARD DE CLAVIERE O/B PAINTINGS,DOG AND CATTwo (2) Bernard De Claviere (France/Tennessee, 1934-2016) oil on board paintings, one (1) depicting a dog, possibly a Briard, lying down; and one (1) depicting...
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MARY MERKEL-HESS, TALL RED BASKET, 2000MaryMerkel-Hess (American, b. 1949) Tall red basket, 2000 reed, paper and acrylic underside signed Mary Merkel-Hess and dated height 33 1/2in (85cm)(br/)Provenance: Property from...
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[CORNELL, DA VINCI, STERN] A COLLECTIONOF THREE ART PO... OF THREE ART PORTFOLIOS, 1970S
comprising:
a) JOSEPH CORNELL. Catalogue of the Exhibition. February 28-march 20, 1976 (New York: Leo Castelli Gallery,...
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RARE 19TH C. MARSHALL ISLANDS CARVEDSHELL FISHING LURE...**Originally Listed At $1800**
South Pacific, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A wonderful and rare example of a fishing lure that...
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19TH C. POLYNESIAN SAMOAN FIBER TAPAEVENTAIL**Originally Listed At $7500**
Polynesia, Samoa Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A remarkably well-preserved fan, also sometimes known as an eventail, the French word...
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LOT OF 3 HUARI REED AND WOOL FIBER WEAVINGS**OriginallyListed At $200**
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari/Wari culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A brightly colored group of three woven images made from dyed camelid fiber on a backing of...
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PROTO NAZCA TEXTILE HEAD ORNAMENTS (PR)**OriginallyListed At $350**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Proto-Nazca, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A fine set of two ornamental textile head wraps composed of tightly-woven camelid (alpaca...
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CHIMU POLYCHROME TEXTILE FRAGMENT GEOMETRICS**OriginallyListed At $400**
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A lovely textile panel fragment composed of tightly-woven camelid (llama or alpaca wool) fibers...
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RARE CHAVIN TEXTILE FRAGMENT - STAFFGOD**Originally Listed At $1200**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 500 BCE. A lovely textile fragment composed of tightly-woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool)...
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20TH C. TLINGIT FELT & BUTTON BLANKETW/ TOTEMIC BEARNative American, Pacific Northwest, United States or Canada, Haida or Tlingit peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A remarkable example of traditional...
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19TH C. BORNEO DAYAK DEER ANTLER SWORDHANDLEIndonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful and ornate Dayak "Mandau" sword handle that is hand-carved from deer horn and...
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19TH C. MOROCCAN POLYCHROMEFOOTED BOWL,EX-MUSEUMNorth Africa, Maghreb, Morocco, Moorish / Arab culture, ca. 19th century CE. A marvelous pottery serving bowl presenting thick sloping walls that flare outwards and...
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20 ANASAZI BONE BEADS, SHELL, & WOVENFIBER FRAGMENTSNative American, Southwestern United States, Eastern Arizona, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), ca. 1150 to 1250 CE. An interesting collection of 20 pieces of Ancestral...
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THREE 20TH C. BALINESE WOVEN FIBER BASKETS**FirstTime At Auction**
Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Bali, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine collection of 3 baskets, each carefully hand-woven from vegetal fiber in the traditional...
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VIBRANT 19TH C. TURKMENISTAN TEKKE 6-GOLTORBA TEXTILE**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, Turkoman (Turkman) Tekke peoples, ca. early to mid-19th century CE. This is a stunning...
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20TH C. MAORI PAUA NECKLACE + HAWAIIANWOOD TIKI MASKOceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid-20th century CE; Hawaiian Islands, ca. mid-20th century CE. This is a fine paua shell and woven fiber necklace,...
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IMPRESSIVE PROTO NAZCA TEXTILE FRINGEW/ MUNECASPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Proto-Nazca, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A wonderful figural fringe register comprised of tightly woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers...
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VIVID NAZCA PROLIFEROUS TEXTILE W/ SUPERNATURALBEINGSPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, Early Intermediate period, ca. 100 BCE to 800 CE. A proliferous slit tapestry textile woven from camelid wool wefts (alpaca or...
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EXCEPTIONAL MAYA POTTERY SEATED SCRIBE,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $18000**
Pre-Columbian, Mayan territories, Highlands, ca. 600 to 900 CE. In a word - breathtaking! Important, large and literally beyond...
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THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) TEMPERASTUDY AND SKETCHThomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) (Circa 1920-1923)Two significant works from the artist's early, pivotal, Modernist period:1. A mixed media painting on board...
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ARTHUR KRAFT (1922-1977) IMPORTANT EARLYMURAL ON BOARDArthur M. Kraft (1922-1977)Untitled: A Soldier's Surreal Reverie (Early to mid 1940s.)The small mural in oils painted on a type of fiber board in two sections...
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A FLORAL FIBER ASSEMBLAGE ART WORK Includes sequins, silk flowers, velvet flowers, cameos, beads, knitted flowers all placed artfully on a base covered with felt and fur, two pins to the reverse with "R.C.3"...
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LEO VERNON JENSEN, AMERICAN (1926-2019),"A LESSON FROM VINCENT", MIXED MEDIA (PAINTED WOOD, OIL ON CANVAS, FIBERS), FIGURE: H. 77 INCHES / CANVAS: 60 1/2 X 48 1/4 INCHESLEO VERNON JENSEN, American, (1926-2019)...
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MRINALINI MUKHERJEE CONTEMPORARY HEMPSCULPTURE India,1950-2015Abstract woven hemp dyed and bleached brown, pink, white, and purple in tangled and draped forms. Mukherjee was the daughter of Benode Behari, a leading...
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Untitled Basket by John McQueen JohnMcQueen (American b.1943). ?Untitled basket of ash and Spanish moss; 16.25 x 16.25 x 4.5 in.Fiber artist John McQueen an Illinois native received his B.A. from the University...
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Untitled Basket by John McQueen JohnMcQueen (American b.1943).? Untitled basket comprised of wild cherry bark bound to reveal entry from 1979; diameter 15 x 9 in.Fiber artist John McQueen an Illinois native...
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