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Fine Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewelry Auction Friday, June 7, 2013 Fine Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewelry Auction June 7, 2013, 10am Preview dates: Friday, May 31, 12pm - 5pm Saturday, June 1, 10am - 5pm Sunday, June 2, 9am - 5pm & by appointment Michaan’s Auctions 2751 Todd Street • Alameda, CA 94501 Phone: (800) 380-9822 or (510) 740-0220 Fax: (510) 749-7517 Inquiries: View this catalog, additional photos and condition reports Fine Art online at www.michaans.com. Thomas De Doncker (510) 227-2540 Catalog Design by Andre Salcido [email protected] Photography by Jeffrey Lee and Ryan Darcy Front Cover Lot: 2074 Furniture & Decorative Arts Back Cover Lot: 2529 Elizabeth Dalton Opposite Page Lot: 2279 (510) 227-2527 [email protected] Jewelry & Timepieces Rhonda Harness (510) 227-2525 [email protected] COPYRIGHT NOTICE No part of this catalog may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Michaan’s Auctions. Michaan’s Auctions bond # 71393954 Fine Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewelry Auction June 7, 2013, 10am 1 Fine Art Lot 2001 Lot 2002 Lot 2003 2001 2002 2003 Style of CLAUDE LORRAIN JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET After FERDINAND GEORG (French 1600-1682) (French 1814-1875) WALDMÜLLER Fisherman in an Italian Port Travailleurs dans le Champ (Austrian 1793-1865) Oil on canvas mounted to board Charcoal on paper The Marionette Show 20 x 27 inches/ 50.8 x 68.7 centimeters 5.25 x 8 inches/ 12.7 x 20.3 centimeters Oil on canvas Included in lot: San Francisco Museum of Modern Initialed lower right “J. F. M.” 24 x 36 inches/ 61 x 91.5 centimeters Art Conservation Laboratory Report dated August, Frame: 16.75 x 19.5 inches/ 42.5 x 49.5 centimeters Frame: 35.25 x 47.25 inches/ 89.5 x 120 centimeters 1974 PROVENANCE: Private Collection, San Francisco, PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Dublin, California Frame: 21.5 x 28.5 inches/ 54.6 x 72.3 centimeters California Estimate: $2,000 / 4,000 PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Oakland, California Estimate: $2,500 / 3,500 Estimate: $4,000 / 6,000 2 Lot 2004 2004 FRANCIS COTES (French 1726-1770) The Regal Matron Oil on canvas 35.75 x 27.75 inches/ 90.8 x 70.5 centimeters Frame: 47 x 39 inches/ 119.4 x 99.1 centimeters PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Scotts Valley, California Estimate: $15,000 / 25,000 3 2005 2006 ANDRZEJ JERZY DE MNISZEK Continental School (French/Polish 1823-1905) (19th Century) Joseph Hoffman, 1889 Portrait of a Military Gentleman Oil on panel Oil on canvas 39.25 x 29.5 inches/ 99.7 x 75 centimeters 32 x 25.25 inches/ 81.3 x 64.2 centimeters Dated & monogram lower left “1889, AM” Verso: Inscribed “Peint par Elizabeth Inscribed lower center “Ter Ere van den Duchateau 4 Juin 1756” Excellenten Musicyn Joseph Hoffman is Sir Frame: 40.25 x 34 inches/ 102.3 x 86.4 syn Pourtraict door Grave Andreas centimeters Mniszech ghemaeckt” PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Mill Valley, Frame: 44 x 34 inches/ 111.7 x 86.4 California centimeters Estimate: $1,000 / 2,000 PROVENANCE: Private Collection, San Jose, California Estimate: $8,000 / 12,000 Lot 2005 Lot 2006 Lot 2007 Lot 2008 2007 2008 FRIEDRICH KRAUS ARTHUR BRIËT (German 1826-1894) (Dutch 1867-1939) Watching the Chickens Dutch Windmill Oil on panel Oil on panel 9 x 12.25 inches/ 23 x 31 centimeters 7.1 x 9.5 inches/ 18.1 x 24.1 centimeters. Signed lower left “F. Kraus” Signed lower right “A. Briët” PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, Canada Frame: 13.75 x 16 inches/ 35 x 40.6 centimeters Estimate: $2,000 / 3,000 PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Oakland, California Estimate: $400 / 600 4 Lot 2009 2009 HENRY RAEBURN (British 1756-1823) Portrait of Mrs. James Smith of Jordanhill Oil on canvas 30.2 x 25.2 inches/ 76.7 x 64 centimeters Exhibition History: London Royal Academy, 1892, No.5 Included in lot: Excerpt from Raeburn Life and Art, featuring work offered Frame: 37.25 x 32.25 inches/ 94.5 x 82 centimeters PROVENANCE: Private Collection, San Francisco, California Estimate: $20,000 / 30,000 Literature: David Mackie, Raeburn Life and Art, The Complete Catalogue of the Artists Work, Volume IV, No.655, unpublished PhD Thesis 5 Lot 2011 2011 Lot 2010 WILLIAM MELLOR (British 1851-1931) 2010 On the Llugwy, North Wales, 1886 ALEXANDER GERHARD ANTON VAN Oil on canvas RAPPARD 16 x 24 inches/ 40.6 x 61 centimeters (Dutch 1858-1892) Signed lower right “William Mellor” Cavaliers Verso: Titled on canvas “On the Llugwy, North Wales” Dated Oil on canvas on stretcher “6-86” Cooling Galleries, Ltd. London label 20 x 24 inches/ 50.8 x 61 centimeters Frame: 23.75 x 31.75 inches/ 60.3 x 80.6 centimeters Signed lower left “A. Rappard” PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Pleasanton, California Frame: 33 x 37 inches/ 83.8 x 94 centimeters Estimate: $1,500 / 2,500 PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Walnut Creek, California Estimate: $7,000 / 10,000 Lot 2013 Lot 2012 2012 2013 RAOUL DUTTON HAROLD KNIGHT R.A. (Continental 19th Century) (British 1874-1961) The Cobbler, 1883 Portrait of Admiral Edwyn Sinclair Oil on canvas Oil on canvas 19 x 16 inches/ 48.2 x 40.6 centimeters 30 x 25 inches/ 76.2 x 63.5 centimeters Signed & dated lower left “Raoul Dutton, ‘83” Signed lower right “Harold Knight” Frame: 24.75 x 21.5 inches/ 62.8 x 54.6 centimeters Frame: 40.5 x 36 inches/ 112.8 x 91.5 centimeters PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Dublin, California PROVENANCE: Estate of Ventura Perez, California Estimate: $2,000 / 3,000 Estimate: $3,000 / 5,000 6 Lot 2014 Lot 2015 2014 ARTHUR BRIËT 2015 (Dutch 1867-1939) ANSHELM SCHULTZBERG Interior Scene (Swedish 1862-1945) Oil on paper laid to board Jämtland Winter Scene 4.25 x 6 inches/ 10.8 x 15.2 centimeters Oil on canvas Signed lower right “A. Briët” 30.75 x 42 inches/ 78 x 106.7 centimeters Frame: 12.5 x 14.5 inches/ 31.7 x 36.8 centimeters Frame: 40.5 x 52.5 inches/ 102.8 x 133.4 centimeters PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Oakland, California PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Palo Alto, California Estimate: $300 / 500 Estimate: $2,000 / 3,000 Lot 2016 Lot 2017 2016 2017 French School ALFRED DUKE (Early 19th Century) (British 1863-1905) Portrait of a Young Boy & Girl Foxhound Harriers, 1892 Oil on canvas laid to board Oil on board 30 x 24.5 inches/ 76.2 x 62.2 centimeters 10 x 14 inches/ 25.3 x 35.5 centimeters Frame: 32 x 26.5 inches/ 81.3 x 67.3 centimeters Signed & dated lower left “A. Duke, 1892” PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Pleasanton, California Frame: 17.5 x 21.5 inches/ 44.4 x 54.5 centimeters Estimate: $3,000 / 5,000 PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Franktown, Colorado Estimate: $1,500 / 3,000 7 Lot 2019 2019 EMILE BRESSLER (Swiss 1886-1966) Hospice de Sarzeau Morbihan, 1928 Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches/ 50.8 x 61 centimeters Lot 2018 Signed & dated lower right “Bressler, 28” Verso: Titled & dated in pencil on stretcher “Hospice de 2018 Sarzeau Morbihan, 1928” LOUIS ICART Frame: 26.75 x 31.25 inches/ 68 x 79.5 centimeters (French 1888-1950) PROVENANCE: Private Collection, San Bruno, California Swimming Goldfish Estimate: $1,500 / 3,000 Watercolor & pastel on paper 14 x 9.9 inches/ 35.5 x 25 centimeters Signed & numbered lower left “Louis Icart, 451” Verso: Certificate of Authenticity from Nathan Daniel Isen Frame: 30.75 x 26.75 inches/ 78 x 68 centimeters PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Oakland, California Estimate: $2,500 / 3,500 Lot 2021 Lot 2020 2021 JULES EUGENE PAGES 2020 (American/French 1867-1946) NORMAN LINDSAY A Busy Evening on a French Street (Australian 1879-1969) Oil on canvas Hunting Dogs 21.75 x 18.25 inches/ 55.2 x 46.3 centimeters Oil on canvas Stamped lower right “Atelier Jules Pages” 27 x 41 inches/ 68.6 x 104.2 centimeters Verso: Illegible writing Signed lower left “N. Lindsay” Frame: 29 x 25.5 inches/ 73.6 x 64.8 centimeters Frame: 32 x 46 inches/ 81.3 x 116.8 centimeters Note: Custom frame by Richard Tobey PROVENANCE: Private Collection, San Mateo, California PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ross, California Estimate: $3,000 / 4,000 Estimate: $2,000 / 4,000 8