Superb 8th C. Khmer Stone Statue of Shiva by Artemis Gallery

Superb 8th C. Khmer Stone Statue of Shiva

Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Khmer Empire (Angkor culture), ca. 8th to 12th century CE. One of the finest Khmer sculptures we have seen, a remarkable buff grey sandstone statue of the Hindu god Shiva, sculpted in a crouch, with an exquisitely carved flaming aureole behind his head and body. His feet press together beneath his hanging loincloth, obscured by the carved fabric; his knees bent tightly. His four arms are extended from his youthful body, each grasping a different implement. His face is lifelike and naturalistic, but bears an appropriately stern and godly expression despite its youthfulness. He wears the distinctive conical hat associated with the god throughout art. The remarkable artistry of this piece showcases the beauty of Khmer sculpture. Size: 4″ L x 24.5″ W x 30″ H (10.2 cm x 62.2 cm x 76.2 cm); 35″ H (88.9 cm) on included custom stand.

Pair Of Monumental Walnut Renaissance Style Buffets

DESCRIPTION: A Pair of Monumental Renaissance Style buffets executed in walnut wood. Each superstructure features doors along the top centered by a showcase display or mirror with carved tete de lions and fruit vine reserves. The lower case with conforming detail flanked with fluted pilasters, gilt jester motif brassware, and rising on compressed bun feet. Completed along the top with intricate carvings of maiden heads and a double dolphin finial, a truly remarkable pair. (Items are off site please call for viewing or shipping arrangements)
CIRCA: 1890s
ORIGIN: European
DIMENSIONS: H: 121″ L: 67″ Depth: 26″

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Triple Cross, 1947

Alexander Calder
(American, 1898-1976)
Triple Cross, 1947
sheet metal, wire and paint
31 1/2 x 37 x 11 3/4 inches.

Provenance:
Acquired from the artist
Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York
Virginia Pardridge Schoellkopf, New York
Sold: William Doyle Galleries, New York, April 21, 1982, Lot 61
Perls Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above in 1982

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Young Rain

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)

Young Rain
Signed and dated “Calder 64” l.r., numbered and titled “288/…” in pencil at u.l. corner on the reverse.
Gouache and ink on paper, 42 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. (107.3 x 75.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Rippling and minor soiling to the edges of the sheet, small nick to u.l. edge, minor handling crimps visible on the reverse, reverse with multiple old hinge remnants to the edges of the sheet.

Provenance: From the artist to Nicholas Guppy, London; to Horizon Gallery, Newton Center, Massachusetts; to Donald Ottenstein, Belmont, Massachusetts; acquired from the above by the current owner in 1995.

N.B. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A14214.
Estimate $50,000-70,000

Also numbered “110C” and “437 748…” in pencil along the bottom edge on the reverse.

Framed dimensions are 48 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.

Henry Faulkner (American, 1924-1981)

Village Scene

oil on board

signed Faulkner upper left

sight: 19 3/8 x 23 inches.
Condition
Frame: 24 5/8 x 28 3/8 inches

Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898–1995)

ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (1898–1995) | ‘Children at a Puppet Theatre’, Paris 1963 | Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1970s | 22,7 x 34,4 cm | Signed by the photographer in ink in the margin, his “PHOTO BY ALFRED EISENSTAEDT” stamp on the reverse, annotation reading “Children watching Puppet Theatre in the Tuileries Garden of Paris at the moment the dragon is slain” written by Eisenstaedt on the reverse PROVENANCE acquired by the present owner from the Family Estate of Eisenstaedt, Allan Leas (nephew of Eisenstaedt) LITERATURE Alfred Eisenstaedt (ed.), Eisenstaedt on Eisenstaedt. A self-portrait, New York 1985, p. 105; Doris O’Neil, Eisenstaedt: Remembrances, Boston 1990, p.114-115.

John James Audubon

(New York, 1785-1851)Long-billed Curlew, Plate CCXXXI, 1834, from The Birds of America, London, 1827-1838, Havell edition, hand-colored etching, engraving and aquatint with “J. Whatman/Turkey Mill” watermark, sheet 25-1/2 x 38 in.; modern gilt wood frame, 34-1/8 x 46-1/2 in.ÿNote: This fine impression was purchased directly from the family of John James Audubon in 1850 by the city of New York. It was sold in 1985 to benefit the Reference and Research Fund of the Municipal Archives of the City of New York. This lot is accompanied by the Certificate of Provenance issued and signed by Edward I. Koch, Mayor of New York City, New York, with seal and dated October 1985.This lot isÿcomparable in color to the one from the Sachsen-Meiningen Collection, sold by Christie’s New York: The June 25, 2004, lot 231 for $89,625 (premium). – Provenance: Family of John James Audu