Sol LeWitt
(American, 1928-2007)
Cube without a Cube, 1996
painted wood
signed LeWitt and numbered 23/42
8 x 8 x 8 inches.

Property from a Miami Beach Collection

The seated male lion with brocade ball and matching female with cub, both with detailed scrolling manes and bell and tassel ornamented band-collars, on rectangular stands with triangular side lappets ornamented with floral scrolls, the waists of the pedestals with lotus-petal and scroll borders, leiwen borders to upper and lower edges, all on scrolled bracket feet.

41in. H x 16 1/2in. W x 29in L (each) approximately

A Chinese watercolor and ink on paper painting by Huang Zhou. The painting depicts a peasant woman with 2 donkeys and a dog. It includes an inscription and 2 seals and is matted and framed.

Dimensions: sight size- 17 inches tall X 26 1/2 inches wide; 43.2 cm tall X 67.3 cm wide. Frame- 24 inches tall X 33 inches wide; 61 cm tall X 83.8 cm wide. All measurements are approximate.

Condition: It is in good condition.

Provenance: From the estate of Charles Ernest Echols (1924-1991) in Washington, DC area. Mr. Echols was a US diplomat in Beijing during the 1980s and purchased this painting in Beijing on July, 1987.

For additional photos, please see the following link: https://oag.smugmug.com/Summer-Asian-2020-Paintings

A Chinese enamel teapot with roses and butterflies. H – 10″ W – 10″ D – 6″. Condition: Good.

A Meissen figural centerpiece with a flutist, a singer, and roses. H- 10 1/2″ Dia.- 6 1/2″. Condition: Good.

Title: A Complete History of Drugs Written in French by Monsieur Pomet Chief Druggist to the Prefent French King; to which is Added what is Further Observable on the Fame Subject. Author: Pomet, Lemery, and Tournefort Published: London, 1712 Description: Hardcover. Leather spine. Illustrated. Condition: Fair condition. Cover board is unhinged. Leather on spine is chipped and missing pieces. Pages are spotted and browned. But overall a fascinating edition to ones collection.

Vintage World War I Poster. “The Peace Loan” 1919. Paper size: 47 x 31 1/2 inches Linen backed. Condition: as per photograph.

Vintage World War I Poster. Americans All, 1919. Paper size: 43 3/4 x 30 1/4 inches. Linen backed. Condition: as per photograph.

A blue and white Wedgwood porcelain vase with mythological scenes measuring 9 inches high x 8 1/2 diameter.

The O’Brien-Nelson Hollow Nantucket Curlew
Charles F. Coffin (1835-1919)
Nantucket, MA, c. 1870
15 1/2 in.
A stately and very early three-piece curlew decoy with intricate stippled paint, Coffin’s skills are on full display with the decoy hollowed bird paper thin. This carving is by the same hand as the curlew from the Donal C. O’Brien Jr. Collection featured in Johnsgard’s “The Bird Decoy: An American Art Form” on page 157. The decoys by Coffin, as well as those attributed to Franklin Folger Jr. (1842-1918), are considered to be the best to have come from the whaling seaport of Nantucket. This iconic curlew form relates closely to the plump curlew weathervane held in the Museum of American Folk Art. Rather ironically, the shape of the body of the bird itself looks like the island. Very few, if any, Coffin curlews are held outside of the O’Brien family, making this a rare opportunity to own one of the island’s masterworks.
Fine original paint with even gunning wear and a replaced bill.

Provenance: Nantucket Hunting Rig
Stephen B. O’Brien Sr. Collection, acquired from the family of the above, c. 1970
Grant Nelson Collection, acquired front the above

Literature: Paul A. Johnsgard, “The Bird Decoy: An American Art Form,” Lincoln, NE, 1976, p. 157, pl. 179, rigmate illustrated.
Condition
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