The auction, starting at 11 am Central time on Friday and 10 am on Saturday, is packed with 842 lots in a wide variety of categories. Bidding is available online and in the Crescent City gallery. Internet bidding is on three popular platforms.
NEW ORLEANS - LouisEagle -- A set of four atlas portfolio volumes of John James Audubon's The Birds of America, a felt on paper artwork by pop art icon Keith Haring and oil on canvas paintings by acclaimed painters E. S. Cooper and Eugène Louis Boudin are just a few of the expected top lots in Crescent City Auction Gallery's September Selects Auction slated for September 9th and 10th.
The auction, starting at 11 am Central time on Friday and 10 am on Saturday, will be packed with 842 choice lots in a wide variety of categories. Bidding is available online, as well as in the Crescent City gallery located at 1330 Saint Charles Avenue in New Orleans. In-person gallery previews will begin on Wednesday, August 31st, from 10-5. Phone and absentee bids accepted.
The Birds of America four-volume set by John James Audubon (1785-1851), plus other volumes (11 pieces total), is a limited-edition full-size facsimile, with color reproductions of the full set of ornithological illustrations. It's a reproduction of National Audubon Society's copy, one of 350 sets printed in 1985 by Abbeville Press (N.Y.), and contains 435 double elephant folio unbound color plates and four octavo text volumes bound in green leather gilt (est. $10,000-$20,000).
The felt pen on paper by Keith Haring (N.Y., 1958-1990), is titled If You Want to See More….. (1984), and has writing on the bottom that reads, "If you want to see more….New works by Keith Haring now until Jan. 07, 1984". It's also signed lower right and bears a "Keith Haring Estate" stamp on top right verso (est. $10,000-$15,000).
The oil on canvas painting by E. S. Cooper, titled Wooden Bridge in a Louisiana Bayou Landscape (1888), is artist signed and dated lower right and comes in a wood frame measuring 27 ¾ inches by 39 ¼ inches (est. $20,000-$40,000). The work is included in the book Louisiana Painters and Paintings: from the Collection of W. E. Groves.
The 19th century oil on canvas painting by Eugène Louis Boudin (French, 1824-1898) is titled Bateaux sur la Plage de Bretagne and is signed lower left, with an old gallery label about artist and painting attached on verso. It's presented in a gilt frame measuring 19 ¼ inches by 29 inches (est. $10,000-$20,000).
For more information, please visit www.crescentcityauctiongallery.com. Updates are posted often.
The auction, starting at 11 am Central time on Friday and 10 am on Saturday, will be packed with 842 choice lots in a wide variety of categories. Bidding is available online, as well as in the Crescent City gallery located at 1330 Saint Charles Avenue in New Orleans. In-person gallery previews will begin on Wednesday, August 31st, from 10-5. Phone and absentee bids accepted.
The Birds of America four-volume set by John James Audubon (1785-1851), plus other volumes (11 pieces total), is a limited-edition full-size facsimile, with color reproductions of the full set of ornithological illustrations. It's a reproduction of National Audubon Society's copy, one of 350 sets printed in 1985 by Abbeville Press (N.Y.), and contains 435 double elephant folio unbound color plates and four octavo text volumes bound in green leather gilt (est. $10,000-$20,000).
The felt pen on paper by Keith Haring (N.Y., 1958-1990), is titled If You Want to See More….. (1984), and has writing on the bottom that reads, "If you want to see more….New works by Keith Haring now until Jan. 07, 1984". It's also signed lower right and bears a "Keith Haring Estate" stamp on top right verso (est. $10,000-$15,000).
The oil on canvas painting by E. S. Cooper, titled Wooden Bridge in a Louisiana Bayou Landscape (1888), is artist signed and dated lower right and comes in a wood frame measuring 27 ¾ inches by 39 ¼ inches (est. $20,000-$40,000). The work is included in the book Louisiana Painters and Paintings: from the Collection of W. E. Groves.
The 19th century oil on canvas painting by Eugène Louis Boudin (French, 1824-1898) is titled Bateaux sur la Plage de Bretagne and is signed lower left, with an old gallery label about artist and painting attached on verso. It's presented in a gilt frame measuring 19 ¼ inches by 29 inches (est. $10,000-$20,000).
For more information, please visit www.crescentcityauctiongallery.com. Updates are posted often.
Source: Crescent City Auction Gallery
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