Vasa Studio Rare Large Multicolor Lucite 4 Tower Sculpture 1985 (Signed and Dated) - SOLD

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Rare large multicolor lucite 4 column sculpture #2416 with original white laminate base by Vasa Studio, American 1985 (signed, numbered and dated “#2416 Vasa 85” in lucite, comes with original invoice dated 3/16/85). Large multitower sculptures by Vasa are very hard to come by. This one is exceptional.

Vasa Mihich is a Yugoslavian-born artist living and working in Los Angeles. He taught for many years as a senior professor of Design at UCLA. Mihich's work has appeared in museums internationally, and is featured in private collections at the Honolulu Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, the San Diego Museum of Art, Wilhelm Lehmbrech Museum, the Denver Art Museum, and the Hammer Museum. His work has also been exhibited at the Feigen-Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles, and appeared in the major show "American Sculptures of the Sixties" at the LACMA.

Reference:
LA Modern Auctions, December 16, 2021, lot 107, Vasa 4 Tower Sculpture sold for $50,000.

W: 32 inches
D: 14 inches
H: 76 inches

Condition: Excellent - small scratches in lucite consistent with age.

SOLD

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Anzolo Fuga Rare Glass Vase in Pulegoso Glass with Spots 1960s - SOLD

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Rare and unique hand-blown glass vase, irregular form in pulegoso glass with spots, by Anzolo Fuga for A.V.E.M., Murano Italy 1960's. Fuga experimented with irregular shapes throughout his artistic career.

Reference:
Anzolo Fuga Murano Glass Artist, Designs for A.V.E.M. by Rosa Barovier Mentasti and published by Acanthus Press is 2005, this piece is shown on page 203 with the text, “Vase, pulegoso with spots, 1960-68, H.35 cm, New York, Evan Lobel collection.”

Provenance:
Evan Lobel purchased this piece directly from A.V.E.M. in 2001 as part of a large collection of pieces stored there from the 1940’s, 1950’s and 60’s.

H: 16.5 inches
W: 8 inches
D: 6 inches

SOLD

Condition: Excellent

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Karl Springer Monumental Hand-Blown Scavo Glass Urn 1980s (Signed) - SOLD

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Monumental hand-blown Venetian Glass urn/vase, black with scavo (rough) finish, by Seguso (Murano, Italy) for Karl Springer, American 1980's (signed on bottom “KARL SPRINGER”). This is an artisan glass piece and is made by hand. It is rare and very impressive.

Reference:
Karl Springer red binder catalog published in the 1980’s, section titled “lighting”, shows the lamp version of this urn.

Diam: 14.5 inches
H: 25.5 inches

Condition: Excellent

SOLD

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Curtis Jere Attributed Large Wall-Hanging Sculpture in Copper and Brass 1970s - SOLD

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Large wall-hanging artisan hand-welded sculpture in copper and brass attributed to Curtis Jere, American 1970's. This unique work of art is very impressive in person.

W: 36 inches
D: 3 inches
H: 57 inches

Condition: Excellent

SOLD

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Large Chinese Ceramic Foo Dog 1970s - SOLD

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Large artisan ceramic Foo Dog on an ebonized resin base, China 1970's.

W: 17 inches
D: 9.5 inches
H: 20 inches

Condition: Very Good - minor wear consistent with age

SOLD

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Naomi Feinberg "Buddha" Sculpture in Limestone 1960s - SOLD

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Hand carved “Buddha” sculpture in limestone on a wood base by Naomi   Feinberg, American 1960s.

Naomi Feinberg was a New York based sculptor who worked primarily in stone. She began sculpting in the 1940’s and became affiliated with artist group Studio 725 which was a consortium of woman artists working in Union Square NYC. She studied sculpture with Philip Darling, Jose De Creeft, and Lorrie Goulet at the New School, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Students League, and the School of Visual Arts A relative late comer to the art world, Naomi Feinberg emerged as highly accomplished, multi-faceted artist who juggled architectural coherence with a preoccupation with the human form, to create works that are both experimental and primitive.

Provenance:  The personal collection of the artist and then her family after her death.  This piece is part of the Lobel Modern's exhibition:  Naomi Feinberg:  A Woman Sculpting in a Man's World currently on exhibition in our Exhibit Gallery across the hall from our showroom.

Diam: 6 inches
H: 11 inches

Condition: Exellent

SOLD

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Anzolo Fuga Rare Hand Blown Glass Vase with Corroso Finish 1958-60 - SOLD

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Rare and unique hand-blown glass vase with multicolor murrhines and rods with corroso finish by Anzolo Fuga for Arte Vetraria Muranese or A.V.E.M.. Murano Italy 1958-60. This is one of the only vases of its kind to feature the corroso finish.
This vase is large and extremely complex and difficult to execute. It is stunning.

Reference:
Anzolo Fuga Murano Glass Artist, Designs for A.V.E.M. by Rosa Barovier Mentasti and published by Acanthus Press is 2005, section titled “Multicolor Rods and Murrine”, on page 61 there is a photo of the same model with the same murrhines and rods without a corroso finish.

H: 18.5 inches
Diam: 8 inches

SOLD

Condition: Excellent

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Naomi Feinberg "Deep In Thought" Sculpture In Limestone 1960s - SOLD

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Hand-chiseled and etched abstract figural sculpture "Deep in Thought" in limestone by Naomi Feinberg, American 1960's. This is a beautiful sculpture which is both primitive and evocative.

Naomi Feinberg was a New York based sculptor who worked primarily in stone. She began sculpting in the 1940’s and became affiliated with artist group Studio 725 which was a consortium of woman artists working in Union Square NYC. She studied sculpture with Philip Darling, Jose De Creeft, and Lorrie Goulet at the New School, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Students League, and the School of Visual Arts A relative late comer to the art world, Naomi Feinberg emerged as highly accomplished, multi-faceted artist who juggled architectural coherence with a preoccupation with the human form, to create works that are both experimental and primitive.

Provenance: Lobel Modern purchased this piece from the artist in the early 2000's and sold it to a private collector in NYC. Lobel Modern purchased it from the estate of the collector in 2021.

This piece is part of the Lobel Modern's exhibition: Naomi Feinberg:  A Woman Sculpting in a Man's World currently on exhibition in our Exhibit Gallery across the hall from our showroom.

W: 9 inches
D: 9 inches
H: 18 inches

Condition: Excellent

SOLD

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Naomi Feinberg "Salume" Sculpture in Dark Gray Marble 1977 (Signed and Dated) - SOLD

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Hand-carved and etched "Salume" sculpture in dark gray marble by Naomi Feinberg, American 1977 (signed and dated “NF 77”).

Naomi Feinberg was a New York based sculptor who worked primarily in stone. She began sculpting in the 1940’s and became affiliated with artist group Studio 725 which was a consortium of woman artists working in Union Square NYC. She studied sculpture with Philip Darling, Jose De Creeft, and Lorrie Goulet at the New School, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Students League, and the School of Visual Arts A relative late comer to the art world, Naomi Feinberg emerged as highly accomplished, multi-faceted artist who juggled architectural coherence with a preoccupation with the human form, to create works that are both experimental and primitive.

Provenance: Private Collection New York.

 This piece is part of the Lobel Modern's exhibition: Naomi Feinberg:  A Woman Sculpting in a Man's World currently on exhibition in our Exhibit Gallery across the hall from our showroom.

W: 8.5 inches
D: 7 inches
H: 20.5 inches

Condition: Excellent

SOLD

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Anzolo Fuga Rare "Pavone" Vase With Opaline Glass 1957-60 - SOLD

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Rare and unique hand-blown glass low vase, opaline glass with orange rods and polychrome murrhines by Anzolo Fuga for A.V.E.M., Murano Italy 1957-60. The modern shape and colorful design are really something special.

Reference:
Anzolo Fuga Murano Glass Artist, Designs for A.V.E.M. by Rosa Barovier Mentasti and published by Acanthus Press is 2005, section titled “Pavone”, this piece is shown on page 107 with the text, “Pavone bowl, opaline glass, 1957-60, H: 15 cm, New York, Evan Lobel collection.”

Provenance:
Evan Lobel purchased this piece directly from A.V.E.M. in 2001 as part of a large collection of pieces stored there from the 1940’s, 1950’s and 60’s.

Diam: 9 inches
H: 5.9 inches

SOLD

Condition: Excellent

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Sica Abstract Metallic Art Under Lucite 1980s - SOLD

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Abstract metallic art on paper in boxed out lucite case by Sica, American 1980's (signed on lower right front).

Born in 1932 in New York City, SICA began her artistic career in 1950 while studying at The Art Students League of New York, and later at the Pratt Graphics Workshop, New York. She also traveled extensively, eventually settling in Saigon, Vietnam, as Duy Than's apprentice, then in Athens, Greece, with Emanuel Pilidikis.

She bolstered her reputation simultaneously by participating in several international art invitationals and symposiums. Aside from Vietnam and Greece, SICA has lived in England, Spain and Yugoslavia, and her oeuvre reflects an enlightened perspective of the world, its people and its cultures. SICA's work is in the collections of Le Musée Moderne de la Ville de Paris, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Los Angeles Museum, The Brooklyn Museum,The Miami Museum of Fine Arts and New York University in addition to many other fine arts institutions and private collections.

16 inches square
1.5 inches deep

Condition: Excellent

SOLD

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Andy Warhol Fish (F. & S. IIIA.39) 1983 - SOLD

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Fish (F. & S. IIIA.39) screenprint in colors, on wallpaper, with full margins by Andy Warhol, American 1983.

With the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Visual Arts Foundation ink stamps on back, and with the number '88.95' and the initials 'T.J.H.' in pencil on the reverse (there was no published edition), created as a backdrop for the exhibition Paintings for Children at Bruno Bischofberger Gallery, Zurich, 1984, framed.

Reference:
Frayda Feldman and Jörg Schellmann IIIA.39

Framed:
W: 38.5 inches
D: 1 inches
H: 50.5 inches

Unframed:
W: 30 inches
H: 42 inches

Condition: excellent condition. Few light scratches on frame.

SOLD

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Philip & Kelvin Laverne Pair of "Chinois Plaques" 1960s (Signed) - SOLD

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Pair of "Chinois Plaques", models 101 and 103, in patinated bronze and pewter with hand-painted colorful enamels by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, American 1960's (signed). These are iconic LaVerne pieces.

Reference
The Art of Philip LaVerne, Sculpture III showroom catalogue published in the 1960's, a photo of these plaques is shown on page 39, description in back states, "Chinois Plaques: The unique expression of bronze and pewter harmoniously joined in a detailed interpretation of the Chinoiserie era. Each superb wall hanging in the series, is an individual tribute to one aspect of the tranquility and intricacy of ancient China. Beautifully enhanced with natural patinas of subtle splendor.”

Provenance:
From the Collection of Kelvin LaVerne.

W: 17 inches
H: 24 inches
D: 1 inch

Condition: Excellent

SOLD

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Philip & Kelvin LaVerne "Venus Contemplating" Wall Sculpture 1960s (Signed) - SOLD

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Wall sculpture “Venus Contemplating” in engraved and patinated bronze with figural motif in hand-applied polychrome enamels by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, American 1960’s (signed “Philip.K LaVerne”). Original gallery label on back with title and information.

W: 38 inches
D: 1.5 inches
H: 39 inches

Condition: Excellent

SOLD

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Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Expressionist Still Life Painting on Bronze 1960s (Signed) - SOLD

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"Still Life Musicale" a large abstract expressionist painting on bronze with vibrant hand-applied enamels by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, American 1960's (signed on front and original gallery label on back). These bronze paintings are rare and showcase the artistic talents of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne.

Framed:

W: 51 inches
D: 2 inches
H: 40 inches

Condition: Excellent

SOLD

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Anzolo Fuga Hand-Blown Glass "Bands" Vase 1956-60 - SOLD

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Exceptional hand-blown glass "Bands" vase with blue and white bands and gold foil by Anzolo Fuga for Arte Vetraria Muranese or A.V.E.M., Murano Italy, 1956-60 

Literature:
Anzolo Fuga Murano Glass Artist, Designs for A.V.E.M. by Rosa Barovier-Mentasti, Acanthus Press 2005, section on “Bands” with a description of the series on page 76 and an example of this piece on page 78.

AVEM Arte Vetraria Muranese, Artistic Production 1932-1972 by Marc Heiremans, Arnoldsche Press in 2020, shows an archival photo of this model on page 74 with a photo of this model on page 75.

Provenance:
Evan Lobel purchased these pieces directly from A.V.E.M. in 2001 as part of a large collection of pieces stored there from the 1940’s, 1950’s and 60’s.

H: 20 inches
W: 12 inches
D: 4 inches

SOLD

Condition: Excellent

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Anzolo Fuga Hand-Blown Vase with Multicolor Vertical Rods 1955-56 - SOLD

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Hand-blown glass vase with multicolor vertical rods by Anzolo Fuga for AVEM (Arte Vetraria Muranese), Murano Italy, 1955-6. The clear and colorful rods interspersed among the red on white rods creates a very striking design.

Literature: 
Anzolo Fuga, Murano Glass Artist, Designs for A.V.E.M. by Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Acanthus Press, 2005, section titled "VERTICAL RODS 1955-56", this model is shown on page 68.

AVEM, Arte Vetraria Muranese, Artistic Production 1932-72 by Marc Heiremans and published by Arnolsche in 2020, there are numerous photos of pieces with vertical multicolor rods.

Provenance: Evan Lobel purchased this piece directly from A.V.E.M. in 2001 as part of a large collection of pieces stored there from the 1940’s, 1950’s and 60’s.

W: 9 inches
D: 6 inches
H: 12 inches

SOLD

Condition: Excellent

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Anzolo Fuga Hand-blown "Murrine Incatenate" Glass Vase ca 1960 - SOLD

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Hand-blown glass vase from the “Murrine Incatenate” series by Anzolo Fuga for A.V.E.M. (Arte Vetraria Muranese), Murano Italy, ca 1960.

Reference:

Anzolo Fuga, Murano Glass Artist, Designs for A.V.E.M. by Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Acanthus Press, 2005, section titled "MURRINE INCATENATE 1959-60", pages 122 through 160. There is a similar piece shown on page 154.

AVEM, Arte Vetraria Muranese, Artistic Production 1932-72 by Marc Heiremans and published by Arnolsche in 2020, there is a photo of this model on page 147.

Provenance: Evan Lobel purchased this piece directly from A.V.E.M. in 2001 as part of a large collection of pieces stored there from the 1940’s, 1950’s and 60’s.

H: 14 inches
Diam: 7 inches

$12,000

Condition: Excellent

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Ermanno Nason Hand-Blown Vase in Opalescent Blue Glass & Gold Overlay 1967 - SOLD

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Spectacular hand-blown glass vase in opalescent blue glass with gold overlay by Ermanno Nason, Murano Italy, 1967 (signed "E Nason 1967" on bottom).  It was blown hot and required exceptional glass blowing skills.  This vase is a masterpiece. 

Comes with an authentication by Sergio Gnesin, expert and author of the biographical book “I Vetri di Ermanno Nason” (The Glass Sculptures of Ermanno Nason) published in 2003.

H: 15.5
Diam: 6.5

SOLD

Condition: Excellent

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Aldo Nason Rare 3 Mouth Hand Blown Glass Sculpture 1950's-1960's - SOLD

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Rare hand-blown glass sculpture, 3 mouths with silver foil and dripped layer, by Aldo Nason for Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.V.E.M.), Murano Italy 1950's-1960's.

Reference:
Marc Heiremans, Art Glass from Murano 1910-1970, section on Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.V.E.M.) pages 9 to 19, a similar piece is shown on page 13 with variations in color.

Diam: 5.5 inches
H: 11.5 inches

Condition: Excellent

SOLD

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