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Silver & Emporium Auction

Fri, Dec 3, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 307

Four Modern Works

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(20th/21st century)

comprising: Untitled, gravestone marker ceramic sculpture, each side with a sculpted head, epitaph reads "And a feeling of sadness comes over me that my soul cannot resist, a feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles rain", set in an acrylic case, fitted with two bud vases, case 16 x 14 x 4-3/4 in.

Leonard H. Mersky (1917-1994) Fishing Boats, P'Town, 28/100, signed lower right "Leonard H. Mersky", etching, plate 2-1/8 x 3-1/8 in.

Carol Grandinetti, signed "Carol Gradinetti", mixed media on paper, sight 6 x 6 in.

Untitled, 1979, signed lower right "?VMB'79", watercolor and mixed media, image 5-7/8 x 3-3/4 in.

Provenance: Private Florida Collection

Condition

gravestone detached from base of acrylic box, cracks and chips throughout, possibly lacking one daisy to bud vase, interior dirty, scratching to acrylic box;

Mersky toning to paper and mat;

Grandinetti scratching to acrylic glazing and frame;

VMB overall good condition, a few spots to mat

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