NEW YORK, NY – October 26, 2022 – Works by Picasso, Chagall, Degas, Renoir, Dufy, Warhol, other major artists will be up for auction through Guernsey’s on November 12, 2022. The art collections of three late collectors will be sold in a major auction without a minimum reserve. Bidding is taking place on two platforms – Liveauctioneers.com and Invaluable.com – as well as directly through Guernsey’s.
The Connecticut seller contacted Guernsey’s President Arlan Ettinger in 2021 about including three original oil paintings by Post-Impressionist artist Maurice Utrillo in one of the auction house’s upcoming art sales. Sadly, barely a month later, that gentleman passed away. It was then revealed that his collection actually numbered sixty paintings and drawings by such noteworthy artists as Picasso, Chagall, Degas, Renoir, Dufy and other major artists.
The works from the collection include Picasso’s Le Berger (the Sheppard) – a lovely watercolor over linocut, several drawings including a c. 1918 allegorical equestrian image, and two magnificent creations in tiny colored glass fragments utilizing a largely undiscovered technique referred to as “Les Gemmaux.”
The two Picasso Gemmaux in the collection are believed to be the first works of this kind to appear in a major art auction. One is Picasso’s Cubist vision of the famed Paris Cathedral, Notre Dame. The importance has been noted by the committee overseeing the re-building of Notre Dame following its epic fire which has indicated that if the opportunity arose, it would proudly hang this magnificent work within the soon-to-open restored landmark.
Raoul Dufy’s equestrian Ascot, Kees Van Dongen’s Kermese, and Marc Chagall’s doubled-sided Peintre a son Chevalet are additional examples from the Connecticut estate.
From the collection of the late, legendary Jazz musician Gerry “Jeru” Mulligan comes a powerful Willem de Kooning painted on N.Y. Times newsprint dated only days following the John F. Kennedy assassination and an exceptional work by Expressionist Karel Appel.
The late Jacob Baal-Teshuva was an internationally respected scholar, author and art historian. His books on Chagall, Warhol and others are widely respected reference works. Among the art to be sold from the Baal-Teshuva Collection will be originals by E. L. Kirchner, and M. Kadishman, and a magnificent Toulouse-Lautrec poster.
For further information, please visit www.guernseys.com. For further information, high resolution images, to set up interviews and/or take a tour of the artworks please contact Sydney Masters (212-987-6804 / sydney@rcourihaycpr.com or Sarah Gartner (212-580-0835 / sarah@rcourihaycpr.com).
