Fine Art & Antiques Auction Ending 10/25

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George Rodrigue framed and matted numbered print under glass of a blue dog in front of a tree with a yellow star at the top, signed lower left "Rodrigue 65/100", 29.25" x 41.5". Bio from AskArt: George Rodrigue, whose career as an artist started with dark and lush landscapes of his native Louisiana bayou but shifted abruptly, and profitably, when he began a series of portraits of a single subject, a melancholy mutt that came to be known as Blue Dog. George found his model in his studio: a photograph of his dog, Tiffany. She was black and white in reality but became blue in his imagination, with yellow eyes. In a New York Times article in 1998, George said "the yellow eyes are really the soul of the dog, he has this piercing stare. People say the dog keeps talking to them with the eyes, always saying something different. People who have seen a Blue Dog painting always remember it. They are really about life, about mankind searching for answers. The dog never changes position. He just stares at you. And you're looking at him, looking for some answers, 'Why are we here?,' and he's just looking back at you, wondering the same. The dog doesn't know. You can see this longing in his eyes, this longing for love, answers." By the early 1990s, Mr. Rodrigue was painting only Blue Dog.

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Colette Pope Heldner framed oil on canvas titled "Swamp Idyl - Louisiana Bayou Country" signed lower left "Colette Pope Heldner" having markings on back, 20.75" x 24.5". Bio from AskArt: Colette Pope Heldner (1902-1990) was known for her impressionist style, painting scenes of the New Orleans' picturesque courtyards and favorite haunts of the local artists and musicians, plus darker atmospheric landscapes of the surrounding countryside, sometimes with figures included but not predominant. A number of her works bore the title "Swamp Idyl - Louisiana Bayou Country" but were varied in content, some with a small dwelling or boat or dock, others composed only of cypress trees in the waters of a bayou. These are not numbered or dated. Besides her full three-name signature, some early works were signed only "by Colette". Colette Pope Heldner has received renewed critical acclaim in recent years, in such retrospective exhibitions as "In a New Light: America's Brush with Impressionism", held March through May 2005 at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia, -- where her work was included with that of about thirty luminaries such as Wm J Glackens, Wm Merritt Chase, and Ernest Lawson. A number of public and private collections own works of hers, including the LSU Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Mr. and Mrs. Amon Carter Evans Collection in Columbia, Tennessee, and others.

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Framed oil on canvas of Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany which served as inspiration for Disney World's "Sleeping Beauty" castle, signed lower right appearing to be "P. Bennart", 35.5" x 27".

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Framed and matted print under glass titled "Touchdown Mickey" having COA from "All American Collectibles, Inc" with three signatures from NFL Hall of Fame quarterbacks incl "Brett Favre", "Terry Bradshaw" and "Troy Aikman", 37" x 26.75".

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Henry Moore bronze statue of seated woman with child on marble base, marked on back "H. Moore", 4.75" x 6.5" x 11"T. Henry Moore (July 30, 1898- August 31, 1986) known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures located around the world as public works of art.

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Pamela C Renfroe framed and matted numbered print under glass titled "What A Glorious Day!" with COA from "The Renfroe Collection of Fine Art", having a John Deere tractor in front of a barn with "Coca-Cola" lettering on the side, signed lower left "Pamela C Renfroe" marked lower left "1119/1500", signed lower right "Pamela C Renfroe, stamped lower left "Coca-Cola" and stamped lower right "John Deere" company logos, 29.5" x 26.5".

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Charles Marion Russell bronze statue of a buffalo on marble base, marked on back "C Russell", 13.5" x 5.25" x 7"T.

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Richard Judson Zolan framed and matted oil on cardboard titled "King Lear" signed "Zolan", 18.5" x 20.5". Bio from AskArt: Richard Judson Zolan (1931-2001) has established himself as one of America's most exceptional painters. Zolan graduated from the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago and later studied at the famed Art Students League in New York City. He quickly became the prized pupil of Louis Ritman, an instructor at the academy, was a personal friend and student of Monet for over 20 years, taught Zolan the fundamental techniques and style of Impressionism. The most pervasive quality of his work is the extraordinary synergy he achieves- bringing to his canvas a triumphant marriage of modern art with its Renaissance ancestry. Significant exhibitions include the Metropolitan Galleries in Osaka, Japan, the World Trade Center, Cape Cod Art Association, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Henry Moore bronze statue of a panther seated on marble base, marked on leg "H. Moore", 4" x 11.75" x 9.5"T. Henry Moore (July 30, 1898- August 31, 1986) known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures located around the world as public works of art.

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Four Keane framed prints, titles incl "At The Fair", "Rejected', "Best Friend", and "Watching", all signed lower left "Keane", sizes range from 13" x 7" to 24.5" x 10.5", two having plaques and one matted. Bio from AskArt: Walter Keane (1915-2000) born in Lincoln, Nebraska, became a highly-popular artist post World War II who was credited as a figure painter of wide-eyed "lost" children, waif-like and sympathy provoking. These images were reproduced throughout the world with originals in many collections including the United Nations, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid, Spain, and the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, Japan. From 1946 to 1947, he went to Berlin where he began his signature theme of "Lost Children." These paintings were inspired by his shock at seeing the thousands of war-orphaned, poverty-stricken children. He married his wife, Margaret, also an artist, and they lived in Oakland, and became public personalities because his work was collected by so many movie stars. By 1956, he and Margaret opened a gallery at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, and again his work got much attention. Shortly after, the couple returned to San Francisco where they had a gallery at for two years and then opened a gallery in New York City. Again he had many collectors but also received criticism for being repetitious with every canvas having a "lost" child. Margaret Keane (born 1927) is an American artist. She is an illustrator and painter, and mainly draws women and children in oil or mixed media. Her works are instantly recognizable from the doe-eyed children that are depicted in the drawings. In the 1960s, Margaret Keane's artwork was sold under the name of her husband, Walter Keane. He locked her in a room and forced her to paint, while taking credit for her work. Conflict over that issue was cited as one of the reasons they divorced. Neither wanting to relinquish rights to the artwork, Walter and Margaret's divorce proceedings went all the way to federal court. At the hearing, Margaret created a painting in front of the judge to prove that she was the artist. Walter declined to paint before the court, citing a sore shoulder. In 1986, the courts sided with her, enabling her to paint under her own name. In 2014, their story became a movie titled "Big Eyes" directed by Tim Burton.

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Alberto Giacometti bronze statue of tall and skinny person on marble stand, marked on side "Giacometti", 5" x 4.5" x 17.75"T. Alberto Giacometti (October 10, 1901-January 11, 1966) a Swiss-born Paris-based artist most famous for his sculptures. He devised innovative sculptural forms as a surrealist in the 1930's.

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Barbara Strawser framed acrylic on board under glass of black rooster signed lower right "Barbara Strawser 2000", 30.75" x 35.75". Bio from AskArt: Barbara Strawser is a third generation Pennsylvania German folk artist. A self-taught painter, she depicts animals, gardens, farms and everyday living. Barbara has been painting since childhood and her paintings can be found in collections and galleries around the world.

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Salvador Dali bronze owl statue on marble stand with backing, marked on side of base "Salvador Dali", 4.25" x 6.75" x 13"T. Salvador Dali (May 11, 1904- January 23, 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist best known for his striking and bizarre images.

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Robert Scott framed and matted oil on canvas of cityscape scene signed lower right "Robert Scott", 18" x 21.75".

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Salvador Dali bronze statue of seated woman with plant on marble base, marked on side "Dali", 5.25" x 5.25" x 9.5"T. Salvador Dali (May 11, 1904- January 23, 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist best known for his striking and bizarre images.

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Basilius Besler framed and matted print under glass of "Cnicus Sativus Chamemelum Romanum flore multiplici Chamemelum Romanum flore simplici", marked on bottom "Besler 1613", 32.5" x 28.5". Bio from AskArt: Basilius Besler (1561-1629) was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known for his monumental Hortus Eystettensis. He was curator of the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, Prince Bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria. The gardens surrounded the bishop's palace, Willibaldsburg, which was built on a hill overlooking the town. These gardens had been started in 1596 and designed by Besler's colleague, Joachim Camerarius the Younger (1534-1598), a physician and botanist. Upon Camerarius' death in 1598, Besler had the remainder of Camerarius' plants moved to Eichstätt and carried on the work of planting and supervision. The bishop commissioned Besler to compile a codex of the plants growing in his garden, a task which Besler took sixteen years to complete, the bishop dying shortly before the work was published. The work was named Hortus Eystettensis (Garden of Eichstätt). The plates were of garden flowers, herbs and vegetables, exotic plants. These were depicted near life-size, producing rich detail. The work generally reflected the four seasons, showing first the flowering and then the fruiting stages. "Winter" was sparsely represented with a mere 7 plates. "Spring" was a season of abundance with 134 plates illustrating 454 plants and "Summer" in full swing showed 505 plants on 184 plates. "Autumn" closed off the work with 42 plates and 98 species. Descriptions of the plants were in Latin and showed remarkable anticipation of the binomial system, in that the captions often consisted of the first two or three words of the description. The work was published twice more in Nuremberg, in 1640 and 1713, using the same plates, plates which were destroyed by the Royal Mint of Munich in 1817. The gardens were sacked by invading Swedish troops under Herzog Bernhard von Weimar in 1633-4; following Hortus Eystettensis they have been reconstructed and opened to the public in 1998.

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Juliet Erte cold painted bronze statue of woman in dress on marble base, signed in front "Juliet Erte", 5.5" x 5.5" x 18.5"T.

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Framed and matted oil on canvas replica of Pablo Picasso's "The Ironer la Repasseuse" from his blue period, originally displayed in Guggenheim Museum, 22" x 30".

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Basilius Besler framed and matted print under glass of 'Iafminum Indicum, feu flosmi, rabilis peruanus" marked on bottom "Besler 1613", 32.5" x 28.5". Bio from AskArt: Basilius Besler (1561-1629) was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known for his monumental Hortus Eystettensis. He was curator of the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, Prince Bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria. The gardens surrounded the bishop's palace, Willibaldsburg, which was built on a hill overlooking the town. These gardens had been started in 1596 and designed by Besler's colleague, Joachim Camerarius the Younger (1534-1598), a physician and botanist. Upon Camerarius' death in 1598, Besler had the remainder of Camerarius' plants moved to Eichstätt and carried on the work of planting and supervision. The bishop commissioned Besler to compile a codex of the plants growing in his garden, a task which Besler took sixteen years to complete, the bishop dying shortly before the work was published. The work was named Hortus Eystettensis (Garden of Eichstätt). The plates were of garden flowers, herbs and vegetables, exotic plants. These were depicted near life-size, producing rich detail. The work generally reflected the four seasons, showing first the flowering and then the fruiting stages. "Winter" was sparsely represented with a mere 7 plates. "Spring" was a season of abundance with 134 plates illustrating 454 plants and "Summer" in full swing showed 505 plants on 184 plates. "Autumn" closed off the work with 42 plates and 98 species. Descriptions of the plants were in Latin and showed remarkable anticipation of the binomial system, in that the captions often consisted of the first two or three words of the description. The work was published twice more in Nuremberg, in 1640 and 1713, using the same plates, plates which were destroyed by the Royal Mint of Munich in 1817. The gardens were sacked by invading Swedish troops under Herzog Bernhard von Weimar in 1633-4; following Hortus Eystettensis they have been reconstructed and opened to the public in 1998.

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Franz Bergman erotic Vienna cold painted bronze figurine of woman on rug having maker's mark on bottom, 7" x 5.5" x 1.5"T.