Contemporary, Outsider, Folk, and Fine Art
CALL FOR CONSIGNMENTS
Consignment Deadline: October 6, 2023
Auction: December 6, 2023
Potter & Potter is seeking consignments for our upcoming art auction on Dec 6th, featuring Contemporary, Outsider, Folk, and Fine Art in all time periods and categories. The deadline to submit is October 6, 2023.
Contact me at [email protected]. Among the highlights in this exciting sale are: A Paul Jenkins work from 1958 which has early seminal elements of his Phenomena series, and a classic Miro lithograph from 1970.
Chicago standouts include chrome Bull and Toucan sculptures by John Kearney, Chicago brownstones by Zani Jacobsen, eccentric paintings by Lee Godie, and drawings by Leroy Neiman. Our Outsider session will feature the usual suspects: Mr. Imagination, Mose Tolliver, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, and Purvis Young, and the Folk session will accent the unusual with trade signs, shooting gallery targets, gaming wheels, quilts, and a selection of photography, prints and other eccentric offerings.
COMING TO AUCTION THIS DECEMBER
Paul Jenkins.
(American, 1923-2012) Untitled. 1958. Oil on canvas. 25 x 28" Frame 25 3/4 x 29". Signed in paint lower left recto. Signed, inscribed and dated in ink verso, "Paul Jenkins - For Mike from Paul - New York 1958".
estimate: $6,000-8,000
Joan Miro.
(Spanish, 1893-1983) Untitled. 1970. Color lithograph. 30 1/4 x 19 1/2". Published by Maeght, Paris, France.
estimate: $4,000-6,000
John Kearney.
(American, 1924-2014) Toucan. ca. 1980s. Welded metals. 21 h x 11 w x 16" d. Signed.
estimate: $800-1,200
Hairy Who.
(American, 20th century) Exhibition Poster for the Hyde Park Art Center. 1966. Offset lithograph on buff wove paper. 28 3/4 x 22 1/2". 31 1/2 x 25 1/2" (Linen backed). Creases evident. Unframed.
estimate: $300-500
Lee Godie.
(American, 1908-1994). "Oxford House". Ballpoint and watercolor on reclaimed window shade material. Signed twice by the artist on right and left margins. 50 x 35 1/2".
estimate: $1,000-2,000
MR. IMAGINATION aka Gregory Warmack.
(American, 1948-2012) Paintbrush Head. 2001. Mixed media on found object. Signed and dated verso. 11 1/2 h x 3 1/2 w x 3" d.
estimate: $300-500
Hand-Painted Wooden Clock Hanging Trade Sign.
Late 19th, early 20th century. Double-sided hand-painted circular sign, with iron hanging loop. 13 3/4" in diameter.
estimate: $500-700