Modern and contemporary art and design connoisseurs have a treasure trove to uncover on 6 February at Palm Beach Modern Auctions. Highlights of the auction include artworks by Shepard Fairey, Harry Bertoia, Chaim Gross, Shusaku Arakawa and Diego Giacometti, decorative design from Gabriella Crespi, Alexandre Noll and Gustav Stickley, along with several noteworthy collections of glass and ceramics and Pablo Picasso Madoura pottery. Here are the top five lots to watch:
Known for his stylish female painted sculptures, Tom Wesselmann blurred the line between 2D and 3D art. This work, Partial Monica with Hat and Beads (gray), was part of a trio of artworks in black and grey. This particular piece was owned by Gloria Luria, a top gallerist and collector in Miami, for over fifty years and the leading force behind the Art Miami fair.
Also part of Luria's collection was this massive Shusaku Arakawa painting titled Nothing and Duration. Arakawa's work explored philosophical questions and incorporated geometry and text that was seminal to the avant-garde postwar Japanese art oeuvre.
Dating to the 1960s, Chaim Gross' Tourists sculpture was likely inspired by the summer tourists that would infiltrate Provincetown, Cape Cod in the post-war years, where the artist was a seasonal resident. Another version is in the collection of the Town of Provincetown in front of the Provincetown Library (formerly Chrysler Museum of Art).
Street artist Shepard Fairey produced this six-part mural for the January 2009 OBEY Clothing Brand party at Covert Skate Shop in Orlando, Florida. Born in Charleston and a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Fairey was involved with the punk skateboard and street art scene in college when he designed the 'OBEY' sticker to push viewers to question the world around them, a design that quickly reached phenomenon status.
Obsessed with the timeless material of wood, Alexandre Noll created sculptures, furniture and household items in all sizes, shapes and wooden materials. This is an important Noll cabinet from 1955 which has a single latched door revealing a shelf. It was restored under the supervision of Dominique T Noll.
Don't miss these exciting art and design lots and discover more on 6 February.
