Modern & Contemporary Fine Art
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Location
Monrovia, CA 91016 Dates
Sale Starts
Fri
Jun 6
10amSale Ends
Tue
Jun 17
12pmTerms & Conditions
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John Moran Auctioneers
Description & Details
John Moran Auctioneers is pleased to present its Spring Modern + Contemporary sale, led by two important 1970s paintings by 20th Century AbEx painter Alice Baber, The Jaguar Drum Leaps to Daylight and Cave of the Hermit. Exceptional paintings by Richard Mayhew, Samella Lewis and Merton Daniel Simpson, three noted African American contemporary artists are represented. The sale also featuring fine works by celebrated California artists Raimonds Staprans, Henrietta Berk, Robert Kenton Nelson and Chuck Arnoldi. Other highlights include works by James Bishop, Pablo Picasso, Eric Orr, Margaret Keane, Marina Abramovic & Ulay, Nathan Oliveira, John Baldessari and much more!


















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Raymond Saunders
b. 1934
"Profile in Time," 1982
Lithograph, screenprint, monoprint, and collage in colors on wove paper
Edition: CTP / 1 [color trial proof 1], aside from the edition of 75
The artist's name stamped in purple ink in the image at the lower right of center: Saunders, and again in the stone as part of the composition at center: Sssaunders; inscribed "CTP" and "1" in pencil along the lower sheet edge, at left; Trillium Graphics, Brisbane, CA, pub. and with their blindstamp
Image/Sheet: 29.125" H x 23.25" W
Estimate: $500 - $700](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4523262/1-2/842737aa-d58b-4e50-8324-2f90fb19fc70.jpg)








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Dale Patrick Chihuly
b. 1941
"Carnival Macchia," 2004
Glass
With etched signature, inscription and date to underside: Chihuly / PP04 [Portland Press]
10.125" H x 12.25" W x 10.5" D
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4523262/1-2/ceb3a964-2d07-43b6-9c58-0f5dc7e39d89.jpg)
![29
After Keith Haring
1958-1990
"Party of Life" Jigsaw Puzzle, 1987
Screenprint on 100 jigsaw puzzle pieces
Signed, dated, and inscribed to underside of box: [figural drawing] / K. Haring / 87
Box: 1.625" H x 4.125" W x 4.125" D; Assembled: 7" H x 7" W
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4523262/1-2/75e56f05-8922-4558-a430-f97caa51a498.jpg)
![30
Andy Warhol
1928-1987
"The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)," 1975
Hardcover book
Warhol, Andy. "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)." New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975
Signed and inscribed with tomato soup can drawing by the artist: Sylvia and Mae / [soup can] / Campbells / Tomato / Soup / Andy Warhol
First Edition, Fifth Printing
8.625" H x 5.875" W x 1.125" D
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4523262/1-2/291d7074-b653-47ba-96a4-6ac8ee4fa7eb.jpg)
![31
Mary (Sister) Corita Kent
1918-1986
"Words of Ugo Betti: Innocence and the Process of Justification in the Late Plays of Ugo Betti," 1965
The complete portfolio including eight screenprints in colors on 3M Art Fabric paper
Edition: 77/275
Each of the screenprints signed in the image in ink: Sister Mary Corita IHM [Immaculate Heart of Mary]; loose, as issued, presented together within the protective section at the back of the original bound portfolio with text quoting the plays of Ugo Betti, and an essay by Sister Marie Fleurettte IHM; signed in ink by both of the Sisters just mentioned, and also numbered in ink, all on the colophon page; Plantin Press, Los Angeles, prntr.; Immaculate Heart College Press, Los Angeles, CA, pub.; all of the loose prints and the bound text presented within the original, red cloth-covered boards
Image/Sheet of eight screenprints: 17" H x 13.25" W (or reverse)
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4523262/1-2/5a7eb71d-bde0-411d-8448-99b06479f321.jpg)
![32
Mary (Sister) Corita Kent
1918-1986
"All The Nations Shall Come," 1955
Screenprint in colors on paper
From the edition of unknown size
Signed and titled in pencil in the lower margin: Sister Mary Corita IHM [Immaculate Heart of Mary]; titled in another hand on the frame's backing paper
Image: 15.5" H x 21.5" W; Sight: 16.5" H x 22.5" W
Estimate: $600 - $800](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4523262/1-2/f5dd0c96-caf4-46bf-a398-bc06aad8a208.jpg)









































































































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Robert Ginder
b. 1948
"Via Sienna," 1993
Oil and gold leaf on panel
Signed, titled, and dated, all verso: Robert Ginder '93; alternatively titled "4339 Via Siena" [sic] on a gallery label affixed verso
56" H x 36" W
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4523262/1-2/193e3027-a0fd-43ce-bea9-d36283b6ffd0.jpg)












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Rebecca Horn
1944-2024
"The Double (Der Doppelgänger)" for Parkett no. 13, 1987
Silver-plated brass in cardboard box
Edition: 58/99
Box signed and numbered in ink: Rebecca Horn; embossed to box: DER DOPPELGÄNGER / [title in Cyrillic]
Hammer: 10" H x 3.5" W x 0.5" D; Box: 10.375" H x 3.625" W x 0.75" D
Estimate: $500 - $700](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4523262/1-2/1a0da1cd-b7c8-49b5-860e-ad2536203e30.jpg)

![153
Josh Callaghan
b. 1969
Pine Cones #2 & #3 [2 works]
Stainless steel and cement
Each appears unmarked
Larger: 27" H x 19" Dia.; Smaller: 16" H x 14.5" Dia.
Estimate: $500 - $700](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4523262/1-2/08f5d919-b872-4363-9e29-13e590c2eab0.jpg)






















![176
Frédéric Bruly Bouabre
1923-2014
"Qui vous invitera au jeu de l'amour quand vous êtes en endeuillés!," 2005
Each: Ink, colored crayon, and pencil on heavy cardstock
Each signed and dated in ink, verso: FB Bouabre / 30-11-2005; titled and inscribed in French and in ink along each edge with the same inscription, except on each card, three words change to represent colors and a Nationality: "ici homme / et femme [interchangeable color] en voyage dans l'ocean [interchangeable color] / sur les cote [interchangeable Nationality]"; 40 pieces
Each sheet: 7.5" H x 6" W
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4523262/1-2/9eb53178-5a45-4f7c-bd27-8a5191ed01ae.jpg)
![177
Frédéric Bruly Bouabre
1923-2014
"T'che la Palme de la main," 2007
Each: Ink, colored crayon, and pencil on heavy cardstock
Each signed and dated in ink, verso: FB Bouabre / 14-8-2007; titled and inscribed in French and in ink along each edge with the same inscription, except on each card, one word changes to represent a Nationality: "vue dans / L'Orient du ciel sud de la / terre [interchangeable Nationality] symbolisant ici l'innocence / de la saint humanité"; 40 pieces
Each sheet: 7.5" H x 6" W
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4523262/1-2/73caa397-0216-461d-b275-185d6f3aaa09.jpg)
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