The Collector’s Collection: Boston Art and Design! SHOP NOW at HuntEstateSales.com! #happyhunting

Welcome to the home built by two avid collectors, who had an affair with all things Art Deco, where their passion for art and design was steeped into everything that they did, and everything that they found and brought home.

This is an exciting collection that reflects on both design and social change: American and European art from 1920 to today, on canvas and in sculpture, to stacks of WPA prints, Art Deco pottery, and a fine representation of New England artists.

Whether you are a design aficionado, a curious creative, or anything in-between, you won’t want to miss this event!

Let’s celebrate what they developed, tour what they revered – ENJOY THE SHOW!

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SALE ENDS: Friday, 8/22 at 5PM

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You might recognize the name Erte, and Maxfield Parrish, they are both here, but let the Greek God of Pan, seen in Vision Antique by Paul Berthon (French, 1872-1909), serenade us, as in this story we are the sheep in a field, as we follow then we will expose ourselves to artists, stories and a discourse of what’s inspiring, and what you want to take home. 

The Ver Sacrum, published from 1898-1903, served as a platform for the Vienna Secession, a group of artists advocating for a new, experimental approach to art. Find here an edition of the 1901 Ver Sacrum, featuring remarkable prints and graphics from Vienna’s finest.

Boris Lovet-Lorski (1894-1973) was a prominent sculptor, lithographer, and painter known for his significant contributions to the American Art Deco movement. Find here a portfolio, Boris Lovet-Lorski Lithographs, Volume I, 1929. This artist portfolio includes ten original lithographs, signed in pencil by Boris Lovet-Lorski. It also contains a title page, dedication page, handwritten dedication.

They may not be a household name but they were a strong advocate of artist rights, studied next to the guy who got famous, they drew pictures for your favorite children’s book, or married Frank Lloyd Wright.

Offering a collection of Richard Florsheim, he helped found the Artists’ League of the Midwest and would serve as President of the Artists Equity Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting artistic opportunities and addressing economic issues that affected them. The organization was founded in 1947 with the help of more than 160 leading American artists, including Yasuo Kuniyoshi, the first President, John Marin, Edward Hopper and Thomas Hart Benton.

And of William J. Scott etchings, he was a friend of Thomas Hart Benton.

Catch a series of period color, wood cut prints by William Nicholson was a respected teacher who could count Winston Churchill among his pupils. Nicholson made some significant contributions to literary and artistic history: he provided the illustrations for 1922's The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, widely considered a children's classic.

“And He Said” by Kyra Markham, 1943. Markham was an actress, figurative painter and printmaker. Markham was briefly married to the architect Lloyd Wright, and five years later, married the scenographer David Stoner Gaither. She worked for the Federal Arts Project, creating works of social realism that documented American life in the 1930s.

This collection might also represent a culture that only blooms at night like the Queen of the Night or the "Night Blooming Cereus Arizona" color etching and aquatint, by Leon Pescheret.

There are instances where this collection might catch you off guard and you might be exposed or, better yet will witness the exposure:

The Sleeping Woman Lithograph, by Alan Horton Crane, (1901-1969) ca 1945. The Sleeping Woman, refers to the dormant volcano Iztaccihuatl, due to its shape, resembling a reclining woman.

L'Amour Woodcut by Raoul Dufy, French (1877-1953)

Portrait of a young woman by Leslie Henderson. Henderson's work is represented in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Publicity photographs, Jean Harlow (signed), Ruth Etting, Ziegfeld Showgirl Myrna Darby, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Marilyn Monroe, hand colored gelatin silver print by Frank Powolny, 1952.

Torso 1 and 2, Pastel on Paper, by Alan J. Adin. He’s highlighting the beauty of the penis, the beauty of the human form, without pretense, without showiness, affectation, or artificiality, instead it suggests something straightforward, authentic, or unadorned.

Thomas Guidone’s, oil on canvas, depicting three men preparing for a swim at the quarry's edge owes a dept to Cezanne's images of bathers, but in an American quarry setting. He worked for the Public Works of Art Project in New Haven, CT .and then completed 52 easel works for the WPA Federal Arts Project.

A collection of photography from Karin Rosenthal’s the Nudes in Water Series. Since 1990, Karin Rosenthal has dedicated most of her artistic efforts to fine art photography, specifically focusing on the nude and landscape. Her photography is known for its use of light, water, and the human figure to create abstract and illusionistic images, many of which were taken on Cape Cod, MA.

Beyond the 2D art there’s shelves and shelves of 3D finds including Pottery from Roseville to Boch Freres Karamis and Waylande Gregory.

A rare vase, decorated with heroines, from Waylande Gregory, American (1905-1971), ca 1935, and a set of royal King and Queen decanters from by Gregory, for Cowan.

Featuring pottery from:

Boch Freres Karamis Haeger, Zanesville, Weller, Cowan, including pieces by A. Drexler Jacobson Guilia, Roseville and Red Wing

This collection wouldn't be complete without a piece of Rookwood Pottery, this Vase with Birds in Flight, from 1938.

Art glass featuring:

Art Nouveau glass paste, also known as "pâte de verre," is a glassmaking technique that achieved widespread popularity during the Art Nouveau period (approximately 1880-1910).

Contemporary art glass maker Ron Mynatt, from Callahan Mountain Studios in Northwest Arkansas

And metal from bronze to brass Trench art.

An Austrian bronze parrot watch holder, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Battle of Verdun, WWI Artillary Shell Trench Art, with Perched Bird Eating Fruit

The Battle of Verdun in 1916 was a major engagement of World War I. It was one of the longest, bloodiest, and most ferocious battles of the war, lasting from February 21 to December 18, 1916. The battle is notable for the intense fighting and high casualties on both sides, with French and German forces suffering hundreds of thousands of casualties. While the war continued after 1916, Verdun itself was a significant event in 1916, not 1918.

To stone Nesbert Mukomberanwa, nephew of Nicholas Mukomberanwa, one of Zimbabwe’s foremost artists.

To a collection of books, from catalogue raisonne, to art reference books to page turners about Boston’s architecture.

Featuring Heroic, Concrete Architecture and the New Boston by Mark Pasnik, Michael Kubo, and Chris Grimley. This book explores the concrete buildings built in Boston between 1960 and 1976, often labeled "Brutalist," arguing for a re-evaluation of this architectural style and its legacy in the city. The book argues that these buildings were conceived with progressive-minded intentions by influential designers like Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, I. M. Pei, and Paul Rudolph. What do you think?!

A congregation of Boston, and New England artists: 

Sam Thal, a Boston artist known known for his regional themes, often depicting farms near Belmont seen in Quitting Time

Boat Builders, Essex, Etching by Philip Kappel (1901-1981). This etching showcases a detailed scene of boat builders in Essex, Massachusetts. He sailed around the world six times gathering the themes for his etchings and expanding his collection.

Boston Shell and Fungus (Mushrooms), Lithograph by Elizabeth Saltonstall (1900-1990). She’s a nationally recognized master of the art of stone lithography, Elizabeth was also an accomplished painter in oils, watercolors, and, later, acrylics and longest serving core members of the Art Colony. She came to Nantucket in 1922 to study with Frank Swift Chase, staying ever summer until she died in 1990.

Barry Moser illustrator is a renowned artist, some of his most celebrated work has been his illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, each of which consisted of more than a hundred prints, He currently serves on the faculty of the Rhode Island School of Design and Smith College.

This event is art heavy, but keep scrolling there’s also contemporary furniture, an original production cel, from The Simpsons, Bart striking a rockstar pose, to bear skin rugs.

What an epic journey!

Although it’s not over yet.

In an effort to offer our condolences for the tragic loss of half of this dynamic duo lets take a minute to recognize the impact that Tony’s passion, his legacy, has and will continue to uplift and inspire the next generation of Boston Design.

Now get out of here and start shopping!

Happy hunting,

Maggie and Jim

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