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Strong art market yields record prices from international bidders in Florsheim/Goldberg: An Extended Conversation. Sales total $1,647,132
90% sold by lot
96% sold by value

100 Lyonel Feininger

Untitled

$10,000–15,000

result: $15,000

101 Lyonel Feininger

Untitled

$10,000–15,000

result: $12,500

102 Lyonel Feininger

Scène de Famille

$10,000–15,000

result: $15,000

103 Paul Klee

Menacing Head from the Inventions series

$50,000–70,000

result: $43,750

104 Paul Klee

Kleinwelt

$5,000–7,000

result: $7,500

105 Jacques Villon

Monsieur D. Reading

$20,000–30,000

106 Max Bill

Construction With and Within a Cube

$70,000–90,000

result: $93,750

107 Josef Albers

Dark

$200,000–300,000

result: $557,000

108 Jean (Hans) Arp

Constellation

$70,000–90,000

result: $233,000

109 Leon Polk Smith

Composition 1100

$20,000–30,000

110 Zoltán Kemény

Cristal d'Esprit

$15,000–20,000

result: $32,500

111 Georges Vantongerloo

Formation de la Matière

$70,000–90,000

result: $93,750

112 Pre-Columbian

female figure

$2,000–3,000

result: $5,625

113 Paul Klee

Komiker

$30,000–50,000

114 Yaacov Agam

Continuity (Transformable painting, circular)

$30,000–50,000

result: $50,000

115 Piet Zwart

Free Composition

$1,500–2,000

result: $1,500

116 Karl-Peter Röhl

Zwei Im Rot

$7,000–9,000

result: $7,500

117 De Wain Valentine

Untitled (Circle)

$50,000–70,000

result: $105,000

118 Josef Albers

Untitled

$300–500

result: $1,063

119 Lajos Kassak

Bildarchitektur I

$10,000–15,000

result: $13,750

120 Mirko (Basaldella)

Enrico III

$2,000–3,000

result: $5,000

121 Roberto Sebastian Matta

Untitled (Study for Painting)

$10,000–15,000

122 Victor Vasarely

Quasar

$30,000–50,000

result: $40,000

Lillian Florsheim

123 Lillian Florsheim

Untitled (Square of Rods, H11)

$2,000–3,000

result: $4,375

124 Lillian Florsheim

Untitled (Tree Shards, Q7)

$1,000–1,500

result: $1,250

125 Lillian Florsheim

Untitled (Metal Hoops, R1)

$2,000–3,000

result: $6,250

Lillian Florsheim
The Artist Lillian’s artistic production took place late in her life; she began studying art in the late 1940s in her fifties and she continued to work until her eighties. She began with painting courses taught by Rudolph Weisenborn and George Buehle, both in Chicago. After viewing a work by Max Bill at the Art Institute of Chicago she became more interested in abstract work...

126 Lillian Florsheim

Untitled (Cubes Stacked, O4.1)

$1,500–2,000

result: $1,750

127 Lillian Florsheim

Untitled (Relief, Rectangular Large, G4)

$3,000–5,000

result: $4,063

128 Lillian Florsheim

Untitled (Box, A 1.7)

$300–500

result: $845

129 Lillian Florsheim

Untitled (Metal Rings, R2)

$2,000–3,000

result: $4,688

Bertrand Goldberg

130 Bertrand Goldberg

Marina City photographs, collection of ten

$1,000–1,500

result: $910

131 Bertrand Goldberg

collection of five presentation boards

$200–300

result: $313

132 Bertrand Goldberg

Marina City (three works)

$200–300

result: $500

133 Bertrand Goldberg

Spice rack for the house of Lillian Florsheim

$2,000–3,000

result: $3,000

134 Bertrand Goldberg

North Pole Ice Cream Station presentation board

$200–300

result: $520

135 Bertrand Goldberg

custom bench for the Marina City Theater Lobby

$5,000–7,000

result: $7,813

Bertrand Goldberg
The Architect One of several Americans who studied at the Bauhaus, Bertrand Goldberg is unique for his extensive and productive architectural career that spanned from the 1930s into the 1990s. Born in Chicago, Goldberg first went to Harvard before going to study at the Bauhaus in Germany, working briefly in the small office of Mies van der Rohe in Berlin. After returning to Chicago, he started his own firm in 1937...

136 Bertrand Goldberg

Model for Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, NY

$2,000–3,000

137 Bertrand Goldberg

collection of eleven studies on board

$300–500

result: $438

138 Bertrand Goldberg

860–880 Lake Shore Drive

$500–700

result: $250

139 Bertrand Goldberg

wall-mounted desk from the offices of Bertrand Goldberg Associates

$3,000–5,000

result: $4,688

140 Bertrand Goldberg

Lightbox featuring the Chicago Chamber of Commerce

$1,000–1,500

result: $938

141 Bertrand Goldberg

Lightbox featuring the Chicago Post Office and Custom House

$1,000–1,500

result: $975

142 Bertrand Goldberg

Lightbox featuring Randolph Street, Chicago

$1,000–1,500

result: $938

143 Bertrand Goldberg

Marina City: A City Within A City

$300–500

result: $688

144 Bertrand Goldberg

custom coffee table from the Bertrand Goldberg Residence

$1,000–1,500

result: $2,125

145 Bertrand Goldberg

Model for Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, NY

$2,000–3,000

146 Bertrand Goldberg

collection of seven architectural posters

$500–700

result: $1,625

147 Bertrand Goldberg

Marina City marketing brochure

$25–50

result: $293

148 Bertrand Goldberg

River City I

$300–500

result: $585

149 Bertrand Goldberg

ABC Building (three works)

$200–300

result: $500

150 Bertrand Goldberg

Record rack for Bertrand Goldberg's personal office

$2,000–3,000

result: $8,125

151 Arthur Siegel

Lillian's Kitchen

$200–300

result: $188

152 Jonathan Santlofer

Untitled

$500–700

result: $625

153 Bertrand Goldberg

River City III elevation

$1,000–1,500

result: $1,250

154 Chinese

eave tile

$300–500

result: $500

155 Bertrand Goldberg

collection of fifteen photographs of early architectural projects

$1,000–1,500

result: $1,000

156 John Vinci

custom wall-mounted console for Lucille Strauss

$500–700

result: $2,250

157 NASA

Manned Spacecraft Center Official Photograph

$200–300

result: $455

158 Native American

tools, set of two

$300–500

159 Josef Albers

White Line Square V

$2,000–3,000

result: $8,125

160 Harry Callahan

Eleanor, Port Huron

$2,000–3,000

result: $1,875

161 Jim Beam

Marina City whiskey bottle

$200–300

result: $438

162 Aero Distributing Co., Inc.

Marina City - Chicago at Night postcards, set of four

$50–100

result: $63

163 Ilya Bolotowsky

Untitled (Yellow Tondo)

$300–500

result: $2,750

164 Elgin National Watch Company

pocket watch

$100–200

result: $130

165 Nepalese

flatweave carpet

$1,000–1,500

166 Bertrand Goldberg

River City photographs, collection of five

$200–300

result: $344

167 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Smoking Fire (Plate VI of the Second Edition, Second Issue, of the Carceri)

$1,500–2,000

result: $6,875

168 Victor Vasarely

Untitled

$300–500

result: $625

169 Chinese

Han Dynasty figures, pair

$500–700

result: $875

170 František Drtikol

Untitled

$1,000–1,500

result: $938

171 African

monumental currency token

$2,000–3,000

result: $1,500

172 John Cannon

Untitled #11

$2,000–3,000

result: $4,688

173 Peter Agostini

Untitled

$1,000–1,500

result: $1,500

174 Pablo Picasso

Peintre et Modèle Tricotant from Le Chef-d'OEuvre Inconnu

$3,000–5,000

result: $2,500

175 Sarah Canright

Untitled

$300–500

result: $1,188

176 Geneviève Claisse

Scalaire

$300–500

result: $688

177 Pre-Columbian

mace head

$500–700

result: $500

178 Pre-Columbian

artifact

$100–200

result: $31

179 Pablo Picasso

Taureau et Cheval from Le Chef-d'OEuvre Inconnu

$3,000–5,000

result: $3,900

180 Indonesian

cow bell

$200–300

result: $2,080

181 André Kertész

Untitled (acrobats)

$2,000–3,000

result: $2,250

182 Claire Zeisler

Untitled

$2,000–3,000

result: $10,000

183 Pre-Columbian

Chancay burial doll textiles, collection of three

$1,000–1,500

184 Pablo Picasso

Peintre Ramassant Son Pinceau from Le Chef-d'OEuvre Inconnu

$3,000–5,000

result: $3,250

185 Kuba

textile

$300–500

result: $750

186 Edda Renouf

Fables et Réalités portfolio

$300–500

result: $1,188

187 Ancient Roman

collection of ten vessels

$300–500

result: $1,750

188 Gwendolyn Akin and Allan Ludwig

Untitled

$700–900

result: $688

189 Luristan

harness ring

$500–700

result: $563

190 Imogen Cunningham

Agave Design I

$1,000–1,500

result: $2,250

191 Edward Millman

Untitled (two works)

$500–700

result: $500

192 Wynn Bullock

Florence, Trees and Sand Dunes

$1,000–1,500

result: $938

193 Anasazi

collection of three vessels

$300–500

result: $1,820

194 Milton Horn

Untitled

$200–300

result: $438

195 John Cage

Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel (Plexigram I)

$1,000–1,500

result: $2,250

196 Artist Unknown

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims

$300–500

result: $188

197 Etruscan

vessel

$500–700

result: $1,188

198 Dorothy Dehner

Figures in Landscape

$500–700

result: $1,170

199 Nathan Lerner

Light Experiment: Wooden Dowels, Chicago

$500–700

result: $1,000

200 César (César Baldaccini)

Untitled

$300–500

result: $813

201 Coushatta

vessel

$200–300

Maxim's de Paris

202 Alphonse Mucha

La Dame aux Camelias poster from Maxim's, Chicago

$5,000–7,000

result: $5,000

203 Alphonse Mucha

Champagne Ruinart poster from Maxim's, Chicago

$5,000–7,000

204 R. Taupin d'Auge

candlesticks from Maxim's, Chicago, pair

$1,000–1,500

205 Maxim's de Paris

dinner plates, set of twelve

$500–700

result: $750

Maxim's de Paris
1960-1982 The Goldberg family brought the famed Maxim’s de Paris to Chicago in the early 1960s, introducing haute-cuisine, in what had been to date a steak and martini town...

206 Alphonse Mucha

Lorenzaccio, Théâtre de la Renaissance

$2,000–3,000

result: $3,750

207 Henri Privat-Livemont

Palais de la Femme

$3,000–5,000

208 Alfonso Iannelli

Alice Lloyd

$700–900

result: $1,250

209 Maxim's de Paris

collection of bowls and coffee pot

$300–500

result: $188

210 Maxim's de Paris

Rhine wine glasses, set of eleven

$500–700

result: $375

211 Alphonse Mucha

Job poster from Maxim's, Chicago

$3,000–5,000

result: $3,750

212 Maxim's de Paris

dinner plates, set of twelve

$500–700

result: $1,250

213 Maxim's de Paris

collection of thirteen footed bowls

$500–700

result: $750

214 Early 20th Century

Scala, A Fleur de Peau and 21 Club scarf

$500–700

result: $250

215 Maxim's de Paris

collection of six serving dishes

$300–500

result: $563

216 Maxim's de Paris

Rhine wine glasses, set of fifteen

$200–300

result: $563

217 Maxim's de Paris

wine glasses, set of twelve

$300–500

result: $344

218 Alphonse Mucha

Bénédictine poster from Maxim's, Chicago

$2,000–3,000

result: $3,000

219 Alphonse Mucha

Österreich auf der Weltaustellung Paris 1900 poster from Maxim's, Chicago

$1,000–1,500

result: $1,875

220 Potfer

ice buckets, set of three

$100–200

result: $688

221 Christofle and Vuillermet

silverware from Maxim's, Chicago

$2,000–3,000

result: $938

222 Sem

Untitled (two works)

$200–300

result: $250

223 J&E Gaillard

pair of Turbot fish poachers from Maxim's de Paris, Chicago

$500–700

result: $500

224 Maxim's de Paris

collection of ephemera

$100–200

result: $32

225 Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

Soirée de gala, Chez Maxim's, Paris

$3,000–5,000

result: $2,750

226 Art Nouveau

pair of posters

$1,000–1,500

227 Maxim's de Paris

cups and saucers, set of twelve

$300–500

result: $188

228 Maxim's de Paris

collection of five serving pieces

$500–700

result: $313

229 Art Nouveau

collection of three posters

$1,000–1,500

230 Cândido Aragonez de Faria

Circus O. Carre poster from Maxim's, Chicago

$300–500

result: $195

231 Maxim's de Paris

wine baskets and ice buckets

$50–100

result: $625

232 Chez Maxim's

Chez Maxim's: Secrets and Recipes from the World's Most Famous Restaurant

$25–50

result: $94

233 Lou Stoumen

Times Square

$1,000–1,500

234 Julio Le Parc

Untitled (from Miroirs)

$700–900

result: $1,235

235 John Vinci

custom wall-mounted nightstands for Lucille Strauss

$300–500

result: $1,500

236 Victor Vasarely

Untitled

$500–700

result: $1,063

237 Navajo

vessel

$500–700

238 Late Renaissance

Untitled

$500–700

result: $1,750

239 Navajo

necklace

$1,000–1,500

result: $1,250

240 Alvar Aalto

wall-mounted shelves, set of two

$300–500

result: $1,750

241 Nazca

fringe border

$1,000–1,500

result: $2,750

242 Folk Art

sewing machine and bicycle (two works)

$300–500

result: $31

243 Pre-Columbian

textile

$1,000–1,500

result: $1,000

244 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Thermopolium plan and elevation

$200–300

result: $188

245 Ethiopian

carpet

$500–700

result: $625

246 Folk Art

Untitled

$300–500

result: $688

247 James Prestini

bowl

$700–900

result: $1,875

248 Peruvian

Wari textile

$2,000–3,000

result: $16,900

249 Pre-Columbian

cuff

$200–300

result: $563

250 Pablo Picasso

Picasso 347

$500–700

result: $438

251 Poul Kjaerholm

PK 22 lounge chairs, pair

$2,000–3,000

result: $6,875

252 Artist Unknown

Untitled (architects office)

$100–200

result: $375

253 Florence Knoll

Executive Office cabinet

$1,500–2,000

result: $5,313

254 Paul Mayén

floor lamp

$300–500

result: $715

255 Richard Nickel

Monadnock Building, Chicago

$300–500

result: $1,000

256 Michael Heindorff

Untitled

$300–500

257 Cinelli

Speciale Corsa bicycle

$1,500–2,000

result: $2,250

258 Artist Unknown

Colosseum, Rome

$300–500

result: $344

259 African

collection of artifacts

$1,000–1,500

result: $650

260 Inuit

totem

$300–500

result: $1,560

261 Chris Irion

Folded Paper #1

$300–500

result: $563

262 Victor Vasarely

Untitled

$300–500

result: $938

263 Artist Unknown

Untitled

$300–500

result: $1,250

264 After Piet Mondrian

Broadway Boogie-Woogie

$1,000–1,500

result: $3,500

265 Michael Weinstein

Untitled (Chicago River)

$300–500

result: $313

266 Bactrian

axe head

$1,000–1,500

267 Theodoros Stamos

Firefly Tree

$10,000–15,000

result: $16,250

268 Thai

vessel

$300–500

result: $260

269 Lyman Kipp

Untitled

$1,000–1,500

result: $1,625

270 Frank Lloyd Wright

collection of four architectural plans and elevations

$1,000–1,500

result: $1,500

271 Paul Philp

vessel

$1,000–1,500

result: $1,000

272 Henri Cartier-Bresson

Woman with American Flag, New England

$1,500–2,000

result: $1,500

273 Alicia Penalba

Relief Chinois

$10,000–15,000

result: $13,750

274 Italian

cupola of Santa Maria della Salute

$200–300

result: $250

275 Artist Unknown

Johnson Wax Building architectural photographs, collection of three works

$200–300

result: $1,250

276 Mel Bogart

fireplace accessories

$1,000–1,500

result: $2,125

277 Miguel Pineda

tray

$100–200

result: $813

278 Nikolai Suetin

dessert plates, set of twelve

$300–500

279 George Ladas

Orbita clock

$300–500

result: $500

280 Bob Thall

Chicago (Vicinity of Randolph & Wells Street)

$300–500

result: $1,000

281 Bernard Dufour

Untitled

$700–900

result: $3,380

282 Natalia Dumitresco

Untitled

$300–500

result: $313

283 Ethiopian

Coptic processional cross

$500–700

result: $1,375

284 Ronald Davis

Tilt

$500–700

result: $563

285 Juan Puig Manera

Untitled

$1,000–1,500

result: $2,750

286 Pat Keck

Big Head Blue Print

$200–300

result: $219

287 Robert Wilson

Alceste Act II

$1,000–1,500

result: $3,750

288 F. Robson & Co.

Barometer

$300–500

result: $344

289 Brett Weston

Untitled

$1,000–1,500

result: $1,063

290 Charles Whitin

Untitled

$100–200

result: $250

291 Pre-Columbian

Chancay burial dolls

$1,000–1,500

292 Gertrud and Otto Natzler

bowl

$2,000–3,000

result: $3,250

293 Ed Ruscha

Bowl (from Domestic Tranquility)

$1,000–1,500

result: $3,000

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Auction / 15 February 2018

Florsheim / Goldberg
An Extended Conversation