Lot 82. Czeslaw Wasilewski (1875-c1947, Poland) oil on canvas winter village street scene with Polish men and dogs gathered around a horse drawn carriage; signed lower left “Cz. Wasilewski”. In excellent condition with no damages, inpainting or repairs. 28.5 in. high x 38 in. wide – Frame : 33.75 in. high x 43.5 in. wide. Weight: 9 lbs.
Estimate $1,500-2,500. Fontaine’s Auction Gallery. 10/14/16
Lot 7117. Sigmund Joseph Menkes (American/Polish, 1896-1986), “Meditation,” oil on canvas, signed lower right, gallery label (Rudolph Galleries, Woodstock, NY) affixed verso, canvas: 25″h x 20.5″w, overall (with frame): 34.25″h x 30.25″w
Estimate. $12,000-18,000. Clars. 09/17/17
Lot 5141. Rahmkännchen
Polen, um 1900. Silber. Meistermarke Karol Filip Malcz. Bauchige Form über eingezogenem Fuss, Henkel mit Schwanen-Dekor. Gemarkt, Feingehalt 875. H 8 cm, ca. 158 g.
Estimate CHF 200.00 – 300.00 (Estimate EUR 180.00 – 270.00). Schuler Auktionen AG. 09/18/19
Lot 314. SZANKOWSKI, BOLESLAV VON
1873 Warsaw – 1953 Tegernsee Young Woman with Fan Signed lower left. Oil on canvas. 115 x 88 cm. Rubbed to edges. Minor damage to frame.
Estimate 2,500-3,000 euro. Neumeister. 09/27/17
Lot 666. Neumann, Abraham (1873 Sierpc, Russia -1942 Krakow Ghetto) – Field landscape with haystacks after the harvest, oil on card board, signed ”A. Neuman” lower left, dimensions: c. 65×91,5cm, framing -A. Neumann was a well-known Polish landscape painter and graphic artist. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, and later in 1903 for a short time at the Académie Julian in Paris. He was well-traveled and visited not only several European countries, such as the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria, but also the USA and Palestine, he worked as a teacher at the Bezalel School of Fine Arts and Arts, his studio was located in Zakopane, during the German occupation of Poland the Jewish artist had to move to the Krakow Ghetto, where he was shot in the open street together with the poet Mordechaj Gebirtig in 1942.
Opening 1,200 euro. Blank. 09/23/17
8 ¾” x 7 ⅛” board “Windmills”. Oil on board, signed in the lower right corner, in a gilt wood frame, overall 12″ x 13 ⅝”. Inventory label in Polish verso. Provenance: from the collection of Dr. Vladimir Sokolov, Chicago, Il.
Condition: Good. Light surface soil.
Estimate $3,000/6,000. Aspire. 09/07/17 (177198)
14 ½” x 10″ Soldier on horseback. Oil on artist’s board, signed lower right corner, in gold leaf frame, overall 22 ¼” x 17 ¾”. Jerzy Kossak was a Polish realist painter specializing in military scenes; son of painter Wojciech Kossak and grandson of painter Juliusz Kossak — a third-generation artist from a well-known and sought after family of painters, writers and poets. Jerzy was a prolific painter of mostly historic scenes featuring the famed Polish Uhlans on horses, usually sold on the spot, but also used for barter at times of the postwar economic slump, until his death before the end of Stalinism in Poland. His paintings, along with those of his antecessors remain best-selling of Polish art.
Condition: Very good, small flake to pigment left center where the sky meets the horizon.
Estimate $1,000/2,000. Aspire. 09/07/17 (171888)
15 ¾” x 11 ¾”
Soldiers in a village, 1922. Oil on board, signed and dated lower right corner, in gold leaf frame, overall 23 ⅝” x 19 ¼”. A Polish painter known for historical scenes, often with horses, Wojciech Kossak was born in Paris, and was a member of a family of four generations of notable painters whose surname was Kossak. His father was historical painter, Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899); he was the identical twin brother of freedom fighter Tadeusz Kossak (1857-1935), and the father of painter Jerzy Kossak (1886-1955).
Condition: Very good. Even under UV light.
Estimate $2,000/4,000. Aspire. 09/07/17 (173481)
19 ½” x 27 ¼” Cuirassier on horseback with young girl. Oil on paper board, signed lower left, framed in gilded and gessoed wood frame, overall 26 ½” x 24 ½”.
A Polish painter known for historical scenes, often with horses, Wojciech Kossak was born in Paris, and was a member of a family of four generations of notable painters whose surname was Kossak. His father was historical painter, Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899); he was the identical twin brother of freedom fighter Tadeusz Kossak (1857-1935), and the father of painter Jerzy Kossak (1886-1955).
Condition: Overall good, surface soiling, areas of minimal paint consistent with the artist’s process, evenly fluorescent under UV light. Fissures and losses to frame – large fissure to lower right corner, loss to gesso at lower left corner.
Estimate $3,000/6,000. Aspire. 09/07/17 (175192)
Dla porównania-praca Wojciecha o wartości muzealnej
Ranny kirasjer i dziewczyna.
1908. Olej na płótnie. 95 x 136 cm.
Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź.
21″ x 15″ Oil on board, signed lower right, framed in a gessoed and gilt wood frame, overall 26 ¾” x 20 ¾”.
Condition: Yellowing varnish, surface soils. Minor soiling and fissures to frame.
Estimate $2,000/4,000. Aspire. 09/07/17 (172380)
