mixed media – Palm Beach Modern Gallery

Monumental Zhang Huan MEMORY DOOR Sculpture, 108.75″W

Monumental Zhang Huan MEMORY DOOR Sculpture, 108.75″W

Artist/Designer: Zhang Huan (Chinese, b. 1965)

Additional Information: Work is from the “Memory Door” series, in which screenprints of black-and-white photographs depicting historical scenes of daily life in China are mounted on antique doors. The doors are collected from the Shanxi province, then carved and sculpted in conjunction with the applied images. (source: zhanghuan.com) Provenance: Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany (2007) | Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida.

Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s); 2006

Materials: screenprint mounted on carved wood, metal

Dimensions: 55.75″h, 108.75″w, 3″d

Condition: very good, age to wood and oxidation to metal consistent with artist’s practice

Price: $145,000

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing, signed

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing, signed

Artist/Designer: Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019)

Additional Information: Fashion design sketch by Karl Lagerfeld from the Tiziani Archives. Provenance: Estate of Tiziani | Estate of Raf Ravaioli | Private Collection, Palm Beach, FL.

Marking(s); notes: marking(s), signed

Materials: mixed media on heavy card stock

Dimensions: 21.75″h, 10.5″w, 1.25″d

Condition: good, shows handling and storage wear of varying degrees

Price: $20,000

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing, Elizabeth Taylor

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing, Elizabeth Taylor

Artist/Designer: Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019)

Additional Information: Fashion design sketch by Karl Lagerfeld from the Tiziani Archives. Provenance: Estate of Tiziani | Estate of Raf Ravaioli | Private Collection, Palm Beach, FL.

Marking(s); notes: marking(s), signed, 66

Materials: mixed media on heavy card stock

Dimensions: 21.75″h, 10.5″w, 1.25″d

Condition: good, shows handling and storage wear of varying degrees

Price: $50,000

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing

Artist/Designer: Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019)

Additional Information: Fashion design sketch by Karl Lagerfeld from the Tiziani Archives. Provenance: Estate of Tiziani | Estate of Raf Ravaioli | Private Collection, Palm Beach, FL.

Marking(s); notes: marking(s)

Materials: mixed media on heavy card stock

Dimensions: 21.75″h, 10.5″w, 1.25″d

Condition: good, shows handling and storage wear of varying degrees

Price: $9,500

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing

Artist/Designer: Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019)

Additional Information: Fashion design sketch by Karl Lagerfeld from the Tiziani Archives. Provenance: Estate of Tiziani | Estate of Raf Ravaioli | Private Collection, Palm Beach, FL.

Marking(s); notes: marking(s)

Materials: mixed media on heavy card stock

Dimensions: 21.75″h, 10.5″w, 1.25″d

Condition: good, shows handling and storage wear of varying degrees

Price: $9,500

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing

Artist/Designer: Karl Lagerfeld (German, 1933-2019)

Additional Information: Fashion design sketch by Karl Lagerfeld from the Tiziani Archives. Provenance: Estate of Tiziani | Estate of Raf Ravaioli | Private Collection, Palm Beach, FL.

Marking(s); notes: marking(s)

Country of origin; materials: Unknown; mixed media on card stock

Dimensions: 12.75″h, 10.25″w (work is not framed)

Condition: very good, some minor handling and storage wear as expected with a piece of functional artwork

Price: $7,500

Barton Lidice Benes RIBBON Mixed Media Work

Barton Lidice Benes RIBBON Mixed Media Work

Artist/Designer: Barton Lidice Benes (American, 1942-2012)

Additional Information: Work is titled RIBBON. Provenance: Gift from the artist | The Collection of Dr. Howard Grossman, West Palm Beach, Florida. Barton Lidice Benes is known for his provocative, symbolic mixed media assemblage made from materials such as paper currency, biological materials and celebrity ephemera, with significant pieces relating to the AIDS epidemic . In the introduction to “Curiosa: Celebrity Relics, Historical Fossils, & Other Metamorphic Rubbish,” John Berendt discusses Benes’ works of this nature. “With some of the relics, the best in my opinion, he goes one step further and creates a shape that symbolizes the relic itself in some way. He calls this series TRANSUBSTANTIATION” (Benes pg. 15).

Marking(s); notes: signed; 2001

Country of origin; materials: USA; paper, shredded currency

Dimensions: 8″h, 6″w; 12.5″h, 10.5″w, 2″d frame

Condition: very good, light wear and spots of staining to frame

Price: $1,500

Freddy Wittop Ballet Drawing, Mixed Media

Freddy Wittop Ballet Drawing, Mixed Media

Artist/Designer: Freddy Wittop (American, 1911-2001)

Additional Information: Costume designer Freddy Wittop won a Tony Award for his work on “Hello, Dolly!” and was also the recipient of a TDF Irene Sharaff Award for lifetime achievement in theatrical costume design. Provenance: Freddy Wittop Estate | Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida, by descent as part of a larger collection of the artist’s work

Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s)

Country of origin; materials: USA; mixed media on illustration board

Dimensions: 20″h, 15″w (work is not framed)

Condition: good, some foxing, some stains and handling wear as expected for a functional work of art

Price: $7,500

Matt Mullican Lightbox Transparency

Matt Mullican Lightbox Transparency

Artist/Designer: Matt Mullican (American, b. 1951)

Additional Information: Lightbox (“Untitled IV”) comes in the gallery’s storage box. Matt Mullican describes his work as an attempt to “organize the world” through a personal cosmology of color-coded worlds. His lightboxes fit into this visual system as maps of these worlds. (source: de Young Museum https://deyoung.famsf.org/exhibitions/matt-mullican) Artist-signed gallery label to reverse of each: Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, New York. Provenance: Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, New York.

Marking(s); notes: signed; AP 3/3 for the edition of 8; 2000

Country of origin; materials: USA; transparency in Duratron Lightbox

Dimensions: lightbox: 16.75″h, 20.75″w, 5.25″d; storage box: 18.75″h, 23.25″w, 7.25″d

Condition: very good, no issues to note (condition of art only; storage boxes with some minor wear)

Price: $2,500

Large Jonathan Pylypchuk Mixed Media

Large Jonathan Pylypchuk Mixed Media

Artist/Designer: Jonathan Pylypchuk (Canadian, b. 1972)

Additional Information: Jonathan Pylypchuk is a former founding member of the Royal Art Lodge cooperative, known for his sculptures of puppet-like creatures and used salvaged materials and folklore aesthetic. He has presented his art under the pseudonym Rudy Bust. A founding member of the influential Royal Art Lodge collective, Jon Pylypchuk is known for his emotionally raw sculptures and paintings featuring puppet-like figures crafted from scavenged materials, blending dark humor, vulnerability, and a folk-art sensibility. His work draws comparisons to Barry McGee, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Mike Kelley. His work has been shown internationally at galleries and museums including Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit, UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, ZKM Museum in Germany, Royal Academy in London, State Hermitage in St. Petersburg and the Musee d’Arte Contemporaine, Montreal. (sources: Artsy, Askart)

Marking(s); notes: 2002 (per gallery label)

Country of origin; materials: Canada; mixed media on panel

Dimensions: 48.75″h, 48″w

Condition: very good

Price: $6,500

Large Hernan Bas Mixed Media Work, Unique

Large Hernan Bas Mixed Media Work, Unique

Artist/Designer: Hernan Bas (American, b. 1978)

Additional Information: Work is titled “Bloodwerk (Brent Below the Chandelier)”. Provenance: Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida | Important Collection, Coral Gables, Florida.

Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent

Country of origin; materials: USA; ink on incised silver gelatin print

Dimensions: 48″h, 38.5″w; 51.5″h, 42″w frame

Condition: very good, faint crease near bottom, not examined outside frame; frame: very good, some very light wear

Price: $15,000

Large Julian Schnabel Diptych Painting, 88″H Framed

Large Julian Schnabel Diptych Painting, 88″H Framed

Artist/Designer: Julian Schnabel (American, b. 1951)

Additional Information: Work is titled “Viva F.” Provenance: Christie’s auction #6242 lot 27 | Private Collection, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired 1986.

Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s); 1985

Country of origin; materials: USA; oil on map and paper collage

Dimensions: 38″h, 28″w each section; 88″h, 36.5″w frame overall

Condition: very good, distressing inherent to work, light wear to frame, not examined outside frame

Price: $55,000

Barton Lidice Benes Mixed Media Work

Barton Lidice Benes Mixed Media Work

Artist/Designer: Barton Lidice Benes (American, 1942-2012)

Additional Information: Work is dedicated in pencil “For Howard”. Provenance: Gift from the artist │ The Collection of Dr. Howard Grossman, West Palm Beach, Florida. Barton Lidice Benes is known for his provocative, symbolic mixed media assemblage.

Marking(s); notes: signed, 1988

Country of origin; materials: USA; paper, wood, graphite, rubber, glass

Dimensions: 19.5″h, 10.25″w

Condition: very good, light wear to frame, not examined outside frame

Price: $2,500

Freddy Wittop “Kelly” Costume Illustration

Freddy Wittop “Kelly” Costume Illustration

Artist/Designer: Freddy Wittop (American, 1911-2001)

Additional Information: Freddy Wittop’s drawing depicts costumes he designed for the 1965 Broadhurst Theatre production. Costume designer Freddy Wittop won a Tony Award for his work on “Hello, Dolly!” and was also the recipient of a TDF Irene Sharaff Award for lifetime achievement in theatrical costume design. Provenance: Freddy Wittop Estate | Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida, by descent as part of a larger collection of the artist’s work.

Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s)

Country of origin; materials: USA; mixed media on paper

Dimensions: 18.5″h, 14.5″w; 24.5″h, 20″w frame

Condition: very good, some signs of age and wear consistent with a functional artwork, light wear to frame, not examined outside frame

Price: $7,500

Freddy Wittop “Bajour” Dress Illustration

Freddy Wittop “Bajour” Dress Illustration

Artist/Designer: Freddy Wittop (American, 1911-2001)

Additional Information: Freddy Wittop’s drawing depicts one of the costumes he designed for “Bajour”. Costume designer Freddy Wittop won a Tony Award for his work on “Hello, Dolly!” and was also the recipient of a TDF Irene Sharaff Award for lifetime achievement in theatrical costume design. Provenance: Freddy Wittop Estate | Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida, by descent as part of a larger collection of the artist’s work.

Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s)

Country of origin; materials: USA; mixed media on paper

Dimensions: 18.5″h, 14.5″w; 24.5″h, 20″w frame

Condition: very good, some signs of age and wear consistent with a functional artwork, light wear to frame, not examined outside frame

Price: $5,500