New Orleans, LA, USA, July 17, 2023 — A painted and partially glazed ceramic tile by Pablo Picasso, fine items pulled from the “Little Oaks” plantation in Bay St. Louis, Miss., bronzes deaccessioned from the private collection of Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. in New Orleans and wonderful original paintings by noted, listed artists will come up for bid Friday and Saturday, July 14th and 15th, by Crescent City Auction Gallery, online and live in the New Orleans gallery at 1330 St. Charles Avenue.
The Important July Estates auction, starting at 10 am Central time both days, is loaded with nearly 1,000 lots – a wide range of French, English and American furniture; original paintings and watercolors; well-known prints and etchings; lovely Oriental carpets; and decorative art items. In-gallery previews will run through Wednesday, July 12th, from 10 am-5 pm. A separate auction, featuring jewelry, couture and purses, will be held Friday, July 13th.
The painted and partially glazed ceramic tile by Pablo Picasso (Spanish/French, 1881-1973), is titled Visage au Nez Vert (1968) and presented in a giltwood shadowbox with Plexiglass measuring 8 ¼ inches by 5 ¼ inches. It’s verso numbered “J127”, “6/100” and impressed “Madoura Empreinte Originale de Picasso” (est. $2,500-$3,500). The tile is from the private collection of Dr. Donald and Deborah Bell from the “Little Oaks” plantation in Mississippi.
Other fine items from the collection of Dr. Donald and Deborah Bell include the following:
– A 19th century gilt bronze carved walnut marble-top pedestal, 37 inches tall, the ogee edge circular inset verde antico marble over a wide skirt with relief putti decoration, on a winged crane support, atop a step fitted gray marble plinth (est. $1,000-$2,000).
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