Ahlers & Ogletree's Spring Estates & Collections auction, held April 9-10, featured over 1,000 lots

ATLANTA - April 22, 2022 - PRLog -- Vivid and colorful oil on canvas paintings by Syd Solomon (American, 1917-2004) and Henri Hecht Maik (French, 1922-1993) each brought $20,000, while a classical early 20^th century Continental School semi-nude female marble sculpture finished at $21,250 in Ahlers & Ogletree's two-day, two-session Spring Estates & Collections auction held April 9^th and 10^th.

The semi-nude female marble sculpture was the auction's overall top lot in a sale that grossed a little more than $1.2 million (all prices quoted include a 25 percent buyer's premium). The white marble statue depicted a semi-nude draped standing female, approximately 45 ¼ inches tall. It had a partially obscured signature ("G. La….") and was probably created between 1902-1909.

Syd Solomon's Untitled Abstract painting, done in celadon, peach, rust and cobalt, was signed lower center and measured 28 ½ inches by 32 ½ inches (canvas, less frame). The Maik painting, titled Le Reveille du Hibou (The Awakening of the Owl), was artist signed and dated lower right and titled on verso. It was nicely housed in a frame that measured 20 ¾ inches by 17 ¼ inches.

The auction, over 1,000 lots in all, featured antique rugs, estate jewelry and watches, design from the mid-20^th century, fine art by listed artists, sterling silver and Boston coin silver, period antiques from America, the UK and Europe, and multiple artworks by Marcel Mouly, Nicola Simbari and Theodor Seuss Geisel (the artist better known as Dr. Seuss).

Session 1, on Saturday, April 9^th, featured Asian arts, modern and mid-century art and design, silver and estate jewelry – 507 lots in all. The Solomon and Maik paintings were sold on Day 1.

Two Day 2 items reached five figures. One was a late 18^th/early 19^th century William and Mary parcel gilt and black lacquer Japanned cabinet on a stand ($10,625).The other was an early 20^th century bronze sculpture after Pierre-Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879), titled Before the Hunt, on a later wooden base, signed in mould "P.J. Meane 1869" ($10,000).

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