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24 May 2022
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Penrod Centurion 1905–1986

Composition (Black and Red Fugue)

1938
watercolor, India ink and pencil on paper sight: 20¼ h × 13½ w in (51 × 34 cm)
estimate: $2,500–3,500
result: $20,000
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Signed, titled and dated to lower edge ‘Black and Red Fugue 1938 Penrod Centurion’. Inscribed to upper left 'Cromovf c, g-13'.
provenance: The Artist | Collection of Hilla Rebay | The Museum of Non-Objective Painting, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York | Snyder Fine Art, New York | Acquired directly from the previous in 1996 by the present owner, Private Collection, Texas

This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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This present lot is one of several that come from an important private collection in Texas. The collectors, generous patrons of the arts, amassed an exceptional selection of works bridging the modern and post war period in America.

Ella Bergmann-Michel, B 188

191 Ella Bergmann-Michel

B 188

estimate: $7,000–9,000

result: $10,625
Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled

192 Thomas Nozkowski

Untitled

estimate: $10,000–15,000

result: $8,750
Werner Drewes, Resurgence

193 Werner Drewes

Resurgence

estimate: $6,000–8,000

result: $11,250
Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled

194 Thomas Nozkowski

Untitled

estimate: $10,000–15,000

result: $21,250
Werner Drewes, Untitled (A588)

195 Werner Drewes

Untitled (A588)

estimate: $3,000–5,000
Ella Bergmann-Michel, Archimedes eins (Archimedes I)

196 Ella Bergmann-Michel

Archimedes eins (Archimedes I)

estimate: $6,000–8,000

result: $37,500
Penrod Centurion, Composition (Black and Red Fugue)

197 Penrod Centurion

Composition (Black and Red Fugue)

estimate: $2,500–3,500

result: $20,000
Dwinell Grant, Accents

198 Dwinell Grant

Accents

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $3,000
John von Wicht, Converging Forces

199 John von Wicht

Converging Forces

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $2,750
Dwinell Grant, Untitled (eight works)

200 Dwinell Grant

Untitled (eight works)

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $8,750
Arthur N. Christie, Land Ho!

201 Arthur N. Christie

Land Ho!

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $2,000
Janet Todd Young, Untitled

202 Janet Todd Young

Untitled

estimate: $600–800

result: $500
Sir Terry Frost, Whiteout

203 Sir Terry Frost

Whiteout

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $2,000
Elizabeth Morgan Campbell, Fugue VI

204 Elizabeth Morgan Campbell

Fugue VI

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $10,625
Frederick Kann, Untitled

205 Frederick Kann

Untitled

estimate: $1,500–2,500

result: $1,375
Elizabeth Morgan Campbell, Sea Wave (Study for the Sea Wave series)

206 Elizabeth Morgan Campbell

Sea Wave (Study for the Sea Wave series)

estimate: $800–1,000

result: $1,500
James Guy, Untitled Abstraction

207 James Guy

Untitled Abstraction

estimate: $2,500–3,500

result: $6,500
Ralph Rosenborg, Untitled (E-289)

208 Ralph Rosenborg

Untitled (E-289)

estimate: $700–900

result: $1,875
Robert Jay Wolff, Untitled

209 Robert Jay Wolff

Untitled

estimate: $600–800

result: $768
Hannelore Baron, Untitled (B81044)

210 Hannelore Baron

Untitled (B81044)

estimate: $10,000–15,000
Hannelore Baron, Untitled (B84034)

212 Hannelore Baron

Untitled (B84034)

estimate: $6,000–8,000
Gugger Petter, Five People with One Dog #1

213 Gugger Petter

Five People with One Dog #1

estimate: $2,500–3,500

result: $12,500
Hannelore Baron, Untitled (C86072)

214 Hannelore Baron

Untitled (C86072)

estimate: $1,500–2,500

result: $2,375
Robert Graham, Cherie Fragment

215 Robert Graham

Cherie Fragment

estimate: $6,000–8,000

result: $5,625
Clyde Connell, People Puppets

216 Clyde Connell

People Puppets

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $1,500
John Frederick Mowbray-Clarke, Embrace

217 John Frederick Mowbray-Clarke

Embrace

estimate: $1,200–1,800

result: $4,000
Clyde Connell, Football Woman

218 Clyde Connell

Football Woman

estimate: $800–1,200

result: $1,500
Will Henry Stevens, Untitled

219 Will Henry Stevens

Untitled

estimate: $6,000–8,000

result: $52,500
Will Henry Stevens, Untitled (Landscape)

220 Will Henry Stevens

Untitled (Landscape)

estimate: $2,500–3,500

result: $4,875
B.J.O. Nordfeldt, Logs Drifting

221 B.J.O. Nordfeldt

Logs Drifting

estimate: $8,000–12,000

result: $16,250
Will Henry Stevens, Untitled

222 Will Henry Stevens

Untitled

estimate: $2,500–3,500
Howard Schleeter, El Bulto

223 Howard Schleeter

El Bulto

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $4,940
Howard Schleeter, Landscape Variations

224 Howard Schleeter

Landscape Variations

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $4,750
Charles Sheeler, Delmonico Building

225 Charles Sheeler

Delmonico Building

estimate: $8,000–12,000

result: $7,500
Louis Lozowick, Industrial Complex

226 Louis Lozowick

Industrial Complex

estimate: $4,000–6,000

result: $4,375
Howard Norton Cook, Financial District, Old New York

227 Howard Norton Cook

Financial District, Old New York

estimate: $3,000–5,000

result: $5,250
Charles Sheeler, Tree Trunk

228 Charles Sheeler

Tree Trunk

estimate: $8,000–12,000

result: $11,250
Charles Sheeler, Roses

229 Charles Sheeler

Roses

estimate: $5,000–7,000

result: $8,750
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Still Life with Columbine and Yellow Flower

230 Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Still Life with Columbine and Yellow Flower

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $15,000
Miklos Suba, Our Yard No. 4

231 Miklos Suba

Our Yard No. 4

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $1,000
Jackson Lee Nesbitt, Fractionation Towers at Baytown Refinery

232 Jackson Lee Nesbitt

Fractionation Towers at Baytown Refinery

estimate: $7,000–9,000

result: $26,250
Robert Baard Peterson, Two Eggs

233 Robert Baard Peterson

Two Eggs

estimate: $800–1,200

result: $2,750
Edmund Lewandowski, Amish Farmscape #4

234 Edmund Lewandowski

Amish Farmscape #4

estimate: $6,000–8,000

result: $8,125
Xanthus Russell Smith, Cape May Landing

235 Xanthus Russell Smith

Cape May Landing

estimate: $700–900

result: $1,625
William Sidney Mount, Sketch of the Artist's Mother

236 William Sidney Mount

Sketch of the Artist's Mother

estimate: $700–900

result: $5,000
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