Rare antique maps and a carved, painted carousel giraffe are in Neue Auctions' March 11 online sale

BEACHWOOD, Ohio - March 2, 2023 - PRLog -- Neue Auctions' 342-lot, online-only Neue to You – Estate Fine Art and Antiques auction on Saturday, March 11^th, starting at 12 o'clock noon Eastern time, is filled with fine art, antiques, Mid-Century Modern, Modern Art, sterling, bronzes, decorative arts, printwork, maps, fine furniture, carpets and more, from prominent estates and collections.

The sale's expected top lot is an unusual but rare and visually striking piece: a carved and painted carousel giraffe, crafted circa 1910 by Gustav and William Dentzel. The giraffe, professionally restored, stands 64 ½ inches tall and features inset glass eyes and is saddle carved with eagle's heads and green and red painted saddle details (est. $5,000-$10,000).

An oil on canvas painting by Pittsburgh native artist Joseph Ryan Woodwell (1843-1911), titled Magnolia, Massachusetts, Coastline with Two Figures, is artist signed lower left and is in a 38 inch by 47 inch frame (est. $5,000-$8,000). Woodwell was a member of the Scalp Level School, named for the area of Pennsylvania where they all gathered to paint.

In 1859, at age 17, Woodwell traveled to France where he studied in the atelier of Charles Gleyre. Other artists in this group included Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir and Camille Pissarro. Woodwell also interacted with Barbizon artists Jean Francois Millet and Charles Jacque. He returned to Pittsburgh in 1865 and continued to paint in the Barbizon manner.

A pair of monumental Chinese porcelain jardinieres on carved giltwood stands, overall 38 inches tall (the jardinieres alone are 24 inches) are expected to fetch $5,000-$8,000. Each jardiniere is of baluster form, with octagonal rim, decorated with a stylized lotus scroll, the shoulder with a Ruyi pattern and a wave pattern at the rim. The bases are unmarked.

A rubber stamp on Strathmore 3-ply paper by Chuck Close (American, 1940-2021), titled Phil (1976), from the Rubber Stamp Portfolio, #103 from an edition of 1,000, carries an estimate of $1,000-$2,000. The work, matted and framed with a sheet size of 8 inches square, bears the artist's stamp on verso and was printed by The Press of A. Colish (N.Y). It was co-published by Parasol Press , Ltd. (N.Y.) and the Museum of Modern Art (N.Y.).

Internet bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. To learn more, visit www.neueauctions.com. Cynthia Maciejewksi and Bridget McWilliams can be reached by phone at 216-245-6707; or, you can reach them by email, at cynthia@neueauctions.com or bridget@neueauctions.com.