Lot # : 38 - HUGO ROBUS (1885-1964) ORIGINAL GRAPHITE DRAWING
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9/3/2024 - 9/22/2024
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| Lot # | 38 |
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| Group - Category | Art - Prints / Lithographs |
| Lead | HUGO ROBUS (1885-1964) ORIGINAL GRAPHITE DRAWING |
| Description |
An original graphite on paper drawing by listed artist Hugo Robus (1885-1964). Signed lower right recto. Nicley framed under glass. Previous owner Dr. Martin Bush's name in pencil on upper verso.
Framed size measures: 14" x 16"
As pictured.
ARTIST BIO:
Painter-sculptor Hugo Robus was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1885. He studied from 1904 to 1908 (1903-07 says Wichita State U) at the Cleveland School of Art, where he also was employed manufacturing jewelry, tableware and ivories. He continued his studies at the National Academy of Design in 1910-11 (1907-09: Wichita) under Emil Carlsen (1853-1932), and with Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929) at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, from 1912 to 1914.
After completion of his studies, Robus returned to the United States in 1914. He began teaching painting at the Modern Art School in New York shortly thereafter. After leaving the school in 1918, he painted briefly, but by 1920 devoted his time almost exclusively to sculpture, working primarily in isolation and supporting his family through the sale of crafts. He did not show his work publicly until the 1930s, when his work achieved "the sweeping contours and highly polished sleekness of his mature style" (Falk).
As a painter, he had created sophisticated Cubist studies of interiors, nudes and back yard scenes but dissatisfaction with his work had caused him to turn to sculpture. Rather than transpose Cubism into three dimensions, he developed a lyrical, expressionist style. People were his preferred subject matter, the parts of their bodies made round and bulbous so that the perimeters seemed bounded by continuous arcs, as in "Woman Combing Her Hair," 1927, now in the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C.
The flow of volumes always lay at the base of his designs. Only briefly, in the late 1940s, did he investigate three-dimensional Cubism, using chunky, hollowed out forms.
Robus chose not to emphasize the properties of materials, believing that "they distort or destroy pure form optically much more frequently than they enhance it." Hugo Robus's abstract figurative sculpture, "Invocation" is a large work on the campus of Wichita State University in Kansas. It was originally crafted in plaster (location unknown) in 1928-29. The plaster was first exhibited in the Sculptors Guild exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Robus's decision to create the figure in polished bronze was necessary to secure the structural integrity of the work and also because he "considered ours an age of metal."
The androgynous figure of "Invocation" lifts its head to the sky, calling to a higher power. The streamlined, stylized anatomy conveys a plastic energy, an indication of what Roberta K. Tarbell called the "universal life force."
Former Fairleigh Dickinson University president Peter Sammartino and his wife, Sylvia donated "Girl Washing Her Hair," by Hugo Robus, to the University in 1981 in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Muscarelle. The sculpture now stands in the lobby of the Muscarelle Center for Building Construction Studies on the Teaneck-Hackensack campus in New Jersey. The piece is one of four original bronze castings and was acquired from the artist in 1961. Originally made in plaster and displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in the 1940s, the sculpture was said to have embodied the essence of modern art.
Robus was also a teacher at the Modern Art School in New York City, Columbia University, the Brooklyn Museum School, and Hunter College.
Sources include:
Matthew Baigell, Dictionary of American Art
Peter Hastings Falk (Editor), Who Was Who in American Art
http://webs.wichita.edu/depttools/user_home/?view=mark2&page=invocation
http://www.fdu.edu/newspubs/magazine/00su/sculp.html
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Auction Information
| Name | INTERNATIONAL ART & DESIGN AUCTION |
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| Auctioneer |
Carrell Auctions
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| Type | Online-Only Auction |
| Date(s) | 9/3/2024 - 9/22/2024 |
| Auction Date/Time Info |
SEPT. 3- Sept 22nd
Lots begin closing at 6pm CST on Sunday, Sept. 22nd
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Join us for our quarterly Art consignment auction: International Art & Design.
A fabulous selection of Fine Jewelry, Glass and Crystal, Oriental & Persian Carpets, Home Décor and Antiques, Bronzes and Sculptures, Artwork: paintings, photography, lithographs/serigraphs, original drawings, Designer Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Luxury and Designer Goods.
Highlights includes:
Furniture:
African hide drum table, Post-Modern Waterfall tables (Karl Springer style), Saarinen style Tulip Table, Ib Kofod-Larsen lounge chair & ottoman, Robert Sonneman chrome ball lamps (x2), Pierre Paulin Ribbon chair, Hans Wegner & Wilhelm Wohlert for Asbjøn Møbler rosewood dining table & 5 chairs, Illum Wikkelsø for Niels Eilersen rosewood chairs (4), Carved elephant chair and matching table, Adrian Pearsall teak floor lamp, MCM Teak Sun Cabinet Co. queen bed, 2 nightstands, long vanity dresser and armoire, Poul Norreklit for George Petersens rosewood dining table, MCM rolling club chairs (4), American of Martinsville drop leaf dining table, Charles Eames for Herman Miller wire chair w/ leather pads, Bernhard Rohne for Mastercraft trefoil coffee table, Paul McCobb for Planner Group desk, Harry Østergaard for Randers Møbler rosewood chairs (4), Texas longhorn & hide chair, MCM Drexel Teak record cabinet, American of Martinsville cats eye caned back chairs (4), Ekornes Stressless lounge chairs & ottomans (2), Ekornes Stressless leather lounge chairs (2), MCM Teak dresser, vanity & nightstand, Chrome Ball Arc Floor lamp, Joe Colombo Boby Trolley, Japanese painted porcelain coy fish bowl & garden stool, Hollywood Regency huge gilt cherub lamp, MCM Teak/pottery lamp, Max Stout for Blacksmith table & chairs (4), Charles Eames for Herman Miller compact sofas (x2), Post-Modern glass flower lamp, MCM Oil Rain lamp, Mengl Dresser, MCM Ocatgonal table, Mirrors and other decorative lamps.
Luxury Goods:
Christofle Sterling silver palm, Gucci leather wallet, Oscar de la Renta silk scarves, Chanel silk scarf, Tiffany & Co. Sterling silver box & alarm clock, Gucci lighter, Sterling silver bottle stoppers, English leather riding boots.
Jewelry:
48.5 grams 18.5kt gold bracelet w/ 44 diamonds, 22kt gold Victorian insect brooch, Native American sterling silver, carved jade & gold bracelet, carved jade foo dog necklace, other sterling silver and gold jewelry.
Art:
Peter Max signed/ # lithographs (x5), David Klein TWA Posters (x8), Birger Sandzén signed woodblock print, Byron B. Wolfe oil painting, John Von Wicht painting & original graphite drawing, Nissan Engel s/n litho, Pinnie Tuki Inuit woodblock, Charles Bunnell painting, Bill Amundson drawing, Arthur Benjamins painting, Hugo Robus original graphite drawing, Kenneth Callahan ink drawing, several French Impressionist paintings (Renoir school), Druci Gault painting, Leon Riegel painting, Charles Robert Eyer painting, Mayo Sorgman painting, Hiroshige woodblock, MC Escher litho, Robert Bailey painting, Ira Moskawitz etching, Martin H. Bush painting, George Luks ink drawing, Michael Gorban painting, M. Warenskjøld paintings (x2), Janet Keena painting, Von Thün painting, 18th c. Italian Inkwash paintings (x3), Josef Presser painting, Alix Roy painting, Lenny Lyons Bruno photo, Robert Lyons photo, Sally Anne Cutler woodblock, Karl Böheim painting, Lee Reynolds paintings (x2), Marc Chagall litho, Ynez Johnston etching, Carlo of Hollywood painting, Bob Holloway original painting, Albrecht Dürer painted tiles, Roy Gonzales Tabora S/N litho, Larry Levensen photo, Nancy Hamlin-Vogler woodblock prints (x5), David Freedman etching, J. Chris Morel paintings (x3), Michel Delacroix serigraph s/n, Neil Farkas seriolithograph, Elizabeth Summers etching, John Martineau serigraph, Picasso litho, Alec Cowan serigraph, Martina Westenberger serigraphs, Günther Murr seri, Willi Baumeister serigraphs, Conny Winter photos, Bettina Kizele, Jürgen Leippert, Robert Indiana serigraph, Roy Lichtenstein serigraph, Richard Estes serigraph, and many more.
Bronzes/Sculptures:
S.E. Maloney bronze sculptures (entire artist's estate), Henry Moore school bronze, Auguste Moreau bronze lamps, Auguste Moreau bronze "Friends" sculpture, Louis-Simon Boizot bronze cup sculpture, Pair of Art Deco 3 foot tall painted bronze Panther sculptures, Emaus Talleres metal sculptures (x2), 2 ft tall bronze ram's head on pedestal, 3 ft tall wooden sculpture, Jeff Cross bronze bell, several concrete garden statues, copper and brass wall sculptures.
Glass/ Crystal:
Art Deco Oswald Haerdtl for Lobmeyr Ambassador decanter set, Crystal de Sèvres vase, Several Swaovski crystal figurines w/ boxes, Art Deco Val St. Lambert crystal & sterling airplane, Large Lalique crystal bowl, Mats Jonassen crystal (several pieces), Blenko glass, Goebel crystal figurines, several pieces of antique cut crystal.
Carpets:
Several Oriental and Persian silk, cashmere, and wool carpets, and newer Karastan carpets.
Décor/ Antiques:
Gense Sweden Mid-Century Flatware, Thomas Toft MCM ceramic bowls, Japanese vases, Jade bowl on stand, Dansk IHQ teak bowls, large carved Jade horse, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin bow, Pair Elbee Italian MCM pottery vases, Humberto Piña Native American pot, Pam Dennis art pottery lamp, Lete Native American barro negro pot, Chinese porcelain tiles, Chinese painted vases, lamps, bowls, Steinböck enamel dish, Danish-modern copper candlesticks, Studio Art Pottery by Ron Taylor, Steven Hill, Bankson, Lou Marak, Jaime Quezada Native American pot, Antique Chinese trousse traveling utensil set, La Dame au Licorne tapestry, Victorian cherub spoon, French guilloché enamel, painted porcelain lighter, Hotel Muehlbach dish, Chinese antique embroidered textiles, large collection of vintage Haeger and Royal Haeger pottery, and large Japanese lacquer room divider, and much more.
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