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April 6, 2023
C2: Spring Art and Design
Lot 89
  1. Lowell Nesbitt - Desires in Conflict
  2. Lowell Nesbitt - Desires in Conflict
  3. Lowell Nesbitt - Desires in Conflict
  4. Lowell Nesbitt - Desires in Conflict
  5. Lowell Nesbitt - Desires in Conflict
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  1. Lowell Nesbitt - Desires in Conflict
  2. Lowell Nesbitt - Desires in Conflict
  3. Lowell Nesbitt - Desires in Conflict
  4. Lowell Nesbitt - Desires in Conflict
  5. Lowell Nesbitt - Desires in Conflict
  6. Lowell Nesbitt - Desires in Conflict
Lot 89
Lowell Nesbitt
American (1933-1993)
Desires in Conflict (1986)
Medium

oil on canvas (unstretched)

Dimensions

48 x 60 inches

Signature

signed verso

Estimate: $400 - $600

Price Realized: $423
Includes buyer's premium

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Frame Information

unframed

Provenance

From the Estate of Lowell Nesbitt

Condition

overall good condition, with some scattered minor losses

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  1. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Moon 1
  2. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Untitled (Lunar Landscape) 2
  3. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Untitled (Lunar Craters) 3
  4. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Untitled (Craters) 4
  5. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Untitled (Crater) 5
  6. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Untitled (Lunar Footprint) 6
  7. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Untitled (Apollo 9 Mission Quotes) 7
  8. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Cape Kennedy 8
  9. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - History of Flight 9
  10. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - History of Flight, Set of 5 10
  11. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - History of Flight Poster for Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Group of 5 11
  12. Image for Lot Unknown Artist - Untitled (Moon) 13
  13. Image for Lot Assorted Artists - 3 Photographs 14
  14. Image for Lot Nicholas Phillips - Orrery 15
  15. Image for Lot Pedro Cervantes - Untitled (Abstract Composition) 16
  16. Image for Lot Jorge Rosano Jr. - La Muerte Chaparra 17
  17. Image for Lot Pedro Friedberg - Untitled (Architectural Dogs) 18
  18. Image for Lot Leticia Tarrago - La Letra Ilustrada 19
  19. Image for Lot Juan Alcázar - Tomo a las Siis de la Tarde 20
  20. Image for Lot Alberto Montaño Mason - Bailarina II 21
  21. Image for Lot Ibarra Dela Rosa - Perros Urbano 22
  22. Image for Lot Unknown Artist - Darkness on the Edge 23
  23. Image for Lot Ana Moraitis - Untitled (Figural Composition) 24
  24. Image for Lot Pedro Friedeberg - Untitled (Dogs in Geometric Interior) 25
  25. Image for Lot Mathias Goeritz - Untitled (Geometric Composition) 26
  26. Image for Lot Jorge Rosano Jr. - La Calaca Miquiztli 27
  27. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Untitled (Portrait of a Man) 28
  28. Image for Lot Milosevic Leposava Lepa - Los Hongos de la Noche (The Mushrooms of the Night) 29
  29. Image for Lot Fitzia - Serif Prande 30
  30. Image for Lot Milosevic Leposava Lepa - Los Hongos Platicando Cosas Intimas 31
  31. Image for Lot Jean Cocteau - Matarasso 32
  32. Image for Lot Die Fläche Prints, Group of 7 33
  33. Image for Lot Kiyoshi Saito - Bunraku F / Bunraku G / Buddha Asyura D (3 Prints) 34
  34. Image for Lot Will Barnet - Looking Forward - Looking Back 35
  35. Image for Lot Ryonosuke Fukui - 2 Prints 36
  36. Image for Lot Marino Marini - Untitled (Two Figures and a Horse) 37
  37. Image for Lot Marino Marini - Cavallo 38
  38. Image for Lot Hideo Hagiwara - Little Pond 39
  39. Image for Lot Scott Kahn - Untitled (Chrysler Building) 40
  40. Image for Lot David Humphrey - Untitled (Bird) 41
  41. Image for Lot Ida H. Applebroog - Untitled 42
  42. Image for Lot Robert Hudson - Untitled (Forms in Yellow, Blue, and Black) 43
  43. Image for Lot Joseph Piccillo - Study - February 44
  44. Image for Lot Salvador Dali - Poire Don Quixote (from FlorDali/Les Fruits) 45
  45. Image for Lot Rufino Tamayo - Figura en Jarras 46
  46. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Untitled (Deconstructed Nude Figure) 47
  47. Image for Lot Victor Vasarely - Battor 48
  48. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Untitled (Harpy Eagle) 49
  49. Image for Lot Rodolfo Morales - Untitled (Skull) 50
  50. Image for Lot Sergio Lopez Orozco - Untitled (Collage) 51
  51. Image for Lot Marysole Wörner Baz - Pastos en Agua 52
  52. Image for Lot Rodolfo Morales - Untitled (Four Skulls) 53
  53. Image for Lot Jesus Marcos - Interior Con Luz de Luna 54
  54. Image for Lot Héctor Medici - Falso Jardín 55
  55. Image for Lot Sergio Gutman - Untitled (Red and Black Composition) 56
  56. Image for Lot Rodolfo Morales - Untitled (Skull with Flowers) 57
  57. Image for Lot Guillermo Ceniceros - Untitled (Green and Blue Landscape) 58
  58. Image for Lot Hugo De Marziani - Paisaje 59
  59. Image for Lot Clarence Measelle - Celebration 60
  60. Image for Lot James Groody - Untitled (Composition in Blue) 61
  61. Image for Lot Héctor Medici - Paisade Detenido 62
  62. Image for Lot Juan Carlos Areoso - Untitled (Multicolored Composition) 64
  63. Image for Lot Leonel Maciel - Olas Azules (Blue Waves) 66
  64. Image for Lot Juan Carlos Lasser - Rompechbezhs 67
  65. Image for Lot Juan Carlos Lasser - Untitled (Multicolored Composition) 69
  66. Image for Lot Juan Carlos Lasser - Paisaje 70
  67. Image for Lot Hugo De Marziani - Paisaje 71
  68. Image for Lot Berta Kolteniuk - Untitled (Forms in White) 72
  69. Image for Lot Juan Carlos Areoso - Untitled (Red and Black Composition) 73
  70. Image for Lot Roberto Rodriguez - The Boxes Series 74
  71. Image for Lot Unknown Artist - Untitled (Tropical Scene) 75
  72. Image for Lot Josele T. Cesarman - Untitled (Floral Landscape) 76
  73. Image for Lot Leonel Maciel - Ave Lira (Lyrebird) 77
  74. Image for Lot Jeanne Risica and Ronald Ottaviano - Pura (in 12 Sections) 78
  75. Image for Lot Michaele Vollbracht (attributed) - Untitled (Fashion Portrait) 79
  76. Image for Lot Manuel Marín - Relieve Lobular 80
  77. Image for Lot Jeanne Risica and Ronald Ottaviano - Flash #2 81
  78. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Ruined Roman Marbles 82
  79. Image for Lot Hugo Drucaroff - Group of 2 Figural Paintings 83
  80. Image for Lot Italo Valenti - Untitled (Geometric Composition in Gray, White and Gold) 84
  81. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Yellow Iris 85
  82. Image for Lot Erté - Samson and Delilah 86
  83. Image for Lot José Beulas Recasens - Canteras de Almudevar 87
  84. Image for Lot Jeanne Risica - Untitled (Monochrome Composition) 88
  85. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Desires in Conflict 89
  86. Image for Lot Various Artists - Sculptural Paintings, Group of 4 90
  87. Image for Lot Edith Adi - Jardin De Las Delicias 91
  88. Image for Lot Edith Adi - Untitled (Rose Garden) 92
  89. Image for Lot Luis Ortiz Monasterio - Figura Con Color (Figure with Color) 93
  90. Image for Lot Kari Russell-Pool - Untitled (Garden Bed) 94
  91. Image for Lot David Gilhooly - Dunking in Ur Donuts 95
  92. Image for Lot Red Carousel Horse 96
  93. Image for Lot Niki de Saint Phalle - Inflatable Nana, Yellow and Pink 97
  94. Image for Lot Unknown Artist - Geometric Sculptures, Group of 2 98
  95. Image for Lot Niki de Saint Phalle - Inflatable Nana, Blue and Orange 99
  96. Image for Lot Unknown Artist - Untitled (Constellations) (2 Works) 100
  97. Image for Lot Various Artists - Group of 4 Figures 101
  98. Image for Lot Mathias Goeritz - Untitled (Geometric Form in White) 102
  99. Image for Lot Mathias Goeritz - Maqueta para el Mini castillo de El laberinto de Jerusalén 103
  100. Image for Lot Pál Kepenyes - Vivo Vogue 104
  101. Image for Lot Naomi Siegmann - Untitled (Cloth on a Box) 105
  102. Image for Lot Erté - La Plume 106
  103. Image for Lot Pál Kepenyes - Ovalo Articulada 107
  104. Image for Lot Ruth Schaffer - Delicate Figural Sculptures, Group of 10 108
  105. Image for Lot Unknown Artist - 2 Miniature Sculptures 109
  106. Image for Lot María Lagunes - Untitled (Form in Gold) 110
  107. Image for Lot Various Artists - 3 Sculptures 111
  108. Image for Lot Luis Palacios Kaim - Caja #7 113
  109. Image for Lot Adriana Cerviño - Swimmers, Group of 4 114
  110. Image for Lot Alfredo Zalce - Retratos en Cajita 115
  111. Image for Lot Maribel Portela - Pila Bautizmal 116
  112. Image for Lot Leonor Anaya - Group of 3 Ceramics 117
  113. Image for Lot Perla Krauze - Untitled (Sea Glass) 118
  114. Image for Lot Marco Vargas - Two Portraits 119
  115. Image for Lot Mixed Media Sculptures, Group of 2 120
  116. Image for Lot Abel Zavala - Untitled (Mushrooms) 121
  117. Image for Lot Marysole Wörner Baz - Untitled (Branch) 122
  118. Image for Lot Various Artists - Biomorphic Sculptures, Group of 2 123
  119. Image for Lot Marysole Wörner Baz - Iron Sculptures, Group of 3 124
  120. Image for Lot Various Artists - Biomorphic Sculptures, Group of 3 125
  121. Image for Lot Marco Vargas - Two Busts 126
  122. Image for Lot Pre-Columbian Style Clay Figures, Group of 2 127
  123. Image for Lot Milosevic Leposava Lepa - Laureada 128
  124. Image for Lot Ramón Castro Angulo - Figures, Group of 12 129
  125. Image for Lot African Musical Instruments, Group of 3 130
  126. Image for Lot Shona Stone Figures, Group of 6 131
  127. Image for Lot Fred Press Ceramic Busts 132
  128. Image for Lot Tribal Water Carriers, Group of 2 133
  129. Image for Lot Héctor Nájera - Untitled (Winged Figure Riding Turtle) 134
  130. Image for Lot Unknown Artist - Rainbird II 135
  131. Image for Lot 3 African Sculptures of Women 136
  132. Image for Lot Aboriginal and African Staffs and Statue, Group of 6 137
  133. Image for Lot Ramón Castro Angulo - Untitled (Creature) 138
  134. Image for Lot 3 African Masks 139
  135. Image for Lot Ramón Castro Angulo - Figures, Group of 14 140
  136. Image for Lot Various Artists - Figural Sculptures, Group of 2 141
  137. Image for Lot African and Other Sculptural Objects, Group of 6 142
  138. Image for Lot Alexander Ney - Untitled (Head) 143
  139. Image for Lot African Masks and Large Comb, Group of 3 144
  140. Image for Lot Group of 5 Large African Wood Figures 145
  141. Image for Lot Unknown Artist - Owl Head 146
  142. Image for Lot African Shields, Group of 2 147
  143. Image for Lot African Masks and Sculptural Objects, Group of 4 148
  144. Image for Lot Fragments, Group of 2 149
  145. Image for Lot African and Aboriginal Vessels, Group of 3 150
  146. Image for Lot Painted African Shields, Group of 3 151
  147. Image for Lot Ramón Castro Angulo - Chair with Horns / Miniature Table 152
  148. Image for Lot Museum of Natural History Abaramba Tribe Display 153
  149. Image for Lot African Carved Wood Stool 154
  150. Image for Lot Zebra Hide Rug 155
  151. Image for Lot Le Corbusier for Cassina LC4 Chaise 156
  152. Image for Lot Three-Legged Mid Century Modern Low Table 157
  153. Image for Lot Pierre Jeanneret, Standard Floor Lamp From Chandigarh, Yellow and Red 158
  154. Image for Lot Pierre Jeanneret, Standard Lamp from Chandigarh, Red and Black 159
  155. Image for Lot Coffee Table 160
  156. Image for Lot Le Corbusier for Cassina LC2 Petite Modele Chair 161
  157. Image for Lot Otto Schultz Lounge Chairs, Pair 162
  158. Image for Lot Two End Tables 163
  159. Image for Lot Axel Einar Hjorth Armchairs, Pair 164
  160. Image for Lot Axel Einar Hjorth Credenza 165
  161. Image for Lot Mario Bellini - Pair of Camaleonda Lounge Chairs 166
  162. Image for Lot Charles Pollack for Knoll Rolling Armchairs 167
  163. Image for Lot Pierre Guariche Lounge Chairs, Pair 168
  164. Image for Lot Mid Century Modern Upholstered Side Chairs, Set of 4 169
  165. Image for Lot Alvar Aalto for Artek L-Leg Stools, Set of 4 170
  166. Image for Lot Sōri Yanagi - Butterfly Stool 171
  167. Image for Lot Alvar Aalto L-Leg Chair, model K65 172
  168. Image for Lot Scott Jordan Wood Table and Venus Chair 173
  169. Image for Lot Widdicomb Low Chest of Drawers 174
  170. Image for Lot Mid Century Round Table and Reverse Cantilevered Chairs 175
  171. Image for Lot Frederick Weinberg Floor Lamp 176
  172. Image for Lot Tapered Mid Century Modern Brass Table Lamp Base 177
  173. Image for Lot Tiffany Style Table Lamp 178
  174. Image for Lot Gilt Bronze Snake Entry Pull 179
  175. Image for Lot Clarice Cliff Ceramic Biarritz Partial Service 180
  176. Image for Lot 80 pieces of Limoges Raynaud Diplomat Blue Partial Porcelain Dinner Service 181
  177. Image for Lot Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman for Swid Powell Porcelain Tuxedo Dinner Partial Service 182
  178. Image for Lot Alvar Aalto 'Flower' Dishes, group of 4 183
  179. Image for Lot Contemporary Art Glass, Group of 6 184
  180. Image for Lot Evan Snyderman - Untitled (Head and Funnel) 185
  181. Image for Lot Steven Holl for Swid Powell Candlesticks, 3 186
  182. Image for Lot Michael Graves for Swid Powell, Porcelain Creamer and Sugar Bowl 187
  183. Image for Lot Swid Powell and Other Tabletop Items, Group of 7 188
  184. Image for Lot Contemporary Glass Charger 189
  185. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Two Irises on Blue 190
  186. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Stars and Stripes 191
  187. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Lillies (Series of 4 Works) 192
  188. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Irises (4 Works) 193
  189. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - 6 Floral Prints 194
  190. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Lillium / Iris 195
  191. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - 6 Large Floral Prints 196
  192. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - 5 Works on Paper 197
  193. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Parrot Tulip on Black, Set of 6 198
  194. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Red Rose, Set of 5 199
  195. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Pink Rose, Set of 4 200
  196. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - 5 Flower Prints 201
  197. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Three Irises on Yellow, Set of 4 202
  198. Image for Lot Lowell Nesbitt - Irises (3 Works on Paper) 203
  199. Image for Lot Guntram Gersch - 4 Works on Paper 204
  200. Image for Lot John Zak - Untitled (Choir of Angels) 205
  201. Image for Lot Bruce R. Bleach - Illume #12 206
  202. Image for Lot Joan Thorne - Untitled (Abstract Composition) 207
  203. Image for Lot Paloma Cernuda - Untitled (Vase) 208
  204. Image for Lot Susan Crile - Eden One Last Time 209