F. De Henriquez Paintings & Artwork for Sale | F. De Henriquez Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 05, 2024
FIORE DE HENRIQUEZ (Italy/England, 1921-2004), Torso of a female nude., Bronze, height 30".
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
FIORE DE HENRIQUEZ Italy/England, 1921-2004 Torso of a female nude. Signed on base "Fiore 57".
Eldred's
Mar. 18, 2023
FIORE DE HENRIQUEZ (1921-2004) ATTRIBUTED BRONZES
Est: $300 - $500
Fiore De Henriquez (1921-2004) Third quarter of the 20th century. 1) The nuanced expression of woman and child is numbered IV / ? scratched in the wax prior to casting, there is no artist's signature. Measures 11 x 8.25 x 8.5 inches. 2) The slag and cast largely non-representational assemblage seems to cover a male figure and mermaid. Signed in the casting. Measures 13.25 x 8 x 5 inches. Fiore de Henriquez was known to create such models as well as works of abstract expressionism, Measure 11 and 13.25 inches. AN ABSENTEE BID PLACED IN ADVANCE COULD LOSE TO A LIVE BID OF EQUAL AMOUNT PLACED LATER. First bid precedence is not possible in auctions that incorporate live bidding via multiple online platforms, live bidders participating in the sale room and live telephone bidders. The only ways to avoid the possibility of losing the bid in this manner is to attend the live auction or bid absentee with plus-one option. Be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house.
Dirk Soulis Auctions
Dec. 10, 2022
FIORE DE HENRIQUEZ (1921-2004) FREEFORM BRONZE BRONZE
Est: $300 - $500
Fiore De Henriquez (1921 - 2004) The slag and cast largely non-representational assemblage seems to cover a male figure and mermaid. Signed in the casting. Measures 13.25 x 8 x 5 inches. AN ABSENTEE BID PLACED IN ADVANCE COULD LOSE TO A LIVE BID OF EQUAL AMOUNT PLACED LATER. First bid precedence is not possible in auctions that incorporate live bidding via multiple online platforms, live bidders participating in the sale room and live telephone bidders. The only ways to avoid the possibility of losing the bid in this manner is to attend the live auction or bid absentee with plus-one option. Without proof of exemption, be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house.
Dirk Soulis Auctions
Dec. 10, 2022
FIORE DE HENRIQUEZ (1921-2004) ATTRIBUTED BRONZE
Est: $400 - $800
Fiore De Henriquez (1921 - 2004) Third quarter of the 20th century. The nuanced expression of woman and child is numbered IV / ? scratched in the wax prior to casting, there is no artist's signature. Fiore de Henriquez was known to create such models as well as works of abstract expressionism, Measures 11 x 8.25 x 8.5 inches. AN ABSENTEE BID PLACED IN ADVANCE COULD LOSE TO A LIVE BID OF EQUAL AMOUNT PLACED LATER. First bid precedence is not possible in auctions that incorporate live bidding via multiple online platforms, live bidders participating in the sale room and live telephone bidders. The only ways to avoid the possibility of losing the bid in this manner is to attend the live auction or bid absentee with plus-one option. Without proof of exemption, be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house.
Dirk Soulis Auctions
Dec. 10, 2022
FIORE DE HENRIQUEZ ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST BRONZE
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Fiore De Henriquez (1921 - 2004) Mid to 20th Century. The square base supports a globular pinnacle balancing an abstract composition of blade-like lobes, wings, on opposite sides of an abstracted opening or passageway. The sculpture in rich brown patina is signed Fiore in the casting, top of the base. Willem de Kooning produced similar bronze castings in this same period. The circumstances of her childhood, the difficulties of being born an intersexed person and the larger than life persona of sculptor Fiore de Henriquez have inspired more than a few books, articles and documentaries about her life and art. The titles include Art & Androgyny: The Life of Sculptor Fiore De Henriquez, Fiore In Love With Clay, Cigars Get Feminine Puff and All Woman and Half a Man to name a few. She eventually conquered and embraced the challenges of having been born with both male and female sexual characteristics, and ultimately considered it an opportunity, seeing herself as a rare and unusual individual. As a young woman in facist Italy, she helped evacuate Jewish refugees to safety and claims she escaped an interrogation through the washroom window after fixing her interrogators pancakes. She left Italy in 1949 and in 1953 became a British citizen. Fiore would return to work and exhibit in Rome and later lived in Tuscany until her passing. Throughout her life, and around the world, she received numerous commissions for public installations while she sculpted the likenesses of thousands of people, including celebrities and dignitaries as well as friends and relatives - some who describe her as having a cigar in one hand and whisky in the other during their sitting. It can be said that her abstract expressionist sculptures speak to the challenges she faced. Some seem to portray concealment while others can be seen as expressions of freedom (like the airy winged composition here). Some as themes of struggling with acceptance and others the release of not doing so. There are interpretations of solitude and loneliness or paired heads and conjoined figures, expressions of duality. In her essay on the artist's life, author Jan Short provides poignant insight including the artist's own words, ''The moment I embrace a piece of clay to make a sculpture, I think of how it's going to grow,'' Fiore said. ''Clay is very soft and pliable, so feminine: la creta. It then becomes plaster, more virile and rigid: gesso, that I can carve with a knife. Later it becomes feminine again as la cera, wax, pliable again, with fire this time. Then il bronzo, again masculine, hard. From feminine to masculine, over and again.'' The more one learns about the life and times of Fiore De Henriquez, the more fascinating her works become. Measures 15.5 x 21 x 9 inches and weighs 72 pounds. AN ABSENTEE BID PLACED IN ADVANCE COULD LOSE TO A LIVE BID OF EQUAL AMOUNT PLACED LATER. First bid precedence is not possible in auctions that incorporate live bidding via multiple online platforms, live bidders participating in the sale room and live telephone bidders. The only ways to avoid the possibility of losing the bid in this manner is to attend the live auction or bid absentee with plus-one option. Without proof of exemption, be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house.
Dirk Soulis Auctions
Dec. 10, 2022
FIORE DE HENRIQUEZ (1921-2004) EXPRESSIONIST BRONZE
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Fiore De Henriquez (1921 - 2004) Entangled Figures Mid 20th Century. The masculine figure arches its back above a mostly obscured counterpart, their arms and legs entangled, the lower's shoulders lifted from the square bronze base, all in rich brown patina and with intaglio signature of Fiore. Willem de Kooning produced similar bronze castings in this same period. The circumstances of her childhood, the difficulties of being born an intersexed person and the larger than life persona of sculptor Fiore de Henriquez have inspired more than a few books, articles and documentaries about her life and art. The titles include Art & Androgyny: The Life of Sculptor Fiore De Henriquez, Fiore In Love With Clay, Cigars Get Feminine Puff and All Woman and Half a Man to name a few. She eventually conquered and embraced the challenges of having been born with both male and female sexual characteristics, and ultimately considered it an opportunity, seeing herself as a rare and unusual individual. As a young woman in facist Italy, she helped evacuate Jewish refugees to safety and claims she escaped an interrogation through the washroom window after fixing her interrogators pancakes. She left Italy in 1949 and in 1953 became a British citizen. Fiore would return to work and exhibit in Rome and later lived in Tuscany until her passing. Throughout her life, and around the world, she received numerous commissions for public installations while she sculpted the likenesses of thousands of people, including celebrities and dignitaries as well as friends and relatives - some who describe her as having a cigar in one hand and whisky in the other during their sitting. It can be said that her abstract expressionist sculptures speak to the challenges she faced. Some seem to portray concealment while others can be seen as expressions of freedom. Some as themes of struggling with acceptance and others the release of not doing so. There are interpretations of solitude and loneliness or paired heads and conjoined figures, expressions of duality. In her essay on the artist's life, author Jan Short provides poignant insight including the artist's own words, ''The moment I embrace a piece of clay to make a sculpture, I think of how it's going to grow,'' Fiore said. ''Clay is very soft and pliable, so feminine: la creta. It then becomes plaster, more virile and rigid: gesso, that I can carve with a knife. Later it becomes feminine again as la cera, wax, pliable again, with fire this time. Then il bronzo, again masculine, hard. From feminine to masculine, over and again.'' The more one learns about the life and times of Fiore De Henriquez, the more fascinating her works become. Measures 11.5 x 14.5 x 11.75 inches. AN ABSENTEE BID PLACED IN ADVANCE COULD LOSE TO A LIVE BID OF EQUAL AMOUNT PLACED LATER. First bid precedence is not possible in auctions that incorporate live bidding via multiple online platforms, live bidders participating in the sale room and live telephone bidders. The only ways to avoid the possibility of losing the bid in this manner is to attend the live auction or bid absentee with plus-one option. Without proof of exemption, be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house.
Dirk Soulis Auctions
Dec. 10, 2022
FIORE DE HENRIQUEZ (1921-2004) EXPRESSIONIST BRONZE
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Fiore De Henriquez (Italian/british 1921 - 2004) Reclined Figure on Plinth Third quarter of the 20th century. The composition of an abstracted figure on its back cradling abstracted flowers within its arms and bent legs is signed in the casting back side along the lower edge. Willem de Kooning produced similar bronze castings in this same period. The circumstances of her childhood, the difficulties of being born an intersexed person and the larger than life persona of sculptor Fiore de Henriquez have inspired more than a few books, articles and documentaries about her life and art. The titles include Art & Androgyny: The Life of Sculptor Fiore De Henriquez, Fiore In Love With Clay, Cigars Get Feminine Puff and 'All Woman and Half a Man' to name a few. She eventually conquered and embraced the challenges of having been born with both male and female sexual characteristics, and ultimately considered it an opportunity, seeing herself as a rare and unusual individual. As a young woman in facist Italy, she helped evacuate Jewish refugees to safety and claims she escaped an interrogation through the washroom window after fixing her interrogators pancakes. She left Italy in 1949 and in 1953 became a British citizen. Fiore returned to work and exhibit in Rome and later lived in Tuscany until her passing. Throughout her life, and around the world, she received numerous commissions for public installations while she sculpted the likenesses of thousands of people, including celebrities and dignitaries as well as friends and relatives - some who describe her as having a cigar in one hand and whisky in the other during their sitting. It can be said that her abstract expressionist sculptures speak to the challenges she faced. Some seem to portray concealment while others can be seen as expressions of freedom. Some as themes of struggling with acceptance and others the release of not doing so. There are interpretations of solitude and loneliness (like the sculpture being offered here) or paired heads and conjoined figures, expressions of duality. In her essay on the artist's life, author Jan Short provides poignant insight including the artist's own words, ''The moment I embrace a piece of clay to make a sculpture, I think of how it's going to grow,'' Fiore said. ''Clay is very soft and pliable, so feminine: la creta. It then becomes plaster, more virile and rigid: gesso, that I can carve with a knife. Later it becomes feminine again as la cera, wax, pliable again, with fire this time. Then il bronzo, again masculine, hard. From feminine to masculine, over and again.'' The more one learns about the life and times of Fiore De Henriquez, the more fascinating her works become. Measures 10.75 x 12 x 6.75 inches. AN ABSENTEE BID PLACED IN ADVANCE COULD LOSE TO A LIVE BID OF EQUAL AMOUNT PLACED LATER. First bid precedence is not possible in auctions that incorporate live bidding via multiple online platforms, live bidders participating in the sale room and live telephone bidders. The only ways to avoid the possibility of losing the bid in this manner is to attend the live auction or bid absentee with plus-one option. Without proof of exemption, be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house.
Dirk Soulis Auctions
Jul. 18, 2020
MARIA FIORE DE HENRIQUEZ (English/Italian, 1921-2004)
Est: $500 - $700
MARIA FIORE DE HENRIQUEZ (English/Italian, 1921-2004), portrait bust, bronze, mounted on black base, signed and dated ''58''. Bust only 15-3/4''h.
South Bay Auctions Inc
Feb. 23, 2020
*FIORE DE HENRIQUEZ ORIGINAL BRONZE SCULPTURE
Est: $600 - $800
Fiore de Henriquez (1921-2004 Spanish/Italian), abstract, 2-piece bronze sculpture with base, signed and dated 1981, approximate height 7 1/2", width 14", depth 8 1/2".
Bunte Auction Services
Feb. 13, 2020
Fiore de Henriquez, (1921-2004), a bronze portrait bust of Jill Benson,
Est: £150 - £250
with long swept back hair, signed to shoulder and dated '71', mounted to a black marble plinth base (Dimensions: 57cm high)
Cheffins
Nov. 27, 2019
Fiore de Henriquez (Italian, 1921-2004) Portrait of Sara John 31cm (12 3/16in) high (Conceived circa 1957Unique)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Fiore de Henriquez (Italian, 1921-2004) Portrait of Sara John bronze with a green patina 31cm (12 3/16in) high Conceived circa 1957 Unique For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams