Louis Guglielmi Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Louis Guglielmi Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 30, 2025
Osvaldo Guglielmi (1906-1956) American, Oil on Canvas
Est: $600 - $900
Osvaldo Guglielmi (1906-1956) American, Oil on Canvas. Depicts a sorrowful figure keeping watch over many other sleeping figures in a darkly abstract space. Signed bottom left. Plaque on front of frame bottom middle with attribution. Overall Size: 22 x 18 in. Sight Size: 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. #2 #6286 . Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi was born in Cairo, Egypt on April 9th, 1906. As a child he lived in Milan and Geneva while his Italian father, a professional violinist, toured the world. In 1914 his parents brought him to the United States, where they lived in the East Harlem (then known as Italian Harlem) part of New York City. He was interested in sculpture at a young age and worked at a casting factory. During high school he attended night courses at the National Academy of Design, and began attending full-time from 1923 to 1926, when he became a naturalized citizen. The Great Depression brought financial hardship but a significant change to his work, inspiring him to capture scenes of stark social realism. From 1935 to 1939 he worked with the Federal Art Project, and spent many summers at the MacDowell Colony for artists in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Guglielmi had his first one-man show in 1938, inspired by the Spanish Civil War and depicting his fears of fascism spreading from Europe to America. Guglielmi was part of the 1943 “American Realists and Magic Realists” exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. He was with the Army Corps of Engineers in the war between 1943 and 1945, and in the 1950s he held positions at Louisiana State University, first as a visiting artist and then as an associate professor. Sadly, he died unexpectedly on September 3rd, 1956 of a heart attack in Amagansett, New York. Although he was well known in New York by this time he was soon forgotten after his death, as abstract expressionism came to overshadow artists like him. A retrospective on social and surrealist artists like him, Walter Quirt, and James Guy in the 1980s revived interest in his work, with his pieces now found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Nov. 12, 2024
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI (1906 - 1956, ITALIAN/AMERICAN) Aerialist No. 1.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI (1906 - 1956, ITALIAN/AMERICAN) Aerialist No. 1. Oil on canvas, 1954. Signed, Guglielmi, and dated, 54, lower left. 12x30 inches. Provenance: Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York (label on verso); Private Collection, New York; [Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, NJ, November 8, 2019, lot 24]; Private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 27, 2024
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956), OBSESSIVE THEME, 1948
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956), Egyptian/American OBSESSIVE THEME, 1948 signed and dated "'48" lower left; titled to stretcher and gallery label verso Estimate: $2,000—3,000 CAD
Waddington's
Oct. 28, 2023
O. Louis Guglielmi, New York / Egypt (1906-1956), Interior and Facade No. 1, 1954, oil on canvas, 39 3/4"H x 18"W (sight), 46 3/4"H x 35"W (frame)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
O. Louis Guglielmi New York / Egypt, (1906-1956) Interior and Facade No. 1, 1954 oil on canvas signed upper left. Andrew Crispo Gallery, NY, Washburn Gallery, NY labels verso. From the Archives of AskArt: Painter O. Louis Guglielmi moved stylistically from a symbolic Social Realism, Precisionism, and Surrealism, ultimately to abstraction, but his subject matter, when it existed, dealt with society's underdogs. He had experienced slum living as a youth, moving from place to place because of his violinist father's need to find employment. Though Guglielmi was born in 1906 in Cairo, Egypt, his Italian parents moved the family to Italy. In 1914, they were living in New York City in Harlem's Italian slum. Guglielmi was involved in the political and artistic protests of the trial, conviction as anarchist bombers, and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927. He painted a picture that excoriated the tenement living conditions of many Americans, "One Third of a Nation." It was such a strong statement that the State Department cancelled an international tour of American modern art. He was a teenage art student at the National Academy of Design in New York City and the Beaux Arts Institute from 1920 to 1925. During this time, he worked as a commercial artist, painted murals and was awarded a Tiffany Foundation fellowship. Guglielmi painted Precisionist stylized architectural motifs through 1933. He then moved toward a moody Magic Realism and Surrealism under the influence of Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico. During the Depression years of 1934 to 1939, Guglielmi found employment with the Federal government's artist relief programs, the WPA and Public Works Administration. His social and political awareness impelled him, in 1938, to warn that the Spanish Civil War might lead to greater destruction. His painting, "Mental Geography," depicted the Brooklyn Bridge destroyed, prophetically symbolizing, in its way, United States involvement and casualties in the coming war. In 1945, after serving three years in the army in World War II, Guglielmi turned toward more formal, Stuart Davis-like abstractions. This is particularly interesting, considering that his experience in the War might have sent him in any of several artistic and philosophical directions. Guglielmi might have emerged from widespread wartime suffering with an enhanced concern for the plight of humanity he had already evidenced in his earlier work. But what he actually did, stylistically speaking, was avoid humanity and the world through his decision to paint abstractly, perhaps overwhelmed by his experiences, immersing himself solely in the safer, less troubling realm of aesthetic manipulation. At the end, Guglielmi was painting completely abstract works. He was a prize-winning artist who exhibited his paintings in many major exhibitions. Before his death in 1956 at age fifty, Louis Guglielmi taught at Louisiana State University and the New School for Social Research in New York City. His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, as well as the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. and the Newark Museum in New Jersey.
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 01, 2022
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI (1906 - 1956, EGYPTIAN/AMERICAN) Composition: Ave.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI (1906 - 1956, EGYPTIAN/AMERICAN) Composition: Ave. Oil on canvas, 1953. Inscribed as titled on overlap. 915x515 mm; 36x20 1/4 inches. Provenance: Washburn Gallery, NY; Sid Deutsch Gallery, NY; Private collection, VA.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 18, 2022
O. Louis Guglielmi (American, 1906-1956) Oil On Canvas, C. 1947, Antiphony, H 30'' W 24''
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Signed lower right. Provenance: The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY (paper label affixed verso); Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY (paper label affixed verso).
DuMouchelles
Feb. 19, 2022
O. Louis Guglielmi, Egyptian (1906-1956), Interior and Facade No. 1, 1954, oil on canvas, 40"H x 18"W (sight), 46 3/4"H x 24 3/4"W (frame)
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
O. Louis Guglielmi Egyptian, (1906-1956) Interior and Facade No. 1, 1954 oil on canvas signed upper left. Provenance: From a private collector, Indianapolis. Andrew Crispo Gallery, NY, Washburn Gallery, NY labels verso. From the Archives of AskArt: Painter O. Louis Guglielmi moved stylistically from a symbolic Social Realism, Precisionism, and Surrealism, ultimately to abstraction, but his subject matter, when it existed, dealt with society's underdogs. He had experienced slum living as a youth, moving from place to place because of his violinist father's need to find employment. Though Guglielmi was born in 1906 in Cairo, Egypt, his Italian parents moved the family to Italy. In 1914, they were living in New York City in Harlem's Italian slum. Guglielmi was involved in the political and artistic protests of the trial, conviction as anarchist bombers, and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927. He painted a picture that excoriated the tenement living conditions of many Americans, "One Third of a Nation." It was such a strong statement that the State Department cancelled an international tour of American modern art. He was a teenage art student at the National Academy of Design in New York City and the Beaux Arts Institute from 1920 to 1925. During this time, he worked as a commercial artist, painted murals and was awarded a Tiffany Foundation fellowship. Guglielmi painted Precisionist stylized architectural motifs through 1933. He then moved toward a moody Magic Realism and Surrealism under the influence of Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico. During the Depression years of 1934 to 1939, Guglielmi found employment with the Federal government's artist relief programs, the WPA and Public Works Administration. His social and political awareness impelled him, in 1938, to warn that the Spanish Civil War might lead to greater destruction. His painting, "Mental Geography," depicted the Brooklyn Bridge destroyed, prophetically symbolizing, in its way, United States involvement and casualties in the coming war. In 1945, after serving three years in the army in World War II, Guglielmi turned toward more formal, Stuart Davis-like abstractions. This is particularly interesting, considering that his experience in the War might have sent him in any of several artistic and philosophical directions. Guglielmi might have emerged from widespread wartime suffering with an enhanced concern for the plight of humanity he had already evidenced in his earlier work. But what he actually did, stylistically speaking, was avoid humanity and the world through his decision to paint abstractly, perhaps overwhelmed by his experiences, immersing himself solely in the safer, less troubling realm of aesthetic manipulation. At the end, Guglielmi was painting completely abstract works. He was a prize-winning artist who exhibited his paintings in many major exhibitions. Before his death in 1956 at age fifty, Louis Guglielmi taught at Louisiana State University and the New School for Social Research in New York City. His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, as well as the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. and the Newark Museum in New Jersey. Source: Matthew Baigell, "Dictionary of American Art" Michael David Zellman, "300 Years of American Art"
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 28, 2020
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956) - St. George's Church, Stuyvesant Square
Est: $70,000 - $100,000
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956) St. George's Church, Stuyvesant Square oil on canvas 29 ¾ x 23 ¾ in. (75.6 x 60.3 cm.)
Christie's
May. 21, 2020
O. Louis Guglielmi Social Surrealist O/C Painting
Est: $800 - $1,200
United States, Egypt,1906-1956 Impressionist painting with a touch of social surrealism of three figures laying on the ground with one sitting up and keeping watch shrouded in darkness. Guglielmi moved to the Italian slums of New York with his Italian parents and was an active participant during the protests surrounding the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927. Guglielmi also studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City and the Beaux Arts Institute, in which his style began to shift from social surrealism to precisionism then total abstraction.
Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers
Mar. 14, 2020
O. Louis Guglielmi Social Surrealist O/C Painting
Est: $800 - $1,200
United States, Egypt,1906-1956 Impressionist painting with a touch of social surrealism of three figures laying on the ground with one sitting up and keeping watch shrouded in darkness. Guglielmi moved to the Italian slums of New York with his Italian parents and was an active participant during the protests surrounding the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927. Guglielmi also studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City and the Beaux Arts Institute, in which his style began to shift from social surrealism to precisionism then total abstraction.
Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers
May. 22, 2019
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956) Land of Canaan oil on canvas 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm.)
Est: $120,000 - $180,000
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956) Land of Canaan signed 'Guglielmi' (lower left) oil on canvas 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm.) Painted in 1934.
Christie's
Nov. 27, 2018
ƒO. LOUIS GUGLIELMI (1906-1956) SANS TITRE, 1949 Tempera sur bois Signé et daté 49 en bas à droite Tempera on wood; signed a...
Est: €7,000 - €10,000
ƒO. LOUIS GUGLIELMI (1906-1956) SANS TITRE, 1949 Tempera sur bois Signé et daté 49 en bas à droite Tempera on wood; signed and dated 49 lower right 24 X 19 CM - 9 1/2 X 7 1/2 IN. €7,000-10,000 Provenance Collection privée, New York (acquis directement auprès de l’artiste)
Tajan
Oct. 05, 2018
OSVALDO LOUIS GUGLIELMI | Still Life with Mask
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
signed 'Guglielmi' and dated '31 ' (upper left); oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Oct. 08, 2017
GUGLIELMI, O. Louis. Oil on Canvas. "Circus Clown"
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
1942. Signed and dated lower right. Inscribed 'Property of Ann Guglielmi / Aug. 1942' on stretcher verso. Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi (American, b. Egypt, 1906-1956). From a Guilford, NY home.
Clarke Auction Gallery
May. 24, 2017
OSVALDO LOUIS GUGLIELMI, 1906 - 1956 | Still Life with Mask
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
signed 'Guglielmi' and dated '31' (upper left); oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Jun. 12, 2016
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI (1906-1956): CIRCUS CLOWN
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI (1906-1956): CIRCUS CLOWN Oil on canvas, 1942, signed 'Guglielmi' and dated lower right. 18 1/2 x 12 in., 24 x 18 in. (frame). Provenance: ex-collection Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT.
STAIR
Nov. 19, 2015
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956) Serenade
Est: -
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956) Serenade
Christie's
Nov. 19, 2015
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956) Skyscape
Est: -
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956) Skyscape
Christie's
Nov. 06, 2015
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI (1906-1956). LITHOGRAPH. 15 X 16 INCHES.
Est: $50 - $100
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI (1906-1956). LITHOGRAPH. 15 X 16 INCHES.
Dennis Auction Service
Dec. 06, 2014
O. Louis Guglielmi, (American/Egyptian, 1906-1956), Mountain in New Hampshire, 1932, oil on paper mounted on canvas, 12" x 16"
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
O. Louis Guglielmi (American/Egyptian, 1906-1956) Mountain in New Hampshire, 1932 oil on paper mounted on canvas signed and dated lower right 12" x 16" Provenance: Private Collection, Maine Acquired from the above by the present owner
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Nov. 11, 2014
Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Circus in Yellow, 1955
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Circus in Yellow, 1955 Signed Guglielmi and dated 55 (lr), inscribed as titled on the stretcher Oil on canvas 33 x 44 inches (83.82 x 111.76 cm) Provenance: American Folk Art Gallery, New York Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 11, 2014
Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Aerial Descent, 1953
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Aerial Descent, 1953 Signed Guglielmi and dated 53 (lr), inscribed as titled on the overlap Oil on canvas 40 x 36 inches (101.6 x 91.44 cm) Provenance: Nordness Gallery, New York C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 11, 2014
Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Circus in White, 1954
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Circus in White, 1954 Signed Guglielmi and dated 54 (ll) Oil on canvas 23 3/4 x 39 3/4 inches (60.32 x 100.96 cm) Provenance: Nordness Gallery, New York Exhibited: Mary Washington Annual Exhibition of Modern Art, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Sep. 25, 2013
O. Louis Guglielmi, (American, 1906-1956), Night Windows, 1948
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
O. Louis Guglielmi (American, 1906-1956) Night Windows, 1948 oil on canvas signed Guglielmi and dated (lower right) 32 x 19 inches.
Hindman
Oct. 27, 2011
Louis O. Guglielmi 1906 - 1956 American oil on canvas Untitled #6
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
Louis O. Guglielmi 1906 - 1956 American oil on canvas Untitled #6 48 x 40 inches 121.9 x 101.6 centimeters on verso titled Provenance:Private Collection, Toronto
Heffel
Oct. 27, 2011
Louis O. Guglielmi 1906 - 1956 American oil on canvas Obsessive Theme
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Louis O. Guglielmi 1906 - 1956 American oil on canvas Obsessive Theme 44 x 33 inches 111.7 x 83.8 centimeters signed and dated 1948 and on verso titled on the stretcher Provenance:Nordness Gallery, New York Private Collection, Toronto
Heffel
May. 15, 2011
O. Louis Guglielmi, (American, 1906-1956), City Windows
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
O. Louis Guglielmi (American, 1906-1956) City Windows oil on canvasboard signed Guglielmi (lower right) 14 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches.
Hindman
Nov. 10, 2010
O. Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Mountain in New Hampshire, 1932
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
O. Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Mountain in New Hampshire, 1932 Signed Guglielmi and dated 32 (lr) Oil on paper laid to canvas 12 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches Provenance: Private collection, Maine
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Sep. 29, 2010
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI 1906-1956 RAMPART STREET signed Guglielmi and dated '50 , l.l.; titled Rampart Street and dated 1950 on the stretcher oil on canvas 30 1/2 by 28 in. 77.5 by 71.1 cm.
Sotheby's
Sep. 21, 2010
O. Louis Guglielmi (American 1906-1956) Tempera
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
O. Louis Guglielmi (American 1906-1956) Tempera and & collage, Untitled, 12-3/8" x 8-3/4" prov. Washburn Gallery, New York no. 09151
Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions
Feb. 23, 2010
O. Louis Guglielmi (American 1906-1956) gouache &
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
O. Louis Guglielmi (American 1906-1956) gouache & collage on artist board, 17-3/4" x 12-5/8" prov. Washburn Gallery, New York no. 09151
Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions
Jan. 01, 2010
GUGLIELMI, O. LOUIS (American, b. 1906-d. 1956) Still life with fruit.
Est: $18,000 - $26,000
GUGLIELMI, O. LOUIS (American, b. 1906-d. 1956) Still life with fruit. Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Framed. 30 x 36" Provenance: Acquired from the family of the artist. There are few direct comparables of this size, date and subject which have been offered at auction. Compare still life 20 x 16" offered at Christie's, New York May 20, 2009, lot 116 for $20,000 - 30,000, unsold. Compare also a seascape/still life 20 x 24" sold at Sotheby's New York, November 29, 2006, lot 44 for $25,000 - 35,000, sold for $30,000. While this example is larger, the condition is a major factor in determining value particulary, the highly visible lifting of pigments on the painting's surface. Note: Appears to be lined, surface lifting to paint.
Braswell Galleries
May. 20, 2009
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956) Still Life with Mask signed and dated 'Guglielmi/31' (upper left) oil on canvas 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 30, 2008
O. Louis Guglielmi (American 1906-1956) gouache &
Est: $3,000 - $6,000
O. Louis Guglielmi (American 1906-1956) gouache & collage on artist board, 17-3/4" x 12-5/8" prov. Washburn Gallery, New York no. 09151
Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions
Dec. 04, 2008
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956)
Est: $150,000 - $250,000
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956) The Gallants signed and dated 'Guglielmi 1940' (lower right) oil on masonite 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 06, 2008
O. Louis Guglielmi 1906-1956 , The Photographer oil on canvas
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
signed Guglielmi and dated '48 , l.l.; signed Louis Guglielmi and titled "The Photographer" on the stretcher oil on canvas
Sotheby's
May. 22, 2007
O. Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Untitled
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
O. Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Untitled Tempera and collage on paper 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (31.8 x 22.2 cm) Provenance: Washburn Gallery, New York, no. 09150 Glued to mat. Collage elements are lifting in various places.
Doyle New York
May. 22, 2007
O. Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Untitled
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
O. Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Untitled Gouache on artist's board 17 3/4 x 12 5/8 inches (45.1 x 32 cm) Provenance: Washburn Gallery, New York, no. 09151 Pigment is flaking along women's arms and chest. Board is glued to mat. 4 scratches approx. 1''. Visible stains at upper right and lower left. Cracks in pigment in women's hair.
Doyle New York
Feb. 28, 2007
O. Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Figure Studies
Est: $800 - $1,200
O. Louis Guglielmi American, 1906-1956 Figure Studies Signed Gugliemi and dated 1945 (lc) Graphite on paper Sight 33 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches
Doyle New York
Nov. 29, 2006
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI 1906-1956
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF FRANCES DAY THINGS OF THE SEA measurements 20 by 24 in. alternate measurements (50.8 by 60.9 cm) signed Guglielmi and dated '33, l.l.; also signed O.L. Guglielmi and inscribed Wianno, Cape Cod/ Oct. 1933 on the reverse oil on canvas, unframed PROVENANCE Frederic Lansing Day (acquired directly from the artist) By descent to the present owner EXHIBITED New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Art Gallery; Providence, Rhode Island, Bell Gallery, Brown University; Albany, New York, University Art Gallery, State University of New York at Albany; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art (did not travel), O. Louis Guglielmi: A Retrospective Exhibition, November 1980-July 1981, no. 15, p. 8, illustrated
Sotheby's
Sep. 12, 2006
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956)
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
The Gallants signed and dated 'Guglielmi 1940' (lower right) oil on masonite 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 08, 2006
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI Untitled (Two Women in Conservation).
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI Untitled (Two Women in Conservation). Pen and ink with gouache heightening on green laid paper, circa 1943. 275x195 mm; 103/4x71/2 inches. Signed in ink, lower right. Time stain. John Baker, the Guglielmi expert, has confirmed the authenticity of this early drawing. According to Baker, this is a study for the figures in Recurrent Theme in Red, painted in 1943 and currently in the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. This painting is figure 64 in John Baker's O. Louis Guglielmi: A Retrospective Exhibition, Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1980.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 08, 2006
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI Tumblers.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI Tumblers. Pencil on cream wove paper, circa 1941. 355x273 mm; 14x11 inches. Signed in pencil, lower left. Repaired 3-inch diagonal tear, lower right corner, well outside the image. John Baker, the Guglielmi expert, has confirmed the authenticity of this early drawing. Possibly a study for the same-titled painting, once considered lost, which sold recently at Sotheby's, New York, March 1, 2006. Considered by the artist to be one of his best works, the painting replaces this drawing's pastoral landscape, which relates to his earlier work, with a storefront and sidewalk.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 01, 2006
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI 1906-1956 TUMBLERS 8 by 10 in. alternate 2.4 by 25.4 cm signed Guglielmi, l.l. oil on masonite Condition Note: Generally good condition, surface lightly soiled, some frame abrasion to lower edge, some scattered light spotting We
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
O. LOUIS GUGLIELMI 1906-1956 TUMBLERS 8 by 10 in. alternate 2.4 by 25.4 cm signed Guglielmi, l.l. oil on masonite Condition Note: Generally good condition, surface lightly soiled, some frame abrasion to lower edge, some scattered light spotting We are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described in our catalogue. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE. Painted in 1941 according to a label on the reverse PROVENANCE Downtown Gallery, New York EXHIBITED (possibly) New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1943 LITERATURE AND REFERENCES John Baker, O. Louis Guglielmi, A Retrospective Exhibition, Rutgers, 1980, pp 30-31, illustrated fig. 58. According to Baker, ...Guglielmi painted Tumblers which, in the years immediately after World War II, he was to consider one of his best works.
Sotheby's
Jul. 13, 2004
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Aerialist no. 4; also five drawings of various subjects and sizes the first ink and gouache on paper the first 23 1/2 x 32 in. (59.7 x 81.3 cm.) (6)
Christie's