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b. 1913 - d. 1993

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    • Bror Alexander Utter, Untitled (Canals), 1956
      Mar. 16, 2023

      Bror Alexander Utter, Untitled (Canals), 1956

      Est: $500 - $700

      Bror Alexander Utter (1913 - 1993) Untitled (Canals), 1956 watercolor and ink on paper signed and dated lower right: Bror Utter 8/56

      Santa Fe Art Auction
    • Bror Alexander Utter (1913-1993) American Painting
      Feb. 27, 2019

      Bror Alexander Utter (1913-1993) American Painting

      Est: $50 - $100

      Bror Alexander Utter (1913 - 1993) Texas. Watercolor on paper painting. Depicts a still life scene with water pitcher and pear fruit. Signed lower right. Artwork measures approximately 11" x 8". Frame measures approximately 18" x 14 1/2" Good condition with mild wear to the frame. Hill Auction Gallery in house USA domestic continental shipping $100 plus insurance.

      Hill Auction Gallery
    • Bror Alexander Utter (1913-1993) American Painting
      Feb. 27, 2019

      Bror Alexander Utter (1913-1993) American Painting

      Est: $100 - $1,000

      Bror Alexander Utter (1913 - 1993) Texas. Watercolor on paper painting. Depicts a floral still life scene. Signed lower right. Artwork measures approximately 19 1/2" x 13". Frame measures approximately 21" x 14 1/2" Good condition with mild wear to the frame. Hill Auction Gallery in house USA domestic continental shipping $100 plus insurance.

      Hill Auction Gallery
    • BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993). WILD BEAST, signed and titled in pencil lower margin. Etching and aquatint.
      Apr. 30, 2016

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993). WILD BEAST, signed and titled in pencil lower margin. Etching and aquatint.

      Est: $200 - $300

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993). WILD BEAST, signed and titled in pencil lower margin. Etching and aquatint - Framed, plate: 7 in. x 5 in.

      Sloans & Kenyon
    • Utter, Bror
      Jan. 24, 2015

      Utter, Bror

      Est: $1,500 - $3,000

      Flora and the Satyr

      David Dike Fine Art
    • Utter, Bror
      Jan. 24, 2015

      Utter, Bror

      Est: $2,000 - $4,000

      Tulips, 1974

      David Dike Fine Art
    • BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Palatine Hil
      May. 11, 2013

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Palatine Hil

      Est: $3,000 - $3,500

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Palatine Hills, 1955 Watercolor on paper 18 x 26 inches (45.7 x 66.0 cm) (image) Signed and dated lower right: PROVENANCE: Valley House Gallery Inc., Dallas (label verso). Bror Utter was one of the leaders of the artist group known as the Fort Worth Circle. He painted Palatine Hills in 1955. It was probably composed from the sketches he made while visiting Rome two years before. This watercolor depicts the Imperial building complex which was the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome upon which the city was built. The historic Roman subject was the perfect vehicle for Utter's favorite styles and themes. Utter was always fascinated with Roman arches, niches and compartments. He also uses a distorted grid structure to create mismatching planes throughout the composition. This kind of abstraction is almost always present in his skies. The painting's precariously harmonized and eccentric colors are hallmarks of his sophisticated style. All of these elements combine in Palatine Hills to create the surreal quality, brooding mood, and sense of timelessness that characterize his work.

      Heritage Auctions
    • BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Landscape wi
      May. 11, 2013

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Landscape wi

      Est: $2,500 - $3,500

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Landscape with Houses, circa 1940s Oil on masonite 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm) Signed lower right: Bror Utter PROVENANCE: Valley House Gallery, Inc., Dallas (label verso). Landscape with Houses is painted in a regionalist style which characterizes much of Bror Utter's work from the late 1930s and early 1940s. His distinctive use of color is already in evidence; the tones of green, yellow and orange contribute to the surrealistic mood of the painting.

      Heritage Auctions
    • BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Pitcher, Two
      May. 11, 2013

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Pitcher, Two

      Est: $2,500 - $3,500

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Pitcher, Two Fish, and a Lobster, circa 1950 Oil on canvas 14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm) Signed lower left: Bror Utter From the Estate of Kelly Fearing. Vessels of many varieties formed an important component of Bror Utter's visual iconography. His compositions often incorporated urns, urns with lids, urns with and without handles, chalices, pitchers, libation cups, bowls, bowls with legs, vases, or conch shells, each of these forms seemingly plucked from some treasure chest of antiquity. In Utter's hands, the particular posture of a vessel could slyly suggest human attributes. Slim-waisted containers with wide mouths and bases appeared to lean and tilt with undeniable feminine energy. What all of these vessels were designed to contain was secondary to their beautiful lines and elegant forms. Indeed, Utter was transfixed throughout his life by the form and shape of things. Pitcher of Fishes combines Bror Utter's love of forms with his equally strong affinity for color. If painted in black and white this image would still intrigue, but when seen through a prism of Aegean-like blues, the pitcher becomes an unlikely yet effective crucible of life. Bror Utter's color sense was a constant source of wonder to his Fort Worth contemporaries and continues today as a main source of Utter's appeal.

      Heritage Auctions
    • Bror Alexander Utter (Am., 1913-1993), Untitled
      Mar. 17, 2012

      Bror Alexander Utter (Am., 1913-1993), Untitled

      Est: $400 - $800

      Bror Alexander Utter (Am., 1913-1993), Untitled ink and watercolor on paper; ink signed lower left "Bror Utter '84"; framed and matted under glass. SS: 12 x 9 in.; DOA: 15.5 x 12.5 in. Examined out of frame; very good estate condition.

      Leland Little Auctions
    • BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Geraniums, circa 1955
      May. 14, 2011

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Geraniums, circa 1955

      Est: $1,000 - $2,000

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Geraniums, circa 1955 Watercolor on paper 14 x 19-1/2 inches (35.6 x 49.5 cm) Signed: Bror Utter

      Heritage Auctions
    • BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Portrait of Joe Mendez
      May. 14, 2011

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Portrait of Joe Mendez

      Est: $1,500 - $2,500

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Portrait of Joe Mendez, circa 1955 Mixed media on canvas 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm) Signed lower right: Bror Utter Portrait of Joe Mendez depicts a friend of the Fort Worth Circle. Mendez was a costume and set designer at the Reeder School, a school for children that was founded by Fort Worth Circle artists Dickson Reeder and Flora Blanc Reeder that produced elaborate productions like A Midsummer's Night Dream. He also worked as a model for several members of the Fort Worth Circle, including Utter.

      Heritage Auctions
    • BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Weather Signals, 1966
      May. 14, 2011

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Weather Signals, 1966

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Weather Signals, 1966 Oil on canvas 18-1/2 x 20 inches (47.0 x 50.8 cm) Signed and dated lower right: Bror Utter '66 Weather Signals combines two of Utter's most distinctive subjects, the human form and niches. The figures bend and stretch into graceful poses as they signal from the arched doorways and boxed spaces.

      Heritage Auctions
    • BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Two Trumpets and Three
      May. 14, 2011

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Two Trumpets and Three

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Two Trumpets and Three Birds, February 1959 Oil on canvas 23-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches (59.7 x 49.5 cm) Signed and dated lower right: Bror Utter / 2/59 Two Trumpets and Three Birds is part of a series of similar paintings. This painting also shows how he creates geometric planes that break up the background. The birds are contained by the trumpets creating arches and niches, which are all motifs often found in his work.

      Heritage Auctions
    • BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Canyon, circ
      May. 14, 2011

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Canyon, circ

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Canyon, circa 1950 Watercolor on paper 17-1/4 x 25 inches (43.8 x 63.5 cm) PROVENANCE: Dutch Phillips & Co., Fort Worth. Canyon is actually a view of the Taos Gorge, which Utter probably painted while visiting artist Bill Bomar (see lots 76013, 76014, 76057, and 76058). Bomar was also a member of the Fort Worth Circle, who moved permanently to New Mexico later in his life because of his poor health.

      Heritage Auctions
    • BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Presence, Oc
      May. 14, 2011

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Presence, Oc

      Est: $6,000 - $8,000

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Presence, October 1957 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches (61.0 x 76.2 cm) Signed and dated lower right: Bror Utter 10/57 Inscribed on stretcher: Presence Bror Utter was a leading member of a group of modernists called the Fort Worth Circle, who dominated the avant-garde art scene in the 1930s and 1940s and remained popular throughout his career. According to one newspaper clipping, "two things chiefly distinguish Utter's work. One is his sophisticated way with color and texture. The other is his ability to discover extraordinary things in ordinary forms and express his discoveries with grace and wit." This offering of works by Utter in this sale shows the range of his endeavors from the early 1940s the mid-1960s. Despite the differences between these paintings, they are still distinctly recognizable as his work. Utter was born in Fort Worth and studied under Sallie Gillespie as a teenager. While working in his father's lithograph plant in the 1930s, he studied under Wade Jolly at the Fort Worth School of Fine Arts. In 1940, he attended the Colorado Fine Arts Center. Utter taught at numerous Fort Worth institutions, including the Fort Worth Art Center and Texas Wesleyan College, while also working as a full-time painter. Bror Utter's paintings have been extensively exhibited in the United States at institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and the San Francisco Museum of Art and is represented in the collections of the Dallas Museum of Art; the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth; the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; and the Denver Art Museum. Presence is from a series of paintings Utter created in the early 1950s. As trends in modern art became more nonfigurative, he remained primarily a figure painter by developing what he called embellished forms. Thus his abstract forms retained their figural spirit. Presence depicts four birdlike creatures that first appear in a painting titled Encounter, which can be found in the catalogue for Utter's 1953 solo exhibition at the Fort Worth Public Library. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art has a similar painting from the series called Metamorphosis III (Assembly of Birds), 1953. It is remarkably similar to Presence and, while the colors may be different, both of the paintings display the precariously harmonized and eccentric tones that characterize his sophisticated style.

      Heritage Auctions
    • BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Smoke Signal
      May. 14, 2011

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Smoke Signal

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Smoke Signals Gouache on paper 14 x 14 inches (35.6 x 35.6 cm) Smoke Signals employs one of his precariously harmonious palettes. Though he took on many subjects, Utter was primarily a figure painter. In this work, both his figures and their dream-like setting have become more abstract. They signal to each other as if communicating the mystical secrets of the universe.

      Heritage Auctions
    • BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) View of North Fort Wor
      May. 14, 2011

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) View of North Fort Wor

      Est: $2,500 - $3,500

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) View of North Fort Worth, circa 1942 Gouache on paper 10-1/2 x 16-1/2 inches (26.7 x 41.9 cm) Signed lower right: Bror Utter PROVENANCE: Valley House Gallery, Dallas (label verso); Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Crump, Wichita Falls (label verso). North Fort Worth is painted in a regionalist style that is most found in his work from the late 1930s. Already you can see evidence of his distinctive palette. The tones of green, yellow, and orange contribute to the surrealistic mood of the painting.

      Heritage Auctions
    • Bror Utter (1913-1993), "Still Life" watercolor on
      Jan. 29, 2011

      Bror Utter (1913-1993), "Still Life" watercolor on

      Est: $1,200 - $2,500

      Bror Utter (1913-1993), "Still Life" watercolor on paper. Paper: 14"H x 10"W; Frame:18.5"H x 14.5"W. Signed lower right, "Bror Utter".

      Dallas Fine Art Auction
    • Bror Utter (1913-1993), Untitled - Farm Town 1967
      Jan. 29, 2011

      Bror Utter (1913-1993), Untitled - Farm Town 1967

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      Bror Utter (1913-1993), Untitled - Farm Town 1967 oil on canvas. Canvas: 15"H x 23"W; Frame: 17"H x 25"W. Signed and dated lower right, "Bror Utter 67". Provenance: Collection of Travis Rhea.

      Dallas Fine Art Auction
    • BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) The Visitors
      Nov. 20, 2010

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) The Visitors

      Est: $10,000 - $15,000

      BROR ALEXANDER UTTER (American, 1913-1993) The Visitors, 1943 Oil on canvas board 24 x 17-3/4 inches (61.0 x 45.1 cm) Signed along table edge: "Bror Utter' PROVENANCE: Mr. Charles H. Debuis, Fort Worth (label verso). EXHIBITED: Dallas Museum of Art, "Fifth Texas General Exhibit," 1943-44 (label verso). The Visitors was painted in 1943 by Bror Utter. It is a stunning example of his early work and has many elements to which he will return over the course of his career. He continued to paint vessels and seashells, even as his work became more abstract in later years. Women in hats, especially groups of three women, are also a subject that he will resume repeatedly and are heavily influenced by the work of Henri Matisse. However, unlike Matisse, Utter's beautiful but muted palette invokes a surrealistic, dreamlike mood. His early works of this quality seldom come on the open market, making this painting a rare opportunity for any collector of early Texas art. Utter was a leading member of the Fort Worth Circle, a group of artists that also included Bill Bomar, Veronica Helfensteller, and Dickson Reeder. In the 1930s and 1940s, these friends and collaborators helped each other to develop their work in styles that included the influence of art movements such as Surrealism, Modernism, and Regionalism. Born in 1913, Utter was a Fort Worth native. He studied with Sallie Gillespie and attended the Fort Worth School of Fine Arts while he worked in the lithograph store that his family owned. Later, he went to the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center on a scholarship. After returning to Fort Worth, he taught until 1951, when he was able to become a full-time artist.

      Heritage Auctions
    • BROR UTTER (1913-1993) Untitled building, watercolor and pencil on paper, signed lower right Bror Utter. Contained in original matted oak frame under glass. Condition: no visible defects. Dimensions: 9'' X 11 1/4'', frame 15 1/2'' X 17 1/2''.
      Nov. 08, 2009

      BROR UTTER (1913-1993) Untitled building, watercolor and pencil on paper, signed lower right Bror Utter. Contained in original matted oak frame under glass. Condition: no visible defects. Dimensions: 9'' X 11 1/4'', frame 15 1/2'' X 17 1/2''.

      Est: $500 - $800

      BROR UTTER (1913-1993) Untitled building, watercolor and pencil on paper, signed lower right Bror Utter. Contained in original matted oak frame under glass. Condition: no visible defects. Dimensions: 9'' X 11 1/4'', frame 15 1/2'' X 17 1/2''.

      Dargate Auction Galleries
    • BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Palatine Hill
      Jan. 24, 2009

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Palatine Hill

      Est: $6,000 - $8,000

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Palatine Hill III, 1957 Oil on linen 28 x 36 inches (71.1 x 91.4 cm) Signed and dated lower right: Bror Utter 2/'57 EXHIBITED: Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia, 1957; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, 1958; Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, "Bror Utter Retrospective Exhibition", 1961. LITERATURE: S. Canty, A Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Bror Utter Under the Auspices of the Forth Worth Art Association, Texas, 1961, no. 73. Bror Utter was one of the leaders of the artist group known as the Fort Worth Circle. He painted Palatine Hill III in 1957. It was probably composed from sketches in his notebook, often watercolored and beautiful works of art in their own right, made when he had traveled to Rome four years before. In 1961, this painting was part of the Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Bror Utter Under the Auspices of the Fort Worth Art Association, curated by the legendary art patron Sam Cantey III. It was reproduced in the catalogue for which Cantey also wrote the introduction. This excellent painting depicts the Imperial building complex which was the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome upon which the city was built. The historic Roman subject was the perfect vehicle for Utter's favorite styles and themes. The remaining ruins rise out of the rocky hill. They are a skeleton of massive, crumbing columns and empty arches. Utter was always fascinated with Roman arches, niches and compartments. He also uses a distorted grid structure to create mismatching planes throughout the composition. This kind of abstraction is almost always present in his skies. The painting's precariously harmonized and eccentric colors are hallmarks of his sophisticated style. All of these elements combine in Palatine Hill III to create the surreal quality, brooding mood, and sense of timelessness that characterize his work.

      Heritage Auctions
    • BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Old Farm House, 1944 Watercolor on paper 9 x 13-1/2 inches (22.9 x 34.3 cm) Signed lower right: Bror Utter PROVENANCE: David Dike Fine Art, Dallas, Texas (label verso)
      May. 09, 2008

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Old Farm House, 1944 Watercolor on paper 9 x 13-1/2 inches (22.9 x 34.3 cm) Signed lower right: Bror Utter PROVENANCE: David Dike Fine Art, Dallas, Texas (label verso)

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      BROR UTTER (American, 1913-1993) Old Farm House, 1944 Watercolor on paper 9 x 13-1/2 inches (22.9 x 34.3 cm) Signed lower right: Bror Utter PROVENANCE: David Dike Fine Art, Dallas, Texas (label verso)

      Heritage Auctions
    • Bror Alexander Utter (American 1913-1993)
      Apr. 19, 2008

      Bror Alexander Utter (American 1913-1993)

      Est: $700 - $900

      Bror Alexander Utter (American 1913-1993) Portrait of a Lady with Fruit Bowl Signed Bror Utter l.r., signed on a paper label affixed to the verso Watercolor and ink on paper; with slight mat toning along the margins. Framed.* Sight size: 12-1/2 x 8-1/2 in (31.8 x 21.6 cm)

      Weschler's
    • BROR UTTER (1913-1993)
      Dec. 02, 2006

      BROR UTTER (1913-1993)

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      BROR UTTER (1913-1993) Untitled Watercolor and pastel 17.5in. x 12in. Signed lower right In this composition, Bror Utter has mixed the use of watercolor and pastel. With the pastel he has used a technique called frottage, in which a design or texture is transferred to the paper by placing the paper over the top of the object and then rubbing it with the pastel stick. Provenance: Collection of Nancy Dozier

      Heritage Auctions
    • BROR UTTER (1913-1993)
      Dec. 02, 2006

      BROR UTTER (1913-1993)

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      BROR UTTER (1913-1993) Two Women, 1956 Oil on masonite 48in. x 18in. Signed and dated lower right A classic Bror Utter composition abstracting from the female figure. Flags, cylinders, and tilted planes, all typical Utter compositional devices, are woven into the design. Utter's original hand-painted frame remains as an integral part of the painting. This painting was given by Bror Utter to his friend and one-time roommate, and has remained in that family until the present day. Provenance: Acquired by descent from the artist by the present owner

      Heritage Auctions
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