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PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
DR. & MRS. FREDDY AND REGINA T. HOMBURGER
Freddy and Regina Homburger were married in 1939 in Geneva and came to the U.S. in 1941. Freddy previously earned a medical degree from the University of Geneva and passed his U.S. medical examinations to obtain a U.S. degree. After working as a Fellow at the Yale and Harvard Medical Schools, Freddy along with his wife, Regina, who was also known as Gin, and an associate Dr. Peter Bernfeld, founded the independent Bio-Research Institute in Cambridge, MA. concentrating on examining and evaluating the carcinogenic effects of tobacco.
Besides his very intensive professional activities, Freddy was an accomplished watercolorist, a passionate aviator and served as Honorary Consul for Switzerland in Boston from 1966 to 1986. Gin actively supported him during his whole career.
The collection now being offered for sale began with acquisitions of works of art during Freddy and Gin's many trips abroad, especially South America. The Homburgers were passionate art collectors and they were interested in many different areas of the arts. Guided by their insatiable curiosity and eclectic good taste, they assembled a collection of Impressionist and Modern Art, Pre-Columbian Art, South East Asian and Indian Sculpture, Antiquities, Old Master drawings and Prints. A portion of the sales proceeds will be used to establish the Freddy and Regina Homburger Endowment for acquisitions at the Portland Museum of Art, Maine.
Freddy died in September 2001 and Gin followed him in January 2002.
Please also see lots 178, 230 and 231.
RAOUL DUFY
Baigneuse
Details
RAOUL DUFY
Baigneuse
lithograph, circa 1920, on J Perrigot Arches, signed in pencil, inscribed 'à Gin et à Freddy Homburger', with full margins, light- and mat staining, surface soiling in the upper margin, otherwise in good condition; ARISTIDE MAILLOL, Junon, from Maitres et petits maitres d'aujourd hui (Guérin 274)--lithograph in sepia, circa 1925, on laid paper, signed with monogram in pencil, numbered 7/25, with the Frapier blindstamp, Paris, with full margins, a pale stain in the lower right margin corner, otherwise in good condition; ANDRE DERAIN, [Head of a Woman]--lithograph, circa 1928, on Arches, signed in pencil, numbered 76/100, with full margins, pale mat staining, scattered foxing, a blue paper hinge at the reverse of the upper and lower right margin edge (slightly showing through), otherwise in good condition; JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO, La Loca--etching, circa 1945, on wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered 77/100 (from the second edition of 100 numbered impressions), 1949, with margins, pale light-staining, otherwise in good condition, all framed (4)
Baigneuse
lithograph, circa 1920, on J Perrigot Arches, signed in pencil, inscribed 'à Gin et à Freddy Homburger', with full margins, light- and mat staining, surface soiling in the upper margin, otherwise in good condition; ARISTIDE MAILLOL, Junon, from Maitres et petits maitres d'aujourd hui (Guérin 274)--lithograph in sepia, circa 1925, on laid paper, signed with monogram in pencil, numbered 7/25, with the Frapier blindstamp, Paris, with full margins, a pale stain in the lower right margin corner, otherwise in good condition; ANDRE DERAIN, [Head of a Woman]--lithograph, circa 1928, on Arches, signed in pencil, numbered 76/100, with full margins, pale mat staining, scattered foxing, a blue paper hinge at the reverse of the upper and lower right margin edge (slightly showing through), otherwise in good condition; JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO, La Loca--etching, circa 1945, on wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered 77/100 (from the second edition of 100 numbered impressions), 1949, with margins, pale light-staining, otherwise in good condition, all framed (4)