0224 - D - 042 - Ana TN
0224 - D - 042 - Ana TN
0224 - D - 042 - Ana TN
The top lot of the first day of the two-day event was For-
tunino Matania’s (Italy/United Kingdom, 1881-1963) “Christ
Entering Jerusalem,” which was being sold by a Tennessee The second lot of the first day of the auc-
religious institution and sold to a private collector in the “Portrait of a Man,” by Beauford Delaney, tions was this early Nineteenth Century
south, bidding on the phone, for $9,760. Sarah Campbell pastel on wove paper, 25½ by 19-5/8, is likely Korean Josean dynasty silver inlaid censer
Drury said it was exceptionally well done and almost cer- to be a record for the artist for a portrait on with crane finial, which flew to $37,500,
tainly as an illustration, though they could not find the paper. It sold to a Southern collector, bid- more than 26 times its high estimate. It sold
publication it appeared in ($1,2/1,400). ding in the room, for $48,000 ($10/12,000). to an online bidder ($1/1,400).
February 24, 2023 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly — 43