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Ahlers & Ogletree to host Modern & Contemporary Art + Design sale

A rare circa 1976 Philip & Kelvin LaVerne ‘Chan Li’ cabinet and an oil on canvas landscape painting by K.D. Wiggins (N.M., b. 1956) are just a couple of the wild and wonderful items bidders will find in Ahlers & Ogletree’s Modern & Contemporary Art + Design auction scheduled for Wednesday, June 26th.

The auction, starting at 10 am, online and in Ahlers & Ogletree’s Atlanta gallery, contains 337 lots of Modernism and Outsider art, including original paintings, important furniture and decorative arts.

Highlights include a large collection of works by Philip & Kelvin Laverne, some with the original paperwork, a pottery jug by Pablo Picasso, original works by Steve Penley and Todd Murphy, a pair of Hunting Chairs by Borge Mogensen, tapestries by Jon Eric Riis and a Paradise Persian by American glassblower Dale Chihuly. A preview will be held at the gallery, June 24th and 25th, from 10am-5pm Eastern time.

To learn more about Ahlers & Ogletree and the Modern & Contemporary Art + Design auction scheduled for Wednesday, June 26th at 10 am Eastern time, please visit www.aandoauctions.com

Untitled late 19th or early 20th century woven textile with seed pearls by Jon Eric Riis (Ga., b. 1945), unmarked, with the textile measuring 34 inches by 46 ½ inches (less the frame) (est. $4,000-$6,000).