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December 6, 2025: Estate of Toto Fisher + Modern Art, Photography, Western art, Jewelry

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  2025-12-06 10:00:00 2025-12-06 10:00:00 America/New_York Concept Art Gallery Concept Art Gallery : December 6, 2025: Estate of Toto Fisher + Modern Art, Photography, Western art, Jewelry https://bid.conceptgallery.com/auctions/concept-gallery/december-6-2025-estate-of-toto-fisher-modern-art-photography-western-art-jewelry-21105
Property from the estate of Edith 'Toto' Fisher, including a large selection of vintage jewelry and Hermes scarves, fine art, furniture and design. Plus mid-century modern furniture, major works by Martin Ramirez and Bill Traylor, an iconic MC Escher print, photography, 25 lots of etchings and watercolors by Western artist Edward Borein and more!
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Lot 161

Pair of Enrico Glicenstein Wandering Jew Sculptures 1936

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
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Glicenstein, Enrico (Henryk) (Polish/Jewish/American, 1870-1942), Pair of sculptures, including wood original and plaster cast: Wandering Jew (Wanderer), 1936, wood sculpture AND undated, likely a posthumous plaster cast, both unsigned, wood sculpture measures 32 x 11 x 5 inches, plaster cast measures 32 x 10.5 x 5.25 inches. Catalogue Raisonne numbers 188 and 189. A copy of the catalogue raisonne is included with purchase. Provenance: The Estate of Hugo Dreyfuss (the son-in-law of the artist, who was married to Beatrice Glicenstein). Born in Switzerland in 1910, Dreyfuss started a textile business with his brother before moving to America in 1940. In the 1950s, he partnered with furniture designer Vladimir Kagan and designed and hand printed many fabrics for furniture and interior decorating. Hugo, Beatrice and her brother Emanuel Romano Glicenstein (who was also an artist) were the keepers and cataloguers of Glicenstein's body of work. Hugo worked on the biography/catalogue raisonne project that would become the book 'Life and Work of Enrico Glicenstein,' by Charlotte Sholod. The book was finally published in 2014, seven years after Hugo's death. Enrico Glicenstein's sculpture is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Musee d'Art Moderne, Israel Museum, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Brooklyn Museum, Jewish Museum and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, among others. Glicenstein won the Prix de Rome in 1895 and 1896, and was the only sculptor to have exhibited jointly with Auguste Rodin, who was a close friend of Glicenstein's and one of his earliest admirers. In addition to sculpture, Glicenstein was also a respected painter and etcher. In good, age appropriate condition. Wood sculpture has check coming up from center of base, surface dust, and indentation at top of figures head. Plaster case has minor surface loss and shipping near base, accretions throughout, and a layer of surface dust. Merchandise will be packed and transported by the purchaser at their own risk and expense. A list of recommended shippers is on our website: https://www.conceptgallery.com/auctions/shipping/ .

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