Silent Auction: 1 p.m. Friday 20 October – 5 p.m. Sunday 12 November 2023
Live Auction: was on 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday 3 November 2023.
The Rourke's Live & Silent Auctions feature rare and exciting works contributed by collectors throughout our community! We present these auctions every two years to benefit the general operations of the museum and to promote the idea that great art should be enjoyed in perpetuity. Live Benefit Auction artwork may be viewed as part of the auctions display in the Main and East Galleries at The Rourke and at the bottom of this page. Silent Auction artwork may be viewed and bid on during Public Viewing Hours (1 to 5 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays) and on the 2023 Silent Auction Artwork Page.
Live Auction: was on 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday 3 November 2023.
The Rourke's Live & Silent Auctions feature rare and exciting works contributed by collectors throughout our community! We present these auctions every two years to benefit the general operations of the museum and to promote the idea that great art should be enjoyed in perpetuity. Live Benefit Auction artwork may be viewed as part of the auctions display in the Main and East Galleries at The Rourke and at the bottom of this page. Silent Auction artwork may be viewed and bid on during Public Viewing Hours (1 to 5 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays) and on the 2023 Silent Auction Artwork Page.
Registration
Register for the auctions during Public Viewing Hours at the museum building (1 to 5 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays) or download and print the Bidder Registration Form below and return the completed form to museum@therourke.org.
| Bidder Registration Form |
If you are unable to attend the Live (or Silent) Auctions, you may complete and submit an Absentee Bid Form at the museum building during Public Viewing Hours or downlaod and print it below and return the completed form with your Bidder Registration form to museum@therourke.org.
| Absentee Bid Form |
Live Benefit Auction Artwork
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Lot 1.
James Tiernan O'Rourke woodcut, 21.5 x 12.5" Nürnberg City Walls II, 1973 13/20 Estimated Value Range: $500 - 725 Starting Bid: $200 Lot 3. Aaron Holz lithograph, 16.5 x 12" Carol's Bay, EV 5/15 Estimated Value Range: $220 - 300 Starting Bid: $90 Lot 4. Terence Larson welded steel, 6.5 x 3 x 4" Love Me, Love My Dog, 1973 Estimated Value Range: $1,150 - 1,475 Starting Bid: $400 Lot 5. Carl Oltvedt oil on paper, 12.5 x 8.5" and 8 x 11.5" Cloud Masses & Untitled (River Scene with Yellow Tree), 2000 Estimated Value Range: $1,350 - 1,750 Starting Bid: $450 Lot 6. J Bracken Rourke ceramic, wood, 22 x 11.5 x 11.5" Tile Table, 2002 Estimated Value Range: $180 - 250 Starting Bid: $70 Lot 7. George Pfeifer watercolor, 10 x 8" Near St. John's, 1973 Estimated Value Range: $300 - 500 Starting Bid: $125 Lot 8. Gordon Mortensen reduction woodcut, 22 x 29.5" Winter in Baker Park, 1982 29/130 Estimated Value Range: $850 - 1,100 Starting Bid: $300 Lot 9. Earl Linderman lithograph, 30 x 22" The Kiss, 1981 8/30 Estimated Value Range: $1,950 - 2,250 Starting Bid: $600 |
Lot 11.
Zhimin Guan oil on panel, 10.5 x 13" Winter Landscape, Estimated Value Range: $600 - 850 Starting Bid: $225 Lot 12. Charles Beck watercolor, gouache, 17 x 23" Untitled (Abstract), ca. 1970s Estimated Value Range: $750 - 1,000 Starting Bid: $300 Lot 14. James Tiernan O'Rourke woodcut, 36 x 23.5" Runkel, 1973 4/40 Estimated Value Range: $1,000 - 1,250 Starting Bid: $350 Lot 15. Deborahmae Broad wood engraving, 17.5 x 23" Magic Carpet, The Favorite Horse, 8/25 First State Estimated Value Range: $650 - 900 Starting Bid: $250 Lot 16. Wayne Gudmundson photograph, 12.5 x 16" North Dakota #6, Estimated Value Range: $450 - 600 Starting Bid: $175 Lot 17. Terence Larson welded steel, 10 x 3.75 x 3" Juggler, 1980 Estimated Value Range: $1,500 - 1,900 Starting Bid: $500 |
Lot 18.
Star Wallowing Bull acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16" Sky God #1 & Sky God #2, 2013 Estimated Value Range: $600 - 850 Starting Bid: $225 Lot 19. Betty Strand colored pencil, 12 x 15" Untitled (Plant Study), 1977 Estimated Value Range: $475 - 625 Starting Bid: $175 Lot 20. Orland J. Rourke collage, coin, 8 x 11" Santorini II, 1984 Estimated Value Range: $200 - 330 Starting Bid: $90 Lot 21. Heidi Goldberg etching, 9 x 6" Summer Wane, AP Estimated Value Range: $150 - 220 Starting Bid: $60 Lot 22. Jon Firestone acrylic on panel, 19.75 x 15.5" Untitled (Portrait of Two Women), Estimated Value Range: $650 - 900 Starting Bid: $250 Lot 23. Jaime Penuel color photograph, 19.5 x 15.5" Stage/The Fargo Theatre, Estimated Value Range: $350 - 550 Starting Bid: $150 Lot 25. Charles Beck woodcut, 21 x 31" Hillside Sumac, SP Estimated Value Range: $850 - 1,100 Starting Bid: $300 |
