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2023 Live & Silent Auctions

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.

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 [email protected].
Bidder Registration Form
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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 [email protected].
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Live Benefit Auction Artwork

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
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This activity is funded by The Arts Partnership,
with support from the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo.

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  • Home
  • Exhibitions
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    • Traveling Exhibits >
      • Artist + Muse
      • Frozen Music
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    • Past Exhibitions >
      • Postovit: Myth and Legend
      • Sherry Lee Short
      • Dan Jones: Changing Seasons
      • 2023 Auctions
      • Queer Joy
      • The 64th Midwestern: "Outside the Lines"
      • Eric A. Johnson
      • Shane Mercer
      • Annette Marchand
      • Guan & Bachmeier
      • Susan Morrissey
      • Art Ghoullery V
      • Kathleen Ristinen
      • Dave Thune
      • J.S. Postovit: A New Bestiary
      • Joe B. Milosevich >
        • The Collected Object
      • Three Women ...
      • Recent Acquisitions
      • Dan Jones
      • In the Elements
      • 2021 Live & Silent Auctions
      • 360° Tours >
        • Abstract: episode 875
        • Isolated Interiors
        • Looking at the Overlooked
      • Charlie Thysell
      • Art Ghoullery IV
      • Wayne Gudmundson
      • The 62nd Midwestern
      • Tri-College Sculpture
      • Philip J. Thompson
      • Eric A. Johnson
      • James T. O'Rourke
      • Cyrus M. Running
      • Robert A. Nelson
      • Charles Beck
      • Thysell Linocuts
      • Deborahmae Broad
      • Ben Rheault
      • 60 Years, 60 Works
  • About
    • Archives + Reading Room >
      • History
    • Mission
    • Staff and Board
    • Rental >
      • Facility Rental
    • The Longspur Prairie Fund at The Rourke
  • Visit
    • The Rourke
    • More Moorhead Arts Venues
    • Quarterly Lectures
  • Support
    • Membership
    • Sponsorship
    • Friends of The Rourke
    • Anniversary Fund
    • Corporate Partnership
  • Learn
    • Monotype 101
    • Tetra Pak 101
    • "From the Collections" Video Series
    • Video Courses >
      • Intro to Abstraction - Virtual Class
      • Shape to Form - Virtual Class
      • Image Transfers - Virtual Class
      • Single-Layer Linoleum Cut - Virtual Class
      • Three-Layer Linoleum Cut - Virtual Class
      • Cardboard Prints - Virtual Class
      • Intro to Collage - Virtual Class
      • Wheat Paste - Virtual Class
      • Plexiglas Drypoint - Virtual Class
      • Instant Books - Virtual Class
      • Post and Screw Books - Virtual Class
      • The Sketchbook - Virtual Class
      • Glue Prints - Virtual Class
      • Pamphlet Stitch Books - Virtual Class
      • Monotypes - Virtual Class
  • e-News Signup
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