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10 October 2023
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Lotan Lotan Welshans 1905–1985

The Flirt

1939
oil on canvas 32¼ h × 22¼ w in (82 × 57 cm)
estimate: $800–1,200
result: $630
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Signed and dated to lower right ‘Lotan 1939’.
provenance: Collection of Governor Jim Thompson, Chicago

This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

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The Collection of Governor Jim Thompson

Governor Jim Thompson
Governor Jim Thompson in his office at the law firm of Winston & Strawn in 2003
(Photo courtesy of Bill Hogan / Chicago Tribune)


Over the course of several decades, Governor James R. Thompson, the thirty-seventh and longest-serving governor of Illinois (1977-1991), assembled an impressive, wide-ranging collection of art and design thanks to his keen eye, refined tastes, and eclectic sensibility. Since 2018, Toomey & Co. has presented a varied selection of material from the Collection of Governor Jim Thompson, including political memorabilia, silver, jewelry, match safes / vestas, metalwork, lighting, furniture, glasswork, pottery, fine art, folk art, and more. Toomey & Co. is honored to feature this current offering of artwork from the Collection of Governor Thompson.

Works from the Collection of Governor Jim Thompson

200 Arthur Clifton Goodwin

River Scene in the Fall

estimate: $1,500–2,500

result: $1,764

204 Kathryn Leone Wood

Fall Landscape

estimate: $400–600

result: $63

209 After Honoré Daumier

Ratapoil

estimate: $1,000–2,000

result: $1,008

211 After Jean-Jacques Feuchère

Mephistopheles

estimate: $800–1,200

result: $7,095

213 Max Kruse

Nenikhkamen (The Marquis of the Marathon)

estimate: $300–500

result: $630

216 Alfred Montgomery

Barrel and Corn

estimate: $3,000–5,000

result: $5,040

229 Carl Peters

Winter Chores

estimate: $2,500–3,500

result: $1,512

236 Carl Sprinchorn

River and Woods; Oak Leaves (double-sided)

estimate: $800–1,200

result: $4,978

241 Harold Matthews Brett

The Steel Worker

estimate: $1,000–2,000

result: $630

242 Artist Unknown

Steel Mill

estimate: $500–700

result: $1,965

243 Byron Gere

Pipe Fitters

estimate: $700–900

result: $5,805

246 Artist Unknown

Shucking Corn

estimate: $500–700

result: $378

247 M. Perret

Young Pugilists with an Audience

estimate: $800–1,200

result: $252

256 Jess Hobby

Barn Scene in Autumn

estimate: $700–900

result: $1,890

281 Lotan Lotan Welshans

The Flirt

estimate: $800–1,200

result: $630

299 Michel Henry

Marguerites d'or

estimate: $1,000–2,000

result: $1,134

320 Yves Thiey

Recumbent Nude

estimate: $400–600

result: $756

322 Jean-Denis Maillart

Top Hat

estimate: $300–500

result: $252

356 James Harvey

Flight

estimate: $1,000–2,000

result: $1,441
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