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Art + Design Featuring Indiana Artists

Tue, Nov 18, 2025 11:00AM EST
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Sheafer + King Modern is pleased to present Art + Design featuring Indiana artists from the 1940s through the present. The auction features a monumental abstract painting by Robert Berkshire, paintings by James Willie Faust, Harry Davis Jr., Rinaldo Paluzzi, and Gerald Boyce, rare ceramic sculptures by Gordon Martz, and works by numerous contemporary artists. The auction also features the largest collection of Derriere le Miroir art magazines that has been sold at auction including hundreds of high quality lithographs by artists such as Miro, Calder, Braque, Chillida, and Chagall.
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Lot 17

Robert Berkshire Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting

Estimate: $500 - $1,000
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$250

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Abstract oil on canvas painting by Indiana artist Robert Berkshire (1932-2010). Signed lower left.

 

Robert Berkshire, an Abstract Expressionist painter, was a scholarship student at Herron School of Art in Indianapolis where he later became an art professor. He studied in Italy on a Fulbright Fellowship and graduated with his master's degree in Fine Arts from Florida State University in 1958. Berkshire had a profound impact on the Indiana art community and is one of Indianapolis' most well-known painters. The Robert B. Berkshire Gallery at Herron School of Art and Design was named in his honor. 

 

Measurements: 27.75" W x 35.75" H x 1.5" D (frame); 24" W x 32" H (canvas).

 

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