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June: Works on Paper

Tue, Jun 16, 2026 11:00AM EDT
  2026-06-16 11:00:00 2026-06-16 11:00:00 America/New_York Sheafer + King Modern Sheafer + King Modern : June: Works on Paper https://auctions.sheaferking.com/auctions/sheafer-king-modern/june-works-on-paper-23044
Sheafer + King Modern is pleased to present June: Works on Paper auction. The auction features paintings and prints on paper including works by: Peter Gee, Willem de Looper, Victor Vasarely, Fernand Leger, Salvador Dali, Steve Redman, Steven Conant, Alexander Gorlizski, Erte, R.C. Gorman, James Bruch, Walter Stomps, Eugene Savage, Michio Takayama, Richard Kalina, Robert Natkin, Richard Lindner, etc. The auction also features a large number of paintings and prints by Candian artist, Walter Sorge (1931-2021). 
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Lot 235

Walter Sorge "Fish Pond" Watercolor Painting

Estimate: $50 - $200
Starting Bid
$30

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Watercolor landscape painting titled Fish Pond by Walter Sorge (Canadian; 1931-2021). Titled lower right. Unsigned, from the artist's estate. 

 

Measurements: 38" W x 25.5" H (sheet). 

 

In house shipping available.

 

From Sheafer + King:

Born in Alberta, Canada, Walter Felix Sorge attended UCLA and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from there during the 1950s. He continued his education at Columbia University in New York where he received his Doctorate in Fine Art and Fine Art Education. Sorge also studied under Stanley William Hayter in Paris and worked at Atelier 17. He later had an extensive career as an art educator and served as head of the art department at Kentucky Southern College in Louisville, the head of the art department at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, as well as chairman of the art department at Eastern Illinois University. Sorge exhibited widely during his lifetime in the United States and abroad.

A few tears to edges of paper.

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