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Celebrating
an Artful Life:
An
Evening Honoring Christopher Brown, June 2nd 2007
For
additional information or to place an absentee bid, contact Phoebe
Brookbank, 707-252-5427 or phoebe@oxbowschool.org.
More
lots coming soon....
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BILL
OWENS |
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Untitled
(The Maid of Livermore)
Gelatin
silver print, 11" x 14", negative 1971,
print 2000
Generously
donated by: Robert Shimshak and Marion Brenner
www.billowens.com
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PATRICIA
CURTAN |
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Figs
Patricia
Curtan is an artist and designer living in Berkeley,
California. She works in the medium of linoleum block
printing, making images primarily of plants, particularly
edible plants. Most recently, two print suites, one
of fruit and one of vegetables, were produced in limited
editions and reproduced as illustrations in Chez Panisse
Fruit (2002), and Chez Panisse Vegetables (1996) by
Alice Waters, published by HarperCollins. Patricia was
also the designer and typographer for both books, her
latest role in a long association with Chez Panisse
Restaurant as cook, cookbook co-author, designer and
printer. Other work includes letterpress menus, notecards
and broadsides, logo and identity design, and artwork
for labels and product packaging.
Generously
donated by Patricia Curtan
www.patriciacurtan.com |
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LINDA
CONNOR |
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Tomb
and Pyramid, Giza Egypt
Contact
print toned with gold chloride, 8" x 10",
1989
Visiting
Artist Residency, Spring 2002
Anonymous
donor
Linda
Connor has spent more than twenty-five years exploring
and investigating exotic and spiritual places. A frequent
visitor to India, Mexico, Thailand, Ireland, Peru, Nepal,
Egypt, Hawaii and the American Southwest, Connor takes
her 8 x 10" view camera on a pilgrimage into our
history. What she reveals is a past filled with presence;
a past which informs and molds our world today. |
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NINA
KATCHADOURIAN |
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Cowgirl
(from
the Paranormal Postcards series), postcards,
and sewing thread) 2002
Generously
Donated by: Nina Katchadourian
www.ninakatchadourian.com
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ALLAN
WEXLER |
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Excavation/Access/Spiral
Digital
archival print on arches paper, 2007
From
a series titled "On the Art of Building in Ten
Books". this series of images and text explores
a return tothe basic principals of architecture by updating
Leon Battista Alberti's trease on the art of building
written about the middle of the fifteenth century.
Generously
Donated by Allan Wexler and Ronald Feldman Gallery.
Visiting
Artist Residency Spring 2003 |
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A
PRIVATE EVENING AT DESCANSO GARDENS FOR 10 PEOPLE |
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Join
Executive Director David Brown and Manager of Horticulture
Brian Sullivan for a rare, special and private evening
at Descanso Gardens in LaCanada Flintridge, Califorinia.
The evening begins with a welcome champagne beneath
the spreading limbs of an 800-year-old coast live oak—one
of Descanso’s signature species and collections--in
the International Rose Garden, the starting place for
your private tour of this historic landscape and botanic
garden. Brian and David will take you through the Rose
Garden; Descanso’s rustic garden of California
natives; both East and West Camellia forests (which
together have been recognized nationally as a “Camellia
Collection of Distinction”, coming to the unusual
Japanese-style Garden and Full Moon Teahouse for hors
d’oeuvre. From there, the party will move up the
hill, through the oak canopy to the historic Manchester
Boddy House, recently restored to its Hollywood Regency
glamour as the 43rd Pasadena Showcase House of Design.
The 160 acres that form Descanso Gardens today lay undeveloped
when E. Manchester Boddy, publisher of the Los Angeles
Daily News, purchased the land in 1937. Boddy retained
noted Beverly Hills architect James E. Dolena to design
an elegant two-story mansion of 22 rooms. From the house’s
gracious terrace, where dinner will be served by Descanso’s
exclusive caterer, Chef Joachim Spichal’s Patina
Group, you’ll enjoy a panoramic view of the oak
forest and San Gabriel Valley below. Boddy named his
estate "Rancho del Descanso," which in Spanish
means "rest" or "repose". Today,
Descanso Gardens receives nearly 300,000 visitors and
guests annually—but on your special night, the
mysterious and evocative landscape that is Descanso
will be yours alone.
Subject
to availability and must be redeemed by September 2008
www.descanso.com |
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FOR
CRAFTSMAN EXPERTS, BEGINNERS OR THE MERELY CURIOUS
Tour
& dinner for 6. |
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Tour
the world-famous Craftsman-era masterpiece of Greene
and Greene, the Charles M. Gamble House in Pasadena,
California, with executive director and author, Ted
Bosley, then stroll a block south for a private tour
of another Greene and Greene: the Mary Ranney House,
designed and built for the remarkable, self-taught woman
who was the chief draftsman in the Greene’s office.
There, enjoy conversation and a home-cooked Chinese
dinner, prepared for you by David and Judy Brown. David
began studying and cooking Chinese food in 1971, after
a freelance writing assignment took him to Hong Kong
for three months to research the history and culture
of China. Seldom has West met East in a more intimate
setting.
Date
to be determined and subject to availabilities. Valid
through September 2008.
Offered
by David and Judy Brown |
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DINNER
FOR FOUR AT WINE SPECTATOR GREYSTONE RESTAURANT
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Greystone's
terraced gardens of herbs, vegetables, and flowers provide
the perfect introduction to the vibrant colors, enticing
aromas, and bustling activity of the Wine Spectator
Greystone Restaurant. Local, seasonal ingredients are
the inspiration for the cuisine, which features California's
bounty from the land and sea.
The
dazzling restaurant space, created by noted designer
Adam Tihany, offers a view of the chefs at work from
every hand-crafted table. We invite you to relax and
settle into your meal with "Today's Temptations,"
which is an array of delicious "small" bites
to be shared by all at the table. Our chef calls them
temptations because they are inspired by the culinary
artisans, farmers and foragers who bring their tempting
products to the kitchen door everyday.
Generously
donated by The Culinary Institute of America |
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DINNER
FOR FOUR AT BAY WOLF |
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A
Bay Area tradition for twenty-nine years, Bay Wolf offers
an elegant yet relaxed setting for the fine cuisine
inspired by the regions of the Mediterranean.
Value
$200
Opening
Bid $150
Generously
donated by Bay Wolf Restaurant
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CAKEWORK |
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Gift
Certificate for a Cake
Cakework
was created in 1985 when a background in sculpting met
a passion for baking. The Cakework staff has been widely
recognized for producing amazing and original works
of art. They can customize a design tailored to your
occasion whether it is simple and elegant, wild and
whimsical, or dramatic and glamourous.
Generously
donated by Cakework
www.cakework.com |
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VINTNERS
COLLECTIVE |
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One
Year Connoisseur Club Membership
This
lot includes a privates tasting for you and seven of
your friends.
Member
Benefits :
- 10% discount on all wine purchases and retail merchandise
- First offering on new release and highly allocated wines
- Invitation to private events and to our annual Harvest
party
- Complimentary admission to release parties and events
for the Member+ spouse
-Complimentary private tasting upstairs on our Vintner
table, or outside on the deck
- Preferred rates at local hotels such as Villagio Resort
& Spa, Napa River Inn, and Yountville Inn.
Vintner's
Collective is the first of it's kind in Napa Valley,
a multi-winery tasting room that is home to twenty of
the most experienced and talented winemakers in the
Valley. The man behind Vintner's Collective is Garret
Murphy, who dreamed of creating a place where wine lovers
could taste the wines of some of the best winemakers
in Napa Valley, and where smaller wineries without their
own tasting room could showcase their wines and introduce
them to consumers. With a little Irish luck and good
intuition, the location for Vintner's Collective in
the landmark Pfeiffer building made the idea a reality,
and current changes and growth in downtown Napa made
for good timing.
Generously
Donated by The Vintners Collective
www.vintnerscollective.com
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2004
BIALLA VINEYARDS CABERNET SAUVIGNON
(1
Case; 12 bottles)
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Bialla
Vineyards 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon is a layered, complex
wine witih ripe black fruit accented by notes of anise
and chocolate. This 100% cabernet estate wine is substantial
and and rich with a well balanced finish. Barrelled
in new French oak exclusively.
www.biallavineyards.com
Generously
donated by Bialla Vineyards |
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WINNNING SCHRAMSBERG 2002 BLANC DE BLANCS.
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One
signed magnum bottle of Schramsberg 2002 Blanc de
Blancs. Best Sparkling Wine trophy at the International
Wine & Spirits Competition in London. This wine
is dry and crisp with abundant flavors of lemon, apple,
pear and pineapple. Small lots of malolactic and barrel-fermented
wines are added for complexity. The wine is aged on
the yeast lees in the bottle for about three years
prior to disgorgement. With its bright fruit and crisp
characters, this sparkling wine will maintain its
freshness, structure and refined finish for many years
following its initial release.
Also
includes a copy of "Sparkling Harvest: The Seasons
of the Vine" by Jack Davies.
Generously
donaed by: Schramsberg Vineyards
www.schramsberg.com
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OLIVER
RANCH TOUR FOR 10 PEOPLE |
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Nestled
in the heart of Sonoma County, this 100-acre Alexander
Valley ranch is one of the country's premier private
reserves for site-specific art. In 1985, Steven and
Nancy Oliver commissioned their first piece "Shepard's
Muse" a multi-media sculpture by New York sculptor
Judith Shea. Almost 20 years later the Oliver's have
comissioned 18 works that rise up over the rolling hills
of the ranch's landscape
As
life long art patrons, Steven and Nancy Oliver see the
ranch as a model for philanthropy and a way to nurture
the growth and development of artists. Rather than working
with a gallery dealer, a museum director or curator,
artists opt to work with the Olivers for a more "earthy
experience" often forging close and meaning ful
relationships wiht hte family while in residency at
the ranch
Available
Fall 2008 only. Dates for Fall 2008 tour schedule will
be released in July of 2008, at which time Oliver Ranch
management will contact the winning bidder.
No lunch or picnic allowed on Ranch grounds post-tour.
Generously
donated by Nancy and Steven Oliver/The Oliver Ranch
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PRIVATE
TOUR OF THE YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY FOR EIGHT |
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Jock
Reynolds, the Director of the Yale University Art Gallery,
will lead a private tour of Yale's newly-restored and
re-installed Louis I. Kahn landmark building. The tour
will be for up to eight people, with Reynolds thereafter
hosting a lunch or dinner at teh choice of the group.
The
Yale University Art Gallery was Louis I. Kahn’s
first significant commission and is widely considered
his first masterpiece. Designed while Kahn was a visiting
critic at the Yale School of Architecture, the building—the
first of three art museums that he would design—represented
a dramatic point of departure for American museum architecture
as a whole. more...
Must
be redeemed by June 2, 2008
Generously
donated by Jock Reynolds |
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STYLE |
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HEATH
CERAMICS |
Heath
Ceramics - Classic California,
Stoneware Tableware & Tile |
Just
out of the kiln
6 place-settings from the Coupe Line originally developed
in 1947 in a new color, "rum" mixed with one
of the original colors, "matte brown". The
variation in the rum glaze comes from iron which creates
an intresting pattern when fired. This new color has
been developed exclusively for Barney's in New York
and is not yet available in stores. Be the first to
set your table with this gorgeous set of dishes. You
will also be treated to a private tour of the Sausalito
Factory.
Heath's
unique products continue to be made according to Edith
Heath's original vision - exemplified today in
their award winning tableware and architectural tile.
All Heath products are hand-crafted in their original Sausalito
factory and held to the same standards of design and
quality for the past half-century.
Generously
donated by Heath Ceramics |
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AFTER
HOURS SHOPPING AT ALLA PRIMA LINGERE WITH DEBORAH OROPALLO
AND A $500 GIFT CERTIFICATE |
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Enjoy
the exclusive experience of after hours shopping. You
don't need to be a celebrity to bid on this. Alla Prima
will open their Hayes Valley store to only you and up
to three of your closest friends to peruse, try on and
dress up in European swimwear, loungewear, lingerie
and other fine apparel. Wine included along with at
$500 gift certificate.
Lot
also includes a private tour of Deborah Oropallo's exhibition
Guise:
Recent Prints by Deborah Oropallo, currently
on view at the de Young Museum until September 16, 2007,
and four passes to the museum and a private docent tour.
Gift
certificate must be redeemed by June 2, 2007 and Tour
must be redeemed by September 16, 2007.
Generously
donated by: Alla Prima Lingere and Deborh Oropallo
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WATERLILIES |
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Waterlilies
carries an international collection of swim wear and
accessories. Everything on needs for the beach or
poolside
$200
gift certificate is redeemable at Waterlilies
swim wear boutique. At either of their store locations,
Mill Valley or San Francisco.
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