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      The Dauer Collection

      The Dauer Collection

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      The Dauer Collection

      • The Collection
      • About the Collector

      • John A. Dauer (1933-2017) was a collector of many things, the vast majority of which convey stories of hard work, craftsmanship, industry, unsung histories, and associations with those he loved and respected. 

        
Born and raised on Staten Island, New York in 1933, John grew up among a close-knit family of entrepreneurial bakers, wood carvers, and leather merchants. He graduated in 1954 from Columbia College with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology.  He went on to work with his father John Sr., at the New York City-based John A. Dauer Leather Company.

        
During and after his undergraduate studies, John enrolled in painting, print making, and sculpture classes at Columbia, the New School for Social Research, and Greenwich House. Many of his teachers (including Margot Kempe and Peppino Mangravite) were recent European emigres and WPA artists, sympathetic to the themes of social realism and late modernism.

        

 Although he made his living and supported his family as a leather salesman, John consistently maintained an interest in, and passion for, the creative work of artists and craft people throughout his life. The subjects and scale of his collecting varied over the years (from large 18th century cupboards to hand carved fishing lures), but let’s just say his houses and barns often resembled mini-Mercer Museums.

        
During his last 2 decades, John focused his collecting efforts on the work of print makers and painters who reminded him or were directly associated with those who influenced him during his New York youth. Images and the stories of sailors, stevedores, factory workers, craftsmen, pushcart vendors, musicians, stoop sitters, and artists abound.

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      <i>He Drove The Wild West Wild</i> <br>1950s Ink & Charcoal <br><br>#B4502
      He Drove The Wild West Wild
      1950s Ink & Charcoal

      #B4502
      Richard Holley Sold $845
      Sold
      <i>Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge</i> <br>1930s Woodcut <br><br>B4216
      Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge
      1930s Woodcut

      B4216
      H. Paulson Legg Sold $785
      Sold
      New England Massachusetts Barn <br>1920-30 Engraving <br><br>#B4015
      New England Massachusetts Barn
      1920-30 Engraving

      #B4015
      William Caldwell Bowlen Sold $685
      Sold
      Geometric Modernist Figures <br>Mid Century Gouache <br><br>#B4097
      Geometric Modernist Figures
      Mid Century Gouache

      #B4097
      Unidentified Sold $985
      Sold
      New York Dancing Couple <br>Linoleum Block Print <br><br>#B4056
      New York Dancing Couple
      Linoleum Block Print

      #B4056
      E.M. Washington Sold $785
      Sold
      <i>Showing Size of Circumference</i> <br>Mid Century Watercolor <br><br>#B4064
      Showing Size of Circumference
      Mid Century Watercolor

      #B4064
      John Deforest Stull $3,450
      <i>Mother en el Mercado de Cuautla</i> <br>1945-46 Lithograph <br><br>#B4084
      Mother en el Mercado de Cuautla
      1945-46 Lithograph

      #B4084
      Pablo O'Higgins Sold $895
      Sold
      <i>Off the Lakeshore Drive, Chicago</i> <br>Circa 1937 Etching <br><br>#B4085
      Off the Lakeshore Drive, Chicago
      Circa 1937 Etching

      #B4085
      Leon Rene Pescheret Sold $785
      Sold
      <i>Dock</i> <br>Circa 1934 Screen Print <br><br>#B4089
      Dock
      Circa 1934 Screen Print

      #B4089
      Harry Shoulberg Sold $875
      Sold
      <i>The Nine O'Clock Boat</i> <br>20th Century Etching with Drypoint <br><br>#B4091
      The Nine O'Clock Boat
      20th Century Etching with Drypoint

      #B4091
      Bill Murphy $895
      Sold
      Mid Century Scene of Manufacturing Paper (from Hemp) <br>Watercolor <br><br>#B4106
      Mid Century Scene of Manufacturing Paper (from Hemp)
      Watercolor

      #B4106
      John Deforest Stull $3,450
      <i>Torch Singer</i> <br>1930s Lithograph <br><br>#B4062
      Torch Singer
      1930s Lithograph

      #B4062
      Carl E. Pickhardt Jr. Sold $1,385
      Sold
      <i>South Street Seaport</i> <br>1988 Woodblock <br><br>#B4022
      South Street Seaport
      1988 Woodblock

      #B4022
      John DePol Sold $650
      Sold
      Chisel and Wood Curl <br>20th Century Woodcut <br><br>#B4054
      Chisel and Wood Curl
      20th Century Woodcut

      #B4054
      Unidentified Sold $465
      Sold
      <i>Orchard Street</i> <br>1947 Woodcut <br><br>#B4036
      Orchard Street
      1947 Woodcut

      #B4036
      Ruth Leaf Sold $850
      Sold
      Surreal Geometric Abstract <br>1975 Lithograph <br><br>#B4049
      Surreal Geometric Abstract
      1975 Lithograph

      #B4049
      Daniele Perre Sold $1,350
      Sold
      <i>Sunday Afternoon</i> <br>1936 Woodcut <br><br>#B4057
      Sunday Afternoon
      1936 Woodcut

      #B4057
      Julius John Lankes Sold $785
      Sold
      <i>The Sculptor</i> <br>Mid Century Ink & Colored Pencil <br><br>#B4045
      The Sculptor
      Mid Century Ink & Colored Pencil

      #B4045
      Frederic Taubes Sold $745
      Sold
      <i>Hope</i> <br>1971 Woodcut <br><br>#B4065
      Hope
      1971 Woodcut

      #B4065
      Joseph Paul Di Gemma Sold $775
      Sold
      <i>La Presse a Porse</i> <br>1948 Woodblock <br><br>#B4052
      La Presse a Porse
      1948 Woodblock

      #B4052
      Henry Bischoff Sold $785
      Sold
      <i>Series V</i> <br>Mid Century Gouache & Ink <br><br>#B4099
      Series V
      Mid Century Gouache & Ink

      #B4099
      Mortimer Borne Sold $2,385
      Sold
      Whale Tail & Sailing Ship <br>20th Century Woodcut <br><br>#B4039
      Whale Tail & Sailing Ship
      20th Century Woodcut

      #B4039
      Unidentified Sold $685
      Sold
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