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Click here to subscribeCa. 2500 BC. Interesting collection of various Indus Valley terracotta vessels of different shapes and sizes, depicting multiple animals and floral motifs. Good Condition; Size: 43-90mm;1.69-3.54in;415gr; Provenance: From an old Professional British collection, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s, All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity.
Ca.900-1100 AD. Interesting wearable Viking Era bronze ring with runic inscription and two sea serpent on each side- representing the evil - Jormungand sea serpent. Good Condition; wearable; Inner diameter: 19mm; outer diameter: 26mm ring size UK S; US 9; 10gr; Provenance: Private London collection, formed in the 1970s on the UK and European art market. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity.
Ca. 1368-1644 AD. Amazing Chinese Male Warrior Figurine, with cobalt blue armour holding maces.Good condition, intact, original glazing; Size: 240x80mm; 9.45in; 3.15in; 515gr; Provenance: Private Kent collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK art market, All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity.
Hartwell Yeargans (American, 1915-2005). "Folksinger". Original color linocut. 1965. Signed with the initials, lower right; editioned (AP), lower left. A proof from an edition of unknown size. Light cream medium weight wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Fine condition. Overall size: 10 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (267 x 219 mm). Image size: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (190 x 140 mm). The image of our example is based on an early painting of Yeargans's that is included in the collection of Larry and Brenda Thompson. The Folk Singer, 1963, is illustrated on the front cover of the catalogue for the 2009 exhibition of their collection at the David C. Driskell Center of Art at the University of Maryland, which is now at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida. Yeargans created yet another print based on the same painting in the same year, a woodcut entitled “Folk Singer,” which was published by Associated American Artists, New York City. Image copyright © The estate of Hartwell Yeargans. [19540-2-300]
Lucian Freud (German/English, 1922-2011). "Two Men in the Studio". Color offset lithograph. 1987-89. Printed 1993. Signed in pencil with the initials (as customary), lower right. Edition unknown, presumed very small. Cream wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Provenance: Private collector, London, England. Overall size: 11 1/2 x 7 9/16 in. (292 x 192 mm). Rare. No auction records located. Issued to promote the “Lucian Freud: recent work” exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The show consisted of works by Freud created between 1945 and 1993. Apparently there were very small quantities of this lithograph printed for distribution at the opening night reception and they went quickly. The exhibition ran from December 16th 1993 to March 13th 1994. Printed by Amilcare Pizzi S.p.A., Milan, Italy. Image copyright © The Lucian Freud Archive. [29186-2-800]
Keith Haring (American, 1958 - 1990). "The Great Peace March". Color offset lithograph. 1986. Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition unknown, presumed small. Cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Gundel/von der Osten 35. Overall size: 20 15/16 x 17 3/8 in. (532 x 441 mm). A scarce Haring poster: only four auction records located since it was issued. According to 'Gordon's Art Reference' the auction record for a signed impression is $1,596 at Bonham's, Knightsbridge, 9/18/2013, lot #340. Image copyright © The Keith Haring Foundation. [28512-4-800]
Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997). "We Rose Up Slowly…". Original color silkscreen. 1992. Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition unknown, presumed small. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition; some waviness to sheet, no creases, tears, etc. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Unknown to Doering/Von der Osten. Overall size: 32 3/8 x 37 3/8 in. (822 x 949 mm). A very scarce poster and rare when signed. For the Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art. Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [28200-7-3000]
William E. Smith (American, 1913-1997). "Pay Day". Original linocut. 1938. Signed in pencil, lower right; titled in pencil, lower left. Edition of 20. Cream wove paper. Wide margins. A very good, dark impression. Fine condition. Overall size: 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (273 x 210 mm). Image size: 8 x 5 15/16 in. (203 x 151 mm). An impression of this rare print sold for $3,600 (including premium) at Swann Galleries, New York City, 10/4/2007, Lot #7. Smith made another linoleum cut of this subject with the pose reversed – impressions dated 1941 are in the collections of Hampton University, VA, and Harmon and Harriet Kelley, San Antonio. Smith, an African-American, moved to Cleveland from Chattanooga at the age of 12. During the early 1930s he studied at the Playhouse Settlement of the Neighborhood Association of Cleveland (now called Karamu House), one of the oldest ethnically and racially diverse cultural institutions in the United States. It was here that Smith found his passion for printmaking and began making linocuts. He exhibited widely in Cleveland, New York, Hartford, and Atlanta during the 1930s and 1940s, before subsequently moving to Los Angeles. He drew praise from the likes of Howard University artist and art historian James Porter, who lauded Smith as “one of the dominant personalities of Negro printmaking” in his 1943 publication, “Modern Negro Art.” Image copyright © The Estate of William E. Smith. [19536-2-600]
Keith Haring & Andy Warhol (Americans, 20th Century). "Andy Mouse IV, Homage to Warhol [postcard edition]". Color offset lithograph. 1986. Signed in black marker by both Haring and Warhol, lower margin; signed in the plate by both Haring and Warhol. Edition unknown. White wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf. Klaus Littmann, 'Keith Haring: Editions on Paper, 1982-1990' #64-65. Overall size: 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (149 x 105 mm). A rare object when signed by both artists. No auction records of a signed impression located. Haring met Andy Warhol in 1984 following his second exhibition in New York at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery. He and Warhol quickly discovered a mutual admiration for Walt Disney. For his exuberant character Andy Mouse, Haring combined two of his heroes, Andy Warhol and Walt Disney. The 'Andy Mouse' series is perhaps Haring's most sought after work. The set of four color silkscreens sold for £133,250 ($208,403) at Christie's, London, September 15th, 2010, lot #167. The silkscreens, signed by both artists, were published by George Mulder Fine Art. Image copyright © The Keith Haring Foundation. [28779-1-800]
Giorgio de Chirico (Italian, 1888-1978). "Interno con Figure Metafisiche". Mixed media drawing. c1930s. Signed lower right. Light cream wove paper. Overall very good condition; some staining upper center margin, well away from image. Overall size: 12 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (314 x 213 mm). Chirico was a Greek-born Italian artist. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists. After 1919 he became interested in traditional painting techniques, and worked in a neoclassical or neo-Baroque style, while frequently revisiting the metaphysical themes of his earlier work. Image copyright © Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico. [27373-2-3000]
Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931 - 2004). "American Nude". Color lithograph. 1963. Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition of 2,000. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression with fresh colors. Very good to fine condition; joined sheets as issued; conservation backing. Overall size: 16 1/8 x 22 3/4 in. (410 x 578 mm). Image size: 14 x 21 3/4 in. (356 x 552 mm). Our example is from the edition of 2,000, which was unsigned, hence the signature is a complimentary one. For Walasse Ting's "1¢ Life." Prints from the One Cent Life portfolio are in most major and public collections worldwide including MoMA (New York), Tate Modern (London), Museum of Contemporary Art (Montreal) and the Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburg). Image copyright © Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [26810-4-800]
Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997). "Cow Going Abstract [Cow Triptych]". Original color silkscreen. 1974. Printed 1985. Signed in black marker, lower left. Edition unknown, presumed small. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf. Corlett A9; Doering/Von der Osten 136. Provenance: Estate of a private collector, New York City (Manhattan), part of an extensive collection of Lichtenstein posters formed over a 20 year period. Overall size: 13 1/4 x 39 1/4 in. (337 x 997 mm). Image size: 10 3/4 x 38 1/2 in. (273 x 978 mm). Another example of this poster sold for €1,250 ($1,966) at Van Ham Fine Art Auctions (Germany) in 2008. Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [27405-6-1200]
Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). "My Family". Collage with acrylic on Mexican amate bark paper. 2018. Signed lower right. Fine condition. Provenance: Private collector, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Overall size: 16 1/8 x 20 in. (410 x 508 mm). A listed artist, Karima Muyaes is currently one of the most innovative and talented international painters/printmakers. A major monograph on her work authored by Avelina Lesper, the foremost contemporary Mexican art critic, will be published early in 2020. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas). In April of 2013 and again in 2018 she was chosen by the prestigious Mexican newspaper "Milenio" as one of the top 34 currently active Mexican artists and featured in a series of newspaper articles and TV appearances. Muyaes has an extensive worldwide exhibition history which includes a show that travelled throughout Sweden for two years, 2010-2012. Image copyright © Karima Muyaes. [29986-0-700]
Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). "Liz As Cleopatra". Original letterpress print. Printed 1970. Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition of c200. Medium weight light cream uncoated wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition. Overall size: 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (298 x 241 mm). This rare letterpress print was published as part of the Warhol portfolio of eight prints which was included in the publication/portfolio "Artists & Photographs" published by Multiples, Inc., New York City, in association with Colorcraft Inc., NYC in 1970. The publication consists of a cardboard box containing artist's publications, multiples, artist's books, etc. by Warhol, Rauschenberg, Ruscha, Nauman, Gormley, Christo, Lewitt, and others. The stated edition size was 1,200 but as Peter Gidal indicates "…rumors abound that the art-box never got made in more than 800 copies, but even the origination gallery can no longer verify it. What is certain is that no "extra" copies of any of the multiples were made, and that the Gormley was in an edition of 200 and the Rauschenberg in an edition of 400. This substantiated the fact that complete boxes could never have been more than 200." Warhol's contributions were printed in different sizes, scales, and mediums. Our example is stamped verso "File Copy - Colorcraft Inc. - Please Return" indicating that it came from the Colorcraft archives. No auction records located. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28839-2-800]
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938). "Portrait und Akt". Pen and ink drawing. 1929. Signed lower right; annotated upper right. Cream wove paper. Overall good condition; edge fading; paper loss upper right corner. Provenance: By repute, through Fritz Bleyl; private collection, Berlin. Overall size: 12 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (314 x 213 mm). Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art. [27400-2-2400]
Mario Tozzi (Italian, 1895-1979). "Studio per Testina". Pastel on paper. c1976. Signed lower right. Cream wove paper. Very good condition. Overall size: 9 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (248 x 175 mm). Image size: 7 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. (194 x 133 mm). The finished pastel sold for €7,600 ($11,242) on 01/12/2008 at Meeting Art Auctioneers, Italy. [26780-1-1600]
Jean-Michel Basquiat & Andy Warhol (Americans, 20th Century). "Palladium Presents: Warhol * Basquiat Paintings [Variation #1]". Original color offset lithograph. 1985. Signed by both artists in black marker, lower left and lower right. Edition unknown, presumed very small. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition; colors strong; some minor dimples in the image; original folds as issued for mailing. Overall size: 17 5/16 x 11 1/16 in. (440 x 281 mm). Image size: 17 5/16 x 11 1/16 in. (440 x 281 mm). Rare. The companion piece to the legendary, iconic, and famous exhibition poster (offered elsewhere in this auction) of two of the greatest artists of the latter part of the 20th Century, standing side by side, perhaps the most poignant and enduring image of the 1980's NYC art scene. Our example is the first variant of the "invitation poster" showing Warhol landing a punch on Basquiat's chin. The first variant is identical to the second variant except for the admission price, which is "Complimentary Admission for Two" in the first variant and "Admission Twenty Dollars" in the second variant. While the poster with Warhol and Basquiat standing side by side (titled "Tony Shafrazi * Bruno Bischofberger Present: Warhol * Basquiat Paintings, September 14 through October 19, 1985, 163 Mercer Street, New York) is occasionally obtainable, the alternative version (our "invitation poster") was issued for a one-night only event at the Palladium (not at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery) and very few were printed. We could locate only 2 auction records of this poster in the past 28 years, with only one of these being signed, which sold for $4,153 (€3,222) at PIASA, Paris, November 23, 2008, lot #413. The photograph is by Michael Halsband who also took the picture for the exhibition poster. Undoubtedly to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Warhol's non-commissioned posters by Paul Marechal. The full title of the poster is: "Palladium Presents Warhol * Basquiat Paintings, Saturday * September 14 * 1985 * 10 PM, Palladium, 126 East 14 Street, Exhibition at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Complimentary Admission for Two.". [28289-3-4000]
Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). "Campbell's Soup - Pepper Pot [Ferus Gallery invitation/announcement]". Original color offset lithograph. 1962. Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition unknown, presumed very small. Slightly textured white wove paper with serrated lower margin (as issued). Full margins. Fine, strong impression with bright colors. Good to very good condition: folds as issued for mailing; a few handling creases and spots, not in the image. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, “Andy Warhol Ephemera…Catalogue Raisonne, 1950-1987.” Lyon, France: Les amis du Musee de l’Imprimerie, 2018 (unknown to Marechal, undoubtedly to be included in the forthcoming revised edition); cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.51. For an extensive coverage of the history and importance of this announcement and its exhibition, please see Kirk Varnedoe's essay 'Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962' in Gagosian Gallery's 'Ferus,' 2002, pp. 44-52. The announcement is illustrated, full page, full color, on pg. 42. The exhibition painting upon which the announcement is based is pictured on pg.129. Overall size: 12 1/4 x 10 in. (311 x 254 mm). Image size: 8 7/8 x 5 1/16 in. (225 x 129 mm). A very rare object. “Gordon’s Print Prices” records only three sales from 1985 to 2019, all works unsigned, the most recent sale realizing $2,750 at Bonhams New York, 12/6/2106, lot #136. The importance of the Warhol exhibition at the Ferus Gallery and this related announcement cannot be overemphasized. Although the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian has a total of 32 different Irving Blum and Ferus Gallery announcements, it does not possess this announcement. As Wikipedia states in its article on the Campbell's Soup Cans, "Warhol…showed the work on July 9th, 1962 in his first one-man gallery exhibition as a fine artist in the Ferus Gallery of Los Angeles, California. The exhibition marked the West Coast debut of pop art." Note the differences in our poster and the related painting to the later, true to life, screenprints of the soup cans. As Varnedoe states,"…Warhol added one central, repeated note of expediently pure abstraction in the solid gold disk that utterly ignores the fine black printing actually found on this area of the real label." Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. TM Licensed by Campbell's Soup Co. All rights reserved. [26480-2-3000]
Joel-Peter Witkin (America, b.1939). "The Sins of Joan Miro". Original vintage photogravure. 1981. Printed 1985. Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Overall size: 10 3/4 x 10 15/16 in. (273 x 278 mm). According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” a silver print of this image realized $4,880 at Bonhams, New York, 5/10/2011, lot #152. Witkin’s controversial and carefully constructed photographs frequently depict macabre, often grotesque scenes, with images including cadavers, hermaphrodites, dwarfs, etc. His works can be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Image copyright © Joel-Peter Witkin. [29674-2-300]
Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). "Dance to Life". Acrylic on canvas. 2018. Signed lower rght. Fine condition. Provenance: Private collector, Hong Kong. Overall size: 70 x 54 in. (1778 x 1372 mm). A listed artist, Karima Muyaes is currently one of the most innovative and talented international painters/printmakers. A major monograph on her work authored by Avelina Lesper, the foremost contemporary Mexican art critic, will be published early in 2020. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas). In April of 2013 and again in 2018 she was chosen by the prestigious Mexican newspaper "Milenio" as one of the top 34 currently active Mexican artists and featured in a series of newspaper articles and TV appearances. Muyaes has an extensive worldwide exhibition history which includes a show that travelled throughout Sweden for two years, 2010-2012. Image copyright © Karima Muyaes. [29980-0-5000]
Mario Schifano (Italian, 1934-1988). "Composizione". Crayon and pencil drawing. c1972. Signed lower right. White wove paper. Condition: Affixed by the artist to a tan laid paper sheet with the expected associated rippling; a few glue stains, far right of image; else very good. Overall size: 13 7/8 x 19 5/16 in. (352 x 491 mm). Image size: 11 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (283 x 362 mm). Schifano was an Italian painter and collagist of the Postmodern tradition. He also achieved some renown as a film-maker and rock musician. He is considered to be one of most significant and pre-eminent artists of Italian postmodernism, alongside contemporaries such as Francesco Clemente, Sandro Chia and Giulio Paolini. His work was exhibited in the famous 1962 "New Realists" show at the Sidney Janis Gallery with other young Pop Art and Nouveau réalisme luminaries, including Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. He became part of the core group of artists comprising the "Scuola romana" alongside Franco Angeli and Tano Festa. Image copyright © The Estate of Mario Schifano. [26790-3-800]
Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886 - 1957). "Dos Figuras". Pencil drawing on paper. e1920s. Signed lower left. Cream wove paper. Overall good to very good condition; one minor edge tear upper center, two minor edge tears lower center, all well away from image, water (?) stain upper right edge, well away from image, else fine, all imperfection easily matted out. Overall size: 9 3/16 x 6 in. (233 x 152 mm). Comparable pencil drawing on paper compositions by Rivera sell at auction for substantially more than our modest pre-sale estimates. Early works such as our example are rarely seen. The husband of Frida Kahlo, Rivera is arguably Mexico's most famous painter. His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in Mexican art. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29874-1-4000]
Jean-Michel Basquiat & Andy Warhol (Americans, 20th Century). "Palladium Presents: Warhol * Basquiat Paintings [Variation #2]". Original color offset lithograph. 1985. Signed by both artists in black marker, lower left and lower right. Edition unknown, presumed very small. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition; colors strong; some dimples in the image; pinholes in corners; original folds as issued for mailing. Overall size: 17 5/16 x 11 1/16 in. (440 x 281 mm). Image size: 17 5/16 x 11 1/16 in. (440 x 281 mm). Rare. The companion piece to the legendary, iconic, and famous exhibition poster (offered elsewhere in this auction) of two of the greatest artists of the latter part of the 20th Century, standing side by side, perhaps the most poignant and enduring image of the 1980's NYC art scene. Our example is the second variant of the "invitation poster" showing Warhol landing a punch on Basquiat's chin. The second variant is identical to the first variant except for the admission price, which is "Admission Twenty Dollars" in the second variant and "Complimentary Admission for Two" in the first variant. While the poster with Warhol and Basquiat standing side by side (titled "Tony Shafrazi * Bruno Bischofberger Present: Warhol * Basquiat Paintings, September 14 through October 19, 1985, 163 Mercer Street, New York) is occasionally obtainable, the alternative version (our "invitation poster") was issued for a one-night only event at the Palladium (not at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery) and very few were printed. We could locate only 2 auction records of this poster in the past 28 years, with only one of these being signed, which sold for $4,153 (€3,222) at PIASA, Paris, November 23, 2008, lot #413. The photograph is by Michael Halsband who also took the picture for the exhibition poster. Undoubtedly to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Warhol's non-commissioned posters by Paul Marechal. The full title of the poster is: "Palladium Presents Warhol * Basquiat Paintings, Saturday * September 14 * 1985 * 10 PM, Palladium, 126 East 14 Street, Exhibition at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Admission Twenty Dollars.". [28545-3-4000]
Kasimir Malevich (Russian, 1879 - 1935). "Suprematist Composition [with black square]". Gouache, watercolor, and pen & ink on paper. c1915. Signed with the initials, lower right. Painted on cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition. Overall size: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (190 x 140 mm). Malevich works in any medium are highly sought after and are quite rare at auction. The paintings of the Russian avant-garde have, in general, elicited two types of interpretation: one focuses on issues of technique and style; the other concentrates on social and political issues. The former method is usually applied to Kazimir Malevich’s early paintings, grounded as they are in the forms of Cubism, Futurism, and other contemporaneous art movements; the latter largely avoids Malevich in favor of more politically engaged artists such as El Lissitzky, Aleksandr Rodchenko, and Vladimir Tatlin. From the formalist’s standpoint, our present example offered here in this auction is, in its mastery of shapes, a perfect example of his newly created Russian style, Suprematism. [29915-1-16000]
Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). "Marilyn [Karl Stroher]". Color offset lithograph. 1968. Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition unknown, presumed small. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition. Overall size: 33 x 23 5/16 in. (838 x 592 mm). Image size: 23 3/8 x 23 5/16 in. (594 x 592 mm). According to 'Gordon's Art Reference' the auction record for a signed impression of this poster is $5,260 (Christie's New York [Pop Culture, Online, #8690], November 26, 2013, lot #21). For The Karl Stroeher Collection, Dusseldorf. Undoubtedly to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Warhol's non-commissioned posters by Paul Marechal. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [27501-6-800]
Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997). "Stepping Out [small version]". Color lithograph. c1987. Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition unknown, presumed small. Wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf. Doering/Von der Osten 33. Overall size: 22 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (571 x 413 mm). Image size: 17 1/8 x 14 in. (435 x 356 mm). Very rare in this small format. No auction records located. The medium format sold at auction at $7,138 (Millon & Associes, Paris, March 22, 2013, lot #252). This image was used for three posters, the large and medium versions being printed for the Castelli exhibition, the smaller for the Metropolitan Museum, the owner of the painting (the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, permanently and exclusively devoted to 20th-century art, was inaugurated in 1987). Doering/Von der Osten states that "the poster was also printed in smaller format" by which he means the medium version, identical to the large version but smaller. In the left-hand section of the poster Lichtenstein interprets a figure by Fernand Leger. Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [28313-4-1600]
Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). "Energy Mandala". Gouache on paper. 2011. Signed and dated lower right. Light cream heavily-textured hand-made San Augustin (Oaxaca) paper. Fine condition. Provenance: Estate of a private collector, Brussels, Belgium. Overall size: 16 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (413 x 514 mm). Image size: 16 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (413 x 514 mm). A listed artist, Karima Muyaes is currently one of the most innovative and talented international painters/printmakers. A major monograph on her work authored by Avelina Lesper, the foremost contemporary Mexican art critic, will be published early in 2020. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas). In April of 2013 and again in 2018 she was chosen by the prestigious Mexican newspaper "Milenio" as one of the top 34 currently active Mexican artists and featured in a series of newspaper articles and TV appearances. Muyaes has an extensive worldwide exhibition history which includes a show that travelled throughout Sweden for two years, 2010-2012. Image copyright © Karima Muyaes. [25752-0-900]
Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997). "Little Big Painting [Toyko]". Color offset lithograph. 1965. Printed 1976. Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition unknown, presumed small. Very light cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good to fine condjtion. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Doering/Von der Osten 117. Overall size: 40 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (1029 x 724 mm). A rare poster. No auction records located. For the exhibition at the Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan. Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [28896-6-1600]
Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917-2009). "Study for Easter Sunday [Helga]". Color offset lithograph. 1975. Printed 1987. Signed in pencil, lower right; signed in the plate, upper left. Edition unknown. Cream wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: Private collection, Santa Barbara, California. Overall size: 11 3/8 x 15 5/16 in. (289 x 389 mm). Image size: 9 7/16 x 13 3/16 in. (240 x 335 mm). Andrew Newell Wyeth was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He is one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century. In his art, Wyeth's favorite subjects were the land and people around him, both in his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and at his summer home in Cushing, Maine. One of the best-known images in 20th-century American art is his painting, "Christina's World," currently in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. [28308-3-300]
Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902 - 2002). "Los Obstaculos". Original photogravure. 1929. Printed later. Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Wide margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Álvarez Bravo, pl. 18; Turner Publications, Manuel Álvarez Bravo: 100 years, 100 days, pl. 10; Urbajtel, Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Photopoetry, p. 43. Provenance: Private collection, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. Overall size: 7 x 8 3/8 in. (178 x 213 mm). According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” the auction record for a silver print of this image is $50,000 realized at Phillips, New York, 4/4/2017, lot #244. “One of Bravo's most important images, this surreal photograph of wrapped carousel horses, with its enigmatic title, was taken a few years after the end of the armed struggle that had consumed Mexico for a decade and which had upended the social and political norms. Its imagery likely has overtones of that upheaval.” Image copyright © Colette Urbajtel / Archivo Manuel Alvarez Bravo, SC. [29767-2-600]
Alberto Savinio (Italian, 1891-1952). "Studio per il Dipinto "Le pére eternal contemple le maquette du paradis terrestre"". Original conte crayon drawing. c1920s. Signed lower left. Light cream wove watermarked paper. Overall condition good. Provenance: Estate of a private collector, Rome. Overall size: 8 9/16 x 6 1/4 in. (217 x 159 mm). Image size: 8 x 6 1/16 in. (203 x 154 mm). Alberto Savinio, born Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico, was an Italian writer, painter, musician, journalist, essayist, playwright, set designer, and composer. He was the younger brother of 'metaphysical' painter Giorgio De Chirico. His work often dealt with philosophical and psychological themes, and he also was heavily concerned with the philosophy of art. Image copyright © The Estate of Alberto Savinio. [26526-1-800]
Jasper Johns (American, b.1930). "Technics and Creativity II - Target 1970". Color offset lithograph. 1970. Signed in pencil, lower left; signed in the plate, lower left. Edition of 22,500, of which few have survived intact (brush present, with hairs, w.c. pads unused). White wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression. The print is in fine condition. Very light soil to plastic case. Scarce thus. Provenance: Private collection, Los Altos, California. Image size: 10 5/8 x 8 in. (270 x 203 mm). An unsigned impression sold for €616 ($973) on 03-30-2008 at PIASA in Paris. Another unsigned impression was offered at auction with a pre-sale estimate of $4,000/5,000 (starting bid $2,000) at RoGallery, August 11, 2010, lot 259. Plastic case containing a catalogue with 364 illustrations (20 in color) and a specially commissioned multiple by Johns (a two-color offset lithograph), along with watercolor pads and a brush. The pads are intact and, along with the brush, never used. Produced by Gemini in conjunction with "Technics and Creativity: Gemini G.E.L," an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Image copyright © Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [19894-3-800]
Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902 - 1982). "Figuras Geometricas". Gouache on paper. c1958. Signed lower right. White wove paper. Very good condition overall. Provenance: Through the artist Max Ernst; Private collection, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Overall size: 17 1/16 x 12 1/4 in. (433 x 311 mm). Image size: 17 1/16 x 12 1/4 in. (433 x 311 mm). Lam, like many of the most renowned artists of the 20th century, combined radical modern styles with the "primitive" arts of the Americas. While Diego Rivera and Joaquin Torres-Garcia drew inspiration from Pre-Columbian art, Wifredo Lam was influenced by the Afro-Cubans of the time. Lam dramatically synthesized the Surrealist and Cubist strategies while incorporating the iconography and spirit of Afro-Cuban religion. Image copyright © The Estate of Wifredo Lam. [25233-3-8000]
Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917-2009). "Helga Nude [AW inventory #2925]". Color offset lithograph. 1981. Printed 1987. Signed in pencil, lower right; signed in the plate, lower right. Edition unknown. Cream wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: Private collection, Santa Barbara, California. Overall size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4 in. (289 x 400 mm). Image size: 9 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. (238 x 321 mm). Andrew Newell Wyeth was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He is one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century. In his art, Wyeth's favorite subjects were the land and people around him, both in his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and at his summer home in Cushing, Maine. One of the best-known images in 20th-century American art is his painting, "Christina's World," currently in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. [28302-3-600]
Lucian Freud (German/English, 1922-2011). "Woman in a Butterfly Jersey". Color offset lithograph. 1990-91. Printed 1993. Signed in pencil with the initials (as customary), lower right. Edition unknown, presumed very small. Cream wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Provenance: Private collector, London, England. Overall size: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (292 x 241 mm). Rare. No auction records located. Issued to promote the “Lucian Freud: recent work” exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The show consisted of works by Freud created between 1945 and 1993. Apparently there were very small quantities of this lithograph printed for distribution at the opening night reception and they went quickly. The exhibition ran from December 16th 1993 to March 13th 1994. Printed by Amilcare Pizzi S.p.A., Milan, Italy. Image copyright © The Lucian Freud Archive. [29189-2-600]
Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). "Marilyn Monroe I Love Your Kiss Forever Forever". Color lithograph. 1964. Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition of 2,000. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression with fresh colors. Very good to fine condition; two sheets as issued, joined; conservation backing. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Feldman/Schellmann II.5. Overall size: 16 1/8 x 22 1/2 in. (410 x 571 mm). Our example is from the edition of 2,000, which was unsigned, hence the signature is a complimentary one. For Walasse Ting's "1¢ Life." Prints from the One Cent Life portfolio are in most major and public collections worldwide including MoMA (New York), Tate Modern (London), Museum of Contemporary Art (Montreal) and the Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburg). Image copyright © 2001 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26821-4-3000]
Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). "Voces y Cantos". Color etching with aquatint. 2005. Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil. Edition of 30. Pale cream wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression. Fine condition. Two zinc plates utilized. Printed by Emilio Payan in Mexico City. Literature/catalogue raisonne: James Orr's provisional catalogue number PR103. Provenance: Private collection, La Jolla, California, acquired directly from the artist. Included in the one woman exhibition “Karima Muyaes: Retrospectiva, 1985-2007,” at the Museo de Arte Regional (Azcapotzalco), Mexico City, March-May, 2007. Overall size: 25 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (641 x 495 mm). Image size: 15 7/16 x 11 3/4 in. (392 x 298 mm). A listed artist, Karima Muyaes is currently one of the most innovative and talented international painters/printmakers. A major monograph on her work authored by Avelina Lesper, the foremost contemporary Mexican art critic, will be published early in 2020. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas). In April of 2013 and again in 2018 she was chosen by the prestigious Mexican newspaper "Milenio" as one of the top 34 currently active Mexican artists and featured in a series of newspaper articles and TV appearances. Muyaes has an extensive worldwide exhibition history which includes a show that travelled throughout Sweden for two years, 2010-2012. Image copyright © Karima Muyaes. [17707-0-500]
Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). "Four Marilyns". Color offset lithograph poster. 1985. Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition unknown. Light cream smooth wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression with fresh colors. Very good to fine condition. Overall size: 37 x 24 in. (940 x 610 mm). Image size: 29 1/4 x 24 in. (743 x 610 mm). According to 'Gordon's Art Reference' another impression of this poster sold at auction for $3,680 (Swann Galleries, 11/17/2005, lot #325). Gordon's lists only three sales of this poster since its creation. For the Walker Art Center exhibition "Selections from the Ilena and Michael Sonnabend Collection: Works from the 1950s and 1960s," November 23, 1985 to March 9, 1986. Undoubtedly to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Warhol's non-commissioned posters by Paul Marechal. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28398-6-1600]
Robert "Bob" Kane (American, 1915-1998). "Batman". Pen and ink drawing on paper. 1984. Signed lower right. Drawn on cream wove paper. Fine condition. Provenance: From the collection of an assiduous and long time collector of Kane material. Overall size: 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (286 x 225 mm). Robert “Bob” Kane (born Robert Kahn in New York City) was an American comic book writer and artist who co-created, with Bill Finger, the DC Comics character Batman. Kane's work is housed in collections in New York City's Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Image copyright © DC Comics/Warner Bros. [29903-2-800]
Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997). "Paper Plate". Original color screenprint, in yellow, red, and blue, on white paper plate. 1969. Signed in pencil, lower center, recto. Dated and copyrighted with artist's name "Roy Lichtenstein" printed on verso. Edition of c5,000. Fine impression. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Corlett III.45. Image size: (Diameter): 10 1/4 in. (260 mm). According to 'Gordon's Art Reference' the auction record for another impression (signed) of this plate is $2,360 at Ivey-Selkirk, St. Louis, 11/12/2011, lot #393. Corlett notes that "Many of these plates have been autographed by the artist" (Mary Lee Corlett, "The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1948-1993," pg. 286). In the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. The plates were commercially printed and wrapped in clear cellophane for sale at Bert Stern's "On 1st" store. Correspondence found in the artist's records indicates that the plates may have been fabricated at Artmongers Manufactory, New York. "Paper Plate" is related to other designs the artist produced for dishware, such as the limited edition place settings produced by Jackson China Co. for Durable Dish Company in 1966, and the tea service designed for Rosenthal China in 1984. Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [28546-13-800]
Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). "Marilyn [Louisiana]". Color offset lithograph. 1986. Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition unknown. Light cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition. Overall size: 33 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (851 x 622 mm). Image size: 22 x 22 in. (559 x 559 mm). Based on Warhol's 1967 "Marilyn". Published by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, located in Humlebaek, 35 km (22 mi) north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited art museum in Denmark. This poster will presumably be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Warhol's posters by Paul Marechal. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28397-6-1200]
Jeanloup Sieff (French, 1933-2000). "Femme nue dans un endroit sombre". Vintage photogravure. 1974. Printed 1974. Signed in the plate. Intended edition of 950 (of which all were printed?). High-grade white Bristol archival paper High-grade white Bristol archival paper High-grade white Bristol archival paper. Full margins, as issued. Fine, quality printing. Fine condition. Overall size: 17 1/4 x 13 in. (438 x 330 mm). Image size: 10 3/16 x 10 3/16 in. (259 x 259 mm). Very scarce. Quite possibly printed in a run of far less than the 950 proposed. The printing was derived from a high-resolution negative produced with Polaroid Type 105 Positive/Negative film. In the early 1970s Polaroid launched a project to show that this film process could successfully compete with gelatin silver prints as a fine art medium. The company gave cameras plus a generous stock of film to leading photographers of the day. Their output was then published by the Polaroid Corporation. Image copyright © The Estate of Jeanloup Sieff. [24702-3-600]
Jean-Michel Basquiat & Andy Warhol (Americans, 20th Century). "Warhol * Basquiat Paintings [original first printing]". Original color offset lithograph. 1985. Signed by both artists in black marker. Edition unknown, presumed small. Smooth cream medium weight wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition; colors very good; a few minor handling marks, else fine. Overall size: 19 x 12 in. (483 x 305 mm). Image size: 19 x 12 in. (483 x 305 mm). The legendary, iconic, and famous poster of two of the greatest artists of the latter part of the 20th Century, perhaps the most poignant and enduring image of the 1980's NYC art scene. We could locate only 11 sales of this poster in the past 28 years, with only five of these being signed. The auction record for a signed example is $6,600 at Christie's New York, May 1, 2007, lot #839. The image is by Michael Halsband. The show displayed the collaborative paintings that Warhol and Basquiat worked on from 1984-1985. These works were the culmination of their friendship, one which began in the late 70's. Eventually, the two began work on the paintings that would constitute the bulk of this exhibition. But the process was not without conflict. Warhol, whose work ethic was legendary, grew frustrated with Basquiat's erratic appearances and the two worked very little on the paintings at the same time. The show was a financial and critical failure and marked the end of their friendship. The full title of the poster is: Tony Shafrazi * Bruno Bischofberger Present: Warhol * Basquiat Paintings, September 14 through October 19, 1985, 163 Mercer Street, New York. [27961-3-3000]
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