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{ Option of lots: 286a } Constance Silk Ivory White two seater sofa classic contemporary design with clean, sweeping lines and Art Deco styling on the stainless steel legs a stunning piece of contemporary furniture H80cm x W145cm x D70cm

Constance Silk Ivory White two seater sofa classic contemporary design with clean, sweeping lines and Art Deco styling on the stainless steel legs a stunning piece of contemporary furniture H80cm x W145cm x D70cm

Constance Silk Shadow Grey two seater sofa classic contemporary design with clean, sweeping lines and Art Deco styling on the stainless steel legs a stunning piece of contemporary furniture H80cm x W145cm x D70cm

Artist: Claes Oldenburg (Swedish/American, b.1929). Title: "All Kinds of Love". Medium: Original lithograph. Date: Composed 1963. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/16 x 11 1/4 in. (408 x 286 mm). Image size: 10 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (257 x 244 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed with the initials in the plate, lower right. Edition of 2,000. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Fine condition. Comment(s): 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). Text and/or image may be on verso. [26832-3-100]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Bajo el Agua". Medium: Oil pastel & pencil drawing on paper. Date: Composed 2004. Dimensions: Overall size: 12 7/16 x 9 7/16 in. (316 x 240 mm). Image size: 12 7/16 x 9 7/16 in. (316 x 240 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower right; annotated "Enero 2004" in the artist's hand, verso. Off-white wove paper. Very good to fine condition. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [27983-0-400]

Artist: Asger Jorn (Danish, 1914-1973). Title: "Composition". Medium: Color lithograph. Date: Composed 1963. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/4 x 22 15/16 in. (413 x 583 mm). Image size: 14 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. (362 x 527 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate, lower right. Edition of 2,000. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression with fresh colors. Fine condition; centerfold as issued. Comment(s): 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). Text and/or image may be on verso. [26842-4-100]

Artist: Walasse Ting (Chinese/American, 1929-2010). Title: "Composition". Medium: Color lithograph. Date: Composed 1963. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/8 x 11 3/8 in. (410 x 289 mm). Image size: 15 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (400 x 286 mm).Lot Note(s): Edition of 2,000. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression with fresh colors. Fine condition. Comment(s): 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). Text and/or image may be on verso. [26797-3-100]

Artist: Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921-2006). Title: "Composition (129)". Medium: Color lithograph. Date: Composed 1963. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/8 x 11 5/16 in. (410 x 287 mm). Image size: 15 5/8 x 11 11/16 in. (397 x 297 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate, lower left. Edition of 2,000. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression with fresh colors. Fine condition. Comment(s): 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). Text and/or image may be on verso. [26829-3-100]

Artist: Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921-2006). Title: "Composition (132)". Medium: Color lithograph. Date: Composed 1963. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/8 x 11 5/16 in. (410 x 287 mm). Image size: 15 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (387 x 273 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate, lower left. Edition of 2,000. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression with fresh colors. Fine condition. Comment(s): 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). Text and/or image may be on verso. [26830-3-150]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Dialogando". Medium: Oil on paper. Date: Composed 1986. Dimensions: Overall size: 22 5/8 x 18 7/8 in. (575 x 479 mm). Image size: 22 5/8 x 18 7/8 in. (575 x 479 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower right; titled verso. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: James Orr's provisional catalogue number PP174. Provenance: Private collection, York, England. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [27989-0-400]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Dualidad". Medium: Color monoprint. Date: Composed 1985. Dimensions: Image size: 21 1/2 x 29 3/8 in. (546 x 746 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower right; editioned lower left; annotated in the Artist's hand "Febrero/21/85" in pencil, verso. Print #1 of edition of 1. Cream amate (bark) paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition. Provenance: Collection of the Artist. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [24423-0-400]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Equinoccio". Medium: White line color etching with aquatint. Date: Composed 2007. Dimensions: Image size: 11 3/16 x 15 3/4 in. (284 x 400 mm).Lot Note(s): 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 PR156. Provenance: Private collection, Kentfield, California. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [17913-0-400]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Matrix". Medium: Pen and ink with colored inks and watercolor, drawing on paper. Date: Composed 1991. Dimensions: Overall size: 19 1/4 x 15 in. (489 x 381 mm). Image size: 19 1/4 x 15 in. (489 x 381 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed and dated lower right. Heavy cream handmade paper, deckle edges. Provenance: Private collection, San Francisco, California. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [25035-0-350]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Payasos". Medium: Oil on paper. Date: Composed 1986. Dimensions: Overall size: 18 7/8 x 19 3/16 in. (479 x 487 mm). Image size: 18 7/8 x 19 3/16 in. (479 x 487 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower right; titled verso. Cream wove paper. Very good condition. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [27990-0-400]

Artist: Pierre Alechinsky (Belgian, b.1927). Title: "Tireur de langue (back cover Illustration for "1¢ Life")". Medium: Color silkscreen. Date: Composed 1963. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (413 x 298 mm). Image size: 11 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (292 x 298 mm).Lot Note(s): Edition of 2,000. Printed in black on yellow linen over board. The full sheet. Fine impression with fresh colors. Fine condition. Comment(s): 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 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26845-3-100]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Withdrawn". Medium: Watercolor and colored pencils on paper. Date: Composed 2015. Dimensions: Overall size: 15 x 11 in. (381 x 279 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower right. Wove paper. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: This work will be included in James Orr's forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Muyaes’s oeuvre. Provenance: Private collector, Mexico City. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [29411-0-300]

Ca.800 - 600 BC. An early necklace formed from stone beads and bronze pendants in a variety of shapes including bells, buckets and (restrung). Bells had magical implications in ancient societies as their unpredictable noises could help to keep away evil spirits. Such pendants may originally have belonged to precursors of the Druids. A Druid (Celtic: “Knowing [or Finding] the Oak Tree”) was a member of the learned class among the ancient Celts. They seem to have frequented oak forests and acted as priests, teachers, and judges. The earliest written testimony of the Druids comes from the 3rd century BC but they probably originated much earlier as this late dating reflects the point at which the literate Greek-speaking societies of the Mediterranean came into contact with the Celts of Northern Europe. Good condition, professionally restrung, suitable for contemporary wear. Size: L:780mm/L:480mm (beads only); 272g. Provenance: From the private collection of a Cambridgeshire gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK /European art markets.

C. 1300-1400 AD, Medieval British. Rare gold ring with circular hoop, square trumpet bezel and square emerald setting surrounded by elegant granulated decoration. This gorgeous piece probably belonged to a Medieval noblelady from the British Isles to underline her status and importance within contemporary. society. Excellent condition; wearable. Size: D: 16.5mm, US: 6, UK: L1/2; 10.49g. Provenance: Property of a professional Ancient art and jewelry expert; previously with a London gallery; initially from a private British collection formed before 2000.

CONTEMPORARY ART DECO DESIGN SILK CARPET, 300cm x 250cm, geometric silver field.

CONTEMPORARY ART DECO DESIGN SILK CARPET, 270cm x 180cm, geometric silver field.

CONTEMPORARY ART DECO DESIGN SILK CARPET, 350cm x 240cm, geometric gold field.

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Marilyn Monroe I Love Your Kiss Forever Forever". Medium: Color lithograph. Date: Composed 1964. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/8 x 22 1/2 in. (410 x 571 mm).Lot Note(s): 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. Comment(s): 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]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "My Family". Medium: Collage with acrylic on Mexican amate bark paper. Date: Composed 2018. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/8 x 20 in. (410 x 508 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Fine condition. Provenance: Private collector, Nantucket, Massachusetts. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [29986-0-600]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Mystic". Medium: Collage wth acrylic on Mexican amate bark paper. Date: Composed 2018. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/8 x 20 in. (410 x 508 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Fine condition. Provenance: Private collector, Kentfield, Calikfornia. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [29987-0-600]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Brujita". Medium: Color stencil monoprint. Date: Composed 1986. Dimensions: Overall size: 24 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (622 x 413 mm). Image size: 24 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (622 x 413 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower right. Editioned lower left. Print #1 of 1. Hand-made Mexican amate bark paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet on cream-colored, handmade, Mexican amate (bark) paper, deckle edge all four sides. Fine impression. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: James Orr's provisional catalogue number M69. Provenance: Private collection, Mexico City. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [23719-0-500]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Fuego". Medium: Color etching with aquatint. Date: Composed 2005. Dimensions: Overall size: 25 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (641 x 495 mm). Image size: 15 1/2 x 11 11/16 in. (394 x 297 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in pencil, lower right; titled in pencil, lower center; numbered in pencil, lower left. Edition of 30. Pale cream wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression. Fine condition; two zinc plates utilized; printed by Emilio Payan, Mexico City. Literature/catalogue raisonne: James Orr's provisional catalogue number PR102. Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico. This print was included in the one woman exhibition “Karima Muyaes: Retrospectiva, 1985-2007,” at the Museo de Arte Regional (Azcapotzalco), Mexico City, March-May, 2007. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [10512-0-500]

Large Corinthian Dancer Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base After Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet. Large Corinthian Dancer bronze sculpture set on marble base contemporary of the Art Deco c1924 version by Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet ( 1880 - 1950 ) the Belgian Art Deco sculptor. Excellent condition. This large sculpture measures 37cm and including marble base measures 47cm. Weighs 3.6kg.

A contemporary art glass vase, signed with monogram and dated '15, together with a red and white glass vase, tallest 12cm (2)

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Criaturas". Medium: Color stencil monoprint. Date: Composed 1984. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 x 23 5/8 in. (406 x 600 mm). Image size: 16 x 23 5/8 in. (406 x 600 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed and dated lower right. Print #1 of 1. Cream-colored, handmade, Mexican amate (bark) paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition. Provenance: Private collection, Sebastapol, California. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [26204-0-450]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "El Guitarrista". Medium: Color reduction linocut. Date: Composed 1992. Dimensions: Overall size: 13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in. (340 x 249 mm). Image size: 11 3/16 x 7 7/8 in. (284 x 200 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed, dated, and titled, lower margin. An artist proof. Cream wove paper. Wide margins. Very fine impression with heavy ink application. Good to very good condition. Provenance: Private collection, Bordeaux, France, acquired directly from the artist. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [27991-0-400]

Artist: Mel Ramos (American, b.1935). Title: "Señorita Rio". Medium: Color lithograph. Date: Composed 1963. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/8 x 22 1/8 in. (410 x 562 mm). Image size: 15 3/8 x 15 5/16 in. (391 x 389 mm).Lot Note(s): Edition of 2,000. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression with fresh colors. Fine condition; centerfold as issued. Comment(s): 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). Text and/or image may be on verso. Image copyright © Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [26838-4-300]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Sueños Alucinantes". Medium: Oil on paper. Date: Composed 1986. Dimensions: Overall size: 18 15/16 x 18 1/8 in. (481 x 460 mm). Image size: 18 15/16 x 18 1/8 in. (481 x 460 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Soft crease at lower right sheet corner. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [20196-0-400]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Birds". Medium: Color Monoprint. Date: Composed 2004. Dimensions: Overall size: 22 1/2 x 30 1/4 in. (571 x 768 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition of 1. Printed on high-grade archival cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine, quality printing. Fine condition. Provenance: Private collection, Paris, France. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [29969-0-600]

Artist: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994). Title: "Uncle Sam Love Marilyn". Medium: Color lithograph. Date: Composed 1963. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/4 x 22 15/16 in. (413 x 583 mm). Image size: 16 x 22 7/16 in. (406 x 570 mm).Lot Note(s): Edition of 2,000. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression with fresh colors. Fine condition; centerfold as issued. Comment(s): 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). Text and/or image may be on verso. Image copyright © Estate of Sam Francis / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26796-4-225]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Cenote". Medium: Color monoprint. Date: Composed 1987. Dimensions: Overall size: 30 x 22 in. (762 x 559 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed and dated with metallic marker, lower right. Edition of 1. Printed on handmade amate (Mexican bark) paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine impression with vibrant colors. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: This work will be included in James Orr's forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Muyaes’s oeuvre. Provenance: Estate of a private collector, Seattle, Washington. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): 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 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. 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. [29405-0-600]

NO RESERVE Gardening.- [Bonnefons (Nicolas de)] The French Gardiner: Instructing how to Cultivate all sorts of Fruit-Trees, and Herbs for the Garden, translated by John Evelyn, second edition in English, engraved additional pictorial title and 2 plates only (of 4), light browning, tear to E3 with affecting a few letters, with contemporary ink names "William ?Durston 1685" (crossed out) and "Amos ?Doidge" and long note in contemporary hand concerning fruit trees to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep, very worn, spine defective, covers detached, [Henrey 146; Hunt 312; Keynes 8; Wing B3600 & R1936], by J.M. for John Crooke, 1669 § Meager (Leonard) The New Art of Gardening, with the Gardener's Almanack, lacking folding engraved frontispiece, contemporary ink inscription "John Griffiths his Book 1731" to title, browned, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, rebacked with red morocco label, corners repaired, [Henrey 252], 12mo, for R.Ware...sold by T.Norris...S.Bates...A.Bettesworth, [?1720], 8vo & 12mo (2)⁂ Both scarce. The first includes The English Vineyard Vindicated by John Rose at end, with its own title-page and pagination.ESTC lists only 5 UK copies of the first (BL, Cambridge and 3 copies at Oxford), and only 2 copies of the second (BL, and Huntington Library in America).

NO RESERVE Costumes of the Members of the University of Cambridge (The), engraved title, 45 hand-coloured engraved costumes on 23 pages, folding concertina style, occasional light soiling, contemporary ink inscription to front pastedown, folding into original cloth folder, gilt, faded, London and Cambridge, N.Whittock, [c.1850] § Book of the Coronation (The) of Our Liege Lady Victoria, hand-coloured frontispiece of regalia heightened with gold, folding letterpress order of procession (slightly creased), 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original limp cloth, gilt, g.e., faded, ink inscription to upper cover, Robert Tyas, 1838 § Etiquette for Gentlemen: with Hints on the Art of Conversation, half-title, wood-engraved title-vignette, marginal staining, original limp green cloth, gilt, g.e., a little damp-stained, Charles Tilt, 1838, 16mo (3)

de' Nerli, Filippo Comentari delle cose di Firenze Folio, scribal manuscript on paper, c.1720, [18], 597 pp., 290 x 200mm, title-page written in capitals within an ink frame, contemporary calf, green edges, some show-through (particularly in headlines), rebacked Provenance: [George Berkeley] Note: Despite being composed in the mid-sixteenth century, Nerli's history of Florence from 1215 to the battle of Montemurlo in 1537 was not published until 1728 in Augsburg, alongside other works of Florentine history by Varchi and Segni. Nerli's nephew presented a copy of his manuscript to Francesco de' Medici in 1574 (the dedication is included in the present manuscript). This manuscript was apparently commissioned by the philosopher George Berkeley while in Florence in January 1720, together with a manuscript of Bernardino Segni's Storie fiorentine, which was also in the Ombersley library. Berkeley accompanied St George Ashe on his Grand Tour from 1717 to 1720, spending most of the year 1720 in Florence, acquiring works of art.

India: a photograph album Photographs of Rajasthan by Mohan Lal of Udaipur, late 19th century a collection of 42 silver gelatin prints, each 21 x 29cm and laid onto both sides of leaves in contemporary red morocco gilt album, showing Rajasthani architecture and pictures of local people in landscapes, some fading with around 6 images more severely faded Note: With the small purple stamp of Mohan Lal to the margin of the initial leaf. Mohan Lal [Mohanlal] was the son of the Indian painter, Tara, and the brother of Shiva Lal [Shivalal], known for his landscape paintings of the area surrounding Udaipur. The brothers' interest in art developed into an interest in photography and both Shiva Lal and Mohan Lal were known photographers in the area in the late 19th century.

Private Press Bibliography 58 works including Ransom, Will Selective Check Lists of Press Books. New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1963. 2 volumes, 8vo, American Book-Stratford Press reprint edition, original red cloth gilt; Cave, Roderick & Thomas Rae Private Press Books 1959 [-1979]. North Harrow: Private Libraries Association, 1960-1984. 20 volumes, 8vo, lacking volume for 1978, original wrappers; and a facsimile copy of 1958; The British Library Modern British and American Private Presses (1850-1965). London, 1976. 8vo, original red cloth gilt; Tomkinson, G.S A Select Bibliography of the Principal Modern Presses Public and Private in Great Britain and Ireland. London: The First Edition Club, 1928. 8vo, one of 1000 copies, original quarter cloth; Ridler, William British Modern Press Books. London: Covent Garden Press Ltd., 1971. 8vo, original green cloth gilt, one of 1500 copies; Bellamy, B.E. Private Presses & Publishing in England since 1945. New York, 1980. 8vo, dust-jacket; Anderson, Alan The Tragara Press 1954-1979. Edinburgh, 1979. 8vo, original boards; Morris, Ann The Private Press in Leicestershire. Loughborough: Plough Press, 1976. Large 8vo, original wrappers; The Private Press Today. Kings Lynn Festival, 1967. Large 8vo, original wrappers; Glasgow School of Art The Page Right Printed. Glasgow, 1973. 8vo, original wrappers; Swiss Cottage Library Catalogue of an exhibition of books and printed ephemera from twenty-eight contemporary Private Presses. London, 1977. 4to, original wrappers; Lieberman, Elizabeth Koller The Check-Log of Private Press Names. New York: The Herity Press, 1963. Fourth edition, 8vo, original wrappers; Walters, Mary Dawson A Catalog of the Exhibition of Selected Private Presses in the United States August 1-31, 1965. Ohio: Ohio State University Libraries, 1935. 4to, original wrappers; Graham, Rigby and Peter Hoy, editors Private Printer and Private Press. Oxford, 1968. Number 1, 8vo, original wrappers; Appleton, Tony A Typographical Tally. Brighton, 1973. 8vo, dust-jacket; The British Museum Printing and the Mind of Man. Catalogue of an Exhibition at Earls Court. 1963, 8vo, original wrappers; The National Book League The Cuala Press 1903-1973. 1973, 8vo, original wrappers; Blumenthal, Walter Hart Eccentric Typography Worcester, Massachusetts, 1963. 8vo, original black cloth gilt; Chambers, David and Christopher Sandford Cock-a-Hoop. Pinner: Private Libraries Association, [n.d.]. 8vo, dust-jacket; Putnam, George Haven Books and their Makers during the Middle Ages. New York: Hillary House Publishers Ltd., 1962. 2 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, slipcase; and 17 others (58)

Gruner, Ludwig Specimens of Ornamental Art London: T. M'Lean, 1850. Large folio, 80 plates (44 coloured), contemporary half calf, title dust-soiled, frayed and with top left corner of title excised, some plates heavily spotted, plate 15 trimmed at head, binding worn and broken, contents loose

A contemporary Art Deco style two-way table lamp with leaded tulip shades

A pair of contemporary wall art panels depicting metal flowers

THE STUDIO, AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF FINE AND APPLIED ART, 1894-1901, vols 3-8, 12-18, 21-22 in 8, 4to, contemporary uniform cloth gilt (8)

Pair of contemporary Italian high chair-back stools, with rush seats and stained beechwood frames, with an art deco torchere and mesh fire guard (4)

EILEEN COPPER R.A. (BRITISH 1953) 'REMINISCENCES II', half length studies of a male and female figure embracing, signed and dated (19)99 bottom right, Art First Contemporary Art Gallery label verso, mixed media on paper, mounted, framed and glazed, approximate size 15cm x 11cm (A) Condition Report  Picture appears in very good condition, no obvious damage. Frame in very good condition

CONTEMPORARY ART DECO DESIGN SILK CARPET, 304cm x 241cm, geometric silver field.

After John D. Wilson (Contemporary) ''Art for All'' signed in pencil by artist. Limited edition 16/295. Fitted in a silver contemporary silver frame. Frame measures 68x81.5cm

A Shelf of collectable odds to include Contemporary mantel clock, Art Deco tea kettle, Various old postcards and teak ice bucket.

A Contemporary art sculpture titled 'On The Brink' by Anna Morrison. [25cm in height]

Jewad Selim (Iraq, 1919-1961)Nisa Fi Al-Intidar ('Women Waiting') oil on board, framedexecuted in 194345 x 35cm (17 11/16 x 13 3/4in).Footnotes:WOMEN WAITING: ONE OF THE JEWAD SELIM'S MOST ICONIC PAINTINGS'Artists were appalled at the conditions of poverty, illiteracy and subjugation of a lot of Iraqi women during this period in Iraq's history. They were concerned about the situation of illiterate women who were 'waiting' for marriage or who were forced to work as prostitutes. Jewad was very proud of his sister Neziha for having the courage to break out of the tradition of 'waiting' and leaving to study art in Paris. The painting will have been a statement of the plight of women at this time'-Miriam Selim, the artists daughter Provenance:Property from the collection of Said Ali and Medhat Madhloom, acquired directly from the artistThence by descent to the present ownerPublished:Jewad Selim, Monument to Freedom, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Ministry of Information, 1974, illustrated P.99The Grass Roots of Iraqi Art, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Wasit Graphic Publishing Ltd, St Helier, 1983, illustrated in colourExhibition Catalogue: Jewad Selim, National Museum of Modern Art, January 1968, Ministry of Culture, Illustrated in Black and White Exhibited:Jewad Selim, House of Nizar Ali Jawdat in 1950, Baghdad, Iraq, 1950, No.9 (the artists first solo exhibition)Jewad Selim, National Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad, January 1968Bonhams are most privileged to present perhaps one of the rarest and most sought after works of Iraqi art to come to auction in recent history, from the father of Iraqi Modernism, Jewad Selim.Jewad Selim painted Woman Waiting in 1943 and gifted it to his close friends, the brothers Madhat and Said Ali Madhloom, in whose family collection the work has remained for the past 80 years. The work was not only exhibited at Jewad's first ever solo exhibition in the house of Ali Jawdat Ayoubi, but also featured in his major 1968 retrospective at the Baghdad National Museum, and has appeared in almost every major publication on the artist, including the seminal 'Grass Roots of Iraqi Art' by Jabra Ibrahim JabraExecuted in Jewad's key transitional period; during a five year stay in Baghdad after returning from Rome and before enrolling at the Slade, the work is a powerful and unique commentary on the plight of Iraqi women, and perhaps one of the first overtly feminist artworks painted in the Middle East In this painting Jewad depicts the prostitutes that were to loiter in the back alleys of Baghdad, entreating business for passers by. Far from being a merely literal appreciation of its subject matter, Jewad's depiction of the women is a wider commentary on the plight of a generation of Iraqi women whose fate and destiny were tied to the men for whom they were 'waiting'; this including not only Women Waiting for male custom, but for girls waiting to be betrothed whose transition to adulthood depended on the presence of a male provider. Mixing traditional Iraqi and Islamic motifs with a modernist visual language, Selim weaves a form of 'folk modernism' which is both vernacular and universal. Focusing on the florid landscape of downtown Baghdad, Selim's composition is populated with the humorous and extravagant characters encountered in everyday life. Light hearted and boisterous, the 'Women Waiting' is in part a stylistically sophisticated example of a burgeoning modernist movement in Iraq and in part a playful take on life in streets of Baghdad.'...A new trend in painting will solve the identity crisis in our contemporary awakening, by following the footsteps of the thirteenth century Iraqi masters. The new generation of artists finds the beginning of a guiding light in the early legacy of their forefathers' – Jewad SelimJewad Selim (1919-61)It is impossible to understand the modern art movement in Iraq without taking into account the works of this pioneer sculptor and painter, who was undoubtedly the most influential artist in Iraq's modern art movement. To him, art was a tool to reassert national self-esteem and help build a distinctive Iraqi identity. He tried to formulate an intellectual definition for contemporary Iraqi art. In charting his country's contemporary social and political realities, he was committed to combining the indigenous historical and folkloric art forms, with contemporary Western trends.Born in Ankara, Turkey in 1919 to Iraqi parents who moved to Baghdad in 1921, Jewad Selim came from a strongly artistic family: his father was an accomplished amateur painter, whose work was influenced by the European old masters, and his brother Nizar and sister Neziha were also accomplished painters, becoming well-known in their own right.Jewad was sent to Europe on government scholarships to further his art education, first to Paris (1938-39) and then to Rome (1939-40). The effects of World War II resulted in Jewad cutting short his studies and returning to Baghdad, where he began part-time work at the Directorate of Antiquities, where he developed an appreciation and understanding of ancient art of his country, and he also taught at the Institute of Fine Arts and founded the sculpture department.In 1946, he was sent to the Slade School of Art, London. At the Slade, Jewad met his future wife and fellow art student, Lorna. Jewad returned to Baghdad in 1949 to become Head of the Department of Sculpture at the Institute of Fine Arts, where he taught his students to draw on the heritage of their country to create a distinctive Iraqi style and artistic identity, which would become the ethos of an influential art movement just a few years later. In 1950 Lorna joined Jewad in Baghdad, where they were married.In 1951, Jewad Selim formed The Baghdad Modern Art Group.. Modern Iraqi art began with the first exhibition of the Baghdad group where they announced the birth of a new school of art that would 'serve local and international culture'.After painting his most mature works in the 1950s, the artist gave up painting and focussed on sculpture, the culmination of which was his Monument for Freedom in Tehrir Square in Baghdad of 1960-61. This was the largest monument built in Iraq in 2500 years '. The time frame presented by the President was unrealistic and the project did not run smoothly. Immense pressure was put on Jewad to finish his work and he suffered a heart-attack. He died one week later on 23rd January 1961 at the age of just forty-one, leaving a wife and two young daughters.Jewad's early death in 1961 was a shock to the artistic community of Iraq, but his spirit remained and was reignited by a new wave of young artists returning from their studies abroad, who picked up his mantle of extending Iraqi art into the rest of the Arab world and internationally. Jewad had paved the way ahead.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * P* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.P This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Kamal Youssef (Egypt, 1923-2019)Two Figures oil on canvas, framedsigned 'Kamal' and date '65' (lower left), executed in 196554 x 88cm (21 1/4 x 34 5/8in).Footnotes:Provenance:Property from a private collection, VirginiaNote:The artist confirmed the authenticity of this artwork in 2017Kamal Youssef's work reflects a crucial historic intersection between Middle Eastern and Western cultures. As a teenager, he studied at King Farouk School in Abbasiya, Cairo, where he was first exposed to rigorous art training under the tutelage of master instructors such as Ratib Siddik and Hussein Yousef Amin, prominent artists known for their early engagement with the Egyptian surrealism and other avant-garde modernist movement in Egypt. In 1939, Youssef joined the Art and Liberty group, one of Egypt's most prominent art movements, which was founded by several journalists, poets and artists. In 1946, Youssef co-founded the Contemporary Art Group (Le Groupe de l'Art Contemporain), whose members played an integral role in shaping the development of the modern art movement in Egypt. Kamal traveled to Paris in 1954, where he met his late wife Maria Youssef. She played a central role in some of his works later on. After the 1953's revolution Kamal decided to remain in France until he moved to the USA, where he worked as an engineer for over 20 years before retiring in the town of Dayton, Pennsylvania. His work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, USA (2014); Bakersfield Museum of Art, USA (2008); Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, USA (1993); Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, USA (1962); Mediterranean Biennale, Alexandria, Egypt (1955); Museum of Modern Art, Cairo (1952); São Paulo Biennale (1952) and Venice Biennale (1950). Kamal also participated in the 1939 exhibition organized by the Art and Liberty Group, and in several of the Contemporary Art Group's collective exhibitions between 1946 and 1954.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * P* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.P This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Sohrab Sepehri (Iran, 1928-1980)Untitled (from the Tree Trunk Series) oil on canvas, framedsigned 'Sepheri' in Farsi (lower left), executed circa 1970s85 x 120cm (33 7/16 x 47 1/4in).Footnotes:Provenance:Acquired from the artist in 1972 by a private collector, IranThence by descent to his daughter,Acquired from the above by Dr Maleki, TehranAcquired directly from the above by the present ownerNote:The present work is accompanied by the copy of a Letter of Authenticity signed by the Director of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts and the works previous owner, Dr Maleki'I have never known two poplars to be enemiesI have never witnessed a willow selling its shade to the groundThe elm tree freely bestows its branch to the crow-and wherever there is a leaf- my passion blossoms likes a bush -bathing me in the joy of existence'- Sohrab SepehriThe present lot is an exceptional example from Sohrab Sepehri's celebrated Tree Series. Executed in the early 1970's, the depiction of Trees, for Sepehri, represented an escape from the harsh urban environment that he found so oppressive and melancholic, longing for a return to the verdant pastures of his native Kashan. Sepehri's strong representational impulse propelled by a love of the natural landscape of his native of Kashan and the near monastic technical discipline honed from his study and mastery of Eastern painting techniques. Poet, artist and intellectual, Sepehri's mild manner and withdrawn persona belied the richness of expression manifest in his works. Enraptured by nature, Sepehri had a deep and profound attachment to the topography of his native Kashan, the 'oasis city' where trees and vegetation sprung amidst the arid desert. The genesis of Sepehri's work was firmly rooted in this landscape, and he often bemoaned the long periods of absence from Kashan he had to endure when exhibiting and working abroad.Sepeheri had a firm belief in the inherent grace and nobility of the nature he so admired. Inspired by Eastern traditions, with which he had direct contact during travels in India and Japan, Sepehri came to see the purity of the natural world as an antidote to the corruption of the human condition. Removed from the sphere of urban tumult, an unblemished natural world exhibited order, harmony and simplicity.Sepehri's focus however, fell on perhaps nature's most visually striking and symbolically potent inhabitant; the tree. Monolithic, life-exuding, and perpetual, the tree is both the ultimate example of the force of nature, and its symbolic focal point, harbouring all four elements of life; soil within its roots, water within its ducts, expelling life giving oxygen and providing the fuel for fire, its form and significance gripped Sepehri's creative faculties.Sepehri's choice in depicting this singular archetype of nature derives from his belief in the beauty of the concise. Zen tradition encourages the shedding of excess and the absence of the superfluous, to this end Sepehri depicts only trunks, for he was no realist, and was concerned more with the meaning of a tree, its aesthetic essence, than construing its actual physical occurrence in a specified landscape.Combined with this, he employs a limited palette, consisting of coloured grays and dark greens. The limiting of colour to an absolute minimum is a conscious exercise in terseness, echoing the formal restraints of the Zen haiku which are limited to seventeen syllables, and reflecting Sepehri's belief that economy in colour resulted in greater artistic lucidity. Despite this terse palette, Sepehri manages to faithfully capture the texture, complexity and light and dark tonal variations between his tree trunks, delineating gracefully where trunks and branches engage, interlope and separate.Ultimately, for Sepehri, the depiction of a tree was a meditative endeavour, in the Japanese tradition of 'hitsuzendo', an attempt at creative self-reflection. Unlike Western traditions where the artist uses his faculties to fashion a work into existence, the Zen painting tradition holds that the 'man the art and the work are all one'.Flawlessly executed, the present work is not only superlative in its composition but stems from one of the most creatively fertile years in Sepehri's career, when the artist had no fewer than four major solo exhibitions in Paris, new York and Tehran. Archetypal, exemplary and sublime, the present painting is a work that is truly deserving of the title, 'best of breed'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Ahmad Shibrain (Sudan, 1931-2017)Letters from Khartoum mixed media on paper, framedsigned in Arabic (lower left), executed circa 197036 x 36cm (14 3/16 x 14 3/16in).Footnotes:Provenance:Property from a private collection, CumbriaPurchased directly from the artist by the above, who was a teacher at the University of Khartoum in the late 1960'sAhmed Shibrain is an integral and leading figure of Modernism in Sudan. Shibrain was born in 1931 in Berber, Sudan. In the early 1950s, Shibrain studied at the Khartoum Technical Institute when the institution was the hub of contemporary African art of the region and in 1957 he went onto studying at the Central School of Art and Design in London. Alongside his influential contemporaries Ibrahim El-Salahi and Kamala Ishag, Shibrain was one of the founders of The Khartoum School in the 1960s. The Khartoum School was a movement of visual artists who cultivated a new visual style called Sudanawiyya, which expressed local and Pan-African traditions alongside Western influences. Through the use of calligraphy, the aesthetics of hurufiyya (transforming Arabic letters into abstract shapes; named after harf the Arabic word for letter) and Islamic motifs, the movement attempted to convey the cultural fabric of Sudan. After returning to Khartoum, Shibrain became the head of the graphics department at his former college in 1970, and its dean in 1975. He was known for his design of presidential medals, postal stamps and various ebony murals. He held numerous exhibitions in Africa and abroad, published several books and critical essays and held many functional and academic positions in Sudan. In 1966 Shibrain founded the non-profit Shibrain Art Gallery which showcases Sudanese artists.'As students, we used to rush into the other art studios, but entering his studio, we were always well-prepared as we felt that we were in the presence of creativity and achievement. He used to spend 10 minutes with each student, discussing their creative productions. Those 10 minutes were more than enough to feed us for the whole week, as they were so deep and interesting. Shibrain was fully aware of our potential and was the flaming fire that fed our creativity. We, as students, felt that he was living this 'age of the arts', and that he was always up to date and fully aware of where the arts was going' -Professor Hussein JumaanThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: PP This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Fouad Agbaria (Palestine, born 1983)The Patience Matured oil on canvas, framedexecuted in 2016160 x 120cm (63 x 47 1/4in).Footnotes:Provenance:Property from a distinguished private collection, LebanonBorn in the village of Musmus near Umm El Fahm in 1983, Fouad Agbaria is one of the most prominent young Palestinian artists working today. He is part of an important and empowered group of young Palestinian artists who are continually redefining what it means to be Palestinian in historic Palestine.Agbaria attained a bachelor's degree in Fine Art from Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem in 2004 and a master's degree from Haifa University in 2014. He has also been involved in projects intended to raise the profile of the Palestinian population within present-day Israel such as the Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery and a 2010 pop-up gallery of Palestinian art in the port neighborhood of Jaffa – an area in which historic Palestinian homes have had their past erased by Israel.Since completing his undergraduate degree, Agbaria has painted prolifically often experimenting with different styles, techniques and media including charcoal, oil, acrylic and lithography. His body of work to date has dealt with many themes associated with the Palestinian narrative, identity and memory. He has participated in over 20 group exhibitions and has held three solo shows including 'Roots of identity' Collective exhibition, Art on 56 th, Beirut, Lebanon, 2016; : Contemporary Palestinian art, umm el fahem gallery, Palestine, 2016; Palestinian Olive Art, Alsraia Gallery, Khan Albasha, Nazareth, Palestine, 2012; Spring Salon Contemporary Art, Jaffa Port, Palestine, 2012; Bread and Roses, Minshar College of Art, Tel Aviv, Palestine, 2011; and Palestinian Art Salon Jaffa, Jaffa Port, Palestine, 2010.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * P* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.P This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Dia Azzawi (Iraq, born 1939)Amulet for the Cipher of Secrets oil on canvas, framedtitled on the verso, signed and dated 1971, further authenticated on the verso, executed in 197180 x 80cm (31 1/2 x 31 1/2in).Footnotes:Provenance:Property from a private collect, AmmanAcquired directly from the artist by the present owner'In the introduction of the exhibition catalogue of a show I had in Washington D.C. that talked about the use of calligraphy in my works, the curator wrote that he could not see Arabic calligraphy in my works but rather a series of 'signs'. That statement gave me more confidence in what I was doing. By trying to produce an art that is accessible to everyone I was not only attempting to bridge the contemporary and the ancient, but also to bridge Western and Eastern art'- Dia AzzawiDia Azzawi is Iraq's foremost living Modern Artist.The present work a superlative manifestation of the artist's work incorporating Arabic letter-forms and numerals. In this painting, the outward beauty and decorative scheme of the composition mask the symbolic significance of the characters depicted. In the medieval era, numeral and textual calligraphy served an important spiritual function in traditional Sufi practice. Numerological characters formed both mystical talismans and secret languages which Sufi dervishes used as forms of coded communication. A belief in the divinity of number, as expounded by mystic philosophers and scientists like Al-Farabi and Ghazali, coupled with the notion that mathematics was an artefact of heavenly order, led to complicated numerological charts, treatises, and codes being used both as tools of spiritual understanding and as objects of talisman worship. Azzawi's homage to the archaic ritual of mystical numerology, however, is related through a distinctly modern artistic agenda. The numeral forms themselves no longer serve their traditional purpose, and are therefore reduced to visual remnants of a redundant practice. With this gesture, Azzawi reminds us that practices that once served as a cultural backbone of Muslim society are now fragments of history, worthy of aesthetic recollection but not of functional application.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR P* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.P This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Farhad Moshiri (Iran, born 1963)Red Jard on Destroyed White oil and acrylic on canvasexecuted in 201895 x 95cm (37 3/8 x 37 3/8in).Footnotes:TO BE SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE IRAN HERITAGE FOUNDATIONThe Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF) is the leading supporter of Iranian culture and heritage in the UK, with the mission to promote and preserve the history, languages and cultures of Iran and the Persianate world. The scope of IHF's remit extends from antiquity to contemporary Iran. IHF achieves its objectives through organising and supporting a variety of projects and programmes, including sponsoring fellowships at universities and museums, giving grants for academic research and cultural activities, and organising regular events and conferences. Established in 1995, Iran Heritage Foundation is an independent, non-political, UK Registered Charity (1001785).Note:The present lot is being sold for the benefit of the Iran Heritage Foundation, registered UK charity No. 1001785'In Paris, at the Louvre, I find myself standing face to face with the Mona Lisa. On closer inspection, to my fascination, I see thousands of tiny cracks on its surface. I was mesmerized, big time. What I found utterly beautiful would otherwise be considered a nightmare for the museum restorers and a tragedy for the art world' Farhad MoshiriFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Four paintings of officials, religious figures, and tradespeople Tanjore, circa 1800-10gouache and gold on paper, black margin rules, white outer borders 380 x 290 mm.(4)Footnotes:The subjects depicted are:An official and his wife, holding a musical instrument.A religious devotee, perhaps a Muslim, or perhaps a soothsayer, wearing brightly-coloured clothes, and his wife, holding utensils.A soldier carrying a spear, and his wife.A weaver and his wife, holding a distaff for winding thread.The religious devotee and his wife, in almost identical poses and dress, were the subjects of a Tanjore painting sold in these rooms, Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 30th April 2019, lot 180. The same figures appear once again in a painting in the V&A, dated circa 1780-90 (illustrated in M. Archer, Company Paintings: Indian Paintings of the British Period, London 1992, opp. p. 21; see pp. 47-49), where the contemporary British inscription refers to the male figure as A Tadwan or Malabar fortune-teller.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: PP This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A small portrait of Ensign Philip Moxon, killed at the Battle of Ferozshah, 21st December 1845, during the First Anglo-Sikh War British School, mid-19th Centurywatercolour on paper, with arched top, in frame, the backboard with contemporary handwritten note giving the circumstances of Moxon's death; together with a photocopy of several pages from a history of the Munster Fusiliers, giving details of the battle and of Moxon's action painting 95 x 70 mm.; frame 215 x 187 mm.(2)Footnotes:The note on the reverse reads:Philip Moxon, 3rd son of Thomas and Elizabeth Moxon. Born at Dover, 18th July 1826. Killed alas! at the battle of Ferozeshah, India, on 21st December 1845.He carried the Colours of the 1st European Light Infantry, being ensign (now I believe called the 1st Fusiliers). The battle was fought on Sunday (the shortest day). He was killed in the moment of victory, by the exploding of a shell that fell near him.The accompanying history notes that the colour carried by Moxon, 'which was saturated with his blood', now hangs in Winchester Cathedral. See D. Toor, In Pursuit of Empire: Treasures from the Toor Collection of Sikh Art, London 2018, p. 217: Sikh development of shrapnel, and 'were fully conversant with the French practice of using canister of two sizes to deliver anti-personnel fire anywhere between 200 and 400 metres. This goes a long way to explain why British casualties in some engagements of the First Anglo-Sikh War approached fifty per cent'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: PP This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Anwar Saeed (Pakistan, born 1955) Untitledoil on canvas, signed and dated '05 lower right, gallery label and inscribed Mudassar Ahmed/PRIMEX/56.Z.5.Block 6/PECHS, Karachi/ph.4544798 on reverse 121.9 x 91.4cm (48 x 36in).Footnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, 7th June 2012, lot 63.Private UK Collection.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: PP This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com